Cinema Smorgasbord
255 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago -From the creators of Eric Roberts is the Man, Cinema Smorgasbord is an umbrella brand for a collection of all new themed podcasts including the Jackie Chan-themed We Do Our Own Stunts, the genre film festival celebration Cinema Fantastica, How Do You Do Fellow Kids: The Work of Steve Buscemi, Whatever Happened To Vic Diaz, and more! All hosted by your beloved ERITFM hosts Doug Tilley and Liam O’Donnell
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Episode 227 – Cinema Smorgasbord Sells Out – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
June 24, 2024 05:00 - 59.4 MBNobody is talking about FURIOSA anymore, so it's time for Cinema Smorgasbord to step in with our much delayed opinion! We discuss the pacing, the performances, the brutality, our favorite Mad Max films in the series, the FX and - BRIEFLY - the box office. Does FURIOSA have what it takes to make it EPIC, or was it just another Beyond Thunderdome? LISTEN AND LEARN, PALS! The post Episode 227 – Cinema Smorgasbord Sells Out – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.
Episode 226 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz – Daughters of Satan (1972)
June 17, 2024 05:00 - 42.7 MBWHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ is BACK! On this episode Tom Selleck is an American museum curator in the Philippines who becomes obsessed with a painting of three witches being burned at the stake when he notices one eerily resembles his young wife Chris (Barra Grant) in 1972's DAUGHTERS OF SATAN. What follows is SATANISM, witchery, a demon dog from HELL, and lots and lots of day-for-night filmmaking. Also.. the wonderful Vic Diaz as the fiendish antiques dealer Carlos Ching! Let's explore it...
Episode 225 – Praising Kane – Burning Rage (1984) & Cheers Season 3, Episode 12
June 10, 2024 05:00 - 51.1 MBHot diggity dog! On a returning PRAISING KANE we're committed to giving you the best possible value for your ears, so not only are we going over the latest Carol Kane news, we're also discussing both an episode of the beloved sitcom CHEERS (featuring Carol Kane as a woman who catches Sam's eye before he discovers she was previously in a mental hospital), and we also go deep on the Barbara Mandrell-starring TV movie BURNING RAGE from 1984 featuring Tom Wopat, Eddie Albert, Bert Remsen and - o...
Episode 224 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Living in Oblivion (1995)
June 03, 2024 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBBIG NEWS on this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? where we discuss the recent distressing assault on Steve Buscemi on the streets of New York City, all the recent Buscemi news - including him joining the cast of WEDNESDAY - and we go long on Tom DiCillo's indie black comedy LIVING IN OBLIVION! We also chat about our own limited experience as making movies and talk about why some find the film inspiring, while it's scared others from the movie business entirely! CHECK IT OUT! The post ...
Episode 223 – Cinema Fantastica – X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963) & Phase IV (1974)
May 27, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBOn this episode of Cinema Fantastica we're traveling back to 1984 and the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival in Boston, Massachusetts - one of the longest running genre film festivals in the United States! This iteration was an all-night science fiction movie marathon, and we're putting two genre classics against each other: Roger Corman's unnerving X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES from 1963 vs Saul Bass' environmental sci-fi/horror PHASE IV from 1974! WHICH FILM WILL REIGN SUPREME? Listen a...
Episode 222 – We Do Our Own Stunts – Fantasy Mission Force (1983)
May 20, 2024 05:05 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBAfter helping him get out of his previous contract (and some messy business with some Triads) Jackie Chan owed martial arts superstar Jimmy Wang Yu some big favors, and he started paying up by appearing briefly in the truly bizarre 1983 action/comedy FANTASY MISSION FORCE. Despite a plot structure that (loosely) copies The Dirty Dozen, FANTASY MISSION FORCE throws in amazons, Nazis, vampires, ghosts, Brigitte Lin, musical numbers, Mad Max-style cars and lots and lots of explosions. There's e...
Episode 221 – George Kennedy is My Copilot – Demonwarp (1988) (/w Anders Landby)
May 13, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBOn this very special episode of GEORGE KENNEDY IS MY COPILOT we're joined by the Swedish writer and George Kennedy-enthusiast Anders Landby to discuss his work covering the career of George Kennedy, his Instagram page devoted to George Kennedy, and the proper way to pronounce "Smorgasbord"! Luckily he also joins us to discuss a rare 1980s PSA featuring George Kennedy as well as the totally bizarre sasquatch/alien/zombie sci-fi/horror film DEMONWARP from 1984. It's a whole lot of fun, so stop...
Episode 220 – Bartel Me Something Good – Shelf Life (1993)
May 06, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBOn this episode of BARTEL ME SOMETHING GOOD (the world's finest Paul Bartel-themed podcast) we're tackling Paul Bartel's final directorial feature, the sadly abused (and semi-unavailable) bunker comedy SHELF LIFE from 1993! Born out of a stage-play by stars O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, and Jim Turner, Bartel turns it into a wildly visual phantasmagoria of rituals, re-enactments and hormonally confusing games, with a typically wicked sense of humor. Check it out! The post Episode 220 – Bartel ...
Episode 219 – Further Reeding – The Damned (1963)
April 29, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBBlack leather, black leather, kill kill kill! On a brand new episode of FURTHER REEDING we're digging into the pre-apocalyptic, sea-side pleasures of the 1963 sci-fi classic THE DAMNED (aka WE ARE THE DAMNED), directed by the great Joseph Losey and starring Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, and - of course - our boy Oliver Reed! It's about a group of irradiated kids having to live underground as prep for the upcoming nuclear holocaust. Cheery stuff! Have a listen! The post Episode 219 – ...
Episode 218 – You Don’t Know Dick – The Student Teachers (1973) (/w Scott Drebit)
April 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBOn a brand new episode of YOU DON'T KNOW DICK (the world's finest Dick Miller-themed podcast) we're joined by A CUT BELOW: A CELEBRATION OF B HORROR MOVIES, 1950s-1980s author Scott Drebit to discuss the sexploitation comedy/thriller THE STUDENT TEACHERS from 1973, with Susan Damante, Brooke Mills, CHUCK NORRIS(?) and Dick Miller!! We also talk about Dick Miller's cut appearance from PULP FICTION, the state of b-movies in 2024 and ALL THINGS DICK MILLER! Check it out! The post Episode 218 –...
Episode 217 – Wild in the Streets – Caliber 9 (1972)
April 15, 2024 05:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBWILD IN THE STREETS returns with the first entry in Fernando Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy: the hard hitting 1972 classic CALIBER 9 (aka MILANO CALIBRO 9)! Featuring Gastone Moschin as Ugo Piazza, a small time gangster fresh out of jail being hunted down by his former associates for stealing $300,000 that he swears he doesn't have, it's tough as nails and features a memorable jazz-flute tinged score by Luis Enríquez Bacalov and the Italian progressive rock group Osanna. It also features the great ...
Episode 216 – Praising Kane – Racing with the Moon (1984)
April 08, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBPRAISING KANE returns with 1984's RACING WITH THE MOON, a pretty darn good World War II-era coming of age film starring Sean Penn & Nicolas Cage as close friends who experience a whole lot of life's trials and tribulations in the days before they are shipped off to the war. Directed by Richard Benjamin, it has a bunch of young familiar faces (including Crispin Glover and Michael Madsen), and clearly has a lot of empathy for its mixed up central characters. Oh, and of course Carol Kane is in ...
Episode 215 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
April 01, 2024 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBHOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? (the world's finest Steve Buscemi-themed podcast) returns with an episode all about a film celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024: the Coen brothers' Capraesque classic THE HUDSUCKER PROXY! Starring Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bruce Campbell, and - of course - Steve Buscemi, it was a big-budget flop for the Coens, despite roping in their pal Sam Raimi to co-write. What went wrong? LISTEN AND FIND OUT. The post Episode 215 – How Do You Do, Fe...
Episode 214 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz? – Death Force (1978)
March 25, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBOn a brand new WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ?, James Iglehart is out for some samurai sword-based revenge in Cirio H. Santiago's 1978 martial arts exploitation film DEATH FORCE (aka FIGHTING MAD)! Featuring plenty of decapitations, some problematic sword training, and - of course - our man Vic Diaz. CHECK IT OUT! The post Episode 214 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz? – Death Force (1978) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.
Episode 213 – Cinema Smorgasbord Sells Out – Dune: Part Two (2024)
March 18, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBWe're back and we're still SELLING OUT with a rare chat about a current blockbuster: the Denis Villeneuve-directed sequel DUNE: PART TWO. Following the continuing adventures of Paul Atreides and his pals on the sand-covered planet Arrakis (aka DUNE). We chat about the David Lynch (and aborted Alejandro Jodorowsky) version(s), Liam's experience with the books, what does and doesn't work, and whether we're interested in more films/TV in the DUNE universe. CHECK IT OUT! The post Episode 213 –...
Episode 212 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Master! (2021)
March 11, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBWe're doctorin' the TARDIS on this episode of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN with a first for the podcast: an audio drama box-set produced by Big Finish featuring Eric Roberts (naturally) as beloved Doctor Who villain THE MASTER! Helping us maneuver through (relative) time and dimensions in space is author and podcaster Chad Denton, who helps bridge the gap between Eric's performance in the 1996 DOCTOR WHO TV movie and his surprising return. There's also plenty of BIG NEWS to cover, including the r...
Episode 211 – We Do Our Own Stunts – Dragon Lord (1982)
March 04, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBAfter a less-then-fruitful experience in the US (filming THE BIG BRAWL and THE CANNONBALL RUN), Jackie returned to Hong Kong with a blank check from Golden Harvest and a chip on his shoulder. The result was plenty of bumps, bruises and 1982's DRAGON LORD, which serves as a transitionary period between the old-school kung fu films of his past and the stunt-heavy films (with higher production value) that would define his work in the 1980s. In this episode of WE DO OUR OWN STUNTS we break down ...
Episode 210 – Wild in the Streets – Le Marginal (1983)
February 26, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBWe're getting WILD IN THE STREETS with Jean-Paul Belmondo in the 1983 action film LE MARGINAL (aka THE OUTSIDER)! Featuring Belmondo as Commissioner Philippe Jordan, a tough as nails cop who - wait for it - plays by his own rules, and those rules involve running through traffic, jumping out of helicopters, and just straight up murdering dudes with his car! It's good, clean, semi-fascistic fun and our hosts feel a bit guilty about how much fun it is. Oh well! Enjoy! The post Episode 210 – W...
Episode 209 – George Kennedy is My Copilot – The Gambler (2014)
February 19, 2024 06:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBOn this episode of GEORGE KENNEDY IS MY COPILOT we're checking out a rare mid-80s George Kennedy commercial for York Heating and Cooling as well as Rupert Wyatt's 2014 remake of the James Toback-written THE GAMBLER, which features the final role of George Kennedy! We discuss Mark Wahlberg's attractiveness, the joys(?) of gambling, whether we would rather have a stereo system or black & white television and SO MUCH MORE! You gotta check it out, you just gotta! The post Episode 209 – George K...
Episode 208 – JodoWOWsky Part 14 – The Technopriests (1998-2006)
February 12, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBIt's the long awaited return of JodoWOWsky and on this episode we're headed back to the comic book Jodoverse with the eight-volume Incal spin-off THE TECHNOPRIESTS, originally published from 1998 until 2006. Written by Jodorowsky with art from the immortal Zoran Janjetov, with color from Fred Beltran it follows the journey of Albino, the Supreme Technopriest, and his journey through the Technopriest hierarchy which - surprise - becomes a galaxy-spanning epic of mind-melting proportions. We a...
Episode 207 – Bartel Me Something Good – Scenes From The Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
February 05, 2024 06:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBThis is more like it! Bartel Me Something Good returns with Paul Bartel's end-of-the-80s satirical sex comedy triumph SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN BEVERLY HILLS, featuring an all-star cast witnessing - and participating in - all sorts of bad taste fun. Jacqueline Bisset, Mary Woronov, Ray Sharkey, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Wallace Shawn and Bartel himself chew up the scenery - and some wonderful dialogue from writer Bruce Wagner - while indulging in the best and worst of Reagan-era...
Episode 206 – Praising Kane – Over The Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
January 29, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBFor our first episode of Praising Kane (the world's finest Carol Kane-related podcast) of 2024 we're DOUBLING UP, first with an episode of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre from 1984 adapting SLEEPING BEAUTY with an all-star cast including Christopher Reeve, Beverly D'Angelo, Bernadette Peters and - of course - Carol Kane! We then get into our feature OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, an early film from Cannon Films directed by Menahem Golan and starring Elliott Gould and Margaux Hemingway. Carol...
Episode 205 – Cinema Smorgasbord Sells Out – Barbie (2023)
January 22, 2024 06:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBOn this INAUGURAL episode of CINEMA SMORGASBORD SELLS OUT we're getting mainstream as HELL as we dig into the most zeitgeisty film of 2023, Greta Gerwig's colorful box office smash BARBIE! No more obscure Filipino exploitation movies or Jodorowsky rarities, we're talking about something everyone has seen for once and - damn it - we're gonna enjoy it. We touch on our personal history with Barbie dolls (and Barbie media), whether Barbie works as a children's film, how we get enjoyment out of f...
Episode 204 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Vibes (1988)
January 15, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBHOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? (the world's finest Steve Buscemi-themed podcast) returns with its first episode of 2024 with a surprising early Buscemi role in the 1988 psychic-themed comedic adventure film VIBES starring Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum and Peter Falk! It's weird as hell! We also chat about Steve Buscemi's recent birthday, listening to terrestrial radio, Bad Bunny (and his music video for "Baticano" starring Steve Buscemi), the recent cancellation of MIRACLE WORKERS and SO MUCH MOR...
Episode 203 – Further Reeding – The System (1964)
January 08, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBNew year, new episode of FURTHER REEDING, a podcast all about the life and career of actor Oliver Reed! On this episode we're joining Reed and all his seaside buddies as they take in (and take out) the tourist trade in 1964's THE SYSTEM (also known by the confusingly titled THE GIRL-GETTERS in the US). Directed by regular Reed collaborator (and notorious scumbag) Michael Winner, it's a fascinatingly layered drama with a star making performance from Reed in the lead. BUT IS IT ANY GOOD? Liste...
Episode 202 – The Cinema Smorgasbord Holiday Special – Tokyo Godfathers (2003) & The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
December 24, 2023 15:28 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBIt's the Cinema Smorgasbord HOLIDAY SPECIAL (with a touch of Cinema Fantastica) where we're once again traveling to the 2021 edition of the Weihnachtsfilmfestival (Christmas Film Festival) in Berlin, Germany where we're checking out 2003's TOKYO GODFATHERS and THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW from 2020. Enjoy and we'll be back in the new year, jerks! The post Episode 202 – The Cinema Smorgasbord Holiday Special – Tokyo Godfathers (2003) & The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020) first appeared on Cinema Smorg...
Episode 201 – Wild in the Streets – Killer Cop (1975)
December 18, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBOn this episode of WILD IN THE STREETS, oddball cop Rolandi (Claudio Cassinelli) is trying to track down those responsible for a fatal hotel bombing but finds himself in the midst of a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top. It's the politically charged poliziottesco-crime film KILLER COP from 1975, directed by Luciano Ercoli (best known for his 1970s gialli like DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS) and starring Cassinelli, Arthur Kennedy (as a well-meaning judge assigned to the case), Franco Fab...
Episode 200 – 200th Episode Celebration – Real Genius (1985) & Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
December 11, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBIt's the 200th episode of Cinema Smorgasbord, a podcast devoted to obsessively examining the careers of underloved and underappreciated actors and directors. Since we started in 2020 we've created over a dozen sub-podcasts devoted to such diverse topics as the careers of Paul Bartel (Bartel Me Something Good), Dick Miller (You Don't Know Dick), Steve Buscemi (How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?), Jackie Chan (We Do Our Own Stunts), Oliver Reed (Further Reeding), George Kennedy (George Kennedy is my ...
Episode 199 – Praising Kane – Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)
December 04, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThis is a Cinema Smorgasbord first! An episode of Praising Kane where one host NEVER FOUND HER in the film! Admittedly, tracking down Carol Kane in CAN SHE BAKE A CHERRY PIE? is a bit of a feat, especially when she's competing with the talents of Karen Black and Michael Emil at the core of Henry Jaglom's odd 1983 romantic comedy. Somehow she's in it less than both Larry David (who has a memorable scene) and ORSON WELLES, who appears on a television screen in some old footage. What did our ho...
Episode 198 – We Do Our Own Stunts – The Cannonball Run (1981)
November 27, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBJackie Chan ends his first American excursion on this episode of WE DO OUR OWN STUNTS with Hal Needham's star-studded 1981 cross country race movie THE CANNONBALL RUN, where he plays a Japanese (?) race car driver who watches porn in his futuristic vehicle and also kicks the hell out of Peter Fonda for some reason. He's racing against a who's who of early 80s celebs, including - of course - Burt Reynolds and (Liam O'Donnell favorite) Dom DeLuise, as well as Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore, Jamie...
Episode 197 – You Don’t Know Dick – I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) (/w Luke Higginson)
November 20, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBOn a brand new episode of YOU DON'T KNOW DICK (the world's finest Dick Miller-themed podcast) we're joined by director/writer/editor Luke Higginson (director of the Rhys Darby-starring sci-fi comedy RELAX, I'M FROM THE FUTURE!) to discuss the fab four (aka THE BEATLES), Eddie Deezen, the career of Robert Zemeckis and the 1978 rock 'n roll comedy I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND! Oh, and we also talk about Dick Miller, of course. JOIN US! The post Episode 197 – You Don’t Know Dick – I Wanna Hold You...
Episode 196 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz? – Project: Kill (1976)
November 13, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBLeslie Nielsen is leading a group of brainwashed, drugged up SUPER SOLDIERS in the Philippines but after taking a break from his daily dose of super soldier serum he starts to grow a conscience and goes on the run, with his first-in-command Gary Lockwood hot on his trail in William Girdler's conspiracy action film PROJECT: KILL from 1976. If you like seeing two old, not-very-flexible actors throwing kicks and uppercuts while Filipino stuntmen go flying, this is the movie for you. Best of all...
Episode 195 – JodoWOWsky Part 13 – Jodorowsky Hodge-Podge (/w Kaena: The Prophecy (2003))
November 06, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBJodoWOWsky returns with a hodge-podge of Alejandro Jodorowsky projects, including some acting roles from the early 2000s, a television adaptation of one his Métal hurlant comics, and a somewhat bizarre credit for the 2003 French computer animated feature KAENA: THE PROPHECY! We investigate what all of this could mean, while digging deep on all the latest Jodorowsky news. CHECK IT OUT! The post Episode 195 – JodoWOWsky Part 13 – Jodorowsky Hodge-Podge (/w Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)) first a...
Episode 194 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Night of the Caregiver (2023)
October 30, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBIt's the spookiest time of the year, and that means the return of the beloved ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN podcast with a special HALLOWEEN-themed horror episode, featuring Atomic Elbow's Robert Newsome as our VERY SPECIAL GUEST! Our guest is treated to the spine-chilling 2023 horror film NIGHT OF THE CAREGIVER from western director/actor Joe Cornet, and starring THE EXORCIST's Eileen Dietz, Natalie Denise Sperl and - of course - Eric Roberts! We also dig into the price of stardom, fatherhood, Mi...
Episode 193 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
October 23, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBThe world's finest Steve Buscemi-themed podcast returns earlier than usual so we can celebrate SPOOKY SEASON with Jim Jarmusch's bizarre zombie horror comedy THE DEAD DON'T DIE from 2019! With a bonkers all-star cast (including Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Selena Gomez, Austin Butler, Iggy Pop, Carol Kane, RZA, Danny Glover.. and STEVE BUSCEMI) the film was received with confusion upon release but has a amassed a rapidly growing following. Find out our thoughts on ...
Episode 192 – Halloween Horror Special – No One Will Save You (2023) & Cobweb (2023)
October 16, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBThe tradition lives with another super SPOOOoooOKY Cinema Smorgasbord Halloween Special! As per usual, we're BREAKING FORMAT and taking a look at two recently-released horror films, starting with Liam's choice of the dialogue-free sci-fi horror of Brian Duffield's NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU, followed by the creepy mystery of Samuel Bodin's intensely Halloween-themed COBWEB (starring Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr). As is part of our yearly Halloween celebration we chat a bit about some other recent...
Episode 191 – Bartel Me Something Good – The Longshot (1986)
October 09, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBOn this episode of BARTEL ME SOMETHING GOOD we're off to the races with the Tim Conway-penned and Mike Nichols-produced gambling comedy THE LONGSHOT, starring Conway, Harvey Korman, Jack Weston and Ted Waas! A passion project for Tim Conway (and a work-for-hire gig for Paul Bartel) it's.. a bit of an odd duck, but it DOES have a theme song rapped by Conway AND Ice-T! Enjoy! The post Episode 191 – Bartel Me Something Good – The Longshot (1986) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.
Episode 190 – Further Reeding – Castaway (1986)
October 02, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBOn this episode of FURTHER REEDING, Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe have only gone and got themselves stranded on a desert island and have to survive, but - GET THIS - they did it on purpose in Nicolas Roeg's CASTAWAY from 1986. Based on a bizarre true story, it involves a whole lot of nudity and Oliver Reed acting like a maniac so you know we had to talk about it. Sadly, it's a bit hard to track down (unless you write the title and year of release into YouTube), so you'll just have to listen...
Episode 189 – George Kennedy is My Copilot – Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)
September 25, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBOn this episode of GEORGE KENNEDY IS MY CO-PILOT our merry trio is diving into the fiery drama TICK, TICK, TICK from 1970 starring Jim Brown, Fredric March, Clifton James and - of course - George Kennedy! Brown stars as the newly elected Sheriff of a very, very racist southern county, while Kennedy is the now ex-Sheriff who is semi-committed to keeping him alive. Spoiler: it's not easy! Before that we discuss another George Kennedy commercial (for California-based tech company TOTLCOM), and ...
Episode 188 – Praising Kane – An Invasion of Privacy (1983)
September 18, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBOn this jam-packed episode of Praising Kane, our chronological look at the career of Carol Kane continues, starting with brief discussions about a mid-70s Dr. Pepper commercial, as well an early 80s adaptation of Irwin Shaw's The Girls in Their Summer Dresses featuring both Carol Kane and Jeff Bridges! After the break we turn our attention to the surprisingly star-studded drama AN INVASION OF PRIVACY from 1983 featuring Valerie Harper, Richard Masur, Jerry Orbach, Jeff Daniels, Sarah Michell...
Episode 187 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Animal Factory (2000)
September 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBWe're back on HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? with the Steve Buscemi-directed prison drama (based on the Edward Bunker book) ANIMAL FACTORY from 2000, starring Edward Furlong & Willem Dafoe, along with a killer supporting cast. Starring Buscemi-verse regulars like Seymour Cassel, Mark Boone Junior, and Rockets Redglare, you also get memorable supporting performances from Danny Trejo, Mickey Rourke, Tom Arnold(!) and.. wait for it. Steve Buscemi! Listen to us talking to it, ya sick twist! The p...
Episode 186 – Wild in the Streets – Syndicate Sadists (1975)
September 04, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBOn this episode of WILD IN THE STREETS, Tomas Milian is RAMBO in Umberto Lenzi's spaghetti-western influenced SYNDICATE SADISTS from 1975! After Rambo's friend is brutally murdered, he takes it upon himself to go up against two criminal gangs (one led by Joseph Cotton's Paternò), while also rescuing a young boy who has been kidnapped. Does he manage to embarrass them all while everyone gazes on him in total awe? Yep! Check it out! The post Episode 186 – Wild in the Streets – Syndicate Sadi...
Episode 185 – You Don’t Know Dick – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Past Tense” (/w Adrianna Gober)
August 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBOn this episode of YOU DON'T KNOW DICK we're boldly going where no podcast has gone before with Dick Miller in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine two-parter 'Past Tense'. Wildly considered one of the best (and most prescient) episodes of the series, it looks at the state of cities in the far off future of 2024 and how struggling people are carted off to walled off 'sanctuaries', and one of the people guarding these sanctuaries is none other than Dick Miller. Joining us on this trek across the st...
Episode 184 – We Do Our Own Stunts – The Big Brawl (1980)
August 21, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBJackie Chan in AMERICA! On this episode of WE DO OUR OWN STUNTS Jackie makes his first American excursion to star in the Robert Clouse directed comedy-action vehicle THE BIG BRAWL (aka BATTLE CREEK BRAWL). Despite Jackie knowing very little English (and having to promote the film on American television) and working a very different style than he was used to, the film is actually a ton of fun - as long as you don't go in expecting the acrobatic fighting from his recent Hong Kong films. We als...
Episode 183 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz? – Equalizer 2000 (1987)
August 14, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThey took his girl. Now he's talking them STRAIGHT TO HELL! On this episode of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ we're getting properly post-apocalyptic with Cirio H. Santiago's Mad Max-"inspired", giant gun classic EQUALIZER 2000 starring Richard Norton (/w frosted tips), Corinne Wahl and a VERY young Robert Patrick in only his second ever role! There's lots of gunfire, explosions and - blissfully - almost no plot to be concerned with, and it delivers the promise of a very big gun that mows dow...
Episode 182 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
August 07, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBWe tried. We tried our best to find some small piece of enjoyment in Dennis Dugan's bafflingly misguided I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY, a film about two straight firefighters (played by Adam Sandler & Kevin James) who decide to get married in order to deal with some uncomfortable pension-related paperwork. Overstuffed with pitiful racist, sexist and homophobic stereotypes, it's - even worse - completely unfunny, and has a horribly confused message at its core. Yeesh. Anyway, we get angry...
Episode 181 – Bartel Me Something Good – Lust in the Dust (1984)
July 31, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBYee-haw! We're going back to the wild west on this episode of Bartel Me Something good with Paul Bartel's 1984 comedy western LUST IN THE DUST starring Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan and the legendary Divine! Originally envisioned as a John Waters project, Bartel ruffled against making a Waters-style film and instead brings his own wild and unpredictable sensibility (while still not skimping on the bad taste). It has musical numbers, butt tattoos, Cesar Romero, death via oral sex and so much more....
Episode 180 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Royal Kill (2009)
July 24, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBRetired pro-wrestler Gail Kim, Pat Morita and Eric Roberts (and Eric Roberts' hair!) star in the bizarre 2009 action fantasy ROYAL KILL, which features a totally bonkers twist and.. not a lot else! Alexander Wraith plays Adam Arthavan, a royal guard sent to protect a young girl - unknowingly the daughter of his king - from Gail Kim's silent assassin. It's kind of like The Terminator, except infinitely worse! Talking with us about Royal Kill (aka Ninja's Creed) is restaurateur, chef and Nova ...
Episode 179 – Further Reeding – The Three Musketeers (1973)
July 17, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBOn this swashbuckling episode of FURTHER REEDING we're diving into Richard Lester's incredibly entertaining 1973 action comedy THE THREE MUSKETEERS, starring Michael York, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Charlton Heston and - of course - Oliver Reed as Athos. Playing a character who is a heavy drinker and fighter might not have been a stretch for Reed, but he still got up to plenty of trouble on-set and we go through some of the more memorable stories and in...
Episode 178 – JodoWOWsky Part 12 – Moon Face (1992), Angel Claws (1994), Son of the Gun (1995)
July 10, 2023 05:00 - 2 hours - 119 MBJodoWOWsky returns with a trifecta of Alejandro Jodorowsky-penned comic work from the 1990s, starting with the fantastical (and very odd) MOON FACE from 1992 (illustrated by François Boucq), then moving into the playfully erotic Angel Claws from 1994 (with explicit illustrations by Jean "Moebius" Giraud), and finishing with the western-tinged action-filled redemption tale Son of the Gun from 1995 (illustrated by Georges Bess). We also check out all the latest Alejandro Jodorowsky news, as we...