Every year on Podcast Like It’s the 2000s, Phil and Emily pick one Chaos Pick a movie that doesn’t quite fit into any miniseries, but demands to be talked about anyway. This year’s selection is Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, the ambitious 2004 pulp-sci-fi experiment that looked like the future of filmmaking… and then quietly disappeared.


Joining the conversation is Emma Stefansky, here to passionately defend Kerry Conran’s retro-futurist spectacle starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Angelina Jolie. The group digs into the film’s groundbreaking all-digital production, its sepia-toned visual language, and why it feels like a volume-stage movie years before volume stages became standard. They also explore how Sky Captain fits into a lineage of stylized adventure films like Dick Tracy and The Rocketeer, and why audiences often remember how the movie looked more than what actually happens in it.


Along the way, they discuss Roger Ebert’s glowing four-star review, the film’s middling box office and critical afterlife, the risks of resurrecting actors digitally, and whether Sky Captain is a misunderstood cult object or simply a fascinating near-miss. It’s a conversation about ambition, technology, and the strange movies that briefly convince us we’re looking at the future right before the future changes again.

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74: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow with Emma Stefansky

We close out our holiday run It’s Christmas and the Boys Are Sad with Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges, a film that balances brutal violence, pitch-black comedy, and unexpected tenderness against a fairy-tale Christmas backdrop. Phil & Emily joined by writers and podcasters Clay Keller and Alan Sepinwall to unpack why this movie has only grown more beloved and more emotionally complicated over time.


The conversation dives into Colin Farrell’s career-defining performance, Brendan Gleeson’s quiet moral gravity, and Ralph Fiennes’ volcanic late-movie entrance. They explore McDonagh’s dialogue rhythms, the film’s strange tonal alchemy, and how Bruges itself becomes a purgatorial space beautiful, frozen in time, and quietly judgmental. Christmas lights, medieval towers, and European pageantry all heighten the sense that these characters are stuck between punishment and absolution.


They also discuss the movie’s reputation shift from cult hit to modern classic, its placement within McDonagh’s broader body of work, and why In Bruges may be the most emotionally honest entry in the “sad men at Christmas” cinematic canon. Along the way, the group touches on Carter Burwell’s melancholic score, the film’s theatrical release context, and the way humor is used as both shield and confession.


Whether you first saw In Bruges in theaters or came to it years later through word of mouth, this episode examines why the film still hits so hard and why it remains one of the defining dark comedies of the 2000s.

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73: In Bruges with Clay Keller & Alan Sepinwall

Holly sits down with iconic director/editor/photographer James Avalon, a filmmaker whose 40+ year career spans the underground origins of adult film through the golden era and into the modern creator economy.
James opens up about growing up Mormon, how a mission to Europe cracked his worldview wide open, and the unexpected path that led him from headshots and magazines to some of the most story-driven adult features ever made. They break down how sets used to run, why older films often feel more “watchable,” how technology reshaped performance and production, and what the job of a director really looks like behind the curtain.
If you’re into film history, industry evolution, and great stories from someone who’s truly seen it all this one’s for you.

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Our holiday miniseries It’s Christmas and the Boys Are Sad continues with Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, a movie that feels breezy and charming on the surface and quietly devastating underneath. Phil and Emily are joined by author, video essayist, and YouTuber Lindsay Ellis to unpack why this film has only grown richer with time.


The conversation explores the movie’s deceptive simplicity, Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as a teenager performing adulthood, and Tom Hanks’ unusually vulnerable turn as an FBI agent defined by routine, loneliness, and obsession. They dig into Spielberg’s immaculate craft from match editing to tone control and why the film often gets overlooked in discussions of his “serious” work.

They also discuss the film’s Christmas framing, its melancholy view of masculinity and authority, and how its themes of fraud, bureaucracy, and institutional power feel more prescient now than they did in 2002. Along the way, the trio debates the movie’s length, its cultural reception, and why Catch Me If You Can plays like a con movie that slowly reveals itself to be about divorce, abandonment, and the quiet cruelty of systems.


Whether you remember it as a slick crowd-pleaser or are revisiting it for the first time, this episode reframes Catch Me If You Can as one of Spielberg’s most emotionally layered films of the 2000s and a perfect fit for a sad-boys Christmas.

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72: Catch Me If You Can with Lindsay Ellis

Christmas came early… because Abigaiil Morris is finally in the chair. 🎄

In this episode of Holly Randall Unfiltered, Holly sits down with Brazzers contract star and 2026 AVN Awards host Abigaiil Morris to talk about cosplay, polyamory, giant boobs, anxiety, stage fright, dogs, video games, and what it actually takes to run a modern adult career.

You’ll hear Abigaiil talk about:

● Saving for her boob job from age 13 and intentionally building her over-the-top bombshell persona
● Balancing her “bimbo” side with her very real nerdy, analytical, introverted side
● Going from data analyst at a solar company to blowing up at Comic-Con and launching a hugely successful OnlyFans
● Growing up in a polyamorous family, living in a throuple as an adult, and why she doesn’t experience jealousy the way most people do
● The truth about porn sets: tests, boundaries, checklists, snacks, and why it’s safer than Tinder dates
● Why “porn stars all have trauma” is one of the most frustrating myths about sex workers
● Hosting the 2026 AVN Awards, dealing with stage fright, and what fans should expect (and how to behave) in Vegas
● Her favorite cosplay looks, live shows in Berlin, video game obsessions, and life with 11 dogs


This one’s a mix of heartfelt, hilarious, and surprisingly wholesome for someone whose favorite Brazzers scene involves a cage.

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Get the uncensored extra questions, live taping access, and more at patreon.com/hollyrandallunfilteredWant to attend the AVN Awards?
Fans can buy tickets! Head to the official AVN Awards site to grab yours and see Abigaiil host live in Vegas.Remember: hydrate, wear comfy shoes, respect consent, and be ready for crowds… and a lot of cleavage.Apple Podcasts DescriptionCosplay nerd. Brazzers contract star. AVN Awards 2026 host. Dog mom to eleven pups. And somehow still shy in real life?!In this episode, Holly finally sits down with the long-requested Abigaiil Morris — a.k.a. “Big T*tty Abigail” — to talk about how a homeschooled, numbers-loving data analyst from a solar company became one of the industry’s most in-demand performers and the face of next year’s AVN Awards.Abigaiil opens up about:
● Saving for her breast augmentation from the age of 13 and intentionally building her “bimbo side” while staying true to her very real intellectual side
● How cosplay at Comic-Con and fans asking “Do you have an OnlyFans?” turned into a full-time career
● Growing up in a polyamorous family with nine siblings and how that shaped her views on jealousy, love, and throuples (yes, there’s a “mega bed”)
● The reality of sex work as a 24/7 business: content, admin, travel, fan interaction, and why she loves the grind
● Why porn sets are actually the safest space for her to explore her wildest fantasies
● Her deep nerd side: Borderlands, The Last of Us, Age of Origins, and why Thanos is “the love of her life”
● Dog chaos at home with 11 very different pups, from Rottweilers to Pomeranians
● How it feels to be chosen as host of the 2026 AVN Awards and her honest stage-fright confession

If you’ve ever assumed “porn star = trauma” or thought this job is just “show up and have sex,” this conversation will completely reset your expectations. Abigaiil is thoughtful, funny, self-aware, and absolutely obsessed with her fans — from Comic-Con kids coming out to her, to nervous first-timers at conventions who leave with a totally different view of sex workers.

Stay to the end for advice to new performers, what fans really need to know before going to AVN, and why consent and communication matter more than ever in a supposedly “anything goes” environment.

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Our 2000s Holiday Noir miniseries kicks off with a film that helped relaunch Robert Downey Jr.’s career and reintroduced Shane Black to a new generation: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Phil and Emily are joined by film critic and historian Alonso Duralde [https://www.instagram.com/alonso.duralde] to unpack why this meta-crime-comedy still feels like lightning in a bottle.


The trio digs into the movie’s razor-sharp script, its chaotic but affectionate relationship to noir, and the way Shane Black balances darkness with a wink. They explore Michelle Monaghan’s standout performance, Val Kilmer’s iconic turn as Gay Perry, and what made this moment in RDJ’s career so precarious and so thrilling.


They also dive into the film’s tone-shifting structure, its overplotted charm, its self-aware narration, and why the movie’s emotional core sneaks up on you. Along the way, they talk Shane Black’s imitators, the difficulty of pulling off postmodern genre homage, and how this film manages to love the very tropes it skewers.


Whether Kiss Kiss Bang Bang has been a long-time favorite or a movie you somehow missed, this episode revisits the 2005 cult classic with fresh eyes, big laughs, and a deep appreciation for what makes it so deceptively tricky and so rewatchable.

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71: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Alonso Duralde

Board-certified urologist and sexual health expert Dr. Rena Malik joins Holly to answer the questions most people are too embarrassed to ask. From erectile dysfunction and “porn addiction” fears to low libido, squirting, semen retention, and what good sex actually looks like, she cuts through shame with science, compassion, and real-world advice for both men and women.

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Our Mike Nichols 2000s miniseries continues with one of the director’s strangest career anomalies: Charlie Wilson’s War. Phil and Emily are joined by critic and writer Sonia Saraiya to unpack how Nichols, Aaron Sorkin, Tom Hanks, and Julia Roberts came together to make a political dramedy that feels breezy on the surface but carries enormous historical weight underneath.


The conversation digs into the true story behind the film Charlie Wilson, Joanne Herring, and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos and how their covert efforts armed Afghan fighters during the Soviet Afghan War. Phil breaks down the film’s compressed narrative and its reluctance to grapple with the long-term consequences of U.S. involvement, including the geopolitical chain reaction the movie only gestures toward. Sonia and Emily explore Sorkin’s ideology, the movie’s softened satire, and how the adaptation diverged from the darker, sharper script Nichols originally signed onto.


From Philip Seymour Hoffman’s electric performance to Nichols’ complicated, last-years-of-his-career filmmaking context, the episode traces how the movie became both an accessible studio comedy and a missed opportunity for deeper political reckoning. They also examine the infamous alternate ending, Nichols’ battle over the cut, and the creative tug-of-war between Hanks, Sorkin, and the studio.


Whether you’ve revisited Charlie Wilson’s War recently or haven’t thought about it since 2007, this episode highlights why the film is entertaining, frustrating, and uniquely revealing about the final chapter of Mike Nichols’ film career.

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70: Charlie Wilson’s War with Sonia Saraiya

This week, we continue our Mike Nichols miniseries with a deep dive into Closer (2004), joined by Sean Fennessey of The Big Picture. It’s a film that captivated many of us in our early 20s only to unravel under rewatch with age, perspective, and healthier emotional boundaries.


We unpack why Closer once felt like “grown-up cinema,” how its theatrical origins shape its structure, and why its four leads Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen are all performing at maximum intensity inside a script that might not deserve them. From the infamous strip-club scene to the messy power dynamics, contradictions, and emotional violence embedded in Patrick Marber’s writing, we ask the question: does any of this actually work?


Sean brings insight into Nichols’ career, the film’s mid-2000s cultural footprint (including its unexpected influence on emo/screamo lyrics), and the era’s attempt to manufacture Jude Law into Hollywood’s next megastar. And yes, we talk about Damien Rice, the Oscars, and why Closer remains a fascinating artistic contradiction: a film full of great performances inside a story that collapses under scrutiny.

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69: Closer with Sean Fennessey

Veterinary tech turned fan-favorite adult performer Capri Cavanni joins Holly to talk about her love of animals, why she left the industry to start a family (and a grooming business!), and what brought her back in the era of OnlyFans and content creation. They get real about boundaries, burnout, and building a future that includes both vet school and sex-positive work.  

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Unfiltered is a podcast series that sheds light on those working in the adult industry, and explores all topics of sex with authors, educators, and advocates. Hosted by world renowned erotic photographer and director Holly Randall, she interviews some of the biggest names in the adult industry, and various non-porn guests who touch on the subject of sex in one way or another. With an honest and humorous outlook on life, Holly strips away the misconceptions on people who work in the sex industry, and offers sex-positive discussions on various social and political issues. You can follow Holly on both Instagram and Twitter at @hollyrandall and drop us an email at hollyrandallunfiltered@gmail.com. Expect to be intrigued, to laugh your ass off, and to learn something new! Holly Randall Unfiltered is a proud member of Pleasure Podcasts. For network details, contact cameron@pleasurepodcasts.com.

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