The legendary film critic and historian and his “Maltin on Movies” co-host (and daughter!) join us to discuss their wonderful new book “Family Movie Night Menus: Recipes and Films for Unforgettable Times Together,” and one of their very favorite movies, Billy Wilder’s acidic media commentary “Ace in the Hole.”

Blake Howard and Drew Taylor (Light the Fuse) co-host our all-new fortnightly physical media show charting the world’s best labels and titles. In this episode, we discuss:

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The film understands that time travel isn’t about fixing things. It’s about living with the knowledge that you probably won’t.

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Two friends navigate the dangerous world of organised crime, testing their loyalty and survival skills as they get deeper into the criminal underworld.

DREW TAYLOR is a reporter for The Wrap. He has written for The New York Times, Vulture, Vanity Fair, The Playlist, and Collider. He also wrote The Art of Onward, which gives an inside look at the making of the 2020 Pixar film. The book is available to purchase here. He also co-hosts a weekly podcast about animation called Fine Tooning, which is available on all podcast platforms.

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The Decade Project is an ongoing One Heat Minute Productions Patreon exclusive podcast looking back at the films released ten years ago to reflect on what continues to resonate and what’s ripe for rediscovery. The third year being released on the main podcast feed is the films of 2015. To hear a fantastic chorus of guests and I unpack the films of 2016 in 2026, subscribe to our Patreon here for as little as $1 a month.

In a very special peek inside the 2016 Decade Project, I’m joined by my bestie (author, screenwriter, prodigious journalist) Maria Lewis - in the second of two special episodes about David Ayer's SUICIDE SQUAD to attempt to explain why Queensland has embraced this movie like no other location on Earth.

Maria Lewis is a best-selling author, screenwriter, film curator and pop culture etymologist currently based in Australia. Over the past 17 years of her career, she has built an international reputation as a storyteller across a diverse range of mediums.

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What Polinger gets most right is the emotional texture of that age. Every difference feels dangerous. The film understands that for kids like these, survival often means invisibility until, one day, it doesn’t.

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A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiralling into psychological turmoil over the summer.

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AV Club alum and “Happy Place” proprietor Nathan Rabin joins us to discuss his wonderful new book “The Fractured Mirror,” cataloging all of the movies *about* movies, as well as one of his strangest cultural obsessions: Tom Laughlin’s immensely profitable, culturally ubiquitous, and completely forgotten small-town martial arts social drama “Billy Jack.”

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What lands most is the feeling — that old, almost unfashionable idea that people might come together, across distances and differences, to solve something bigger than themselves.

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A science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth's sun and that an unexpected friendship may be the key.

Katie Walsh is a Los Angeles-based film critic, journalist, podcast host, and moderator. She reviews weekly film releases for the Tribune News Service, and the Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent guest host of the Maximum Fun podcast Switchblade Sisters. Her writing has been published in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Playboy,The Playlist, Nerdist,Slate, The Hairpin, indieWIRE, Women and Hollywood, Town & Country, Movieline, CAP the Magazine, and Nonfics, and she frequently contributes film reviews to KCRW’s Press Play with Madeline Brand. She has covered many international film festivals as a critic and reporter, and has moderated dozens of Q&As with filmmakers and actors around LA.

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ONE HOT FEST – ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL is a special mini-series from One Heat Minute Productions, diving into Australia’s most charismatic celebration of cinema. Host Blake Howard takes you inside the Adelaide Film Festival — from filmmaker interviews and festival dispatches to reviews and discussions with guests and critics — relaying the energy, stories, and spirit that make it one of Australia's most electric film events.

In this episode, we bring you a chat with Sophie Hyde, Aud Mason Hyde, Daniel Henshall and Kate Box in the wake of the Australian premiere of JIMPA at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2025.