Episodes
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Into the Night
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
On this episode, we do our first deep dive into the John Landis filmography, to talk about one of his lesser celebrated film, the 1985 Jeff Goldblum/Michelle Pfeiffer morbid comedy Into the Night.
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Up the Academy
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
This week's episode takes a look back at the career of trailblazing independent filmmaker Robert Downey, father of Robert Downey, Jr., and his single foray into the world of Hollywood filmmaking, Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Mar 23, 2023
O.C and Stiggs
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
On this episode, we talk about the great American filmmaker Robert Altman, and what is arguably the worst movie of his six decade, thirty-five film career: his 1987 atrocity O.C. and Stiggs.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Vestron Pictures - Part Three
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
This week, we finish our three part episode on the 1980s distribution company Vestron Pictures.
Read the rest of this entry »Friday Mar 03, 2023
Vestron Pictures - Part Two
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
We continue our look back at the movies released by independent distributor Vestron Pictures, focusing on their 1988 releases.
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Vestron Pictures - Part One
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
The first of a two-part series on the short-lived 80s American distribution company responsible for Dirty Dancing.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Feb 09, 2023
The Marvel Cinematic Universe of the 1980s
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
This week, we talk about the 1980s Marvel Cinematic Universe that could have been, and eventually was.
Read the rest of this entry »Friday Jan 27, 2023
The Abyss
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
On this, our 100th episode, we eschew any silly self-congratulatory show to get right into one of James Cameron's most under appreciated films, his 1989 anti-nuke allegory The Abyss.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Escape to Victory
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
For our second episode of 2023, we look back, as we did with Neil Diamond's only starring role last week, at the one and only acting role the late, great football star Pelé would ever make: Escape to Victory, a football-themed World War II drama that would also feature Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and Max von Sydow.
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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
The Jazz Singer
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Welcome to our first episode of the new year, which is also our first episode of Season 5. Thank you for continuing to join us on this amazing journey.
On today's episode, we head back to Christmas of 1980, when pop music superstar Neil Diamond would be making his feature acting debut in a new version of The Jazz Singer.
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