Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 202  After years of threats and planning... "Movie Meltdown" has put together their first LIVE event! For one night "Nancy's Bagel Grounds" became "Nancy's Italian Bistro" as Movie Meltdown unleashed upon the world - THE YETI SPAGHETTI SHOW! Listen as we give you a condensed version of all the spectacle and ridiculousness that occured that evening. Including spaghetti (obviously) as well as an amazing Yeti ice sculpture, live music, Yeti-cakes for dessert, a classic cartoon, and an actual YETI running around all night! All that then culminates with a group viewing of the "abominable" Italian movie "Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century". And as usual, we round things out with our crew's in-depth discussion session on the movie itself. We had a lot of fun that night, so come along and join in on the experience! Spoiler Alert: "Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century" is one of those movies that you kind of have to see to truly appreciate/believe it actually got made. So seek it out and gather some f

Movie Meltdown - Episode 201 So we've featured many interviews with actors and filmmakers over the years, but this week we change things up a little as WE ourselves are interviewed. We welcome Emily from "The Courier Journal" who asks us to try to explain, just what "Movie Meltdown" is exactly. Then we fall right back into our usual discussion mode as we talk about this week's Sofa Theater feature "The Lie". Directed by Joshua Leonard, and starring Joshua and our beloved (adopted cast member) Jess Weixler. And as we wax philosophic about our own existence, we also mention... the awkwardness is excruciating, a soul-crushing job, so douchey, best drip so far, indie genre cliches, voyeurism, a weekend camping, people going to their futile jobs, the Clair Huxtable look, editing the movie, the waitress at the diner, InstaGram coloration, The Blair Witch Project, Allison Anders, these hash browns are amazing,  I love Portland... I met an owl there once, maybe it's just your head and what do you do when you give you

Movie Meltdown - Episode 200 In this our GIANT 200th episode, we talk to none other then actor Richard Kiel! Yes, most of the world remembers him as Jaws from the James Bond movies. But he's had a rich career filled with television work from "The Twilight Zone" to "Gilligan's Island". From "Gunsmoke" to "The Monkees". Not to mention his massive list of movie credits that include: "The Longest Yard", "Silver Streak", "Pale Rider", "Happy Gilmore", "Cannonball Run 2", "Force 10 from Navarone" and "Eegah"! Oh yeah, and a couple of other movies with that Roger Moore guy.                 So as we hang out in the lobby of the movie theater, we also mention... fighting Bart the Bear, Wild Wild West, D.W. Griffith selling movie tickets, Overlord, promoting your movies, the page 3 girls, suggestions from the department heads, Elvira, Regarding Henry, I play an intellectual bad-ass, a different person to tear your movie ticket, House of the Damned, Cubby Broccoli wants to have lunch with you, Star Trek conventions, The

Movie Meltdown - Episode 199 Recorded "live" from our favorite local movie theater, we hear spooky stories from the theater's past.  Including creepy ghost kids, slamming doors and the unsettling Legend of Crawling Joe!!   And as we are charging up our glow-in-the-dark skeleton, we also mention... hearing footsteps, a Frankenstein crazy person, a whore's bath, Beetlejuice, sounded like a car hit the wall, we just walked on a guy, make the room brighter, Liam Neeson, Lanford Wilson, a new place going out of business, Tooms, a swaying light fixture, The Blair Witch Project, different realities, a dodge ball match to the death, a greasy theater floor, Truly Madly Deeply, a cat with a Salvador Dali mustache, inflatable matress, a hellmouth under the mall, crawling under a car to get you, screaming hysterically, a haunted adding machine, Blithe Spirit, Snakes on a Plane, a singing girl, focused crazy, The Pantless Poker, don't put it on me girl, Ouija board, Bardstown Road, goats and building a mausoleum for Maude

Movie Meltdown - Episode 198 This week we continue our Halloween festivities, by heading out on a creepy fieldtrip to the cemetery! That's right, we come to you "live" from the grave of horror and exploitation director William Girdler. The infamous filmmaker is buried right here in our backyard (so to speak), and we pay tribute to him this week by not only paying our respects at his grave, but by also by discussing one of his films as this week's Sofa Theater feature. So join as as we talk about his first film, filmed right here in his hometown, the sinister "Asylum of Satan".  And as we try to decipher the garbled voice of Beelzebub, we also discuss... Charles Kissinger, Abby, the basement of the mall, so homely he has to be local, Toma, a man is being cleaved, getting sued by Warner Brothers, the love scene, Leslie Nielsen, Rosemary's Baby, Zebra Killer, a roughly gouged out hole, they could not process the rock, the Sears catalog version of the 60's, 3 on a Meathook, we probably won't drop you down this el

Movie Meltdown - Episode 197 This week we kick off our Halloween festivities... and we do it "live" from ScareFest! Where we not only discuss one of our favorite topics - Halloween-themed foods, but we also talk to "Candyman" himself Tony Todd! As well as Nicholas Vince star of "Hellraiser" 1 and 2, "Nightbreed" and author of the book What Monsters Do. Plus we have a One from the Vaults memory from Jonanthan Breck (aka The Creeper) as we delve into this week's Sofa Theater feature: "Jeepers Creepers".   And as we see Carl and notice he is NOT in the house, we also mention... Misty's look of doom, pointing your flashlight AT the monster, Vegan candy corn, the Nightbreed comic series, August in Florida, giving yourself werewolf fangs, E.T.'s mom, killing the voice of reason, Coney Island, the hottest place in the country... the hottest month of the year... and I'm encased in latex, the kid from Pet Sematary, Sushi Girl, demons with vanity plates, little bites of heaven... if I wasn't an Atheist, green-filled Ca

Movie Meltdown - Episode 196 This episode marks the triumphant return of Movie Meltdown's Bigfoot series!! We welcome not one but two Bigfoot experts, or "observers", to discuss the phenomenon that is - BIGFOOT! We start off with an overview of the Bigfoot film craze, starting with "The Legend of Boggy Creek" and look at what has become the sometimes crazy community of Bigfoot enthusiasts that has sprung up in the real world.  Then after that intelligent observation of a specific slice of society, we take a 180 degree turn and talk about  the "legend" that is the 2012 SyFy movie "Bigfoot". The intelligence stops there. But we do have Alice Cooper! Plus Danny Bonaduce, Barry Williams, Bruce Davison, Sherilyn Fenn, Howard Hesseman and a handful of other people who showed up for a day and a half to make this thing. But we do... have a lot of fun talking about it!   And as we ponder the questionable judgment involved in the Million Dollar Baby Bigfoot story, we also mention... Tower of Technobabble, Sasquatch Ody

Movie Meltdown - Episode 195  This week, we are joined by our special guest co-host Jay Mohr. Jay has been acting for years, starring in movies from Cameron Crowe's "Jerry Maguire" to Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter". He was a member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast as well as the creator of NBC's "Last Comic Standing". Not to mention his lengthy stand-up comedy career and hosting his own podcast "Mohr Stories".  And this week Jay sits in for our "Sofa Theater" feature, as we discuss Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing".  Well... we start off talking about "Do the Right Thing". Eventually we spiral off into "Jungle Fever"... and "Platoon"... and "Reservoir Dogs"... and "Cape Fear"... and "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps"? Yeah, we cover a lot of cinematic ground in this episode. And all of it is made even more enjoyable as Jay occasionally falls into impressions of the characters from the movies. It's an interesting discussion of race relations mixed with entertaining performances from numerous movies.   And as someo

Movie Meltdown - Episode 194 This week we feature special guest - comedian, actor, writer, producer... Margaret Cho. Margaret is one of the most successful stand-up comics working today, starting back when she was just a teenager. So we discuss not only her introduction to the world of stand-up comedy, but also how she was quickly thrust into acting and how she ended up in unconventional projects like the cult film "The Doom Generation", John Woo's big budget action extravaganza "Face-Off" and the horror remake "One Missed Call". All that plus how she hung out with Quentin Tarantino in the 90's and just what movies they used to watch together.  And while trying to explain to people what "letterbox" means, we also mention... Belle de Jour, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, SCTV, telling stories visually, Magic, Carol Burnett, Mad Men aesthetic, meeting the people you are playing, The Exorcist, 90's-noir, Selene Luna, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, meeting David Bowie, Alex P. Keaton in widescreen, San Francisco, Carrie, This

Movie Meltdown - Episode 193 This week we hit the road and head up to one of those convention-type things. And while we're there we talk to The Chiodo Brothers! The guys who not only brought us "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", but over the years have also worked on "Vincent", "The Simpsons", "Team America: World Police", "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", "Critters", and many more projects!  Then we talk to Jenette Goldstein, otherwise known as Vasquez from "Aliens"! With Jenette we discuss assuming the very different look and character of Vasquez as well as continuing to work with James Cameron over the years.  Plus we stick around for a little of the after party that evening. Then we reminisce about our run-in with The Terminator's Linda Hamilton. You'll not only hear about our interractions with her, but also her experience with a bowl full of gummi bears.    And as the Chiodo agruement rages on whether the Sea-Monkeys should be wearing shoes or have webbed feet, we also discuss... The French Connection, Lollypop

Movie Meltdown - Episode 192 Sure the zombie apocalypse is upon us... but it's still business as usual here at "Movie Meltdown"! Recorded "live" from the middle of the 8th Annual "Louisville Zombie Attack", we wander the streets with droves of the undead and somehow still manage to deliver our usual movie geek banter.   This event was one of the first of it's kind and has since become one of the largest gatherings of zombies in the country. Last year alone they unleashed between 8000 - 9000 zombies on the city! And this year the tradition continues as we talk to the creators of the event and find out a little more about the crazy preparation and logistics involved in conducting an event this big (and potentially out of control)! Plus movie geeks that we are, we ask people 'the question of the episode', that is described as not just hard but... just plain mean!!    And as we hang out not too far from the SWAT team outside of the Dairy Queen, we also address...  David Cronenberg, continually slamming US Magazin

Movie Meltdown - Episode 191 If you thought we got nostalgic in the past - just wait 'til you hear this episode! Basically, anyone who ever grew up loving movies needs to hear this week's show. As we return to our series The Grind, we cover the topic... movies that touched us in a very special way. Ok wait, not like that! More or less what we discuss is: the first movie that just clicked with us and because of that viewing, we saw movies differently. Or... what made us fall in love with the whole idea of film and inadvertently made us into a movie geek. It's a big question, and it leads to some pretty amazing memories!   And somewhere during all the sugary nostalgia, we also mention... the 4 o'clock movie, old weird cartoons, archeological movie recreations, snake handling, in our neighborhood... it was legendary, dinosaurs, Friday night movies at school, only paying a quarter for the movie, the projectionist had to get on the mic, the era of the airbrush, the clerk at the video store recommended..., you woul

Movie Meltdown - Episode 190 All right kids... put on your space helmets, because we are about to blastoff with Luigi Cozzi's science fiction "classic" - STARCRASH! Epic outer space action ensues as we indulge in all the stellar special effects and fine acting that 1978 Italy had to offer!  Plus we feature a "One from the Vaults" memory from the (Stella) Star of the movie - Caroline Munro herself! Hear what Caroline thinks is a great "word" to describe this film. And what she first though when she saw her very special outer space costume!  All that plus the early acting skills of a young David Hasselhoff, the villainous cape-whipping of Joe Spinell, the over-powering futuristic hair of Marjoe Gortner and a career-making performance from none other then Oscar-winner Christopher Plummer!!   So venture into the TechniColor stars with us as we also mention... the ubiquitous space wedgie, Ray Harryhausen, watching movies with Roger Corman, a planet of scantily-clad women, Jason and the Argonauts, a 70's bowling tr

Movie Meltdown - Episode 189 This week we discuss hobos and what we see out the window... oh yeah, and movies. Speaking of segways, we also mention... the Sight & Sound Top Ten poll, paper or plastic?, Lizzy Caplan, drugged-up movie reviews, show me the way to go home, Hitchcock, how beautiful the late 70's were, Oddities, talking like Sean Connery, Monster Fighters, Punch Drunk Love, reading reviews, BASEketball, Vertigo, Samurai Night Fever, Lean on Me, Jaws, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Paul Thomas Anderson, Mean Girls, Rocky, Bottle Rocket, hobo names that are now available, Anthony Hopkins, The Sopranos, Black Dynamite, How I Met Your Mother, LEGO, silent films, Saturday Night Fever, Piranha, pickeled pigs, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Ed Sullivan, Breaking Bad, Rebel without a Cause... with disco, comparing scars, Empire Magazine, Deadwood, getting really analytical about Pootie Tang, Riding in Cars with Capotes, American Beauty, hanging out with your boss, having a bindle, Across the Universe, the

Movie Meltdown - Episode 188 Unlock the cage and let loose the beast that we know as Tom Hardy! Yes, we are back this week with not-so-special guest (according to Scooter) co-hosts director Scooter Downey and actress Rose Sirna!! As they sit in for this week’s Sofa Theater feature: Bronson. Both the star Tom Hardy and director Nicolas Winding Refn have gone on these days to more mainstream success. So we take a look at their work just before they broke through, with this story about Britain's most notorious prisoner - Charles Bronson. And as we do our best to destroy Rose’s innocence,  we also mention... Eskimo cookies, Thief, Billy Bob Thornton, if two hobbits had a baby, Fellini-vibe, reshoots, real life vs. cinematic interpretation, preparing you to be a drone, so Kevin Kline without being Kevin Kline, a mental picture of Rush Limbaugh, Ashton Kutcher, nihilistic and godless, Clean Shaven, Dominic Monaghan, movie stereotypes, The Fonz, Lost, breaking the fourth wall, Citizen Kane, getting in trouble in hig

Movie Meltdown - Episode 187 After a couple of months of jonesin’ for both coffee and our usual brand of movie geek conversation, we return to the coffee shop for a full-fledged episode of The Caffeinated Movie Geek! WITH special guest co-hosts director Scooter Downey and actress Rose Sirna!!And while reminiscing over some favorite VHS memories, we eventually discuss... Batman Returns, John Vernon, Friends with Kids, setting a Zoomba world record, The Professional, Step in Time, a mermaid that turned out to be a drug mule, worst Vice-President ever, smutty but heartwarming, Mila Kunis, Pulp Fiction, Jaws, Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman, Breaking Bad, Junior, Blue Velvet, John Forsythe, Don’t Look in the Basement, Mary Poppins, Happy Together, Bewitched, John Carpenter, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Tim Curry, Nazis at the Center of the Earth, riding a segway, Zach and Miri, Wizard People, Dear Reader, Phantom of the Opera, Topaz, Beverly D'angelo, Doc Hollywood, Adam West, W. Earl Brown, cheap date roma

Movie Meltdown - Episode 186 This episode is not for the weak or faint-hearted (and also probably not a good starter episode). This week we culminate all of the convention and film fest trips of the last two months with one full episode of crazy convention talk. That's right, "live" insanity from the floor of Fright Night/FandomFest. With returning special guest co-hosts Rose Sirna and Scooter Downey. Plus we feature an interview with Kristina Klebe from “Rob Zombie’s Halloween” and director of the short “As Human as Animal". And a surprise “blast from the past appearance” that old-school Movie Meltdown listeners will appreciate.   I’ve spent a lot of time at conventions and this was one of the craziest, most entertaining days I’ve ever experienced. Forgive the usual convention noise, and come with us on this weird and erratic ride through a not-so-standard day at a movie geek convention.  And while trying to figure out “what happened to your teddy bear??”, we also discuss Vernon Wells, Bowling for Boobies, s

Movie Meltdown - Episode 185 Recorded "live" at Days of the Dead in Indianapolis, this week we welcome special guest co-host Sean Whalen! An accomplished actor, Sean has been in many films over the years from Twister to Waterworld to the upcoming Hatchet 3. But horror fans probably know him best at the lovable Roach from Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs. We talk about Sean’s career and he sits in for this week's Sofa Theater feature: Spider-Man. In the wake of the recent Spider-Man hype, we revisit Sam Raimi’s 2002 version of Spider-Man and compare it to the recent release of The Amazing Spider-Man. Plus Misty and Jay join in, as we feature Misty's book segment: "I Can Read!" and the book Bad-Off Boris and the Cupcake Cave-In, written by Scott Mallory with illustrations by Rob E. Brown.  And while wading through our muddled memory trying to remember when Frankenhooker was released, we also mention... having a trading card addiction, All Saints Eve, Marc Webb, Lisa Kudrow, Selena Gomez, Joss Whedon, Id

Movie Meltdown - Episode 184 This week we are “live” at Fright Night Film Fest / FandomFest (and Christine's bedroom), as we sit down with actress, writer, director Christine Elise McCarthy and talk about her career and her short film Bathing and the Single Girl. She has an amazing list of credits, from Child’s Play 2 to Abel Ferrara’s Body Snatchers. From starring on Beverly Hills 90210 and ER to China Beach and In the Heat of the Night. Christine has worked on some terrific projects over the years, and we talk about her work as well as the craziness of being in the public eye. Plus Director Miles Miller also joins us to tell us about his short film Pillow. And then everyone sticks around as we head into this week's Sofa Theater feature - the infamous Man Bites Dog. And while ducking the maid doing our room check... we also mention... THE Black Leather hat, Zero Killed, naked French people, Facebook, rival fan club, Modern Family, perspective changes, being a serial killer, Ritalin, narcissism, drunk drivin

Movie Meltdown - Episode 183 Recorded "live" at Fright Night Film Fest/Fandom Fest we hang out and talk with actor Vernon Wells! Star of The Road Warrior, Commando, Weird Science and many other films! Plus we celebrate the 166th anniversary of the birth of the blockbuster motion picture - which happened right in our backyard.  And while categorizing and judging people, we also discuss... the biggest painting in the world, the Thomas Edison House, Facebook issues, wheat and chaff, John Banvard, listening to serials, America... where all those weird people live, see you over by the freezer section, cranking spools, the East bank, Muhammad Ali, Rose Tattoo, being punk’d, the beguiling Willem Dafoe, dead media, population: 12, It was just this big stone around my neck, June 29th 1846, the first millionaire artist, Joel Silver, starting a lot of trends, a moving panorama of the Mississippi River, people have way too much time on their hands and the legendary tale of the stoker’s vest.  “... they decided that havin