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Ep1012: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
July 04, 2024 02:23 - 73.3 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics will not be silenced! A Quiet Place: Day One is now in theaters. The question is, can this prequel pump new blood into a franchise that couldn't be bothered to resolve its own second chapter's cliffhangers? Join us as we speak up about spoilers and answer your questions, comments, and SuperChats! Subscribe, like, and comment to the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel, and check out kickseat.com for multiple movie podcasts each week! Show Links Watch the A Quiet Pl...
Ep1011: Return to Hammerland: LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)
June 28, 2024 13:07Ian and AC continue to run over potholes on their Return to Hammerland, and this month's is one of the deepest! In Jimmy Sangster's 1971 middle chapter of the "Karnstein trilogy", Lust for a Vampire, a traveling writer discovers a school for young women hidden near an abandoned castle. He soon comes face to face with a beautiful (and very hungry) vampiress who's using the grounds as a snack bar. In this spoilerific review, the guys boggle at this ham-handed entry--which makes them apprecia...
Ep1010: MATINEE (1993) - LIVE Round Table Review
June 27, 2024 03:00 - 69.3 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics love movies about the movies, so this week we're looking back on Joe Dante's 1993 cult classic, Matinee! John Goodman stars as Lawrence Woolsey, a B-movie filmmaker who brings his latest crowd-pleaser (a monster movie about a man crossed with an ant, called "Mant") to a small town theater in Florida--during the Cuban Missile Crisis! Join us for a Mant-tastic round table review, where we'll talk spoilers, nostalgia, and the lost art of in-theater thrills (which may...
Ep1009: WHAT REMAINS (2024) - Movie Review
June 24, 2024 15:00 - 36 MBWhat will be left of Ian and David after they review What Remains? Artist and first-time feature filmmaker Ran Huang's drama about "Sweden's first serial killer" is not at all what it seems--both in terms of the real-life events that inspired it, and the way in which he and co-writer Megan Everett-Skarsgård choose to tell the story. In the early 90's, a convicted murderer named Mads Lake (Gustaf Skarsgård) confesses to additional crimes on the eve of his release from a mental institution. ...
Ep1008: Holy Hell: An Interview with THE EXORCISM Director Joshua John Miller and Co-Writer M.A. Fortin
June 21, 2024 22:00 - 12.6 MBIan talks with director Joshua John Miller and co-writer M.A. Fortin, whose new film, The Exorcism, is now in theaters. In this spoiler-free discussion, the guys talk about paying homage to one of the greatest horror movies of all time; how to cope when your writing partner is your life partner; and one of the darkest, most sinister forces in Hollywood: studio mandates! Plus: You can read Ian's written review of The Exorcism at Kicking the Seat! Subscribe, like, and comment to the Kicking...
Ep1007: INSIDE OUT 2 (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
June 20, 2024 03:10 - 67.6 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics are feeling all the feelings! Yes, Inside Out 2 is upon us and, as happened a few weeks ago, it's time to review another questionably requested follow-up to a 2015 film. Young Riley has officially entered puberty, forcing her antrhopomorphic childhood emotions to contend with a whole new set of sensations--including Anxiety, Ennui, and Envy! Join us as we talk spoilers, sequels, and the summer slog (is it over?)--and take your questions, comments, and SuperChats!...
Ep1006: HIT MAN (2024) - Movie Review
June 14, 2024 17:00Summer is saved (at least for now)! In today's spoilerific deep-dive, Ian and Jeff peel back the many layers of Richard Linklater's new thinking-viewers sensation, Hit Man! The film, which just landed on Netflix after a brief theatrical run, stars Glen Powell as Gary, a mild-mannered college professor who moonlights as a techie for the local police. When an undercover agent is pulled from the field mere moments before a sting operation, Gary is recruited to pose as a hit man. He discovers ...
Ep1005: GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) - LIVE Round Table Review
June 13, 2024 03:40 - 88.1 MBGather 'round for the fight of the century as Earth's Mightiest Critics take on Godzilla Minus One--and each other! Takashi Yamazaki's critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning international sensation is Finally on Netflix, and you won't want to miss this charged-up, nuclear-powered debate. How does Minus One stack up to other Godzilla films--specifically Ishiro Honda's 1954 Gojira? Does heroism matter in action movies? And how many non-Godzilla tangents can we possibly get drawn into, thanks to...
Ep1004: The Future of Movies (2024 Edition)
June 06, 2024 03:22 - 104 MBWith nothing new of note in theaters this week, and a cacophony of doomsayers predicting the death of cinema (again), it's time for Earth's Mightiest Critics to assess the landscape and offer some hope--tentative as it may be--for our beloved art form. Join us for a round table discussion about the current state of blockbusters, indies, movie theaters, and streaming services--and our best guesses for the future. We also take your questions, comments, and SuperChats! Subscribe, like, and c...
Ep1003: IN A VIOLENT NATURE (2024) - Round Table Review
May 31, 2024 17:05 - 59.7 MBIan, Jeff, and Cati take a leisurely stroll through the mayhem and carnage of In a Violent Nature! In this spoilerific (and highly contentious) review we analyze the good, the bad, the meandering, and the gross of writer/director Chris Nash's arthouse take on the teens-in-the-woods slasher. When a gaggle of drunk Canadian college kids swipes a locket from the burned-out remains of a wooded mining camp, they unleash a vengeful spirit who stalks and eviscerates them during one night of pure h...
Ep1002: FURIOSA (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
May 30, 2024 03:00 - 80.7 MBSo much for summer movie saviors! Warner Bros' Furiosa stalled at the box office opening weekend, making it the weakest Memorial Day Weekend offering in four decades. But does the film deserve to be ignored--or are audiences missing out? Earth's Mightiest Critics scour 2024's wreckage-strewn blockbuster wasteland in search of answers, starting with a round table review of this prequel to 2015's Fury Road. Join us for our fuel-injected findings on Furiosa; our thoughts on a summer blockbust...
Ep1001: Accademia Giallo: AMSTERDAMNED (1988)
May 26, 2024 22:00 - 61.8 MBBring plenty of cash, 'cause "Accademia Giallo" is going Dutch with our live round table review of Amsterdamned! In Dick Maas' 1988 thriller, a hard-boiled police detective sets out to capture a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the canals of Amsterdam. Join us as we clog the channel with various skewed angles --and take your questions, comments, and Super Chats! Show Links Watch the Amsterdamned trailer. In honor of Peter Cushing's birthday, check out Horror 101 w/ Dr. AC's recent rou...
Ep1000: The Royale Treatment: PULP FICTION (1994) - LIVE Round Table Review
May 25, 2024 03:00 - 76.3 MBIt's hard to believe Pulp Fiction turns 30 this year. It's even harder to believe that there are now one thousand episodes of the Kicking the Seat Podcast! Earth's Mightiest Critics give "The Royale Treatment" to Quentin Tarantino's decade-defining crime/comedy masterpiece. Sure, it's the movie Ian has seen the most times in a theater, but does it hold up three decades on? And what can we learn from this blood-soaked, star-studded indie, when comparing it to modern-day films? Join us for a...
Ep999: Spotlight India: RA.ONE (2011)
May 23, 2024 20:47 - 66.8 MBIan and Shashwat return with a pocket-load of power-ups to review the cutting-edge Shah Rukh Khan film, Ra.One! Anubhav Sinha's 2011 family action comedy is like a remake of Terminator 2, set in the world of video game development. When a designer named Shekhar (Khan) uses artificial intelligence to create a new fighting game, he inadvertently creates a new life form called "Ra.One" (a variation on the word for "demon"). Ra.One manifests in the real world and pursues Shekhar's family. A pr...
Ep998: OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001) - Movie Review
May 20, 2024 18:26 - 57.3 MBAin't no rats in this pack, daddy-o! Just Ian and Jeff looking back at 2001's Ocean’s Eleven--a film that holds up and holds its own as one of Hollywood's coolest, cleverest blockbusters! In Steven Soderbergh's action/comedy heist flick, George Clooney plays Danny Ocean, a professional con man who's just been released from a 4-year prison stint. He immediately hatches a plan to steal $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos, and recruits an all-star cast of misfit criminal specialists to h...
Ep997: KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
May 16, 2024 03:19 - 77.6 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics have seen the future, and are ready to share their findings on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes! In Wes Ball's first entry in the rebooted franchise, Apes have seized control of America, while humanity's remnants devolve further into mute scavengers. When a peaceful chimpanzee tribe is overrun by barbaric gorillas, it falls to Noa (Owen Teague) to search out his captive friends and family--while unlocking the mystery of a strange human woman who has tagged along. ...
Ep996: DANDELION (2024) - Movie Review + Red Carpet Interview w/ KIKI LAYNE!
May 14, 2024 18:15 - 30.4 MBFresh from the 11th Chicago Critics Film Festival, Ian and Pat look at one of 2024's breakout performances--with an early review of KiKi Layne in Dandelion! Writer/director Nicole Riegel's indie drama centers on the eponymous struggling musician (Layne), whose shot at fame was derailed years ago when her mother took ill. Now, pushing 30, and with no prospects beyond singing to distracted hotel bar patrons, Dandelion travels from Ohio to South Dakota for a song contest/biker rally. There she...
Ep995: THE FALL GUY (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
May 09, 2024 03:30 - 49.3 MBGet banged-up and bruised with Earth's Mightiest Critics as we take on The Fall Guy! David Leitch's latest outing is a love letter to the profession that gave him a career: professional stuntwork. Ryan Gosling plays Colt Seavers, the years-long stunt double for the world's biggest (and most egotistical) action star, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). When Tom goes missing, Colt is enlisted by a high-powered producer (Hannah Waddington) to get him back to set and save the production for direc...
Ep994: Ford in Focus: THE FUGITIVE (1993) - Movie Review
May 06, 2024 22:22 - 42.1 MBIan and David are on the hunt for the perfect thrilling summer blockbuster--and have traveled all the way back to 1993's The Fugitive! In Andrew Davis' Academy Award-nominated adaptation of the 1960s TV show, Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble--a famous surgeon wrongfully accused of killing his wife (Sela Ward). Set free by a catastrophic accident during his prison transport, Kimble sets out to clear his name by finding the mysterious one-armed man who actually committed the murder. ...
Ep993: THE OLD OAK (2023) - Movie Review
May 01, 2024 22:45 - 33.4 MBIt's a classic case of head versus heart as Ian and David take on The Old Oak! The guys have very different takes on the (purported) final film by esteemed director Ken Loach, in which a young Syrian refugee named Yara (Ebla Mari) and her family move into an impoverished Northern England former mining town in 2016. Yara befriends TJ (Dave Turner), the owner of the titular pub, who is caught between loyalty to his xenophobic friends/patrons and the instinct to look out for these new, well-me...
Ep992: This is NOT a REBEL MOON PART 2 Review...Yet (with Armond White)
April 29, 2024 22:34 - 27.4 MBThis was supposed to be a review of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver. But as you'll soon see, Ian and Armond won't be able to talk about the movie until the end of summer (even though it was allegedly released on Netflix a couple weeks ago). Herein is a fiery look at the creative gray area of "The Director's Cut", where art, commerce, and technology form an uneasy (possibly unholy) alliance against which the movies have little defense. PLUS: A take on Peter Jackson's LORD OF T...
Ep991: Return to Hammerland: QUATERMASS 2 (1957)
April 28, 2024 00:24 - 30.2 MBOn their Return to Hammerland, Ian and AC pick up fellow traveler Bill Gudmundson for an out-of-this-world review of 1957's Quatermass 2! Professor Bernard Quatermass (Brian Donleavy) has spent years working on a moon colonization project--only to have it scrapped by the government. In a bizarre twist, he discovers that alien invaders have secretly built a fully operational version of his moon base in the desert! Can he crack a high-level conspiracy and save the world from enemies who can m...
Ep990: ABIGAIL (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
April 25, 2024 03:30 - 46.6 MBJust when Earth's Mightiest Critics thought they'd seen it all, here comes the we-kidnapped-a-ballerina-vampire movie, Abigail! Six mercenaries are contracted to kidnap the daughter of a crime kingpin. But when these strangers have to spend 24 hours in a safehouse with their new charge, they quickly discover that sweet little Abigail is not what she seems. Yes, it's "Reservoir Dogs with vampires". But is the latest film from co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or No...
Ep989: PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981) - Movie Review w/ Armond White
April 23, 2024 03:00Ian welcomes back Armond White for an educational (and occasionally contentious) review of Pennies from Heaven! Herbert Ross's 1981 musical drama stars Steve Martin as Arthur Parker, a Depression-era sheet music salesman who dreams of opening his own record store. He's also a sex maniac who puts the move on naive school teacher, Eileen (Bernadette Peters), when his wife, Joan, (Jessica Harper) refuses to get kinky. Packed with inventive fantasy musical numbers, complex characters, and a cra...
Ep988: HARD MILES (2024) - Movie Review
April 19, 2024 11:24 - 33.9 MBIan and Pat are looking at a new movie, for a change, but there's no reason that Hard Miles couldn't become a classic! R.J. Daniel Hanna's latest film stars Matthew Modine as Greg Townsend, a real-life Colorado teacher and cycling enthusiast who created a program in which he takes troubled youth on character-building bike rides to the Grand Canyon. In this spoiler-free review, the guys talk about how this surprising, gorgeously shot, and genuinely uplifting film demands to be seen on the b...
HARD MILES (2024) - Movie Review
April 19, 2024 11:24 - 33.9 MBIan and Pat are looking at a new movie, for a change, but there's no reason that Hard Miles couldn't become a classic! R.J. Daniel Hanna's latest film stars Matthew Modine as Greg Townsend, a real-life Colorado teacher and cycling enthusiast who created a program in which he takes troubled youth on character-building bike rides to the Grand Canyon. In this spoiler-free review, the guys talk about how this surprising, gorgeously shot, and genuinely uplifting film demands to be seen on the b...
Ep987: Gettin' Our Phil: BATMAN (1989)
April 19, 2024 01:15Ian and David are on a cape-free crusade to celebrate Batman's 35th anniversary! The guys recently attended the Chicago Philharmonic's one-night-only movie/concert event, which saw Tim Burton's 1989 comic adaptation projected on the big screen, as a full orchestra performed Danny Elfman's unforgettable score underneath. In this installment of "Gettin' Our Phil", Ian and David reminisce about late-80's Batmania; dig into the reasons Burton's vision of the Dark Knight may be the purest ever ...
Ep986: CIVIL WAR (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
April 18, 2024 03:00 - 62.3 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics hop off the fence to engage with Civil War! Alex Garland's latest look into mankind's cracked crystal ball features Kyrstin Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, and Stephen McKinley Henderson as four journalists trekking across a combat-ravaged America on a quest to interview a dictatorial 3rd-term President (played by Nick Offerman). Writer/director Garland has said his film doesn't take sides, and leaves it up to the viewer to interpret Civil War's true political...
Ep985: Power in Itself: An Interview with A FORGOTTEN MAN Writer/Director Laurent Nègre
April 16, 2024 01:33 - 20.6 MBIan welcomes writer/director Laurent Nègre for an eye-opening look into his latest feature film, A Forgotten Man! Michael Neuenschwander stars as Heinrich Zwygart, a Swiss ambassador returning home from Berlin at the end of World War II. Haunted by visions of a doomed young man he'd failed to help at the start of the conflict, Zwygart begins to buckle under the lie of neutrality (both his and his country's). The film unravels at the pace of the mind, hurtling the viewer down a dark path of ...
Ep984: IndieSeen: MANBABY (2022) w/ Writer/Director Tim Lightell
April 11, 2024 01:00 - 37.7 MBIan and Sujewa welcome writer/director Tim Lightell to discuss his outrageous indie film, Manbaby! Sal (Asa Fager) is a stand-up comedian whose stage gimmick is dressing like an overgrown baby. His wife, Dana (Sidney Jayne Hunt), is a research scientist who specializes in hormones. The two can't agree on whether or not to have kids--so Sal hatches a plot to bring out Deanna's maternal instincts by making her believe he's regressed to infancy. From here, Manbaby gets weird... In today's epi...
Ep983: HOUSE OF WAX (1953) and MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1933) - LIVE Movie Reviews
April 09, 2024 03:00 - 31.6 MBIan and AC recently attended the opening of The Music Box Theatre's "Triple Threat" 3-D festival,* and returned eager to discuss Andre de Toth's 1953 thriller, House of Wax! Vincent Price stars as the curator of a newly opened exhibit, featuring eerily lifelike recreations of tragic historical figures. But is there more to his creations than mere wax, wardrobe, and Plaster of Paris? Of course--it's a horror movie! In addition to talking about the film and their experience with the Music Bo...
Ep982: GOJIRA X GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS! - LIVE Round Table Review
April 04, 2024 03:00 - 53.5 MBThough there's a "new" dueling-giant-monsters movie now in theaters, Earth's Mightiest Critics are doing something a bit different this week: We're traveling back 70 years to the King of All Monster Movies: Godzilla! But this show isn't just about Ishiro Honda's 1954 Japanese film, Gojira--it's also a compare-and-contrast discussion of the "Americanized" 1956 version, Godzilla: King of the Monsters! Who will win? And what will be left of the panel when the dust clears? Join us as we take ...
Ep981: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
March 29, 2024 19:00 - 37.1 MBIt's a doubly good Good Friday as Ian and Pat look at two spiritual films: In one corner, Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 drama, The Passion of The Christ--squaring off against Cameron and Colin Cairnes' recently released horror spectacular, Late Night with The Devil! The guys dig deep to talk about Gibson's widely misunderstood masterpiece (some of the contention persists into this very podcast!), in which Jim Caviezel plays the Son of God during his tumultuous final hours on Earth. Next ...
Ep980: The Devil's in the Details
March 29, 2024 03:00 - 58.1 MBThere's a lot of buzz surrounding Cameron and Colin Cairnes' bold new horror film, Late Night with The Devil--but not all of it is positive. Artists-turned-film critics Ian Simmons and Jeff York dig into the recent controversy surrounding the film's use of AI-generated artwork. Does this signal the death of creativity in The Arts? Or is it a lot of hand-wringing from the same type of people who once feared the Internet, television, and the printing press? Join us for a human-generated loo...
Ep979: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
March 28, 2024 03:00 - 52.3 MBChill with Earth's Mightiest Critics as we review Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire! When the new people from the last one team up with the old people from the first two (and the last one) to fight ghosts in New York City, the whole world hangs in the balance (just like in the first two and the last one)! Join us as the EMC bust open the latest entry in this 40-year-old franchise--and take your questions, comments, and SuperChats! We ain't afraid of no nostalgia bait! Subscribe, like, and comm...
Ep978: Featured Extras: AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM and DARKMAN
March 22, 2024 13:50 - 10.8 MBWhat do Sam Raimi's Darkman and James Wan's Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom have in common? Beyond the obvious comic-book-movie aesthetic, the answers may surprise you! Ian makes some fun connections while exploring the special features on both films' recent 4K UHD Blu-ray releases! Subscribe, like, and comment to the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel, and check out kickseat.com for multiple movie podcasts each week! Show Links Watch our full Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom round table review...
Ep977: Accademia Giallo: OPERA (1987)
March 18, 2024 13:35 - 45.9 MBSpring is in the air, and the "Accademia Giallo" crew feel like singing (or is that screaming?) along with Dario Argento's Opera! In this gruesome 1987 thriller, A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her--so he can have her all to himself! This is actually a re-review of sorts, as Ian and AC discussed the film waaaay back in the audio podcast days of 2017's "Scuola Argento" series. How have things changed in the ensuing 7 years--especi...
Ep976: DARKMAN (1990) - LIVE Round Table Review
March 15, 2024 15:00 - 50.6 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics are switching things up this week with a retro round table review of Sam Raimi's off-brand action-hero adventure, Darkman! Liam Neeson stars as Peyton Westlake, a scientist whose lab is blown up by ruthless gangsters. He finds new life as a shadowy, disfigured (and, frankly, crazed) vigilante who exacts revenge and fights to save his one, true love (Frances McDormand) from the forces of evil! This may sound like the big-city version of Swamp Thing (another famous ...
Ep975: Target Audience: KUNG FU PANDA 4 (2024)
March 13, 2024 12:00 - 7.32 MBIn the latest "Target Audience", Ian and Luke look at Dreamworks' latest high-flying cartoon comedy, Kung Fu Panda 4! Po (Jack Black) must find a successor to his title as "Dragon Warrior"--while also teaming up with sly street thief, Zhen (Awkwafina), to take down a power-hungry sorceress called The Chameleon (Viola Davis)! But can this dynamic duo succeed against dark forces that can bring back Po's most formidable villains from the spirit realm? Find out what Luke liked best about Po's ...
Ep974: DUNE PART 2 (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
March 07, 2024 04:00 - 64.3 MBBust out your stillsuits and windtraps, 'cause Earth's Mightiest Critics are about to review Dune Part 2! The first half of Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's ground-breaking sci-fi novel didn't exactly set the box office on fire. From pandemic woes to glacial pacing, audiences didn't show up in numbers that would suggest a follow-up movie was even on the table. But here we are, a few years later, about to analyze one of 2024's biggest hits! Picking up directly where we left ...
Ep973: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: DANTE'S INFERNO (1924)
March 02, 2024 02:00 - 37.1 MBThis year, "There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia" is looking back on decade milestones from the last hundred years of cinema--and we're kicking things off with a hot-button review of Dante’s Inferno from 1924! Henry Otto's contemporary update of Dante's famous tour through Hell stars Ralph Lewis as Mortimer Judd, a wealthy and very, very cruel businessman who may be the template for every greedy bad guy you've ever seen in a movie. Judd becomes so wrapped up in reading Inferno that he begins t...
Ep972: Return to Hammerland: THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE (1963)
February 29, 2024 01:00 - 31 MBAfter a year exploring movies that were inspired by Hammer Films, Ian and AC find their way home with "Return to Hammerland"! In this inaugural episode, the guys look at Don Sharp's 1963 greatest-hits-with-a-twist creature feature, The Kiss of the Vampire. Edward de Souza and Jennifer Daniel star as newlyweds Gerald and Marianne Harcourt, whose honeymoon trip through the woods is interrupted by a broken-down car and a visit to the castle of Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman). What follows is a classi...
Ep971: Noir on Rye: Filmmakers Ian and Eshom Nelms Talk RED RIGHT HAND!
February 25, 2024 03:35 - 37.5 MBIan and David welcome back filmmakers Ian and Eshom Nelms for an in-depth look at their latest film, Red Right Hand! This blood-soaked Southern crime drama stars Orlando Bloom as Cash, an ex-enforcer for drug queenpin Big Cat (Andie MacDowell). When he's forced back into a life of violence in order to save his brother-in-law's farm, he realizes that the underworld has become much darker than the one he'd left behind. In this spoiler-free discussion, they guys catch up with The Nelms Brothe...
Ep970: If You Like ARGYLLE (2024), You'll Love ROMANCING THE STONE (1984) - LIVE Round Table Review
February 22, 2024 12:00 - 68.2 MBThe moviegoing public may have forgotten about Argylle, but Earth's Mightiest Critics have not! This week, we'll take a look at a film that may have indirectly inspired Matthew Vaughn's short-sighted spy sendup, 1984's Romancing the Stone! Robert Zemecki's action comedy stars Kathleen Turner as a mousy romance novelist who sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue (Michael ...
Ep969: Gettin' Our Phil: BLADE RUNNER (1982)
February 21, 2024 16:30 - 50.5 MBIan and David are back with a different take on a classic film! There may be five versions of Ridley Scott's seminal sci-fi thriller, Blade Runner, but recently the guys experienced the movie with a mind-blowing orchestral accompaniment, courtesy of the Chicago Philharmonic! Harrison Ford stars as Deckard, a cop living in the far-flung world of 2019 Los Angeles, who specializes in tracking down and decommissioning "replicants"--rogue androids created by the nefarious Tyrell Corporation, wh...
Ep968: IndieSeen: EMERALD CITIES (1983) w/ Director RICK SCHMIDT!
February 19, 2024 16:00 - 51.6 MBIndieSeen returns with a special kick-off to 2024, as Ian and Sujewa welcome famed indie filmmaker Rick Schmidt to the show! A couple years ago, the guys reviewed Rick's Dogma 95 movie, Chetzemoka’s Curse--an utterly unique experience that turned Ian into an instant fan. Today, we're rewinding all the way back to 1983, with the equally enthralling road picture/punk concert/cultural indictment, Emerald Cities. Ed Nylund stars as Ed, the alcoholic manager of a gas station/diner in the Califo...
Ep967: ADAM THE FIRST Interview w/ Writer/Director IRVING FRANCO and Star OAKES FEGLEY
February 16, 2024 14:17 - 28 MBIan welcomes two of the creative forces behind the new movie Adam the First : writer/director Irving Franco and star Oakes Fegley! The film centers on Adam (Fegley), a 14-year-old boy who embarks on a journey to find his birth father, after tragedy forces him from the home he grew up in. In this modern spin on the classic hero's journey, Adam encounters various father figures who contribute to his understanding of the world and himself--culminating in one of the most moving endings you'll s...
Ep966: MADAME WEB (2024) - Round Table Review
February 16, 2024 03:00 - 64.5 MBFrom the ashes of Argylle, Earth's Mightiest Critics emerge to read more last rites to the comics-movie genre! Behold, our Madame Web round table! Dakota Johnson stars as the not-blind, not elderly, not disabled version of the beloved (?) Marvel anti-hero--who can see moments into the future and kick all manner of butt. She also has a gang of Spider-girls, apparently, and they've teamed up to take down a guy pretending to be Spider-man. Or something. Join us as we untangle this web with a...
Ep965: Spotlight India: ROCKY AUR RANI KII PREM KAHAANI (2023)
February 14, 2024 16:00 - 54 MBSpotlight India shines a little brighter this Valentine's Day by teaming up with IndieRise for this review of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani! Filmmaker and friend of the show, Shashwat Mookherjee, returns to discuss Karan Johar's blockbuster 2023 romantic comedy, which centers on two people from opposite cultural, political, and economic backgrounds who must try and resolve a decades-old affair involving their grandparents. Rocky (Ranveer Singh) is the vapid heir to a sweets empire (think ...
Ep964: Accademia Giallo CREDITO EXTRA: Snips, Sips, and Instights from the SERGIO MARTINO Interview
February 12, 2024 23:33 - 21.3 MBRecently, Accademia Giallo presented a rare interview with genre director extraordinaire, Sergio Martino--filmed during a visit to Chicago's historic Music Box Theatre, where he showed two of his most iconic thrillers, Torso and The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh. While recording the intro to that piece, Ian and Bryan spoke at length about meeting Martino, what his films mean to them, and their surprised reaction to the Maestro's own estimation of his reputation as a filmmaker. I think we can a...