The Longshot Club
By Stars & Void Productions
The Longshot ClubMar 05, 2021
34. Inside
33. Into The Woods '91
It's another stage show because... uh... because we said so.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song", which was inexplicably sped up here because
Edit credit to M Starr Brannigan, who is helping out as my mental health crashes like a bus!
Current Score:
Bran: 8
Ellie: 6
Null: 6
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
32. The Fifth Element
Bran, Null, and Ellie Dallas multipass! Multipass!
(she knows it's a multipass. Bran, Null, and Ellie Dallas, my wives. We're newlywed, just met, you know how it happens, bump into each other, sparks happ- YEAH SHE KNOWS IT'S A MULTIPASS- anyway, we're in love!)
Spoilers for The Fifth Element and Prince of Darkness.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 8
Ellie: 6
Null: 6
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
Sponsored Bonus: Striking Vipers
A request from a Nathan came in to watch Striking Vipers, an episode of beloved science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. This episode was originally available to $13 patreon members all the way back in December!
Meanwhile, see you again in May!
Spoilers for Black Mirror: Striking Vipers.
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song"
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
31. Slither
We're getting creepy crawly this time as we watch the alien zombie creature feature by beloved superhero director James Gunn. Tally how many times we interrupt each other!
Spoilers for Slither, Shaun of the Dead, and Guardians of the Galaxy
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song" and Cabled Mess for "Coin_C_08".
Current Score:
Bran: 8
Ellie: 6
Null: 6
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
30. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The club explores the difficult subject matter and inconsistent tone of a Disney film that is less a beloved classic and more a treasured anomaly.
Spoilers for Hunchback and kind of sort of for The Pagemaster.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song" and Cabled Mess for "Coin_C_08".
Current Score:
Bran: 8
Ellie: 5
Null: 6
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
29. Mean Girls
Get in loser, we're watching Mean Girls today.
Spoilers for Mean Girls
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song" and Cabled Mess for "Coin_C_08".
Current Score:
Bran: 6
Ellie: 5
Null: 6
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
28. Cats
The legendary perfect storm of cinematic garbage is upon us and Brannigan is not prepared. But for a film based on a musical without actual plot, how bad can it be?
Spoilers for Cats.
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 3
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
27. George of the Jungle
Director Sam Weisman not even trying hard!
Spoilers for George of the Jungle.
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 3
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
26. Legally Blonde
We've got our mascara and our highlights and we're not completely unfortunate looking, so that can only mean that we're watching beloved feminist comedy Legally Blonde.
Spoilers for Legally Blonde. Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 3
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
25. The TV Special
To celebrate 25 episodes (and nearly a year) of spicy discussion and teasing chit-chat, we're taking a moment to cast our eyes to a smaller screen. And by a moment I mean our longest episode to date!
In memory of Betty White, 1922-2021. Forever loved, forever missed, never forgotten.
Spoilers for Firefly episode "Objects In Space", Johnny Quest episode "Turu the Terrible", the back half of the 12th Doctor's run on Doctor Who, and countless episodes of Golden Girls because it's all classic. Also some Modern Family.
sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song", Zombie Expert for a really handy censor sound, and Airblock for "VCR Click" even though they listed that you don't need to credit them for it. c:
Current Score:
Bran: 3
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
24. Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival Part 2
23. The Ref
We happily interrupt your yuletide heartburn with a holiday film sporting such lines as "Connecticut is the fifth ring of hell" and "Excuse me, the corpse still has the floor." Please join us in politely ignoring the Kevin Spacey of it all!
Spoilers for The Ref, Suckerpunch, John Dies At The End, Home Alone, and Criminal Minds again for some reason.
Sound credit to Rich Wise for "Electronic Christmas Decoration".
Current Score:
Bran: 3
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
22. Prisoners
A dispute breaks out among club members over the ending of auteur Denis Villeneuve's crime thriller Prisoners.
Spoilers for Prisoners, a random episode of The Mentalist, and maybe an episode of Criminal Minds but we're really not sure.
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 3
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
21. Eyes Wide Shut
It's Brannigan Starr versus Tom Cruise once again as we digest the thematic feast that was Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut.
Spoilers for Eyes Wide Shut, Insidious Chapter 3, and 14th century epic poem The Inferno by Dante Alighieri.
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 3
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
20. The Odd Couple 2
Worthwhile sequel- or mindless nostalgia riff? The Club deliberates!
Spoilers for Odd Couple 1 and 2
Sound credits to Cabled Mess for "Coin_C_08" and DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 3
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
19. INSIDIOUS
SPOOKY DAY IS NIGH, so Null is trotting out 2010's ghost-'em-up flick Insidious to scare the bejeezus out of Brannigan. But is it really the ghosts scaring Bran, or just Patrick Wilson's performance?
Spoilers for Insidious and The Conjuring.
Sound credit to Cabled Mess for "Coin_C_08".
Another Fancy Boi sound credit:
Simple Music to Frighten Small Children By by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4366-simple-music-to-frighten-small-children-by
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 3
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
18. SLC Punk!
Gel up your mohawk and drop your acid* as we discuss 80s time capsule SLC Punk.
*we are not endorsing that you drop acid, that would be irresponsible of us.
Spoilers for SLC Punk.
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song"... except... well... you'll see.
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
17. The Odd Couple
Does this beloved comedy hold up under the weight of its own boomer humor? Let's find out!
Spoilers for The Odd Couple and light spoilers for Odd Couple II and Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song"
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
Special Sponsored Bonus: PRIMER
This very special episode of The Longshot Club was sponsored and requested by Patreon subscriber Nathan at https://www.patreon.com/starsandvoid, where it was available on the $13 tier since August 17th!
Spoilers for Primer, Tenet, and functionally the whole of the MCU.
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
16. TENET
...snoinipo evah lluN did sekoms yloh tub -TENET cipe noisrevni emit s'naloN ta skool bulC ehT
Spoilers for Tenet, Doctor Strange, Inception, Avengers: Endgame, and Deja Vu.
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song"... except... well... you'll see.
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
15. Scary Movie 4
Null continues a personal tradition of bringing in a movie no one likes. Brannigan and Ell continue traditions of finding fresh ways of not liking films without breaking the show's rules.
Spoilers for Scary Movies 1, 3, and 4, Stan Helsing, Airplane!, Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Spaceballs, Princess Bride, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles.
Extra fancy sound credit for "Short Silly Uke Song", Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license.
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
14. It's A Disaster
The Club exhumes the remains of a largely forgotten indie comedy, autopsying its curious structure and unique release.
Spoilers for It's A Disaster
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song"
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
13. Grave of the Fireflies
A grown adult has a mental breakdown in this sobering episode of The Longshot Club!
Spoilers for Grave of the Fireflies and Midtown Mythos.
Sound credits to Harrietniamh for "Thunder, Lightning, and (T)rain".
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
Bonus: The Green Knight
The club is down an Ellie as they pop in for a super special bonus episode about a movie that literally just came out. Does The Green Knight's arthouse leanings interfere with its ability to be a satisfying film?
Spoilers for The Green Knight.
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
12. Vanilla Sky
This time we're exploring the surreal Tom Cruise drama Vanilla Sky- Null wrestles with a lifelong love for the film, Ellie wrestles with whether or not she liked it, and Bran wrestles with why the f*** it's called Vanilla Sky!!
Spoilers for Vanilla Sky.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song" and Cabled Mess for "Coin_C_08".
Current Score:
Bran: 2
Ellie: 3
Null: 2
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
11. Harriet
Ellie's next pick drudges up a detailed rumination on reality, fantasy, and the importance of black women sharing their stories. Also Brannigan finally gets a point- but from who, and why?
Spoilers for Harriet and Twelve Years a Slave.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song" and Cabled Mess for "Coin_C_08".
Current Score:
Bran: 1
Ellie: 2
Null: 1
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
10. Little Shop of Horrors
A cult musical classic gets outed for the cinematic touchstone it is in this peculiar episode of The Longshot Club. Also Brannigan issues a rare apology!
Spoilers for Little Shop of Horrors (the film), Little Shop of Horrors (the stage musical), Two Old Queens Podcast, and Hateful Eight.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 0
Ellie: 2
Null: 1
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
9. American Psycho
We're getting retro this week with comedy slasher American Psycho- but what did horror detractor Ellie think?
Spoilers for American Psycho, Toy Story, Toy Story 4, and The Shining.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song" and Zombie-Expert for "Censor".
Current Score:
Bran: 0
Ellie: 2
Null: 1
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
8. Wallace & Gromit in: Curse Of The Wererabbit
The club tackles classic cartoon comedy and old school horror iconography while dissecting British stop motion legends Wallace and Gromit.
Spoilers for Curse of the Wererabbit.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song".
Current Score:
Bran: 0
Ellie: 2
Null: 1
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
7. Inside Out
We get in touch with our emotions this week as we discuss Bran's third film, Inside Out.
Spoilers for Inside Out.
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song" and Zombie-Expert for "Censor".
Current Score:
Bran: 0
Ellie: 2
Null: 1
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
6. Brazil
It's all dystopia, retrofuturism, and bureaucracy this time as we dip into cult favorite Brazil.
Spoilers for Brazil and Monty Python & The Holy Grail and Blade Runner and Shutter Island and The Fifth Element. Geez, is this a record?
Sound credits once again to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song" and to Cabled Mess for "Coin_C_08", which actually gets used twice this time!
Current Score:
Bran: 0
Ellie: 2
Null: 1
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
5. Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
Lots of love and plenty of balls this time as Ellie guides Bran and Null into the murky water of sports documentaries.
Spoilers for Magic & Bird as well as Space Jam, but th-th-th-that's all, folks!
Sound credits to DanJFilms and Cabled Mess for "Short Pizzicato Song" and "Coin_C_08" respectively, as well as Damonmensch for "Cricket Sound"
Current Score:
Bran: goose egg
Ellie: 1
Null: 1
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod and emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
4. Jojo Rabbit
Happy easter, it's Nazis!
Spoilers for Jojo Rabbit and The Eye (2002).
Sound credit to DanJFilms for "Short Pizzicato Song"
Current score:
Bran: 0
Ellie: 1
Null: 0
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
3. Final Destination
Brannigan gets the privilege of playing referee between Ellie and Null as the trio discusses the first of many horror films on the List.
Spoilers for Final Destination (and kind of all the sequels)...
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short pizzicato song" and VincentM400 with "Function Fail"
Current Score
Bran:
Ellie: 1
Null:
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod and emailed at lscpod@gmail.com. I said it wrong in the episode. Why yes, I am an idiot!
2. Hamilton
Whoops it got political with Ellie's first selection, the Disney-owned recording of stage musical Hamilton. But do the other two like it?
Spoilers for Hamilton. (duh).
Sound credits to DanJFilms for "Short pizzicato song"
Current Score:
Bran: 0
Ellie: 1
Null: 0
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Instagram @Longshotclub, Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
1. Princess Mononoke
For our debut episode, we watch a beloved Japanese fantasy cartoon and then talk about Jackie Earle Haley a bit for some reason. He's not in the film or anything and definitely was not a cabbie.
Spoilers for Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away and... Watchmen...?
Sound credits to Cabled Mess- "Coin_C_08"
Current Score
Bran:
Ellie: 1
Null:
The Longshot Club is a Stars & Void Production. We can be found on Twitter @lscpod or emailed at lscpod@gmail.com!
Trailer
Join Bran, Ellie, and Null on a cinematic journey of the thrilling, the insightful, and the just plain weird. It's film appreciation for the rest of us! Premiering 3.5.21!