Esoteric Roberts: Eric Roberts Movie Podcast
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsScholarly discussion of the Eric Roberts filmography, with sumptuous tangents involving Hollywood esoterica, pop culture ephemera and shocking personal confessions.
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Episodes
Power 98 (1996)
September 21, 2022 18:00 - 2 hours - 91.7 MBDisappointment manifold but hope so too, the bad boys of station E-R-O-B take it to the edge Phoenix and rise from ashes of erotic shock jock thriller base reality to soar thru betterreality of carnivalesque v-neck carnal reverie. Lowly listner ponders what these guys are on. I don’t know they’re yellow.
Depth Charge (2008)
September 04, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBWe petty officers make stealthmode descent to lower depths of peak DirecTVcore content and contend with byzantine byways of pill popping mutineer ERob's madhouse submersible. We surface as new men with new concerns. This is new time. Get new.
Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
August 20, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBFacing down the eschaton, we risk a ton—but splendid reward is ours and high watermark in conversational folk art is achieved RE: damnable marks. This deconstruction of the great American endtime faith film has the ERERP grappling with daemons of misremembering, digression and eye defiling video resolution. Sides blown out but faith intact, we deny ourselves and refuse novelvirusvaccine's six hundred threescore and six enticements (including polyamorous longevity and free birth control).
Six Gun Savior (2015)
August 07, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBInaugural Black Eye Club Survivor Summit commences with psychotronic exegesis of E-Rob-as-Old-Scratch exhibition. Bullets of critical faculty being medicine man blessed—we blast!—us Harlots of Satan, through many Onis (daemon) of wrongthink in Wild West theme park feverdream. Souls unscalped it’s destination sunset with fresh conviction that all belief systems are valid and equal. Religious midgets mythbusted. Everyone is same height in eternity (4’11”).
Batman (1966) S01 E05, 06 Esoteric Roberts Presents "Go West, Old Chum!"
July 23, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBJan 15, 2022 While E.D. makes his haaj, Roy drunkenly fumbles you through season one episodes five and six of Batman!
Batman (1966) S01 E07, 08 Esoteric Roberts Presents "Go West, Old Chum!"
July 23, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBJan 29, 2022 While E.D. makes his haaj, Roy drunkenly fumbles you through season one episodes seven and eight of Batman!
Purgatory (1999)
July 22, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBYour favorite Purg-spergs walk straight/walk narrow and come-along-Sam to speak on a made-for-TNT/made-immortal-on-Grit (the TV channel not the newspaper) supernatural western featuring Eric Rob as outlaw villain Bl*ckjack Britton. Ropeday draws nigh. Will we enter this house justified in the eyes of the One True or will we plunge into fiery chasm for myriad podcast sins? Please venmo us your indulgences, we implore you.
La Cucaracha (1998)
June 03, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBUs merry maricónes are once again south of the border for lurid but edifying Eric vehicle. Current societal plights of ableism, homophobia and statutory rape are fully resolved during this discussion which will endure like a Wyld Stallyns world saving ballad for future generations of unkillable cockroach spirits in global Baja utopia where everyday is like Pride month.
Top Gunner (2020)
May 26, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBI don't know what I've been told but have you heard tell of two civilians reporting for duty on empty airbase of the mind to share impressions of grossly preemptive serviceporn mockbuster from clearsighted year 2020? Couple Top Gun-nerds contend with Top Gunner and the Baja CA tourist board. Much marveling at the miracle of aviation and the joys of counterfeit cinema to be heard here. Lift easy, sky kings.
L.A. Confidential (unsold TV pilot) (2000)
May 15, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBWith brazen lack of concern for ERERP pensions, we head into the sweatbox to aggressively grill this stillborn procedural from the first year of so far the finest century of all. Great obstacles are foisted upon us—time-limited Zoom calls, incomplete IMDb cast lists and the dark-matter-heavy question of Who Polices the Police Policing the Police?
Facade (1999)
May 03, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBTwo ‘99 alumni ponder over an embarrassment in a year of riches—a rightly forgotten piece of American indie irritainment. In spite of trying material, we try to transcend materiality—and by gum nearly succeed—but waistline ballast prevents ascension. Failing to fully follow through on Eric’s Body Challenge and attain freedom from fleshly shackles, it’s crosses up as we press toward the mark. Until that great and terrible day, slipshod Facade prevents union with G*d.
Hitman's Run (1999)
February 24, 2022 21:00 - 2 hours - 92.5 MBBack yet in comfortable confines of eternal ‘99 beyond history, we glove-up to dissect an invaluable contribution to Hitman Awareness Month. The scalpel trembles. Having gone to seed as consequence of compulsive podcasting, we both agree to take the Eric Roberts Body Challenge and liberate ourselves from our out of shape shells. As I the reigning Esoteric Roberts office assistant composes current ep descrip, I watch E.D. take his last bite of fast food breakfast sandwich for foreseeable futu...
Star 80 (1983)
February 11, 2022 18:00 - 2 hours - 101 MBPeter steps into Eternal Light to be greeted by soulmate Dorothy, who'd gone ahead forty two years prior. “Where’s Hef?” asks Pete. “Hef’s not dead. He lives on in ladyform to pwn the libs.” While Hoogdanovich is forged as one in Paradise above, roy and E.D. are left down below to make sense of the tragic true crime what birthed this blissful reunion. Two merry kings warily swear off Dairy Queen forever after traumatic examination of eighty star film Star 80. Even further down below, Paul...
Lansky (1999)
February 02, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBTwo boys who are just really good at what they do (not autistic) are back in good saddle. ERERP season two erupts with a volcanic discussion of Lansky, in which king Eric plays doomed Benny "Bugsy" Siegel. The year 1999 looms heavy in our hosts' consciousness as they make meal of made-for-HBO mob movie from fag-end of 20th century. With comfortable distance in 21st, we admire Meyer and the many contributions he made to our great country, if not his crippled son.
Batman (1966) S01 E03, 04 Esoteric Roberts Presents "Go West, Old Chum!"
January 03, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBJan 3, 2022 While E.D. makes his haaj, Roy drunkenly fumbles you through season one episodes three and four of Batman!
Batman (1966) S01E03,04, EsotEric Roberts Presents "Go West, Old Chum!"
January 03, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBWhile E.D. makes his haaj, Roy drunkenly fumbles you through season one episodes three and four of Batman!
Esoteric Roberts Presents: "Go West, Old Chum!"
January 02, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBWhile E.D. makes his haaj, Roy drunkenly fumbles you through season one episodes one and two of Batman!
Batman (1966) S01E01, 02 Esoteric Roberts Presents: "Go West, Old Chum!"
January 02, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBDec 14, 2021 While E.D. makes his haaj, Roy drunkenly fumbles you through season one episodes one and two of Batman!
The Expendables (2010)
September 19, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBWe expend a modest amount of discourse energy on an ensemble machofest wherein Roberts portrays president James Munroe versus Stallocean's 11. Height ain't always your ally but E.D. and roy are allies to the death, and you can bet your whole alphabet on that (except for T).
Inherent Vice (2014)
September 11, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBA couple PCP virgins wreck and reckon with the curious PTA adaptation of a Pynchon hippie noir novel featuring Eric A. Roberts as a Jewish real estate mogul who hangs out with Aryan bikers.
Saved By the Light (1995)
August 18, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBIn this extremely discursive Ericcentric excursion, we leave our corporeal selves for real and astral trip to soul trap moon for well over 28 minutes (lightning bolt) to examine an adaptation of Brinkley Dannion’s alleged afterlife experiences. We are all spiritual beings. We are all v neck T-shirts. Who we are is the difference grift makes.
The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
August 05, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBAnachronistic eyeglasses be damned, we suffer the torpedoes and depth charges of outrageous fortune on a mission to tease out insights from this geezer teaser par exemplar. Shadows can be your cheapest prop. Ensigns make great fishing buddies. Your job as an American will never be in jeopardy, so long as Lt. Roberts' baby blues are fixed behind the binocs.
The Rebels of PT-218
August 05, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBAnachronistic eyeglasses be damned, we suffer the torpedoes and depth charges of outrageous fortune on a mission to tease out insights from this geezer teaser par exemplar. Shadows can be your cheapest prop. Ensigns make great fishing buddies. Your job as an American will never be in jeopardy, so long as Lt. Roberts' baby blues are fixed behind the binocs.
Christmas In Compton (2012)
July 26, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBEverybody plays the Scrooge sometimes and Roberts gets his turn in this PG-13 AfAm holiday romp from 2012. The year the Mayan Calendar ended but the world kept going. And getting better and better. Beautiful. Even more beautiful.
In Cold Blood (1996)
July 18, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBWant some whiskey in your water? Bubbles in your blood? It would truly be a crime if we didn’t cover this true crime TV adaptation from one of Eric’s most prolific years, 1996. All your old friends are here—prison, fugitives, evidence in the form of boot prints... We leave no stone unturned in our investigation of this common stone among turds.
The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
July 07, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBo7 We salute the dynamic ribbon device and rhapsodize about American cultural supremacy over the course of this breezy dissection of an Aussie-set movie made by Eastern Europerv Dusan Makavajev. Roberts cuts a lean figure as a salesman from the states who dominates the Australian Coke offices and butts heads with an iconoclastic larrikin who dares to defy globalism. The best laid schemes of mice and men are laid to waste by money is God's muscle. Boomerangs are a psyop. Get wise. Stay ...
Night Walk (2021)
June 27, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBOur first faith film restores our faith in film, as we genuflect then genuinely reflect on this prison set story starring Oliver Stone's robo-progeny Sean. Our uncanny valley crossing is fraught with peril but we learn a valuable lesson on this night walk of the soul—if you put your mind to it, you too can win a best actor award at the Prague Film Festival off just one day of work.
Ape vs Monster (2021)
June 18, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBConsider the mockbuster. We burrow deep and long (from New Mex to ol Virginny) into a rich discussion on this current kaiju sensation. Ableists BTFO! Eric Roberts is 65 years young as of 6/18/2021. Ageists go home.
The Odyssey (1997)
June 09, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBTravel weary and so far away from our destination, we muse over the television miniseries The Odyssey, which aired in 1997. Driven time and again off course, E.D. and roy endure to the end and are made white, even foregoing their nuptuals for the good of the journey.
Runaway Train (1985)
June 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBE.D. and roy lock ass and dive deep on a nice little rundown of Runaway Train, for which majordomo E. Roberts earned Oscar and Golden Globe noms. We reflect on the immanence of John P. Ryan, Daniel Trejo and all time felon-cum-criminal correspondent, Edward Bunker, at speeds in excess of 90 mph. Seems like we should be getting somewhere? Somehow we're neither here nor there.
It's My Party (1996)
May 24, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBroy and E.D. confront their own personal prejudices and wax euphoric about this mid-nineties Roberts led film about a big gay assisted suicide party. Much conflation ensues as we chase multiple rabbits down various blind alleys. Tolerance wins the day. We love everyone.
Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
May 03, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBA made for Showtime erotic thriller from 1993, prime Roberts deep V neck era . Bonus bud simulator stimulation: we experience a personal breakthrough when discussing personal break-ins we've experienced.
Best of the Best II (1993)
April 19, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBOut of shape but big on heart in timeless Chris Penn fashion, we descend into Wayne Newton's underground Vegas Coliseum to remark upon the first sequel in the Best of the Best franchise, as well as lament the absence of powergod James Earl Jones, the greatest bad coach in all of cinnamon. We were warriors once, and young.
The Specialist (1994)
April 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBWe discuss the mid '90s blow-em-up The Specialist and consider coppertone Eric Roberts' Cubano contribution, with the coveted "And" credit.
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
April 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBIn this the inaugural Esoteric Roberts: Eric Roberts Movie Podcast episode, we journey right to the center of iconic Roberts performances and reckon with Pope of Greenwich Village from 1984, a year as far back as I can personally remember, in my own fragile temporal body.
Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
April 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBA sultry and humid discussion of Heaven's Prisoners (1996) in which human gin rickey Eric Anthony Roberts plays Bubba Rocque, replete with appropriated corn rows and more lascivious teeth sucks than a back bayou strip club with busted AC. If this is heaven, I don't wanna be paroled.
Best of the Best (1989)
April 01, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBWe discuss perennial martial arts fav Best of the Best from 1989 and imagine a spinoff "Bad Coach" franchise featuring James Earl Jones in various precarious situations. Eric Roberts receives top billing in this film. Mary Lou Retton co-stars as his son. *sidenote: this is the episode in which we begin our descent into the David Agresta rabbit hole, an ever unfolding mystery wrought with shocking revelations. We love you but we've chosen darkness.
Fugitive Among Us (1991)
April 01, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBWe discuss the moral failings of TV movie Fugitive Among Us from 1990 and its star, the always moral-winning Eric Roberts. Gratuitous teeth sucks and more deep V neck musing plus controversial criticism of rapers, whom we boldly do not endorse. Entropy is the tendency of everything to go to hell!
Final Analysis (1992)
April 01, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBWe discuss the 1992 erotic thriller Final Analysis, starring Er(ot)ic Roberts. Peak teeth suck era Eric, YLTSI xoxo