We continue #disastuary with 1978’s THE BEES, a movie that explores the imminent threat of Africanized bees smuggled into the United States by Big Honey and the wacky world of the scientists that study them. While most movies are made to appeal to specific audiences, we’re not sure who this movie was made for. Was…
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For our first episode of Newoirvember, Galen Howard (Book of Boba Fett, Brooklyn 99) joins us to discuss director Curtis Hanson’s most esteemed work, SWEET KILL. Or did he eventually direct something better? We’ll offer our opinions on Hanson’s filmography as we discuss Tab Hunter and his series of Bleak Workout video tapes, Nightly Night…
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#Corntober continues as we turn our attention to the curious world of viticulture with 1989’s THE VINEYARD. As it turns out, making the best wine in the world is hard. It takes more than a great crop. You need to have incredibly loyal staff, an associate’s degree in magic, and the blood of aspiring twenty-something…
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For our 100th episode, we explore an area of New World Pictures’ history that we’ve never discussed: when other companies had to release their movies because they were broke! Such is the case with 1989’s WARLOCK, despite the presence of director Steve Miner, who had made some of New World’s biggest hits, and Executive producer…
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Doug from the Good Times Great Movies Podcast joins us to talk about 1981’s THE PIT! That’s a pretty old film, considering we’re just a bunch of super youngs that are hip as hell, but we were nevertheless charmed by this movie, even if it’s about a creepy kid who’s only friends are his teddy…
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58 movies into our journey, and some of us are starting to question whether watching EVERY New World Pictures movie was a good idea. However, the Board won’t budge so we continue with 1985’s TRANSYLVANIA 6-500 starring the ever-delightful Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley, Jr. leading an incredible cast of comedic actors! (Also, Michael Richards.) …
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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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We bring on our good friend and New World super fan Justin Grams to discuss 1988’s DEAD HEAT, which he first showed to Ryan back in their college days and has quoted to him in texts ever since. But does it still hold up for Justin? We’ll dig in to that and the Joe Piscopo…
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This episode asks an important question: “are high-waisted undies still a thing?” We also talk about SLUGS, the 1988 horror film from director Juan Piquer Simón, based on the novel by Shaun Hutson, that sees the town of Ashton tormented by irradiated slugs out to kill! Well, eat, but it’s essentially the same thing! But…
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The phrase, “don’t judge a movie by its cover” has never so aptly applied to a New World picture. Whatever expectations you have about this movie are wrong. We are joined by Actor and Writer, Peter Fluet, as we break down a movie whose “plot twist” would leave M. Night Shyamalan scratching his head.
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