Singer/songwriter Jon Cross and a variety of guest hosts mull over movies, comedically riff on a variety of topics and champion filmic underdogs. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-movie-diner-podcast--758347/support.
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Comedy, Movies & Music steeped in Americana and silliness. Two friends discuss genre films with knowledge, passion and a unique sense of humour. There's no other podcast like this!
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Season 2 - Ep 14 - True Colors - Sleazy Spader Springtime 7: "Sleaze the Day" No. 3
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Moe Von Helevete née Porne joins me to talk about John Cusack and James Spader going head to head in a race to the top and political corruption in "Terrible White People in Connecticut" the Movie AKA True Colors!! SUPPORT INDIE CREATIVES Subscribe and/or leave us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts - Our show is on all platforms, tak…
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Season 2 - Ep 13 - Shadow of Fear - Sleazy Spader Springtime 7: "Sleaze the Day" No. 2
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Matt Poirer from Direct to Video Connoisseur, is back and we are delving into a weird, low budget, confusingly edited and bizarrely written entry into Spader's career - that might just end up being the only thing that explains everything and makes any sense. We uncover the Spader Matrix Conundrum, Rediscover the powerful jazz tunes of Bingeing Scru…
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Season 2 - Ep 12 - Critical Care - Sleazy Spader Springtime 7: "Sleaze the Day" No. 1
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It's finally here and yes, it is most definitely Summer now - I don't care... I'm not changing it now. Anyway this episode is one of the greatest Sleazy Spader episodes ever! All sorts of things are discussed, questions answered, and yet we'll never have the full picture - we'll never truly know the one they call, Jimmy Spades. This episode is funn…
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Season 2 - Ep 11 - On the Wings of Love - A celebration of all things Wings Hauser
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When you truly fall in love with something, like Wings Hauser movies, the tendency is to push it as far as it'll go - and so, with our trusted, frequent and equally Wings obsessed co-host, Matt Poirier from Direct to Video Connoisseur, in tow, we head down the Hauser rabbit hole and discuss a wild sextet of his films, broken down into 3 double bill…
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Season 2 - Ep 10 - Predator 2 "Acceptable Losses"
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Our guest again is the Direct to Video Connoisseur himself, Matt Poirier and on the way to talking about the sheer, shouty genius of Predator 2, we solve toilets, we solve sports, we talk shop lifting drug stores, Seinfeld and Netflix joining forces to bring us a movie on Pop-Tarts, a shitty article on Physical Media, urban filmed action movies and…
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Season 2 - Ep 9 - Pam Grier Night at the Sizzler - The Arena & Black Mama, White Mama
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The Direct to Video Connoisseur, Matt Poirier joins us again but, this time, we're talking all about Pam Grier with plenty of rambling segues about food, inspirational stories, babies and dogs on planes, female action leads, Barbie and more! We're happy to be back with new episodes!! SUPPORT INDIE CREATIVES Subscribe and/or leave us a rating and re…
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Season 2 Ep 8 - 2 Middle Aged Men Watch 90s Era Jim Belushi Films #4 - Mr. Destiny
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On this, the fourth episode in our run of Belushi tinged episodes, gentlemen Jon Cross and Matt Poirier (of Direct To Video Connoisseur) talk a 90s Era Jim Belushi film - the very cosy, Capraesque and comedic Mr. Destiny co-starring Michael Caine. This is the audio podcast version of the video live stream that aired on YouTube, Facebook and Twitch …
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Season 2 Ep 7 - 2 Middle Aged Men Watch 90s Era Jim Belushi Films #3 - Retroactive
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On this, the third episode in our run of Belushi tinged episodes, gentlemen Jon Cross and Matt Poirier (of Direct To Video Connoisseur) talk a 90s Era Jim Belushi Science-Fiction, Indie Action Spectacular Retroactive. This is the audio podcast version of the video live stream that aired on YouTube, Facebook and Twitch on Nov 9, 2023. If you become …
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Season 2 Ep 6 - 2 Middle Aged Men Watch 90s Era Jim Belushi Films #2 - Separate Lives
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On this, the second episode in our run of Belushi tinged episodes, gentlemen Jon Cross and Matt Poirier (of Direct To Video Connoisseur) talk yet another 90s Era Jim Belushi Erotic Thrillllerrrrr Separate Lives. This is the audio podcast version of the video live stream that aired on YouTube, Facebook and Twitch on Sept 28th, 2023. If you become a …
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Season 2 Ep 5 - 2 Middle Aged Men Watch 90s Era Jim Belushi Films #1 - Traces of Red
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On this, the first ever of its kind, Belushi tinged episode, gentlemen Jon Cross and Matt Poirier (of Direct To Video Connoisseur) talk 90s Era Jim Belushi Erotic Thrillllerrrrr Traces of Red. This is a truncated podcast version of the video live stream that aired on YouTube on Sept 17th. If you become a supporter on Patreon you will have exclusive…
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Season 2 Ep 4 - Interview with William Sadler 3: Back with a Vengeance (and a new album)
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THIS INTERVIEW WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE SAG/AFTRA STRIKE The fantastic, funny and ridiculously talented William "Bill" Sadler joins us back on the Podcast for the third time, ten years after his first appearence!! We talk about his recent, more independent films that he's been working on, Stephen King on screen, working with Karen Allen, his new alb…
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Season 2 Ep 3 - Sleazy Spader Springtime 6: Easy Sleazy Does It - Doc Paul Crowson & The Music of Chance
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This week we are joined by Dr. Action himself, Doc Paul Crowson but rather than talking explosions and round house kicks, we are traveling back to the heady, indie waters of the early 90s when everyone wanted on the Tarantino, Soderbergh, Linklater, Smith boat - even documentary filmmaker, Philip Haas who decided to adapt Paul Auster's The Music of…
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Season 2 Ep 2 - Sleazy Spader Springtime 6: Easy Sleazy Does It - Matt Poirier, Ideas, Writing & Crash
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Joining us to talk Sleazy Spader, in the most graphical, sexual, ludicrous and mad film Spader possibly ever did, David Cronenberg's 1996 lilting soliliquy to gratuitous sex and car accidents, Crash, is friend of the show, novelist, podcaster, blogger and lover of Moxie, Matt Poirier from Direct to Video Connoisseur. We talk writing, ideas, getting…
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Season 2 Ep 1 - Matt Farley, Inspiration & the Pit
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The After Movie Diner is BACK! (pause for applause that... one day... will surely come) and on this episode, the first of season two, we talk with movie maker, musician, writer, author, producer, actor, director and all round creative powerhouse Matt Farley of Motern Media as we kick off this new chapter of the podcast "Jon Cross Makes a Movie" We …
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Ep 353 - Donald Pleasence Double Bill - The Uncanny & House of Usher
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On what could absolutely, very probably, be the last ever episode of The After Movie Diner, we go out with the very suitable subject matter of a Donald Pleasence double bill - We talk The Uncanny from 1977, which has the preposterous task of making a bunch of house cats seem scary and The House of Usher from 1989 which looks like it was shot on a c…
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Recorded back in January, here is host Jon Cross and special guest Kirk Howle discussing Mexican, possessed-hand, horror film - Demonoid - and occasionally taking long, weird and, hopefully hilarious, tangents about butt holes. Enjoy! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-movie-diner-podcast--758347/support.…
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Ep 351 - Gotcha and Never Too Young To Die - Spy Kids and Teen Agents Part 2
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The Podcast Returns! and I am joined, once again, by guest host Scott Toomey AKA Synthwave DJ extraordinaire, Michael Knight of Retrofuturism 101 to talk even more spy kids and teen agents with the films Gotcha (Anthony Edwards & Linda Fiorentino) and Never Too Young To Die (John Stamos, Vanity and Gene Simmons) Things get wild, things get weird, t…
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Ep 350 - Caine and Keaton 6 - Johnny Dangerously & The Hand
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The podcast is back, you must all wait no longer! Huzzah! Recorded back in January (there's an explanation on the show) Jon Wallace joins us to revive, not just the show but, the Caine and Keaton series and we talk about the 1984 gangster comedy, Johnny Dangerously and the 1981 horror film, The Hand. There's also more voicemails, some comedy and th…
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Former host of Schlock Treatment and world renowned skeptical yet strangely cuddly curmudgeon, Marc McDonald joins us on the show to talk 80s Comedy Jumping Jack Flash starring Whoopi Goldberg. We also get the first wave of listeners voicemails!! You can find Marc on Twitter Here: https://twitter.com/MarcMcD SUPPORT INDIE CREATIVES Please rate, rev…
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Ep 348 - Cloak & Dagger and If Looks Could Kill - Spy Kids and Teen Agents Part 1
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On this VERY SPECIAL episode - and the first of 2022 - I am joined by guest host Scott Toomey AKA Synthwave DJ extraordinaire, Michael Knight of Retrofuturism 101 to talk spy kids and teen agents in the movies Cloak & Dagger and If Looks Could Kill AKA Teen Agent (in the UK). This is part one of a discussion that looks at comedy action thrillers of…
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Hey everyone! Merry Christmas! Now have you been naughty or nice? because we've got our lists, we're checking them twice and we're getting a little stab happy at midnight mass... that's right, it's time to talk about the greatest, unsung Christmas horror film out there - Christmas Evil! And to join us is a first time guest for the Diner - the wonde…
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This week we welcome author, author and author, Jon Wallace back to the podcast to talk De Niro, Snipes and Tony Scott's sports thriller? baseball drama? hyperbolic, overblown actioner about the plight of the little guy who believes in quality knives and the baseball player who just wants his lucky number back? The Fan. Whatever you think the movie…
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We're back baby! and have we got a great episode for you! First up we are exceptionally happy to welcome our new After Movie Diner announcer, Leanna Chamish to the show! Leanna is an accomplished actor, documentarian, voice over artist, horror movie host and local B Movie Icon who has starred in films such as WNUF Halloween Special, Stakes, Dead Hu…
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Ep 344 - Crawler - One More Dohler for the Tip Jar - Don but not Forgotten
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So here it is. We almost thought it would never happen. The New York Dohlerites are back together again talking about Crawler, the last ever Don Dohler written, produced and shot movie. 15 years in the making but here thanks to our old friends Robert Long and Mitch Klein. It's Don's last collaboration with Director Joe Ripple. The film that brought…
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For the first episode of our victory lap, Matt Poirier from Direct to Video Connoisseur joins Jon Cross to talk about life, the universe, Dan Aykroyd, freakish red heads, goose stepping with the stars, the Billy Zane shag barn, George Lucas CGIing Hayden Christensen into old horror films that the stars would rather forget and the furry, violent ali…
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Ep 342 - The 10th Anniversary Podcast - Heard She Got Married
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It's finally here! Our TENTH Anniversary Podcast episode and in keeping with the friends we've made and the indie filmmaking we've discovered while doing the show, our entire episode is all about the brand new Motern Media and Shock Marathons movie, Heard She Got Married from filmmakers Matt Farley and Charlie Roxburgh. Strap in because it's an old…
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Ep 341 - The Reckoning, The Void & The Quick and the Dead
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On this episode we explore the best laid plans of podcasters can be tricky waters in Hollywood these days but can also, if said podcasters are flexible of spirit (rather than flexible of spine or limb), lead to even more interesting discussions about disappointment, indie horror directors trying to go mainstream, what are you able to do on a budget…
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This week we are back with banter, Robin Doyle's Postcards from The Shedge (or Shednannigans), a comment from Adolf Nipple, Statham impressions, an in-depth chat about what was and what could've been "Wrath of Man" and then round it out with a discussion about what Guy Ritchie considers banter. So this episode is bookended by banter. Rather perfect…
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The boys are back in town! We go over the good news, the bad news, the reigniting of Jon's interest in modern horror films, the checking of yourself as you become middle aged so you don't BECOME middle aged (if you know what I mean) and we apologise profusely to Andy Lunn. We also talk the Netflix original, Stephen King adaptation, 1922 starring Th…
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Something cobbled together this way comes! So it's been a minute since we did our last show and despite trying, with the best will in the world, to record a couple of episodes in the passing weeks, what we have here is a hastily cobbled together episode from two recordings that were mired by technical issues and tired, grumpy hosts. Anyway, hopeful…
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When you get to episode 337 trying to write anything in this space that any of you care about becomes a real struggle. On this episode Jim Wallace implausibly manages to get Jon Cross to watch and talk about (at length) the low budget Bruce Willis, Sci-Fi movie Breach directed by someone very lazy who once made a Dove commercial. Become a supporter…
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Another episode and another episode description you won't read. Unbelievably this is NOT a podcast about sheds. Jon Cross and Jim Wallace talk about Alex Cox's debut movie Repo Man. Enjoy Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-movie-diner-podcast--758347/support.…
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On this episode we talk our wonderful shed based listeners, give away mugs, talk about the new Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures album "I've Been There", try and figure out why we don't talk about John Carpenter films that often, when he's one of my favourite directors and then get into all things Christine. We talk about Stephen King's reaction to t…
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In this episode, where our hosts, Jon Cross and Jim Wallace do not take all the cocaine but know a particular well known horror author and one time film director who did - we talk about the absurd mess of a movie that is Maximum Overdrive, a film that it is impossible not to take some issue with and yet I am so very happy it exists. We discuss Nort…
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Our token Massachusetts bro, Scott Toomey and my dear wife, Kimberly Cross join me to talk all about Beautiful Girls for its 25th Anniversary. We talk favourite scenes, favourite characters, the battle of the sexes, the battle of the leading men and much more. If you want to watch the video version of this, taken from our live stream chat, it's her…
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To accompany our interview with the legendary Steven Guttenberg this week, I am talking to Mr. Jayseph Mayo all about the 1982 Barry Levinson movie, Diner. We also touch on sheds (of course), Jim's big old shoes, guns being used inaccurately in movies, cars blowing up, selfish dog owners and more! See more stuff over at https://www.aftermoviediner.…
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As a tie-in to our exclusive Keith Coogan interview: https://www.spreaker.com/user/aftermoviediner/keith-coogan-interview Jon Cross and Jim Wallace discuss the 1991 Die Hard in a Boarding School, Teens Vs Terrorists, action, dramedy Toy Soldiers starring Wil Wheaton, Sean Astin, Keith Coogan, Louis Gossett Jr., Denholm Elliott and Andrew Divoff. We…
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On this, the last episode of our Outrageously Bad Eric Idle Film Season (pause for audience's sigh of relief), we talk about Too Much Sun, a Robert Downey Sr. movie featuring the unlikely cast of Eric Idle, Leo Rossi, Ralph Macchio, Robert Downey Jr., James Hong, Andrea Martin and more. It's so awful I don't even want to describe it in this episode…
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Ep 329 - Missing Pieces (with special guest Robert Wuhl)
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On this week's very special episode our intrepid hosts find out that not all movies in the Outrageously Bad Eric Idle film season are outrageously bad, even when Eric Idle himself might say they are. Jon Cross and Jim Wallace discuss long lost, rare comedy caper Missing Pieces from 1991 starring Eric Idle, Robert Wuhl, Leslie Jordan, Richard Belzer…
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In this, the second episode of the Outrageously Bad Eric Idle Film Season, Jim Wallace and Jon Cross take on the duality of Idle, the riddle of Splitting Heirs, the miscasting of everyone, the relentless Idle theme tunes, the insecurity, the laziness, the multitude of similarities between Splitting Heirs and A Fish Called Wanda, how we all start of…
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Ep 327 - A Wild & Weird New Year's Walken
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It's the show everyone waits for every year - it's our annual New Year's special. This time we're down to just Doc, Moe and myself as we discuss four weird and wild Christopher Walken movies: The Eternal, The Prophecy, The King of New York & Communion. There's all the usual banter and shenanigans along with talk of Irish accents, hair, cows, the ol…
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Ep 326 - An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
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The After Movie Diner starts its perilous journey chronologically backwards through outrageously bad Eric Idle films bravely going where no other podcast thought it was at all reasonable or normal to go. This is the zenith of me getting some weird thrill out of being so "against the flow" that I torpedo my own show to cover obscure and unpleasant f…
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Ep 325 - Dirty Knights' Work AKA Trial by Combat AKA A Choice of Weapons
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This week, for the last of our Donald Pleasence films, we look at the under seen British class comedy, A Dirty Knight's Work - a bizarre but thoroughly English film about a bunch of wannabe toffs taking their dress up games a little too seriously. As the movie also stars Barbara Hershey, the conversation naturally turns to Splitting Heirs and Eric …
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Ep 324 - The Devil's Men AKA Land of the Minotaur
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On this truly wonderful episode, hosts Jon Cross and Jim Wallace do some flagrant self promotion, we point out why we are the doldrum killers and then we wade knee deep into the world of mad 70s Greek horror, The Devil's Men AKA Land of the Minotaur that stars Donald Pleasence and Peter Cushing. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.sprea…
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Ep 323 - Race for the Yankee Zephyr
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For the third movie of our Pleasencing Season we discuss the bizarre New Zealand romp, Race for the Yankee Zephyr AKA Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr, which is full of mad hats, weird stunts, silly accents and bonkers plot decisions where a drunken Donald Pleasence goes head to head with an outrageously camp George Peppard. Become a supporter of this…
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Ep 322 - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
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For our second dip into the pool of the Pleasence, as it's the season, we talk Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-movie-diner-podcast--758347/support.By Jon Cross
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Starting an unofficial series of The Pleasence, to celebrate the release of Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures new sequel album: The Pleasencing Two! The Pull of the Pleasence (avail. now on Spotify, Bandcamp etc.) Jim Wallace and Jon Cross talk Donald Pleasence and the 1972 horror, Raw Meat aka Death Line. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://…
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Jim Wallace and Jon Cross are back in an episode that was actually recorded in August and is the last of our unofficial "Watching the Detectives" series of shows. This one is something of a first for the podcast as we're talking Chuck Norris and his 1985 movie, Code of Silence featuring every that guy from the casting agents rolodex and a killer po…
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Continuing a what has become an unofficial and unplanned "watching the detectives" series on The After Movie Diner, Jim Wallace and Jon Cross are back talking Ed Norton's Motherless Brooklyn starring Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Kenneth Williams and basically everyone. We also talk, …
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Ep 318 - Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
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Brian Dennehy, 9th Birthday, Dennehy, TV Movie, Dennehy, A Search For Justice, Dennehy Dennehy Dennehy, Jack reed, Conversation, Film, Miguel Ferrer, Brian Dennehy.... etc. After 9 years I have given up writing show descriptions that no one ever reads. Brian Dennehy. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-mov…
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