August 20, 2023 Shows Episode 13: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Bottom 5 Gods Mike boldly goes where he has never gone before in the fascinatingly awful fifth installment of the original Star Trek franchise, which leads to entirely too much giggling on Trekkie/Trekker… READ MORE
August 16, 2023 Shows Episode 12: Brainscan and Bottom 5 Games After a brief, unplanned hiatus caused by Jay's traveling to Spain, the globetrotter returns with the most cursed episode of Filmjitsu yet! While Mike takes a blissful walk down memory… READ MORE
July 23, 2023 Shows Episode 11: I am a Ghost (w/A Ghost Story) and Bottom 5 No/Low-Budget Movies In this episode, Mike goes into the deep waters of no/low-budget cinema where Jay holds all the life-preservers. Will he sink or swim while tackling writer/director H.P. Mendoza's "I am… READ MORE
July 9, 2023 Shows Episode 10: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Bottom 5 Diseases Awards-bait isn't the usual kind of cinema Filmjitsu is known for, and films directed by David Fincher typically wouldn't be found around these parts either. Yet Mike shoves Jay in… READ MORE
June 25, 2023 Shows Episode 9: The Happytime Murders and Bottom 5 Puppets After being tormented mercilessly by Mike with several crushing cinematic blows, Jay retaliates with a haymaker: Brian Henson's 2018 dirty-puppet movie, "The Happytime Murders." An uber-dud the likes of which… READ MORE
June 11, 2023 Shows Episode 8: Amityville 3-D and Bottom 5 Houses Jay demonstrates the rule of diminishing returns when Mike challenges him to watch "Amityville 3-D," the tertiary installment of the enduring franchise that should have been put out of its… READ MORE
May 28, 2023 Shows Episode 7: The Book of Henry and Bottom 5 Follow-ups The guys go where no podcast should ever go, into the gaping maw of a tonally uneven whimsical-dramatic-comedy-thriller from Colin Trevorrow that may or may not have sunk the director's… READ MORE
May 23, 2023 Interviews Interview 1: Dane Elcar – Writer-director, Brightwood In this special episode, Mike and Jay interview guest Dane Elcar, the writer-director of the sci-fi-horror-drama "Brightwood" which has been making the rounds on the festival circuit. A mind-bending time-trip… READ MORE
May 14, 2023 Shows Episode 6: Mandy and Bottom 5 Freak-Outs Disassociated while lost in the hallucinogenic haze and violence of Nicholas Cage's 2018 flick "Mandy," Jay returns to Earth bitter, frustrated and out for vengeance himself. In turn, Mike giggles… READ MORE
April 30, 2023 Shows Episode 5: Knock Knock and Bottom 5 Male Superstar Performances "Knock Knock," asks Jay, grinning. "Who's there?" replies Mike, unsmiling. "Eli Roth's 2015 cinematic disaster 'Knock Knock,'" Jay introduces. There's a pause while both hosts look for a punchline that… READ MORE