109 - Lost Souls

The Summer of Winona continues… in church! Well, sort of. Janusz Kaminski got tired of setting up lights for Spielberg and went off on his own to make the ultimate Exorcism/Antichrist movie, starring Ben Chaplin and our beloved Winona Ryder. The result? Way too intense for film critics, landing this masterpiece a rotten 8% Tomatometer score. Listen to Alex and Julio grapple with the sad fact that most people aren’t even aware of LOST SOULS’ existence, let alone the existence of a sequence where W. Earl Brown snaps a dude’s neck like it’s no big deal!

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PHOTO: Who’s the Winona-est of them all?

TIMELINE

00:00:00 - 00:01:15 Intro

00:01:16 - 00:08:42 Opening and Guest Clip

00:08:43 - 00:59:28 Contrarians Corner

00:59:29 - 01:00:48 I Believe in God and The Devil

01:00:49 - 01:40:46 Real Talk

01:40:47 - 01:45:10 Perennial Plugs & L4TC!

01:45:11 - 01:54:56 Today’s Plugs!

- Alex continues indulging on PS4 games, now with HOTLINE MIAMI. He also made his father watch THE GOODS, which will definitely be the subject of a future episode.

- Julio would like to recommend YOUR BRAIN ON FACTS and BREAST CANCER IS BORING for your podcast rotation.

- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI and Peruvian economics on his other podcast, MARGINAL. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he’s written on his own website. Don’t know Spanish? He also did a podcast in English called LIVING IN PERU, about immigrants in - where else - Perú. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough, he has a new zombie novel out, REQUIEM POR LURÍN. Ask him about it!

Up next, The Summer of Winona hits a landmark! It’s a Grey Area episode as we discuss the bonafide Winona vehicle, REALITY BITES! In the meantime, let us know how you liked LOST SOULS! Do you think Winona made the right call at the end? Were you able to tell the locations apart? Are we due for a Ben Chaplin renaissance? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!