Taking a Look at Childhood Favorite Films to See If They Stand the Test of Time, Or If They're Past Their Prime
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Companion Podcast for the Nostalgia Trip YouTube Channel
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At Franchise Detours, we believe no movie series travels in a straight line. And through both standalone episodes or ongoing "mega-series," we aim -- one movie franchise at a time -- to explore the wild paths they tread through cinematic history.
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When you take couch conversations about movies and you turn it into a podcast, you get DISSECT THAT FILM. Hosts Brett, Dan and Angela take movies they love, hate and maybe have never seen and plot break them from beginning to end, and they each bring their own unique views on the movies brought to the table. Full of fun, humor and facts, DISSECT THAT FILM is the place to be. So bring your popcorn, your favorite drink and a comfy blanket and let’s get to slicing into the world of cinema.
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Three guys and a series of occasional guests, drinking and covering the important topics. With a microphone.
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What do the movies we love say about us? At Close Watch with Robert Yaniz Jr. -- formerly the Crooked Table Podcast -- that's what we do. Every episode, we're joined by a different guest to discuss their personal history with a current or classic release. And in doing so, we aim to get to know them through the movies they love.
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Join hosts Troy Benjamin and Jason Hardwick as they broadcast direct from the Nerd Cave for a little banter on the latest in pop and geek culture. Forget the news, you've already heard it all, Troy and Jason give you insight to living life as a geek, relationships, goings on, there will be no stone left unturned (in fact, they may end up talking about rocks from time to time to help put you to sleep).
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Punch! Punch! NostalgiaCast '70s Palooza continues with a kaiju-and-fun-filled discussion of GODZILLA VS. MEGALON, the man-in-monster-suit melee that Leonard Maltin famously called "A hoho from Toho." Dan and Angela of the Dissect That Film podcast join Jonny and Darin to gasp and guffaw at all the insane/inane choices and unapologetically repurpos…
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'Rocky II' (feat. Darin Lundberg of NostalgiaCast)
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Even decades after its release, 1976's Rocky stands as the ultimate cinematic underdog story. But following its critical acclaim, box office performance, and awards wins, it's only natural that everything involved — including star and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone — would explore what happened next in the lives of Rocky, Adrian, Paulie, Mickey, a…
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173: Ghostbusters 2 (1989) feat. Dustin of The Flicks and Friends Podcast
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5 years after the insane success of Ghostbusters, the gang all came back together for another go. With the success of the first film and the animated series, the direction the film had to go was very different then what we've seen before. Over the years it has been considered vastly inferior to the original and doesn't get much love. We look at the…
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'Rocky V' (feat. Pete of Middle Class Film Class)
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With Rocky IV taking the franchise to new commercial heights, the film represented, in some ways, the biggest victory yet for both writer/director/star Sylvester Stallone and his fictional counterpart. However, that success — which saw the scale of the franchise expand to international levels — might have set unfair expectations for the future. Ent…
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172: Friday the 13th (1980) feat. Dewey PodMonster
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Happy Friday the 13th! This week we are joined by John and Sean, the duo behind the podcast DEWEY PODMONSTER, as we look at the movie that started a now 44 year old franchise, FRIDAY THE 13TH. In the beginning, the hockey mask didn't exist, and Jason was only a name mentioned, but this film still resonates with horror fans everywhere with it's, at …
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'Rocky IV' (feat. Ryan Luis Rodriguez of One Track Mind)
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If Rocky III marks the promise of how the franchise could grow beyond the championship belt, then the next film arguably shows its limitations. With star Sylvester Stallone again serving as writer and director, Rocky IV sees the iconic cinematic hero facing his most devastating blow yet, sending him all the way to Russia to represent his country on…
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SCREAMING FOR SCREAMBOX: Creeping Death (2024)
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Do you need a new Halloween movie to check out this season? Well, have no fear! Check out CREEPING DEATH, from director Matt Sampere. The story of a Samhein demon wrecking havoc on Halloween night. Check it out on @ScreamboxTV September 10th.By Dissect that Film
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'Rocky III' (feat. writer Jeannette Miller)
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Rocky (and, by extension, Rocky II) tells one of the greatest underdog stories in cinema history. But with audiences clamoring for more of "The Italian Stallion," how could writer/director/star Sylvester Stallone build upon Rocky Balboa's story after he has achieved the ultimate goal of claiming the heavyweight championship? The answer lies in the …
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In June 1984, a film was released that would change the art of cinema forever. Incorporating comedy and horror aspects to the point people still to this day don't know how to classify it. GHOSTBUSTERS gave us an unforgettable team with the likes of Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis and Sigorney Weaver, and turned ou…
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Episode 108: DISNEY IN-BETWEEN (with Stephen Anderson)
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In a special episode of the 'Cast, director/writer/storyboard artist Stephen Anderson returns to discuss his must-own new book DISNEY IN-BETWEEN, a fascinating fly-on-the-wall retrospective of the 20-year stretch at Walt Disney Studios when artists and production heads struggled to find their feet in the wake of Walt's death. Stephen recounts his p…
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170: Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) feat. OfficialJoeyC
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The end of Mummy Month is among us, and we are sad to see it go, but its not quite over yet. @OfficialJoeyC joins us to dissect a classic Mummy movie, voted on by our wonderful patrons. This week we look at the 1955 classic, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY (1955), comedy at its true origins. A time where you'd take the funniest guys in Hollywood…
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'Rocky' (feat. Lauren Knight of That Movie Is Fine)
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Long before Franchise Detours began, the Rocky/Creed series was well on our radar. Following the Crooked Table Podcast's (now Close Watch) monthly coverage of the Star Wars and Harry Potter films, "The Italian Stallion" was eyed as the next long-running, beloved series to take the spotlight. Alas, plans changed, and we didn't enter the ring until n…
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169: The Mummy (2017) feat. Old Man Brad
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Once upon a time, The Dark Universe was supposed to be a thing. A universe that re-imagines the Universal Monsters in the 21st Century. Unfortunately, Universal gave Tom Cruise too much power, and we got THE MUMMY. Join us along with Brad Hargis, the man behind Old Man Brad, as we explore what truly went wrong with this potential start to a massive…
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'Deadpool & Wolverine' (feat. Chauncey Telese of LA Podfidential)
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Six years and one major studio acquisition later, Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool finally joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But after Deadpool seemingly shattered the superhero movie formula and Deadpool 2 doubled-down on the scale of the Merc with the Mouth's particular corner of the universe, where could "Deadpool 3" go to keep upping the ante? In a …
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168: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) feat. Darin Lundberg of NostalgiaCast & Back to Bluey
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Mummy Month continues as we hang out with Brendan Fraser once more, but in China, to fight another mummy and give us all the great one liners...right? Special guest Darin Lundberg ( NostalgiaCast and Back to Bluey) joins us to dissect the 3rd entry of another franchise and to help us figure out if this one works alongside the other 2 films in the s…
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Screaming For Screambox: We Are Zombies (2023)
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We're back looking at another Screambox Original with 2023's WE ARE ZOMBIES. A unique take on the zombie genre that will be sure to intrigue the zombie horror fan in us all. Directed by RKSS, the trio behind TURBO KID and SUMMER OF '84, this is another fun ride into a genre we thought couldn't give us something new and it did. Check it out on @Scre…
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167: The Mummy Returns (2001) feat. Sean O'Rourke of Movie Dumpster
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Stephen Sommers returns, ha get it, to give us a sequel to his highly successful film The Mummy with THE MUMMY RETURNS. Here's the thing, it's a sequel that's not well regarded and falls into the category of "movie mostly remembered for one thing". We are joined by Sean O'Rourke, one half of the amazing MovieDumpster , to help us dissect this mostl…
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You talkin' to me? No, NostalgiaCast is talking to you about Martin Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER, one of the most controversial films of the 1970s and still one of the most divisive films of its esteemed director's career. Listen as Jonny and Darin discuss the subjective camerawork and brutal violence that immerse you in New York City as hell on earth, p…
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166: The Mummy (1999) feat. Em of Verbal Diorama
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25 years ago a remake of a classic Universal monster movie was brought to life. Stephen Sommers took a monster movie that he loved and turned it on its head with state of the art special effects, memorable performances, a stellar Jerry Goldsmith score and a high flying adventure. 1999's THE MUMMY is a film that still shocks audiences to this day. O…
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Episode 106: WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)
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Grab your Gobstoppers and your Scrumdidilyumptious Bars as NostalgiaCast enters the seventh circle of hell with Gene Wilder and WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY! Film critic and friend of the show Phoenix Clouden joins Jonny and Darin for a discussion of the teeth-rotting horrors and Monty Python-esque satire that permeates this perennial chil…
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'Deadpool 2' (feat. Matthew Anderson of The Lone Screenplay Nominee Podcast)
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Despite its crass humor and ultraviolence, 2016's Deadpool professed itself to be a self-described "love story." Likewise, its even more over-the-top sequel fancies itself a "family film." With a budget roughly twice that of its predecessor, Ryan Reynolds' second turn in the iconic red suit was a similar box office hit, expanding the first film's t…
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Another month, another pick voted on by our wonderful patrons. This week we look at the early 2000's paranormal action movie, GHOST SHIP. This movie is ultimately remembered because of one scene, and pretty much one scene only. But, with this episode, we hope to change your mind and explore it more, with us alongside. Ghosts, explosions, gold bars,…
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'Deadpool' (feat. Jeff Johnson and Kev Smith of Suns and Shadows)
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Deadpool. That sounds like a f**king franchise. Right? After the character's big-screen debut (kinda) in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it sure didn't seem that way. Ryan Reynolds' take on Marvel Comics' fourth wall-breaking quasi-superhero Wade Wilson aka Deadpool seemed like it had its one shot. Then some leaked footage later, the Merc with the…
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164: Ponyo (2008) feat. Paul of The Flicks and Friends Podcast
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It's time to finally hop into the world of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli with 2008's PONYO. We found no better person to join us on this adventure than Paul from the Flicks and Friends Podcast. From the beautiful animation, music and story, PONYO really brings a lot of heart and soul to the screen and leaves you thinking about it long after its over. …
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'Freddy vs. Jason' (feat. Clare Brunton of W-Rated)
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After eight films (including the meta-horror of Wes Craven's New Nightmare) and nearly 20 decades, Robert Englund wore the razor glove for the final time. But in keeping with the history of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Krueger's curtain call wasn't what anyone expected it would be. Clare Brunton of W-Rated helps us close down this mega-series …
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Episode 105: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975)
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It's killer rabbits and k-nig-hts and coconuts as NostalgiaCast journeys back to medieval times for what is arguably the most quotable movie of all time, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. Jonny and Darin try to keep their hysterics in check as they recount their favorite lines and sketches from the film, as well as the history of Monty Python and ho…
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163: Deep Blue Sea (1999) feat. Cinema Trip Reviews
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25 years ago, a story about genetically altered sharks came to the big screen and became a movie that most people would consider the second best shark movie behind Jaws. With some brilliant practical effects and vfx that may not have aged overly well, it revolutionized a new chapter in the long running sharkploitation genre. Special guest Wyatt fro…
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Join us as we talk about the 1997 remake of Maximum Overdrive, TRUCKS. Along with that we did it all LIVE! Hot sauce, a bad movie and a look forward to what's coming up next on the show. LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE and HIT THE BELL GO TO OUR LINKTREE FOR ALL OF OUR LINKS https://linktr.ee/dissectthatfilm FOLLOW THE HOST Twitter: https://twitter.com/pa…
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'Wes Craven's New Nightmare' (feat. film professor/author Ryan L. Terry)
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Given its title, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare seemingly plunged the final nail into the coffin of Robert Englund's infamous horror villain. And yet, it was ultimately Wes Craven — writer-director of the original A Nightmare on Elm Street — who gave Freddy Krueger a new lease on life. Film professor and author Ryan L. Terry joins Franchise Det…
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In 1975 with the release of JAWS, Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis decided he wanted to make a film that would rival Spielberg's masterpiece, and with the help of director Michael Anderson and actor Richard Harris, they would release ORCA. A movie about the one animal who can defeat Bruce himself. With great use of live footage and practical eff…
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'Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare' (feat. Kev Smith of Suns and Shadows-Cast)
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In hindsight, it makes sense the diminishing returns of A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child might signal Freddy Krueger should quit while he was (at least relatively) ahead. So two years later, longtime creative collaborator Rachel Talalay took the director's chair for the "final" entry. Kev Smith of Suns and Shadows-Cast joins us to discu…
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Episode 104: DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)
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Shout "Attica! Attica!" as the latest episode of NostalgiaCast '70s Palooza is taken captive by DOG DAY AFTERNOON, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino and John Cazale. Film critic Tom O'Keefe of the Reel Spoilers podcast joins Jonny and Darin to discuss the claustrophobic direction, progressive(?) storytelling, and magical eye acting of…
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All the way back in 1969, Sir Michael Caine lit up the screen doing heists in awesome mini coopers. In 2003, director F. Gary Gray (Friday) took the helm of a proposed remake that would take what the original did, but bring it into the 21st century. With hard hitting actors such as Mark Wahlberg, Chalize Theron, Jason Statham, Edward Norton, and th…
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'A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child' (feat. David Rosen of Piecing It Together)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master introduced fans to a brand-new final girl in Lisa Wilcox's Alice Johnson. So all its sequel had to do is build on that character and her story to keep that momentum going. But does A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child deliver a winner? David Rosen of Piecing It Together joins us to discuss how t…
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