Nearly New World

Nearly New World: Terminal Island (1973)

Prison March continues its sentence with a film that was Nearly New World: 1973’s TERMINAL ISLAND! Find out how director Stephanie Rothman (THE STUDENT TEACHERS, THE VELVET VAMPIRE) ended up making this with competitor Dimension Pictures instead of New World! Find out if we were able to look away from free-minded murderer Tom Selleck as…

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Nearly New World: Terminal Island (1973)
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Nearly New World: Meteor (1979)

Disastruary continues with a Nearly New World selection: 1979’s METEOR from  director Ronald Neame! Listen and find out how this was Nearly New World and why it’s Nearly New World!  Plus, why does Sean Connery drink so much coffee? And how was Brian Keith cast as a Russian scientist? We’ll break it all down for…

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Nearly New World: Meteor (1979)
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Nearly New World: Ernest Saves Christmas

Wait a minute, ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS was nearly a New World Picture? It’s true! Listen to find out how, plus our thoughts on Ernest P. Worrell, the snakes, the many costumes, and of course, Vern! Are you aware of what we mean? 

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Nearly New World: Ernest Saves Christmas
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Nearly New World: THE BLOB

It’s another installment in our burgeoning Bonus Episode series, “Nearly New World”.  This time, we’re talking about 1988’s THE BLOB. This movie checks a lot of boxes.  It has faceless eurocrats (Ryan’s favorite).  It’s a creature feature (Erica’s favorite).  It highlights the challenges of a low tax basis on a small town’s infrastructure (Marc’s favorite). …

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Nearly New World: THE BLOB
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Nearly New World: Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice

Our new Bonus Episode series Nearly New World continues with the sequel to the 1984 New World classic, which might have been released by New World for reasons we’ll explain in the episode.  First we’ll also discuss a few things we’ve been watching lately, including ALIEN PRIVATE EYE, ANACONDA, and Tootsie the Musical! Then it’s…

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Nearly New World: Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
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Bonus Episode: Our first “Nearly New World” episode

L-l-l-late b-b-b-bonus episode.  Sorry for the delay but we hope it will be worth it as we talk about STEEL AND LACE, a movie that could have and should have been made by New World Pictures but wasn’t.  We get into the most important parts of this sci-fi thriller including the intricacies of property management…

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Bonus Episode: Our first "Nearly New World" episode
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