Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast
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Now Playing - The Movie Review PodcastAug 27, 2024
The Green Inferno
My Body, Main Course
Will it be another cannibal holocaust for tweeting college activists after their 2015 plane ride crashes into the very same Green Inferno that Ruggero Deodato documented in his notorious 1980 found footage shocker? Director Eli Roth (Thanksgiving) certainly isn’t letting these social justice warriors off any hooks or impaling sharp objects as they attempt to live-stream a stand-off between an oil company destroying the rainforest and a local tribe of headhunters. Find out if Final Girl Lorenza Izzo, and the Now Playing hosts, can withstand the abuse now.
Cannibal Holocaust
No Animals Weren’t Harmed In The Making Of This Movie
Four documentary filmmakers disappear into the “green inferno” of the Amazon rainforest and end up the main dish in a Cannibal Holocaust. But will the recovered footage of their final moments in the jungle actually prove that modern-day Americans are the real savages? And why is porn star Robert Kerman the only one arguing that snuff films shouldn’t air on prime-time television? Find out if Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob taste like chickens as they dish on Italian splatter director Ruggero Deodato’s notorious 1980 found footage landmark Listen Now!
Serenity (2005)
A River Runs To It
Joss Whedon relaunched his canceled TV show Firefly as the shiny 2005 feature Serenity, and one Now Playing Patron has given Arnie, Stuart, and Brock the mission of covering it. Can Browncoat Nathan Fillion (Castle), psychic Summer Glau (Sarah Connor Chronicles), and a band of intergalactic outlaws beat Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave) to a secret that could bring down the oppressive Alliance? And why didn’t this quirky space western find the same audience on the big screen as fellow cult series Star Trek? August Patrons find out now!
Borderlands
Custodians of the Galaxy
Cate Blanchett steps away from her Oscar bait prestige pictures to go vault hunting with fellow Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis in a s***hole adaptation of Borderlands. Is Barbie tyke Ariana Greenblatt the key to opening up this blockbuster video game franchise to mass movie audiences accustomed to a less filthy Pandora planet? And will funnyman Kevin Hart get short with Jack Black’s wise-cracking robot for stealing all the one-liners? Listen Now to learn if Thanksgiving director Eli Roth has a prayer of making a sequel to this costly Arcade effort.
Knuckles
Echidna not, we’re back in the Now Playing Arcade
Those schmucks Stuart, Justin, and Arnie tried taking an extended break from video game movies but are finally ready to knuckle down and review the hit Sonic The Hedgehog miniseries that broke Paramount Plus streaming records in 2024. Can Idris Elba punch his way into the hardened hearts of the hosts as he trains klutzy deputy Adam Paley to crush the competition at a Reno bowling tournament? Or does the spin-off screech to a halt without movie stars Jim Carey and James Marsden in the picture? Enjoy a Knuckles sandwich when you Listen Now!
The Man from Earth
The Passion of the Crood
August Patrons get a history lesson in forgotten sci-fi movies as Brock, Arnie, and Stuart dig up The Man From Earth - the final screen effort from acclaimed Twilight Zone and Star Trek scribe Jerome Bixby. What happens when seven academics confront a retiring professor who claims to have received his education in anthropology by living through the last 14,000 years of human existence? Could this collegiate cro-magnon possibly have accomplished more in his time than horror icon Tony Todd and Greatest American Hero William Katt? Become a Patron and find out.
Deadpool and Wolverine
At last, we get the live-action remake of Fox and the Hound.
Ryan Reynolds makes a big gambit to save the MCU from the Phase Four doldrums by reviving Hugh Jackman and the rest of 20th Century Fox’s stable of discarded superheroes for a 2024 blowout. But will Disney prune Deadpool & Wolverine from the sacred timeline once the vulgar assassin and his cranky man crush start letting blood and R-rated words fly? Maybe audiences are okay with Professor X’s twin sister Emma Corrin (The Crown) wiping out everything that’s happened since Endgame? Skate uphill with MFs Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie to find out now!
Dog Day Afternoon
He Made Them An Offer They Actually COULD Refuse.
Al Pacino walks into a Brooklyn bank one Dog Day Afternoon and leaves a folk hero to a city furious at belittling authority figures. But can this clumsy criminal cash in on the celebrity of his TV news appearances and finance a “happily ever after” ending for both his wives? And what will cop Charles Durning (Tootsie) and G-man Lance Henriksen (Aliens) do if henchman John Cazale (Godfather 2) makes good on his promise to start tossing out bodies? Learn if Sidney Lumet’s 1975 drama is all bark and no bite when you become a July Now Playing Patron.
Twisters
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatheads
Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) might shoot fireworks into tornadoes for free on YouTube, but Universal Pictures insists that storm chasers return to the big screen to enjoy the 2024 sequel Twisters. Does sensitive scientist Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where The Crawdads Sing) have the solution to taming these lethal cyclones? Or are her sidekicks Anthony “Hamilton” Ramos and David “Superman” Cornenswet actually profiting from Oklahoma small towns being hit by natural disasters? Listen Now as the hosts put their spin on this second installment!
Twister
Funnel of Love
Bill Paxton (Aliens) and Helen Hunt (TV’s Mad About You) rekindle their whirlwind romance as they tail tornadoes across Oklahoma in the 1996 blockbuster Twister. Will rival storm chaser Cary Elwes (Princess Bride) rain on their parade by being the first to test new technology that sees inside a cyclone? And does this unlikely marriage between Speed director Jan de Bont, Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, and producer Steven Spielberg still hold water 28 years later? Find out if Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie consider this an F5 disaster when you Listen Now!
Speed 2: Cruise Control
My Heart Will Go On (but my franchise won’t)
Sandra Bullock does her best to keep a Caribbean vacation liner afloat after leech-covered psycho Willem Dafoe wires her boat to Speed 2 collision with an oil tanker in this infamous 1997 sequel. Does director Jan De Bont jump a shark trying to engage Cruise Control and sail this doomed voyage into familiar commercial waters? And did the mega-expensive production hit the metaphorical ice
Speed
Uneasy Riders
Keanu Reeves has to keep the Speed of a Los Angeles city bus above 50 mph, or he’ll set off another bomb planted by madman Dennis Hopper in the surprise blockbuster of Summer 1994. Should passenger Sandra Bullock be trusted to take the wheel and avoid all the oncoming gridlock and freeway construction when she can’t keep her eyes off her hunky co-star? And how did this modestly budgeted action flick become cinematographer Jan De Bont’s ticket to a big-time Hollywood directing career? You pay no fare to hear the answers to this pop quiz now.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Treasure of the Severest Padre
Director Sam Peckinpah (Straw Dogs) makes the most unusual baby shower request in cinema history with his gritty 1974 revenge flick Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia. Can retired GI Warren Oates (Wild Bunch) beat the toughest bounty hunters in Mexico to the secret location of a lothario who ran out on a crime boss’ pregnant daughter? And will that decapitation reward money buy this downtrodden American a better life, or just get blown on more booze and bordellos? Stuart, Arnie, and Jakob bring you the ugly truth when you become a June Patron.
Storm of the Century
The Cane Mutiny
Stephen King turned ABC-TV into the Weather Channel with his three-night prime-time event: Storm of the Century. But record snowfall and gale-force winds are just a tempest in a teapot compared to the destruction caused by Colm Feore (Thor) upon arrival on a quaint Maine island. Can Tim Daly stop the future Frost Giant from terrorizing his community with more success than Wings co-star Steven Weber, who played Jack Torrence in the network’s previous King miniseries The Shining? Listen Now as Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart give you what you want!
X - A Podcast Preview
Deep Throat Slashes
Mia Goth has got that X factor that Now Playing Podcast likes in a Scream Queen, so our Summer 2024 Platinum Donation Drive features the horror trilogy she made with director Ti West (House of the Devil). What happens when our aspiring star tries to shoot an amateur porno at a Texas farm without the Bible-thumping landowners finding out? Is dotty old Pearl (also played by Goth) oblivious to the hanky panky going on in her barn, or just waiting for the right moment to step into the spotlight and make things juicy? Donate Now to get the uncensored podcast today.
Bag of Bones
A Tree Grows On Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan retires from James Bond duties to write books for Stephen King in the 2011 cable miniseries Bag of Bones. But is the ghost haunting his New England cottage his recently killed wife (Haunting of Hill House’s Annabeth Gish), or a blues singer (Dreamgirls’ Anika Noni Rose) still cursing locals for wrongs received back in the 1930s? And does Mick Garris (The Stand) have anything in his bag of directing tricks to help this quiet story of grief and writer’s block take root as a TV ratings event? Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart spell it out for you now!
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
The Four Horsemen of the CAW-pocalypse
It’s Judgement Day once again for Edward Furlong after he and his Native girlfriend are sacrificed in a black magic ritual meant to summon Lucifer to a fractured desert community. Will a fourth Crow answer the T2 star’s Wicked Prayer to return from the dead and stop occultists David Boreanaz (Angel) and Tara Reid (American Pie) from birthing the Antichrist? And is new director Lance Mungia a total birdbrain for plucking the black feathers off this Goth franchise so that it now resembles a hipster Spaghetti Western? Find out when you Donate for Silver Level!
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
He’s the DJ, I’m the Slapper
Oscar viewers might’ve turned on Will Smith, but Martin Lawrence is still Ride Or Die for 2022’s Best Actor winner as the long-time co-stars head into a fourth Bad Boys adventure together. Can the Miami cops clear the name of dearly departed captain Joe Pantoliano (Matrix) after he’s linked to drug cartel money? And is this duo ready for retirement now that eternal playboy Mike Lowery has found a wife and Marcus Burnett keeps having heart palpitations over his snack food diet? Use the password SKITTLES89 to download this podcast and Find Out Now!
The Crow: Salvation
Birdman of Alcatraz
Eric Mabius (Resident Evil) gets the electric chair after he’s wrongfully convicted of killing his girlfriend, but Salvation comes when a third magic Crow brings him back to life. Can the Goth crusader find the Scarred Arm Man responsible for the crime amongst a den of corrupt cops and businessmen, including Fred Ward (Right Stuff), Walton Goggins (Fallout), and William Atherton (Die Hard)? And will Spider-Man cutie Kirsten Dunst shed her Mary Jane image to get dirty and help this undead antihero? Find out when you answer the caw to become a Silver Level Donor!
Argylle
The Scribe Who Loved Me
Henry Cavill may never get to be 007, but he’s tailor-made for a stylish 2024 Kingsman spin-off from Matthew Vaughn. Is his literary superspy Argylle a stunningly accurate predictor of real-life geo-political events, or merely the invention of lovelorn novelist Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World)? And what happens when man-in-chair Sam Rockwell lets the cat out of the bag and exposes Sam Jackson, Bryan Cranston, and Catherine O’Hara to be part of a network of powerful secret agents? Find out if Manners Maketh the Manuscript when you Listen Now!
The Crow: City of Angels
I Wanna Be Your Bird Dog
A second Crow with magic powers circles the City of Angels after vicious gang members - including rocker Iggy Pop, future Punisher Thomas Jane, and Yellow Ranger Thuy Trang - pitch a father and son off a pier. Can French star Vincent Perez live up to the legend of Brandon Lee as he returns from the ocean floor to inflict pain on his tormentors? And is love in the air this Day of the Dead now that Eric Draven’s favorite skater girl has grown into sexy tattoo artist Mia Kirshner? Hear Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart use their death coils when you Donate for Silver Level.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
We Don’t Need Another Hardy
Director George Miller crafts the fifth installment of his Mad Max Saga into an origin story for one-armed trucker Furiosa. Anya Taylor-Joy (Queen’s Gambit) takes the wheel from Charlize Theron to guide audiences from her green homeworld of Many Mothers to the sandy turf wars between Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme) and new baddie Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). But is it wise for the 79-year-old creator to travel down his Fury Road without series icon Tom Hardy in the driver’s seat? Witness Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie make it epic with another podcast review.
The Crow (1994) - A Podcast Preview
Bye Bye Birdie
Brandon Lee returns from the grave through the power of The Crow to bring vengeance upon the Detroit punks who ruined his Halloween wedding. But can director Alex Proyas (Dark City) deliver a gritty comic book vision on par with Tim Burton’s Batman after an on-set tragedy prevented his star from completing this 1994 action flick? And how much help does the undead vigilante receive from ghostbuster Ernie Hudson, skater girl Rochelle Davis, and alt-rockers Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, and The Cure? Donate for Silver Level to find out now!
The Crow (1994)
Bye Bye Birdie
Brandon Lee returns from the grave through the power of The Crow to bring vengeance upon the Detroit punks who ruined his Halloween wedding. But can director Alex Proyas (Dark City) deliver a gritty comic book vision on par with Tim Burton’s Batman after an on-set tragedy prevented his star from completing this 1994 action flick? And how much help does the undead vigilante receive from ghostbuster Ernie Hudson, skater girl Rochelle Davis, and alt-rockers Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, and The Cure? Donate for Silver Level to find out now!
Echo
Killers Of the Woodpecking Loon
Alaqua Cox leaves New York City to reinvent herself as a Native American superhero, but that won’t stop her bad deeds in Hawkeye from coming back on her like an Echo. Can Maya Lopez restore honor to her Choctaw ancestors by baiting her abusive surrogate father, Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), into a rematch on Oklahoma home soil? And does the deaf character’s preference to let action speak louder than words translate into the bloodiest Disney+ effort yet? Hear what Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart think about this 2024 MCU miniseries when you Listen Now
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
The End of the Road
Danny Glover might be too old for Lethal Weapon, but he’s still hip enough to monetize Death Race 4, a new generation turning to the Dark Web for pay-per-view entertainment. But should gambler Danny Trejo bet on longshot action star Zach McGowan (Agents of SHIELD) to outmaneuver champion driver Frankenstein on this new prison roadway? And does Beyond Anarchy go beyond the craziness of Roger Corman’s original movie by giving grotesques like Matilda the Hun and Nazi Bastard a shot at the crown? 100 points to the first to Listen Now!
Charade
My Scared Lady
Audrey Hepburn sees through a Charade of deception concocted by criminals and spies as she travels around Paris looking for her husband’s killer. Does Cary Grant (North By Northwest) struggle to explain his part in the conspiracy because he’s one of the bad guys, or just gets tongue-tied around a Hollywood glamor girl? And could this Oscar winner be happy in an odd coupling with the future Oscar Madison, Walter Matthau? Find out if the hosts give Stanley Donen’s 1963 romantic thriller their stamp of approval when you become a May Patron.
Death Race: Inferno
Ford Vs Kalahari
Convict Luke Goss hits a speed bump on his road to freedom after Death Race 3 relocates the masked driver and his pit crew to a perilous African penitentiary. Can mechanic Danny Trejo pimp Frankenstein’s Mustang so that it withstands the sweltering Inferno of the desert, makes it through sandy terrain and hostile shantytowns, and beats ten other well-armed vehicles to the finish line? And what are the odds that CEO Ving Rhames will steal back this ratings juggernaut from devious corporate raider Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II)? Listen and find out now!
Death Race 2
The Gangrene Mile
Long before Jason Statham strapped on a metal mask and drove a monstrous Mustang around a penitentiary track, bank robber Luke Goss (Hellboy 2) got fans of reality TV bloodsport revving their engines in the 2011 prequel Death Race 2. But do CEO Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) and femme fatale producer Lauren Cohen (Walking Dead) have enough money in their streaming budget to turn shank fights in the prison yard into epic demolition derby carnage? Find out if Danny Trejo and Sean Bean give this franchise a satisfying tune-up when you Listen Now!
Book Review: Chapterhouse: Dune
It’s the end of the World as we know it…
… but host Stuart feels fine about wrapping up his six-podcast exploration of Frank Herbert’s epic science fiction saga with a look at the final novel, Chapterhouse Dune. Is the Bene Gesserit homeworld the perfect place to restart a worm farm after the wicked Honored Matres destroyed the original Arrakis deserts? Find out if the beef between the two most powerful Sisterhoods in the universe can be squashed when you Listen to the latest Now Playing Book Review.
Death Race
The Ride of Frankenstein
Jason Statham and Tyrese hone their Fast & Furious driving skills as director Paul WS Anderson (Resident Evil) reinstates Roger Corman’s campy bloodsport Death Race as a grim 2008 prison flick. Can a pit crew run by Ian McShane (Deadwood) help a wrongly convicted auto racer stay alive for all three days of the obstacle course, and get revenge on the villain actually responsible for killing Statham’s wife? And what did Oscar darling Joan Allen ever do to wind up in movie jail playing the evil warden? The race for answers starts now!
Death Race 2050
Make America Race Again
Roger Corman re-stages his cinematic Death Race a half-century after ruling the drive-ins of the 1970s. But can new Frankenstein Manu Bennett (The Hobbit) keep pace with his 2050 competition, which includes a pugilistic pop star, a religious zealot from Texas, a genetically altered himbo, and an AI-powered driverless car? And does the fascism of Chairman Malcolm McDowell (Clockwork Orange) resemble the politics of anyone we know in 2017? Strap on your VR helmet and join fast-talking hosts Jakob, Stuart, and Brock to find out now!
Death Race 2000
Road Kill Bill
David Carradine risks life and limb to become the most celebrated driver of Death Race 2000. But does this automotive Frankenstein actually score more points with peace-loving rebels once he starts mowing down the folks responsible for this freeway carnage and avoids hitting women and children crossing the post-apocalyptic streets? And how much mileage do Sylvester Stallone (a year before Rocky) and Martin Kove (Karate Kid) add to their careers by taking Roger Corman’s armored go-karts into theaters four years before Mad Max? Find Out Now!
Your Name
When you wish upon a star… makes a BIG difference where you are
One of Japan’s highest-grossing animated films has come crashing down on Brock, Jakob, and Stuart. Let Now Playing add Your Name to the list of April Patrons getting to hear their podcast review of Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 genre-bending classic. What happens when a teenage girl living in a doomed village magically swaps bodies with an adolescent boy studying in fast-paced Tokyo? Can the pair be expected to work together and prevent a cataclysmic astrological event if they’re barely able to find their way to school or manipulate their new genitalia? Listen Now!
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
How many licked Titans does it take to get to the center of Hollow Earth?
Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3) and her Monarch scientists know it’s a bad idea to bring together Godzilla x Kong after their 2021 showdown. But somebody has got to stop a giant ape named Skar King and his captive ice dragon, Shimo, from creating a New Empire that freezes out humanity. Can Titan veterinarian Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), paranoid podcaster Brian Tyree Henry (Eternals), and Skull Island survivor Kaylee Hottle improve our odds? Find out as Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart return to the MonsterVerse. Listen Now!
Book Review: Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
The Comeback of the Original Spice Girls
Stuart is back airing his blasphemous opinions about Frank Herbert’s Dune-verse with a podcast review of fifth installment Heretics of Dune, Things have gotten Scattered in the time since the wormy God Emperor left the throne. Find out how a new generation of Bene Gesserit and Atreides descendants are faring on the rebranded desert planet. Listen Now!
Dune: Part Two
Call Me By Your Mouse
Emperor Christopher Walken and Harkonnen hardasses Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Austin Butler (Elvis) are ready to turn the page on House Atreides as Part 2 of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation gets underway. Can vengeful Timothee Chalamet worm his way into the heart of cynical Zendaya, and convince the indigenous people of Arrakis to follow their messiah into an interplanetary war? And why does Josh Brolin always seem to have his hand on a weapon of mass destruction? Find Out when you Listen Now to this epic podcast!
Drive
Everything Ken wasn’t allowed to do in the pink Corvette
Ryan Gosling (Barbie) finds the Drive to become a real human being and a real hero when the loner mechanic takes a wheelman job to save struggling mother Carey Mulligan (Great Gatsby). Did the Hollywood stunt racer pick up any tricks on set that can abet Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight) and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) as they pull “one last heist” for Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Albert Brooks (Finding Nemo)? Find out if Brock, Stuart, and Jakob share director Nicolas Winding Refn’s fetish for synth-pop and satin jackets by becoming a March Now Playing Patron.
Popeye Doyle
NYPD Blue Balls
Eight months before starring as Al Bundy on Married… With Children, Ed O’Neill tried to keep pace with Gene Hackman in a TV spin-off of French Connection. Did NBC execs cancel this potential 1986 series because gruff narcotics detective Popeye Doyle was still murdering folks and violating civil liberties like it’s 1971? Or is the bigger problem that a future sitcom shoe salesman would rather sit on his ass watching sex tapes of Audrey Landers (Dallas) than chase down crooks? Find out if this failed pilot solves the Middle East crisis when you Listen Now!
The Driver
Love Means Never Having To Say “Slow Down, Dammit”
Stuart, Jakob, and Brock take a ride with 70s sex symbol Ryan O’Neal (Love Story) for a podcast review of his underrated crime caper, The Driver. Before hitting the big time with gritty action flicks 48 HRS and The Warriors, Walter Hill directed this stylish game of cat-and-mouse between a stoic wheelman and tenacious cop, Bruce Dern (Silent Running). Can this slick antihero get away with the money and French babe Isabelle Adjani (Nosferatu) without firing a gun? Find out when you put down the sports page, and become a March Now Playing Patron.
French Connection II
He’s strong til the finish, cause he eats his spinach (and stopped shooting heroin), he’s Popeye the Jailer Man!
Gene Hackman crosses the pond to catch The Frog that avoided capture during a big time U.S. drug bust in the 1975 sequel French Connection II. But will it be any easier to find Fernando Rey on his home turf when the New York cop doesn’t speak the language and Marseilles police don’t condone his brutal investigative methods? And can fill-in director John Frankenheimer (Manchurian Candidate) replicate the adrenalized rush of the original car chases when so many characters are strung out on smack? You’ll know the score when you Listen Now!
The French Connection
Sadly, not the same Frog who hooked you up with a Rainbow Connection
Director William Friedkin (The Exorcist) pioneers ‘70s buddy cop formula with his five-time Oscar-winning breakout film The French Connection. Has all that foot-picking in Poughkeepsie prepared crass New York City cops Gene Hackman (Superman) and Roy Scheider (Jaws) for the amount of legwork required to catch heroin smuggler Fernando Rey? And are the filmmakers the biggest criminals of all with their blatant disregard for bystander safety and traffic laws while shooting a legendary high-speed car chase? Listen and Find Out!
Book Review: God Emperor of Dune
The sleeper has awakened.
Stuart invites readers and sci-fi fans to follow him inside the wormhole once more as he renews his mission to cover Frank Herbert’s entire Dune literary saga. Find out what happens to Paul Atreides and his family after the movies stop, and son Leto II is proclaimed God Emperor of Dune in the pages of a mind-expanding fourth novel. Things get spicy when you Listen Now!
Loki: Season 2
Closing Time
Tom Hiddleston keeps on slippin’ slippin’ into the future (as well as 19th Century Chicago) in the concluding season of his Disney+ series Loki. Can Oscar winner Ke Huy Quon stop the Norse God from glitching everywhere all at once by making dramatic repairs to the space loom that weaves time together? And will Jonathan Majors remain an ongoing MCU presence after being convicted of offscreen villainy, or must Owen Wilson and the TVA Minutemen purge the actor from official Marvel canon? Don’t waste a second looking for the answers. Just listen now!
Madame Web
Insects & The City
Dakota Johnson is clairvoyant EMT Madame Web, the only one who sees a future for marginal Spider-Man characters starring in their own Sony features. Can the fashionista paramedic protect a trio of teenage girls, including Sydney Sweeney (White Lotus), from toxic “ceiling guy” Tahar Rahim? And does the presence of Adam Scott (Severance) in this ambulance mean the actress is less than 50 Shades from Aunt May? Find out if Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart will perform the compressions to bring this DOA superhero flick back to life when you Listen Now!
Disturbia
The Kingdom of the Club Girl Skulls
While under house arrest, Shia LaBeouf looks out Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and finds more than meets the eye to David Morse (Green Mile) in the 2007 thriller Disturbia. But can the Transformers star find the physical proof that women are going missing next door if his ankle bracelet always rats out his location to Detective Viola Davis? And is mom Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) or sexy new neighbor Sarah Roemer the next to vanish? Find out what capital improvements have been made in the half-century since Hitch’s original. Listen Now!
Body Double
DePalma Does Hollywood
Director Brian DePalma (Carrie) reopens Rear Window 30 years later to give struggling actor Craig Wasson (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3) a peek at murder in the Hollywood Hills. Is the beautiful woman on the other end of his telescope the victim of a Peeping Tom killer wielding an oversized drill? Or is working girl Melanie Griffith playing a cruel prank on a man who likes to watch rather than take action? Find out if Alfred Hitchcock is spinning in his grave over the way his classy 1954 story of voyeurism has been turned into a sordid 1984 softcore flick when you Listen Now!
Body of Evidence
Unlike A Virgin
Madonna refutes the large Body of Evidence that she’s box office poison by taking the stand in a steamy 1993 legal thriller. Can she justify her love for S&M that leaves aged suitors dead, or will district attorney Joe Mantegna convince the jury her lady parts are lethal weapons? And is letting The Material Girl douse his privates in candle wax the best way defense lawyer Willem Dafoe can prove his client’s innocence (or stay married to Julianne Moore)? Be a witness for the prosecution of this notorious softcore campfest by becoming a February Patron.
Rear Window (1954)
The Dog Who Knew Too Much
Photojournalist Jimmy Stewart breaks his leg in the line of duty and winds up stuck at the Rear Window of his Greenwich Village apartment, suspecting a neighbor of murder. But did his camera lens actually capture Perry Mason star Raymond Burr in the act of chopping up his wife? Or is the injured Peeping Tom merely projecting his marital anxieties about Grace Kelly onto another unhappy household? Join Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie as they stare deeply into Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 tale of voyeurism and trace its ongoing influence on cinema. Listen Now!
Ghost of Frankenstein
Trading Places
Boris Karloff’s Universal Monster was thought dead but emerges from a scorching sulfuric bath looking like Lon Chaney Jr in the 1942 sequel Ghost of Frankenstein. Should this reanimated giant leave his besieged castle to hook up with a distantly related brain surgeon capable of ending his homicidal impulses? And would the creature be better swapping his criminal brain with the cranium of the kindly doctor he killed, the little girl he kidnapped, or the abnormal bean of devious Bela Lugosi? Find out if this fourth Frankenstein chapter is a gas. Listen Now!