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From the creators of Eric Roberts is the Man, Cinema Smorgasbord is an umbrella brand for a collection of all new themed podcasts including the Jackie Chan-themed We Do Our Own Stunts, the genre film festival celebration Cinema Fantastica, How Do You Do Fellow Kids: The Work of Steve Buscemi, Whatever Happened To Vic Diaz, and more! All hosted by your beloved ERITFM hosts Doug Tilley and Liam O’Donnell
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Episode 125 – We Do Our Own Stunts – Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify The entire WE DO OUR OWN STUNTS archive is available right here. On this episode of WE DO OUR OWN STUNTS, we continue our chronological look at the career of Jackie Chan and – surprise – Jackie is famous now! After the massive success of Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master, Jackie returns to Lo Wei who decides to dust …
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Episode 124 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Top Gunner (2020) (/w Nick Spacek)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify The entire ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN archive is available right here. On a brand new episode of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN we’re on a highway to the mockbuster danger zone with 2020’s TOP GUNNER, which was originally meant to be released alongside TOP GUN: MAVERICK until that film got pushed back two whole years! Filled with CG jets a…
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Episode 123 – You Don’t Know Dick – Get Crazy (1983) (/w Jesse Hawken)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify The entire YOU DON’T KNOW DICK archive is available right here. On this episode of YOU DON’T KNOW DICK we’re joined by Junk Filter Podcast host (and Twitter provocateur) Jesse Hawken to discuss Alan Arkush’s long-unavailable concert-movie comedy GET CRAZY from 1983! It’s a wild film, with performances from Malcolm McDowell (as an…
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Episode 122 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify On this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? we’re continuing our look at the life and career of Steve Buscemi with the big-screen adaptation of the anthology TV series TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE. It’s TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE, which features adaptations of stories by Stephen King (adapted by George A Romero!) and Sir Ar…
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Episode 121 – Praising Kane – La Sabina (1979)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify Welcome to our least listened to episode of PRAISING KANE ever! On this episode, our chronological look at the career of the wonderful Carol Kane continues with 1979’s LA SABINA, a José Luis Borau film that is only partially available in English.. but we watched it anyway! It’s a drama filled with infidelity, regret, and a myster…
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Episode 120 – Bartel Me Something Good – Private Parts (1972)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify We continue our chronological look at the career of the great Paul Bartel with his feature length debut PRIVATE PARTS from 1972. Equal parts perverse and hilarious, it’s a film that is filled with twists and turns and set the blueprint for much of what was to come from the always unpredictable director. We’re also looking at Bart…
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Episode 119 – JodoWOWsky Part 7 – The Eyes of the Cat (1978), The Jealous God (1985) and The Magical Twins (1987)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify It’s an ALL COMICS episode of JodoWOWsky with our hosts examining three Alejandro Jodorowsky graphic novel collaborations throughout the late 70s and 80s. We start with a deep dive into THE EYES OF THE CAT, the (sorta!) first collaboration between Jodorowsky and the legendary Moebius from 1978. It’s gorgeous, highly experimental,…
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Episode 118 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz? – Too Hot to Handle (1977)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify On this episode of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ? we’re checking out the 1977 sleazy action film TOO HOT TO HANDLE which features softcore queen Cheri Caffaro as hitwoman Samatha Fox who travels to – surprise! – the Phillipines to take out four criminals while simultaneously falling for the cop (Aharon Ipalé) who is hot on her tr…
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Episode 117 – George Kennedy is my Copilot – Radioactive Dreams (1985)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify Phillip Hammer (John Stockwell) and Marlowe Chandler (Michael Dudikoff) are a couple of goofs who find themselves wandering a strange new post-apocalyptic world after spending 15 years in a bomb shelter in Albert Pyun’s wild, new wave-y action comedy RADIOACTIVE DREAMS! Featuring a pounding soundtrack, lizard people, swearing kid…
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Episode 116 – Wild in the Streets – Street Law (1974)
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RSS/iTunes/Spotify We’re getting Wild in the Streets with Franco Nero in Enzo G. Castellari’s 1974 Eurocrime revenge thriller STREET LAW! Starring Nero as an engineer who finds his safety (and masculinity) threatened by a post office robbery and decides to take the (street) law into his own hands. Badly! More nuanced than one might expect, and feat…
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Episode 115 – We Do Our Own Stunts – Drunken Master (1978)
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It took 12 episodes to get here, but after the box-office success of SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW, Jackie Chan suddenly finds himself a bankable martial arts star. So why not do it all again, only better? DRUNKEN MASTER reunites Jackie with basically everyone who worked on the previous film, including producer Ng See-yuen, director Yuen Woo-ping, an…
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Episode 114 – Eric Roberts is the Man – The Righteous Gemstones Season 2 (2022)
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You asked for it, you got it! The big Eric Roberts news thus far in 2022 has been his role on the second season of the critically acclaimed HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones, so it's time to talk about it on this brand new episode of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN. For such a, um, righteous endeavor, we needed a terrific guest, and who better than Shock …
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Episode 113 – You Don’t Know Dick – Moving Violation (1976) (/w The New World Pictures Podcast)
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It's the RETURN of YOU DON'T KNOW DICK, the world's greatest Dick Miller-themed podcast! On this episode we're joined by the crew from The New World Pictures Podcast to discuss the slam, bang, smash-em-up chase movie MOVING VIOLATION from 1976, starring Stephen McHattie and Kay Lenz as a couple on the run after witnessing a murder by a local sherif…
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Episode 112 – Praising Kane – When a Stranger Calls (1979)
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"Have you checked on the children?"On this episode of PRAISING KANE we continue our chronological look at the career of the wonderful Carol Kane with the 1979 thriller WHEN A STRANGER CALLS. Best known for its incredibly tense first twenty minutes, the film takes some unexpected - and odd - twists and turns, with a private investigator played by Ch…
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Episode 111 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Desperado (1995)
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On this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? we're looking at all the latest and greatest Steve Buscemi news, including his recent modeling work, and his appearance in a BIG LEBOWSKi-themed commercial during the BIG game this year. Then we jump into a discussion Robert Rodriguez's action epic DESPERADO, featuring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek.…
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Episode 110 – Cinema Fantastica – The Windmill Massacre (2016) & Dog Eat Dog (2016)
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On this episode of Cinema Fantastica we're going all the way to Melbourne, Australia and the 2016 edition of the Monster Fest film festival which featured the Amsterdam-set supernatural slasher film THE WINDMILL MASSACRE and Paul Schrader's unhinged crime film DOG EAT DOG. Our two hosts make their case for the superiority of their film of choice, b…
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Episode 109 – Bartel Me Something Good – The Secret Cinema (1966)
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On BARTEL ME SOMETHING GOOD, host Adrianna Gober is looking semi-chronologically at the life and career of director/writer/actor Paul Bartel, along with regular Cinema Smorgasbord hosts Liam and Doug! On this premiere episode we're looking at Bartel's short film THE SECRET CINEMA from 1966, as well as his own remake of the film as an episode of the…
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Episode 108 – JodoWOWsky Part 6 – Tusk (1980)
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Despite his increasing success with comics, Jodorowsky was still reeling from the failure of his Dune project when he decided to adapt Reginald Campbell's "Poo Lorn of the Elephants" into the disastrous 1980 film TUSK. Disowned by the director (“Don’t see Tusk. I bury the film.”) and nearly impossible to track down in a watchable form, the movie re…
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Episode 107 – George Kennedy is my Copilot – The Human Factor (1975)
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On this pulse pounding episode of George Kennedy is my Copilot we're looking at the techno-thriller/Death Wish knockoff THE HUMAN FACTOR from 1975 featuring George Kennedy mowing down the left-wing terrorists who murdered his family. With a score by Ennio Morricone, a supermarket massacre, some top-notch wailing from GK and - of course - Shakidu, t…
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Episode 106 – Wild in the Streets – Contraband (1980)
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We're getting WILD IN THE STREETS with Lucio Fulci's sole eurocrime effort CONTRABAND from 1980, featuring Fabio Testi as a boat smuggler who finds himself at the mercy of Marcel Bozzuffi's Il Marsigliese with - SURPRISE - violent consequences! Featuring plenty of trademark gore, particularly in the blood-soaked climax, as well as a funky Fabio Fri…
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Episode 105 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz? – Beyond Atlantis (1973)
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On the latest episode of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ? we're going BEYOND ATLANTIS with Eddie Romero's odd (sorta) undersea riff on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre featuring bug eyed Atlanteans, John Wayne's kid, the great Sid Haig and - of course - VIC DIAZ! Along the way we talk about colonialism, Vietnam, go deep on Haig's career and SO MUCH M…
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Episode 104 – We Do Our Own Stunts – Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978)
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Over 10 episodes of WE DO OUR OWN STUNTS we've seen Jackie Chan struggle for respectability and recognition in martial arts films. There have been high and low points, but we always knew his launch to stardom was coming.. and now here it is! On this episode we're looking at Yuen Woo-ping's SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW, the film that was Jackie's fir…
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Episode 103 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Rock Story (2015)
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We love to ROCK on Eric Roberts is the (CENSORED) Man, so we were awfully excited to check out 2015's ROCK STORY which is all about a lawyer who dreams about becoming a rock star. It also features Three's Company's Joyce DeWitt, Gilbert Gottfried, murder, awful (awful) music, patriotism, and - of course - Eric Roberts as sleazy agent Andy Granite. …
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Episode 102 – Praising Kane – The Muppet Movie (1979)
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On the latest episode of PRAISING KANE we're looking at the beloved family film THE MUPPET MOVIE from 1979 featuring - of course - The Muppets! We go deep into our own history with Jim Henson's creations, get weepy when talking about the movie (and its incredible soundtrack) and discuss Carol Kane's performance as Myth! CHECK IT OUT!…
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Episode 101 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Big Fish (2003)
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We crack the Steve Buscemi universe WIDE OPEN on the latest episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? This time we're talking about Tim Burton's 2003 fantasy-drama BIG FISH, which made a lot of people cry at the time (we've also cried at a lot of his films since then, for other reasons). We also talk about Steve Buscemi receiving the keys to New York …
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Episode 100 – George Kennedy is my Copilot – Brain Dead (1990)
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On this very special 100th episode of Cinema Smorgasbord we kick off 2022 with the wonderful Sarah Jane to look at another George Kennedy classic on GEORGE KENNEDY IS OUR COPILOT. This time we're looking at the mind-bending horror of Adam Simon's BRAIN DEAD. Penned by the late Charles Beaumont, the film features both Bill Pullman AND Bill Paxton, w…
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Episode 99 – Cinema Fantastica – Merry Christmas Mr. Mo (2016) & A Christmas Fury (2017)
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On our special HOLIDAY episode of Cinema Smorgasbord we travel once again to the Weihnachtsfilmfestival in Berlin, Germany to talk about two Christmas-themed films! We start with the black and white South Korean dramedy MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. MO from 2016, and finish with the made-for-TV Newfoundland-set film A CHRISTMAS FURY from 2017. We also learn …
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Episode 98 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz? – A Taste of Hell (1973)
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On this episode of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ? we're heading back to 1973 and the surprisingly Filipino-centric war film A TASTE OF HELL. Starring William Smith as an American soldier helping local villagers fight off the Japanese during World War II and John Gardwood as a soldier who gets horribly burned by a Japanese attack and haunts the near…
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Episode 97 – JodoWOWsky Part 5 – The Incal (1981-2014)
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After the collapse of Jodorowsky's Dune project, the work that went into it went on to influence countless other future film projects, but it also provided the inspiration for another work: the comic series THE INCAL, which began in 1981 in the pages of Metal Hurlant (aka Heavy Metal) and continued the collaboration between Alejandro Jodorowsky and…
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Episode 96 – Praising Kane – The Mafu Cage (1978)
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PRAISING KANE returns one of Carol Kane's finest performances, and a truly bizarre cult item. It's 1978's THE MAFU CAGE, and we guarantee you've never seen anything quite like it. Featuring incest, colonialism, orangutan murder and so much more, the film has gained a strong following over the past decade, and we're here to find out why. But we're n…
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Episode 95 – Wild in the Streets – Revolver (1973)
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On this episode of WILD IN THE STREETS we continue our look at the Eurocrime films of the 70s (and beyond) with Sergio Sollima's 1973 poliziottesco film REVOLVER, starring Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi. Featuring a dynamite score from Ennio Morricone, the film has Reed's prison warden Vito Cipriani being blackmailed into releasing a prisoner after hi…
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Episode 94 – We Do Our Own Stunts – Magnificent Bodyguards (1978)
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We made it! Ten(-ish) movies deep, Jackie Chan's career is floundering. Desperate for a hit, Lo Wei pairs him with James Tien and Bruce Leung for a western-inspired fantasy action epic featuring bizarre twists, excessive face-ripping, and music shamelessly stolen from Star Wars and.. heck.. let's make the whole thing 3D! MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARDS may …
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Episode 93 – You Don’t Know Dick – Night of the Creeps (1986) (/w Scout Tafoya)
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The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is.. they're DEAD! On this episode of YOU DON'T KNOW DICK we're joined by filmmaker and critic Scout Tafoya (author of Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper) to discuss Fred Dekker's beloved horror-comedy NIGHT OF THE CREEPS from 1986. Along the way we chat about Tobe Hooper…
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Episode 92 – Halloween Horror Special – V/H/S 94 (2021) & Censor (2021)
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On our HALLOWEEN HORROR SPECIAL we're taking a break from our many themed episodes to instead look at two well-regarded horror films from 2021! We start with the fourth in the V/H/S found footage series: V/H/S 94! Is this a return to form for the often erratic collection of shorts from acclaimed filmmakers? Then we look at the critically acclaimed …
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Episode 91 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Most Wanted (1997)
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On an explosive episode of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN we're joined by Effin' Birds and Swear Trek creator Aaron Reynolds to discuss the Keenen Ivory Wayans-starring action film MOST WANTED from 1997! We also discuss doughnuts as breakfast food, worst first dates, Home Alone (with dogs!), and all the latest Eric Roberts news! CHECK IT OUT!…
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Episode 90 – George Kennedy is my Copilot – Airport (1970)
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On this premiere episode of GEORGE KENNEDY IS MY COPILOT we're diving into one of George Kennedy's most iconic roles: chief mechanic Joseph "Joe" Patroni, from the legendary 1970 disaster film AIRPORT! We're going to talk about the movie, its legacy, George Kennedy's performance and why the hell anyone would create a George Kennedy-themed podcast. …
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Episode 89 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – In The Soup (1992)
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On this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? we're looking at the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning comedy IN THE SOUP from 1992, featuring a dynamite performance from the late Seymour Cassel, small appearances from Jim Jarmusch, Sam Rockwell, Stanley Tucci and Carol Kane, and - of course - Steven Buscemi as aspiring filmmaker Adolfo Rollo! We al…
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Episode 88 – Whatever Happened to Vic Diaz? – Live By The Fist (1993)
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Convicted of a crime he didn't commit, John Merill (kickboxing champ Jerry Trimble) is sent to a brutal island prison run by the sadistic Warden Acosta (Vic Diaz!) in 1993's LIVE BY THE FIST, a straight up remake of 1991's BLOODFIST III! This one has George Takei, though! On this episode of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ? we took a close look at thi…
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Episode 87 – JodoWOWsky – Interview with Jodorowsky’s Dune director Frank Pavich
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On a very special episode of JodoWOWsky we're joined by JODOROWSKY'S DUNE director Frank Pavich for a freewheeling conversation covering his first meeting with Alejandro Jodorowsky, the development of the documentary, his influence on Jodorowsky's career over the past ten years, his future projects and so much more!…
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Episode 86 – JodoWOWsky Part 4 – Jodorowsky’s Dune (1974-1976)
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Following the worldwide success of El Topo and The Holy Mountain, Alejandro Jodorowsky connected with Michel Seydoux to pursue any project he wished. The answer? An adaptation of the beloved, expansive science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. What followed was an epic collaboration involving the director and a collection of legendary collaborators (…
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Episode 85 – Praising Kane – The World’s Greatest Lover (1977)
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On this episode of PRAISING KANE we're back in the silent era with Carol Kane, but this time in a broad Mel Brooks-ish comedy! Gene Wilder directed, wrote and starred in 1977's THE WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER, a silent-era chuckler about a baker (Wilder) who travels to Hollywood in order to become the next Rudolph Valentino, despite an unfortunate colle…
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Episode 84 – Forgotten Gems? – What Happened Was… (1994)
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On Forgotten Gems we look at festival favorites that have been cast aside or fallen out of favor. On this episode we're looking at the 1994 Sundance sensation WHAT HAPPENED WAS..., which won the Grand Jury Prize and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival. Directed, written and starring Tom Noonan it examines one painf…
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Episode 83 – Wild In The Streets – Almost Human (1974)
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We're getting Wild In The Streets with Umberto Lenzi's gleefully exploitative 1974 crime thriller ALMOST HUMAN (aka THE DEATH DEALER, aka Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare). Featuring a stand-out slimy performance from Tomas Milian, the film follows small-time scumbag Giulio Sacchi as he goes on a spree of murder and mayhem throughout Milan w…
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Episode 82 – Cinema Fantastica – Giallo (2009) & Macabre (2009)
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On this episode of Cinema Fantastic (a trip to the genre film festivals around the world) we're traveling to the 2009 London Frightfest in London, England to check out two ultra-violent heavy-hitters: Dario Argento's GIALLO and The Mo Brothers' MACABRE. The tenth anniversary of Frightfest, 2009 marked a big expansion in terms of the festival, which…
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Episode 81 – We Do Our Own Stunts – Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978)
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On a landmark episode of WE DO OUR STUNTS we continue our chronological look at the career of Jackie Chan with his first great movie: 1978's SNAKE & CRANE ARTS OF SHAOLIN! Directed by Chen Chi Hwa (who would later collaborate with Jackie on POLICE STORY), the film is about a marital arts student (played by Jackie) who is guarding "Eight Steps of th…
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Episode 80 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Just What the Doctor Ordered (2021)
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It's not only the return of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE (bad word) MAN, it's also the return of the STALKED BY MY DOCTOR SERIES with 2021's JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. A return to the heady days of the original STALKED films, this time we have Dr. Albert Beck hiding out in an abandoned house.. but not for long! We also talk at length about a newly launch…
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Episode 79 – You Don’t Know Dick – The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) (/w Scott Weinberg)
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On YOU DON'T KNOW DICK we look at the films and TV work of the beloved character actor Dick Miller! On this episode we're joined by writer, producer and podcaster Scott Weinberg to discuss the legendary Roger Corman cheapie horror-comedy THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS! We look at the history of the legendarily threadbare production, the various remakes…
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Episode 78 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Billy Bathgate (1991)
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What's Steve Buscemi up to in the 1991 star-studded gangster film bomb BILLY BATHGATE? Not much! Despite a big budget, an incredible cast (Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis and.. uh.. Loren Dean!) and Tom Stoppard handling the script, it's a lifeless and predictable slog. On this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? we try to work out w…
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Episode 77 – Forgotten Gems? – Maria Full of Grace (2004)
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On the latest episode of FORGOTTEN GEMS? we're traveling back to 2004 to check out Joshua Marston's much lauded (particularly for its lead performance by Catalina Sandino Moreno) drug smuggling drama MARIA FULL OF GRACE. But aside from that dynamite lead, does the film hold up to our older - and somehow even MORE cynical - eyes? And does it even ma…
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Episode 76 – Praising Kane – Valentino (1977)
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Ken Russell tackles the life of "the great lover" Rudolph Valentino in 1977's VALENTINO, an occasionally inspired bio-pic that fixates (and speculates) on the silent film star's much-discussed sexuality. On the latest episode of PRAISING KANE we're looking at the film, its stars, and whether or not it's Ken Russell-y enough to deserve rediscovery. …
