Tuesday, May 23, 2023

NinetyForChill: The #Podcast with @CatBusRuss: "The Truman Show" with ThePoeticCritic

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Episode 121: "The Truman Show" with ThePoeticCritic

The Eva Show > Truman

The Truman Show with ThePoeticCritic

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"The Truman Show" was a feature that some would say has aged like a fine wine, but there seems to be many who still have a bitter taste in their mouth. What would Hollywood be like if this feature received its roses back in 1998 instead of 2022 at Cannes? Would Jim Carrey have become the post-modern Tom Hanks? Is he American enough to usurp the two-time Oscar winner's greatest title of "America's Dad"?

Before this podcast recording, CatBusRuss had only seen the third act of this Peter Weir classic. He was thoroughly impressed by the direction and could tell that Carrey was providing the performance of his lifetime. The first chance he found a discount on the digital release, our host knew it was a must buy. Finding the time, and perhaps the motivation, to watch it was the challenge.


His living situation the past seven years could be to blame. Perhaps he did not want to break the initial rules of the "NinetyForChill: The #Podcast". This feature is officially three minutes too long. More than likely though, it may have been the thought of further enduring ThePoeticCritic's obsession with everything that was late nineties Jim Carrey. This week, CatBus faces all of those challenges with a 130 minute conversation with his big sister about what may be one of her favorite features of all time.

As for Ani-May, CatBus watched the return of Studio Ghibli with Goro Miyazaki's "Earwig and the Witch", another tale of strange adoption.

Allow me to get out of third-person. Happy Prof. Shurtleff of Illinois Central College? I (CatBusRuss) will try not to make so much light of violent death in this summation. This is my declaration of changing perspective.

It is just after 5 pm on Tuesday the 23rd, and I am, of course, exhausted. My last actual day off between both jobs was Mother's Day, and even that one was a rough one. With less than six hours in this evening to use, actually getting motivated to write this blog post is tough.

I am currently at war with all of Popeye's Chicken after the wasted a half hour of Mother's Day. They did not just screw up my order, but forgot about it twice during the half hour of waiting. Shitty customer service is something I cannot stand for and being made to feel like I was wrong for not being empathetic to the understaffed's plight further enraged me.

All I wanted was a refund for the food I was never going to get. They offered me food that was not my order to make up for it, which I declined. Why would you want to open your mouth if it is not to apologize when you have a seething customer?

I did not ask any follow up stories. My conditions were being met. Telling me that I had to allow it because one person had been working seven hours (7 am to 2 pm) was going to piss me off further. You just apologize and ask if there is anyway to further resolve your fuck up(s). Asking me to be calmed because only three people showed up will result in me responding with, "Why are you even open if you do not have the staff?".

After dealing with their online customer service, ignoring and insulting customers must be their standard operating practice. I have aired my grievances with them after saying that I had to download their app to receive any compensation for potentially ruining Mom's Day for me. The Twitter thread had been posted, and I have jumped in to their timeline as well. Their social media team responded shortly after that, but it was before I went to bed last night. They invited me to message them, which I have, but am still waiting on their response.

I am still determined to keep up the podcast, but the past week was tough. Unless guests want to stay up late, Sundays are the only day that I am certain can be made for podcasting. With that said, if you have a movie or topic that you want to chat about, send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com.

Monday, May 15, 2023

NinetyForChill: The #Podcast with @CatBusRuss: Ani-May Cinematic 6-Pack with Witches & Lance Henriksen

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Episode 120: Ani-May Cinematic 6-Pack with Witches & Lance Henriksen

Please pardon the grammar error with Witch's

Ani-May Cinematic 6-Pack with Witches & Lance Henriksen

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CatBusRuss is pondering how often he should be releasing new episodes of "Ninety For the Chill". This current season has had a great balance of episodes dedicated to his own personal binges and conversations with great guests. But with so many podcasts having a monthly or biweekly release schedule, is the CatBus working too hard?

The episode for next week is in the can, so this week, our host is keeping up the ani-May theme by watching Studio Ghibli's spiritual successor's, Studio Ponoc, first feature, "Mary and the Witch's Flower". It is a fun kids film. Then CatBus pulls out some reviews that sum up his own maturity. It starts with coming of age in the punk rock world with "London Town" and moves on to the oversexed college experience with Gregg Araki's "Kaboom".

From sexually explicit cinema, CatBus makes a quick transition to the other extreme of indie cinema with the Soska Sisters' remake of David Cronenberg's "Rabid". Cronenberg was one of the two patron saints of this podcast. The other is Stuart Gordon. What sounds better than Gordon with Lance Henriksen? To find out what that is like, you will hear a review for "The Pit and the Pendulum". If that is not enough of a Henriksen fix, stick around for a review of Stan Winston's directorial debut, "Pumpkinhead".

Allow me to get out of third-person. Happy Prof. Shurtleff of Illinois Central College? I (CatBusRuss) will try not to make so much light of violent death in this summation. This is my declaration of changing perspective.

Am I going to regret writing this blog tonight? I say that because I do not have a morning shift to attend on Wednesday. Should I muster up or try to save the strength to party on Tuesday night?

Why go out? Because I think history is repeating itself. I have my trivia team, but the team captains are expecting their first kid. That is what I think the first sign of being complete grown ups is. The coworker who introduced me to the team is starting a new job at some point, so who knows where that will take him? It was graduation weekend last week, so there are a handful of new friends who will be moving on. How do I start over again?

Obviously, I am looking into finding a new therapist (the tab is opened on the browser right now), but that comes with more stress than just worrying about the Christian nature of the only recommendation I received that is definitely covered by my insurance. The stress stems from the $600 I am expected to pay for lab work. Hopefully my primary will be understanding when it comes to me cancelling the next set.

I am still determined to keep up the podcast, but the past week was tough. Unless guests want to stay up late, Sundays are the only day that I am certain can be made for podcasting. With that said, if you have a movie or topic that you want to chat about, send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

NinetyForChill: The #Podcast with @CatBusRuss: Deadpool in 12 Parsecs featuring @CouchManBakes

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Episode 119: Deadpool in 12 Parsecs featuring @CouchManBakes

Captain Dead Eva

Deadpool in 12 Parsecs featuring @CouchManBakes

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One of the worse things about the Marvel Cinematic Universe is that they insist that you stick around until the credits conclude for what is essentially a tease for the next feature in the franchise. It is far more forgivable in "Turning Red" to just feature the father dancing to some boy band, but it is still not part of the narrative of the feature that you paid to see.

So what if you cut out the six minutes of credits and the teaser for an inevitable sequel to a feature that is only 50 seconds past 100 minutes? You have sold CatBusRuss on allowing "NinetyForChill: The #Podcast" to address Ryan Reynolds in his greatest role "Deadpool". Leave it to Andrew Tiede to find another loophole in the parameters of this movie podcast. Like Han Solo established, the feature is 100 minutes, if you round down.

As a bonus, CatBus pays tribute to the month of AniMAY by finally getting "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence", and ends up giving more credence to the underappreciated quality of the controversial, live-action adaptation of the franchise. If only Scarlett Johansson and Reynolds would have made it, the synergy of this episode would demand admiration.

Allow me to get out of third-person. Happy Prof. Shurtleff of Illinois Central College? I (CatBusRuss) will try not to make so much light of violent death in this summation. This is my declaration of changing perspective.

I might need to look back through these blogs to see how tired I felt after watching "John Wick: Chapter 4". The last feature I watched was "The Last Emperor" which clocked in at 2:43:00. That is just shy of how long the conclusion (Pardon the spoiler.) to Wick's story was.

Sunday was spent composing a bonus episode for the "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast with CatBusRuss" feed and editing this episode with Andrew. By the time I got to Bernado Betrolluci's technical masterpiece, it was past 9 pm. Needless to say, it was not until 1 am that I got to smoking a bowl to fall asleep watching "Robot Chicken". Monday was a double, and I could not muster the energy to write this blog despite the recordings were all finished.

Tuesday was the same, but I felt more prepared. Netflix cannot send a DVD in time to give me something that would make my bedtime too late. Too bad there had to be a flat tire just as my work night concluded. Getting the spare on kind of left me pumped and in a tired but wired state. I think I got to bed at a reasonable time, but there was the tire to take care off today. And, with Mother's Day coming up, expecting Mom and Dad to take care of the little chores like laundry would be distasteful.

I am still determined to keep up the podcast, but the past week was tough. Unless guests want to stay up late, Sundays are the only day that I am certain can be made for podcasting. With that said, if you have a movie or topic that you want to chat about, send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com.

Monday, May 1, 2023

NinetyForChill: The #Podcast with @CatBusRuss: Nicolas Cage & The Unbearable Weight of Massive Filmography

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Episode 118: Nicolas Cage & The Unbearable Weight of Massive Filmography

Eva seems to be nay on Nick

Nicolas Cage & The Unbearable Weight of Massive Filmography

It was an inevitability that Nicolas Cage was going to get at least one episode of "Ninety For Chill" dedicated to his works. With the amount that he works, there maybe more to come. As long as he keeps it weird of course.

CatBusRuss was doing his best to catch a showing of "Renfield" before it leaves the big screens this week. That feature is not quite the box office success that was expected, so our host was hedging his bets for a slice of podcasted fried gold by finally going through his cheap, "How can you not buy this Nick Cage flick?" collection. "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" features the best of all things currently nerdy with Cage and Pedro Pascal playing off each other, and was critically acclaimed. If only a Champaign/Urbana multiplex could offer a great theater going experience, the feature would be a great A-feature of a double feature.

Unfortunately, Phoenix Theatres 16 in Savoy must base what shows they will go through on what money they are getting from online sales. IMDb's showtimes be damned. It maybe a conspiracy to stop audiences from cashing in their emergency tickets based on previous poor experiences. So the weekend ended in a long night for the CatBus. Once he got home from trying to make something out of getting dressed on a day off, "Jiu Jitsu", from the minds that rebooted the "Kickboxer" franchise, was next on the queue. The idea of Cage versus a "Predator" knock off should have made major bank. Find out why this was the definition of a B-Feature.

Allow me to get out of third-person. Happy Prof. Shurtleff of Illinois Central College? I (CatBusRuss) will try not to make so much light of violent death in this summation. This is my declaration of changing perspective.

I am going to bitch about Champaign/Urbana cinemas, but I should not be too down. It turns out that I was able to get three podcasts in the can. Next week will be a lot of fun with the return of Andrew Tiede for "Deadpool". There was only one job that expected me to show up on Monday, and it is hard for a theater to cancel the second showing of "Renfield", so the review will be sitting around until the physical media release. Yes, a steelbook is what I am hoping for.

I am still determined to keep up the podcast, but the past week was tough. Unless guests want to stay up late, Sundays are the only day that I am certain can be made for podcasting. With that said, if you have a movie or topic that you want to chat about, send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com.