Do you know how much reggae is played in San Diego? Marc and Ryan do, and Erica sort of does, which makes the NWPP the perfect podcast to discuss Jamaica’s first film, 1972’s THE HARDER THEY COME, as we continue #FFFebruary (Foreign Film February)! A foreign film where the only language used is English? You…
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Welcome to Foreign film February! This month we will explore some of the foreign films of New World Pictures! FFF, as it’s affectionately known, starts off with A LOT of heart (maybe even a little too much heart) with the tragic STORY OF ADELE H directed by Francois Truffaut. Set in 1863 – oh la…
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We wrap up #FANuary – where listeners chose what we watched across all our social media accounts – with Larry Cohen’s 1976 classic GOD TOLD ME TO! Cohen’s strange odyssey of a New York police detective whose investigation yields way more than he ever bargained for is truly a genius piece of cinema that only…
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Welcome to #FANuary, where we talk about the movies you, the listener, asked us to discuss. Our first entry in #FANuary is 1987’s TAX ATTACK 87, Learning Corporation of America production staring comedian Robert Klein (SNL). Learning Corporation of America was owned by New World Pictures and focused on educational videos like In the FOR…
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We continue #DIEcember 2: Slay Bells Ring with another obscure slasher, 1984’s THE INITIATION. This one is filled with family secrets, sharp hand rakes, and hot – temperature hot – sex. It’s a movie about the power of dreams or at least the power of attraction that comes from participating in a sleep study. It’s…
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We kick off #DIEcember 2: Slay Bells Ring with everyone’s character rich slasher, 1983’s MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE. Or, if you’d prefer, MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL. Or, as we would call it, “MOTEL MASSACRE NOT ON A MOUNTAIN”. Staring Bill Thurman (THE LAST PICTURE SHOW), Anna Chappell (THE MAN IN THE MOON), and Major Brock, a guy who…
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We end #NOvember, where we watch movies with originally said “no” to, with QUENNIE, a 1987 TV Miniseries made by New World Television and, later, released by New World Video. An adaptation of a novel by Michael Korda which told the story of his real-life aunt, the actress Merle Oberon. Now, Korda’s aunt may be…
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It’s #NOvember, where we talk about all the movies we previously said “no” to, and we’re kickstarting it with 1986’s EAT AND RUN, written by the father/son team of Stand and Christopher Hart and directed by Christopher. it stars Ron Silver as a Detective on the trail of an alien who is eating Italian people…
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We continue with #ROBOtober, our exploration of all the weird things new World has released, with our first live show! And what did we subject an audience to? A true curio from the New World library, an educational film starring Gary Coleman about being safe in your neighborhood! How on Earth did this end up…
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We continue #ROBOtober with 1972’s THE CREMATORS, a movie that doesn’t include a single robot but that’s okay because #ROBOtober is all about the weird movies made by New World Pictures. You wouldn’t be to blame for punching holes in the second part of that last sentence but we will move on. Considered one of…
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