Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 222 This week we head to Cincinnati HorrorHound as we check in with one of our own favorite podcasts... Night of the Living Podcast. Then we sit down for one of the most awesome interviews in the history of the show... as we talk to Dee Snider and Adam Green!  Dee you may know from a lifetime of being a kick-ass rock star. But he's also a huge horror fan who has crossed over as an actor, writer and producer. Similarly Adam Green is know best as the director of the popular movies "Hatchet", "Frozen" and "Hatchet 2". But Adam is also a writer, actor and now the creator of the TV series "Holliston" - where he co-stars with the likes of Joe Lynch, Laura Ortiz, Corri English, Oderus from GWAR and Dee Snider himself!! An unusual cast of characters that come together to make a TV show, specifically geared for movie geeks! And as we ask the question, You want Oderus - on a sitcom??, we also talk about...  Love It Down Your Throat, going to the 70th anniversary of Stalingrad - for your birthda

Movie Meltdown - Episode 221 This week we welcome one of our favorite people back to the show. You may know Doug Jones as the Silver Surfer, or as Abe Sapien, or from Pan's Labyrinth, or from his many other numerous roles - but this week, you'll just know him as special guest co-host of "Movie Meltdown". And after catching up with Doug, we delve into this week's movie... David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook". As it turns out, Doug worked with David O. Russell in the past, and we find out if that set was subject to O. Russell's notorious directing style.  Plus as we learn the truth behind Doug's scandalous internet sex experience, we also discuss... Holy Motors, The Landlord, fancy lads and lasses, Alan Menken, Barry Bostwick, arguing with George Clooney, Harold and Maude, Jennifer Lawrence, The Watch, Dash Mihok, Fallout: Nuka Break, the dance-off, the webernet, Three Kings, getting nominated opposite Daniel Day-Lewis, I don't have a filter, tripping Mark Wahlberg, we all have issues, Hal Ashby, The Ne

Movie Meltdown - Episode 220 This week we discuss the 2013 German film "The Silence", directed by Baran bo Odar. And while we imagine being in a bed surrounded by cakes, we also mention... Act of Violence, the new Soderbergh film, math is fiction, My Life as a Dog, Lost Highway, I felt so bad for Jessica Chastain, Nabokov, it had a plot, David Lynch, I jumped several times, Jorge Luis Borges, vices could be kept... like a house plant, you've written five better movies, a dinner in Versailles, Jeff Daniels, a drunk bear, househunting in Germany, not good at math, Blood Simple, Gérard Depardieu, a Lon Chaney pedophile, Dreamland Theater, Steve Martin, fastidious, The Shining, Clue, Side Effects, Roger Ebert, cinematography, George W. Bush and the Queen of England, gratuitous full-frontal male nudity, Rooney Mara, The Guillermo Del Toro Theory, a replicated crime scene, in a bathtub with ice cream lined up around the sides, a memoir, it suggests a much better movie then it is, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ma

Movie Meltdown - Episode 219 We're back! And who needs to watch the Oscars when you can watch a touching Oscar-caliber film... like "Hooper". The "Oscar Meltdown" insanity rages on as we discuss this week's movie, as well as have flashbacks from the Oscar coverage earlier in the evening. Plus we continue with the "Meltdown Awards" as we discuss votes that you, the listeners, contributed to our annual presentation of "The Foilers".  And as we ask: what movie is so bad it makes you cancel the Netflix account? We also meander into the topics of... he was from Latvia, a pioneer of action comedy, furrows in his brow, Myra Breckinridge, Airwolf, Robert Klein, painting yourself into a corner with your script, The Duke and the Dauphin, my right hand... stabbing my left hand, Gore Vidal, Skyfall, peanut allergies, Sally Field, Ricky Jay, an earthquake machine, The Fall Guy, making you work for the nudity, Life of Pi, Superman in a Batman costume, the Lifetime achievement award... for hotness, my Grad school teacher, r

Movie Meltdown - Episode 218 Welcome to "The 5th Annual Oscar Meltdown"! And this year we crash Beau's house and invite in a couple of new guests... including Paul. Who may now be our favorite special guest... he will probably be your favorite too!   Plus while Beau searches for the lost pizza rolls, we also discuss.. trailers, Django Unchained, he's a good bad influence, Todd Solondz, you've got the cutest little digital baby face, singing!!, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Steven Spielberg, eastern European cologne, house porn, Jacque who stole, The Dark Knight Rises, not looking like Guy Pearce, this drink... it's like when you're a child, what you imagine grown-ups are drinking that they're not allowing you to have, Samuel L Jackson, The Emancipator, Tyler Perry, Prometheus, back then... Blockbusters dotted the Earth, the black Wes Anderson?, Stakeland, Awake and Sing, bounty hunter God, Swedish Fish Vodka, I'm almost so amused... I can't care, The Dark Horse, they blow up the levy, Candyland, ground up fles

Movie Meltdown - Episode 217 We're back... and continuing The Grind discussion from Episode 216, we address... The Phenomenon of Celebrity. Or at one point it's referred to as "The psychological phenomenon of celebrity culture and celebrity worship". That sounds nice, but in actuality we spend a lot of time talking about... Batman, Tom Cruise, Bob's Burgers, vodka and typewriter eraser fluid, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Roberts, Margaret Cho, rubber nipples, In Love and War, what would Troy Duffy do?, Cameron Crowe, Donald Trump, Water for Elephants, Episode 3, being unmemorable, Richard Dawson, on Broadway, George Clooney, The Hobbit, New Radicals, Steven Seagal, Kim Kardashian, Jason Biggs, Joel Schumacher, Sam Raimi, Thomas Kinkade, how to BS yourself, how to confess to a murder, Christoph Waltz, Margaux Hemingway, what does she do???, a young Charles Nelson Reilly, Michael Keaton, it moves with quickness and grace, The Master, Tarantino, Michael Cera, Norm Macdonald, it chooses NOT to be a more successful kind-o

Movie Meltdown - Episode 216 Coming to you "live" from The Alley Theater, we settle into our new surroundings and welcome a couple of new people into the mix. Then we head into an what may be our most impressive interview to date. We talk to Hollywood leading lady and two-time Oscar nominee - Jennifer Lawrence!! No... seriously. Here at Movie Meltdown, we are taking things to a whole new level.   And from there we begin this week's topic for The Grind... as we address The Phenomenon of Stardom. Basically, why are some people just actors, while others seem to be groomed for stardom? We'll delve into that topic and many equally entertaining tangents.   And as we plan out our road trip to Jupiter, Florida, we also discuss...  the starmakers, Jeremy Renner, David O. Russell as a director, The Tommy Fresh Style, Gary Busey, I tried to be dumb, industry enfranchisement, the pitcrew, cashiers at all-night stores, dancing, the Granny's porch phenomenon, I don't want anything in the house, Bradley Cooper, scrod box, k

Movie Meltdown - Episode 215 So this week... we frustratedly sit down to cover the complicated film "Primer". We then enter a time loop that ranges from discussion to dissection to disagreement. At one point, the film is even described as sadism. And all over this little indie movie that only cost $7000 to make.  And after we also feature differing opinions on "Argo", we also mention... Richard Kelly, Castaway on the Moon, The Impossible, Alan Arkin, Charlie Kaufman and Terminator 2, paradox, it's a dumb plan, Gone Baby Gone, Skynet, Physics of the Impossible, The Departed, Looper, Feynman diagram, Love, John Goodman, The Town, a relatively comfy white-collar status, The Box, spending two years editing, trailers that tell you too much, Flight, so I decided to cop out, Casey Affleck, it's so crazy it might actually work, mundane mechanism, Back to the Future, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, a Golden Globes caliber director, Zero Dark Thirty, Triangle, Donnie Darko, handling things like the U.S. Governme

Movie Meltdown - Episode 214 This week we welcome our guest Chris from Surreelfilm, as we all attempt to tackle our topic for The Grind. We ask... 'What performers who passed away in 2012 will you miss the most?' Since the Oscars are bad about overlooking people during the 'In Memoriam' segment, we thought we'd discuss the people we were sad to lose in 2012, and focus on the roles that we remember them from the most.    And somewhere along the way we mention... The Pink Panther, All the Marbles, Shaft, Gone with the Wind, Husbands, Major Dundee, Convoy, the 70's guitar riff, Goodfellas, Road House, I'm getting my game shows mixed up, how to properly address Whoopi Goldberg, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Two Moon Junction, SCTV, Quartet, outdated cowboys, The American, playing the same character, Star Wars, Fat City, Dementia, it looked like a fun slide, the power dynamic of how you are supposed to talk to the squares, Two and a Half Men, 12 Angry Men, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Muppet Movie, A Face in the C

Movie Meltdown - Episode 213 This week are coming to you "live" from inside the Dreamland Film Center and we welcome special guest Tracy from the Louisville Film Society. Together we sit down and discuss trying to support classic and independent film in today's world. And then we head into this week's Sofa Theater feature Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank".  And as we censor the name of the specific strip club to spare the nice girl's feelings, we also mention... Michael Fassbender, Take this Waltz, The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe, Buster Keaton, Lars and the Real Girl, Roman, James Franco's body pillow, Creepshow, a 14-piece big band, being in love with a sex doll, voyeurism, May, Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin, House, Wuthering Heights, personality... that's what you want in a stripper, SVU, killing puppies movies, being in love with your love doll, The Kid, Love Object, changes in the culture, we are the most insensitive group of humans, a "seasoned" stripper, Pin, pikey, multi-media projects, Children of the C

Movie Meltdown - Episode 212 This week we make some movie confessions which of course leads to many other discussions and disagreements. Some of which include... being in a failing marriage, being "a brand", The Girl vs. Hitchcock, spoofing American Idol, Errol Morris, Mississippi Burning, Joaquin Phoenix, TinkerHell, the Israeli David O. Russell, Knocked Up, Woody Allen, Sex, Lies and Videotape, The Apple, Non-narrative documentaries, the mating rituals of penguins, Real Steel, Paul Rudd, The Master, Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon, Tabloid, This is 40, Blind Spot, John Cassavetes, Jeff Who Lives at Home, Alan Rickman, Silver Linings Playbook, robots are like animals, movie auteur, Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock, that's as low as you can go as a director, Judd Apatow, Shawshank Redemption, Rae Dawn Chong, Lincoln movies, Phantom of the Paradise, Downfall, animal movies, Freaks and Geeks, I don't trust P.T. Anderson anymore, Werner Herzog, The Day of the Dolphin, Sleepwalk with Me, Bob Hoskins and Dustin Hoffman,

Movie Meltdown - Episode 211 Santa Sangre. Is it the story of a young boy working in the circus? Is it a poignant drama about a slightly overbearing mother? Is it a horror story about a crazy killer? Is it a movie about a super hero? Or a super villain?  Or both? Or maybe neither?? Hell, whatever it is... this week we discuss the specifics of Santa Sangre, about Alejandro Jodorowsky as a filmmaker and surrealist cinema as a whole. And as we try to figure out exactly what we think of Wes Anderson's movies, we also mention... animals and dismembered body parts, Gangs of New York, Circo, elephant funeral, Robert Pattinson, Federico Fellini, Night of the Hunter, Marcel Marceau, red penguins, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Bruce Willis, Blue Velvet, Nicolas Roeg, Moonrise Kingdom, mad scientist kind of stuff, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Fantastic Mr. Fox, S. Darko, Leonardo DiCaprio, Psycho, The Darjeeling Limited, Terrence Malick, The Last Circus, maybe it was the alcohol?, Possession, Lars von Tr

Movie Meltdown - Episode 210 Are you ever really ready for "Sleepaway Camp"? NO... the answer is no. Never. You can never truly be prepared for the horror that awaits you. And once you have seen "it"... you can never unsee it!   And someone in the Meltdown Gang has NEVER seen this movie before, and this week we unleash it on them!! This... is the horrorific result! (Including a LIVE recording of their reaction to the finale!!)  Plus among our own horrors... we also feature a One from the Vaults session with the stars of "Sleepaway Camp" Felissa Rose and Jonathan Tiersten. Hear their memories from being involved in this "classic" and what they think about the legacy of the movie.  Listen and you will...  UNCOVER which member of the gang is rocking the sideways ponytail! LEARN who Googles inappropriate pictures of children! Find out WHO can't dance! WHO slept with WHO in the parking lot! WHO used to tight-roll their jeans and wear mesh half shirts! WHO used to go hide in the woods! WHY the population should hav

Movie Meltdown - Episode 209 It's been a while since we checked in with our beloved Misty and Jay, so this week we return to The Bastion of Awesomeness  to hang out and talk about... well, a little of everything.  As we bask in the glow of the glittery squirrel, we also discuss... a shark quadruple feature, The Devil's Carnival, Zooey Deschanel, I just love her weird little monkey-face, Amish people are full of holes, The Complication, The Hole, Red Bank, Thora Birch, Warm Bodies, ninja sharks, James Van Der Beek, he probably bathed in Mandom daily, Baltimore, puffy peepers and snaggleteeth, Brooke Hogan IS a scientist, Naked Cowboy, Vera Miles, Dick Casablancas, Sand Sharks, UHF, Hurricane Sandy, Thomas Kinkade, tappin' Steve Buscemi, I wanna tackle her with a sloth... and give her a big hug, Scottish-English-Pirate, Sleepwalk with Me, Scarlett Johansson, a long extended Goosebumps episode, My Boyfriend's Back, Bait, wanna buy a deer head?, Punxsutawney, Hitchcock, Parks and Recreation, a walking tank, The D

Movie Meltdown - Episode 208  This week our holiday/Lifeday celebration rages on, and one of the gang has faith that: "We can save this special... I sense the good in it." That is arguable, but at least we can look forward to watching the Star Wars cartoon AND the first canonical appearance of Boba Fett!  And then as we imagine the Holiday Special can't get more tedious, we also mention... hairy Bea Arthur, Triumph the insult comic dog, a Christmas tree-shaped hole, the Scarface-home of the wookies, Pon farr, a group of druids, works every time, we're being rebels, BIM mark, Rob Bottin, blondes are really hot, clapping after TV shows, you are completely out of your mind... friend, robot santas, Moebius, action figure urban legends, pouring into your drinking hole, go home and shave your son's head, walks around in the nude everywhere, Harvey Korman, the giant rat, Rick Baker, people need to be blonde, Doctor Who Christmas Special, Boba Fett's rocket-firing backpack, deleted scenes, wookie snuggies, Heavy Meta

Movie Meltdown - Episode 207 This holiday season, we embark upon the most frightening journey EVER!! We sit down to watch The Star Wars Holiday Special ... or at least attempt to make it through the entire thing. It turns out to be one of the greatest challenges of our lives. But not before we take a moment to acknowledge one of the creepiest of holiday songs. Plus a certain member of the gang, explains how Frosty the Snowman and Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Hamlet are all basically the same story.   And before the Rohypnoled kicks in, we also mention... Hillary's little helpers, Jefferson Starship, Starlog, unplayable guitars, The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, Lumpy, The Flintstones Christmas, a snow golem, Art Carney-isms, On the Implausibility of the Death Star's Trash Compactor, coked-up studio executives, ingredients for a intersteller cooking show, thumpety thump thump, weird Polish plays, how many TV's does that treehouse have, prepare for sudden stop, I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus, Cosmic Batt

Movie Meltdown - Episode 206  Recently, as we sat down to discuss a ridiculous Bigfoot movie, we veered off into a different area. One of personal stories and weird circumstances. Of strange things happening not on the big screen, but in the real world. The session was so interested, that we decided that it needed to stand on it's own. As a subsection of our "Tales from the Cryptids" series. A reality-based tangent that we call... "Bigfoot: Myths and Legends". Hopefully you'll find it as engaging as we did when recording it.  And while jumping at the slightest sound, we also mention... a local Bigfoot hunter, shooting a movie, Native American stories, The Ultraterrestrials, a baby crying, a 80-pound barn cat eating cattle, living in the sticks, a group of Boy Scouts, The Grass Man, stolen fish, that irrational fear, The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, it's coming through the field towards the house, mimicry, infrasound, The Pope Lick Monster, The Incident at Loch Ness, the world champion hide and seek pl

Movie Meltdown - Episode 205 This week starts off a little different, as we attempt to let someone else lead the introduction. Bear with us, as we quickly get past that and move on into some really interesting discussions. Including new movies, the future of retro and what is it that gives each decade it's own look, feel and personality. And just what killed Fred?!? We'll find out in an amazing story, involving old caves, a flour sifter, the mall, pollutants, twigs, dioramas, asbestos and a box full of Barbies. You have to hear this one... it's a classic! And as we try to decide just what movies represent the 2000's, we also mention...  Jules and Jim, Emma Watson, a Slinky, The Pride of Miss Jean Brodie, fads, The Faculty, Oedipus, (The?) Rope, I Love the 80's/90's, a character actor orgy, The Goonies, Aimee Mann and John Doe, superhero movies, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, torture porn, earthquakes, karaoke backgrounds, Nick at Night, Napoleon Dynamite, finding things on YouTube, Blood Simple, Powerpoint pr

Movie Meltdown - Episode 204 This week the caffeinated movie geeks are back! And they get so hopped up on coffee they start gyrating around and taking their clothes off! Boy, you are really gonna see a lot... oh wait, this is an audio podcast huh?? Oh well, I guess we better just stick to talking in front of the microphones. So instead we spin our vocal tassels with a round of geek activities that at one point reveals "The Birth of Burlesque". Well, sort of.   And with a peppering of big-breasted women, we also discuss... Samsara, the people who make the trailers, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The X-Files, Scramble Body Action Man, Frankenweenie, Chicken with Plums, The Beyond, a special set of skills, Transformers, The Grey, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Sweeney Todd, I Melt with You, Lucio Fulci, Tim Burton, The Simpsons, floating in a canoe, Russ Meyer, finishing a TV series with a movie, Birdemic, Don't Torture a Duckling, an Academy Award for trailers, Wal-Mart in China, Behind Enemy Lines, Melancholia, or

Movie Meltdown - Episode 203 Our own little Movie Meltdown dysfunctional family gets together for Thanksgiving, in this holiday "special". After we eat a conglomeration of semi-traditional foods (including The Bride's maid of honor... Tofurkzilla!), we sit down to discuss the horrific turkey-themed movie "Blood Freak".   And as we are all creeped out by "The Waddle-thing", we also discuss... macaroni and cheese casserole, vampire turkey, being dressed as crazy clowns, KFC bowls on steroids, Bag-O-Glass, a starfish that sounds a lot like Mae West, Andre the Giant and Joaquin Phoenix put together, the Star Wars Christmas Special, stuffing, flashbacks of the Yeti-nipple, The Adventures of Young Moby Dick, a zoo cemetery, deep-fried Twinkles, Joe Cocker, being saved by a lion, oh... the wood paneling, Reefer Madness, a blue beehive, vegan haggis, Roger Clinton, Jack Chick tracts, a "Blood Freak" action figure, mashed potatoes, not being able to pronounce things, a groovy pad, Carrie Fisher, Pink Floyd, compassion