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Eye of the Duck
Eye of the Duck
Dom Nero and Adam Volerich | Morbid Network | Wondery

A podcast about movies and the scenes that make them special. Each week, hosts Dom Nero and Adam Volerich explore a movie... more

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Episodes

Blade Runner: 2049 (2017)

We're back, but we're not even close to baseline. It's Denis Villeneuve's BLADE RUNNER: 2049! As our cyberpunk series nears... more

13 May 2024 · 2 hours, 50 minutes
Tron: Legacy (2010)

We port into the ENCOM servers one more time to cover the first sequel of our cyberpunk series. It's Joseph... more

06 May 2024 · 2 hours, 44 minutes
Miniseries MAYhem

We take a break from our cyberpunk series for a little MAYhem. After we cover our next film franchise, the... more

29 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
A Scanner Darkly (2006)

What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart? It's A SCANNER DARKLY. Richard Linklater's take on... more

22 Apr 2024 · 2 hours, 24 minutes
Minority Report (2002) with Patrick (H) Willems

Everybody runs, but nobody runs like Tom Cruise. Prolific video essayist Patrick Willems (!!) joins us for this extra-long MINORITY... more

15 Apr 2024 · 3 hours, 22 minutes
AI Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Spielberg, Kubrick, and one of the greatest child actor performances of all time. It's AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE! Our cyberpunk series... more

08 Apr 2024 · 2 hours, 27 minutes
eXistenZ (1999)

Bio-ports, ski boots, and guns that shoot teeth... it's eXistenZ! A film that asks, "what if your VR headset had... more

01 Apr 2024 · 2 hours, 27 minutes
The Matrix (1999)

This week, it's here... THE MATRIX! Built on bullet-time and broken ribs, The Wachowskis' groundbreaking and endlessly impactful classic brought... more

25 Mar 2024 · 2 hours, 59 minutes
Dark City (1998)

This week we enter a world where you're only known by strangers and the only constant is change... it's DARK... more

18 Mar 2024 · 2 hours, 4 minutes
Strange Days (1995) with Sarah Welch-Larson (Becoming Alien)

Have you ever jacked in? Wire-tripped? Experienced a Blackjack? This isn't just TV but better, it's STRANGE DAYS!

11 Mar 2024 · 2 hours, 23 minutes
Johnny Mnemonic (1995) with Jonathan Kramer (The Eric Andre Show)

Strap on your data gloves and jack in. It's JOHNNY MNEMONIC. A film where Jesus is evil, Dolphins can code,... more

04 Mar 2024 · 2 hours, 18 minutes
Ghost in the Shell (1995)

In a world dominated by machines, what does it mean to be human? Must we abandon our identity to attain... more

26 Feb 2024 · 2 hours, 21 minutes
Total Recall (1990) with Phillip Gawthorne and Liam Billingham (Die Hard on a Blank)

Is this a podcast, or just a memory of one? Does it matter? Come to Mars and find out as... more

19 Feb 2024 · 2 hours, 29 minutes
Akira (1988) with Stephen Hilger (Into the Aether)

Motorcycles. Telekinesis. Hypersonic sounds? It's AKIRA, the first anime of our Cyberpunk series, and if we're going to cover it... more

12 Feb 2024 · 2 hours, 29 minutes
Brazil (1985)

Welcome to Brazil! We're on the hunt for eye of the ducks in the ducts from Terry Gilliam's sci-fi masterpiece.... more

05 Feb 2024 · 2 hours, 3 minutes
Tron (1982)

Greetings programs. We continue our journey through cyberspace today with Steven Lisberger's TRON! Was one of the most groundbreaking digital... more

29 Jan 2024 · 2 hours, 28 minutes
Blade Runner (1982)

Wake up, time to die! It’s the miniseries premiere(!!) of 20XX, our descent into the neon-tinted cultural movement known as... more

22 Jan 2024 · 3 hours, 19 minutes
The Eye of 2023

The new year is here, and our Cyberpunk miniseries is about to begin! But before that, we have some truly... more

15 Jan 2024 · 2 hours, 52 minutes
Closing the Necronomicon

Hail to the king, baby. Today we close the Necronomicon once and for all…that is, until they make a new... more

08 Jan 2024 · 2 hours, 37 minutes
Evil Dead Rise (2023)

A new EVIL DEAD movie? From this year?! Yes, we are shooting up the high rise of the latest vision... more

01 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 40 minutes
A Holiday Message from Eye of the Duck

Happy Holidays Duckheads! We're taking a load off and so should you. See you in 2024!

25 Dec 2023 · 10 minutes
Evil Dead (2013)

The book of the dead is back, and so are we. It's Fede Alvarez's remake (reboot? reimagining?) of the Sam... more

18 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 56 minutes
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Who did it better? MONSTERS INC or CABIN IN THE WOODS? Listen to today's exploration of Joss Whedon, horror tropes,... more

11 Dec 2023 · 2 hours, 5 minutes
Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Adam and Dom have an okay podcast, a good friendship, and a great obsession with Sam Raimi movies. But in... more

04 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

It wouldn't be an EVIL DEAD series if we didn't include BUBBA HO-TEP. Wait. It wouldn't be an EVIL DEAD... more

27 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 56 minutes
Army of Darkness (1992)

It's the movie that by all accounts should have been called MEDIEVAL DEAD...and the last entry in the iconic... more

20 Nov 2023 · 2 hours, 35 minutes
Evil Dead II (1987)

Remake? Reboot? Or the Raimi's full, demented vision for a Looney Tunes style horror movie where the punchlines are his... more

13 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 58 minutes
The Evil Dead (1981)

Series premiere!! Spooky season may be coming to an end, but here at Eye of the Duck we party with... more

06 Nov 2023 · 2 hours, 29 minutes
The Legend of the Eye of the Duck

Today we say a sad farewell to one of the greatest and most creatively-inspired filmmaking movements Western cinema has ever... more

30 Oct 2023 · 2 hours, 14 minutes
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) with Stephen Hilger (Into the Aether)

Our final bonus of the series! Joining us is our old friend, co-host of Into the Aether podcast, Stephen Hilger!... more

23 Oct 2023 · 2 hours, 16 minutes
The Northman (2022)

I will avenge you, father. I will save you, mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir. It's another bonus, baby. This... more

16 Oct 2023 · 2 hours, 18 minutes
The Green Knight (2021) Revisited

Bonus!! It’s been 2 whole years, and we’re doing something we’ve never done before….back in 2021 we shared a rare... more

09 Oct 2023 · 2 hours, 11 minutes
Hook (1991)

Have to fly, have to fight, have to crow, have to save Maggie, have to save Jack, Hook is back!!... more

02 Oct 2023 · 2 hours, 6 minutes
Willow (1988) with Desmond Thorne

Somehow...George Lucas has returned! And also, our old friend, Desmond Thorne. Join us this week for a journey into the... more

25 Sep 2023 · 2 hours, 5 minutes
The Princess Bride (1987)

Inconceivable! As we near the end of the 80s, one (kind of) dark fantasy movie stands proudly in our way...PRINCESS... more

18 Sep 2023 · 2 hours, 3 minutes
Labyrinth (1986) with Alaina Urquhart (Morbid)

You remind me of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power. What power? The power of voodoo. Who... more

11 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 59 minutes
Highlander (1986) with Philip Gawthorne (Die Hard on a Blank)

There can only be one. And he's with us this week for HIGHLANDER! It's screenwriter, playwright, and co-host of the... more

04 Sep 2023 · 2 hours, 4 minutes
Legend (1985)

What is light without dark? What are you without me? What is Eye of the Duck without Ridley Scott? The... more

28 Aug 2023 · 2 hours, 34 minutes
Return to Oz (1985) with Nik Long

Dorothy returns to Oz...kind of. This week we are joined by our series Assistant Programmer and great friend, Nik Long... more

21 Aug 2023 · 2 hours, 48 minutes
The NeverEnding Story (1984) with Sarah Welch-Larson (Becoming Alien)

Flying (not) dogs, muddy ponies, and the infinite Nothing. We're finally here! It's the moment '80s Dark Fantasy movies become... more

14 Aug 2023 · 2 hours, 13 minutes
The Company of Wolves (1984)

This week, we're talking wolves, baby. Man-wolves, She-wolves, werewolves, and even wolf-wolves. It's Neil Jordan's COMPANY OF WOLVES, and of... more

07 Aug 2023 · 2 hours, 13 minutes
The Dark Crystal (1982)

A thousand years ago, this land was green and good...until the Crystal cracked. Today, we return THE DARK CRYSTAL to... more

31 Jul 2023 · 2 hours, 3 minutes
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Kittridge is back. And so are we. Will you take the Oath?

24 Jul 2023 · 2 hours, 30 minutes
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) with Griffin Newman (Blank Check) and Connor Ratliff (Dead Eyes)

[Whip sound!!!!] Today we rewind through a fissure in time and return to our Indiana Jones miniseries for one last... more

17 Jul 2023 · 2 hours, 45 minutes
Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age... more

10 Jul 2023 · 2 hours, 19 minutes
Dragonslayer (1981)

In the Dark Ages, Magic was a weapon, Love was a mystery, Adventure was everywhere... and Dragons were real. Today... more

03 Jul 2023 · 2 hours, 7 minutes
Excalibur (1981)

Podcasters of the round table, assemble. John Boorman's EXCALIBUR may be a bit grittier and more 1970s-esque than the bulk... more

26 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
Flash Gordon (1980)

Another world. Another time. In the age of wonder...Welcome to Part 1 of our 80s Dark Fantasy miniseries, LEGENDS OF... more

19 Jun 2023 · 2 hours, 16 minutes
The Final Odyssey

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS – EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE

12 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 55 minutes
WALL-E (2008)

It's a classic romantic comedy. Lonely trash robot meets sentient space probe. You'll laugh. You'll cry. Your soul will be... more

05 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 57 minutes
The Martian (2015)

When Ridley Scott goes to space, we follow. That's just the rule of our podcast. If you're a longtime listener,... more

29 May 2023 · 2 hours, 8 minutes
Deep Impact (1998)

Hold on. There's a whole other movie from 1998 about a doomed crew rocketing to outer space to board an... more

22 May 2023 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
Armageddon (1998) with Desmond Thorne

Houston, this is a kick-ass ride. Yup, it's ARMAGEDDON week. Returning to save the world from a second extinction is... more

15 May 2023 · 2 hours, 16 minutes
Jason X (2001)

We all knew this day would come. You could call this a bonus. You could call it a swerve. But,... more

08 May 2023 · 2 hours, 2 minutes
Event Horizon (1997)

Ever watch a movie so satisfyingly repulsive that you have no choice but to claw your eyes out and enter... more

01 May 2023 · 1 hour, 57 minutes
Interstellar (2014)

Murph. We're coming home. Join us this week for one of those "this is why we started this podcast" kind... more

24 Apr 2023 · 3 hours, 2 minutes
Contact (1997)

This is a space movie! It may only spend a total of like 20 minutes in outer space…but it still... more

17 Apr 2023 · 2 hours, 7 minutes
Ad Astra (2019)

Brad Pitt is a superhero. His superpower? Depression. On this week's episode, we travel to the outer limits of our... more

10 Apr 2023 · 2 hours, 10 minutes
Gravity (2013)

I. Hate. Space. This week we're finally saying the quiet part out loud with Alfonso Cuaron's landmark (and weirdly...forgotten?) space... more

03 Apr 2023 · 2 hours, 19 minutes
Sunshine (2007)

Our sun is dying. Mankind faces extinction. And on this week's episode, we're strapping ourselves to the Icarus 2 (with... more

27 Mar 2023 · 2 hours, 11 minutes
Moon (2009) with Jefferson White (Yellowstone)

How many Sam Rockwells is too many Sam Rockwells? Joining us this week to talk Duncan Jones's MOON and answer... more

20 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 52 minutes
First Man (2018)

Ryan Gosling in space. Ryan. Gosling. In. Space. How did this movie not blow up? On today's episode, we're embarking... more

13 Mar 2023 · 2 hours, 20 minutes
Apollo 13 (1995)

Houston, we have a podcast. Today we shut down the LEM and attempt to return to Earth, with the legendary... more

06 Mar 2023 · 2 hours, 11 minutes
Solaris (2002) with Sarah Welch-Larson (Becoming Alien)

Here we are again, trapped in the conscience-eating orbital pull of Solaris. Except this time, George Clooney (and his exposed... more

27 Feb 2023 · 2 hours, 4 minutes
Solaris (1972)

This week, we drift into the ocean of Tarkovsky’s exceedingly human, empathetic (and definitely anti-2001), SOLARIS. Or, perhaps, the ocean... more

20 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 38 minutes
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

My god. It's full of stars.

13 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 50 minutes
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

It happened. The episode is here. It's Kubrick's foundational science fiction epic, and we tried our darnedest to contend with... more

06 Feb 2023 · 2 hours, 46 minutes
The Eye of 2022

It’s our 2 year anniversary, we’ve joined the Morbid Podcast Network, and we couldn’t be happier to be here. For... more

30 Jan 2023 · 2 hours, 39 minutes
Beyond Beyond Infinity

We made it! We’ve gone where no toy has gone before…to Disney Plus, where you can watch FORKY ASKS A... more

23 Jan 2023 · 2 hours, 3 minutes
Announcement: Eye of the Duck x Morbid

Eye of the Duck has joined the Morbid Podcast Network!

20 Jan 2023 · 10 minutes
Lightyear (2022) with Griffin Newman (Blank Check)

Griffin Newman returns to Eye of the Duck this week for Pixar’s LIGHTYEAR! And just to be clear, this isn’t... more

16 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
Small Soldiers (1998)

Bonus!! This week we depart the Pixar studio to answer the question, What if Raytheon manufactured children’s toys? It’s Joe... more

09 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 58 minutes
Toy Story 4 (2019) with Ethan Warren (The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha)

It’s…Forky! The dawn of a new era is here, and it’s all about a plastic spork and his love of... more

02 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
Toy Story 3 (2010)

What is a good death when your God has abandoned you? TOY STORY 3 is courageous enough to explore such... more

26 Dec 2022 · 2 hours, 11 minutes
Toy Story 2 (1999)

How can you watch a TOY STORY movie and not completely emotionally unravel? This week we find ourselves, our trauma,... more

19 Dec 2022 · 2 hours, 13 minutes
Toy Story (1995) with Stephen Hilger (Into the Aether)

TOYS!! And returning champion Stephen Hilger is back!  Welcome to the premiere of our December/January miniseries, BEYOND INFINITY. The TOY STORY... more

12 Dec 2022 · 2 hours, 31 minutes
Enough of the Dead

That's a wrap on our Romero series! No more zombies. For now. 2023 will be all mummies, all the time!... more

05 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Bonus #3! It’s Dan O’Bannon’s gnarly punk rock black comedy, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. This week is one of... more

28 Nov 2022 · 2 hours, 8 minutes
Survival of the Dead (2009) with Sarah Welch-Larson (Seeing and Believing/Bright Wall Dark Room)

At long last, we’ve arrived at the end of Romero’s run of (not) zombie movies. This week our old friend... more

21 Nov 2022 · 2 hours,
Diary of the Dead (2007) with Sean Parker and Steve Goldberg (Mostly Horror)

I bet you didn’t know George Romero made a god dang found footage film. Yeah. We didn’t either! This week,... more

14 Nov 2022 · 2 hours, 35 minutes
Land of the Dead (2005) with Trey Flynn (The Extra Credits Podcast)

Romero returns! After exactly 20 years, the master of (not) zombie movies helps resurrect the genre for the modern day.... more

07 Nov 2022 · 2 hours, 15 minutes
Dawn of the Dead (2004)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! For our second and final bonus of our FALL OF THE DEAD miniseries, we are exploring the very... more

31 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 49 minutes
Shaun of the Dead (2004) with Mia Vicino (The Letterboxd Show)

We're coming to get you, Barbara! This week we are NOT saying the "zed word" OR talking about a George... more

24 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 48 minutes
Day of the Dead (1985)

Bub, your Day has come. This podcast is for for all the Bub heads out there. It's Eye of the... more

17 Oct 2022 · 2 hours, 2 minutes
Dawn of the Dead (1978) with Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley (Morbid)

Today we're joined by our friends from the Morbid podcast (and a new NY Times best-selling author!!) Alaina Urquhart and... more

10 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 43 minutes
Night of the Living Dead (1968)

New miniseries premiere!! The leaves are falling, the air is crisp, and the dead are rising from their graves. Welcome... more

03 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 51 minutes
Mission: Accomplished with Parth Marathe (Craft Services) and Erik Gunnarsson

Today, we're saying farewell to Ethan Hunt and our entire MISSION miniseries with the squad who helped us produce it.... more

26 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

TOP GUN BONUS. Pausing our exploration of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies for a TOP GUN: MAVERICK bonus episode. No further information... more

19 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 41 minutes
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

At last, the fallout of our entire MISSION IMPOSSIBLE series is here. This week, it’s M:I-FALLOUT, featuring mustache drama, arm... more

12 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 58 minutes
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

It’s ROGUE NATION today, and we’d like to thank all the honorable workers out there, especially the members of the... more

05 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 51 minutes
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) with Brendon Bigley (Into the Aether)

We’ve initiated Ghost Protocol on Dom. For this week’s episode on the fourth MISSION IMPOSSIBLE film, Adam is joined by... more

29 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 57 minutes
Mission: Impossible III (2006)

What do random Italian garbage men, Ethan Hunt, a “traffic statistician”, and Philip Seymour Hoffman all have in common? They’re... more

22 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 42 minutes
Mission: Impossible II (2000)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 is utter chaos. Batshit action drenched in sweat, fire, and doves. Finding one scene that could represent... more

15 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 50 minutes
Mission: Impossible (1996)

Welcome to the premiere of our new miniseries, EYE: OF THE DUCK! Today's episode is all about the worst mission of... more

08 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 55 minutes
Jurassic Summer: Extinction

Jurassic Summer is over. Long live Jurassic Summer. Credits: Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and... more

01 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

It's a million degrees outside, and it feels like a swarm of flaming locusts are raining on the earth. It's... more

25 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 43 minutes
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

This week, we contend with the terrifying notion that in 2018, the Jurassic Park franchise goes from awe-inspiring to downright... more

18 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
Jurassic World (2015)

We’re back! John Hammond told us to spare no expense. So here we are on PART 2 of our JURASSIC... more

11 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 58 minutes
Ready Player One (2018)

Bonus episode!!! As we tie off our back-to-back Spielberg miniseries, we figured there'd never be a better time to figure... more

27 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 45 minutes
Jurassic Park III (2001)

Somehow...Alan Grant has returned! This week we are hang-gliding back to Isla Sorna to meet the scary Spinosaurus and unpack... more

20 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 53 minutes
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Thank god for Site B. This week's episode is all about Isla Sorna, the *other* InGen island full of genetically-engineered... more

13 Jun 2022 · 2 hours, 7 minutes
Jurassic Park (1993)

[T-Rex roar] Our summer miniseries has begun! It's JURASSIC PARK!!!  Dinosaurs, Spielberg, the birth of modern CGI, and the great and... more

06 Jun 2022 · 2 hours, 28 minutes
Indiana Jones in Chronological Order

What a miniseries! This week we're riding off into the sunset, wrapping up the 4 films we covered in our... more

09 May 2022 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) with Connor Ratliff (Dead Eyes, The George Lucas Talk Show)

It’s the final film of the INDIANA JONES saga (for now), and we finally got our chance to speak with... more

02 May 2022 · 1 hour, 49 minutes
Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues (1993) with Brendon Bigley (Into the Aether)

**BONUS*** For this week’s episode, we spent about 3 hours with the great Brendon Bigley living inside George Lucas's brain... more

25 Apr 2022 · 2 hours, 36 minutes
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

What if Indiana Jones** had a dad? What if his dad was James Bond? And what if they were both... more

18 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 59 minutes
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) with Warren Chao

This week’s episode is all about holding many thoughts at once: Is TEMPLE OF DOOM racist? Yes. Is it mean-spirited?... more

11 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 58 minutes
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) with Shawn Christensen (Curfew, American Hostage)

Spring is here and it's the start of a new adventure for us here at Eye of the Duck. Over... more

04 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 43 minutes
Winter Hell Thaws

Demon hotels, Liam Neeson, toxic fans, goblin babies, time-traveling ghouls, Things, Things, and more Things...we saw it all this winter.... more

28 Mar 2022 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
The Thing (1982)

This week, it’s John Carpenter’s THE THING! At last! We have arrived at the end of our icy tour of... more

21 Mar 2022 · 2 hours, 6 minutes
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This week, it’s John Carpenter’s THE THING! At last! We have arrived at the end of our icy tour of winter horror... more