Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 92 Join us as the Movie Meltdown gang heads to Chicago in our own CB-equipped “shortbus”. Listen as we recount our day at the convention (in our usual style), plus our interview with actor Richard Anderson, including several Bionic announcements! (And yes, that is Star Trek's "Q" that comes up in the middle of the interview. And the tapping you hear in the background toward the end is Micky Dolenz and his drumsticks who was right behind us.) All that plus…Deep-fried food, hiding your lunch money in your ‘roos, Joan Jett continues to kick-ass!!, Dirty Jobs, Cobra: The Space Pirate, celebrities coming out of the bathroom, is it time to re-boot G.I. Joe?, potpourri of body odor, ripped Green Lantern, John Schneider, getting called a silly goose?, Googled, 20 pounds of dead skin, more SuperDawgs, sneaking pictures, don’t you hate it when the maid walks in on the orgy?, Spider-man’s girlfriend, we saw bunnies, The Batmobile, Wilson? From Home Improvement?, playing deadly Seven Minutes in

Movie Meltdown - Episode 91.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is 1971's FRIGHT. This British movie showcases great visuals and the groundbreaking idea of a babysitter being alone in a house while the killer lurks outside. But what does the gang think of the characters, pacing and British-ness of this film??  And then we follow it up with feedback focusing on the viciousness and awesomeness of Misty. “This movie made me realize I would have zero problem emptying a loaded gun into the face of someone who f-ing deserved it.” WARNING: FRIGHT spoilers are contained in this discussion (as usual).  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 91.1 This episode includes our new and fabulous geek activities, buzz of the week and many rants (most of which come from Jay) and stories of humping (most of which come from Marlena.) Plus our interview with actor William Ragsdale! Star of Fright Night, Justified and quite a handsome man as we are told. Plus we eventually get around to discussing...The Runaways, being pinned down in a Nerf battle, Daybreakers, Til Schweiger, Scarlett Johansson rockin’ Tom Waits, who’s the bitch? Scout Taylor-Compton or Lita Ford?, what kid gives a f**k about Tarzan?, making Kristen Stewart cry, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Idris Elba, Peggy Lee, Bernie, People for the Ethical Treatment of Zombies, Amish leprechauns, Justin Timberlake is a master beat-boxer, edgy Warner Bros. cartoons, Space Madness!, Black Dynamite, 500 Days of Summer, MotherF***er, marathon-ing Big Wolf on Campus, The Red Baron, ranting about Yogi Bear, don’t accept fudge from strangers, white African Gods, Chris Hemsworth is hot, Sam Neil

Movie Meltdown - Episode 90.2 Aside from a tangential group therapy session this week we also address our Sofa Theater feature: Dreamscape. Where we ask things like - what constitutes dream rape? Why are we so obsessed with nuclear war? Is CGI and art form? And who’s up for an old-timey rave? What does George Wendt have to do with baked beans? How did Marlena get involved with the secret service? How did Joanie get that suggestive nickname? And just how do Tom Selleck and Don Knots fit into this?? Well, you’ll just have to listen… “Hello tangents…” WARNING: Dreamscape spoilers...but how the hell could you have made it this far and not seen Dreamscape?  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 90.1 This episode includes "Finger Me!" and "The Butthole Story", oh yeah and we talk about movies too. And in the middle of all the chaos we mention... Leonardo’s acting style and aging , Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the Christian Bale diet plan, putting the "special" Juliet Lewis in a deep fryer, rewatching Kick-ass, Bowie is awesome, Two badgers fighting each other, making out with Pinhead, Warlock, Joanie’s mom is Sigourney Weaver, Chris Pine, putting up with John C. Reilly forever, Shrek 4, the challenge of retro games, The Machinist, Jena Malone, the little people channel, Taken 2: Electric Boogaloo, Kristen Stewart, Dracula’s lesbian daughter, crazy uncle Kenneth Branagh, the ghost of Bob Villa, Nadja, Five Kids and It, hot greasy and folded, signing up for Netflix, more with Jack Ryan, Jam from down there?, Final Fantasy, Little Shop of Horrors, licking his needles, Johnny Depp is surprisingly not playing Jack Kerouac, The girl born without a face, Lockout, 3D eye surg

Movie Meltdown - Episode 89 This is Movie Meltdown's live coverage from behind their table at the 2010 Fright Night Film Fest. Including our interview with film legend Roger Corman! Plus another entry in our series "The Art of being a Movie Geek" with artist Chris Kuchta. (http://horrorartist.com/) Join us as we discuss this week's buzz plus all the horror that is the passersby at any convention. “We probably shouldn't be anticipating this 14 year old's skirt flying up.”  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 88.2 This week we track down an infamous (and still unreleased in the U.S.) Sofa Theater feature: All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. Here we watch the traditional horror structure and stereotypes butt heads with unconventional visuals and an oddly likable title character. But how does it all play out?? “This is a slasher, that’s really more of a shooter.” WARNING: Mandy Spoilers!! Go watch the movie BEFORE you listen to this episode.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 88.1 You and Mandy?! Yeah right, in your dreams!! Ok, that's true. But after being creeped out by Bryan’s sappy dream, we get to this week’s buzz. Plus, all jokes (about a horse) aside, we go out on an amazing song. (Seriously Mandy, forget that Ryan guy… call me.)  And once our host woke up, we talk about… Allison Scagliotti, Sharkarracuda, Daniel Craig, Napalm Death, The Raven, Burning Bright, Bryan romances Mandy (in his dreams), Warehouse 13, pickle juice, Brad Pitt would make a hot zombie, Stargate SG1, Texas popcorn, Will Ferrell’s serious acting, fat MacGyver, World War Z, Hansel and Gretel in 3D!!, Quantum of Solace, going on roadtrips with Wyatt Earp, the man with the largest face ever!, Tiger in the House, painting a night time seascape, Mr. Markie Mark, Snakes on a Train, naked Ramona and Beezus?, Daniel Radcliffe, Selena Gomez eating, ghosts are totally racists, Bob Ross, Earp: Saints for Sinners...and a horse! “Is drunk an emotion??"

Movie Meltdown - Episode 87.2 This week we go completely off the rails as we wrap up the trilogy of terror that is Greedo Bloody Greedo with our Sofa Theater feature: WONDER WOMEN. Silliness ensues.  And the only thing more ridiculous then the movie discussion, is what happens after that...out of control!                                    “In the jungle - no pants. That’s a good idea, isn’t it? But they had go-go boots. So that protects at least up to their knee.” WARNING: We may or may not spoil Wonder Woman, but our feedback conversations will in fact - spoil your brain!

Movie Meltdown - Episode 87.1 This week Bryan watches a dirty movie and Misty identifies a new type of vehicular sex, that is quite different than Jeepin'. Plus the buzz o' the week and a bonus entry in the Greedo Trilogy of Terror. And among the usual craziness … Fighting the descendents of Mothra Island, old VCRs and cable boxes, the Sharktopus trailer kicks ass!, THIS channel, getting your ass kicked by ghosts, 72 hours straight of Battlestar Galatica, the ultimate evil - Dean Kane!, Flesh for Frankenstein vs. Blood for Dracula, Corey’s Florida adventures, VR sickness, steampunk Beowulf, a swashbuckling hunchback?, Betty White is a deity, please sponsor Iron Sky because we want to see it, Timothy Olyphant is Josh Duhamel (or vice verse), The Wachowski Siblings, annoying Starbuck, Fatal Frame, Double O Kid, an uncomfortable photo booth experience, The Crazies, Hurricane Jack Wagner, Bo Hoskins??, CN9, Jamie Lee Curtis is TinkerBell?, I’m.Mortal, and NEVER Snap into a Slim Jim (right before bed)!   "That'

Movie Meltdown - Episode 86.2 The Greedo Bloody Greedo Trilogy of Terror continues as we watch this week's Sofa Theater entry: The Cremators. This movie features a badly framed lighthouse with possible heavy overtones, a hippy flailing a cat around on the beach, choppy editing, bug magazines, the worst lighting ever and a sneaky fireball bigger than a scooner!   Plus get your entries in to win the Han Shot First gift pack!                                    “Flame retard-ed” WARNING: I'm not sure you can spoil this movie, but we certainly try.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 86.1 This week we welcome listener and new member of the gang, Greg to sit in  and bear witness to our usual level of ridiculousness. And a good portion of that ridiculousness revolves around… Extract, Piranha 3D, Criminal Minds, MGM financial woes, GattiLand, Step Up 3D, Rowlf the Dog is a lot like the Predator, zombie baby!, Machete, there’s a lot of singing in the dystopian future, painfully becoming a grown-up, The Guild, Youth in Revolt, we had the best allotment of trailers - possibly ever!, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, can you fit that much awesome in a movie?, forcing kids to watch Fellini, futuristic percussion poetry, reminiscing about Showgirls, The Expendables, Chris Hansen vs.The Predator, Saoirse Ronan, The Little Mermaid = Splash > AquaMarine, stunt men, double you pleasure, double your Mad max reboots, playing Mystery Date, James Bond 23, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Apple, Jean Smart?, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, hating on The Lovely Bones, The Fal

Movie Meltdown - Episode 85.2 The epic begins... as we launch the Greedo Bloody Greedo trilogy of terror with BLOOD MANIA!!   Soap opera, horror or porn? You make the call. What other movie do you get a renaissance fair, abortion, blackmail, trippy drug-induced visuals, murder, a mullet beehive, sexual extortion, lesbian overtones and a sex turntable?   Plus learn how to enter and win the Han Shot First gift pack!                                    “This is the nerdiest conversation, about sex, I think has ever occurred.” WARNING: If you don't want to ruin all the blood and the mania, go watch the movie before you listen to this episode. We discuss the twist ending and everything beforehand.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 85.1  With this episode we kick off our new series GREEDO BLOODY GREEDO or "The Other Films of Maria de Aragon". So we begin with our geek activities, then into the movie news for the week, and round out the episode with our interview with Maria de Aragon herself. And somewhere amongst the tangents, we discuss... Waterworld, being up in arms about the Wendy’s girl, sensationalizing serial killers, Andrew Garfield??, Black Lightning, Dennis Hopper is freakin’ amazing, Lowly Worm is the f-ing man!, that scary little ginger kid, Dahmer, Adventuretime, don’t sully the fine name of Dushku, that movie about the seal, screaming tomatoes, the return of Pee Wee, babysitting movies, catching up on Dexter, being obsessed with Drake Bell, trying to cut your own finger off, someone stop Carrot Top, watching Harold and Kumar as you are bleeding, the NEW Spider-Man, Problem Child - cinematic masterpiece?, revitalizing the serial killer industry, I hate people with pinchy faces, Judd Apatow, Natur

Movie Meltdown - Episode 84.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: Pontypool. A wave of zombies from the great white North try to change the rules of a well-worn subgenre. But are horror fans ready for the change?   Plus we wrap up the show with an awesomely  geeky rant from our guest co-host Graham Elwood.                                   “It's doing kind of, this Orson Welles War of the Worlds version of a zombie attack." WARNING: Big, cold, dull, dark, white, empty, never-ending blow my brains out, seasonal affective disorder freaking kill me now spoiler alert.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 84.1 This week we delve into our Geek Activities, plus What's the Buzz featuring special guest co-host comedian/filmmaker Graham Elwood! And either before or after our fieldtrip for appetizers we bring up… A hot Diabetic episode, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, DinoCroc vs. SuperGator, creepy, black hair coming out of the sink, cold-blooded heat vision?, Licking Danny Devito’s bald head, Hoochie shorts! Hoochie Shorts!!, Jim Carrey is a weirdo, The Martian Chronicles, Rock’em Sock’em Robots, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s bromance, bloaty Leonardo Dicaprio’s “acting”, Snoop Dogg says, “oh Sookie“, is TV better than movies?, the old days back when we were in a band, Kristen Stewart double feature, Shudder, Corey’s first roadtrip, the lone guy in camo, casting the live-action Squidbillies movie from people passing by, When in Rome, She’s totally shuddering and open for business, one of David Carradine’s final roles, It’s time for the versus!, watching the Duckface video, sad Picass

Movie Meltdown - Episode 83 This week we feature coverage from the FLYOVER FILM FEST, featuring interviews with John Stalberg Jr., director of High School, author and film curator Jack Stevenson and Jason Epperson, director of Unrequited. “It got to the point, my parents were like - you need to read more, you’re watching too much TV, you’re watching too many movies. This isn’t going to amount to anything - what are you doing with your life?” For more on High School:    http://www.deptofmoralhealth.org/ and  http://www.facebook.com/pages/HIGH-school/251426336924?ref=nf  For more on Jason Epperson:  http://eppicfilms.com/ and Unrequited: http://www.unrequitedmovie.com/ 

Movie Meltdown - Episode 82.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: Blue Velvet. We delve into the sick, twisted world of David Lynch, and remember just how amazing Dennis Hopper could be.   Log trucks, fire, red curtains, bugs, an engulfing white light and a robotic, symbolic bird. These are just a few of the Lynch-isms that appear in this movie, and the simple mystery that leads you to the bigger questions of good vs. evil.                                  “It touches on so many different versions of perversion... it's like, where do you even begin?“ WARNING: Can you spoil a Lynch movie? I guess so. Either way, we do discuss a lot of key moments and plot points, so... spoiler alert.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 82.1 The survivors (of what may have been fatal Nerf-related injuries) carry on to discuss the Flyover Film Fest , putting a baby in the microwave and a Rumor Willis joke that’s been a year in the making!  As if that wasn’t enough we also discuss… The Technotise trailer, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Tom Cruise you’re a nut job, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fangland, Twilight with Cheeseburgers, the new movie "High School", Amber Heard, lighting snakes, elf face, Laurel and Hardy for the tweens, ending up in a Pajama Jammy Jam,  Hillary Swank‘s face, Dark Crystal 2 - Electric Boogaloo, Gelfling and Lava Girl starring in Sunshine?, Babysitter Wanted, renting 6 dollar movies, Tropic Thunder, geeks making geek-friendly advertising, John Stalberg, Jr., Paranormal Activity, being confused by The Hills, you aren’t dead if you’re now working at Steak and Shake, the new Wally Wonder remix, Adrien Brody, building your own little Godzilla town, Nathan Fillion as the Green Lantern, Axl’s cornrows, d

Movie Meltdown - Episode 81.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: The Dark Crystal. Join us as we revisit the dark world of puppets that we grew up on. This work of art makes us pose the question: Were you a kid that was interested in the cute creatures or the creepy ones? And why are kids drawn to evil characters?  Plus a One from the Vaults story from puppeteer Bill Diamond about working on The Dark Crystal.                                                “I can’t take puppets that damned seriously.“ WARNING: You should have already seen this anyway, but if not - you're on spoiler alert.