The Pint: A Pop Culture Podcast

The Pint: A Pop Culture Podcast

By: John Amenta & Lloyd Green/The Pint Insiders

Language: en

Categories: Tv, Film, Reviews

Join hosts Johnny Ganache and The Manster on an adventure exploring greater geekdom! No fanboys here, we tell it like we see it.

Episodes

Die Hard 2/ Lethal Weapon (CT Cult Classics Christmas Special)
Dec 09, 2025

December 13th Scarry Larry is having his annual Christmas DOUBLE FEATURE! Die Hard 2 and Lethal Weapon will be celebrated and we have done both of those movies on The Pint, so let's synergize. Lethal Weapon from August of 2022 was an exclusive to our Insiders who so generously said in the Christmas spirit to share it with the world!

It's a Christmas miracle, cause they are usually straight up pricks.

Enjoy these 2 episodes mashed together and we hope you get your asses down to The Strand to check these films out and celebrate the Holidays with...

Duration: 02:39:22
Europa Report
Dec 07, 2025

December In The Stars begins with us venturing to Jupiter and it's moon, Europa.

Strap in cause this episode is out of this world.

I want to hit myself for that joke.

 

Duration: 00:51:08
The Science Of Sleep
Nov 27, 2025

Insider Chris requests a real weirdo film, from a real weirdo filmmaker.

We aim to please so we are discussing 2006's The Science Of Sleep.

The road to 500, and the end starts here!

Duration: 00:52:01
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Nov 21, 2025

50 years of this legendary film.

400 episodes of this less respected podcast.

We lobotomize The Manster in the last 10 minutes of this one, so Listen In....

Duration: 01:33:49
Krull
Nov 12, 2025

We end our 300s on the planet of Krull.

I wish there was more GLAIVE!

But the fire mares are cool.

Duration: 01:16:08
Chopping Mall
Oct 31, 2025

Happy Halloween! Join us at the mall, where we can eat at the grossest diner ever and maybe have a little sexy time in a furniture store.

Oh and let's not forget trying not to get our damn heads blown off by the malfunctioning robotic mallcops!

It's time for Chopping Mall, it's time for Halloween 2025!!

Duration: 01:17:19
The Serpent And The Rainbow
Oct 25, 2025

Scary Larry revisits a film from a Horror maestro that he did not care for when he saw it almost 40 years ago.

Snakes, spiders and strange powders, oh and jaguar totems too! All in Haiti!

All Horror October continues....

Duration: 01:11:01
Captain Kronos- Vampire Hunter
Oct 16, 2025

The House of Horrors is still in England and we are stuck in it discovering more Hammer Horror with our good mate Jon.

Vampires and big breasted women stand no chance when the Captain is on the job.

Season 4 of Scary Larry's House Of Horrors continues it's U.K. sojourn.

Duration: 01:28:35
The Exorcist III
Oct 10, 2025

Mike Field of Forgotten Cinema joins us to discuss the second sequel in The Exorcist series of films.

Was that Fabio?

And what exactly is all the talk about that carp in a bathtub anyways?

Listen In, it's All Horror October 2025!

Duration: 01:17:52
Halloween (2007)
Oct 01, 2025

All Horror October begins again in Haddonfield.

How does Rob Zombie's version compare to the O.G.?

Turn the lights off and Listen In!!!!!!!

Duration: 01:06:44
Death Wish 3
Sep 26, 2025

Insider Johnny Amato wanted us to check in on Dr. Paul Kersey, so we head back to the Death Wish franchise, and NYC, or possibly London.

Our 80s journey thru September ends here with Death Wish 3!

400 right around that corner....

Duration: 01:16:37
To Live And Die In L.A.
Sep 19, 2025

Still in the 80s, this time in Cali-Fornia, surrounded by real bad guys and good guys that are also bad guys.

Let's get revenge on a dangerous counterfeiter and have a badass car chase while doing it.

It's Your 392nd Pint, enjoy responsibly!!

Duration: 01:20:06
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Sep 07, 2025

Scary Larry is a Pint Insider and he loves this movie. 

So we talked about this movie for him.

Man. Lea Thompson was and is really hot.

Week 2 of Totally Bitchin' 80's continues....

Duration: 00:56:25
The Fog (1980)
Sep 01, 2025

Totally Bitchin' 80s September kicks off with a John Carpenter ghost story.

Grab your Stomach Pounders and your 300 lb crucifix, cause Antonio Bay is in some serious trouble.

The Pint is back!

Duration: 00:59:30
The Prowler/ Maniac (1980)(CT Cult Classics Special)
Aug 11, 2025

We re-present our episodes on The Prowler and Maniac (1980) as a double feature, as Scary Larry will be showing those films on Saturday night August 16th. 

Synergy folks!!! Listen again or for the first time, have a laugh.

Hope to see you at the show.

Duration: 02:54:59
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Jul 23, 2025

Last episode of our Summertime 1990s July, this time we discuss one of that decades biggest action stars.

No, not Eric Bogosion, Steven Seagal.

See you in September, No Pint August is next!!!

Duration: 01:03:48
Armageddon
Jul 18, 2025

It's the size of Texas and The Manster and John are barreling right at it.

Better get Ben Affleck and his 20k choppers on the job like right now!

Duration: 01:02:20
Lake Placid
Jul 11, 2025

Crocodiles. Not alligators but crocodiles.

Mariska Hargitay.

Let's head to the lake.

Duration: 00:58:12
Die Hard 2
Jul 02, 2025

The Manster and Stew head into summer with a Christmas film?

Die Hard 2 is up for Summertime 1990s July!!!!

Duration: 01:19:31
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Jun 21, 2025

F%ck yo Death Star 

Rebels gotta rebel.

Pint Insider Amanda K, this one is for you!!!

Duration: 01:45:47
Predator: Killer Of Killers
Jun 12, 2025

We tangle with a Yautje for the 4th time.

Duration: 01:15:53
Dog Day Afternoon
Jun 04, 2025

Let's celebrate Pride Month with a film that was certainly ahead of it's time, and is celebrating it's 50th!

The Road To 400 continues with 383....

Duration: 01:07:52
Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde
May 28, 2025

We head to England again, following Larry as he leads us into a land replete with hot potatoes on every street corner, as well a singing prostitutes and murderers left and right.

Hammer Horror is back and we are diving right in to the deep end!!

Duration: 01:29:17
Livestream For The Cure 9
May 23, 2025

We supported Stew again on Livestream For The Cure, and we all raised over 1k in an hour. So here is our segment shared with Livestream head honcho Nick and our very own Scary Larry, unedited.

This event is the best and it makes me proud to be a part of it year after year. 

Year 10 in 2026!!!!!

Duration: 01:01:31
Billboard Top 10: 1999
May 15, 2025

Stew's wife Amanda returns the favor from 2 years back and sits in again, this time to discuss songs from 1999, the year she graduated from high school. Last time she helped John dig thru the waters of 1993, let's see how different music was just 6 years later!

Duration: 01:01:27
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
May 10, 2025

Mike Butler of Forgotten Cinema drags John into his childhood AND feudal Japan as we time travel with those lovable Turtles.

It's Your 379th Pint!

The Road To 400 Is Here!!!

Duration: 00:56:39
Re-Animator
May 03, 2025

Halfway to Halloween and we find ourselves in the absolute worst place to be if you don't like creepy things: The mind of H.P. Lovecraft and the company of Scary Larry...

Let's kill some stuff than bring it back for funsies!

Duration: 01:15:25
Alien Resurrection
Apr 26, 2025

Happy Alien Day!

Clones, sad baby aliens and french people are abound in this one.

It's Your 377th Pint!!!

Duration: 01:24:40
8 Years
Apr 18, 2025

8 Years of The Pint.

Thank you all for pushing play 1 time or 376 times.

Duration: 01:07:38
Grizzly
Apr 08, 2025

Does a bear sh^t in the woods?

We don't know, but we do know it can squeeze a kid until his leg falls the f#ck off.

The gang is at the same table and having a good time, It's Your 375th Pint!!!

 

Duration: 01:13:09
Westworld (1973)
Apr 04, 2025

Robot hookers, robot horses and LARPING galore!

I think it's time to head to Westworld!

Duration: 01:03:33
Cabin Fever (2002)
Mar 28, 2025

Pancakes, beer and finger banging gone south.

Stay out of the woods.

Duration: 01:10:10
The Boy Next Door
Mar 24, 2025

Don't f#ck your underage student.

That's all.

It's Your 372nd Pint

Duration: 01:03:35
The Last Dragon
Mar 13, 2025

So Wizard helps John attain The Glow!

It's Your 371st Pint and we are talking 40 years of The Last Dragon

Duration: 01:07:16
Top 10 Favorite: Yacht Rock Songs
Mar 07, 2025

Get your falsetto ready, cause we are falling in love bitches!

The Manster and John discuss soft rock and leisurely lovemaking like it's 1978.

Get your lifejacket on and stop by the pharmacy for a carton of rubbers, this episode is going to push your libido to the max!

Duration: 01:15:38
The Shining (1980)
Feb 27, 2025

Here's The Pint!

TNIP! TNIP!

Frigid February ends at The Overlook. Meet us in Room 237 for some wet skin hugs.

Duration: 01:33:49
The Grey
Feb 20, 2025

Manster and John connect with their feeelings and get the crap kicked out of them by wolves as Frigid February continues in Alaska.

It's Your 368th Pint!

Duration: 00:59:47
Cliffhanger
Feb 14, 2025

Tucker, Walker, Hank & Frank.

Italian Mountains and Dr. Phil.

Cliffhanger from 1993 is up!!

Duration: 01:20:53
The Thing (2011)
Feb 07, 2025

Frigid February kicks off and it's cold and icy and no one trusts anyone anymore...

It's Your 366th Pint....or is it??

Duration: 01:10:43
The Devil Rides Out
Jan 26, 2025

Scary Larry drags us through the pond to a very important place in the history of all things HORROR!

That's right, time to check out Big Ben AND Parliament, and discuss some seriously evil stuff.

Season 4 of The House starts here.

Duration: 01:36:44
Stand By Me
Jan 17, 2025

John and The Manster go on a long walk and look for a body, all while forming lifelong bonds and getting leeches in unspeakable places.

It's Your 364th Pint!

Duration: 01:12:37
Nosferatu (2024)
Jan 09, 2025

John and Lloyd head to the Carpathian Mountains for a nice, easy and relaxing 6 week journey.

See you in HELL Mother F@#kers!!!!

 

Duration: 00:58:58
Suicide Squad
Jan 03, 2025

John assembles a team of Stew and Multiverse Mike to tackle a very important task.

Their Mission?

Start Year 8 of The Pint.

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Duration: 01:04:23
Top 3 Favorite: Holiday Films
Dec 24, 2024

Thank you for listening in 2024 and we wish you the happiest and healthiest holiday season.

Year 8 of The Pint starts in 2025!

Duration: 00:49:54
Army Of Darkness
Dec 20, 2024

We drag Forgotten Cinema back to 1300 with us to fulfill the most dangerous of quests... Reviewing a movie for our old buddy Stew!!!

Grab your boomstick and switch your dating apps over to gay, it's your latest Pint!

Duration: 01:07:43
The Lookout
Dec 13, 2024

Let's rob a bank and have an amnesiac help us do it!

We head to Canada, I mean Kansas for this low budget modern noir.

It's Your 359th Pint

Duration: 01:00:05
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Dec 05, 2024

The Pint took a month off and something came from space and started making folks blood turn to powder.

We are back and we are on it!

Year 8 starts next month.

Duration: 01:00:45
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Oct 31, 2024

Texas, 1973.

Sweat, heat, meat and chainsaw massacres.

Just stay in the air conditioning.

All Horror October celebrates 50 years of this classic, and then ends as No Pint November begins!

See you all in December.

Duration: 01:21:43
The Prophecy
Oct 25, 2024

Talk about fighting in family!

It's heaven vs. heaven in the World Series of OUR Souls!

The devil wears guyliner!

It's Your 356th Pint!!!!!

All Horror October rolls on with the spooky!

Duration: 00:50:32
House Of 1000 Corpses/The Devil's Rejects
Oct 16, 2024

Our first double feature episode, in tribute to our pals over at the great Connecticut Cult Classics!

October 19 they will be showing the first two Rob Zombie films, so listen here before or after heading out to the show!

The Devil's Rejects episode starts at 1 hour 30 minutes and 56 seconds for any Pint Insiders who do not want to listen to House Of 1000 Corpses ep again.

 

Duration: 02:51:38
'Salem's Lot (2024)
Oct 10, 2024

We head to Maine to see some old friends and see if the vampire situation has calmed the f*ck down in old Jerusalem's Lot.

All Horror October Does Stephen King!

Duration: 01:08:00
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Oct 04, 2024

Stew means Halloween episode time!

All Horror October means we kick it off with Stew and Halloween!

Traditions rule!

Duration: 01:06:17
Starship Troopers Cast Panel
Sep 27, 2024

CT HorrorFest was good enough to let John moderate a panel featuring castmembers of 1997's Sci Fi classic Starship Troopers.

Here's the proof.

Duration: 00:41:17
Jack Reacher
Sep 20, 2024

Not one reach around or jacking off joke made.

We are losing that special something folks.

Duration: 01:00:00
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Sep 14, 2024

350.

Speed 2.

He's baaaaaaaaaaack

Coming at you, 400.

Duration: 01:14:41
Death Wish (1974)
Sep 07, 2024

Charley B. ain't having it.

The streets of NYC need a cleaning and he is up for the job!

Jainchill is in no way, shape or form a real last name.

Duration: 01:03:34
Sleepaway Camp
Aug 30, 2024

Scary Larry takes John to camp.

Weird stuff happens.

Duration: 01:15:34
Mad Max: Fury Road
Aug 25, 2024

Guhzoliiiiine!!!!

Let's head back to the Outback and check in on our favorite ex-cop turned wasteland wanderer

Duration: 01:08:40
Iron Man
Aug 15, 2024

The MCU hits the streets running on the back of a movie star that was at the end of his rope.

We really hope everything worked out for all of these folks.

We can see 350 from here!!!!

 

Duration: 01:09:18
Angel
Aug 09, 2024

Angel is a street hardened hooker, and she is only 15.

Serial killers, cops and aging cowboys all around her and Hollywood Boulevard.

40th Anniversary of this cult classic, Listen In!

Duration: 00:52:16
Top 3 Favorite Films: 2024 (So Far)
Aug 03, 2024

John and Erik do a quick tour of what they have enjoyed the most so far from cinema in 2024. 

350 right around the corner.

Duration: 00:35:29
Desperado
Jul 20, 2024

We head to Mexico circa 1995 and marvel over how hot Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek were. And still are.

It's Your 343rd Pint.

Enjoy Responsibly.

Duration: 01:00:09
Con Air
Jul 13, 2024

Nic Cage!

Airplane!

Explosions!

1990s!

Listen!

In!

Duration: 00:58:29
Jaws 2
Jul 07, 2024

Just when you thought it was safe for us not to reference this tagline while promoting our discussion of Jaws 2.....

350 is heading right at ya!!!

Duration: 01:10:11
Iron Eagle
Jun 28, 2024

Let's fly back to 1986 and get into some good old fashioned kid shenanigans.

You know, like invading a hostile country.

Time for Iron Eagle, get on it!

Duration: 00:52:37
The Terminator
Jun 21, 2024

We go back 40 years ago to 1984 to discuss one of the biggest time travel films of all time.

Sarah Connor?

It's Your 339th Pint!

Duration: 01:22:12
Livestream For The Cure 8
Jun 14, 2024

May 31st 2024 we joined forces with SWO productions and raised $1290 during our segment to help say f#ck off to cancer.

This is the audio of that segment. Unedited and fun as heck.

Your 338th Pint is extra special.

Duration: 01:01:22
Brokeback Mountain
Jun 08, 2024

Let's kick off Pride Month 2024 and discuss a very important film to the LGBTQ Plus community.

Flocks of sheep, tent sex and Randy Quaid.

Let's spend the summer on Brokeback Mountain.

Duration: 01:05:29
Caddyshack
May 31, 2024

Claim your free bowl of soup, cause John finally broke down and watched Caddyshack.

Rat farts incoming.

Noonan.

Duration: 00:57:02
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
May 24, 2024

This time it might be Indiana Jones that belongs in the museum.

It's Your 335th Pint, Enjoy Responsibly!

Duration: 01:06:54
Tremors
May 20, 2024

We end up making the population of Perfection, Nevada 17 instead of 14.

Turns out as soon as we move in, so do a bunch of giant worms

Just great.

Duration: 00:57:53
Constantine
May 11, 2024

Halfway to our 666th episode, Laura joins John on a quick trip to hell.

Fire!? We were born of this!!!

It's Your 333rd Pint, enjoy

 

Duration: 01:09:10
Alien
Apr 26, 2024

Facehuggers, chestbursters, Ripley, Jones the cat and a phallic headed gigantic xenomorph all started right here, 45 years ago.

Join us as we discuss one of the greatest films of all time.

Happy Alien Day!!

Duration: 01:24:36
Ghostbusters (1984)
Apr 19, 2024

40 years of stream crossing, getting slimed, marshmallow aggression and oh so much more.

Who ya gonna call?

It's Your 331st Pint, Enjoy!

Duration: 01:12:32
Road House (1989)
Apr 11, 2024

The Double Deuce turns 35 this year, so we stopped by for a few beers, a fight or two, and a good time in the stockroom on a saturday night.

It's Your 330th Pint.

Duration: 00:55:52
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Apr 05, 2024

The Manster and John start Anniversary April off on a depressing note.

Big Brother IS watching you, so you may as well listen to us.

You might be unpersoned, but worth it.

Duration: 00:55:45
Young Guns
Mar 30, 2024

John and Stew mount up with The Regulators and even run into Nate Dogg and Warren To The G as they navigate the murky and dangerous time of Lincoln County, 1878.

Ride With The Pint for the 328th Time!

Duration: 01:06:36
Enter The Ninja
Mar 21, 2024

S.F.A. 80s heads to the Phillipines via Japan and gets all ninja up in  your ears.

You know it's going to be a fun ep when the film covered is from The Cannon Group.

Listen In!

Duration: 00:56:01
Top 5 Favorite Films: 1994
Mar 12, 2024

30 years! Where do we place what films on our Top 5 lists?

Do your picks make it on any of ours?

Listen In and find out!

 

Duration: 01:07:10
The Pint Recommends
Mar 04, 2024

It's simple, we recommend stuff that we have been enjoying in the world of pop culture lately!

From podcasts to games, we got you covered!

It's Your 325th Pint!

Duration: 00:34:34
Candyman (1992)
Feb 24, 2024

Scary Larry gets in on the Black History Month fun with a film based on a Clive Barker short story originally set in Liverpool...1992's Candyman!

Don't say that last part 5 times, we ask nicely!

Scary Larry's House Of Horrors Season 4 starts soon!!

Duration: 01:18:24
New Jack City
Feb 16, 2024

Stew joins John as they traverse the crack riddled landscape of NYC in the late 80s and early 90s.

Wesley Snipes makes his second appearence in as many episodes as we continue to celebrate Black History Month here on The Pint!

Duration: 01:10:22
Passenger 57
Feb 11, 2024

John and Lloyd fly the not so friendly skies and most certainly always bet on black.

It's Your 322nd Pint

Enjoy Responsibly!!!

Duration: 00:58:55
Get Out
Feb 03, 2024

Black History Month starts, and we are talking films featuring Black creatives all month long.

First up, it's Get Out.

Jordan Peele shifted his comedy gear to horror, and has not stopped.

Listen In!

Duration: 01:03:24
Witness
Jan 26, 2024

Has anyone seen Lloyd and John?

They must be hiding out over there in Amish country.

It's Your 320th Pint!

Duration: 00:59:42
Ninja III: The Domination
Jan 20, 2024

Joey from So Wizard joins John to discuss Ninja III: The Domination as it celebrates it's 40th Anniversary!

Khaki ninja, sexual V-8 juice, porn mags in the woods and more await you inside!

Listen In!!!!

Duration: 00:57:29
Black Moon Rising
Jan 14, 2024

Tommy Lee Jones and an 80s movie supercar team up to fight crime!

Or 100% none of that happens.

S.F.A. 80s returns with Black Moon Rising!

Duration: 00:59:37
The Black Hole
Jan 05, 2024

The Pint crosses thru 1979's The Black Hole to start it's 7th year!

2024, we are in you.

It's Your 317th Pint.

Duration: 01:19:52
Weezer-Weezer (1994)
Dec 25, 2023

The first episode of our new album review series, On The Record hits you on Santa's birthday!

Is it his birthday? It's Jesus' too right?

Whatever, enjoy your holiday and listen to us discuss some Weezer.

Duration: 00:41:18
GoldenEye
Dec 20, 2023

We dive into our first Bond film on the show.

Can we survive the thighs of Xenia Onatopp?

Listen In and find out!

Duration: 01:06:10
Mars Attacks!
Dec 16, 2023

Ack! Ack!

Ack! Ack!!! Ack!!!

It's Your 314th Ack! 

Duration: 00:58:37
Stargate
Dec 03, 2023

The Pint returns from a hiatus and end up on a desert planet in the middle of nowhere.

It's good to be back. Thank you all for your love and support in the hardest of times.

It's Your 313th Pint, Enjoy!!

Duration: 00:57:08
Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 2023

Stew and John discuss the latest Eli Roth film and it's inventive kills, amongst other things.

Happy Thanksgiving 2023, please fill your bellies and be safe.

The Pint Loves Ya!

Duration: 00:48:17
Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers
Oct 05, 2023

All Horror October 2023 starts here...

In Utah? Yeah Utah stands in for Haddonfield in the 6th installment of the Halloween franchise, and that's not all that this one has going up against it.

Which T do you think this deserves, and what do you think we gave it?

Listen In!!!

Duration: 01:03:41
Ed Wood
Sep 29, 2023

Depptember ends here, in the Z movie back alleys of 1950s Hollwood.

Bela Lugosi is and isn't dead, and Johnny Depp goes all in on this role.

See you next month for All Horror October

Duration: 01:15:20
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
Sep 22, 2023

Depptember heads to Davy Jones's Locker! 

See you on the high seas for this swashbuckling adventure

It's Your 309th Pint!!!

Duration: 01:03:13
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Sep 16, 2023

Lloyd and Stew travel to Midwest America to find out WHAT exactly is eating one Mr. Gilbert Grape.

Depptember rolls into week 2.

Duration: 01:14:51
Nick Of Time
Sep 10, 2023

September?

Depptember sounds better.

Let's dig into Johnny Depp in a rare normal dude role who has been put in a bad situation by a very bad man as played by Christopher Walken.

It's Nick Of Time on your 307th Pint!

Duration: 00:54:13
Orca
Aug 31, 2023

The Manster and John get in the water with one vengeful whale.

Or dolphin maybe?

Watch what you say about this movie in the presence of Richard Harris' ghost, trust us.

It's Your 306th Pint!

Duration: 01:08:49
The Walking Dead (97-102)
Aug 26, 2023

We discuss Something To Fear, the arc of the Image Comics title The Walking Dead that introduces uber villain Negan to the story.

F bombs, baseball bats with names and weeping eyeballs, this one has it all

Listen In!!

 

Duration: 01:01:12