They Called This a Movie

We've stumbled upon someone's very poorly disguised fetish this week, as we talk about the lesbian catgirl romcom, Baby Cat. 

Join us as we discuss the genuinely funny moments, the baffling places this movie goes, and commend all involved for the commitment to the bit. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

It's St. Patrick's Day week (sort of), and we've run out of movies from the Leprechaun horror franchise (also sort of), so we decided to stick with Warwick Davis instead and watched the kids' movie, A Very Unlucky Leprechaun. 

Join us as we discuss Warwick Davis being typecast as a leprechaun, whether or not how-to book writers are "authors", and try to make heads or tails of the surprise ending. 

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With Mark away, Dan and Anthony watch a weird children's musical that may also be an attempt to be a kid's show. It's Creating Rem Lezar on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss the songs, the significance of the medallion, and try to come away with whatever the point of the movie is. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

Gerarduary and our Movie of the Month collide this week, as we watch a Gerard Butler movie voted on by our Patreon subscribers. 

Sexy Dracula hits the streets of New Orleans as a pre-300 Gerard Butler plays the titular vampire in the Wes Craven produced Dracula 2000. 

Join us as we discuss how the decisions made by some sleazy producers which led to this movie being made, how underutilized the star and location are, and praise Jennifer Esposito for being the only person having fun. 

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America celebrated Presidents' Day this week, so we decided to watch First Daugher, the attempt to give Katie Holmes her own Princess Diaries. 

Join us as we discuss how Katie Holmes stacks up against Anne Hathaway, the wild decisions in the third act, and question whether or not Michael Keaton did 9/11. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

It's the end of an era this week, as we close the book on our Valentine's Day tradition. We say goodbye to Bella, Edward, and Jacob, as we watch The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. 

Join us as we discuss how little Dan retains of these films, the crazy CGI decisions made for Renesmee, and talk about the wild ending. We close out the episode by with a Blind Ranking of classic Rom Coms, just in time for Valentine's Day. 

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This week, we are joined by Scott Weinberg (@weinbergs.bsky.social), the host of the Overhated Podcast, to discuss one of his favorite cult classics, the 1980 adaptation of Flash Gordon. 

Join us as we discuss the music by Queen, the stellar supporting cast, and the striking visuals. We finish the episode with a Retro Recast, as we recast the film as if it was made during a different time period. 

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It's time for our January Movie of the Month, as voted by the members of our Patreon. 

This month, we're taking a look a dystopian societies, for no reason whatsoever, and our subscribers chose to look at this trope through the eyes of Stuart Gordon. It's Fortress on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss Kurtwood Smith being a simp, Christopher Lambert's voice, and an ending that chickens out. 

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With neighbors like these, who needs enemies? This week's movie is a forgotten comedy starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as neighbors at odds in the aptly titled Neighbors from 1981. 

Join us as we discuss the swapped lead roles, the vague references to the Third Reich, and how the characters interact with each other. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

It's January and is there a better way to celebrate the bitter cold months than to watch Norm of the North on its tenth anniversary? Yes, but we did it anyway. 

Join us as we discuss how the animation compares to its contemporaries, how Rob Schneider's voice sounds for a polar bear, and the idiocy of characters that we're suppose to empathize with. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We're back in the new year with an all-timer. Paul Walker doesn't let the fact that his body is a mechanical dinosaur stop him from falling in love with Denise Richards. It's Tammy and the T-Rex on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss the surprising amount of gore, Terry Kiser, and ball-grabbing fights with local bullies. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We've made it through another year, so we're celebrating by taking a break from watching bad movies. 

As we close in on 2026, we take time to look back and reflect on the year that was 2025 and look ahead to next year. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

It's our final Christmas-themed episode before we wrap up 2025, and we've gone the Netflixmas route, with the brand new A Merry Little Ex-Mas, starring Alicia Silverstone and Oliver Hudson. 

Join us as we discuss our love for Alicia Silverstone and Melissa Joan Hart, celebrate gay grandpas, and talk about the lack of stakes in a film that wants us to like everyone. 


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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We check in on the psychosis of a filmmaker we've watched previously, as we take in A Wrestling Christmas Miracle, the spiritual sequel to A Karate Christmas Miracle. This is a film that could only be brought to us by the twisted mind of Ken Del Vecchio (no relation). 

Join us as we discuss all the accents, the Congo revolution subplot, and dive into Ken Del Vecchio's disturbing filmography. 




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It's a Christmas miracle: a dog that doesn't bark. 

We're kicking off the holiday season with a movie about a labrador and the family that mistakenly thinks labradors make good guard dogs. It's The Dog Who Saved Christmas this week to start December's month-long holiday movie-watching. 

Join us as we discuss Kevin James's brother taking a bath with a dog, Dean Cain vs Mario Lopez, and even some fan theories about Home Alone. 


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We're taking a break this week to celebrate Thanksgiving, but we wanted to leave you with something, so we're unlocking one of our Patreon exclusive episodes so you can hear what you're missing if you're not already a subscriber. 

For Movie Blind Spots, we each picked a movie we've been meaning to see but haven't gotten around to yet and finally checked them off the list. 

This time around, Dan is talking about the Hayao Miyazaki classic, Princess Mononoke, Mark watches the 2020 Best Picture Winner, Parasite, and Anthony watches the contemporary horror film, Barbarian.

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It's our November Movie of the Month Episode, as selected by our Patreon subscribers! 

This month, we are counter-programming No Nut November, by choosing to watch erotic thrillers in what we're calling "Go Nut November". 


This month's Patron poll wound up ending in a tie, so we decided to watch both movies and discuss them together. 

We're watching Angel Eyes starring Penthouse Pet Monique Gabrielle and Titanic 2000, starring green screen backgrounds. 

Join us as we discuss the thin line between erotic thriller and softcore pornography, the awful acting across the board, and th...

We're going through a midlife crisis as we watch John De Hart's entry into the black tank top subgenre of vanity projects, as we watch Champagne and Bullets AKA Road to Revenge AKA GetEven on this week's episode. 

Join us as we discuss the absolute fear on John De Hart's face, forcing Playboy Playmates to do nude scenes, and the Shimmy Slide. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

This week, we're joining William Shatner as he tries to stop a roving infestation of deadly tarantulas in Kingdom of the Spiders from 1977. 

Join us as we discuss the similarities to Arachnophobia, tarantula genocide, and William Shatner's persona on and off screen. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

Happy Halloween! It's our very special Movie of the Month landing right on All Hallow's Eve. And this special episode wouldn't be complete without a guest, so we have Steve from Halloween is Forever to help us talk about our October Movie of the Month, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, as voted on by our Patrons. 

Join us as we discuss the many timelines of the Halloween franchise, the diminishing returns of Michael's mask, and compare this movie to the other contemporary slashers of the late 90s. 

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This week, we're headed underground to a bunker in Florida to watch George A Romero's third film in his zombie trilogy: the 1985 film Day of the Dead. 

Join us as we discuss Tom Savini's special effects, the boring setting, and Joseph Pilato's performance.

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We're headed to a sleepy New England village and dealing with some locals, as we watch the underrated zombie movie, Dead & Buried. 

Join us as we discuss Stan Winston's effects, Jack Albertson's performance, and the clever ending. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We continue how month-long celebration of horror movies with one of the most highly regarded sequels in horror history, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. 

Join us as we discuss Heather Langenkamp, the movie's corniness, and stop motion skeletons. 


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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

It's officially October and that means Spooky Season. We're kicking off our full month of horror movies with Fraternity Demon, a movie that barely exists. 

Join us as we discuss the mysterious lead actress, the abs of a lead singer, and how this movie needs to pick a lane. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We're hitting the road with Britney Spears, as we watch Crossroads for our September Movie of the Month, as voted on our Patreon subscribers. 

Join us as we discuss the pop culture phenomenon that was Britney in the 2000s, criticize the movie's song choice for a pivitol moment, and defend this movie from its detractors. 

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It's time to head to the Big Apple and seek justice, as we watch a movie nearly 40 years in the making. It's New York Ninja on this week's episode on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss how this movie came to exist, the distinct characters, and how bad at being a ninja the New York Ninja actually is. 




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We learn the difference between fast cars and fast drivers in this Asylum Fast and Furious wannabe written by Dick Van Dyke's grandkids. It's Street Racer on this week's They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss weird camera tricks, the lack of NOS, and who that random girl was at the end. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We're hitting the gridiron as we welcome back the football season with the most adorable wide receiver ever. It's Air Bud: Golden Receiver on this week's They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss the lack of defense, how this movie doesn't care about rules anymore, and one of us watched the wrong movie. 

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Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We're going "Back to School" for our August Movie of the Month, as we watch Teen Witch, as voted on by our Patreon subscribers. 

Join us as we discuss random acts of singing and dancing, Dick Sargeant and his hot wife, and the fact that nobody learns a lesson. 

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We ride a giant stone head to the Vortex this week, as we celebrate guns with the nearly-incomprehensible Zardoz, starring Sean Connery. 

Join us as we discuss the wardrobe, trying to explain what happens in the movie, and argue on what we would change. 

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We're headed back to the 1970s and Italy, as we watch a kung-fu movie with very little kung-fu, but a whole lot of one liners, as we watch the amazingly titled Mr. Hercules Against Karate. 

Join us as we discuss the lack of good martial arts, when this movie wears out its welcome, and compare it to all-time classic literature. 

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We're going to a nightmare version of Gotham City envisioned by Joel Schumacher, as we watch the movie that killed the Batman franchise for nearly a decade, the 1997 flop Batman & Robin. 

Join us as we discuss Uma Thurman's accent, choose our favorite ice puns, and wish we had seen more of George Clooney as Bruce Wayne. 

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We're tricked by another Charles Band children's movie this week, as we watched Prehysteria!, which winds up being in the same cinematic universe as Remote. 

Join us as we discuss Austin O'Brien, the dad's weird raisin fetish, and a kid's movie once again not doing enough with its concept. 

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With Mark traversing the Great White North, Dan and Anthony break from format slightly in order to indulge in some prime time middle-aged Chuck Norris action. This week, they watched the season eight episode of Walker Texas Ranger entitled "Way of the Warrior". 

Join us as we discuss introducing time travel into Walker Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris messing up the space time continuum, and marvel at what television was like 25 years ago. 

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An ex moves in too close for comfort this week, as we celebrate the world of Tubi Original Movies. Our July Movie of the Month, as voted on by our Patrons is Ex Door Neighbor on this week's They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss how much blame the fiancè deserves, the crazy twist ending, and the fact that everybody is kind of bad. 


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Nonsense thrives this week, as we watch a movie that desperately tries to fill its plot holes with claymation monsters in the 1992 film Winterbeast. 

Join us as we discuss the fact the movie takes place in the fall, count up all the plaid, and try to decide which beast is our favorite. 

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It's our June Movie of the Month this week, as voted on by our Patreon members. For June, we're celebrating Summer Vibes with a movie that takes place primarily in New York during the winter. But there is that 15 minutes that takes place in Jamaica. It's the Tom Cruise bartending movie, Cocktail, on this week's They Called This a Movie.

Join us as we discuss how different this movie was versus our expectations, discuss fumbling 1988 Elisabeth Shue, and how serviceable this movie is despite it's low Rotten Tomatoes score. 

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We're going back to one of our childhoods, as we watch a movie that one of us watched more than once back in the day. It's Home Alone copycat Remote on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss the lack of shenanigans, our hero being stuck in an attic the whole movie, and a yodeling German with a little mustache. 

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It's a film 20-plus years in the making, and it looks every bit of its age, as we watched Dangerous Men on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. 

Join us as we discuss the music, the disappearing main characters, and all the sleazy things the men in this movie are ready to do at the drop of a hat. 

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Vin Diesel goes into uncharted territory as a man without family, so we're stuck listening to him talk about his Dungeons & Dragons character, as we watched The Last Witch Hunter. 

Join us as we discuss how we feel about the modern New York setting, Vin Diesel's inability to look vulnerable, and spot the twist a mile away. We also preview our upcoming podcast that will be exclusive to our Patreon subscribers. 

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