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Ep. 149: Firecracker featuring Chris Iannacone

We close out #JuneBOOM with 1981’s FIRECRACKER, advertised by New World to be “the first erotic martial arts thriller.” How true is this statement? And is the film erotic enough in the way that middle aged folks would like? We examine with the help of Get Me Another Podcast co-host Chris Iannacone, who also watched…

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Ep. 149: Firecracker featuring Chris Iannacone
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Ep.148: Stand Alone featuring Ryan Verrill

We’re kicking off #JuneBOOM with a cap gun as we bravely tackle 1985’s STAND ALONE, a movie that dares to ask: what if DEATH WISH had a smaller budget, barely any action, and Charles Durning hanging around a diner for 90 minutes?   STAND ALONE stars Charles Durning as Louis Thibadeau (a name you will…

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Ep.148: Stand Alone featuring Ryan Verrill
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Ep. 147: Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

We continue Marc’s Miserable Marvelous May 3: Très Misérables with your friendly, neighborhood wall crawler himself, Spider-Man, in SPIDER-MAN: THE VENOM SAGA! Culled from episodes of the Spider-Man Animated series from the 1990s made by Marvel, which was, at the time, owned by New World!   But how will they squeeze the whole story of…

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Ep. 147: Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
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Ep. 146: The Incredible Hulk Returns featuring Peter Fluet

Our annual tradition of talking Marvel movies and properties created by New World while it owned Marvel returns and two thirds of us are happy about it. We start Marc’s Miserable Marvelous May 3: Tres Miserable with THE INCREDIBLE HULK RETURNS which brought back Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno for what would be a trilogy…

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Ep. 146: The Incredible Hulk Returns featuring Peter Fluet
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Ep. 145: Beverly Hills Vamp featuring Tommy Bechtold

#VAMPril 2: Double Suck continues as we explore the dark and mysterious graveyard of vampire films produced by New World Pictures.  This week, we are joined by the always hilarious Tommy Bechtold as we discuss 1989’s BEVERLY HILLS VAMP starring Eddie Deezen (WAR GAMES), Britt Ekland (MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN) and Tim Conway Jr….

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Ep. 145: Beverly Hills Vamp featuring Tommy Bechtold
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Ep. 144: Nick Knight featuring Dirk Marshall

It’s that time again: VAMPril! Specifically VAMPril 2: Double Suck! Once again we return to the world of bloodsuckers for another month! And there’s no better way to start than with NICK KNIGHT, a movie-length TV pilot starring Australian rock star Rick Springfield! And joining us is returning guest Dirk Marshall from the VH US…

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Ep. 144: Nick Knight featuring Dirk Marshall
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Ep. 143: The Big Bird Cage featuring Ali Davis

Listen up, #PrisonMarch is back this week for more of Prison MarcH 2: Second Offense! This week’s women-in-prison movie released by New World Pictures is 1972’s THE BIG BIRD CAGE written and directed by Jack Hill and starring NWPP favorites Pam Grier, Sid Haig, and Vic Diaz. Returning again for the fifth time to dish…

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Ep. 143: The Big Bird Cage featuring Ali Davis
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Ep. 142: The Big Bust-Out featuring Chris Iannacone

That’s right, #PrisonMarch is back for Prison Marc H 2: Second Offense! Once more, we plumb the depths of the women-in-prison movies released by New World Pictures, this time with an Italian knock-off created after New World’s THE BIG DOLL HOUSE became a huge success! Yes, plenty of studios were making knock-offs by 1973, but…

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Ep. 142: The Big Bust-Out featuring Chris Iannacone
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Ep. 141: The Tin Drum

 We close #FFFebruary (Foreign Film February) with an Academy Award winner! Director  Volker Schlöndorff’s 1979 adaptation of THE TIN DRUM! Based on the book of the same name by Günter Grass, the film shows the rise of authoritarianism in Europe prior to World War II through the life of self growth stunting,  drum banging and…

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Ep. 141: The Tin Drum
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Ep. 140: The Harder They Come

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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Ep. 140: The Harder They Come
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