Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 76.2 This week we head Out on the Town to see the new release, A Nightmare on Elm Street! So how did this highly anticipated movie turn out? And how does it compare to the original Wes Craven classic? Plus we showcase some fun Freddy music from Bryan's vinyl collection. And we get feedback on Triangle, The Black Waters of Echo's Pond, and an interesting explanation for the disappearance of cartoons in America. “Am I the only one that thinks that Jackie Earle Haley is creepy enough outside of the make-up to pull this off?" WARNING: Spoilers for the new A Nightmare on Elm Street and Sponge Bob Square Pants.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 76.1 Shake it up and you will hear about… Turning into Alan Rickman, vampire Chloe Moretz, making a Farmville movie, Boondock Saints 2, The Off Season, does anybody care about Stephen King these days?, having coffee with Amanda Bynes, Ong-bak, a pre-prequel for Alien, The Ring in 3D!, weird Julie Benz, getting a chest-piece tattoo to celebrate BoobQuake, Teen-tastic!, Never Cry Werewolf, Ron Howard, Gladiator in the woods, Adrian Brody, Jennette Mccurdy (if you know who this is off-hand, you are a super geek, like Misty), Ponyo, the double-knee torpedo, Dean Stockwell, Sarah Polley, the space jockey, Kevin Sorbo as a big game hunter, 1408, a cuddly-little face hugger, The Hatfields and the McCoys, Magic 8 Ball - The Movie, portly Sean Patrick Flanery, Robot vs. Aztec Mummy, Secret Window, Russell Crowe in tights, Mannix extra large!, confusing J.J. Abrams, Americanizing Tomie, and all the fun of playing with John L. Wright Logs. “I like that Rodger just started hitting himself in t

Movie Meltdown - Episode 75.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is The Wraith! We enjoy the cool race scenes, we're amused by the "special" group of villains, we cringe at the cheesy dialog and we're awestruck by the hotness of a young Sherilyn Fenn. Plus we discuss the importance of music in a movie, the confusion of this movie mixing ghosts and sci-fi, plus a high-brow departure as we have a POETRY MOMENT FROM CHARLIE SHEEN!  “It's one of those things you hang on your door at Christmas." WARNING: Vengeful ghost spoilers!! 

Movie Meltdown - Episode 75.1 In our usual meandering fashion we discuss getting excited for Boobquake and missing Saturday morning cartoons, in addition to… Zombie singing, getting hit on by a dork, more of being creeped out by Seagal’s sex scandal, Bad Boys 3, our best slam yet on Kristen Stewart, When Good Ghouls Go Bad, cartoons for kids or adults?, Kuma’s Corner in Chicago, Takashi Miike, The Oozinator, Ghost Rider 2 - Cage or no Cage?, Flight of the Conchords, Mickey Rourke IS Genghis Khan, I Sell the Dead, hating Keyop, Bootie Pop, Midnight Run 2, Kristen Bell is awesome and possibly tasty, cupping a young Japanese girl’s breasts, SNL skit movies, The Happiness of the Katakuris, The Secret Saturdays, scary Laura Flynn Boyle, The live action Tick, Men in Black 3, the awesome Beetlejuice cartoon, going to the casino to make fun of people, and as expected - Bride Wars makes you feel dirty. “This is f-ing geektastic!”  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 74.2 Join the gang as we discuss this week's Out on the Town feature - Kick-ass! We talk about the realities of attempting to be a super hero, what this movie means to the studio system, plus Bryan tears up while watching Hit Girl annihilate people.  “Here Mr. Bitey..." WARNING: Super-spoilers at large!!  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 74.1 Aside from discovering we seemingly have a new national anthem, we also discuss… Recording in the new studio, dropping your beer bottle in the movie, Joss Whedon leads The Avengers, shifting boxes, Flu Bird Horror, The Runaways, Seth MacFarLane and his teddy bear, Scarlett Johansson, loving Axl Rose, Steven Seagal’s sex scandal, casting Kurt Cobain, guest stars Robert Englund and Shakira, Veronica Mars, The Fourth Kind, too much build up to American Werewolf in London, watching fireworks while being surrounded by yokels, the curse of Jason Scott Lee, Kristen Bell is hot, twitch-facing through The Twilight Sage: New Moon, rock bio-pics, Chris Rock makes lame movies, somebody’s got a girlfriend, David Naughton isn’t hot?, MST3K Wur-Wolf, Mortuary vs. mowing the yard, remaking Kurosawa and rewriting David Mamet, Rifftrax New Moon, Joan Jett is badass!, long-dead Kubrick projects and the largest annual pyrotechnic display in North America. “Do me a favor and dress-

Movie Meltdown - Episode 73 This week, midway into the move to the new studio, we stray off course from our planned films and give you a two for one bonus - with a parking lot review of the new release The Black Waters of Echo's Pond and a duo Sofa Theater discussion on the "classic" western Lust in the Dust starring Divine and Tab Hunter.  Plus a One from the Vaults story from Courtney Gains and all the perilous dangers of climbing over boxes just to get to the mic. “Westerns always make me really hungry..." WARNING: Spoiler Alert... Major spoliers for what is essentially a new movie, so listening to the "Black Waters" review will in fact ruin the movie. You have been warned! (Now roll the dice...)

Movie Meltdown - Episode 72 We return this week to our Tales from the Cryptids running feature: The Bigfoot Files! This episode is co-hosted by Rick (aka Samurai) from “The Gentlemen’s Guide to Midnight Cinema” as we discuss our feature: Sasquatch aka The Untold. This 2002 film stars genre favorite Lance Henriksen and well, some other people, in another tale of Bigfoot, a plane crash and a mysterious black box.  Join us as we discuss the complicated story of the making of and release of this movie plus our usual expounding on the legend of Bigfoot. Plus Bigfoot related feedback from our listeners. “Some Sasquatch mated with a woman and out came - The Samurai.”  WARNING: Spoiler Alert... If you don’t want to be told, “The Untold“, don’t listen I suppose.  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 71.2 The Easter Eggstravaganza continues with this week's Sofa Theater feature - the frightening tale of NIGHT OF THE LEPUS!!  Plus bunny finger painting, Janet Leigh, DeForest Kelley, meticulously made miniature sets, bunnies vs. cows, lighting stuffed animals on fire and what's the gamey-est meat??  “Ok we get it, it’s big f-ing bunnies! Don’t show us this over and over and over again!!” WARNING: If you don't know what this ridiculous movie is about, it will be spoiled!!  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 71.1  Not only do we give our take on HorrorHound Weekend in Indy but many other tangents that include... Captain American, having breakfast with Sid Haig, avoiding hugging kids, Peeps s’mores, re-watching Clash of the Titans, Johnny Depp’s schizophrenia, George Romero, The Great Escape, eating monkey brains, Green Day, sanitizing yourself from other geeks, Dark Shadows, special underwear, anal plug-gage, Mert Lawwill, quoting Eegah!, Blackbelt Jones, dealing with the fire marshall, Zombieland to a 12 year old, Clive Barker, NOTLP’s Andy is adorable, The Children, from Buck Rogers to Cheech and Chong, 42nd St Forever - Alamo Edition, go watch The Wraith, motor-boating Elvira, not getting knifed at DRI, Popeye - the movie?, being in love with Catherine Mary Stewart, Hitler’s cat, being kept in a box under the stairs, On Any Sunday, SLC Punk, Randy’s wife is gonna kick Rod’s ass, being a mobile geek, chaffed cleavage, predicting A Perfect Getaway, you dropped you afterbirth, Indiana

Movie Meltdown - Episode 70.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is The 'burbs. Joe Dante looks at that creepy house that exists in every neighborhood. Plus the voyeuristic nature in us all and the weird world that is The 'burbs!   Plus slightly hostile feedback yelling at Misty and Rodger. “Living on the cul-de-sac makes you f-ing crazy!”  WARNING: Spoliers about "The 'burbs" and that strange lady that lived across the street.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 70.1  This week's geek activities and the buzz that some how ties to... Roller skating, Tim Burton’s next project, David Fincher and chess?, Cabin Fever 2, beating Bill Paxton’s ass, the Thundercats trailer, choreographed dance moves on roller skates, the more final-er destination, when the horn breaks off the unicorn…, Pawn Sacrifice, eating paint chips, stalking Corey Feldman’s doppelganger, the Back to the Future soundtrack is awesome, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Jammerz with a ZZZZZ, an infected oozing penis, the 4D version of Avatar, ordering a hamburger at a Chinese restaurant, Charles Adams comic strip, figuring out why The Hurt Locker won best picture, Jennifer Lopez’s ass is a flotation device, Stand by Me vs. Weird Science, Overboard and all the horrors of Clarksville. Plus our interview with Courtney Gains! Where we discuss Children of the Corn, Back to the Future, Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness, being a cocky kid with long hair and hanging out with Crispin G

Movie Meltdown - Episode 69.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is TRIANGLE. Christopher Smith's complicated new film may make your brain hurt, but it inspires the gang to follow a lot of tangent thoughts and come to conclusions we would have never thought of otherwise. Complex scenarios, plot devices, ever-present birds, Greek mythology, mysterious taxi drivers and Melissa George in a tank top - this movie has it all. (Yet, may very well infuriate you.) Plus feedback on Triangle, Daylight and the hip Movie Meltdown soundtrack. “Man this movie gets better the more that we talk about it.”   WARNING: MASSIVE SPOLIER ALERT! Go watch the movie BEFORE listening to this episode. 

Movie Meltdown - Episode 69.1   Toy Flashbacks!! Yes, as we are prone to do we get sidetracked (and excited by)  old toys! Aside from that we also addess... getting us a new studio, House of the Devil, The Terror, Sharks in Venice, AquaMan working at a surf shop, Watchers, looking up to Gator, Shogun Stormtrooper, the full monster monty, old Halloween costumes, doc-a-men-ary, tit missles, Leonardo da Vinci, sketch comedy movies and not adjusting well to daylight savings time. "Does the fist shoot?”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 68.2 The out of control party that is Oscar Meltdown 2 continues.... Plus this week's Sofa Theater feature:(Oscar winner Roger Corman's) Frankenstein Unbound A scientist from the future? Interacting with novelist Mary Shelley? A real world Dr. Frankenstein? And just how does Michael Hutchence fit into all this? And who knew we would still have 'The Clapper' in the future... All this and more in our detailed discussion of FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND!! Plus feedback from an attendee of the very first Oscar Mayer party, we serve dessert, listen to a voice mail, make more snarky comments about Oscar winners and find out just what happens to Misty when she's exposed to too much sugar! "It’s a man on a horse jumping through a space vagina."  Warning:  Lots of confusing spoilers from the future, or the past, or an alternative... ah screw it - Spoliers Unbound!  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 68.1  Join us for Movie Meltdown’s second annual Oscar Mayer party! Oscar night the only way Movie Meltdown knows how to do it - with lots of pork and snide comments. And the smart-assed remarks go to… The new Crazies, Kool-Aid milkshakes, Escape from L.A., Where the Wild Things Are, The Amazing Screw-On Head, Komodo vs. Cobra, John Hughes alumni, the essence Of Gilligan's Island, the best car wash scene ever put in a movie, Dead Snow, Precious or not Precious?, Abe Lincoln killing vampires, more Romero than Romero, Best actress? Worst actress? Sandra Bullock is still pretty cool, getting a TV with your favorite Marvel character on it, hatin' on downey-face, screw you guys - Nick Jonas is awesome, Bill and Ted’s Star Trek Adventure, and a rundown of this year’s Razzie winners! “That dress is shit!”    

Movie Meltdown - Episode 67.2 This week's Sofa Theater  feature is DAYLIGHT. First we delve into our One from the Vaults series and hear what actress Danielle Harris thought about shooting Daylight in Rome with Sly, Sage and the rest of the crew. Then a in-depth look at disaster movies, Stallone movies and heroism as a whole.   Plus the return of feedback from one of our regulars and more info on YOU voting for the RONDOs. "Any movie that takes an everyday situation and turns it into a ride at DisneyLand..."  Warning:  Lots of underground explosive spoilers!

Movie Meltdown - Episode 67.1  A certain member of the gang, hit’s a breaking point, and makes a proclamation to change their life. So after that awkward moment, we talk about really important stuff like… Sean William Scott, Freida Pinto, paying real money for fake money, the challenge of looking Elvira in the eyes, George Lopez, designing tattoos, Clutch Cargo, stitching up some guys mouth, Kevin Smith: NOT too fat to fly, Endless Ocean 2, not getting up close and personal with strangers, watching Rondo Hatton, Zoolander 2, Shenmue, Hit Somebody, Mickey Rourke, sighting Moby Dick, War of the Gods, the Kraken, Speedy Gonzalez, The Sims, House of Horrors and being shocked that we got nominated for a Rondo Award. Plus we feature our interview with one of our favorite people - Danielle Harris. “Time to start rebuilding my brain - and my life.”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 66.2 Come on down to the creek!! This week's Sofa Theater  feature is BLOOD CREEK. Joel Schumacher brings us this take on a supernatural nazi zombie. But where does this movie fall on the Schumacher scale... near the top with The Lost Boys or all the way down to Batman and Robin?? Plus feedback from our supportive podcasting family and news of our upcoming Sofa Theater features. "It's actually kind of a thinking horror movie."   "Which I'm not used to." Warning:  Lots of zombie horses and spoilers!

Movie Meltdown - Episode 66.1  This week we have deep discussions, that may or may not be bitchy about… The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, Onechanbara, The Hurt Locker, The House on Sorority Row, Missle Command, Brian Posehn, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel, more American Pie?, Angela, What to do in Case of Fire, DinoCroc, dead Bill Murray, you can’t stop L.L. Cool J, The Mutant Chronicles, Over the Edge, Oregon Trail - The Movie, Cold Prey, the horrors of Wal-Mart, Dean Koonces - The Cat That Could Drive a Car, Quinten Tarantino’s “Southern”, and looking forward to Sharktopus. “Shiny and coming at my face - that‘s what I like!”