Podcast Episodes
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Episode 48
Our ROCKY miniseries comes to an end as the Rocky passes the gloves down to the next generation in 2015's CREED! Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film w…
2 years, 3 months ago
Rocky Balboa
Episode 47
An aging Rocky steps back into the ring 30 years after the first film for 2006's ROCKY BALBOA! Is this throwback a welcome return to the Italian Stal…
2 years, 3 months ago
Rocky
Episode 46
The uplifting 70's classic ROCKY is a quintessential underdog story both on screen and in real life. It helped turn writer-star Sylvester Stallone in…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Flintstones
Episode 45
In 1994, Steven Spielberg bankrolled an ostentatious, live-action version of the beloved 1960's cartoon series THE FLINTSTONES, and it remains one of…
2 years, 4 months ago
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
Episode 44
This week we're going undercover for ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER! If you've never heard of this 2006 teen spy thriller, you're not alone; this…
2 years, 4 months ago
Seven Samurai / Seven Samurai 20XX
Episode 43
Akira Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece SEVEN SAMURAI is maybe the defining film of Japanese cinema, a sprawling adventure epic that has influenced almost …
2 years, 4 months ago
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Episode 42
Perhaps the only video game based on a biopic, but if any biopic lends itself to gamification, it's DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY. This 1993 confection…
2 years, 5 months ago
Reservoir Dogs (with Chuy Zarate)
Episode 41
Prepare to flash back to the 90s with the seminal indie film RESERVOIR DOGS, the tight, tense thriller that launched the career of Quentin Tarantino.…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Jungle Book (with Hannah Neuhauser)
Episode 40
Nothing but the bare necessities this week, as we discuss the 1967 Disney classic THE JUNGLE BOOK! Our friend and resident animation scholar Hannah N…
2 years, 5 months ago
Cutthroat Island
Episode 39
It's one thing for a movie to fail; it's another for a movie to fail and take multiple careers, a studio, and even an entire genre down with it. But …
2 years, 5 months ago