May 8, 2026

This week we're talking about age verification, Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1: Martian Vision, Vampyros Lesbos, A Virgin Among The Living Dead, and Phantasm. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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May 7, 2026

Today on the 5: The final film in our "April Sleaze" series ended up being 1973's A Virgin Among The Living Dead, aka Christina, Princess Of Eroticism. Another Jess Franco film, this one relies heavily on creating atmosphere and bizarre characters instead of presenting a coherent narrative. This decision results in a...

May 6, 2026

Today on the 5: For the first movie in our commentary set this week, we watched 1971's Vampyros Lesbos. This is a Jess Franco film, so I expected a movie with a lot of skin and not much else. There was definitely plenty of borderline silly nudity, but there was also a surprisingly competent attempt at a new...

May 5, 2026

Today on the 5: I came across this Wired article about a DeepMind spinoff company preparing to enter human trials for drugs designed using AI. It reminded me once again that if this was the kind of story these large companies focused on marketing, the sentiment towards these tools would likely be a lot...

May 4, 2026

Tonight Andy Last of the Beyond Synth podcast. In this episode we're talking about movies, video games, and the tension around using AI.

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