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Special Report: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2013)
We’re not talking about a movie for once but, instead, we’re looking at Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated. It was the eleventh incarnation of the Scooby gang and it ran from 2010 to 2013 with a total …
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 489: The Company of Wolves (1989)
#Shocktober2020 continues with a look at Neil Jordan’s The Company of Wolves. It's a melange of tales based on the writings of Angela Carter which intertwine and layer upon one another. At the heart …
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Special Report: Nightbreed (1990)
We’re looking at Clive Barker’s Nightbreed. It’s the story of Aaron Boone (Criag Sheffer). He dreams of a place called Midian, an underground world of monsters. His psychiatrist, Doctor Decker (David…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 488: Poltergeist (1982)
We kick off Shocktober 2020 with a look at Tobe Hooper's 1982 film Poltergeist. It'ss the story of a suburban family beset by supernatural forces.
Vincenzo Natali and Christine Makepeace join Mike to …
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Special Report: The Antenna (2019)
We’re looking at the 2019 film from director Orçun Behram, The Antenna (2019). The film stars Ihsan Önal as Mehnet, a overseer of an apartment building in Turkey. We begin the film on the day when a …
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 487: Fruit of Paradise (1969)
We conclude Czechtember 2020 with a look at Vera Chytilova’s Fruit of Paradise. This may be the most experimental and unusual movies we’ve covered as part of Czechtember. It’s a re-telling of the Ada…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 486: Birds, Orphans, and Fools (1969)
We continue #Czechtember 2020 with the 1969 Slovakian film Birds, Orphans, and Fools by Juro Jakubisco. It’s a story of three young people in the turbulent year and place of 1968 Slovakia. There are …
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Special Report: Forman Vs. Forman (2019)
Mike talks to Helena Trestíková (aided by the film's rep, Daniel Vadocký) -- half of the directing team behind the 2019 documentary Forman Vs. Forman -- about her life in occupied Czechoslovakia, her…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 485: Morgiana (1972)
#Czechember2020 continues with a look at Juraj Herz’s Morgiana. Released in 1972 the film stars Iva Janzurova as both Victoria and Clara Tragen, two sisters who are driven apart by their father’s wil…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Special Report: Oldboy (2003)
We're looking at Park Chan-wook's Oldboy (2003). Based loosely on the manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi, the film tells the tale of Oh-Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik), a salaryman who gets abducted…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago