Welcome back to the ATRM Newsletter. It's been a month since we last caught up, and we've got plenty to share from the world of All The Right Movies.

As always, we're shining the spotlight on what matters most: our incredible community. This month's "Patron of the Month" celebrates another one of our brilliant supporters who keeps the projector running, and our "Spotlight" feature returns with a hidden gem recommendation from ATRM's Matt "The Stat" Bartley that deserves a place in your watchlist.

So fix yourself a drink, put your feet up, and fasten your seatbelts - it's going to be a bumpy newsletter...

The latest episodes of our main podcast show, ATRM Classic...

We didn't kill our wife, but we did kill it with this episode about Andrew Davis' relentless chase thriller. Join Luke, Westy, and Matt as they pursue every detail of Harrison Ford's wrongfully accused doctor, Tommy Lee Jones' iconic U.S. Marshal, and the film's breakneck pacing, practical stunts, and that legendary dam jump.Available anywhere you get your podcasts!

Madness takes many forms as we march into David Lean's epic war masterpiece. John, Westy, and Matt explore Alec Guinness' obsessive Colonel Nicholson, the brutal realities of POW camps, and how a simple construction project becomes a powerful meditation on pride, duty, and the insanity of war.On every major podcast streaming service.

Our July POTM is a Kansas dad whose movie collection would make Blockbuster jealous.

This month, we're thrilled to spotlight Ryan Chippeaux - a single father of three who's turned his lifelong love of cinema into an impressive 1,600-disc collection. When he's not crushing drives on the golf course (including one memorable hole-in-one), Ryan's diving deep into film history and haunting the ATRM message boards, where he's been a valued community member since almost the very beginning.

Ryan and his daughter, Kara. (Ryan's Daughter, if you will).

Hello, Ryan. Please tell us a bit about yourself.My name is Ryan Chippeaux, and I'm a single dad of 3 kids (19, 17, 13). I turn 44 years old this summer. I've worked at a large family owned lumber yard in Kansas for 28 years. I love to play golf (I've had a hole-in-one) and stay active when I can. I've always had a love of movies since I was a kid. After I got divorced I started diving into movies and collecting physical media. I have about 1600 movies on disc right now. There's something special about having the movie in your hand versus streaming it.

What's your favorite movie?My all time favorite film would have to be Back to the Future. A timeless movie that seems to hit home every time I see it. The themes about family, the music, the score, the cinematography, the humor, are all top notch. I just don't get tired of it and the history behind it is interesting. And who doesn't like a time travel movie?

How did you discover ATRM?I've been a member of the ATRM community since almost the beginning. I can't remember the first episode I listened to, but the guys were so funny and just drew me in. I felt like I could relate to the guys and we are a similar age. I joined pretty early on and then cancelled for a month or so, but had to come back. The content is very well researched and spoken about intelligently. I enjoy the behind the scenes stuff and casting choices that we could have had. I just really think the show is done so well. Good job fellas. I also love the message boards and the interaction with other members. It's a really great community of people.

What's a film everyone seems to love that you just can't stand? (And vice versa - a "bad" movie you secretly adore?)I feel like I have a few films that have never connected with me that seem to be highly praised - 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner. I'll admit that sci-fi is probably not my favorite genre. I've tried both films several times and they just bore me. Either I don't understand them or just never got invested in the story. I'm sure I'll hear it about these two. In terms of a bad movie that I adore, it would have to be Tango and Cash. I absolutely love that film. Stallone and Russell working together is comedy gold to me. There are about 30 one liners that crack me up and that I still use to this day. "You broke that jaw?" So ridiculous and so much fun.

What film do you think ATRM Classic absolutely needs to cover that we haven't yet?I have a few films that I think need to be covered on the pod. My short list would probably be Top Gun, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Goonies, A Star is Born (2018), among others. But I think Parasite needs to covered. There is so much to unpack from that film. The themes about class and family run throughout. I just think it's such a powerful film, but also funny and intense. It needs to happen soon.

What's the most memorable cinema experience you've ever had?I had some great experiences in the mid to late 90's watching things like Twister, Armageddon, Independence Day, There's Something about Mary, and American Pie. Those were great, but the most memorable experience was probably when a buddy and I went to a small old theater to see Event Horizon. I was 16 and I didn't know much about it and am not a huge horror fan. The movie was about to start and we realized we were the only two people in the theater. As the tension starting ramping up in the movie, there were some pipes in the theater that starting creaking and making strange noises. We were so freaked out and as soon as the film was over, we ran out of there in a hurry. I'll never forget that.

How do you typically watch films - home theater, laptop, traditional cinema? Do you have any viewing rituals?I love to go to the theater to watch movies, but don't make it that often. I've been less interested in the last 10 years with newer films and tend to watch older stuff at home. I have a nice 75 inch 4K TV that I like to watch things on. It's nice to turn the lights off and just get sucked into a movie. I'm a huge fan of Letterboxd and will log and rate every movie I see as soon as it's over. I have lists for all kinds of things on there, including rating films by year, films with memorable dads, and favorite films by decade. My handle on there is espn1213 if anybody wants to check it out.

What's a film recommendation you're passionate about that you think most of our listeners haven't seen?I have a few obscure titles that I always like to recommend to people. Suicide Kings (1997) with Christopher Walken; Cadence (1990) with Martin and Charlie Sheen; Flashback (1990) with Dennis Hopper and Kiefer Sutherland; Gung Ho (1986) early Ron Howard movie with Michael Keaton; Men at Work (1990) with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen; License to Drive (1988) with Corey Haim and Corey Feldman; Silverado (1985) is my favorite western. If I had to pick one, I would go with Quick Change from 1990. This is the only movie Bill Murray directed. It stars Murray, Randy Quaid and Geena Davis. Murray robs a bank dressed as a clown and then the rest of the film takes place that day and follows him trying to get away from Jason Robards. It is a great New York movie and maybe my most quotable movie. It is hilarious and I revisit it every year or so. There is some great supporting characters as well (Stanley Tucci, Kurtwood Smith, Phil Hartman, Tony Shalhoub, and more).

Thanks a lot, Ryan. If anybody wants more, what creative projects are you working on?I don't currently have anything to plug. I've thought for a long time about doing a blog or creating some kind of film community. I have an idea for a movie themed board game that I've been playing around with for a while that I think could be fun. I've also started writing several screenplays that I haven't been able to stick with. Stay tuned...

You can also keep an eye out for Ryan's contribution in this month's Double Feature episode - he'll be putting up two films for discussion into our poll alongside Luke, Westy, and Matt's choices. 

This month's Spotlight takes us deep beneath the streets of London, where Matt has discovered a British horror film that defies its sensationalist marketing. While the poster promised mindless carnage, what he found was something far more haunting...

Reviewed by: Matt

Released as Raw Meat for American audiences, the poster promises hordes of ferocious, blank-eyed cannibals – perhaps the greatest case of poster fraud of all time, because while the actual film certainly doesn’t skimp on the gore, it’s also a bracingly original, and strangely melancholic affair, instead of the Romero-on-the-Tube thrill-ride it was sold as.

Hugh Armstrong as The Cannibal - a monster created by greed and abandoned in the tunnels beneath London.

The film revolves around Inspector Calhoun (Donald Pleasence) investigating the disappearance of a man on the London Underground late at night, and soon learns of an urban legend – that a group of railway workers were entombed in the Underground in 1892 after a cave-in, and their descendants still live below ground, surviving by resorting to cannibalism and snatching travelers in the dead of night.But in total contrast to the poster, there are no ravenous horde of cannibals bursting out of the walls here – there’s simply one, the last survivor of his family, and he has much more in common with the tragic backstory of the likes of Frankenstein’s monster than Romero’s zombies. When we first see him in his lair, he’s mourning the death of his pregnant mate. A lifetime skulking in the tunnels, hearing the trains go past constantly, has left him only knowing the words, “Mind the doors…” which he mumbles constantly. And ultimately, he’s not evil, simply a product of his environment and a capitalist system which puts profit before the safety of its employees.But that’s not to say the film skimps on the horror elements. The attacks are savage and shocking, and the highlight of the film is undoubtedly the first time we see the cannibal in its lair. A masterpiece of set and sound design, director Gary Sherman draws out the reveal in an astonishing seven-minute single take, a truly horrifying moment that would be extremely surprising if it wasn’t an influence on Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) a couple of years later.Pleasence is as watchable as ever in the lead, Christopher Lee pops up for an always-welcome cameo, and the whole film has an atmosphere quite unlike any other British horror film of the time – it’s one that lingers in the memory, like the haunted cry of, “Mind the doors…” that echoes through the dark tunnels…

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