Podcast
The LexG Movie Podcast
A podcast for former comic and beloved film historian LexG to just ramble on and reminisce about beloved movie favorites, with the occasional new review.
- Film History chart
- #22
- Episodes
- 107
- Releases
- Monthly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 15 min
- On air since
- 2021
- Latest episode
- 4 days ago
Episodes
107 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 25 min
LEXG'S HALLOWEEN 2026 HORROR CHAT!
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Just in time for spooky season, LexG does a freeform horror ramble about some old favorites and classic franchises, including Fright Night, Return of the Living Dead, Friday the 13th, and Night of the Living Dead.
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1 hr
LEXG ON TOM CRUISE AND DIGGER, RESIDENT EVIL, AND MORE
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LexG is back with a review of Tom Cruise in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Digger, including a freeform riff about Cruise's career over the years. Also, some other recent fall reviews, including the new Resident Evil, Andrew Garfield in The Uprising, and, for no particular reason, an appreciation of the ridiculous Fall 2: Deadpoint.
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1 hr 34 min
LEXG'S SEPTEMBER 2026 MOVIE REVIEW EXTRAVAGANZA
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LexG is back, with an all new slate of recent reviews, including Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor in the dinosaur adventure End of Oak Street, Adria Arjona taking on super soldiers in Onslaught, the latest from Jason Statham in Mutiny, Ridley Scott's dystopian adventure The Dog Stars, Mark Wahlberg savin' the day as usual in By Any Means, and Gal Gadot running a lot in, er, The Runner.
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52 min
LEXG'S AUGUST 2026 REVIEWS: SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY, EVIL DEAD BURN, AND MORE
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LexG with some early August reviews as the summer winds down. Main event here is the blockbuster Spider-Man: Brand New Day, with bonus superhero movie riffing. Then some recent odds and ends, including franchise entry Evil Dead Burn, Olivia Wilde in the wacky indie I Want Your Sex, and some belated thoughts on the latest Jackass.
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50 min
LEXG REVIEWS THE ODYSSEY
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LexG is back to wrestle with his feelings about Christopher Nolan's epic summer blockbuster, starring Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway.
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1 hr 40 min
LEXG'S JULY 2026 MOVIE REVIEW EXTRAVAGANZA
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LexG is back, with a bonanza of recent reviews-- Milly Alcock as Supergirl, Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day, the viral horror sensation Backrooms, a new take on Masters of the Universe, the martial arts flick The Furious, Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde in The Invite, and, maybe most importantly, a longform riff about Uwe Boll and his new gem, Citizen Vigilante.
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1 hr 2 min
LEXG'S JUNE 2026 REVIEWS: MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, SCARY MOVIE, AND MORE
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LexG back with a look at the Star Wars entry Mandalorian and Grogu, as well as the latest Scary Movie, a few words about Mortal Kombat II and the bad experience of seeing it at a matinee, and various other random freeform riffs for early June.
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1 hr 1 min
LEXG'S MAY 2026 REVIEWS: OBSESSION, HOKUM, IN THE GREY, AND MORE
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LexG back with a longform review of the horror smash Obsession, then a look at Adam Scott in Hokum, Guy Ritchie's In the Grey, Renny Harlin's shark flick Deep Water, and Lee Cronin's take on The Mummy.
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1 hr 1 min
LEXG RIFFS ON MICHAEL
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LexG is back with some freeform riffs on being an MJ fan growing up, leading to a review of the new Jackson biopic, Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson.
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1 hr 15 min
LEXG'S DIRECTOR RIFFS: CRONENBERG, BIGELOW, WALTER HILL, AND MORE
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LexG with some mini "lightning rounds" on a few formative faves, from David Cronenberg to Kathryn Bigelow to Walter Hill, with a few shorter riffs on Paul Verhoeven, Peter Hyams, and John Badham. Not meant to be comprehensive or scholarly, just freeform riffing about some favorite filmmakers, in what might become an ongoing occasional series or segment.
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1 hr 7 min
LEXG REVIEWS PROJECT HAIL MARY, READY OR NOT 2, THEY WILL KILL YOU, AND MORE
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LexG with a longform review of the box office sensation Project Hail Mary (beware, some minor spoilers) starring Ryan Gosling, as well as quick takes on the horror sequel Ready or Not 2, and Zazie Beetz in the quite similar They Will Kill You. Then to close it out, just some very random riffs, on everything from Charlton Heston to a recent streaming show with Nicole Kidman.
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46 min
LEXG MARCH 2026 RANDOM RIFFS: OSCAR ALSO-RANS, CHUCK NORRIS, AND RECENT REVIEWS
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A bit of a smaller, freeform episode, with random riffs about catching up on some belated Oscar flicks, a few words about Chuck Norris, and a pair of quick takes on Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, and the horror film Undertone.
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1 hr 16 min
LEXG REVIEWS THE BRIDE!, SCREAM 7, AND MORE
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LexG is back with reviews of Maggie Gyllenhaal's divisive The Bride! starring Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley, as well Scream 7, the latest entry in the long-running horror franchise. Plus a few words about Chris Hemsworth in Crime 101, and Sam Raimi's Send Help.
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1 hr 20 min
LEXG ON THE FILMS OF ROBERT DUVALL, PLUS SOME FEBRUARY 2026 REVIEWS
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LexG remembers the great Robert Duvall, with a lightning round riff through some favorite movies and roles. Then some recent reviews, including Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights, the slasher conclusion Strangers Chapter 3, Jason Statham in Shelter, Return to Silent Hill, Dracula, and a late-in-the-season Oscar catch-up with Sentimental Value.
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49 min
LEXG ON MOVIEGOING FATIGUE
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Freeform riff episode of The LexG Podcast about decades of moviegoing, often solo, becoming a compulsion and possibly even an addiction, as we transition from the year-end Oscar bait into the fun January movies.
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1 hr 29 min
LEXG REVIEWS AVATAR 3, FRANKENSTEIN, PRIMATE, AND MORE
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LexG reviews Avatar: Fire and Ash, Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, Primate, Anaconda 2025, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, and a pair of recent streaming docs on comedy legends Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase.
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1 hr 44 min
LEXG ON WAKE UP DEAD MAN, MARTY SUPREME, HAMNET, ELLA McKAY, AND THE SECRET AGENT
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LexG with some new movie reviews for late December, including Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man with Daniel Craig, Timothee Chalamet in Marty Supreme, Jessie Buckley in the Oscar hopeful Hamnet, James L. Brooks' Ella McKay, and the Brazilian political drama The Secret Agent.
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1 hr 22 min
LEXG'S EARLY DECEMBER RIFFS AND REVIEWS: JAY KELLY, RUNNING MAN, AND MORE
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LexG reviews Noah Baumbach and George Clooney's Jay Kelly, as well as Edgar Wright's new version of The Running Man, then some quick takes on Oz Perkins' Keeper and the action sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge. Plus plenty of random riffing, of course!
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1 hr 49 min
LEXG'S NOVEMBER 2025 REVIEWS AND RIFFS: PREDATOR, SPRINGSTEEN, AND OSCAR BAIT
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LexG freeform hangout episode, with riffs on Predator: Badlands and the Predator series, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the October and November Oscar bait flicks that have all kind of bombed, and a few hopefuls yet to come.
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2 hr 8 min
LEXG'S A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET LIGHTNING ROUND
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Here at last, LexG takes you through a lightning round of the classic Nightmare on Elm Street series, from the 1984 original through 1994's Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
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