Staff Picks

Canadian film fan Mark Kalzer joins me to discuss a fun little sci-fi/math/dystopian independent horror movie, 1997's Cube

Theater kid Will Olsen joins me to discuss the Best Picture Winner that has always unfairly been crapped on, the charming 1998 comedy Shakespeare in Love

Younger version of me Michael Feeney joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies of the 2000s. It's the tale of friend zones, and fat suits, and slap fights - 2005's Just Friends

Attorney and horror fan Sean McAllister joins me to discuss one of the creepiest movies ever made, the story of the evil inside all of us, 2001's Session 9

I'm joined by my evil twin as we discuss the greatest evil twin movie of them all, 1972's unforgettable creepfest, The Other

Horror fan Christopher Chardi joins me as we lovingly roast/play tribute to the classic 1979 horror movie, Phantasm

Horror fan and lover of obscure movies David Markowski joins me to discuss one of the greatest made-for-TV horror movies ever made, the infamous 1981 Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Teacher and horror fan Lizzie Swanson joins me to discuss a great Spanish horror movie you have probably never seen before, 1976's Who Can Kill a Child? (also known as Island of the Damned)

My daughter, Vanessa Lanza, joins me to discuss a masterpiece of a horror movie that really, really needs a better PR team, 2014's As Above, So Below

I asked young horror fan Brian Farrell to watch the 1962 cult classic Carnival of Souls for the first time, and then come onto Staff Picks and talk about it with me. This is our discussion of one of the eeriest horror movies ever made.

Horror fan Jessi Bentley joins me to talk about one of the craziest horror movies ever made, 2011's The Cabin in the Woods

My childhood friend Jeff Parker joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies ever made, and a movie that was legendary to any young comedy fan growing up in the eighties, 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie

Actor and voiceover artist Brett Bower joins me to discuss the number one movie I wish I could have seen in a theater, 1979's ultimate movie theater experience, Rocky 2

Fellow podcaster and non-Nebraskan Dom Harvey joins me to talk about one of the ballsiest movies ever made, 1996's abortion comedy, Citizen Ruth

Muppet historian and puppetry student Joni Newman joins me to discuss the one and only 1979 Muppet Movie

To celebrate my 100th episode, I sit down for an interview, where we talk about the history of Staff Picks as well as a bunch of fun insider trivia

Feminist author and horror fan Fiona Carter joins me to discuss one of the greatest horror movies of all time, as well as an argument why women should be allowed to read books, 1968's Rosemary's Baby

Former Naval Officer David Holdsworth joins me to discuss one of my favorite movies of the 90s, the big actors' showdown between Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, and Ricky Schroder, Crimson Tide

Movie and pop culture fan P.J. Gaughan joins me to discuss what I consider the greatest comedy movie of all time, 1988's masterpiece A Fish Called Wanda

Journalist and video game fan Bailey Vogt joins me as we discuss maybe the greatest documentary ever made, 2007's The King of Kong. Warning: Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.