Radiodrome

Petar is out this week so Cecil and Josh talk about some random "controversies" happening at the moment. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

Another episode, another year and 1981 was a damn good year indeed. An American Werewolf in London, Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, Escape from New York, Galaxy of Terror, Heavy Metal, Piranha II: The Spawning, Saturday the 14th and so many other key movies came out in this great year. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

1980. What a perfect transitional year for film, part 70's and part of what the 80's will come to be defined by. Airplane, Cannibal Holocaust, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Humanoids From The Deep, 9 to 5 and even Xanadu. 1980 was an eclectic year in film. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

1979 brought us Alien, Star Trek The Motionless Picture and many other great films... what did it do for film though? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

Some actors are more than actors... they go beyond the performance. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

Being a film nerd is in some ways like being a nerd in general... but it also has a strange connotation to the "outside" world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

The ending of a movie can mean success or failure... a good ending can save a bad movie and a bad ending can ruin a good movie... Planet of the Apes, Empire Strikes Back and so many others defined how much impact an ending can have... but just important is the ending? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

1978 was a year of catch up in film. After Star Wars blew everyone away Hollywood was unprepared to follow it... so what happened in 1978? A lot and only some of it was good. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

1977 was an amazing year in film, besides Star Wars. You also had Rolling Thunder, Wizards, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Smokey and the Bandit and a litany of other great films. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

We take a break from the years and look at how nostalgia has become it's own exploitation sub-genre. Did we really need a Jem and the Holograms movie or were they simply exploiting your nostalgia? This is actually a thing they do now. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

This week we take a look at 1976... there were many good films (Assault On Precinct 13, Network and Mako: The Jaws Of Death) and many bad films (King Kong, Logan's Run and The Omen). A year that attempted to eclipse it's predecessor and not really succeeding. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

We look at the year 1975 in film this week... besides Jaws... what other films debuted this year? The good (A Boy and His Dog, Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, The Devil's Rain and Monty Python and the Holy Grail among others) and the bad (Barry Lyndon, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, The Happy Hooker and The Stepford Wives among others). It was a turbulent year and one that marked the start of a new era in hollywood. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

Brandon Tenold (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6ELOg-SELapz7QEq6N-vVKMTkw9nHTHq) stops by again to help us look at the 3 great films Tobe Hooper made for Cannon films back in the 80's, Lifeforce, Invaders From Mars and Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

When you adapt a book into a movie why is a literal translation impossible? What has to be changed? Does it make the product better? Or worse? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

George Romero, John Carpenter, John Landis, Bob Clark, Mel Brooks and so many other great filmmakers had their heyday in the late 70's and early 80's... then the 90's brought only crap from them. Why? What happened to these guys? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

When we were kids we didn't notice things in movies, such as that Ferris Beuller is a sociopath or that the guys of Delta House are the villains in Animal House. Lets look at his growing up puts old movies into a new perspective. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

With Bill Cosby's arrest, we must take another look at this issue, can you separate the art from the artist? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

You have to market a movie to let people know it's out there and to get people interested... but what happens when the downright bizarre marketing is employed? The new trailer for Star Trek: Beyond being a prime example. What the hell was that? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

The original 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night film is considered one of the sleaziest slasher films of the decade, but how many of you remember just how psychological and deep it was? How many of you forgot there were 4 sequels and a garbage "remake" . --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support

There seems to be two extremes when it comes to films these days... low budget and blockbusters with no middle ground. It was not always like this though... what happened to middle class films? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiodrome/support