Casting The Net
Here on Casting The Net, Ken-K and Cohen show some love to all the movies that didn't quite make it to theaters, but that shouldn't stop you from checking them out on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, OnDemand, or however you all choose to discover new and original movies in the comfort of your own home.
Episodes
196 episodes
Casting The Net Episode 190: Hot Frosty
I know some of us out there have been hating this winter season, so allow us to heat things up as we talk about the Netflix original holiday romance film Hot Frosty. Lacey Chabert plays a widowed diner owner who inexplicably transforms a snowma...
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Casting The Net Episode 189: Faust Love of the Damned [SPOILER SUPREME]
Too much blood? Or not enough? That's the questions we're asking on this week's episode, as we cover one of the most "2000s" indie genre movies of the year 2000 based on a cult indie comic from the 80s, Faust: Love of the Damned. Contemplating ...
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Casting The Net Episode 188: Cast A Deadly Spell
When people talk about hidden gems, you really don't get more hidden of a gem than a 1940s supernatural crime noir thriller from 1991, starring Fred Ward, Clancy Brown, David Warner, and Julianne Moore, produced by Gale Anne Hurd, directed by G...
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Casting The Net Episode 187: House of Spoils
It's the week after Thanksgiving, but we hope you're all still hungry. This week we're covering the Blumhouse Prime Original House of Spoils, as Ariana Debose plays an ambitious chef looking to make a name for herself. Hoping to turn a cozy inn...
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Casting The Net Tangents Episode 5: Early 2000s Horror
Haven't done a Tangent episode in a minute! And what better time to do one for Early 2000s horror than . . . three weeks AFTER Halloween! In any event, We dive as deep as we can with this week's ep, and we'll make sure to pick up the slack on s...
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Casting The Net Episode 186: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
After 30 years, Axel Foley as at it again, as Eddie Murphy returns to arguably his most famous role for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. This time Detroit's "finest" must return to the west coast after his daughter is threatened and Billy Rosewood go...
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Casting The Net Episode 185: Heavenly Creatures
From the director of Dead Alive and Meet The Feebles comes . . . the true crime tale of two teenage girls' burgeoning friendship leading to straight up matricide in 1950s New Zealand? This week, I'm correcting a major blind spot the films direc...
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Casting The Net Episode 184: Day Shift [Feat. Glenn Lawrence]
Nice to see a new spin on the "I have to do '(X) Task' to keep my ex-wife from moving her and our child out of state!" trop, as Jamie Foxx plays a freelance vampire hunter in the Netflix action movie Day Shift. In need of some fast cash, Foxx's...
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Casting The Net Episode 183: Atlas
Who doesn't want to watch J.Lo fight self-aware androids in a mech suit?!?! This week, we're covering the Netflix original Atlas, as Jennifer Lopez has to form an unlikely bond with an AI program, in the hopes of stopping another AI program fro...
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Casting The Net Episode 182: Dogma 25th Anniversary
When you wanted to cover a specific film for its 25th anniversary, but it's not available on streaming, so you cover another film for its 25th anniversary . . . that's only available (unofficially) on YouTube! Joining us once again, and most li...
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Casting The Net Episode 181 - The Crow's Direct To Video Crossover [Feat. Clarissa Westphal Nogueira]
With the 30th anniversary of The Crow this year coinciding with the long-gestating reboot finally seeing release later this summer, I thought I'd be "fun" to bring back my good friend Clarissa to discuss the direct-to-video entries in the origi...
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Casting The Net Episode 180: Dark Harvest [Feat. Jen Johns]
What better way to celebrate Christmas . . . then by covering a Halloween horror movie!!! This week, I'm joined by my good friend and fellow horror fiend, Jen Johns, to discuss the latest from director David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night,...
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Casting The Net Episode 179: The Killer [feat. Chris Farmer]
Did we really leave y'all without any new episodes for a whole year?!?! There really is no excuse that's gonna cut it, but hopefully you'll fix your ears to check out this brand new episode on David Fincher's latest, The Killer. Join me and gue...
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Casting The Net Episode 178: Hellraiser's Direct-to-Video Hell [feat. Clarissa Westphal Nogueira]
What better way to follow up our episode on the Hulu Hellraiser reboot, than finally subjecting myself to the Dimension Films direct-to-video era of the franchise! Inspired by my fellow horror fan Clarissa Westphal Nogueira, I took on thi...
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Casting The Net Episode 177: Hellraiser [Feat. Sasha Munro]
What's your pleasure, listeners? The classic tale by Clive Barker gets a much needed reboot with Hulu's new interpretation of Hellraiser. My good friend (and a far bigger Clive Barker fan in general than me) Sasha Munro joins me to talk about t...
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Casting The Net Episode 176: Prey [Feat. Philip A. Henery]
The Predator franchise is back to top form with the release of Prey, which released straight to Hulu recently, so you know we had to talk about it. This week, I'm joined by my good friend Philip A. Henery from the In The Black Podcast, to...
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Casting The Net Episode 175: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness [SPOILER SUPREME] [feat. Sabrina Mapp & Stephanie Jordan]
Every now and then, you just need to talk about a movie that actually had a wide theatrical release in theaters, especially when it's already been released on streaming after six weeks! Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is already ava...
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Casting The Net Episode 174: Mad God [feat. Nina Osegueda]
This week, we've got a special guest in the form of metal vocalist Nina Osegueda from the band, A Sound of Thunder, and we're talking about Phil Tippett's 30-year passion project, Mad God. One of film's foremost stop-motion wizards, Phil Tippet...
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Casting The Net Episode 173: The Outfit
Cohen and I covering a film we watched together?! In an indie theater?!?! This week, we're talking about the 1950s noir crime thriller The Outfit, which is now available on Peacock, as of this posting. Allowing his suit shop to be utilized by n...
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Casting The Net Episode 172: The Adam Project [Feat. Mark Irving Phillips]
Ever wanted to go back in time and give your younger self advice on the future? This week, we're getting into the Netflix family sci-fi adventure, The Adam Project. Guest host Mark Irving Phillips joins me to talk about this new Ryan Reynolds N...
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Casting The Net Episode 171: Gunpowder Milkshake
Make no mistake, these ladies are gonna make some noise. This week, we're covering the Netflix original, Gunpowder Milkshake, as Karen Gillan stars as a ruthless assassin forced to protect a young girl from her even more ruthless employers. Wit...
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Casting The Net Episode 170: The Harder They Fall
We are back, people! We took way too long off last year, but we've returned with a brand new episode, as we discuss the Netflix western, The Harder They Fall. The bullets fly with reckless abandon in this film, as two rival outlaws prepare to c...
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Casting The Net Episode 169: Godzilla vs. Kong
It's the battle we've all been waiting for since it was teased in the post-credit scene for Kong: Skull Island! In one corner, the undisputed champion, a heavyweight with a record of 3 wins (5 if you count all three of Ghidorah's heads!), this ...
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Casting The Net Episode 168: Zack Snyder's Justice League [feat. Chris Farmer]
Yes, this episode is two and a half hours long , and I apologize for nothing. I brought back friend and up and coming indie filmmaker Chris Farmer to talk about one of this most talked about superhero films in recent memory, whether you l...
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Casting The Net Episode 167: Earwig and the Witch
This week, we're looking at Studio Ghibli's first foray into 3D animation with Earwig and the Witch. Growing up in an orphanage, young earwig is prone to mischief, almost to a fault, but is eventually adopted by a rather strange couple, who Ear...
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