Writer/performer Ali Davis returns to the podcast as we continue #SEXtember with 1975’s COVER GIRL MODELS! This Cirio Santiago-directed film follows the exploits of three models and the sleazy photographer they are friends with for no good reason as they travel to Hong Kong for musical montages of photoshoots, a runway show, a dance contest,…
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#PrisonMarch continues with writer/director Tom DeSimone’s Reform School Girls, and joining us to discuss this definitive women-in-prison film is Erin Dawn from the Manic Movie Monday Podcast! We discuss a new twist on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, fancy hands, and knock-off workout tapes! Plus, we get some clarification on prison de-lousing and crunch the radish…
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We close out #Febsessed with a TORMENT Reunion Special! We talk with John Penney (THE KINDRED, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3), Scott Alexander (ED WOOD, DOLEMITE IS MY NAME) and Earl Ghaffari (ENCANTO, FROZEN) about making 1984’s TORMENT. These three friends share a long and storied history which made this less of an…
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Our 2nd film for #Febsessed involves an overworked detective tracking a serial killer in San Francisco, yet doesn’t star Clint Eastwood! Writer/performer Jean Black joins us to discuss this under seen thriller about the difficulty of meeting a future in-law without your significant other, and the hazards of dating in San Francisco! We also highlight…
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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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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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We brought on writer and editor Ed Illades to talk about 1986’s Black Moon Rising, directed by our pal Harley Cokeliss from a script originally written by John Carpenter! We discuss what sets this film apart from other action films, why Lee Ving is so good at finding Tommy Lee Jones, and why Linda Hamilton…
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We start off 2022 with a bang! Several bangs! And a question: is CRIMES OF PASSION “fun?”
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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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