
Toni's Film Club
Season 4
Episodes
1. Why Is This Movie Prop Worth $28,000,000
The story of the Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz and how they broke the record for the most expensive film memorabilia ever sold at an auction!
2. How Bautista Earned Hollywood’s Respect
Dave Bautista is a former WWE superstar turned into actor. But here’s the thing—he didn’t just want to be “big tough guy #47.” For over a decade, he’s been on a mission to prove he’s more than just muscles and action - and this is how he did it.
3. The Horror Film So Real, the FBI Investigated It
In the early 1990s, Charlie Sheen had seen a Japanese horror film so disturbingly realistic that he immediately reported it to the FBI. And he wasn’t the only one—authorities in Sweden, Great Britain, and Japan also launched investigations, all asking the same question: Was Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood a real snuff film or a masterclass in gore filmmaking?
4. A Billionaire Tried to Make a Movie. It Was a Disaster.
In the late 2000s, a Chinese billionaire with zero filmmaking experience but a deep obsession with movies (he’d seen over 4,000!) set out to create the next Hollywood style blockbuster - an epic underwater fantasy that the world had never seen before.
5. The Movie That Prevented a Nuclear War
In 1983, over 100 million people tuned in to watch The Day After — a TV movie unlike anything ever before it. That night, it forced America, and the world to face the terrifying reality of nuclear war.
6. The Horror Film With REAL People in It
Under the Skin isn’t just a sci-fi film. It’s an experiment. Director Jonathan Glazer and Scarlett Johansson set out to blur the line between fiction and reality by using hidden cameras, real people, and letting things unfold naturally.
7. Movies That Broke Every Rule of Cinema
Toni watches some of the strangest, most unconventional films in cinema history. Movies that break the rules, test your patience, and make you question what a movie even is. All to find out if they are just gimmicks... or kind of brilliant?
8. The Rise, Fall and... Return of Parody Movies
Parody (or spoof) comedy movies has been around for over a century and peaked in the ‘80s, but in recent years they kind of disappeared, or worse - got lazy. Are they finally coming back?
9. The 40 Seconds That Changed Cinema Forever
In 1985, "Young Sherlock Holmes" featured a short 40-second scene that quietly changed the movie industry forever.