Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 65 This episode we welcome back Steve (aka The Stranger in the Video Store) to kick off our new independent film review segment. Steve gives us his take on the indie films Mantra and Zombie Cheerleading Camp. Keep in mind, the makers of these films specifically asked us to review these movies, so... you guys asked for it. We take no responsibility for what Steve says. He's a tough but fair reviewer. Filmmakers, remember that if you submit your films in the future. Regardless, if you are interested in these films, you can find them at: http://www.mantramoviesite.com/ and http://www.zombiecheerleadingcamp.com/ "Imagine a Jason movie - on Jason's day off."  Warning: Possible spoilers (if you are going to seek out and watch these movies).

Movie Meltdown - Episode 64.2 This week we head Out on the Town to see "The Wolfman". Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins star in this new update of a Universal classic. So how does this new furry feature measure up? Plus feedback from our listeners on Legion, Dwayne Wayne, angel junk, Gunmen, Jello pudding and some Against the Dark memories. "He rips off his shirt at one point, and I'm like, that's f-ing Glenn Danzig in Ozzy Osbourne's Bark at the Moon werewolf suit..." Warning: Lots of lycanthropy-based spoilers!   

Movie Meltdown - Episode 64.1  This week features random discussions on: Night at the Museum, Jack Ketchum, Elektra, Percy Jackson, Superman returns again, Judge Dredd, Lucky McKee, re-booting Burt and Dolly, Batman Begins, Nuclear Man, Offspring, hell big time, fighting the sequel slump, Chappelle in Superman 3, Dante’s Inferno, selling the funny drunk in this day and age, more Percy Jackson, Christopher Nolan, Vin Diesel, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Angela Bettis, The Black Hole, Queen Latifah and putting off suicide - at least ‘til 2011. “There should be fisticuffs - with a grizzly.”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 63.2 Who Can Resist Shatner in Tight Pants?? Oh god, spiders! Spiders everywhere!! That's what you'll find in this week's Sofa Theater feature: KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS! You'll hear about a sexy entomologist, milking the cow, DDT, shooting your finger off, a girly-screaming bi-plane pilot, F-PETA, taking out your glass eye, terrorizing kids on a Sunday afternoon and spirit gumming a live spider to your face! "I love every flavor of Shatner." Warning: Lots of arachnid-spoilers!  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 63.1   This week our rambling entails... Serenity, The Razzies, House of the Dead Overkill, “get me a picture of Thor!”, Mimic, The Wolfman, Capt. America, Zachary Quinto, Severance, an ageing Karate Kid, Warcraft geekery, a Sci-fi Spartacus with the Hulk in it, a secret message from Fairytopia, George Gershwin, Keith Richards, does that make Paul Walker the Dom DeLuise?, Planet Hulk, Joe Johnston, DynoMutt?, The Vin Diesel Update, Smallville: Absolute Justice, The Herculoids, Fast Five, Ride the High Country, The Shadow, Johnny Depp directing and our new pitch for Cannonball Run 2010. “You sold me on bikinis and samurai swords!”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 62 Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Movie Meltdown's Golden Raspberry Awards Special!! In preparation for our own Oscar special - Oscar Meltdown, we present this special episode.  This time we talk to John Wilson, founder of The Golden Raspberry Awards. Listen as John tells us how he came to love bad movies and just how you go from hosting a party in your living room to getting Oscar-winner Halle Berry to attend your event. So listen and then go to: www.razzies.com and become a voting member! "He insisted that he set out to sweep the Razzies."

Movie Meltdown - Episode 61.2 Cyborgs in the Attic!! This week we settle into the Sofa Theater to watch the forgotten Wes Craven flick - DEADLY FRIEND. If you love 80's movies, wacky robots, exploding heads and Kristy Swanson - look no further. Plus feedback from our listeners on their Deadly Friend memories. Were you scarred by BeeBee (or Anne Ramsey)? "If you knew ANYTHING about this movie, you knew the basketball scene" Warning: Lots of robo-spoilers!

Movie Meltdown - Episode 61.1  This week discuss: Dracula: Year One, Altered, Blood on Satan’s Claw, Sam Worthington, Resident Evil, Noir, Mel Gibson, what the hell is up with John Travolta’s new movie?, Shooting aliens (or Jay), Wii-related injuries, The Red Baron, 3D porn, Re-starting Dexter, The Machinist, Mansquito, Burn After Reading, Lawman’s spooky sixth sense, Lack of friends, George Lucas’s fairies, Mega-shark vs. Giant Octopus, Method Man, Johnny Quest, The Jason slugs, full-frontal nudity, Til Schweiger, Near Dark, Lorenzo Lamas vs. Steven Seagal, Steven Seagal vs. Jean Claude Van-Damme, iPorn and the death of a influential studio. (Shhhh, don’t tell Chris Pine about Til Schweiger.)

Movie Meltdown - Episode 60.2 It's time for hard-core angel-on-angel battle action!! This week we head Out on the Town to see the new release LEGION. Is this a kick-ass, fun popcorn movie or just a rip-off pieced together from other movies?? Plus feedback on Battle Royale and news of our upcoming Sofa Theater features. "Thumb-less Handprints." Warning: In this divine episode - Lots of spoilers!

Movie Meltdown - Episode 60.1  This week’s buzz and activities include American Werewolf in London, Carriers, The Dragonball Z movie, Chris Pine, an alternate Marvel universe, Gamer, Rocket Robin Hood, Kate Beckinsale taking a shower, Rik Mayall, emo-Spider-Man, The Invention Of Hugo Cabret, Whiteout, bitching about George Lucas, House of Bones, The Mist, Sympathy for the Devil, Corin Nemec, giving Canada some props, Star Trek Shrinky Dinks, family friendly Martin Scorsese and the ever-changing Conan. “Is this Bad Ronald meets Harry Potter?”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 59.2 Together I will rule the internet!! ...with this awesome episode about the VHS classic EXTERMINATOR 2. This entry in our series "Video Boxes That Warped My Brain", does in fact warp the brains of most of the crew. Join us as we relive all the gritty realism of ripped off-the-shoulder shirts, break dancing and roller skates of - the streets. (As I am. The streets, that is. Curse you Mario Van Peebles.) "I haven’t seen this many torches outside of a Frankenstein movie.” (Lots of burnt bodies and spoilers!)

Movie Meltdown - Episode 59.1  This week’s buzz and activities include Green Lantern, G.I. Joe, Grace, Cowboys and Aliens, Jackie Earle Haley, J Cobb, Blake Lively, Marc Forster, Jack Daniel Stanley, Peter Sarsgaard, Daniel “Zeke” Craig, Ray Parks, H2 Director’s Cut, Mark Strong, Robert Ludlum, movies based upon non-fiction self help books and the death of video rental chains. Plus a pair of entries in the Movie Fan Freakshow known as: The Deliverance Duo. “Zipper Lips”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 58.2 Welcome to BATTLE ROYALE (aka - The Worst-Case Scenario)... This week's Sofa Theater feature is Kinji Fukasaku's BATTLE ROYALE. What would your strategy be? Would you be able to kill your friends? And who really wins in this insane game? Plus feedback that entails lightning balloons, Corey Haim, Porkins and George C. Scott. "There's something about Japanese schoolgirls shooting each other - that's awesome!" (Lots of dead Japanese kids and spoilers!)  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 58.1  Geek activities and movie buzz including The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Bill Paxton, Daybreakers, Stanley Kubrick, Zoltar, James Bond, the Dune glossary, writing a zomedy, surviving nuclear blasts, virtual actors and punching Wrong Turn 3 in the face! "Can you fire somebody from a podcast?"

Movie Meltdown - Episode 57.2 Alfred Hitchcock's REBECCA (I think the description from the DVD says it all...) General spoilers (from 1940) as per usual... 

 Movie Meltdown - Episode 57.1 This week we get to know ourselves (via centerfolds), plus geek activities and all the movie buzz you love to complain about. "My turn-ons are...small animals?"

Movie Meltdown - Episode 56 On the trail of BIGFOOT... Join Bryan and his special co-host Rick (a.k.a. Samurai) from the Gentlemen's Guide to Midnight Cinema for our new cross-over feature The Bigfoot Files. In this first installment we watch "The Legend of Boggy Creek". This docu-drama kicked off the wave of Bigfoot movies (and sightings) that took the country by storm. But does the movie itself live up to it's cinematic impact? God Bless America (and Bigfoot) !! 

Movie Meltdown - Episode 54.2 The 2nd Annual Movie Meltdown Holiday "Special" continues... Join us for more festive holiday tunes, plus not one but two Sofa Theater features with BLACK SANTA'S REVENGE and HARDWARE. Plus an awesome voicemail that makes a certain cast member's head grow three sizes that day. And we round out the show with quite possibly the best and most uplifting holiday song ever.  

 Movie Meltdown - Episode 54.1 Grab some hot chocolate and cookies and join us for The 2nd Annual Movie Meltdown Holiday "Special". Bah F-ing Humbug.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 53.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is the 1981 film The Howling. Plus comments on the movie from Dee Wallace herself and instructions on how to make a bad hamburger. “They turn into 'wolfs' while they are doing it. Do they do it doggie style?”