Drama

Ep. 88: Cries and Whispers

As they say, “all gloomy things must come to an end”.  We wave goodbye to JUNE GLOOM with a movie that isn’t short on tears – Ingmar Bergman’s CRIES AND WHISPERS.   This movie which deals with the fractured relationship between three sisters as one of the sisters is dying of cancer is long on…

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Ep. 87: Saint Jack featuring Ben Slater

JUNE GLOOM marches on and takes a dramatic (yet satisfying) turn as we discuss SAINT JACK, the film that saw director Peter Bogdanovich’s return to Roger Corman filmmaking!  And joining us for this episode is the hilarious and insightful Ben Slater, who literally wrote the book on SAINT JACK with Kinda Hot: The Making of…

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Ep. 84: The Death of the Incredible Hulk

Welcome to Marvelous May aka Marc’s Miserable Marvelous May when we celebrate New World’s brief period of owning Marvel! That’s right, they did! And we’re going to talk about it all month! Did Ryan decide to do this just to torture Marc, who hates comic book movies? He did!  The fun starts with Bill Bixby…

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Ep. 74: Death Before Dishonor featuring Frank Garcia-Hejl

Finally, Cannon and New World Pictures join forces to discuss a film where other people join forces to take out other forces!  Of course, we’re talking about our guest, writer/performer and co-host of The Cannon Canon Podcast Frank Garcia-Hejl, and our Cannon-iest movie yet, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, starring football player-turned TV star Fred Dryer!  Based…

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Ep. 72: Sister, Sister – featuring Jason Kleeberg

Jason from the Force Five Podcast joins us as #Newoirvember continues with 1987’s SISTER, SISTER, the debut of director Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS, CHICAGO). But is it noir? Southern noir? Or Southern Giallo? We debate that as we discuss how to be a good hotel guest (welcome new sponsor, Hilton!), the horniness of the …

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Ep. 67: Angel III: The Final Chapter

As we are want to do here at the NWPP, we start at the end of the franchise and work our way back, which is why we are dipping our toes into the ANGEL franchise first with ANGEL III: THE FINAL CHAPTER! For part III, writer/director Tom DeSimone (REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS) steps in to guide…

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Ep. 56: Avalanche

You might think a movie titled AVALANCHE would be about an avalanche and you’d be right except there’s more than just snow coming full force to a luxurious mountain resort.  This movie is an AVALANCHE of hard-partying, harder-loving, and rock-hard action sports.   David Shelby (ROCK HUDSON) knows the way to win back his ex-wife’s heart…

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Ep. 54: Curfew

 Finally, a movie about brothers! Ryan attempts to get Marc to rally behind 1989’s CURFEW, which follows brothers Ray and Bob Perkins on their quest for revenge on everyone that put them in jail (or anyone poorly constructing a fence), but to do so they’ll have to defeat HALLOWEEN’s Lindsey Wallace herself, Kyle Richards!  Will…

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Ep. 49: Crimes of Passion (1984)

We start off 2022 with a bang! Several bangs! And a question: is CRIMES OF PASSION “fun?”

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Ep. 45: Flowers in the Attic – featuring Jessica Young

Jessica Young from The Rants and Raves Podcast joins us to discuss 1987’s Flowers in the Attic, written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom, and adapted from the V.C. Andrews’ novel of the same title. None of us were prepared for the many life lessons the film would teach us.  For instance, did you know that…

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