393: Light Sleeper [1992] Movie Discussion

Get ready for the quickest tangent towards erections we’ve ever had here on Spoiler Filled as we jump into bed with Light Sleeper, a Paul Schrader crime drama from 1992. This time there is: bemusement at the weird middle-class drug dealer lifestyles, wonderings about what superheroes would be putting in their diaries, discussions about the differences between writer-directors and director-directors, anger at nobody actually eating anything and some major aversion for what this film tries to pass for sex talk.

392: A Cock and Bull Story [2005] Movie Discussion

How do you adapt a novel to film where the story being told of the life of a man is constantly interrupted by meandering tangents and you barely get to his birth by the end of the story? Well, turns out you make a film where the film itself is being interrupted by meandering tangents of the people actually trying to make the film. A Cock and Bull Story is not your typical adaptation ,it must be said, but does this offbeat British comedy work for the Spoiler Filled Crew? Tune in to find out!

391: I Are You, You Am Me a.k.a. Tenkóshi a.k.a. Exchange Students [1982] Movie Discussion

As if ‘body-swap’ films weren’t odd enough, we had to go and choose a Japanese one. But the truly odd thing is how grounded it is with its usually wacky premise. Not only that, but it may also have the most baffling movie title ever. Rich reveals his peculiar obsession with this niche genre of film and leads us through one of his favorites: I am You, You Are Me.

390: The Brother From Another Planet [1984] Movie Discussion

“The Brother From Another Planet”!? Well, with a title like that we’ve got this film all figured out before even watching it. Except, thing is, we really don’t. What we thought was going to be a cheesy, 80’s, blaxploitation, sci-fi schlockfest turns out to be something altogether different and…alien, you might say. It’s got: arcade-machine-fixing magic hands, conspiracy theory fanatical barflys, beat poetry spouting street philosopher drug dealers, a unique way of spying on people and some damn ugly feet.

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