Episode 338: The Swimmer (1968)
The 1968 film by Frank and Eleanor Perry, The Swimmer (based on the John Cheever short story of the same name), stars Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, a Connecticut executive who decides to head back ho...
29 Aug 20174h 45min
Episode 337: Intacto (2001)
We're up all night to get lucky as we discuss the 2001 film from director and co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Intacto which stars Leonardo Sbaraglia as Tomás, a man who survives a plane crash and w...
22 Aug 20171h 55min
Special Report: Michael Lucker on Crash! Boom! Bang!
On this special episode, Mike talks with writer Michael Lucker about his career in Hollywood (including co-writing the screenplay for A Vampire in Brooklyn) as well as his recent book, CRASH! BOOM! BA...
21 Aug 201733min
Special Report: Albert Pyun on Interstellar Civil War (2017)
On this special episode, Mike talks with writer/director Albert Pyun about his latest film, the sci-fi epic Interstellar Civil War: Shadows of the Empire (2017). They also discuss Pyun's dementia and ...
18 Aug 201727min
Episode 336: THX-1138 (1971)
The first feature film from director George Lucas, THX-1138 (1971) features a world in which love is outlawed and mind-altering drugs are mandatory. The film stars Robert Duvall as the titular THX-113...
16 Aug 20174h 2min
Episode 335: The Bellboy (1960)
The 1960 directorial debut from Jerry Lewis, The Bellboy, also stars Lewis in the titular role. He's Stanley, a put upon hotel worker at the Fountainbleu hotel in Miami. The film doesn’t necessarily h...
9 Aug 20172h 8min
Episode 334: La Marge (1976)
Also known as The Streetwalker, The Margin, and sometimes even as Emmanuel 77, La Marge film stars Joe Dallesandro as Sigismond, a loving husband who leaves his wife and child to head to Paris. While ...
2 Aug 20174h 1min
Episode 333: Akira (1988)
Based on his manga of the same name, and released two years before the end of the comic series, Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira (1988) tells the tale of Kaneda -- a teenage punk in a motorcycle gang -- and Ke...
25 Juli 20172h 45min
