Missing Real with Mike D'Arrigo
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGreat movies take their place in history, but what about all the "turkeys" and disastrous flops littering the vast cinematic cesspool? If you really love movies, then what does it matter if a particular film won eight Oscars or eight Razzies? Sometimes over-the-top hammy acting, laughably choreographed fight sequences and rubber monster FX outdo even the most lavish productions in the Academy Awards echelon. So, whether it's an unsurpassed masterpiece or a piece of something else, every movie I talk about in this podcast is near and dear to my heart. Some you will know well, some you'd be well off never knowing at all, at least until hearing just how enjoyably awful they are, so plug in those earbuds or don your expensive blingy Beats, and let's take a trip to the movies! (Popcorn optional)
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Season 8 Episode 10: Armageddon
April 20, 2024 18:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBPop quiz: a giant asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and will spell certain doom when it hits! Ignoring the fact that asteroids can't spell, name that movie! Um, is this multiple choice? Kind of...ya see, there were two movies out in 1998 about this imminent threat from some distant space quarry, but I'm going with the bigger, badder, dumber one: Armageddon! Directed (can you call it that?) by Michael Bay! Action and adrenaline aplenty here, along with a hit soundtrack album that I dare...
Season 9 Episode 8: Heat
March 22, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBIn 1995, moviegoers and Godfather geeks were lining up to see Al Pacino and Robert De Niro share the screen for the first time ever in the crime epic Heat. They might not have realized that in the 3 hour running time, they're together for maybe 3 minutes! But OMG... those 3 minutes were riveting! Even the other 2 hours and 57 minutes of it were pretty intense. Crazy shootouts, double-crosses and heists, dysfunctional relationships, and a hopped-up live wire Al Pacino shouting at everyo...
Season 6 Episode 8: Between Two Dunes (with Special Guest!)
March 02, 2024 21:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBHow many times have they tried bringing that bonkers science fiction epic Dune to the screen? Better question: why do I keep watching all of them? I'm still no closer to understanding what on Arrakis is going on. It's not very likely that this podcast is going to enlighten anyone as to what Frank Herbert was getting at, but that's okay! It's more fun than surfing on a giant worm, I promise. Together with my good friend Dave Chan, we chew the spice and discuss both David Lynch's 1984 di...
Season 9 Episode 7: Species
March 02, 2024 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBWhen a stunningly gorgeous woman wants to have sex with you, for FREE, the hour you meet her, that should raise a red flag. Especially if she's really an H.R. Giger-designed alien creature masquerading as Natasha Henstridge. Hey, it happens. This 1995 movie delivers the blood and boobs (human and extraterrestrial, to be precise) and boasts a pretty impressive cast with a thankless assignment chasing this babe all over L.A. trying to stop her from getting pregnant and slaughtering her sui...
Season 9 Episode 6: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (with Special Guest!)
February 03, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBYou might be shocked that I'm actually covering a "new" movie on this podcast, since I'm usually going back to the 80s for my topics, but this one does have an "old" lead character and actor who's actually IN his 80s! Harrison Ford, my all-time favorite star of the screen, returns one last time to play Indiana Jones, and the most nail-biting, cliff-hanging feeling about it is: will it suck as badly as Crystal Skull? Here to share some insights, stories and personal connections to Harrison ...
Season 9 Episode 5: Dreamcatcher
December 25, 2023 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBHow can the guy who wrote The Empire Strikes Back go on to direct this unmitigated disaster of a cinematic abortion?? I'm still in denial. Blame it on drugs, maybe? The drugs that Stephen King was on while recovering from multiple surgeries after being hit by a distracted motorist while he was out for a walk. The novel he eventually churned out, Dreamcatcher, should have credited Oxycontin as co-author. It was sort of kooky, but in a King style. The movie version, courtesy of Lawrence ...
Season 9 Episode 4: Rogue One
December 06, 2023 23:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBIn-between The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, we Star Wars fans were given a cinematic "snack" in 2016 in the form of Rogue One, the first stand-alone/non-episode Roman numeral movie set in that galaxy far, far away. You could call it a "solo" movie, but that's actually something else that came along a couple years later! This one here deals with a bunch of characters you've never heard of before who managed to acquire and steal those plans for the Death Star, even though they never got ...
Season 9 Episode 3: The Rock
November 02, 2023 01:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBAnother blockbuster action flick from Michael Bay, and probably his most excellent movie! A disgruntled General and some Marines hold a bunch of tourists hostage on Alcatraz island (conveniently, the place is full of rusty but working jail cells!) and it's up to "chemical superfreak" Nicolas Cage and former "British Sheecret Shervish" agent Sean Connery to bust them loose and stop Ed Harris and his brigade from launching these deadly green balls of toxic chemical gas at the innocent citizen...
Season 9 Episode 2: The Dead Zone
October 13, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBIf I ever got to meet Christopher Walken, I'd certainly tell him how much I love his films and erratic speech patterns. But, I'd be a little hesitant to shake his hand...'cause what if there was a sudden JOLT and he saw some terrifying future for me? Or envisioned a total breakdown of civilization all because of my stupid Missing Real podcast? I'm overreaching here, of course...we really just wanna focus on this fantastic David Cronenberg/Stephen King classic, The Dead Zone. Walken plays...
Season 9 Episode 1: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
September 10, 2023 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBConsidering this movie came out in 2001 (and was originally going to be made by the director of 2001!), the concept of Artificial Intelligence is now about as common as coffee in our everyday lives. Real intelligence, on the other hand, is still more of a science fiction fantasy than ever, and you won't find much of it in this podcast but don't let that stop you! This is a somewhat disjointed film, kind of what you'd expect when you try to mix Kubrick and Spielberg, but it's a dazzling and...
Season 8 Episode 9: The Mist
July 23, 2023 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThe third major theatrical Stephen King adaption by Frank Darabont (who did pretty well with Shawshank and Green Mile) doesn't take place in a prison, but it's still about a bunch of people who are trapped and any attempt to escape could be fatal! A strange mist rolls into town, and lurking within it are all sorts of icky monsters! Ordinary folks hiding in a supermarket can't deal with the horror (or each other) for very long and soon many of them are on their way to express check-out! Ki...
Season 8 Episode 8: Unforgiven (with Special Guest!)
June 29, 2023 02:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBContrary to legend, this movie is not about Metallica. And the Metallica song is not about this movie, unless they stole the script, 'cuz the song came out first! Now don't you believe all that horse pucky. This here's a darn good western. Take it from me, even if all I really know about westerns is they got Sam Elliott or Clint Eastwood in 'em. Oh, and lotsa guns, horses and whores. It must be a winning formula, as there are hundreds of movies in the genre. I haven't got time for all...
Season 8 Episode 7: Avatar: The Way of Water (with Special Guest!)
June 01, 2023 01:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBJames Cameron has spent so many years making movies underwater it's shocking that he hasn't grown gills by now. This long-awaited sequel to his blockbuster Avatar (over a decade, so it better be good!) finally surfaced in 2022. Can't really say it's better than the original, but it's definitely "wetter"! We have those big blue digital cat people living in their psychedelic jungle for a while, and then they migrate to these nifty coastal villages and make friends with whales and stuff. Th...
Season 8 Episode 6: The Tommyknockers/The Langoliers
May 07, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBAs a seasoned horror fan who grew up reading Stephen King books, I've always tried to watch every single film adaptation ever made from his stories. Over the years the violence and gore quotient of the average horror movie increases relative to the tolerance of the viewer's stomach. Before this turns into a math and biology lesson, I just mean to say it takes a lot to scare or shock us these days, right? After all, once you run out of vampires, vengeful prom queens and rabid dogs, even th...
Season 2 Episode 9: Return Of The Jedi
May 05, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBThe original (and arguably, the best) "conclusion" to the Skywalker saga (lookin' at you, Episode IX!), 1983's near-perfect Star Wars episode VI (that's "6" to anyone unfamiliar with Roman numerals in this day and age) was a pretty satisfying wrap-up to the cliffhanger ending of The Empire Strikes Back. After a 3 year wait, we finally got to see the fate of our heroes and were introduced to some new, dreaded characters to boo at (Jabba, The Emperor, Ewoks). While somewhat lacking in imagina...
Season 2 Episode 8: Logan's Run (with Special Guest!)
April 15, 2023 21:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBImagine a world where nobody lives beyond age 30. There'd be no me, for one thing, so that world already sucks! However, if you've somehow managed to live longer than that, you just might remember seeing this 1976 visionary sci-fi classic starring Michael York. What? Never heard of him? Shame on you! Just because he didn't play Iron Man or Thor doesn't make him irrelevant. He did play Austin Powers' boss, though. This movie, while kind of dated and futuristic at the same time, was qu...
Season 8 Episode 5: And Another Thing! (with Special Guest!)
April 15, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBSo, here's the Thing. Again! Why? Well, not only is it still my all-time favorite scary movie, it's also a favorite of my frequent guest Quan Ngo (who just might be my all-time favorite scary dude!) I barely skimmed over this 1982 John Carpenter classic in one of my early episodes, along with its really-not-bad 2011 prequel, so here we take a deep dive into both movies, explore some interesting theories, crack a bunch of jokes, and who knows what else! Now that we've broken the ice, tim...
Season 2 Episode 6: Total Recall
March 11, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBDefinitely the best movie Arnold Schwarzenegger has ever done without playing a cyborg. Just a regular guy, with a fake identity and a fake wife played by Sharon Stone. In fact, it's hard to tell if any of it is real at all! But who cares, Total Recall is a total blast! Haven't seen it? No problem! Listen to this podcast and you'll have a fake memory that's even better than the real thing. Or you'll be lobotomized. See you at the party!
Season 2 Episode 7: Alien3
March 11, 2023 15:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWhat? Another Alien episode already? Couldn't it wait? No. Well, I couldn't. Alien3 was not a commercial success, like its predecessors, and it was a major downer thanks to director David Fincher's bleak vision and proclivity for KILLING MAJOR CHARACTERS from the previous movie in his opening act! Not unlike my proclivity for SPOILERS. Ah, too late. Well, if you saw the first two Alien flicks, this is still a ride worth taking. Just don't expect a lot of aliens, or guns, or hair, and...
Season 8 Episode 4: Yor: The Hunter From The Future (with Special Guest!)
March 10, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBIf you believe there's such a thing as truth in advertising, this movie will put an end to any such delusions. First of all, he's not from the future. He's a caveman in a loincloth. There's no time travel other than the time it takes for this crappy movie to be over. AND...on the poster we see our hero Yor shouting up at these bright, shiny UFOs in the sky, like he's at some outdoor E.L.O. concert produced by Steven Spielberg. Do we actually see these spaceships in the movie? Of course...
Season 8 Episode 3: Titanic (with Special Guest!)
February 17, 2023 20:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBHere's the blockbuster movie that made James Cameron "King of the World!", even if these days the only world he seems to bother with is Pandora. Winning 11 Oscars just does that to ya, I guess. Admittedly, this is a pretty great film, although its biggest flaw is that everyone already knows the ending. Boat sinks, Celine sings, it's terror across the board. And speaking of boards, there was probably enough room on that slab of wood for Jack if only Rose would've scooted her butt over a l...
Season 8 Episode 2: An American Werewolf In London (with Special Guest!)
January 22, 2023 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBThings get pretty hairy for David Naughton in this howlingly awesome 1981 werewolf movie. Plenty of gore and dark humour (see how I spelt that so Englishly?) make this a true classic about a lycanthrope just tryin' to cope! Now, come along and have a pint at The Slaughtered Lamb with me and this rather dodgy bloke Evan Lam ('es a good lad, actually) as we gnash our teeth and tear into this excellent horror/comedy. It also happens to have no less than TWO Star Wars connections! Just don't...
Season 8 Episode 1: Dark City
January 05, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBFor once, I'll present a movie that's actually got style and substance: a 1998 masterpiece of visionary science fiction called Dark City. It was only the second feature by director Alex Proyas, and it's so good Roger Ebert hoisted his fussy thumb way up for it. Considering that this legendary film critic basically crapped all over nearly every other movie I've featured on Missing Real, we must have ourselves a pretty respectable flick here! Haven't seen it? Well, maybe you have and your ...
Season 2 Episode 4: The Shining
December 24, 2022 01:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBThe epic horror movie that hits you like a ton of Kubricks! Jack Nicholson at his Jackiest! Dizzying camerawork that can make you tricycle-sick. Blood-gushing elevators that'll have you running for the stairs. Twins (and not the kind you wanna get with.) So many eerie experiences, and a legacy that endures over 40 years later. I've seen this film enough times to have plenty of material for this funny, illuminating and hair-raising podcast. Hopefully I didn't Overlook anything...
Season 2 Episode 2: The Shawshank Redemption (with Special Guest!)
December 24, 2022 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBProbably the most "serious" film I'm likely to cover in this podcast, Shawshank is a masterpiece of sorts. And a real pain in the butt to make fun of. Though not quite as severe a pain in the butt as getting a visit from "The Sisters"...aw, there I go! Shame on me. But trust me, I'm reformed. I'm ready to re-enter society. Oh, and speaking of re-entry, keep those Sisters away!!! Sorry. Can't help myself. Once again, I am joined in the studio (BRIC in Brooklyn, NY, to be exact) by my...
Season 7 Episode 10: The Rise Of Skywalker
December 14, 2022 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBIn December of 2019, just before that damn coronavirus shut down the cinemas, the final episode of the 9-movie Star Wars "Skywalker Saga" was finally up on the big screen. We've been following this franchise for 42 years, eager to see how it all wraps up. Many chopped off hands and limbs later, most of the characters we grew up with came back in episodes 7 and 8 only to be killed off (bye, Han...your son sucks. Luke, what on Hoth were you thinking???) and by the time we get to this last h...
Season 2 Episode 1: The Empire Strikes Back
November 27, 2022 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBIn Star Wars canon, this is widely considered the best of them all (Episode IX hasn't hit the screens as of this posting, but fat chance!) This is the sequel that pushed the boundaries and put our beloved heroes through the wringer. And carbonite. Empire rules, and it's almost blasphemous to make fun of it. Well, not as blasphemous as Greedo shooting first, but anyway this commentary is done with respect, love, anger, fear, aggression, all that good stuff. Get ready to jump into comedy ...
Season 7 Episode 9: Screamers
November 20, 2022 03:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBWhat can I tell you about Screamers? Well, obviously it's not a silent movie. There is screaming in it, yeah, but it's a pretty intriguing sci-fi futuristic apocalyptic and sick flick. The storyline comes from some pretty respectable genre writers, and we've got Peter Weller in a movie that's not Robocop but still quite awesome. People getting killed by rampaging robots, robots getting blown away by people, and people that aren't people but robots! See what I mean about the writing? It...
Season 2 Episode 3: John Carpenter
October 31, 2022 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBJust in time for Halloween, a very special episode dedicated to the King of Horror...no, wait, that might mislead you all into thinking I mean Stephen King. Alright, then: the CARPENTER of Horror! From humble beginnings in silly science fiction through some of the most memorable creepy cult classics to some late-career anomalies and whatever this limbo of current semi-retirement leads up to, we'll take a humorous look at all the great movies this guy has given us. Unforgettable characters...
Season 7 Episode 8: Salem's Lot
October 23, 2022 19:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBVampires have been around for a long time, kinda like this old TV miniseries/movie based on one of Stephen King's earliest novels. In 1979, it was one of the scariest things you could see on your television other than that white noise "snow" on the screen where you'd have to get up out of your comfy chair and grab those "rabbit ears" antennas and move 'em around in dozens of configurations and angles until you could see a clear picture again. Ahh, memories...and if you understood any of th...
Season 7 Episode 7: Freddy vs. Jason (with Special Guest!)
October 06, 2022 13:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBYou won't catch this fight on Pay-Per-View: The "man of your dreams" takes on the unstoppable goalie who wants to puck you up! These are two of horror cinema's most famous killers, and over countless movies of their own, they've killed just about everyone except each other! Hence, "Freddy vs. Jason" hit the screens in 2003 and murderous mayhem ensued. This bloody battle might be short on sense, but it's a scream nonetheless. It's almost too much for me to process, so I've called in some ...
Season 7 Episode 6: Nighthawks
September 02, 2022 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBIf you dig deep beneath all the Rockys, Rambos, Expendables and Cobras (I know, there was just one of those...so sad...), you might unearth this lost gem of a movie from 1981 wherein Sylvester Stallone teams up with Billy Dee Williams to blow away an international terrorist played by Rutger Hauer. I discovered this movie "back in the day" as they say, on the TV. That means all the violence and cussin' were edited out or skillfully dubbed, and it was still an instant favorite. The officia...
Season 7 Episode 5: Hercules
August 07, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBIt ain't easy being green, if Ray Charles is to be believed. Probably the same with Kermit, Yoda, and 1970s Hulk icon Lou Ferrigno. SIck and tired of playing second fiddle to Bill Bixby, Lou moved on to portray the mythological hero Hercules in 1983. I remember really loving this movie when I was a kid, but watching it now through my cynical middle-aged eyes, it's clearly not as "mighty" as I once thought. In other words, perfect fodder for my podcast! Now, I'm just bright enough to rea...
Season 7 Episode 4: Burton Batmans
July 15, 2022 13:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBEveryone knows who Batman is (unless you happen to live in Gotham City, then it might take a while) so here's my tribute to the Dark Knight's first big cinematic adventures since the 1960s Adam West camp-fest. Most of us were skeptical about a Michael Keaton/Tim Burton collaboration. We were expecting something ridiculous...Beetleman?!? Batjuice?!? To our surprise, 1989's Batman delivered, thanks in no small part to Jack Nicholson's even battier Joker. We then got a bonkers sequel, Bat...
Season 7 Episode 3: The Blob (with Special Guest!)
June 22, 2022 18:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBThis 1988 remake of a 30 year-old horror classic (which was pretty scary despite having a goofy theme song written by Burt Bacharach that only Austin Powers would find "groovy") is way slimier and more frightening, partly due to the hairstyles and mullets sported by its young stars. Even now the special effects look pretty gooey and old-school, as we watch this single-minded mass of pink jelly grow bigger and bigger as it sucks up a steady diet of townsfolk. Thankfully, the movie doesn't s...
Season 7 Episode 2: The Sword and the Sorcerer
June 05, 2022 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBThe early '80s were awash with movies featuring bloody knights and half-dressed heroes and heroines, plus a bit of hocus-pocus and enough latex monsters to fill a condom factory. This one didn't fare quite as well as Conan the Barbarian, but in the plus department at least you can understand the words spoken by the lead character! Lee Horsley never became a household name (or a gymnasium one, for that matter) but we have some top-shelf villains courtesy of a couple of Dicks: trusy ol' Rich...
Season 7 Episode 1: Avatar
May 24, 2022 02:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBWhat seemed like a pretty goofy premise somehow became a worldwide blockbuster in 2009: a big-budget movie about tall blue cat people riding pterodactyls through floating mountains and speaking some made-up tree-huggy language. WTF??? But we loved it, huh? Avatar was a hit! Finally James Cameron could go back to making entertaining movies again and snap out of his lunatic Jacques Cousteau underwater wetdream documentary phase. He's even been hard at work for the last decade making a who...
Season 6 Episode 10: Star Trek: The Next Gen Movies
May 05, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBIt wasn't easy for die-hard Trekkies to let go of Kirk and the gang when they passed the cosmic baton to Picard and his far dorkier ensemble of softies. Goodbye flying drop-kicks, hello fussy bald Brit. Time would tell, and after 7 seasons on TV the Next Generation beamed up to the big screen and made 4 uneven films. There's no denying the acting chops of Sir Patrick Stewart and the equally talented Brent Spiner, and that helped elevate most of the material from the cheese platter. Not t...
Season 2 Episode 5: Aliens
April 26, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBAlien was pretty scary, right? So, how do you top it? How about a whole bunch of Aliens? Thankfully, the plot of this 1986 sequel is a little more inspired than that. After a very long hypersnooze, Ripley wakes up, gets fired, gets a crappier job, then gets a dangerous and scary job facing her worst fear: Aliens seeing her in her underwear. But fear not. She's got a company of space Marines, one of which has future Terminator combat experience, so she's covered. Aliens, directed by Ja...
Season 6 Episode 9: The Last Jedi (with Special Guest!)
April 20, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBNot since the Death Star blew up Alderaan has there been such a great disturbance in the Force. Having patiently waited 2 years for the latest Star Wars episode to follow up that annoying cliffhanger ending of Force Awakens, we faithful fans had this massive turd dumped on us. Everyone was so optimistic about the return of Luke Skywalker...except Luke Skywalker! He's so darn mopey in this movie! Seriously, not even baby Yoda could perk him up. The Last Jedi divided fans like Moses pa...
Season 3 Episode 4: The Phantom Menace
March 26, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe most eagerly awaited movie of all time? The most hated CG character of all time? Meesa be thinkin' you know da movie, okey-day! It's Star Wars Episode 1, where we learn the origins of galactic baddie and Sith Lord extraordinaire Darth Vader! Turns out he was just an annoying little kid and occasional hot rod on the racetrack. But there was still much to love about George Lucas' ambitious, digitally saturated return to our favorite space adventure franchise. Specifically, every seco...
Season 6 Episode 7: Alien Covenant
February 26, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBThose pesky xenomorphs are back at it again, eh? At least this time the word "Alien" actually appears in the movie title, not like that "Prometheus" nonsense. Now try to keep up: this is the sequel to Prometheus, which itself was a PREquel to Alien. All you really need to know or care about is there are a lot of dumb humans venturing out into space, where no one can hear you scream. But there IS lots of screaming, and it sounds loud and clear! Probably because these dopes all get kille...
Season 6 Episode 6: Blade Runner 2049
February 13, 2022 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBAfter 35 years, finally there's a sequel to the sci-fi masterpiece (and initial box office dud) Blade Runner! That's a long time, man. None of the Nexus 6 replicants had a chance of living long enough to see it due to that darn 4-year life span! Tyrell, you're a jerk. Oh, wait a sec... you had your eyes gouged out by your own creation...call it even? So here we are, with a different director and music composers but the visuals are sure to pop even more eyeballs out. We do get Harrison ...
Episode 2: Star Wars
February 09, 2022 19:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBMissing Real Episode 2 is about Star Wars Episode 4, confusing already! This is the movie that started it all! It's got its weaknesses, shall we exploit them? But we still love it!
Season 6 Episode 5: Fortress (with Special Guest!)
January 23, 2022 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBHere's one the Academy Awards let slip through the cracks: Fortress! Starring the Highlander himself, Christopher Lambert! You must've at least heard of it, right? It's a guilty pleasure, and watching it is much like serving a 90-minute sentence in the underground futuristic prison where our mindless mayhem takes place! It's got guns, lasers, cyborgs and violent brawls, so it's a mystery why Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped out of the project, he'd have been right at home. Guess he needed ...
Season 6 Episode 4: A View To A Kill
January 09, 2022 02:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBMany actors have portrayed the iconic British secret service agent James Bond over the years, but none have done it quite as "Britishly" as Sir Roger Moore. Nobody does it better, if Carly Simon is to be believed. But in this movie, somebody did it worse: Roger Moore! It was just bad timing really, because he was getting pretty old at this point and was a little past his time to be playing Bond. The only "Bond" he needed to be concerned with was the one holding in his dentures! It's sti...
Season 1 Episode 8: Blade Runner
December 21, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIt's my favorite film of all time...so far! Not a big hit in '82. We wanted Han Solo and we got Rick Deckard instead. More like Dick Wreckard! What a loser! But this movie has endured and earned its place among the most revered sci-fi masterpieces. Ridley Scott followed his classic Alien with this future noir detective story with androids, flying cars and endless torrents of rain! Los Angeles, 2019...well, that was the future in 1982. Thankfully, the weather's a little bit better tha...
Season 6 Episode 3: The Force Awakens (with Special Guest!)
December 18, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBIn 2015, after we'd all had about a decade to forget about those Star Wars prequels, we were given a New Hope (yeah, sue me, Lucas): our classic heroes would return in a follow-up to Return of the Jedi! But mixed in with some new characters we hope we won't hate. The director would be JJ Abrams, so hopefully all is not Lost! (Alright, I'll stop.) Sadly, it seems the big baddie is Darth Vader's angsty teenage grandson/fan who can't find an intimidating mask or get the voice right. There'...
Season 1 Episode 1: Alien
November 21, 2021 02:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBIn my first-ever podcast, I share my personal insights and insults on one of the most visionary and ripped-off movies ever envisioned or ripped off. ALIEN! In space, no one can hear you scream...or laugh!
Season 6 Episode 2: Demolition Man (with Special Guest!)
November 16, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBThe poster for this 1993 futuristic action extravaganza may look like an ad for a boxing match, but this is so much more than Rocky meets the Jetsons! Renegade cop Sly Stallone gets cryogenically frozen into spumoni and thawed out in 2032 where he's the only law enforcement officer who actually knows how to enforce. Wesley Snipes is running amok, and the peaceful, violence and profanity-free society is about to get brutally profane. Things will explode! Stallone will run from those explo...