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Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987)
Double Impact - November 06, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings227 - It's week 2 of our 'A Brief History of Zombies' miniseries. After episode one's Romero double feature, we now get to explore one of the more extreme spins on the re-animated corpse-genre - it's EVIL DEAD (2). The sorta sequel, sorta remake of Evil Dead, and predecessor to Army of Darkness ...
George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) & Day of the Dead (1985)
Double Impact - October 30, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings226 - NEW MINISERIES TIME! It's 'A Brief History of Zombies', and we are starting at the beginning, with Night of the Living Dead - BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE! It's our first ever Double Feature! So stick around for Day of the Dead too. New miniseries of course brings new genre tropes, and a fan'...
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) (Re-Release)
Double Impact - October 23, 2023 11:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsRE-RELEASE - sorry for the delay in the new miniseries, sometimes life gets in the way of pod, we try to minimise that as much as we can, but here we are! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us ...
Masters of the Universe (1987) (Re-Release)
Double Impact - October 16, 2023 10:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsNo new episode this week, but here's a banger from the archives. MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE! It's good vs evil, Fate vs Destiny, and Dolph vs Pants. In this ep we of course take a deep into the origin story of not just this film, but He-Man himself, as well as all of the segments you have come to e...
The Last Dragon with McDojoLife aka Rob Ingram
Double Impact - October 09, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings223 - Guys, this has gotta be our favourite ep in a long time. Not only are we covering a film we haven't seen before (we are still in mourning for our childhoods), but we are doing it with the man, the legend, Rob from McDojoLife. So sit back, relax, and join us on an adventure through martial ...
Kill Bill Vol 1 & Vol 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
Double Impact - October 02, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings223 - It’s Fan’s Choice week! Out of 8 martial arts classics, you voted, we listened and we are tackling BOTH volumes of Kill Bill. A fitting penultimate episode for our Martial Arts miniseries, with its many intertextual references to the genre… but also other genres I guess. Also, not for noth...
Best of the Best (Robert Radler, 1989)
Double Impact - September 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings222 - Best of the Best. Starring Sean Penn's brother, Julia Roberts' brother - in a story about brotherhood, revenge, what it means to be a man - and bar fights!!! LET'S GOOOOOOOO See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook...
Rapid Fire (Dwight H Little, 1992)
Double Impact - September 18, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings221 - It's week 4 of our Martial Arts-mini, and we are sticking with the Lee legacy. Join us as we process all the emotions (happiness, sadness, lust etc) as we discuss the man, the legend, Brandon Lee and his 1992 classic, Rapid Fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follo...
Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)
Double Impact - September 11, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings220 - It's week three of our Martial Arts deep five, and we are FINALLY hitting some Bruce - It's Enter the Dragon, babyyyyyyyyy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us on TikTok
Out for Justice (John Flynn, 1991)
Double Impact - September 04, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings219 - It's week 2 of our 'Movies That Made Greg Want to Do Karate in the Garage', and this week, it's the story of Gino. Gino Felino. Gino Felino avenges Bobby Lupo. Gino Felino avenges Bobby Lupo and awaits a vino from Dino. Etc. IT’S GINO’S BIG ADVENTURE! See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Rumble in The Bronx (Stanley Tong, 1996)
Double Impact - August 28, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings218 - NEW MINISERIES TIME! AI is over, now it's all about "Movie or Films (either or) that Made Greg Want to do Karate (or Kung Fu) in the Garage", and first cab off the rank is Rumble in Vancouver, pardon me, I mean, Rumble in The Bronx. ENJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Boomerang & FUBU (Reginald Hudlin, 1992)
Double Impact - August 21, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings217 - We're back! And this time it's a little pallet cleanser before our next miniseries (Martial Arts, coming soon). It's been a while between Eddie's, so Boomerang it is! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group...
Cyborg & Boon's 52 Beer Bender (Albert Pyun, 1989)
Double Impact - July 17, 2023 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 78 ratings216 - We are back on our JCVD make-goods, and going back to 1989 to dive into Cyborg - a film we sorta missed in our haste and eagerness to get to Kickboxer back in the day. So 4 years late, but better late than never! Right!? Right???? oh... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Weird Science & Blockbuster Video (John Hughes, 1985)
Double Impact - July 10, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings215 - A little extra AI episode because, why not? This film is very squarely ABOUT AI, while at the same time, not being interested in AI at all. But hey, it's got loads of other stuff. Also, Greg's mic wasn't working properly so some slightly poorer audio quality than usual in parts. Ironically...
Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2014)
Double Impact - July 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings214 - REJOICE! IT'S FAN'S CHOICE! You voted, we listened. Now it's your time to listen, to the episode you voted for. Am I explaining this clearly? Ex Machina, babyyyyyyy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group F...
Terminator Dark Fate (Tim Miller, 2019) (Re-Release)
Double Impact - June 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings213 - re-release this week folks, we'll be back with a freshie next week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us on TikTok
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
Double Impact - June 19, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings212 - The pressure is ON this week. I mean, damn, it's 2001: A Space Odyssey. It also happens to be Tristan's favourite movie, for reasons that he cannot explain. So that should make for a good podcast? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Frien...
Aliens with Raider of the Lost Podcast (James Cameron, 1986)
Double Impact - June 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings211 - BIG movie this week. HUGE! So we had to go and get some mega guests... and who better than James and Anthony from the Raiders of the Lost Podcast. We go extremely deep in this 80s classic, while also jumping around the franchise, and James Cameron's 'saviour of women' complex (LOLs). We ha...
Short Circuit & Pixar (John Badham, 1986)
Double Impact - June 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings210 - A slight change of pace this week. No Spielberg, or Kubrick, or Scott, or Wachowski's. This week we have a horny robot and Fisher Steven's in brown face - but it makes for a spicy episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of th...
Blade Runner with Sunglasses Kid (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Double Impact - May 29, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings209 - Another heavy hitter with this week's AI exploration, it's Blade Runner. As you know, we are big fans of the 80s vision of the future, and all the trimmings that come with it - especially all things synth - and to help us unpack this synthy, tech noir, cyberpunk delight, we have the synth-...
The Matrix & Hey Hey it's Saturday (The Wachowski's, 1999)
Double Impact - May 22, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings208 - We're back for episode 2 of our AI movie miniseries, with THE MATRIX. What else is there to say? Big movie. Huge. So join us as we unpack red-pilling, simulation theories, and Aussie TV variety show, 'Hey Hey it's Saturday' for some reason See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
Double Impact - May 15, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings208 - It's a brand new miniseries, folks! We are diving into the world of AI in film with, well, A.I.... This film has a somewhat unusual place in pop culture history - is it a misunderstood masterpiece from the brains of two of our greatest? Or an auteur anomaly representing a miss-step from it...
No Retreat, No Surrender & Sizzler (Corey Yuen, 1985)
Double Impact - May 08, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings207 - We are between miniseries and overdue for some JCVD cinema magic, so we are going back to where it all started, his first film of significance that we somehow skipped over when we embarked on our JCVD journey all those years ago - so here it is; No Retreat, No Surrender - enjoy! See omnys...
Mission: Impossible with David Callan (Brian De Palma, 1996)
Double Impact - May 01, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings206 - It's the final episode of our Spy Guys miniseries and it's a DOOZY. You chose it, it's Mission: Impossible, and we have ACTUAL Spy Guy with us again to break it down, former ASIO agent, and current comedian, podcaster, top bloke, David Callan. Be sure to check out David's podcast, I Spied...
The Hunt for Red October with David Callan (John McTiernan, 1990)
Double Impact - April 24, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings205 - It's our penultimate episode of our Spy Guys miniseries, and we have managed to wrangle an actual Spy Guy to come talk to us about The Hunt for Red October (and explain it to us). That's right, ex-ASIO agent, and current comedian, actor and podcaster, David Callan joins us to to bring a fr...
Austin Powers & Those Damn Pokemons (1997)
Double Impact - April 17, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings204 - We are in deep now folks. Our Spy Guys miniseries has taken us to the darkest of corners of espionage; ill-tempered Sea Bass, shoe throwing, and 1960s British dentistry... but it's pretty gosh darned funny! But you knew that, why are you even reading this? Ready the earholes and slap that ...
Batman (Tim Burton, 1989) (Re-Release)
Double Impact - April 10, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsTristan is out sick this week so we are re-releasing the closest thing we have to another spy movie - BATMAN!!!!! Its an Ep from a few years back so there is a chance it has not graced your ear holes before - enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Follow us on Instagram J...
If Looks Could Kill & Lemmings (William Dear, 1991)
Double Impact - April 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings203 - It's week three of Spy Guys and this week we are hitting an EXTREMELY deep cut, know to half the world as 'If Looks Could Kill', and 'Teen Spy' to the other half. Different names, same movie. Deep. whether or not you remember this film, it is definitely worth stopping by as we also chat ab...
True Lies & Potato Wedges (James Cameron, 1994)
Double Impact - March 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings202 - It's week two of our Spy Guys miniseries, and this week it's the final entry in the trilogy of Cameron X Schwarzenegger - TRUE LIES! The most expensive movie ever made - for about 12 months until Waterworld came along. But Waterworld this is not, sure there is water, and it's set in a worl...
For Your Eyes Only & The Smurfs (John Glen, 1981)
Double Impact - March 20, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 78 ratings201 - It's been nearly 200 episodes since our last Bond flick, so yeah, pretty overdue! And more than that, it's the first ep in our new 'Spy Guys' miniseries, focusing on the espionage films of the 80s and 90s. So join us as we dive into For Your Eyes Only and unpack Roger Moore's post-Moonrake...
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