The Final Picture Show Podcast: Where the End times are Alive!

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By: Matthew Poland

A lighthearted take on the end of the world. A weekly podcast about apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic movies. Less of a movie review show and more of a, sometimes funny, discussion about movies and dying.

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Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 131 Land of the Dead (2005)
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#31
Yesterday at 3:38 PM

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules a Zombie is something to be apparently. Tonight we go back to 2005 and see how Romero has updated his apocalyptic tale. We look at the zombie movies made between 1985 and 2005, talk studios being evil, zombies as protagonists, laughing at moments we shouldn't, and much much more as we look at one of the unheralded movies of the early 00's: Land of the Dead, a really smart movie.<...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 130 Day of the Dead (1985)
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#30
10/20/2026

She's all I need, all my lifeI feel so good if I just say the wordZombbbbbieee, just say the word. Tonight we go back in time to 1985 and watch Romero’s 3rd Zombie epic: Day of the Dead. Tonight we compare and contrast, tonight we dive into 80s independent movies, tonight we connect dots between the late 70s and the mid 80s, and tonight we try and explain why to some this is high art and to others this is a massive let down. It is a fun time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 129 Dawn of the Dead (1978)
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#29
10/13/2026

Minute by minute by minute by minute I keep holding on (oh, baby) minute by minute we will discuss Dawn of the Dead from 1978, THE horror movie sequel for all times. Tonight on the show we dive into the 70s, fill in the gaps, talk Shadows from 58', clock in to work at midnight covered in corpse paint and have a hell of a time talking about one of the best movies ever made. It is a fun time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 128 Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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#28
10/06/2026

The mama pajama rolled out of bed And she ran to the police stationWhen the papa found out he began to shout And he started the investigation where did all these zombies come from? Well tonight on the show we are going to find out once and for all. Tonight we get into one of the most important movies ever made, we get into one of the most important years in American history, we talk about one of the most formative visionaries in independent filmmaking. It is an important movie and we get into all the angles one could...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 127 Resident Evil the Final Chapter (2017)
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#27
09/29/2026

This goes to all those who hate all the resident evil movies with Mila. This goes to all those that want a table set for them. This goes to all those who are happy to be done with Alice and her journeys. After a whole month we have reached the end of our time with Alice and the last outing is a doozy. Tonight we talk about classic american films, enter our stance on the famous debate: Mr. Mom vs. Multiplicity, take unplanned bathroom breaks, and navigate the maze that is Resident Evil retcons.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 126 Resident Evil Retribution (2012)
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#26
09/22/2026

Spittin in a wishin well, blown to hell crash we're the last splash in the ocean that is Resident Evil. And on our ocean journey we encounter an old friend  @mmftg  and have a divergence of opinions on a merits of the 5th Resident Evil movie-- a debate as old as time. Tonight we circle back to every single Resident Evil movie thus far, talk 3d films once again. remember fight scenes, remember that these films were about zombies at one point, and remember to love our fellow travelers. It is a good time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 125 Resident Evil Afterlife (2010)
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#26
09/15/2026

Please dont take my kodachrome away. Dont take my kodachrome if ya do I wont be able to film really dumb horror/action movies in gimmicky 3D! Tonight we go back to the world of 3D films and talk about the 4th Resident Evil movie. We get into things like: Connections to the past, it finally happening, the subtle lost art of crashing an airplane, embrace our inner clone, and question the lost god that is logic. It is a fun time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 124 Resident Evil Extinction (2007)
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#24
09/08/2026

Now watch me (Yuu), crank that Soulja Boy Now watch me (Yuu), crank that Soulja Boy Now watch us talk about the year that was 2007. This was at our prime! So forgive the endless detours along the way, eventually we swerve and park the car and talk about Resident Evil the 3rd-- Extinction. Along the way we talk about Soulja Boy, World of Warcraft, make bad jokes, studio sabotage, make good jokes, talk about Fifth Element, deal with internet issues, and find out if Breakin 2 is as good as we hoped it was. It is a fun time.  @midmillennialgaming  Yo...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 123 Resident Evil Apocalypse (2004)
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#23
09/01/2026

Set me free, your heaven's a lie Set me free with your love, set me free, yeah, free, yeah Resident Evil 2 is a lie, or well maybe it is the best in the series---these movies are weird. Tonight we return to Racoon City for the first time in years, and the view...the view--it's not looking good. We get into video game fan service, talk about dying, deal with some personal issues, make sense of enigma that is nu-metal, explain the Nemesis and fan service, and much much more. It is a fun time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 122 Titan A.E. (2000)
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#22
08/25/2026

I'm in over my head, something something Drew Barrymore, I'm in over my head feeling like you cant kill the Dredg they are pure energy. Tonight we tackle a millelinal classic and burn some bridges along the way. We get into pop punk, the year 2000, falling out of love, plot holes, and decide if this classic has held up. It is a fun time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 121 Barefoot Gen 1 + 2 (1983/1986)
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#21
08/18/2026

I keep forgetting I’m not in love anymore. I keep forgetting the reasons why the united states dropped the bomb. Tonight we get into a new age, the destruction of a population, survivors tales, city pop, the need of a little levity, and fall down about a hundred rabbit holes as we discuss two films that will live in our heads for a long time to come.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 120 Dragon Ball Z: History of Trunks (1993)
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#20
08/15/2026

What a difference a day makes, 24 single hours, what a difference a massive heart attack leading to the android apocalypse makes. Tonight we celebrate our 2nd year anniversary in style, going back to our roots to talk DBZ. We procured a unedited version of the History of Trunks so we dive in to a massive dose of nostalgia. We get into celebrating our 2nd year on the air, talk our favorite movies of all time, get nostalgic about toonami, attempt to discredit the good name of voice actors everywhere, and watch the show in real time. If you wanna...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 119 Wizards (1977)
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#19
08/13/2026

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Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 118 Highlander 2 (1991)
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#18
08/07/2026

Carry on my wayward son, there will be peace when you are done. So please stop watching trash like Highlander 2, but we cant... we just cant. Tonight we grab our sword and try to be the one as we experience all that is Highlander 2, one of the worst movie ever made. We get into the cast drunk and dealing with Argentina mobsters, how this train wreck took shape, the director who walked out of the films premier, the attempt to save it, and answer the age old question: what is the worst movie of 1991? It is a fun time.<...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 117 9 (2009)
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#17
08/04/2026

Need a little time to wake, need a little time to wake up what's the story morning glory? Well the story this week is back to the grind and back to the end times. We dive into the world of 9 an animated movie from the 2000s that is severely underrated. An amazing cast, a timeless art style, and much more. A movie that is more than the sum of its parts. We get into how the film was made, the cast, the crew, the plot, the career of John C. Riley, and much much more. It is a fun...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 116 Zero Theorem (2013)
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#16
07/31/2026

This is my favorite song, I dont even know the words, it just goes dystopian colorscape with lots of oscar winners. This week on the show we dive into the last of the Gilliam Sci-Fi movies, so far, with Zero Theorem a mid 2010 masterpiece that got lost in the post-modern shuffle. Tonight we dive into background of the film, the amazing cast, Project Greenlight, make connections to 12 Monkeys and Brazil, find the meaning of life, and dive into the black hole of reality. It is a good time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 115 Solarbabies (1986)
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#15
07/28/2026

You've got to be the most beautiful grave digger i've ever seen, now rest my weary eyes I've got to suffer through Solarbabies. This week we strap on some skates and get ready to finally nail that sick 180 Acid Grind. Tonight we get into how to lose a ton of money, how to cope with a disaster, firing the right guy for the job, hiring incompetent friends, and much much more as we talk all about freaking Solarbabies.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 114 The Quiet Earth (1985)
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#14
07/21/2026

You see me from the nose bleeds, im spending all my f--- pay to watch New Zealand Scifi from the 80s. We find ourselves in familiar territory this week as we dive into one of my favorite movies ever made: The Quiet Earth. Tonight we dive into the film industry in New Zealand in the mid 80s, Hastings, remember Sam Neil, talk underrated movies, shame others for not watching Freejack, fall into a Elvis sized rabbit hole and much much more.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 113 Brazil (1985)
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#13
07/14/2026

She is a black belt in karate, working for the city, she's gotta fill out form number 129A/E3 in order to continue receiving oxygen. Tonight we wake up from a dream and find ourselves in a bureaucratic hellscape only to get buried alive in paper work. This week we dive into Brazil from 1985 a scifi masterpiece about escaping. We get into the troubled release of the film, the amazing cast and writers, how the film came to be, the end of Monty Python, the early career of Robert DeNiro, and much much more. It is a fun time.<...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 112 12 Monkeys (1995/1996)
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#12
07/07/2026

This monkeys gone to heaven, well it was supposed to be maybe we were off a bit and it ended up in WW1, or maybe it ended up in 1996 to talk about one of the big surprise hits of the 90s. Tonight we dive into the world of 12 Monkeys. We get into the background of how the film was made, the director's journey to final cut, the documentary made to go along with the film, and our feelings on watching it for the first time in a really long time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 111 La Jetee (1962)
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#11
06/30/2026

Don't bet your future On one roll of the dice you gotta go back in time, back in time, back in time, time in back. Fixate on the image. The image. Tonight we dive into the world of french new wave films via the famous 1960s short film: La Jetee. Tonight We do a poor job of pronouncing basic words and phrases, struggle to make sense of the past, wonder if even matters at all, deal with the pains of time travel, discuss the meaning of lucha icon El Santo, and disagree with people on the internet. It is...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 110 Fail-Safe (1964)
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#10
06/30/2026

I get around, we get around, around we get to the mid 60s for the 2nd week in a row! This week we talk Fail- Safe. We get into the amazing cast and director, the twists and turns this political drama takes, the controversial creation of the film, and why LBJ hated it. It is a fun time.This week we have another episode out covering 60s french new wave short: La Jetee.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 109 Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 109 Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) episode artwork
#9
06/21/2026

You know we shake it to the left Shake it to the right You do the hippy shake-shake, you do the nuclear apocalypse shake until you die. Tonight on the show we shake on down to the mid 60s and find surf rock on the charts, communists fears in the streets, and Dr. Strangelove on the screen. This week We dive into one of the most important movies ever made. And to fit the occasion we have a special guest tonight: My Dad. Yep, my dad comes along tonight as we talk about one of his favorite movies, being...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 108 On The Beach (1959)
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#8
06/16/2026

I will buy you a new life where you flowers can bloom and the world will slowly die as we drink ourselves to death before making the final choice. Tonight we kick the bucket as we visit austrialla, once again, visit the 1950s, once again, and suffer the stings and arrows of the choices of the powerful, once again. Tonight we sit down and watch On the Beach. This 50s epic is, perhaps, the first big budget hollywood post-apocayptic film and boy howdy does it have a mesage for the world. We get into the background of this film...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 107 The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 107 The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) episode artwork
#7
06/09/2026

There's no law, no law anymore. I want to steal from the rich and Give to the poor the world, the flesh, and the devil and maybe some calypso music. Tonight we connect a lot of dots as we dive into this seminal film of scifi history. We get into some interesting stuff tonight, as diverse as race relations in the 1950-1960s to Pee Wee Herman. It is a fun time, in one of longer and more compelling episodes. Day-O. Daylight does come and me want to go home.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 106 Five (1951)
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#6
06/02/2026

Come on-a my house, my house a-come on Come on-a my house, my house I'm gonna give a-you Figs and dates and grapes and cakes-and atom bombs and nuclear holocausts. Tonight...we get dark and depressing. We go back to the 1950s and encounter infanticide, racism, misogyny, sexual intimidation, and that's all in the first 20 mins! in one of the darker films we've encounter we talk about this "hidden" gem of 50s filmmaking. it is a fun time--in spite of all the horror.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 105 The Dead Next Door (1989)
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#5
05/26/2026

I got a sure shot way to kill your doubts Find what you're following and hope it is voiced by Bruce Campbell and shot on Super 8. Tonight we dive into a lost horror gem: The Dead Next Door. We get into the history of super 8 film making, dive into the work history of an electrician, celebrate ambition, and welcome our new overlords.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 104 Black Friday (2021)
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#4
05/19/2026

Day is here fading, that's when I'm insane. I flirt with Black Friday sales sometimes kills the pain. This week we visit an older Bruce who has found himself saving the world once again-- this time as the lowly manager of a toy store in bumblephucknowhere. Tonight we dive into the world Covid world of 2020, our personal histories of working on Black Friday, the history of Black Friday itself, and Devon Sawa. It is a fun time.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 103 Alien Apocalypse (2005)
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#3
05/12/2026

You've had too much to think and it's steady as she goes they say, steady as they go then... tonight we try and keep the ship steady and find the world around us shakey-- tonight we face an Alien Apocalypse--rather THE Alien Apocalypse. But, fear not fellow traveller we have our dear friend Bruce here once again to guide us-- both spiritually and literally-- as in this movie makes the cut of worthwhile topics in his 2nd book. While stranded in space this evening we find ourselves discussing the Syfy channel film catalog, doing favors for friends...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 102 Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
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#2
05/05/2026

Lord Almighty, I feel my temperature risin', mmm Higher, higher, it's burning through to my soul Girl, girl, girl, girl, you're gonna set me on fire my body is ready for the burning burning feeling of dying of old age...that took a turn. Tonight we define our terms as we extend the bounds of the show for one night to talk about our friend Bruce, once again. And once again he has invited us into his life as we dive into his 2nd book to find his feelings on what to ask before signing on to...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 101 Mindwarp (1992)
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#1
05/05/2026

Girl you know it is true, girl you know it is true we live in a simulation. Everything is actually on fire. Fire and Stone!!!! Stone and crimson!!!!! Anyway, tonight we talk about Mindwarp, a 90's Sci-Fi forgotten classic starring our boy Bruce!! Joined by our fellow wasteland fiend Phillip we dive into the background of this Fangoria Film, how it got made, the cast, and offend a few people along the way.


Final Picture Show Podcast: Highlander Season 1, Part 2 (Pateron Sample Bonus
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#2
05/04/2026

Here it is, born to be...born it is a our new spin off podcast...Here is a short little sample of our new series where we dive DEEP into the world of immortals as we find out who will win the prize and in the end there can be only one...podcast so give our patreon a look!!! It is free for 7 days and you get access to all of our previous episodes, bonus content, our new spin off, member shout outs, our table top series, and more. Link for Patreon is here: https://www.patreon.com/cw...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 101 Mindwarp (1992)
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#1
04/28/2026

Girl you know it is true, girl you know it is true we live in a simulation. Everything is actually on fire. Fire and Stone!!!! Stone and crimson!!!!! Anyway, tonight we talk about Mindwarp, a 90's Sci-Fi forgotten classic starring our boy Bruce!! Joined by our fellow wasteland fiend Phillip we dive into the background of this Fangoria Film, how it got made, the cast, and offend a few people alo


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 100 Highlander the TV Show Season 1 (1992)
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#50
04/21/2026

Here we are, born to be kings We're the princes of the universe Here we belong, fighting to survive the wasteland that has become our everywhere. But in spite of these trying times we have found others like us, other Immortals searching for quality 90s programming-- and tonight we have found the ONE. Tonight we finally dive into the world of Highlander as we do something different, for one last time. We dive into the first part of season 1, the first 11 episodes, as we get into the background of the early production, the cast, the directors and writers of...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 99 Matrix Revolutions (2003)
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#49
04/14/2026

My father told me "Son, it's futile to resist, You can topple ideologies but not the armies they enlist", I questioned the intentions of the boy scouts chanting "war" and the sign signifier relationship and love. Tonight we wrap up the original Matrix trilogy by talking about words and what they mean, the end times of our times, and much much more.


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 98 Matrix Reloaded (2003)
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#48
04/07/2026

Boom! Ready or Not? Here comes the noise from the south? Boom? Here comes our longest episode ever! Tonight we fall down one rabbit hole to only find ourselves in another rabbit hole. Theres meaning in there somewhere. Tonight we get into to thermodynamic, important ideas, and fail to live up to expectation


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 97 The Matrix (1999)
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#47
03/31/2026

Well, I'll go to college and I'll learn some big words, And I'll talk real loud, goddamn right I'll be heard, You'll remember the guy that said all those big words and maybe that would help us make sense of the Matrix. We start simple enough tonight: a scifi movie with enough context to fill up a textbook. Tonight beyond the cast and background we also get into our personal connections to this film series, taking our dads to the movies, dive into some texts that inspired this film, and take a stab at just enjoying it without trying...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 96 Double Dragon (1994)
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#46
03/24/2026

As the miles they disappear, See land begin to clear, Free from the filth and the scum, This American satellite's won Double Dragon. Tonight we fall down many a rabbit holes in pursuit of a medallion that has lack luster powers. Perhaps that's also a metaphor for this film as it is also full of a lot of holes and lacks luster, but what it does have is a lot of talented people working on it. Tonight we look at history of Double Dragon, reminiscent about the video game series and arcades, talk about the cast, the soundtrack, and...


Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 95 Fist of the North Star (1986)
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#45
03/17/2026

Kenshiro, what have you done? You're a pink pony girl And you dance at the club when you violently kill massive hordes of wastelanders. Tonight we get into one of the most respected and revered anime series and movies of all time: Fist of the North Star. We dive into the background of the series, how the movie was made, the different endings, the cast of the dub and sub, and how much we enjoyed this movie while still really liking the 1995 version.

Next Week we rock the dragon-- double dragon.


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Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 94 Fist of the North Star (1995)
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#44
03/10/2026

Love and peace, for eternity, love and peace, for future times, Love and peace, for you and I, love and peace, for everybody, Love and peace for Southern Cross and Northern Star as long as they do not fight. Tonight on the show we find a movie we love. We talk about our love of Chris Penn, over the top acting, discovering anime, Ben Stiller's Next Movie, and more.