I Dig Crazy Flicks Presents: Ninety For Chill - The Podcast with CatBusRuss

CatBusRuss was presumptuous when it came to his knowledge about William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid. Our host knew that he was an outlaw with a legendary reputation as a gunslinger until the law caught up with and dispatched him at the age of 21. Thanks to The Cinema Snob, this podcaster also knew he defeated Dracula. His limited knowledge led him to believe that this icon of the Old West did not live a long enough life to get a franchise of Brat Pack adjacent movies. So when Andrew "CouchManBakes" Tiede suggested discussing the first "Young Guns" from 1988, he thought this definitely had to be a crazy flick.

Does the music video aesthetic make it look crazy? Yes. Does the action at times seem unbelievable? Most definitely. But the events of the Lincoln County War did occur, so Russ went into this conversation with doubts that this truly qualified as a "Crazy Flick". Having late career Jack Palance as the primary antagonist will alway help the pro-insanity case, but if that is not enough, Andrew brings up all the historic revisions and the behind the scene tales to prove that this is bonkers action cinema.

There are still a lot of podcasts from the original "Ninety For Chill Dot Com: The Podcast" from 2022 that CatBusRuss needs to post on this feed, but with Gregory Carl pulling his weight as a promoter for "I Dig Crazy Flicks", reissuing an episode that he received feedback about seems to make sense.

The foul-mouth guest from last weeks "Companion" episode exemplifies what MTV's most recognizable characters of the nineties may have become if they were middle aged. CatBusRuss and Gregory discuss "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America".  It is a feature that is a celebration of immature comedy and how fun it truly can be, and perhaps the actual influence it had on adolescents who grew up with it.

CatBusRuss's favorite Michael Crichton film was 1973's "Westworld". He is also more of a Jonathan Nolan fan than his older brother. Gregory Carl is quite the well-read, sci-fi-loving truck stop employee in Central Illinois. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is a tale he is fascinated by. Thus, "Companion" is a film the two should have quite an interesting conversation about.

And for this podcast's host, it was indeed interesting. Can a robot consent? Gregory, an aspiring comedian, tries to question if consent can actually exist. This leads to a bit of editing of the conversation to protect the parties involved. To make up for it, Russ watched "Cherry 2000" to further explore the inevitable objectification of synthetic life. He may have found that it should be treated as equal. It maybe said, CatBus just does not think you should be a bad person to anyone regardless of who/what they are.

In the end, perhaps the two even think we should all love those who want to be loved. Except for CM Punk in CatBus's case, and Gregory has a few names as well.

Jeff Goldblum + Geena Davis + Jim Carrey = A great way to beat the monotony of shallow, capitalistic existence. CatBusRuss was his standard dower self going into the weekend while ThePoeticCritic was sour about the lack of cool guests going into the Chicago Con season. Needing summer to start now, CatBusRuss turned to an 80's camp classic he just never got around to, "Earth Girls Are Easy". TPC just happens to offer some of the best insights into this Julie Brown vanity project.

CatBusRuss ponders if the Indiana Comic Convention appreciates that he has been promoting the fun of the 2025 event for nearly two months after it had concluded. The odds are looking good that he will be invited to sister con, ATL Comic Convention, near the end of July, so "I Dig Crazy Flicks" panel coverage does not seem to be hurting their opinion of him.

This podcast covers the last panel he "moderated". The premise was to discuss the sci-fi films that bombed either critically or financially (and in the event of the financial flops, the critics were not too kind at the time), but VHS provided the seeds for new cults to emerge. Too bad the panelists all had multiple panels over the three day event, so the "Ghoulies" may have eaten their homework. They decided to embrace the title instead of the description. Thus the three went on to hold a celebration of bad sci-fi movies from the eighties and nineties that are beloved.

Our podcast host is joined by Indianapolis-based promoter Madison Martin and LEGENDARY creature effects fabricator and performer, Lynette Eklund. She was the star of the show having done FX work on two of the 1995 films suggested in the description, "Tank Girl" and "Species". Being an monster-making master, she tended to favor horror features.

CatBusRuss is game for that kind of conversation, but he soon found that Lynette was out to put him in his place for feeling that horror is the ideal place to get political. She does her best to make it clear that things with sharp teeth and claws are scary enough. When you are getting chased down by one of these things, are you really thinking about the socio-economic factors that are motivating them?

CatBusRuss had to do a lot of work to make sure it was still prom season. With horror features from the old Podbean feed, he prefers to save them for October, but with the day that will be the most like teen-comedies being near, it felt right to take the piss out of the event(s) he never attended with zombie comedy "Dance of the Dead" from 2008. He is joined by Mitchell Whitt of the now defunct "Morbidly Macabre Podcast".

This is what "Evil Dead" meets "American Pie" would look like. It checks off everything you want from a great zombie feature (Our host is partial to the gutbuster.) and provides fun nerds trying to save the day or just seem normal for one day. (One might think, this is what would happen to "The Monster Squad".) The humor is not insulting or overly juvenile. We all knew the archetypes from our days in high school, so it has a pretty authentic feel.

It is not "Shaun of the Dead" or "Zombieland", but that maybe because it does not have the budget or even a wide release. If only the executive producers would not have wasted their money with middling sequels to "30 Days of Night" and "The Grudge", we can only imagine what this project could have been.

It is about 3:45 am on Stacia Hardin's Birthday. She happens to share that day with one of the most important days in the whole of nerdom, May the Fourth Be with You. The last time CatBusRuss saw her, she was playing nurse as his right wrist had just been surgically repaired, feeding him chocolate pie and giving him a comfort plush Ewok. Damn she was a truly a great person to let our host know that today was the day to release "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" panel from Indiana Comic Con 2025 on the "I Dig Crazy Flicks" podcast feed.

It was an honor for Russ to even be invited on this panel. The man who pitched the panel was Bryan Young, an award-winning writer and filmmaker who sports a "Revenge of the Sith" t-shirt on his Wikipedia page. Joining the two were Darby Harn, sci-fi/fantasy author of books like "Stargun Messenger" and Emmy award-winning, Scripps New Correspondent and "Star Wars" expert Clayton Sandell. Our podcast host just did his best to be the voice of the everyday fan in a round table with people who have made a living from their expertise. Was he able to hang with them as they discussed one of the best "Star Wars" features, regardless of what the Internet says? Listen and judge.

The "Young Frankenstein" panel at Indiana Comic Con was another, "Let's see who volunteers," experience for CatBusRuss. Fortunately, he could not have asked for a better co-panelist than the Disney Imagineers' official magician/mentalist, Paul Draper. Would either of them claim to be experts about Mel Brook's film? No. But a pro-wrestler and Vegas entertainer surely would provide the audience an amusing show.

The performer who had recently appeared with Shaq and Sir Charles on "Inside the NBA" must of gained some play-by-play skill from the crew as he posed the questions and CatBus gave the analysis. They had a great crowd to interact with who seemed to have ball just wanting to express their love for the feature. Everyone left with new insights about this Gene Wilder classic and similar movies like "Putney Swope" that would be worth their time. If Russ can make it to ATL Comic Con, he would love to share the stage with Paul once again.

It is only appropriate that this #RewindWednesday podcast falls on the same week as Ebertfest in Champaign, IL. CatBusRuss was not going to try and manage two events to get time off for in a month, so the least he can do is try to give the "I Dig Crazy Flicks" listener a taste of what the festival is like.

Back in 2022, CatBusRuss was able to attend the Terry Zwigoff and Thora Birch hosted screening of "Ghost World" a feature that our host has a friendship that played out a lot like that of the characters in this adaptation of Daniel Clowes comic book. He and she would argue about who was Enid (Birch) and who was Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), but the two were aspiring to be Seymour (Steve Buscemi).

It gets pretty personal since Russ is just expressing his thoughts about the film, so to lighten things up, you can listen to him and his big sister, ThePoeticCritic, try not to be too down on the summer box office of 2022.

CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic definitely had two different experiences at 2025's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. Our host's big sister was allowed to attend all three days while he just got frustrated with ReedPop entering the realm of gouging nerds. But, the two do have different personalities, so perhaps we will discover the common ground that still makes the C2E2 worthwhile.

Russ is more about panels and presentations while ThePoeticCritic just likes the community cons provide. In other words, we do not get the details on the "Robocop Reunion" panel with Peter Weller and Nancy Allen or the Jon Boyega panel that she attended. This episode's guest could really care less about the "Starship Reunion" panel the CatBus checked out.

If only ReedPop had accommodated to those spending the most money, instead they overloaded the second day with the celebrities resulting in a sell out for that day only. ThePoeticCritic says fire codes, but McCormick Place is a huge complex where traffic constantly goes in and out. You cannot stop people from going to train stations, so why here?

Con talk might not be your thing. It may not be ThePoeticCritic's thing since the conversation is broken up twice. If you are listening to "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast" for the movies, CatBusRuss continues is annual trek through the alphabet of sub 100 minute movies with "Civil War" and "The Dogs of War". He thought the title of this episode would be better served by putting these classic wartime movies ahead of the con, but that takes away from the main conversation. But surely, ThePoeticCritic is more than willing to put Christopher Walken ahead of herself in terms of billing.

CatBusRuss survived the blood loss, his social inadequacies, and the poor scheduling by ReedPop, and came out with quite a rewarding day at C2E2 2025. The new tattoo that is sure to upset the customers that mock him for wearing a face covering was the priciest investment. Outside of that, only spending a $110 at the con and $140 at New Japan Windy City Riot for collectables makes it seem like he won the day. On top of that, he was able to watch a good Netflix Original movie, "Extinction" to warm up for the con that decided to deprive most of its attendees "Here and Back Again: The Lord of the Rings Reunion". Screw you if you think we are all going to whip out our phones and pay $6 to stream it.

CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic are a bout to hit the road once again to make their annual pilgrimage to McCormick Place for the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo b.k.a. C2E2. Thus, there is a lot of preparation needed for this trip, even if our host is getting locked out of the overloaded celebrity line up on Saturday. Despite the frustration, Russ wants to still get in the mood for the show and give the audience a paywall-free version of the first C2E2 he reviewed on "Ninety For Chill", 2022.

Was it better than Fan Expo Chicago 2022? Who did he come to see? Did he do much to promote the NinetyForChill: The #Podcast? Cosplay's premier "Captain N: The Gamemaster" may finally be getting the nerd recognition he deserves. Or is he still pumped from the Danhausen photo op?

C2E2 2022: Calls for ”Life Force” & Ideal Cosplay - August 5, 2022

Cool Movies Darth sums up the first day of this year’s Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. He attended the Channel Awesome & Nerds Know panel sandwich and offended Twitter with his takes on proper cosplay etiquette.

C2E2 Day 2: The Disney+ Main Stage - August 8, 2022

CM Darth was able to make up some sleep. With the Starbucks providing him the wherewithal to go back and get his badge, he was able to leave a main stage seat indentation for Billy Dee Williams, the “Kenobi” supporting players, and an Irish Michael Rooker.

CatBusRuss left Indiana Comic Con extremely honored by who he was able to share panels with. They were all inspirational.

In the event of the "Was 1985 the Greatest Year in Movies?" panel, he got to speak with filmmaker and founder of the Gal's Guide Women History Library, Dr. Leah "Riwo" Leach. Our podcast host may come off as a cinematic know-it-all, so it was great that he was partnered up with a feminist who has created films, something CatBusRuss still aspires to do (Check out MainEventOfTheDead.com to find out more about his pro-wrestling, zombie-comedy script).

Each panelist came into the panel with a thesis. CatBus thought that 1985 was a year the year 1982 finally got its flowers. Harrison Ford received his only Oscar nomination for "Witness", but he should have got one for "Blade Runner". John Carpenter's "Starman" had lasting box office success, but that should have occurred with "The Thing". Steven Spielberg was being taken seriously as an artistic director with "The Color Purple" despite "E.T." was just as dramatic.

Riwo, being a Twin Cities gal, thinks 1985 is remembered so fondly thanks to Prince and Musicland forcing "Purple Rain" to be an affordably priced VHS tape. We did not have to go to the theater anymore to love these films, so the initial box office suffered for this.

Our two movie experts and the audience talk about a wide range of films. Russ's homework from the week prior served well as he could talk to the audience about "Better of Dead" and "The Last Dragon". Riwo got to head into the two remaining days of the convention knowing that there would people checking out her panel about the fortieth anniversary of "Clue". And the "I Dig Crazy Flicks" host gets to contemplate whether his childhood development was stunted by not getting to see "Weird Science" and "Life Force" as a five year-old. Maybe he should have graduated in 1998 instead of being a year older than his classmates, Mom.

With the lead up to CatBusRuss's attendance to Indiana Comic Con being based around the films of 1985, it only seemed appropriate that "I Dig Crazy Flicks" should further tease it on by reviewing all the features that the podcast covered from that year. Well, it will not include "Rocky IV" or "Commando", but those flicks are in the feed.

As long as it was not a sequel, 1985 was an interesting year for horror. You had two "Alien" knock offs in "Creature" with Klaus Kinski and the less amusing "Biohazard". But when it comes to more original content that was not Stuart Gordon's "Re-Animator" or Tobe Hooper's "Life Force", Steve Miner's "House" may have been the most fun. Gregory Carl blessed me with this suggestion that I tried to push on the audience at #ICC25.

CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl survived their first two days of meeting in person and sharing a hotel room. If they managed that, surely they were able to give Indiana Comic Con a podcast to remember. The two are pretty sure their discussions about:

The ideal movie running time being between 70 and 100 minutes;

How great it was interacting with the mind behind the Full Moon Features magazine "Delirium" as well as Delirium Films, Chris Alexander;

Recapping Russ Stevens's experience participating/moderating five other panels;

Gregory wanting our host to once again call out CM Punk.

At least the father with the "Sailor Moon" merchandise will not forget. The two did appreciate the politeness of his son.

Thus, it was another learning experience for "I Dig Crazy Flicks". CatBus has some new strategies coming out of this how to grow the podcast, so stick with the podcast to find out the next city he will take on. Starting with fighting against being slotted in the "Bottom of the Ninth so lets beat traffic spot".

CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl had a great time in Indianapolis the past weekend for the Indiana Comic Con. In the case of our host, perhaps too much fun. By the end of the two nights, he was too partied out to create any of his traditional bonus episodes recapping his days at the convention.

Fortunately, there were five other panels he was on, and his fellow co-panelists had no issue with him pulling out the Yeti mic and Macbook Air to record those conversations.

Russ's Friday started with a panel about the innovative computer-animation based films Tron and Tron: Legacy in anticipation for the upcoming threequel, Tron: Ares. He was joined by gaming expert and con crew member Ron Hernandez to see what Indiana loved about these to films and their hopes and fears about the Jared Leto movie that is due out in October.

"As long as it is not "Pixels"," was the general consensus. Everyone doubts that, so optimism was the vibe.

CatBusRuss has a busy weekend when it comes to Indiana Comic Con. He will be hosting a live recording of "I Dig Crazy Flicks Presents: Ninety For Chill - The Podcast" with friend of the show Gregory Carl on Sunday, March 16 at 4 pm (EDT), but he will also be a guest on panels about: bad sci-fi movies we love, "Tron", "Young Frankenstein", "The Last Jedi". Those are all cinema that he considers himself an expert in. But he grew up in a home that respected the MPA's ratings. Thus, he might not have strong enough knowledge about the films of 1985. He was only five at the time.

Dr. Leah "Riwo" Leach has invited our host to participate in "Was 1985 the Greatest Year for Movies". Is it just a celebration of the 40 anniversary of the cinema or does she intend to try selling it as a better year than 1982? To prepare himself for any scenario, Russ has caught up with some of the essential cinema from the year, and has composed a marathon from these flicks. "The Breakfast Club", "Death Wish 3", "Better of Dead", and "The Last Dragon"

CatBusRuss welcomes back comedian Gregory Carl to the podcast. Mr. Carl was intrigued by the recent focus on bonkers movies over the strict 70 to 100-parameters of "Ninety For Chill" and offered to chat about Quentin Tarantino's primary contribution to 2007's "Grindhouse", "Death Proof". The premise of a sadistic stuntman with a killer car may sound crazy, but when you realize it is the same universe as Robert Rodriguez's zombie homage "Planet Terror", this feature cannot occur in a sane world.

Our host does more than that to suggest this film qualifies for the podcast. What if Kurt Russell's Stuntman Mike is what happened to Jack Burton if Lo Pan cursed him with some Chinese black magic?

These two have not had a live conversation in over two years, so there was a lot of catching up to do on this episode. It may prove too tangent heavy for some, but they got to get it out of their systems before they head to Indianapolis for "I Dig Crazy Flicks Presents: Ninety For Chill - The Podcast" at the Indiana Comic Con on Sunday, March 16 at 4 pm.

Before we move on from Podbean, CatBusRuss wants to ensure that some of his favorite recordings will remain on the feeds of the major podcast apps (Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon Music). We return to month five of NinetyForChill: The #Podcast with what was first a two-episode conversation with Joe Golwitzer about the sub-100 minute filmography of Adam Sandler. The two cover nearly all of the feature that qualify for the show ("Billy Madison", "Happy Gilmour", "Little Nicky", "The Wedding Singer", "Bedtime Stories", "Hotel Transylvania", "Bulletproof", etc.) while going on tangents about "Star Wars", Brad Pitt, and, like the best movie podcasts out there, Gerard Butler.

The primary audience for horror movies has been told to laugh at itself once Kevin Williamson penned "Scream" in 1996. But as L7 wrote four years prior, "The Masses are Asses". Horror nerds were being treated to this message since the founding of Troma Films, but never so directly as in the Rolfe Kanefsky horror comedy, "There's Nothing Out There".

Nix Eclips from the "Cinema Shitshow" podcast suggested that CatBusRuss give the 1991 film a watch. He felt it had that vibe of "Scream". Our host would disagree with that since the film's hero is essentially the Jamie Kennedy character from the Wes Craven feature. It is more along the lines of "Final Girls" or "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon". We have a lead who knows this is a horror movie, but will anyone else believe him. The boom mic "Gymkata" suggests they should, but the feature needs a body count.

Aside from splitting hairs in regards to what "There's Nothing Out There" is trying to be, this episode is a first time meeting of two podcasters. We find out about Nix's experience in entertainment and his surprise on how wrestling and podcasting has taken CatBusRuss on a tour as far west as Rolla, MO, as far north as Milwaukee, WI, as far east as Jacksonville, FL, and as far south as New Orleans, LA. Give it a listen if you want to hear about similar trauma caused by PG Eddie Murphy cinema. There will be tangents, so prepare yourself.

Ally's Accessories Shop on Etsy has provided CatBusRuss with plenty of films and inspiration. This week, "NinetyForChill.com: The #Podcast" catches up with six of those features: "Gothika", "Hawk's Vengeance", "The Heist", "Invitation to a Suicide", "Juno", and "King of California".

CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic discuss B-Fest 2025. This is perhaps the best B-Fest line up CatBus has seen, and from the sound of it, the best his big sister has attended. And A&O Productions earned these accolades because the line up did not make it out to the public until at least an hour and a half before this 24-hour movie marathon kicked off. I Dig Crazy Flicks was able to be the last minute sponsor of B-Fest Traditions, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and "The Wizard of Speed and Time", but with that being the case, our host had low expectations for the kids at Northwestern to high jump over. He did not know that they were going to bring a pole vault.

If a movie was bad like "Truth or Dare? Critical Madness", it was so bonkers that you could not help but enjoy it with the crowd. If a film was morally corrupt like the gory Christian-exploitation flick, "If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?", the audience bonded together with the insults and riffs that all fascists deserve. And B-Fest did not miss when it came to nostalgia movies to amuse the audience. We're talking about the animated, "The Transformers: The Movie", JCVD and Dennis Rodman teaming up to stop Mickey Rourke in "Double Team", and two movies featured devious characters portrayed by B-Movie royalty, Mary Woronov.

It was a comedy of errors. A fire alarm went off as Pam Grier was smoldering. Sponsors were failing to show up when scheduled resulting in constant reshuffling of the line up. One of the DVDs refused to let the crew skip 20-minutes of no-budget movie trailers, resulting in them turning to YouTube to projecting it with pop-up ads. Honestly, when you are celebrating the best of the worst films ever made, this all seems quite appropriate.

The host of "Baking While Baked", Andrew "Couchman" Tiede, returns to the show to discuss the feature that put Kevin Smith on the map, "Clerks". CatBusRuss and his guest determine this is a feature about trying to find one's own identity. And, since these two make a living as customer agents, how this film serves to remind them not to take life too seriously, and always have a true hustle too focus on. Unless slacking is something you find comfort in. Thus, this podcast may have been better titled, "The Book of Randle".

The conversation the two have serves as a chance to share their own war stories about customers and expectations set on them. It is interesting because Smith's film only seems crazy to those who have not been employed in the retail space. Every scene triggers trauma our two podcasters have endured, and they love the story for that. Smith made a film that shows the clerk is not alone, despite what the customers want us to think. Damn, more people need to see this movie so they know what kind of douches they choose to be.

And since craziness was brought up, Couchman and CatBus review how "Ninety For Chill" has evolved into "I Dig Crazy Flicks". They look back on some of the films they have discussed, and which ones are truly bonkers. An argument can be made for all of them after they stopped and determined that Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday from "Tombstone" are parallels to Joliet Jake and Elwood from "The Blues Brothers".

Cats and pandas come to the rescue this week on NinetyForChill.com. They are the perfect companions to CatBusRuss's announcement that "I Dig Crazy Flicks" will be hosting a panel at the Indiana Comic Con.

Back in May of 2022, "Turning Red" was released to physical media, so Russ found that we have a Pixar movie with the ideal runtime. That amused him for one night, but the greatest amusement may have been discovering "Red Dwarf XIII" was a TV movie. Enjoy this homage to the commonwealth and forgive his fandom that he may mistake for cultural knowledge.

CatBusRuss ventures to Fan Expo New Orleans 2025 to host his first podcast panel of the new year, and he could not have asked for better guests than local podcasters TJ & Plaideau from NOLA Film Scene. This was the first panel these hometown actors have starred in and this was the first in person roundtable discussion Russ has been able to post on this podcast. It was a learning experience for all, but more importantly, a fun conversation about why 100 minutes is the ideal maximum movie runtime. But the NOLA boys do help our host figure out how you can grab for a few extra minutes.

TJ and Brian were gracious in providing their Southern Hospitality to a shy Yankee. And fortunately both their wives approved their efforts (despite birthdays) or attended (and helped produce). It shows that there were witnesses to that this moment in history happened. The cast of "Back to the Future" cannot take that away from them.

Not a perfect day in New Orleans for CatBusRuss. He did not set his alarm early enough to catch the Anthony Daniels panel and convention center food is not how he wanted to sample Cajun/Creole cuisine. But he was a little more social thus providing more potential for "I Dig Crazy Flicks" in the future. Thank Brian Plaideau for the shove there. He is still a little shy when it comes to approaching attractive arial artists, but he will always be a work in progress.

CatBus did make it to some fun panels. It was not C3-P0, but the humble Ashely Eckstein provided Fan Expo a fun "Star Wars" love fest. He was not there for a long time, but it was a good time checking out the "Fave Five From Fans" podcast. So far, you can never go wrong with a "Bootleg Safari" panel.

Perhaps his biggest score of the day was getting a Husk cat plushie and having the nerve to hit up some "Hazbin Hotel" cosplayers for a pic. It makes up for him not talking to the Arial Space Squad after their performance. Social baby steps.

CatBusRuss made the 17-hour train ride to New Orleans to try and outshine the "40th Anniversary: Back To the Future" cast reunion panel. With the backing of TJ and Plaideau from the NOLA Film Scene podcast, surely there would be an audience despite the stiff 7 pm panel competition at Fan Expo New Orleans. No one can deny the "I Dig Crazy Flicks" fighting spirit. But, most of our host's friends can recall what his role in the pro-wrestling ring was. Which won out? Lets just give a participation trophy for Russ's effort.

That maybe overly melodramatic. CatBus had fun meeting and hanging out with his panel guests, and appreciates them forcing him to be a little more social. A lot of promotional buttons were given out, and no one told him to jog off, so it is a winning day for this podcast. It is definitely a winner when compared to the Danish English language viking film "Valhalla Rising", the feature Russ watched to unwind the night prior.

It is a new era for "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast". CatBusRuss insists that 70 to 100 minutes is the ideal runtime for most movies, but when something topical comes along, it may capture his or potential guests' curiosity. If it is crazy enough, the film may grab hold of the collective attention, at the very least Russ's.

Welcome to the "I Dig Crazy Flicks" era of the podcast. It allows for a greater range in cinema to discuss and is definitely more marketable. And the craziness kicks off this year after Russ saw his father's reaction to a television ad for "Captain America: Brave New World".

His dad has never been to the theater to catch a Marvel movie, and with his reaction to Harrison Ford transform from POTUS to Hulk, it is unlikely he will despite CatBus explaining why it makes perfect sense.

Let it be stated, Russ is not the most logically sound of his family. He probably should not have left that conversation so pumped to skip pass "Wakanda Forever", "Quantumania", and "Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3". Our host might just be quick to excite, so he decided to consult with his older sister, ThePoeticCritic, to perhaps talk him down...or trigger his argumentative nature as the two breakdown the flaws of franchise factories and post-pandemic cinema.

Last week (12/23), CatBusRuss talked about movies that he would like to see take on "Coraline" as his best sub 100-minute film discovery of 2024. One of these films was "Shredder Orpheus" which, after he chatted with ThePoeticCritic and consulted HappyBeebsMeowMeow, determined that the skater-punk, shot-on-VHS take on Greek mythology was not going to top the Henry Selick classic.

Our host purchased the Brandon Lee starring "Rapid Fire" on DVD 15 years ago, and despite not giving it the proper attention when viewed on cable TV, he has seen Walter Hill's "Last Man Standing" in its entirety. Thus, it is up to Russ's favorite comedic screenwriter, Kevin Smith's, most recent film to end the streak of animated features from ending up as "Ninety For Chill's" top movie of the year.

"The 4:30 Movie" is Smith's version of Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans". It is an "autobiographical" take on how he became a filmmaker. If anything, this film has inspired CatBus to put the Spielberg flick on his queue just to see if he makes all the tongue-in-cheek jokes that Smith does about how movies have changed since then. Thank the gods Smith has only been doing this for 30 years, and his love for cinema was an inspiration to all of Russ's entertainment projects.

It might be an overstatement to suggest that ThePoeticCritic is miraculous, but she allows for this year (and this incarnation) of "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast" to conclude the only way CatBusRuss would allow it. That is with a guest. This was a near last minute arrangement, so the two siblings will not be chatting about a movie. They will be reviewing their experiences from this year in cinema, but with our host's work situation, his big sister wanted to bring in a little Christmas right now.

The two do investigate what makes a holiday picture. Does it need to be released (or intended to be released) around the season? How Christmassy does it have to be? Has Shane Black actually wrote a genuine Xmas movie? Are all Oscar-bait features representative of the holiday spirit as "Mystery Science Theater 3000" suggests?

As for the best experiences this year, ThePoeticCritic does not offer too many opinions, but helps guide Russ in coming to a decision in the three feature race of "Coraline (09)", "A Boy and His Dog (1975)", and "Shredder Orpheus (1990)". Maybe CatBus will get caught up on 2024's actual movies once he can step away from the retail hell that might have driven his cynicism. Buy batteries before the kids open the damn gifts.

CatBusRuss is still looking for a guest for "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast 200!". Until then, it will be a tribute to one of the directors who called for the establishment of the NC-17 rating who aspires to be the next Roger Corman, Mark L. Lester.

Gregory Carl had an aspiration to release a Jean-Claude Van Damme & Rob Van Dam podcast, so he was more than welcomed to talk action movies on this pod. Russ did not want to tread too much on his expertise, so the two talked about what our host considers to be the greatest DVD two-pack, "Bloodsport" and Lester's "Showdown in Little Tokyo", the feature that inspired the CatBus's annual trip to Northwestern's B-Fest.

It is the time of #SpotifyWrapped, so it seems appropriate to do a best of the year list for Ninety For Chill: The Podcast. But that is something CatBusRuss would like to save for Episode 200.

Spotify's annual review of listening habits actually inspired our host to look back to the past. He failed to add his 2021 and 2022 "Top Songs Lists" to his library. That is something he will not allow to occur on his primary podcast feed. It seems a valid means of justifying this trip down memory lane as he offers his best sub-100-minute cinema discoveries from the first two years of the podcast.

On Christmas 2021, ThePoeticCritic spent an hour with her little brother to help comprise a list of NinetyForChill's best discoveries of 2021. Her movie research is not as narrow as this podcast's host, but she chooses five movies that will make the list. It is up to CatBusRuss to determine which five of the remaining 15 films will make for a well balanced countdown.

At the end of 2022, ThePoeticCritic gives us some input on what some of the best movies CatBusRuss found in 2022. Russ counts down his top 10 favorite finds from this year. To be thorough, the year's collection of Ally's Accessories Shop on Etsy's Trash Feature Reviews is concluded with "2020 Texas Gladiators". And how can 2022's top 10 list be complete without a David Cronenberg movie? "Crash" and "Crimes of the Future" were last minute watches during Russ's six-day stint of holiday retail shifts.

CatBusRuss decided to dive into some of his purchases this year. He explores half of his first Vinegar Syndrome order, the 1973 horror comedy "Arnold" and a classic he picked up on iTunes which was nearly his top discovery of 2020, the 1972 Bruce Dern sci-fi vehicle "Silent Running". Marrying corpses for inheritance loopholes and a conservationist space movie prove the seventies were a special time. Too bad cocaine and capitalism ruined these unique ideas come the 1980s.

Russ also discovered the difficulties of finding movies before 1980 on major streaming platforms. He found the offerings on Netflix and Paramount+ to be quite poor. Fortunately, Shudder is aware of what a classic horror feature is and Prime Video is a video library with fewer rental fees. The second half of this seventies marathon brings the full-frontal nudity with David Carradine's failed spiritual successor to "Death Race 2000", "Death Sport", and the steamy, lesbian-vampire classic "Daughters of Darkness".

The influence of the 1971 vampire film can still be felt on vampire cinema 50 years later. This inspired our host to revisit his review for the queer-vampire, indie-horror comedy, "Bit" to cap off this episode.

CatBus is still looking for a guest for the 200th episode of "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast with CatBusRuss". Reach out to him on Bluesky @catbusruss.bsky.social.

ThePoeticCritic was kind enough to grace us with her presence to focus on the 2003 Will Ferrell classic, "Elf", and the near 20 years since that have been without a Christmas classic.

Of course, being a bonus episode, CatBusRuss cannot help but taint the holiday spirit by adding reviews for "The Zombie Diaries" and the weird Natasha Lyonne horror "comedy" from IFC Midnight, "Antibirth".

And like Lloyd Christmas, our host redeems himself when it comes to the appropriate seasonal vibes.

ThePoeticCritic showed him the best use of “The Muppets” since “Muppet Vision”, "A Muppets Christmas: Letter to Santa". To make sure the CatBus had about 100 minutes of stuff to talk about, the Xmas-themed “Sailor Moon S: The Movie” completed this double feature.

It only seems appropriate to recognize the duality of Tim Burton's most beloved story, "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Thus, why not look back on Ally (of Ally's Accessories Shops on Etsy's Trash Feature Revues) and CatBusRuss's conversation about the underappreciated animation director Henry Selick's best remembered feature? Merry Christmas =^_^=

1987 may have been the peak of eighties horror. The Tommy Jarvis trilogy had concluded and Freddy was not going to top his bout with Patricia Arquette. Few would argue that neither of those franchises had what it took to surpass "Evil Dead II". The wise thing to do would have been to ride on Sam Raimi's coattails. In steps Kevin Tenney with "Night of the Demons".

Andrew "CouchManBakes" Tiede⁠ must have been sure that ⁠CatBusRuss⁠ was going to get his panel approved for Fan Expo New Orleans 2025⁠. Why else would he have requested to cover perhaps the best narrative ⁠Jean-Claude Van Damme⁠ had ever starred in, ⁠John Woo⁠'s "⁠Hard Target⁠"?

That is presumptuous statement, but would it not be great for "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast" to have provided a friendship for our host where a guest can be on the same wave length? CatBus obviously had posted a fan art image of this nineties gem on his Instagram when he was making a call out for guests. It is a surprise that it took so long for this show to cover this feature because it is essentially, "What if "Commando" had known assets to face off/support our uber hero".

We do not mean that as shots against the talents of William Duke, David Patrick Kelly, Bill Paxton, and Rae Dawn Chong, but Wilford Brimley Cajun accent is a lot more fun than Dan Hedaya's Central American. Sorry Vernon Wells, you were not a known commodity in 1985. Lance Henriksen was very mush that in 1993.

This is a charming take on "The Most Dangerous Game" set in New Orleans. At least Sam Raimi decided to give the rundown Detroit tropes a rest for this feature. It is a silly tale of a Louisianan merchant sailor from the Marines being hunted for sport, but it delivers great action and asks the question, how could we ignore "The Mummy" giving us a virtually mute Arnold Vosloo?

After this film, not letting him deliver English dialogue is awful. Surely Stephen Sommers did not want to hurt our feelings.

CatBusRuss is not really a Thanksgiving fan. The high school wrestling season started that weekend, so enjoying the feast was not really an option. Granted, NinetyForChill's host grew up a picky eater, so the holiday did not really offer anything for him. Let us not even get into familiar anxiety. Horror may be too extreme a term for the fourth week of November, but then came his career in customer service. So the "ThanksKilling" franchise and the Bruce Campbell produced "Black Friday" may be appropriate comfort viewing for the holiday season kick off.

If you need a director to provide you with a perfect 90 minutes of cinema, your best bet maybe David Cronenberg. The past two years on NinetyForChill.com, the best features CatBusRuss has found were helmed by this Canuck composer. Here, Russ offers his thoughts on three classics from the master of body horror: "A History of Violence", "Rabid", and "Naked Lunch".

CatBusRuss's Blue Snowball was enough to capture the vibe of 2024's Twin Cities Con. Our host and his big sister, ThePoeticCritic introduced Minneapolis to "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast" and after a little time, they got a pretty good crowd who were more than willing to give the two some "Wahoos".

Of course, Russ did not have his resources to recall that Crowley quote correctly, so it may have just been some woohoos. As the worm in "Labyrinth" would say "But that's close enough".

It turned out to be an opposing conversation between the two siblings. CatBus wanted to play up his LLC "I Dig Crazy Flicks" and talk about sub 100-minute movies that are bonkers. His elder wanted to focus on why movies are just too long. The audience seemed to agree with her thesis, and the Gen Z kids were behind it with commentary like "how hard is it to kill one shark?"

Hopefully, the kids will be inspired to check out the Stevens siblings discussing why movies that were released before 1975 are still artistically relevant. The audience did not appear to think that they were too harsh on the MCU.

All in all, these two Peorians were able to come out victorious. Their panel's supervisor stated that they were given the worst time slot being booked up against Hayden Christensen. With a score of people at the end, the two kicked the Dark Side in the balls.

CatBusRuss wraps up the last two days of Twin Cities Con and does his best to provide drunken affirmations to his guest for "Ninety For Chill: The Panel", ThePoeticCritic. This may have been the most patience his big sister ever displayed to him.

Our host decided to open this bonus episode of the podcast with tales of day three of the con, which was not much more than the Brian Posehn and some shopping. This decision was made after he listened to his drunken audio to make sure it was usable. As it turns out, Russ failed to talk about the day two "Hazbin Hotel" panel during that recording, so at least day three chatter is more than asking Brian about not getting to curse in his "Deadpool" comic book run.

As for day two, the two siblings talk about how well they thought the panel went and a panel that our host attended about what makes "Junk Food Cinema". This at least kept his mind off of the lousy karaoke and security set up.

So we have the Brian and the Booze, where's the blood and bone? Well, to justify the Netflix write off, CatBus went and reviewed the 2009 Michael Jai White action flick "Blood and Bone". It is like "Lionheart" but without JCVD's tears.

CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic have settled into Minneapolis to prepare for "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast" at Twin Cities Con. Of course they are taking advantage of the weekend passes they were provided in exchange for the fried gold they are to deliver on Saturday, November 9.

ThePoeticCritic was content with the floor, a "What If...Doctor Who" panel, and karaoke. CatBus was scouting out other podcaster panels to prepare for his own. Be it a discussion of what makes a truly evil yet lovable villain, a Christian-themed nerd podcast being hijacked by the amateur Pokemon casters, our host thinks he has everything needed to be prepared for his time on stage.

But speaking of evil, Emperor Palpatine himself had a panel. Ian McDiarmid had a lot of fun talking about the joys of the stage and working with George Lucas. If anything was off limits, it was dealing with the current state of politics. It kind of makes you wish that Trump actually watched movies. We would have gotten to this hellscape a lot sooner and have the rebellion prepared.

If there was anything more sinister than Darth Sidious, it was the layout of Twin Cities Con. To not think about that, Russ has included his review of Wes Craven's "Vampire in Brooklyn" starring Eddie Murphy. Lets hope that Saturday will be all sunshine and rainbows. Russ was once pro-wrestling's Sith Lord. The audience best be kind.

With Twin Cities Con this weekend, CatBusRuss is promising a lot of content for "Ninety For Chill" before next Wednesday. In the meantime, our host decided to make sure that all of the Stuart Gordon directed features that he has come across makes his current podcast feed.

"Robot Jox", "Castle Freak", and "Dagon" are all low-budget bangers. And after Russ brings up the 2013 no-budget stinker "Eternal Damn Nation", you will have a greater appreciation of the man who did the most to honor H.P. Lovecraft's horrors (and, to a lesser extent, Tommy Wiseau).

It was not a very scary "spooky month" for "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast", but CatBusRuss can deliver on finding guests who can provide monsters to enjoy. Brandy "HappyBeebsMeowMeow" Stonum returns to the podcast to discuss her favorite movie of all time, "Labyrinth" from Jim Henson.

Brandy remembers this film fondly. She was only two when the film came out in 1986, but it had such an impact on her family that her little brother was named Jareth, the character portrayed by the father of modern alternative rock, David Bowie. As for the lasting impact on Russ and his older sister, ThePoeticCritic, this was the two's first real exposure to this musical god, but more importantly, The Muppets (more accurately, Jim Henson's Creature Shop) as a source of drama. It also may have prepped them for Mom's love of anything English as Terry Jones's script left them in a good place to appreciate "Monty Python's Flying Circus".

And of course, as many suggest, all parties involved with this episode consider the children's feature to be a catalyst of sexual awakening. Those wardrobe choices will be discussed.

⁠CatBusRuss⁠⁠ will be honest. Between Kaiju and Hammer Dracula, this spooky season has not been to scary on "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast⁠". With it being a Rewind Wednesday, our host decided that his and Kodiak Thompson's conversation about ⁠Paul W.S. Anderson⁠'s greatest feature, "⁠Event Horizon⁠" might set things straight.

And then ⁠Russ⁠ considered that a new "⁠Venom⁠" feature is being released this week. He felt it was only appropriate to get his listeners prepared for it by recapping the seemingly missable, "⁠Venom: Let There Be Carnage⁠". He thought it was a fun flick, but when the alien-symbiote got a hold of glow sticks, the thoughts of ⁠Joel Schumacher⁠'s ghost taking the reigns of the franchise were scarier that anything the Anderson's space hell could offer.

The King of Monsters demands his spot in spooky month. ThePoeticCritic returns to Ninety For Chill to discuss what is truly scary about kaiju. International politics and Western adaptations.

CatBusRuss gets to learn the history of "The Return of Godzilla", a legacy sequel/reboot of the Toho franchise. The two discuss whether or not the giant monsters are only scary to kids, the under appreciated influence the big guy had on America filmmaking, the necessity of practical effects, and where the hell the money that Yankee producers are throwing at movies is going.

"Godzilla Minus One" only cost $15 million to make and featured Oscar-winning special effects. Why did "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" cost 10 times that? We suppose the "X" does represent multiplication (Thanks Jessica Ritchey.).

CatBusRuss was unable to secure a guest this week, but thankfully has some leads on some experts of spookiness. This left our host relying on his streaming services to warrant tax write offs for I DiG CRAZY FLiCKS. Here he discovered that after the "Twilight Saga", studios are making some wild choices when it comes to vampires on the big screen (43 inches and up).

Netflix had the official dawning of Universal's Dark Universe with "Dracula Untold". Russ's suspicions are soon met when it comes to PG-13 vampires as Luke Evans portrays Bram Stoker's titular character. This feature looks like it wants to show, "What if Sauron from Peter Jackson's Trilogy was on our side?" Laughingly, it is lots of bodies flying without viscera or proper lighting.

Paramount+ was only promoting two vampire movies, and the CatBus has already spoke of "From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money's" excellence. So he watched the weirdly titled "V for Vengeance". To the producers' credit, in the age of mock busters, the nomenclature will bring eyes to it. Hopefully, those pupils will not be too miffed about getting the lightweight "D.E.B.S." of vampiric action instead of a dystopian England with Guy Faux masks.

This double feature is for those who are into schlock since Stephenie Meyer took more time establishing vampiric lore. Too bad the only thing these creatives took from her franchise is that the sun is no longer a curse. It is a major flaw because darkness, can hide poor fight choreography and only implies the gore your effects cannot deliver.