Movie Meltdown

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  175: Movies That Never Had A Chance

  5/18/2012

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  Duration: 1:46:19

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 175 Inspired by the recent demise of John Carter of Mars, this week’s topic for The Grind is simply... “Movies That Never Had A Chance”. And somewhere during the mix, we bring up... Sumatran Rat Monkey, star power, Gangs of New York, Donnie Darko, Michael Cimino, you know... the guy that plays Pee Wee, Videodrome, Super 8, Phone Booth, Andrew Stanton, the Summer of ‘77,  Eddie Murphy, the need for PG-13, Matinee, Exorcist 3, Roland Emmerich, Master and Commander, 13 Assassins, Pixar, The Machinist, Shakespeare, Attack the Block, Spider-Man, Swept Away, Heaven’s Gate, The Virgin Suicides, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, letting a kid into an R-rated movie, The Iron Giant, Disney Studios, Session 9, Rhys Evans,  David Cronenberg, Collateral Damage, Captain Nemo, The Whole Wide World, Apocalypse Now, Ender's Game, Gremlins 1 and 2, VHS box art, The Loved One, Richard Ross is an idiot, The Player, Blade Runner, Bad Lieutenant, Felicia's Journey, killer cars, Tom Cruise, eXistenZ, Topsy Turvy, Darkman, Gigli, The Car, back in the days of calendar houses, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and a weird mix of Jaws and The Exorcist. “Probably the movie that got the biggest screw-job of any movie of all time...”

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  174: I Love You Disappointment

  5/12/2012

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  Duration: 2:04:54

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 174 This week we have the mandatory discussion every movie geek has to have about... The Avengers. Once we’ve fulfilled the Marvel/Joss conversation quota, we move into this week’s installment of The Grind. There we address the topic "Disappointments", and what happens when you get your hopes up about a movie, and it doesn’t deliver.  And for one reason or another we get around to... The Hunger Games, Wes Anderson, Congo, Rubber, Twilight, singing for bears, Spun, The Wolfman, Jarhead, Pete Postlethwaite, mission-based movie, Meatloaf on a saxaphone, media and relationships, the Mission: Impossible series, Charles Dance, James Bond, Jim Carrey, Sucker Punch, loved 35mm prints, darker superheroes, Indiana Jones, The Blair Witch Project, War of the Worlds, Melancholia, Super Mario Bros., Revolutionary Road, the Alien series, movie fever-dreams, Men in Black, Werewolf Lawyers, Series 7, Steven Spielberg, Beginners, Superman Returns, ape movies, Spider-man, The Bread My Sweet, Frankenstein, Harry Potter, The Clone Wars, a gaggle of girls in the lobby, Jack Bauer, American Beauty, Paul Thomas Anderson, Dan Hedaya, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The X-Files, shaky camerawork, hang around after the credits, Huck Finn, werewolves with fanny packs, YA Lit., Road to Perdition, Drive, I know I had a Zappa record and... do you wanna see my probe droid? “Everyone’s logic was... well it wasn’t that bad. I’m like... but it wasn’t that good.”

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  173: Super CreepFest

  5/4/2012

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  Duration: 1:24:50

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 173 It's a Super CreepFest including... flying babies, they keep finding interesting ways to keep beating that dead horse, Carnage, putting your head in an oven, Valhalla Rising, evil kids, Ninja Turtles with zombies, not your typical bigfoot movie, Christoph Waltz, The Anniversary Party, Hostel, Tilda Swinton, Thunderstruck!, cartoon blood, Kermit hosting The Tonight Show, children are evil, claustrophobic and tedious, Crab Man, Hard Eight, Norway comedians, Becoming Elmo, rooting for the War Horse, Philip Baker Hall, Orphen, if you like to pretend like you’re in New York, John C. Reilly, Ving Rhames, Picasso's Guernica, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jay Leno, My Boyfriend's Back, Troll Hunter, Portlandia, Roman Polanski, Phoebe Cates, We Need to Talk About Kevin, George W. and Bigfoot, the Forrest Gump of horses, Joshua, zombie Easter bunny, a bigfoot hunter’s convention, more on Bugsy Malone and Roxanne... you don’t have to wear that dress tonight!“All you have to be is undead... and you’re doing it wrong!”

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  172: You have been Zardozed

  4/27/2012

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  Duration: 1:26:16

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 172 Well... there's not much else to say... except - ZARDOZ!!! So start listening... But amongst all of the insanity, we also bring up... Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the tabernacle scene, floating heads, half the audience was high, The Exorcist 2, Mulholland Drive, what will the afterlife be like?, a brilliant Monty Python sketch, Star Trek, Titus, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Planet of the Apes, nude photographs of Burt Reynolds, everything but the kitchen sink, James Bond, green bread, Kenneth Branagh, man diaper, Aladdin, religion, The Man with the Golden Gun, Men in Black, a Zardoz hot air balloon, sci fi themes, The Lady from Shanghai, wrestling grandma, inflatables by..., Darby O'Gill, Deliverance, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Doomsday, George Lucas, The Time Machine, Wild Wild West, killed by The Full Monty, Enter the Dragon, Wizard of Oz, hairy Connery, a movie having legs, an unnecessary wedding dress, Jack Kirby, Electric Zardoz, Princess Leia, riding horses, Krypton, The Avengers, Jonestown, DVD vs. theatrical, Excalibur, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and The Lord of the Rings meets The Beatles. Spoiler Alert: Just watch "Zardoz" before listening... then you'll understand (well, sort of). "What the hell did I just watch?! You just watched Zardoz."

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  171: Gifted and Talented

  4/20/2012

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  Duration: 1:21:59

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 171 This week we welcome special guest co-host comedian Alysia Wood. Listen as we discuss comedy, movies, and lots of other amazing tangents including... a brain is a noodle, genetically Texan, shark infested waters, Louisiana, do we have to be nice to people?, draining all your spinal fluid, on Codine for three weeks, Magnolia, and now there’s mice, Seattle, collecting all the phones, potato soup with rubber chunks, bargain dental work, Louisville, explaining how jokes work, doing meth with a medical background?, Los Angeles, wearing a bulletproof vest, drinking eight glasses of water, Hot for Teacher, making fun of mom, jumping qualities of education, there’s a lot of ellipsis, fat ugly or gay, Lewis and Clark, Jaws, ballet, Verizon suits, love comedy... hate jokes, laughing at the poet, a TSA training video, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, vibrating and punching you in the crotch, dying of lung cancer, spoofing bad 70’s action flicks, Bar-B-Q, a women’s health care provider, Arachnophobia, studying comedy, Botox, Dangerous, ADD, jump scares, riches to rags, racist in the name of Jesus, necessary awkward silence, Draw Something, shady deals, jumping from the balcony, boys picking on girls, a deeper layer of honesty, failing Spanish,do not tell your mother, hitting the Blockbuster, ziplining, Mad Max, come out of the closet or get plastic surgery, planning for debt, a nuclear thunder clap, attempting to move to New York, cocksucker was not on the list, you ruin everything, pity laugh, Cracker Jack modeling, Mitch Hedberg, Netflix, Hopatcong New Jersey, street jokes, you’re just a hooker, Titanic, and I never started it... but I’ll fucking finish it!“Neurosis is definitely a big piece of the puzzle.” Plus look for Alysia’s CD “Princess” available on iTunes, Amazon and many other outlets. Just go to http://princesswood.com for links to her album, upcoming tour dates, and that fancy multi-tiered mailing list.

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  170: I dont know much about TAXI DRIVER... but Id like to

  4/14/2012

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  Duration: 2:00:15

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 170 This week we tackle a juggernaut of the film world... TAXI DRIVER. A movie that has massively worked it’s way into the pop culture. But in re-watching it, we realize the bad-ass and cool associations it has today, may be misguided. So we try to dig in and see what’s really going on with the film and the character of Travis Bickle. And while planning our trip to Harry Dean Stanton Fest, we also mention... Emma Stone, the guy from The Strokes selling you guns, ...and we got stuck with Molly Ringwald, Scorsese from above, Lexington Film League, Ally Sheedy, The Last Picture Show, How I Met Your Mother, for every generation there is a redhead, Keitel super powers, morbid self attention, The Madison Dance, sleeping with Elvis, a mix between The Wire and Sesame Street, subconsciously sabotaging yourself, studying the movements of a crab, Super, a man OF the system, Bugsy Malone, A Band Apart, Moonlighting, closer to Britney Spears then Sid Vicious, the creepiest thing you’ve ever seen, the returning Vietnam veteran, and are movies responsible for the way they are perceived?? Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen Taxi Driver yet, you need to realize how much you are just like the others... cold and distant.  “This is just the perfect storm of cinema.” Travis Meltdown artwork by Amy Wiedl. She is available for commissioned work, so e-mail her at: amywiedl@gmail.com

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  169: If its Not One THING its Another

  4/7/2012

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  Duration: 2:06:56

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 169 This week, the gloves (and the earrings) come off as we prepare to do battle with The Thing! In this, The Thing Super Special, we address things all Thing-related including our Sofa Theater feature: The Thing (2011) as well as how it relates to The Thing (1982), The Thing from Another World and the novella “Who Goes There?”. Including comments on...the clothes question, selective memory, Tom Woodruff Jr., the darkness of The Thing, Howard Hawks, “Who Can it be Now?”, blowtorches in the Antarctic, the Brad Pitt of Norway, a super-nice military, traffic in the Antarctic, fighting the cycle of remakes... and the REAL reason you can’t trust The Thing. (P.S. - Just a note... let the credits play on The 2011 Thing.) And while we cover several new and better ways to watch the Star Wars prequels, we also discuss... Inserts, a thinner Bob Hoskins, klaus kinski as a condiment, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the right time to introduce your kids to your favorite movies, Jessica Harper, Berkley needs her medication, NCIS, Malfoy in stage age make-up, a businessman is evil, The X-Files, having Topher Grace re-edit your movie, my discourse on Leadbelly and grits, the two-part breakdown of Richard Dreyfuss’s career, Tarantino, stupid things white people do, Veronica Cartwright, planet of the kittens, Aliens vs. Predator, pulling up in front of the house and honking the horn, bursting into song, Windows, a triple entendre, putting a lot of letters together that don’t go together, piercing your dogs ear, graphic, loving Showgirls, the nicest world ever depicted in film, beetle orgy, watching Batman each week on TV, we need an enemy from the outside, like Newman in Basic Instinct, killing myth, hot pie charts, the ancient conflict between graduate students and scientists, homemade pizza and The Muppets, getting bored with nudity, Thor is a closetfest, Fez as a detective, and talking smack about Firefly... just don’t do it. Spoiler Alert: Spoilers for things all Thing-related such as... The Thing (2011), The Thing (1982), The Thing from Another World and the novella “Who Goes There?”. You have been warned. “There should be more action pictures about grad students.”

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  168: Win The Hunger Games...with Cookies

  3/30/2012

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  Duration: 1:16:33

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 168 This episode... The Hunger Games, rooms full of giggling Eskimos, Bill Moseley, Jaws, what’s up with rich kung-fu knowing vampires, erotic cartoons, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2, Police Capt. Hook, David Lynch tells you about dental hygiene, the 30th anniversary of the Summer of ‘82, Salvador Dali, Alice in Wonderland: The Adult Musical, non-mutant Huck Finn, Home Improvment in a wilderness store, Troll Hunter, Creature Comforts, Jennifer Lawrence, Pan, Adrien Brody, Rango, Flesh Gordon, Shut Up Little Man, soccer moms, Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles, laughter canneries, The Big Sleep, maybe too intense for some viewers, my favorite thing Nicolas Cage ever said..., covert anti-feminist propaganda, you don’t mess with Ashley Judd!, making the sports noises, Barbie is like Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction, porn talk, caller number four you’re on the air, drunken history videos, my life’s goal... to steal a pizza, The Pillow Book, I’m pro-popcorn!, the Groundhog Day factor, Barbie’s acting resume, Joanna Cassidy, Brett Ratner...didn’t I go to high school with him?, Julie Adams, A Zed and Two Noughts, more on the David Lynch coffee commercial... and cookies. Lots and lots of cookies. “They teach kung fu in hell don’t they?”

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  167: One More for the Kill List

  3/23/2012

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  Duration: 1:50:12

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 167 This week we return to Green Room Coffee and Espresso and we’ll need all the caffeine to help us focus on figuring out this week’s movie. By special request, we were asked to try to decide exactly what was happening in the 2011 film “Kill List”. It is...well-made, disturbing, confusing and will more then likely bring about an initial WTF reaction. But with more thought and discussion, can we in fact decide what the hell we just watched?? And while we try to decide if we are discussing the movie OR helping finish write the movie, we also mention... True Grit, a picture of a world, Kurosawa, The Atheist Channel, Curse of the Demon, The Apartment Trilogy, The Crusades, the Cohen Brothers, Diane Ladd, a demon interior decorator, the stereotypical dark side of a librarian, Spaced, what the fuck was that polar bear about?, The Devil’s Daughter, can we just say the filmmaker is wrong?, House of the Devil, Shelly Winters, Rosemary’s Baby, the actress’s Twitter page, cultural mania, naked extras, Dreams, The Wicker Man, Burn Witch Burn, compartmentalized government, organized religion, The Ladykillers, I think your dead dad is really beautiful, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, ironic laughing, by the time you are Richard Gere - you know you’ve lost it all, and trying to alienate every movie-goer in the world!Spoiler Alert: Seriously, you HAVE to see “Kill List” BEFORE listening to the episode. So get to it...“...here the ambiguity is kind of amorphous, it could be all kinds of different directions. Where it invites you to like, Mad Lib your own version of the movie.”

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  166: I Dont Normally Talk About Movies... Let Alone in a Coffee Shop

  3/16/2012

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  Duration: 1:35:41

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 166 This week, we do in fact... talk about movies. And, at a coffee shop. That’s right The Caffeinated Movie Geeks mix things up a little this week, as we convene for our first caffeinated session at Green Room Coffee & Espresso Bar. There we meet our host Allen and continue with our usual level of movie geekery.   And while we figure out our individual orgin stories, we also mention... a traumatic head injury and a Hillary Duff concert, Alphaville, motorcycle gang movies, John Carter, Dwayne “Not the Rock” Johnson, hipsters laughing at you, Anonymous, Russian Ark, David Lynch public service announcements, Wrath of the Titans, Hugo, narrated by a ghost, meet the man who runs the Nicolas Cage costume, Mr. Popper's Penguins, heroin chic, Tom Hardy, Jules Verne spinning in his grave, Aubrey Plaza, Anna Karenina, Jonathan Rhys Meyers vs. Jonathan Rhys-Davies, Sterotype Estates, the future of Back to the Future 2, hipsters moving in... there goes the neighborhood, Gnomeo and Juliet 2, Christopher Lloyd IS Venom, SyFy Channel presents..., Fat Dylan, Roland Emmerich, missing Halloween and peppermint candies, Hillary Duff IS Hillary Swank, not a fan people, the little funny-looking guy in Deuce Bigalow and the heavy kid from SuperBad, Reanimator, Journey 3, just put a Manson cover in your trailer and... someone needs to finish their cookie. “It’s got CGI, you don’t need acting.”For more on Green Room Coffee & Espresso Bar, go to:  http://www.greenroomcoffee.com/

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  165: The Creature Called Oscar

  3/10/2012

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  Duration: 2:26:06

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 165 (aka: "Greg Makes Sex Sound Disgusting") The fourth annual Oscar Meltdown party rages on as we enjoy crack... which leads to sex talk. Weird... but then again, maybe those go together just fine. And by the time we get to the “love ewe” discussion... well, after four years of this, you’d think there would be no way we could push the envelope further into the realm of bad taste. And yet... midway into that segment, even I thought... “I can’t believe we are having THIS conversation.” These are the things that crack leads to. Just say no kids...just say no.   We also discuss the Oscar-caliber film “Creature” starring (extended cameo) Klaus Kinski as a lovable space perv. The movie also feature thunderstorms in space, Ferris Bueller’s dad, Simone from “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” and a cosmic creature that studied with Sanford Meisner. Plus we continue awarding The Foilers for the finest cinematic moments of 2011.  And while we discuss the special ways we care about Rosario Dawson, we also discuss... Midnight in Paris, Land of the Lost was from 2009, seeing other people’s apartments, Invader Zim, naked chicks in space, ads on Facebook, is she wearing poison ivy on her boobs?, getting nothing from Michelle Williams, talking animals movies, The Help, black Woody Allen, Norm Macdonald, for some reason... having women actually be interested in you, living in a breadtruck, Amber Heard, Zookeeper, a west coast fumble, Bobby Brown, OCD sex, being a Nazi, Sinbad’s socks, space pegboard and dryer-vent tubing, meta snaky comments, one more reason Gonzo is awesome, best extra award, Attack the Block, Drive Angry, attractive young actresses and... if Justin Beiber were a football player AND ultra-right-wing Christian.Foiler Alert: We totally discuss all the goings on of the 1985 movie “Creature”, but as one of the gang says... “And there’s no spoiler-alert, because it’s not fucking possible to spoil this movie.”“ I mean I thought it was crazy that that was even nominated for best picture. I mean... come on.”

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  164: Bring Me the Leg of Angelina Jolie

  3/3/2012

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  Duration: 1:44:30

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 164 Join us as we kick off Oscar Meltdown 4! With our mascot Babe by our side, we dive into the h'orderves and pizza (Now Vegan Friendly!!) as we launch our own brand of coveted trophy...The Foilers - in this, the first annual Meltdown Awards.Between eating loads of pork and discussing who has the most hideous dress, we also mention... Sailor Moon: anti-girl power, George Takei, Drive, Ryan Reynolds, Mila Kunis, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, fear of aging in Hollywood, The Lie, Neil Patrick Harris, The New Girl, Hank Azaria, Super, getting a patent... in a courtroom?, the Mayflower was made of pork rinds, Emily Browning, Brad Pitt, space puppies, K-stew, Jeffery Rush’s bare ass, being back on the market via advertising, Mr. Poppers Penguins, Wes Craven, Natalie Portman, Albert Brooks, Green Lantern, Aimee Mann’s toe... in a blanket, Purina Kid’s Chow, Sucker Punch, Adam Sandler, The Rum Diaries, Linda Hamilton beating Steve, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, X-Men: First Class, a nun on wheels, O’bacon, Cancer Boy, identifying  J Lo’s ass, The Smurfs, Danny DeVito, and the story where the thing shrieks and jumps at me like one of those raptors from Jurassic Park!“Foiler Alert”: The accounting firm of Movie and Meltdown takes no responsiblity for Marlena’s special thoughts on “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”.“Thou shalt not eat pork... unless it’s delicious.”

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  163: Being a movie geek... Its in the Blood

  2/25/2012

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  Duration: 1:58:55

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 163 This week we welcome director Scooter Downey and actors Sean Elliot and Rose Sirna to sit-in with us and tell us about their movie "It's in the Blood". (Which also stars show favorite Lance Henriksen.) Oh... and they just happen to fall right in line with our usual geeky conversations. It's an amazing thing when geeks find each other. Come experience the movie bonding session!And as we find the classiest way to use the phase ear pussy, we also discuss... The Lord of the Rings, Against the Dark, Yellow Brick Road, Blow Up, accents, Jaws, Troll 2, Mario Puzo's Monopoly, putting action stars in tutus, a performance video nutjob, They, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Michael, Albert Brooks, farm machinery show, The Virgin Springs, The Alamo Draft House, Shia LaBeouf, the gatekeepers are going to become the marketplace, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, is 3D revolutionary?, Bergman movies, The Vow, watching Fast Five with your Grandma, Sam Worthington, Jurassic Park, The Quest, film is an expression of mood, scruffy-looking Nick Nolte, 5K of running away from zombies, The Simpsons in Spanish, John Carter, he’s a cross between Robin Williams and John McEnroe, David Lynch, pulling Lance up a hill, loving schlocky movies, shooting a film on an iPhone, Avatar, losing our language, that big chubby Mongolian guy, My Name is Bruce, The Barbarian Brothers, calling Apple about my users agreement, Drive, Snow Dogs, she threw the liquid in the air..., Guillermo del Toro, Wizard of Oz, ninja flash mob, Tentacles, French Shudder Island, The Rock, Ron Perlman, Total Recall sing-along, Pepe Le Pew martial artist, Ryan Gosling, Easy. Painless. Beautiful., Sasquatch, Wrath of the Titans, the Harry Potter movie with the lady in black, the mysterious presence at the backyard barbecue, Southland Tales, The Thing, Insidious, Aliens, (and this episode may in fact be) the high-water mark of human achievement. “...that movie, or that series of movies really solidified it for me. The magic of cinema. The power just to take you somewhere.”

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  162: Sci Fi Soulmates

  2/17/2012

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  Duration: 2:03:11

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 162 The gang is back! And this week we kick things off with a War Horse battle straight from the trenches! (Watch out for the barbed wire) Then we dive right into this week's Sofa Theater feature - TiMER. Can this slightly sci fi movie enlighten us on the futuristic ways of finding your soulmate. Or will some of us have issues with the science involved.. or lack thereof? What results is a great group discussion. Plus we feature a One From the Vaults segment from the star of the movie Emma Caulfield. Where we hear her thoughts on the general themes addressed in the film. And somewhere amidst all this we also mention... foley art, Guy Maddin, peering in my neighbor’s window, Ibsen's “A Doll's House, theater of the mind, Vintage Thunderbird, Seinfeld, Bryan’s Misty impression, Weekly Reader lies, Stranger Then Fiction,  Apu and his wife, Juno, lost your privileges, diminishing returns, Manhattan, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Another Earth, being rapturously in love with horses, Party Down, Tex Arvery’s House of the Future, oh my god, that plot makes me want to smash things!!, Brand Upon the Brain, making a romantic comedy about monkeys, Up in the Air, freak accidents, Unbreakable, SpongeBob SquarePants, people used to be spherical, I didn’t start dating until I’d been married for five years, If you don’t feel something is missing - there’s something wrong with you, it struck me that the concept of love seemed to - not matter, and only our show would find a way to thematically tie this film to Power Rangers, The Simpsons and That’s so Raven. Spoiler Alert: We reveal the major plot points and the ending of this week's movie TiMER. Oh yeah and we totally spoil Old Yeller and The Mist along the way. So beware of those moments... "The central science fiction metaphor, is not a metaphor for something in life, it’s a metaphor for something that exists in romantic comedies.”

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  161: Post Traumatic Mess

  2/11/2012

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  Duration: 1:27:39

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 161 This week we drop back into the middle of The Grind where we are discussing “Traumatic Movies”. And somewhere during our dealing with all the mental scars, we also mention… technology is usurping humanity, Return of the Jedi, The Butterfly Effect, Wild at Heart, The Final Destination series, a bullshit version of real events, the old lady in the bathtub, working a new level of creepy into your marriage, montages, Ice Cube, Blue Velvet, being afraid to go outside, closing your eyes during the face melting scene, picking peas, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Today was a Good Day, Crash, goose-sex, being in a Freaky Friday scenario, Isabella Rossellini, CG Hugh Jackman, committing suicide, a generation of hoarders, digital Liam Neeson, The Passion of the Christ, Willem Dafoe’s teeth, Real Steel, manufacture motive, The Hills Have Eyes, naked bloody in the shower, Rules of Attraction, The People Under the Stairs, who’s that… your mom?, long dreams, Toy Story, Revenge of the Sith, Home Free, confessing to your dad, The Shining, Freeway, hatching baby chicks, National Institute for Mental Health, Where the Red Fern Grows, Pinocchio, 500 Days of Summer, No Strings Attached, Dogtooth, rape baby??, 401K, The Stone Boy, the Facebook movie, The Accused, knife-penises, Uzumaki, Up, Rock-A-Doodle, Jim Henson’s Christmas Toy, monsters getting in trouble at work, being a P.E. teacher, and a kindergarten version of Waiting for Godot.  “What if David Cronenberg and David Lynch had a baby…  this is what this movie would be!”

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  160: Let the Trauma Begin

  2/4/2012

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  Duration: 1:09:39

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 160 This week we fling open the doors to the coffee shop and expand the cast to a bigger and better level! And what better way to welcome the new members to the show, then to immerse them into trauma. That’s right, this week we kick off another session of The Grind where we discuss “Traumatic Movies“… or movies that scarred me for life. What results is more traumatic talk then one show can contain!  And along the way, we also bring up… Man on a Ledge, making kids watch a Bergman film, Michael Fassbender, Haywire, Snake Eyes, Super, Channing Tatum, the dog with the human head, turn up the smoky, when your friends won’t shut up during the movie, that face women do that says… do me, intentionally schlocky, Candy-Colored Clown, scanning TV Guide for the horror movies, Charlotte’s Web, offending Nazis, Steven Soderbergh, The Vow, I just watched Krull 25 times in a row, it was the first time it occurred to me that so many naked women could be so boring, Iago, G.I. Joe 2, the movie you hate… that everyone else loves, I think that movie is going to responsible for so many break-ups, Lassie kills a guy, you know, there are lots of different kinds of trauma, Fran Drescher, it’s like Dwight Schrute in Taxi Driver, 1001 Amish Insults, Gina Carano, The Naked City, Dennis Hopper, the AFI lists and the trauma of Little Man. “It was like, FINALLY - I thought I’d got my kids to the level of trauma I’ve been looking for…”

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  159: High School Noir

  1/27/2012

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  Duration: 1:21:18

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 159 This week we return to the coffee shop to discuss this week’s Sofa Theater feature, director Rian Johnson's original take on the detective genre… Brick.  And along the way we mention… a mad scientist with the wall of sound, Peanuts, the Japanese guy on Gilligan’s Island that didn’t know the war was over, Lynchian, 10 Things I Hate about You, it sticks to it’s business, meeting John Carpenter and Adrienne Barbeau in the 80’s,  she’s the person who doesn’t get in wrecks… but she causes them, Blue Velvet, wearing uncool loafers, River’s Edge, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, cleaning up for the strippers, speaking Mandarin, and petitioning to get Jess Weixler a plaque.  Spoiler Alert: Go watch Brick before listening to this episode.  “You’re in THEIR world. They are in their own little world and everybody within that understands it… and you’re kind of playing catch up as you are thrown into it…” 

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  158: Some Weeks Are A Little More Geek Then Others

  1/21/2012

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  Duration: 58:11

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 158 This week the geek activities run rampant, as we discuss… The Help, Spielbergisms, Big, barbershop duet, Emma Stone, we’re George Carlin lesbians, an apology movie, The Glass Menagerie, Steve Carell, Cowboys vs. Aliens, David Blaine, the movie felt like it was 40 years long, similar moments in different movies, Meek’s Cutoff, Ryan the temp, sleepy movie reviews, Like Water for Elephants, Steve Carell, barber surgeons, non-maternal Meryl Streep, The Office, The Conversation, No Strings Attached, I’m going with Pacey, Casio SK-1, The Future, I can help you… with my vagina, Michelle Williams, the healing powers of leeches, Beautiful, I hate every character, working for a crazy boss, Five Easy Pieces, Natalie Portman‘s sexuality,  Dawson’s Creek, if Johnny Carson was James Bond, having a job playing with toys, and the best Bob Dylan cover ever! Spoiler Alert: Seriously, major spoilers for The Orphanage.  “Ok, I’ll go… I’ve seen a lot of movies…”

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  157: The Highs and Lows of the Remake

  1/13/2012

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  Duration: 1:53:31

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 157 This week we dive head first into “The Grind” when we address the topic of Remakes. Why are there so many these days? Are there different “types”? Are they necessary? And is there a way to make a good remake? We pose these questions and more are as we discuss the obvious bad examples as well as a surprisingly lengthy list of good remakes. All of which eventually leads to... The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trespass, Fright Night, the ratman, belted-overalls?, True Grit, kind of like Wilford Brimley... only more-so, Black Christmas, Hayden Christensen, Leonard Nimoy, Godfather 3, Tim Burton, Pumpkin, Crispin Glover, Hugo, Prince Humperdinck could care less about Buttercup, The Ring, BMX Bandits, is this a kissing book?, King Kong, Halloween, Footloose, The Fly, The Killers, Rooney Mara, The Eye, Psycho, Reefer Madness, Little Shop of Horrors, Ukulele Mike... this is bullshit man!, Star Trek, the six-fingered man, love for the original, Solaris, nuance in a foreign movie, Joel Schumacher, 3:10 to Yuma, Planet of the Apes, Peeping Tom, Shatner’s got pink flamingos in his yard, Willy Wonka, The Addams Family, The Killers, the clerk at Wild and Woolly Video, The Grudge, Dawn of the Dead, Scorsese in 3D, you know I learned a lot with Transformers, Let the Right One In, wearing the edges off the American audiences, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Others, Chris Sarandon, Reagan’s last movie, Ocean’s Eleven, Pulse, this impossible E minor chord, Jeff Goldblum, Count Dooku, killer backstory, Georges Méliès, Cape Fear, film school in the 50’s in Russia, Battle Royale, Fairy Tale Theater, Star Trek, your kid is evil... that’s all there is to it, Flirting, cold wet squishy stuff, not loving the original too much, Don Siegel, Henry V, The Hunger Games, The Ref, Funny Games, Harry Potter, Lolita, The Blob, Norman Fell, Nicole Kidman, Straw Dogs, and is he clueless... is he genius... or is he just an ass?“It’s up to me to let it go... if it’s ruining something that I hold dear. It doesn’t ruin it - it’s me letting it ruin it.“

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  156: The Funny Games Coffee Drinking Game

  1/7/2012

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  Duration: 1:16:09

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 156 Get out your mugs!! Because this week we are back at the coffee shop, and we are going to play... a game. Our newly adopted member of the gang, actress Jess Weixler, sits in with us again as we tackle this week’s Sofa Theater feature: Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games”. We discuss the examination of violence in this 1997 film and the director’s choice to remake the movie in 2007. And as we rudely borrow eggs, we also mention... American tough talk, Man Bites Dog, furry Hillary Duff, In Cold Blood, polite society rules, Home Alone, Titanic 3D, a less-macho Jimmy Fallon, Taxi Driver 3D, the kids from Home Improvement, play this movie like a comedy, veiled menace, Duel, how shallow humans are, like rats in a cage, degrees of alienation, like your being uncomfortably tickled... too long, play this movie like a tragedy, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, torturing interior designers, Benny’s Video, I like that THAT is what made you uncomfortable in this movie, talking to the camera, Pretty in Pink, put a pig in her face, droogies, Bernard Shaw, being a details kind of guy and how did we get HERE... from Funny Games?!?Spolier Alert: Seriously, we spoil most key moments and themes in both the 1997 and the 2007 versions of “Funny Games”. So please watch at least one of them before listening. “If this film is a success, it will be very questionable as to if it’s a success for the right reasons.”

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  155: When I geek...with Jess Weixler

  12/31/2011

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  Duration: 1:09:25

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 155 This week we welcome our first special guest co-host to the coffee shop! Join us as we get caffeinated and have an awesome conversation with actress Jess Weixler. (Though she is quite humble about it) she was dubbed “The New Indie Queen” by The New Yorker and has starred in “The Lie”, “Peter and Vandy”, “The Big Bad Swim”, “Alexander the Last” and will (hopefully not) forever be known as “the girl with the whatsees in the....” from the infamous movie “Teeth”. Listen as we discuss acting, all-around geekiness and cheese. Yes, cheese.  And as we come to the realization that bad-ass never died!! We also mention...The Juilliard School, Michael Haneke, Carlton the doorman, W. Earl Brown, losing general geek points, pouring a whisky and playing Angry Birds, The Piano Teacher, cashew and almond, Atherton Rebels, using your toothbrush as a microphone, having the wrong accent, surviving the audition, John Waters, Walden Theatre, a healthy fear of the ocean floor, I do NOT promote bulimia, Shakespeare nerd, a new transatlantic diction, Chekhov, having people tell you you are not doing good... a lot, you need to remake that movie with ME!, I would see movies and I would feel like I had been changed, talking in the back of your throat, prevalence, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, living in a shoebox, satire, I’m gonna be a star!!, CalTech, vegan BLT, getting the evil out of you, someone that they love is super-proud of something that they did, tagged as a feminist movie, factory farming is killing the world, Tree of Life, a rattlesnake in a swaddling clothes, surfing in the morning, Jessica Chastain, being big in Africa, Chinese superstore, that’s all you get for your quarter, so in your experience with castration sex..., making unwise choices, experimental food geek, Benny's Video, the hyphen: our most precious resource and a killer blender. “I don’t know if there will ever come a time, even if I like become some massive movie star with tons of Oscars, where they won’t be like, ‘So Teeth?? Really? You made that movie?’”

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  154: Hot Damn, it’s a Black Christmas

  12/24/2011

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  Duration: 2:05:36

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 154 We are back, and the holiday party continues, as we cover a few geek activities, and “very special“ installment of the ever popular Marlena Moment. Then we watch the beloved holiday classic that is “Black Christmas“. As the Sofa Theater discussion kicks in we discuss, ‘The Bob Clark Thing’ - about a massively influential director that left his mark on cinema history. As well as Olivia Hussy, Margot Kidder, a creepy-looking Christmas tree, a fabulous fur coat and an awesome One From The Vaults memory from the movie’s star John Saxon! All that plus the festive holiday fun that is… soulless, dead-eyed, robot carolers, It’s a Bodies Alive Christmas!, Firefly, The Muppets, I want punishment, party line, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Insidious, it looked like Cher and Mickey Avalon had a baby, goldfish swimming in your hot chocolate, super slo-mo camera, How I Met Barney, yellow bastard in the attic, Battlestar Galactica, Lizzy Caplan, Psycho-influences, I’ve gotta go take a shower… everyone’s dead, American Horror Story, my teeth feel like sandpaper, calling back in time, a real world scene from a John Waters movies, it wasn’t that piano’s fault he sucked, Limitless, a Veronica Mars reunion, Gilda Radner, that is back when toys shot rockets, you drink too many damned sofa drinks, The Hot Damn Hobo, Jason Segel, Brian Posehn, which cocaine Abe?, being sober makes you afraid of pain, it’s weird how many gay guys I’ve loved in my day, a pig with no back legs, choking on Aphrodite A’s missiles, hot damn hobo ghost, Jackass 3, Party Down, is Margo Kidder living in my alley? - and our own special take on Scott Weiland's new Christmas album! Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers revealed, so go watch the original 1974 “Black Christmas”. “He’s just got that creepy, not human…but sort of used to be human look to it…it’s pain, but it’s also like - I’m already dead. I’m already dead! And I’m just doing this because they reanimated my body just enough to sing and dance!”

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  153: Come join the party…we’re just like Jesus

  12/17/2011

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  Duration: 2:00:39

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 153 Join us as we kick off our holiday party and anniversary celebration in this the 4th annual Movie Meltdown Holiday "Special". In our usual way we embrace all holidays… well, at least we give them as much reverence as we do Christmas. Plus we enjoy a festive beverage, hear from some of the listeners and occasionally talk about movies. And while Misty does her holiday Kristen Stewart impression, we discussion… I hate egg nog, aliens bearing gifts, Slash 2.0, Elijah Wood, I coincidentally made out with him in middle school, Fisher Stevens, D & D, he’s a total Shalhoub, making fists with your toes, I don’t wanna squish your meat incorrectly, should I not tell people Happy Thanksgiving?, blown away by fireballs, Mitch Hedberg, Buck, candy!, The Siege, anime Supernatural, DJ Ashba, The Phantom Menace light saber duel, Memento, celebrating Krampus every month, rock frontman Rip Taylor, taking a survey on adult diapers, a protocol droid with a virus, WTF happened to Steve Guttenberg’s career, can we deport Dave Coulier?, a shady t-shirt dealer, he’s not gay… he’s just pale, Johnny 5, I’m pretty sure there was like a chunk of something in there, fake Madonna, not remembering waffles, 20-sided dreidel, red velvet milk, which Dead is Dean?, Macaulay Culkin, Don’t Tell Her it’s Me, our weird connection to the Garbage Pail Kids, Guns and Roses, hidden jerky, Donald Glover, you can’t tell the players without a program… and their defects, Jocko, that movie was stupid anyway… but he just made it worse with his face, Lethal Weapon 2, Jay is Dory from Finding Nemo, …it’s card games… algebraic equations… and Stars Wars movies, and where exactly was Bruce Willis during the 9/11 attack? “Merry fucking Christmas, from Misty and everybody else at Movie Meltdown."

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  152: The Allure of the Creature

  12/10/2011

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  Duration: 1:32:12

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 152 This week we are back as we discuss the Universal classic "Creature from the Black Lagoon". Dave joins us again this week, and he's not only a big "Creature" fan (who brings cool toys!!), but in the past he has worked with members of the cast Julie Adams, Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning! And at some point before we discuss the Halloween Candy Conspiracy, we also mention… A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Tree of Life, watching a movie on your iPhone, Jack Arnold, wearing your utility belt, it was the most gratuitous use of 3D technology I have ever seen, a bad-ass Han Solo move, science vs. money, Gorilla at Large, AntiChrist, the moment that life began on the planet, an encyclopedia of 50's ingénue gestures and looks, Destroy all Monsters, Clearwater Springs Flordia, back when women used to wear wigs, conservatism is progressive, Thunderball, The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, was that a cosmic vagina?, the adolescent boy that is 'The Creature', an intense David Hyde Pierce, being friends with a Bigfoot, David Lynch, Island of Lost Souls, a pure carved leather corset, the Summer of 1982, if your are terrified of me... I'm gonna kill you, the child care cave, Gilligan's Island and Tarantula for breakfast. Spoiler Alert: Seriously, just go watch “Creature from the Black Lagoon”… it’s a classic. "You know, you watch 'The Creature from the Black Lagoon', and you can't help thinking what it would be like to have sex with that thing. And by 'that thing', I mean... a 50's chick."

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  151: Blockbuster Desolation

  12/4/2011

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  Duration: 2:10:46

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 151 This week a full crew settles into the coffee shop for another edition of The Caffeinated Movie Geek featuring one of our favorite segments The Grind. This time around we discuss the impact of the disappearance of brick and mortar video stores. From nostalgia to new technology to building a community of movie fans we address the whole situation. Plus while we try to decide if we are a movie abuser or not, we also mention… Super 8, Escape from New York, Raymond Carver, NetFlix, Zombie Cheerleading Camp, Scream 4, Wristcutters, geek comradery, Kenneth Branagh, the punk DIY approach, Mantra, Splice, Neve Campbell, Lonely Hearts, The Addams Family, the gatekeepers, the community of a video store, Ray Harryhausen, Like Water for Elephants, Hamlet, DVDs on the shelf, Adam Carolla putting in a swimming pool, the caves under Kansas City, “dollar Wednesday“, the consistency of bagged iced, a mathematical process for figuring out what you like, AFI, Coppola writing Patton, a bag of weed and an old Yes album cover, Night of the Living Fred, The Godfather, Joe Johnston, mixing comedy and horror, StakeLand, the disappearance of 35mm, seriously… we like independent films, Red State, ME TV, guerilla filmmaking, the porn-renting customers, six degrees of separation, the death of Borders, my wife… the savage, the Vulcan mind-meld state of the audience, out-of-print movies, living in a hive, Wolfman, Attack the Block, the psychic Dances with Wolves, copyright law, Roger Dean, President Donald Pleasence, driving a car with a vortex under the seat, Captain America, more lens flares?!?, Everything Must Go, bypassing the system, Ernest Scared Stupid, defining a “B-movie” in today’s market, a movie-geek support group and is it a steamy thriller or an erotic masterpiece? “At what point do you say, I’m gonna chase what the market wants?”

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  150: Caught Somewhere in Time with The Doug Jones Experience

  11/25/2011

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  Duration: 1:42:47

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 150 This week we continue to loiter around a hotel room as we discuss ‘Geek Activities’ and reminisce about the details and interactions of the day. The most exciting of which is our Sofa Theater session of the week, the lush and sweeping Somewhere in Time, which features special guest co-host actor Doug Jones!! Star of Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy 1 and 2, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Guild, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the man who is bringing us the coffee table portfolio entitled - Mime Very Own Book. And somewhere, possibly sitting in the middle of the hallway, we mention… The Ward, Wonder Falls, getting your wisdom teeth taken out, Anthony Michael Hall, Devour, Channel 1, Felicia Day, Peep World, the son of the devil… or a witch… or a satanic beast???, Sarah’s Key, Amber Heard runs, forging a magnificent blade, the Steve Guttenberg appeal, Supernatural, The Annual Jones Family Vacation, Cave Dwellers, beating up Scary Spice, Joss Whedon… genius, Happy Accidents, scary Stormtroopers, Randy and Lisa’s kiwis, The Grand Hotel, Max Headroom, In Time, being a ‘Steampunk Dandy‘, Psycho, kind of an orc sword, sneaking through the horse door, I love Anderson Cooper!, Dragon Age: Redemption, baby in a backpack, Christopher Plummer, stuck in an elevator with Sean Patrick Flannery and Michael Rooker, eating peeps, leaving Corey out, Police Academy on Loritabs, Jensen Ackles, Sarah Silverman, being excited to see Alex Winter, Ricky Gervais, those painter-ly moments, Michael C. Hall, No iCarly for you!!, Norman Reedus on The Walking Dead, Rainn Wilson, Noah Hathaway winked at me and being a face wrangler. Spoiler Alert: Quit dragging your feet and watch “Somewhere in Time”. It’s been like thirty years already. “Two perfect people going at it with each other, of course you’re going to watch that. Who wouldn't watch that?!" For all your Doug Jones information, go to: http://www.thedougjonesexperience.com/

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  149: Enter the Saxon

  11/19/2011

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  Duration: 1:08:18

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 149 This week we head to some random convention and crash Randy and Lisa's hotel room. Plus we talk to legendary actor JOHN SAXON!! All that in addition to movie news as well as our usual witty and/or ridiculous banter. And while we decide whether or not werewolves like kiwis, we also discuss… Star Trek 2, Frozen, Elijah Wood, Winchester at GraceLand, P2, Family Circus, Shark Night 3D, Tai Chi, I hate pencils - I just want you to know, Benicio Del Toro, Heavy D, Where’s Waldo, Hatchet, downy face is Snow White, learning Judo, Khan!!!, Killer Pizza, Bil Keane, The Reluctant Debutante, Corin Nemec, Wim Wenders directing “The Avengers”, if he threatens to flip Chris Pine for real…, Ali Larter, Adam Green, Charlize Theron, acting classes at Carnegie Hall, Sands Sharks… that all that should need to be said, Traffic, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? David Tennant, a monster hunting enterprise, did I just make up an Aerosmith video in my brain?, Excess Baggage and I don’t need a hobby - I’ve got my hatred. “I’m totally in bed with a werewolf.”

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  148: F the Police... Academy

  11/12/2011

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  Duration: 2:03:47

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 148 This week, after a round of Geek Activities, we sit down and talk with comedian and sound effects master Michael Winslow! Then we revisit the 80's comedy stylings of "Police Academy". But how does it hold up to our modern mindset? And though it may feel like we are caught in Joe Dante‘s Inferno, while we are there we still manage to discuss… Dexter, Tree of Life, The Walking Dead, the world’s largest comedy festival, oh there’s Sean Penn… hey Sean, a polar bear wandering by, That’s Kung Fu, Michael Myers, Friction, Flip Wilson, a reasonably likable doofus, Andre Braugher, The Palomino Riders, Jennifer Lawrence, Cheech and Chong, John Goodman, The Gong Show, how come they give Sandra Bullock half a size to small to wear?, Mother Teresa’s plane skidding into a crowd, Halloween 4 and 5, Tom Green, A Boy’s Life, Count Basie, Mos Def, Miranda July, cutting edge Soviet theater, Monty Python, was he crushed by a ton of Hallmark cards someone was trying to make into a fucking movie?, Jack Benny, $100 budget, Water Max, Gremlins, Stallone, baby Kim Cattrall, Homicide, Storytelling, Red Skelton, Mel Brooks, Pretty Little Liars, mobile homeless, X-Men: First Class, Nets and Traps, Benny Hill, The More then average White Band, finding a big box of DVD’s, National Lampoon Magazine, decent little filmmaking… wrapped in an enigma… just slathered with pretentious bullshit, let’s play dress-up and do crafts, Desperate Housewives, floating heads, Waterworld, Maria Bello, you don’t mess with no Brooklyn rabbit and $516.32. Spoiler Alert: In most ways you can spoil “Police Academy”, we probably do. “I still have people telling me that what I’m doing is annoying.”

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  147: We Are Gonna Need A Bigger Episode

  11/5/2011

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  Duration: 1:50:58

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 147 This week features special guest co-host Emma Caulfield. Star of the web series “Bandwagon“, the feature film “Darkness Falls” and a little show you might have heard of called “Buffy the Vampire Slayer“. In honor of this week’s movie, we start off swapping movie scars from our childhood. And we forgo most standard “professional” questions and go straight for the geeky essentials. And Emma does not disappoint. Then we discuss this week’s Sofa Theater feature: JAWS! The Spielberg blockbuster that changed the movie industry, left a definitive mark on pop culture for generations… and probably killed a lot of beach activity for several years. And while basking in the appreciation of our applause app, we also mention… Poltergeist, Tarantino, Laura, Flash Gordon, dynamic and interesting female characters, Aliens, Take Shelter, being an actress in previous years versus today, Moby Dick, the Toht melting scene, remakes, Hitchcock, the creatures in the cantina, Kubrick, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Inception, being a drama queen, Jesus Christ Superstar, Empire of the Sun, I slept in my parent’s bed for a week, Rebecca, Super 8, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Birds and being deathly afraid of sharks. (Hmmm, I wonder what brought that on?) Spoiler Alert: Hopefully they pulled you aside in school and sat you down for your government-sponsored viewing of “Jaws”. If not, write to your congressman. Oh yeah, and go watch the movie! “I just think it mastered character and suspense and action - in a way that no other film really has done.” - For more on “Bandwagon” go to: http://www.bandwagontheseries.com/ - For more on “Ripped” go to: http://whoisripper.com/

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  146: The Incredible Shrinking Episode

  10/29/2011

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  Duration: 1:41:33

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 146 This week we do our best impression of a gourmet coffee show on PBS, as we roll into a one-two punch of Marlena Moments. All that before discussing this week’s Sofa Theater feature - “The Incredible Shrinking Woman”. Loaded with an impressive cast, anti-consumerism messages and a gorilla flipping you off. (I think we have our work cut out for us.) Plus a “One from the Vaults” memory from the film’s star Lily Tomlin! And after we do our part to help society with Movie Meltdown’s public service announcement, we go on to mention… going to third base, an Easter-themed neighborhood, subdued but still obnoxious, Gandhi eating Mayor McCheese, Jane Wagner, going to jail for the Lord Jesus Christ, that pistachio suit, stock gorilla suits, Jello shots… two birds with one stone, why is Lily Tomlin so hot?, Concepcion, the trashiest drunkest pseudo-bikers you could ever find, Barbie Dreamhouse, the screaming box, why women aren’t funny?, Jesus riding a T-Rex, Henry Gibson, The Keystone Kops, 80’s high back-butt, characters grow… people change, Dinosaurs and monster trucks, JT, Raymond Carver, Rick Baker, Mike Douglas, Pussy Bow Blouse, AH!, the twin-pack sidetrack, toxic soup will save us, and the fact that it looks like a swingers party - and everybody’s ugly! Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for “The Incredible Shrinking Woman”. Go watch it now, for spoiler-free listening. “I love tiny people with giant props!”

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  145: Son of Sammi Curr

  10/22/2011

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  Duration: 2:45:51

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 145 We're back for our creepy third annual Halloween festival filled with candy, spooky noises and the Halloween "classic" - Trick OR Treat. While we ingest gallons of Ghoul-Aid, we bitch about current Halloween costumes, we reminisce about The Maze of Molestation and introduce someone's new best friend Winchester and his dour disposition. Plus a One from the Vaults memory from the star of this week's movie Marc Price. And while we try to spin a record backwards and bring forth a demon, we discuss... Topper Returns, Behind the Mask, Norman Reedus, a lot of head-exploding fun, molested by ghosts, one gruff bastard, corn-hole maze, Mr. Sandman, Chris Kattan, having a bitch-fight with a record player, visually Del Toro, Dead Island, Reefer Madness, mulletty, t-rex arms, Mira Sorvino, photo strategy, backmasking, Peter Criss, the Mimic trilogy, more Veronica love, saggy missile tits, angst and despair, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, the flavor of snow cones, tiny nipples, Lisa Kudrow, Supernatural, Mario Kart, an awesome land of adult bookstores and bingo halls and flea markets, he's in my top five people I want to punch in the face, snake boots, can you get any STD's from ghosts, napping in the palm of Kong, Air Bud, wanting a discount on used movies, swimming in the Cape Fear River, 35-year old high school kids, being afraid of sparks, white douche bag power, Dolphin's Tale, slutty girl costumes, running a style blog, Wacky Packs, Everyday Italian, slutty explosions, being in the Israel Defense Force, Secretary and a lengthy explanation of a butt cramp. Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for the 1986 movie "Trick OR Treat". "It goes to prove, what the adults were saying were right... metal music is evil, and it's going to raise demons and it's probably going to kill you and your friends."

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  144: Lily Was Here

  10/14/2011

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  Duration: 1:12:54

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 144 Your favorite caffeinated movie geeks are back!! Hopped up on a new blend, we break out our usual rundown of geek activities and ridiculous comments. And if that wasn’t enough, we follow that up with our exclusive interview with comedy legend - Lily Tomlin! It was amazing to get a chance to talk with her, as we discuss - the early days, her film career, overcoming adversity in show business, and we might even touch on a little “meltdown” she was involved in herself a few years ago. And at some point surrounding our discussion on the utter despair of Peanuts, we also mention… Hesher, why Wilson could never show his face, throwing Jujubes at people, Peggy Feury, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Danny McBride, Paul Thomas Anderson, NCIS, one of the sexist things I’ve ever seen in film, Harold and Maude, Robert Shaw, Magnolia, Mayans walking through the woods for a long time, a sleazy kind of sexy scoundrel, Battle Royale, Eastbound and Down, Simon Pegg, Sitting Pretty, Charles Nelson Reilly, Catfish, a tube sock full of francs, The Wild Hunt, Waitress temping, Nietzsche and The Family Circus?, The Celluloid Closet, how is Bridesmaids like Les Mis??, David Schwimmer, is Bryan moving in on Marlena’s Hollywood crush, movies in the 70’s, Hard Eight, The Big Nothing, a long-haired, dorky little Sociopath, Dirty New York, There Will Be Blood, 3eanuts.com, a physical embodiment of teen angst, and as usual… Hector Elizondo. “Shit was about to get real in here.”

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  143: Not Bad for a Bunch of Humans

  10/7/2011

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  Duration: 2:10:46

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 143 Our coverage from ScareFest continues with our crew's geek activities, plus we talk to actor LANCE HENRIKSEN as he discusses his new biography, “Not Bad for a Human“. And we welcome our special guest actor/comedian PAT KILBANE (Mad TV, Semi-Pro and author of the book “The Brain Eaters Bible”) as he joins us for this week's Sofa Theater discussion on ALIENS. And at sometime before band practice starts for “Burt Reynolds' Undercurrent of Insincerity“ we end up discussing… when underground film was REALLY underground film, Mary and Max, please jack my feed!, Harry Dean Stanton IS Alien, Mystery Team, You and Me and Everyone We Know, Hanna, teeth marks in his shoulder, Robots, watching horribly depressing movies, Nightmares in Red, White and Blue, movie-themed art shows, Kentucker Audley, A Single Man, Meet Dave, the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral, be a fan or REALLY be my friend, there’s blowjob girl!, The Future, Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, Paul Reiser, My Name is Earl, one pathetic strange creature, Eddie Murphy, Seinfeld, it’s like Gummo and Sanford and Son together, Davy Crockette, shooting in the wardrobe storage area, Chet: Colonial Marine, the historic Kentucky Theater, Halo, guerilla filmmaking, shocking Garth Brooks confessions!!, illegalness, Miranda July, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the Vietnam war, Bring Me the Head of Lance Hendrickson, Bizarro Kramer, Eight pounds of cocaine, the era of Tales from the Crypt comic books, It came from Kuchar, desolate shots from Fat Albert, Lick My Bowls, revenge, and a very large Critter. Spoiler Alert: For the love of god you have to have seen “Aliens” by now right?? (Marlena excluded.) Hopefully so. But if not, go watch it since we delve deep into spoiler territory in this episode. For more on Lance Henriksen and his book, “Not Bad for a Human“ go to: http://notbadforahuman.com/ For more on Pat, go to patkilbane.com and find out more about “The Brain Eaters Bible” at: http://www.mythodrome.com/brain-eaters-bible/ “I think the space sounds make me sleepy.”

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  142: My Mutant Love For Lea Thompson

  9/30/2011

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  Duration: 2:06:47

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 142 This week features the first half of our coverage from ScareFest including an interview with LEA THOMPSON!!!! Which really just becomes a vocalization of Bryan’s big, sappy, teenage crush on Lea. A flame that is still burning to this day. Mushy and embarrassing? Yes. Does it stop him? No. Luckily Lea is a kind and understanding sort who takes pity on this poor fool and then goes on to talk about some great movies. All that plus a stop at a peddler’s mall and even dinner at The Parkette - a 50’s drive-in diner. All before our discussion on this week’s Sofa Theater feature: Mutants. A French horror movie about zombies, except it’s not really zombies because they are infected with a virus and then never actually die…so I guess they become Mutants? Ehhh, we’ll cover the rest during the episode. And somewhere around the discussion of fried bologna and other galactic funk, we also mention…excuse me you have a squirrel in your eye, They Might Be Giants, They Live, Amber Heard’s bitter sister, Man or Astro Man, rounding down, Freaked, 28 Days Later, a Muhammad Ali boxing puppet, John Leguizamo, that guy has child-bearing hips, Veronica Mars, Hayden Christensen, Detention, artsy Amber Heard videos, seeing Kid Rock live, Vanishing on 7th Street, trying to ditch the annoying kid, one of the great bombs of all time, are you tasting with your eyeballs?, Cold Prey, Tenacious D, Bryan is Lea’s density, Steve Guttenberg’s convincing as a child molester, is a smoke bomb a good idea?, Felissa Rose, holding the Sword of Omens, 15 paintings of Amanda Jones, The Phantom, teleporting musicians, Stubbs the Zombie, I wish this movie would vanish out of my brain - because it sucked, hairless cats with four nostrils, the first day of shooting…we were ten days behind, The Beastmaster 4 - Dar goes to Space, odd on-screen romances, pulling your own teeth out, Tonka toy adventure sets, working as part of the creative machine, an interview with Alfred Hitchcock, Switched at Birth, puma-people, cars with eyelashes, Twinkies…a healthy diet in a post-apocalyptic world, they got boogie in their space pants, the poor man’s Riddick, breaking dancers legs, Popular Photography magazine, Zach Galligan, being stuck by yourself, sneaking off to Germany, and getting hi-fived by Lance Henriksen. Spoiler Alert: Spoilers for They Live, Veronica Mars, Vanishing on 7th Street, and probably some other movies as well. “…which sometimes does that in life…you know, the thing you want most, is not really the thing you‘re supposed to do. “

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  141: Last of the Independents

  9/23/2011

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  Duration: 2:17:22

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 141 Join us this week as we bring you our geek activities and this week's Sofa Theater feature: Charley Varrick. An interesting and under-seen movie directed by Don Siegel that features... a bank robbery, Joe Don Baker, an airplane vs. car chase scene, Joe Don Baker, explosions, Joe Don Baker, great supporting characters, Joe Don Baker, and a slightly disturbing James Bond-like sex scene featuring Walter Matthau?? WTF indeed. Plus we talk to the film's co-star Andrew Robinson about his thoughts on the movie! And somewhere before the serious examination of misogyny in film, we discuss…Hatchet, Il Posto, Conan the Destroyer, Harry Dean Stanton, an inspiring educational movie, Olivia D'abo, Norman Fell, Playboy…the wickedest magazine of all, the generations of the suburbs, Wes Craven, Ice Cube’s mom, Rory Gallagher, Super, a little person giving out Halloween candy, keeping you boss’s picture on your nightstand, the first time I saw a full-grown naked woman, Movie Meltdown as therapy, Babysitters Beware, Adam Green, a fake foreign language, a bald girl, Escape from New York, being kind of loose if you’ve got a round bed. The Bicycle Thief, a killa frog, Wilt Chamberlain, the Playboy forums scene, I don’t believe in the Bell Witch, joining with a women, Roper vs. Furley, Music of the Heart, Ernest Borgnine, Fargo, insecure men, James Gunn, Three Stooges German, I’ve got nothing against pictures of naked women, a big build-up to a great letdown, the Playboy’s man’s man fantasy, Reservoir Dogs meets No Country for Old Men and why do women wear thongs? Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers revealed for Charley Varrick, so go watch the movie now!! “What have I been missing and how much do I not know…about what I’ve not seen?”

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  140: That is so Cliche

  9/16/2011

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  Duration: 1:37:58

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 140 We’re back! With the ridiculous news we’ve all come to know and loathe. Plus the return of The Grind where we answer the question “What cliches in movies drive you crazy?” And as we coolly stride away from the explosion, we mention…Mel Gibson, Joe Eszterhas, it’s so Nabokovian, the fourth wall, George Foreman Grills, being a famous spy, hacking in movies, robots are the new zombies, kung fu vampires, Tom Sawyer, Judah Maccabee, charred by a fireball, alternate reality, hitting a fire hydrant, Bil Dwyer, jive-talking Jar Jar, falling off a building, Sucker Punch, The Dilemma, Mohicans with shotguns, poetry groupies, the least practical weapon, robot Zombie Aliens, what’s his name…John Updike, Shutter Island, the L-shaped sheet, Powder, the simultaneous orgasm, we’re almost in!, Diablo Cody, Aaron Sorkin, Kevin Williamson, Quentin Tarantino, Beetlejuice, the singing knife, evil twins, The Passion Of The Christ, Real Steel, switching bodies, Mean Girls, the relationship montage, Memento, cave chicks with shaved legs, walking away from an explosion, Chris Tucker’s 13 year run, Jamie Leigh Curtis IS The Cryptkeeper, Apocalypto, Michael Keaton, Huck Finn, Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots, Friday the 13th - The Series and getting mistaken for a God. “It’s our own fault if we keep buying the tickets. We keep fueling this bullshit…”

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  139: Culture is Not for Everybody

  9/9/2011

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  Duration: 2:40:18

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 139 This week we go “off -the-rails” with ridiculous discussions that may or may not have anything to do with this week’s Sofa Theater feature: The Thing with Two Heads! Plus we wrap up with a truly heroic Marlena moment! And while we discuss the Faulknerian exercise of having two heads, we also mention…loving cake balls, Harold and Maude, Final Destination 5, Johnny Suede, Columbo or Mannix? Kill Bill Part 1, Scream, old-time strong man, Bunny and the Bull, Jason Bateman and Ryan Renolds, W. Earl Brown, Mel Brooks, missing fairy tales, deep-fried Derby Pie, MST3K-ing your own movie, THE Siamese twins, the cop from the Village People, Tangled, a two-headed gorilla, what do mashed potatoes not go with?, Sam Rockwell, Archie Bunker, bending stuff, Joey Lawrence, Hobo with a Shotgun, a Yoda backpack, curry burrito, Cillian Murphy, hatin’ on Monk, there are rules at a tractor pull!, pistachios and bananas, Black Dynamite, why not finish out the basement?, a sideshow, Young Frankenstein, The Electric Grandmother, necksploitation, Rest Stop, Peacock, Bea Arthur, where is Lolita now?, the Wes Anderson American Express commercial, Robby looked good, being obsessed with Beauty and the Beast, being proud of Jaime Pressly, old west douche bags, singing with The Golden Girls, you black bastard, an Amish jack, a really boring, long episode of Dukes of Hazard, too much information equals a lie, a clever circus dupe, my trans-gendered neighbor, being pre-goth, the mulatto character is the loneliest character, things in jars, everybody loved Robby, Light in August, the least impressive car chase - ever, a Halloween promo-based thing, Garrett Morris is awesome!, Honey…I’m trapped under the shed again, a new sophisticated blacksploitation and the kid from “Hair” with nipple rings. Spoiler Alert: I guess we kind of spoil “The Thing with Two Heads“…but then, the makers of the movie kind of spoiled it when they made it. “Which one was he?? The one with the two heads?”

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  138: These Friends of Mine

  9/1/2011

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  Duration: 1:29:06

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 138 This week we are back at our home base coffee shop for another addition of “The Caffeinated Movie Geek“. And yet somehow we still manage to get out of hand while talking about movies and other geeky activities. Plus we get a call from Reese Witherspoon!! Yes, THE Reese Witherspoon! Or we think so, hmmm?? You’ll just have to hear this one. Plus any episode that works in a spit-take - must be a good episode! Plus as we devolve into talking about the TV wasteland, at some point we mention… Insidious, Dogtooth, the official “The Caffeinated Movie Geek” mug, The Planet of the Apes, The Orphanage, Stanley Tucci, the Santa Claus myth, Spaceballs, one of the greatest lost voicemails ever, Tarantino on King King, Tomorrow with Robert Duvall, the voice-over from beyond the grave, the awesomeness of Gilligan's Island, the Helena Bonham Carter factor, The Lovely Bones, willingness = sexy, Annette Bening, Sweet Sixteen, Marky Mark, the Rachel haircut, the principles of Hollywood negotiations and date rape, why would Santa be using the same wrapping paper as us?, an actress that never reveals herself, Tim Roth, John Carpenter killed my Santa Claus, different ways to be hot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, that plastic tree in The Happening, going to Paris to see the Mona Lisa, Skeletor with fake tits, Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, Jennifer Aniston’s face, Thora Birch, a depressing double feature, David Schwimmer - believable doofus, No Country for Old Men, Reservoir Dogs, a hard-working hobo, Planet of the Guys Who Look Kind of like Michael Jackson, a female Joe Piscopo thing, getting naked with Helen Mirren, and Mary Ann vs. Ginger - the battle continues. “I live in like a Felliniesque day care…”

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  137: Drive This 7 Inch Wooden Stake Through My Chicago Heart

  8/26/2011

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  Duration: 1:25:00

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 137 This week we continue on our trip to Chicago with our first ever roadtrip edition of The Caffeinated Movie Geek, as we visit "Bleeding Heart Bakery". Home of punk rock pastries and co-owner Vinny, who joins us for this week's Sofa Theater feature: Stake Land. And along the way we meet Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), Paris Themmen (Mike TeeVee) and Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt) from the classic Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory! Plus cakeballs!! And while we avoid the dead hooker under the bed in our hotel room, we mention…censoring music, Black and Tan Coffee, H.P. Lovecraft, Zombieland, the novelty of being in a film wore off, taking it to the next level, how do you make…a dragon?, killing an infant, Godzilla, Lady Gaga and Judas Priest, donating more money then you make, the arm of Disney, seeing the zipper in the rubber suit, crossing your H, what the hell is a macchiato??, Texas being it’s own country, punk rock, an innocent romp, what a bunch of assholes!, John Carpenter’s The Thing, being in Munich, Germany in 1970, not hitting specific formula chords, the death of Norman Reedus, I love it when I’m disturbed., using your pockets for the first time, stabbing someone with a linoleum knife, until finally Fangoria called, painting Ralph Partelow miniatures for Dungeons and Dragons, Justin Bieber hairdoo, vamp bombs, Finding Nemo, Torchwood, the missing Saturday mornings, there’s so many layers of problems, you can’t have happiness, The Road, Specterman, layers of nerdom, wow that was really dark, the guy in the suit and in the last few years - we’ve really exploited my layers of nerdom. Spoiler Alert: Lots of spoilers for the underseen movie - Stake Land. So go watch it before you listen. You have been warned! “It’s like a car accident…and you’re watching it. Grab on to your seat and get ready, because it only gets better from here.”

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  136: Trolling with Atreyu

  8/19/2011

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  Duration: 1:46:48

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 136 The Meltdown Gang returns to Chicago for our annual trip to Wizard World/Comic Con. All in an effort to hang out with one of our favorites...Noah Hathaway, also known as Atreyu!! Later we grab some super burgers at Super Dawgs and recap the day! All before snuggling into bed for this week's storybook adventure TROLL! And while we take photos of costumed dorks, we also mention…David Tennant, hold that elevator… for Robert Englund, chasing the bullies into the garbage can, mustache tattoos aren’t funny, Bastian is a dork, pinwheels, Wampires??, I would let Rutger Hauer mow our yard, sneaking around the transvestite, Dr. Who, Luckdragons, Sonny Bono, death by ice skate shoe, not a fan of Matt Smith, the agent of The Nothing, Dr. Slayer?, I yelled at a guy, rat burgers?, Dylan Dog, stunt troll, those kittens - they’re not sleepy, Hobo with a Shotgun, he killed the battery on his camera, Noah startled the bejeezus out of me, $5 shake, Lady Gaga look-a-likes, PG-13 kicking in, Noah Hathaway winked at me, Lou Ferrigno winked at some guy, I’m sure Orkin has something to get rid of wood nymphs, Tom Baker, I started thinking maybe Misty snuck some stuff in my drink, an old lady with weapons on the wall, you better quit looking at that - the FBI’s gonna come get you!, Happify is totally a word, creepy short shorts, Brandon Routh, Gus Fink, a talking tree stump, kitten pants, rebel fairies, Mac and Me, James O’Barr, reverse “The Ring”, windmills, snakeskin wallpaper is awesome and…did anyone ever figure out what the purple thing was this morning?? Spoiler Alert: I don’t know if you can really spoil “Troll”, but I have heard , “You cannot sense-ify this movie.” “Oh he knows how to work his sonic screwdriver!!”

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  135: The Myth of the American Teenager

  8/11/2011

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  Duration: 1:49:48

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 135 This week's version of "The Caffeinated Movie Geek", makes us examine our own teenage years and romantic endeavors as we discuss the indie feature "The Myth of the American Sleepover". Plus while we crossover into the age of enlightenment as we drink coffee all day, we also mention…wanting to be Sherlock Holmes, Freaks and Geeks, taking over the Earth, working in an ice factory, Dawson’s Creek, Monopoly without being Monopoly, Skyline, My So-Called Life, I believe he may be the only guy who switched twins, Cold Weather and your mom breaking up with your boyfriend. Spoiler Alert: Spoilers for all those awkward teenage moments (both in our lives AND this week‘s movie). “This is the one-sheet poster child for indie movies.”

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  134: 2011 - A Convention Odyssey

  8/4/2011

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  Duration: 2:12:40

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 134 This week we are back at the Fright Night Film Fest/FandomFest with more crazy stories from our table, plus we interview our special guest - director Albert Pyun (The Sword and the Sorcerer, Cyborg, Captain America)! Plus he sits in for our Sofa Theater feature: 2001: A Space Odyssey. Plus in between the times Robert Carradine keeps bum rushing the mic, we discuss… Dar when he was younger, Asian-American directors, having a Captain America tattoo, a boring season of True Blood, bending the program around your head to mimic Cinerama, a gaggle full of hot guys, a slave to the comic book, The Misfits, Igor, Godard films, slammin’ nurses, Jean Claude Van Damme’s dad and Charlie Sheen’s mom, I swear to god if I hear that Pokemon theme song one more goddamned fucking time, the cheesy Nacho cheese joke, there was no place to develop film on the island, Wizards of Waverly Place, Jennifer Garner, you can’t buck the system, without paying a price, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Edward Furlong, directing vs. making movies, more die talk, there’s gonna be a throw down, Boba Fatt, whatever kind of weird porn you got - there’s a nitch for it, the smack down that almost went down, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, working with Darren McGavin, John Carpenter just winked at me, you can’t quit on your first film, the dawn of man is also the dawn of cinema, Electrolux, working with Dennis Hopper, having no respect for actors that were on Wings, that’s one of those costumes - you don’t put it on, you pour it on, Captain America in Yugoslavia and our weekend of adventures with Tiffany Shepis. Spoiler Alert: Can you spoil 2001 if you still haven’t figured it all out? Either way, possible spoiler alert. “I think the great advantage Kubrick had, beyond the strength of vision and the will that he had…was that he didn’t have to cast Steven Seagal.”

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  133: John Carpenter was my Babysitter

  7/29/2011

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  Duration: 1:07:14

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 133 Join us live from Fright Night Film Fest/FandomFest where we immediately meet The Fonz (Henry Winkler), then we hang out and watch the passers-by, as well as a quick session with C. Thomas Howell and one of the crew tells not one - but two babysitter stories from their childhood. You wouldn’t think you could hear a cooler story then the first one…until you hear the second one. Seriously, terrific stories…don’t miss them! Plus as we ponder just how many multi-sided die a person can have, we mention…a girl with cat ears endlessly dancing, masonic vampires, Wolf fanny packs, working with Spielberg and Coppola, eating cake at a convention?, bothering a vendor, is that zombie make-up, or just really bad acne?, the little girl from The Walking Dead, a Jacob's Ladder of horror fandom, Cinderella’s on!!, Southland, sleeping in a coffin as a child, topless girl werewolf, a stunt kid who could act, rebuilding a hippie girl in your garage from spare parts and your outfit would be complete with a mask. * A limited number of "John Carpenter was my Babysitter" t-shirts are still available. Contact us to get yourself one! “Excuse me - demon…but you’re messing up my shot here.”

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  132: Raising Arizona Fest

  7/22/2011

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  Duration: 2:22:53

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 132 Coming to you live from the 10th Annual Lebowski Fest, we hang out (mostly in the parking lot) and discuss movies and other geeky activities. Then we interview James Hoosier, aka Liam from “The Big Lebowski“!!! Then in our usual askew fashion our movie discussion this week is…Raising Arizona. But not before a One from the Vaults memory from William Forsythe himself!! Then we attempt to do Raising Arizona justice as we spiral into an examination of the Coen Brothers entire career. Then bowling! Plus as we rub elbows with a sea of Dudes and Walters, we eventually mention…passing geeky activities on to your children, Woody Allen surrogates, Red Road, drilling holes in sheet metal, throw the bunny in the box, Midnight in Paris, mom’s different reality plane, being a John Huston uber-fan, Party Down, beating Charles Grodin’s feet with a baseball bat, reading Harry Potter, Con Air, The Return of Martin Guerre, Fight Club, running over a goose, daddy’s skull-crushingly depressing favorite films, John Goodman, the poker tell of horror movies, now you’ll both work in the store, Burn After Reading, trying to hold a tablespoon and a half of mashed potatoes in your mouth, bye Glen Campbell, Drive Angry, Horrible Bosses, mashing up Fancies, Drugstore Cowboy, The disappearance of Alice Creed, kicking in a few casting agents doors, senseless death, A Hole in the Head, calling a number on a flyer at bowling alley, A Serious Man, Kathy Bates hobbling babies, Nikolai Gogol the overcoat, No Country For Old Men, trying to explain and apologize for your movie’s premise, babies in sunglasses, Iron Man 2, Owen Wilson, Undercover Blues, Henry V, who can make Don Cheadle a bad actor?, outlaw danger - but still gentle at the same time, Fat City, The Wicker Man, Midnight Run, Leonard Smalls and the big question…why are you wearing your clothes during sex? Spoiler Alert: In this episode, we fully discuss Raising Arizona, and along the way may very well spoil all the other Coen Brothers movies. You have been warned… “Yeah, I heard a lot of babies got fired.”

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  131: Drive Angry All The Way Home

  7/14/2011

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  Duration: 1:29:03

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 131 So our road trip to “Days of the Dead” continues as we recap all the happenings of the day, and well as bust into this week’s mobile Sofa Theater feature: Drive Angry. Plus we sit down and talk to Marc Price and the adorable PJ Soles!!! And while reminiscing about the cookie story, we also address… Tom F. Wilson, Nicholas Cage, he best be f-ing sharing them cookies, a kid on the Merv Griffin Show, running the spotlight, we are the guinea pigs, mustache dad, there was a whole lot of cookie action this weekend, William Fichtner, taking a role away from Keanu Reeves, dimming the lights, Patrick Lussier, Paradise Lost, Jake Busey, Amber Heard is hot (duh), growing up in other countries, bringing a tuba on stage, the return of fat Ash, Tom Sizemore’s ass or lack thereof, Michael J. Fox - Jerk?, Funny By Nature, playing Carrie, shoddy welds on the Freddy glove, turn up the AC, Green Collar Comedy, doing a parody of yourself, Grace Under Fire and no killing babies for The Situation? Spoiler Alert: We cover all the spoiler areas of this oddly marketed movie. So go watch Drive Angry for yourself, if you don’t want to ruin the surprise. Plus you’ll get to see what kind of crazy hair Nicholas Cage has this time around. “He will kill you with a cookie!”

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  130: Drive of the Dead

  7/7/2011

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  Duration: 1:38:05

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 130 Join us for our drive to the Days of the Dead fest in Indianapolis. Plus our interview with Michael Kenworthy, star of Return of the Living Dead 2 and The Blob. And while we count the flattened animals on the roadside, we comment on… Foamy the Squirrel, living in a carnival town, Twilight: Eclipse, The Expendables, pissing off Aaron Spelling, Rod Serling, Wargames, when your supervisor makes you feel uncomfortable, SpaceBalls, Donald Sutherland, an unsanitary tattoo parlor, Good Will Hunting, Julia Stiles’s face, hating on IMDB, Apocalypse Now - in space!, Commodore Vic 20, Jennifer Aniston is gonna die alone, you know how bad I wanted super powers in High School?, getting offered a role in 90210, deflated deers, The Warriors Way, Phil Collins‘s hidden hot gene, Cary Elwes, one-liners, a plastic surgery disaster, digging a lowered expectations hole, smoking four packs a day, clan terrorists, Dolph Lundgren, The Bourne trilogy, Mad Scientist Monster Toys, Wil Wheaton, animals being dicks, a roving band of ex-Civil war jackasses, Priest, useless Ben Foster, I Am Number 4, spicy beef jerky, what happened to the fountains in malls?, how many kayaks can you stuff into a truck?, porcelain vampires, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, saving Mikey Rourke’s soul, nickels suck, turning down Growing Pains, no more botox Hunny Bunny, the mall bunker, Jeff Probst, animals are always cuter when they only have three legs, bringing your kids to a midnight show, Felicia Day is adorable, Jessie from Toy Story, building the hell out of a futuristic motorcycle, Justified, the power of Jacob’s abs, the bitch cackling behind me, The Mechanic, the Canadian Mall of America and yetis on ice. And big thanks to Randy and Sophia for supporting Movie Meltdown!! Listeners like you make the show possible. “You are a man of many accents today…”

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  129: Freaks and Fine Art

  6/30/2011

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  Duration: 1:54:31

  This week we return to the coffee shop for another installment of the Caffeinated Movie Geek, including geek activities, a look at the new book “Crazy 4 Cult - Cult Movie Art” and a return to Movie Fan Freakshow, as we tell the freaky tales of three unusual characters. And if that wasn’t enough, somewhere along the way we mention…The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made, being Steve Zahn’s publicist, Erin Cummins, The American, making hand motions, Black Dead, a trip to Florence, Clay Pigeons, brushing up against everything you envy and resent, Mario Kart, Paul Rudd‘s street cred, Macon County Line, a Charlie horse in her throat, Howard the Duck, The Thing With Two Heads, Boardwalk Empire, Gore Vidal, Bitch Slap, The Bicycle Thief, being worried about Clooney’s back, Godfather reboot, ghost boobs, writing a check in Italy, Smokey and the Bandit, most disappointing movie, if you like people dieing, Party Down, Vince Vaughn… are you making fun of me?, those Hemingway girls, penises and pretty faces, the doctor punched Owen Wilson, enlarging the eyes in your artwork, I’m gonna kick your ass and then I’m gonna reenact kicking your ass, he admired…her courtesy, if you’re not inspired by boobs - there’s something wrong, Italian geek activities, the hooker with the heart of gold, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, people set out on an adventure - which is a really bad idea, being raised in a closet, Raquel Welch, Julia Voth, Il Posto, a DVD player that only plays Ione Skye movies, the REAL Make-a-Wish Foundation, webcams of nude beaches and the oral history of Sinbad movies. - Pulp Fiction artwork by Billy Perkins from the book: “Crazy 4 Cult - Cult Movie Art” - To see the artist’s renderings of this week’s freaks go to: http://moviefanfreakshow.com/ “This is the movie within the movie!”

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  128: Are You Ready to Rockula

  6/25/2011

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  Duration: 2:10:18

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 128 This week, in addition to fine Italian dining, we also discuss the infamous movie - Rockula, starring the likes of Thomas Dolby, Toni Basil and Bo Diddley. Plus a One from the Vaults segment from the film's star Dean Cameron as he comments on his feelings towards Rockula. Plus somewhere during or before the ice cream social we bring up…True Grit, pilgrims and pirates, The Triplets of Belleville, Com-promised, The Ten, missing the grand Hanna theme, vig-nett, Forcing myself to watch My Soul to Take, From Paris with Love, What’s up jiggles??, Solomon Kane, The State, Glamour Shots, Hailee Steinfeld, a displaced teacher from Pennsylvania, David Wain, Hoarders, slam and beat poetry, amazing kid actors, John Travolta, a hodge podge of everything, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the cheesy vampire version of Howard the Duck, our podcast full of hoarders, hippy juice, what do you do after being an actor, Winnie Cooper, Bo Diddley dressed in yellow spandex - rapping, I love werewolves, but I hate basketball, continually referencing Against the Dark, Joust-print?, it’s horrible and awesome, child prodigy Jonah Hill, finding four dead cats in your house and…I didn’t even watch this movie - and I hated it. Spoiler Alert - You probably don’t care, but spoilers for Rockula. Note - Steel Panther is the band I was trying to think of…Dean Cameron co-wrote a song with them and also directed one of their videos. “Yeah, I taught erotica to special needs children.”

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  127: The Lie of Another Earth

  6/16/2011

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  Duration: 1:35:54

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 127 This week we head back out for our third annual coverage of Flyover Film Festival. Our opening night excursion includes discussions of the films "The Lie" and "Another Earth". Plus an interview with Jess Weixler (Teeth) and Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project) from "The Lie". And while trying to not spoil these movies that haven’t even officially been released yet, we mention… pushing play and record at the same time, Brit Marling, Dear Mr. Gacy, Bryce Dallas Howard, The Fighter, kids recording in their basement, Surrogates, Matt Damon, T.C. boyle, Star Wars, using a cheat code to get out of work, How lame the human race is, Amy Adams, Hereafter, getting health care for your baby, Stripes, it’s one big Grand Theft Auto world, Marky Mark, William Mapother, The New Yorker, The Wonder Years, selling out your ideals, Get Smart, Jay Mohr, a society of Agoraphobics, William Forsythe, niche films, Christian Bale, Enchanted, “good” serial killers?, and being totally awesome at playing Joust. “You know, you don’t make money, just saying…fuck the man.” For more on Flyover Film Festival: http://www.flyoverfilmfestival.com/ For more on The Lie: http://theliemovie.com/ For More on Another Earth: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/anotherearth/

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  126: The Unmaking of an Epic

  6/9/2011

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  Duration: 1:01:19

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 126 This week we interview author Dave Conover about his book: War Eagles - The Unmaking of an Epic. This is the amazing story of a film that never happened and the greatest story NEVER told…until now. And somewhere along the way, we mention…Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine, Merian C. Cooper, RoboTech, the world is on the brink of war, John Wayne, Peter Jackson, a secret weapon, a German P.O.W. camp, Flying Aces Magazine, a circumpolar flight, the Death Star of 1939, Clash of the Titans, calling Forry Ackerman at home, dinosaurs, Raiders of the Lost Ark, a giant zeppelin, MGM, John Ford, dropping a nuclear bomb on New York, the summer of ‘77, Hitler invades Poland, Willis O'Brien, King Kong Lives, the alternate script for Dracula’s Daughter, Ray Harryhausen, fighting Nazis, Mighty Joe Young, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, giant eagles, Technicolor, The Searchers, the death ray, tracking down clues, fighting allosauruses, copyrighting Mickey Mouse, a lost tribe of Vikings, controlling the Helium production, Sonny Bono, King Kong, The Flying Tigers, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth and…Buy War Bonds! Spolier Alert: You will in fact hear the end of this movie…that never happened. Does that still count as a spoiler? “In the box were…a War Eagle armature, some of the creatures from the spider pit in King Kong, The Giant Behemoth…things like that.” Check out Dave's book online: http://www.amazon.com/WAR-EAGLES-Unmaking-Alternate-Monsters/dp/1593934815

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  125: Hot Rod Vampire

  6/3/2011

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  Duration: 2:39:18

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 125 Recorded live at the Beatersville Car and Bike Show…First off, Marlena has a monumental moment of self discovery. Well, sort of. Then we check in with Eddy from Th' Empires and hear his harrowing tales of the road. Knife-ings, rattlesnakes and hitchhiking ensues. Then our full group discussion of this week’s Sofa Theater feature…the Robert Mitchum moonshinin' classic - Thunder Road! All that - plus a sizable bonus track for those who like to rock! And from the outskirts of the parking lot we discuss…The Descent 2, Eliza Doolittle, Chevy vs. Ford, the spirit lives on, Black Dynamite, tall crazy slut, Phil Alvin, rapey ex-Army guy, getting hopped up on Kerouac, an acid-version of Tokyo, J.D. Salinger, cassette singles, drugs and bugs, being encouraged to be an asshole, Pulling, do you think I’m sweater girl?, a lot of strippers a lot of colors, Slags, getting knifed in Memphis, a lot of oddly sexual insects, Big Trouble in Little China, Shitty Shitty Bang Bang, remember craft night?, The Blasters, Naked Lunch, the birth of Nascar, music on plastic dinner plates, Th’ Empires doing The Empires, hitchhiking from Bloomington to Dallas, culture vs. biscuit recipes, the extravagant life of a rock star, Enter the Void and having an oddly truncated name. Spoiler Alert: Full spoiler talk for Thunder Road. So go watch it first, Hot Rod. “Are we going to, 50 years from now, be debating the philosophy within Fast and the Furious?” For more on Th' Empires: http://thempires.com/ For more on Beatersville: http://beatersville.com/

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  124: We All Have Our Favorite Stupid Stuff

  5/26/2011

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  Duration: 2:11:20

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 124 As we welcome our friend Lucy into the mix, we return to the coffee shop for another edition of The Caffeinated Movie Geek. And once we get rolling, it’s hard to get us to stop. And so that leads to… Black Swan, Surrogates, Bridesmaids, women are scary, Trick ‘r Treat, robotic acting, more love for Rutger Hauer, not watching TV when it’s on, kung fu vampires, believably dumb Steve Zahn, the chain of cutting off arms, more remakes, Legends of the Guardians, Treme, the Water for Elephants throw-down, Neil Jordan, Eric Overmyer: Lead Suspect, Jay Leno’s bastard daughter, Columbo, a documentary on pinkie toe cancer, Blade Runner, The Virgin Springs, the economy of movement, Scatalogical humor, John Goodman, Rashomon, Kristen Stewart‘s acting style, Kristen Wiig, Rocket Science, Fight Club, this was a kitten-torturing movie, Penthouse Forums without the sex, commie smurfs, the least appealing human being that’s ever been captured in cinema, Ed Asner is pretty hot, the very distinct features of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Trapped in a Closet, an introduction by Anne Rice, Mods vs. Rockers, who’s the most attractive woman…that looks like Skeletor?, The Miracle, Jim Jarmusch, The Target Lady, anything else you just hate??, Helena Bonham-Carter…we’re just through with you, being a great ex-husband, The King’s Speech makes me a dick and does being a geek make you pissed off all the time?? “It was like tedium occasionally interrupted with…violence against animals.”

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  123: Do You Ever WonderFest?

  5/18/2011

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  Duration: 1:22:35

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 123 This week we hang out at one of our favorite stops - WonderFest. A sci-fi, horror & movie special effects convention that features the largest model contest in the U.S. Join us as we talk to amazing artist Belle Dee. You've seen her featured in Rue Morgue and Little Shop of Horrors magazines - plus she just received the Rondo Award for “Fan Artist of the Year”. Then we sit down with the “First Lady of Classic Fantasy and Horror”, actress Caroline Munro! As if being a Hammer babe and a Bond girl wasn’t enough, she also appeared in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Starcrash and the Dr. Phibes films. Plus we talk to miniature and modeler royalty - Lorne Peterson. He was primary modeler and model shop supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic in a career that lasted 33 years! Lorne literally helped create the Star Wars universe we came to know and love, as well working on the Indiana Jones series, Men in Black, Jurassic Park and countless other films. And somewhere in the middle of looking at all the models, we bring up… League of Gentlemen, getting kidnapped in Argentina, Yamaha snowmobiles, My Little Pony Mash-ups, Jim Carrey, And Soon The Darkness, The Rock saying bad words, Peter Cushing, Richard Kiel, Let's Go to Prison, Karl Urban, reading’ and zombies, Geek Hipsters?, Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter, Roger Moore, hugging John Schneider on a daily basis, Joe Spinell, a badass pony?, The Smallville finale, f-ing up The Grinch, The Hamburglar, Pitch Black, skullet’s aren’t a good look for anyone, Klingon zombies?, $2 mini water, cutting with an X-acto knife, The Last Horror Film, fresh baked cupcakes from Bo Duke, a clenched fist in a glove, Race to Witch Mountain, Maniac, Vinyl model kits, The Spy Who Loved Me, I Love You Phillip Morris, problems with the Death Star, European filmmaking, Michael Rosenbaum‘s career, getting killed in Australia, The Horde, Christopher Lee, The Truman Show, Amber Heard, The Chronicles of Riddick, sleeping on the script, Doom and a more efficient Japanese toilet. Spoiler Alert: Minor plot point spoilers for I Love You Phillip Morris and The Horde and a major plot point spoiler for And Soon The Darkness. “I used to do model cars, I ain’t gonna lie. I was pretty f-ing awesome at it. But I‘m awesome at most things." Thanks to everyone who talked with us at the show. Support those who support us… Check out artist Belle Dee’s artwork on her blog: http://www.doowackadoodles.blogspot.com/ Visit actress Caroline Munro’s website: http://www.carolinemunro.org/ And check out model maker Lorne Peterson’s book - “Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop”: http://www.amazon.com/Sculpting-Galaxy-Inside-Star-Model/dp/product-description/1933784032　

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  122: A Sex Comedy for the Real World

  5/13/2011

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  Duration: 1:45:59

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 122 Right off the bat, we remind you what things are like in the real world, with one of our more disgusting Marlena Moments. From there we stay on the hard core path of the real world, as we discuss this week’s Sofa Theater feature: The Last American Virgin. A movie that presents itself as a standard “sex comedy”, but as we find out, “It takes a dark turn….” Yes, this movie scarred one, (if not all) of our cast members for life. Plus a One from the Vaults memory from actress Diane Franklin about making The Last American Virgin. All that plus…82 Jonah Hill, Rose wins you over, 9 ½ , creepy doctors, wearing tighty-whities, snorting Pixie Stix, G.I. Joe figures, hooking up without a condom, Amanda Seyfried gets naked, you got screwed over by life, price check on crabs medicine, pining away for a chick, Karen is spelled with a K, waiting for the Last American Virgin 2..., the joke of the universe, pretty people having ugly kids, a very disturbing After-School Special, Michael Winslow, donkeyesque and the best Crying Game story ever!! Plus lots of offensive comments about that one thing, that we can’t mention without spoiling things. So, don’t listen if you are sensitive about that one thing…that we can’t mention right now.  Spoiler Alert: Seriously…go watch “The Last American Virgin” before you listen, because we cover the entire plot including the big finale. Oh yeah, and we spoil that big Crying Game secret as well. “Thanks for ruining Christmas and oranges from now on…”

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  121: I Bet She’s Got a Bowl of Pudding in her Car

  5/6/2011

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  Duration: 1:41:29

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 121 This week our general movie geek talk ascends to a new level. And we spend our time discussing this and so much more… Trying to find the redeeming parts of Ernest Goes to Jail, bringing back Bill and Ted, a complicated mechanism to perform a simple task, the Pee Wee dance song, getting hit on by Elvis, everything in Australia wants to kill you, The Walking Dead, Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, the dire situations of infomercials, Jan Hooks, Primal, the anti-soap coalition, sticky movie theater floors, Phil Hartman, pulling a Hanna Montana, Fast Five, The Terminator in an old folks home, Southland Tales, sagging Corey, zombies powered by Jello Pudding, what’s a pre-virgin?, Ryan Reynolds, playing cowboys and Indians, spooky RoboCop, bringing back the Western, a super Sci Fi mash-up that would break the internet, Armie Hammer, The Lone Ranger vs. The Burrowers, R.I.P.D., don’t sully the fine name of Jim Varney, The Hitcher, real actors going back to soap operas, dressing like a female Pee Wee, Dad Jeans, good Tim Burton, Mr. Bean, The Relic of Cthulhu, Norman Reedus, Micmacs, freeze-dried blueberry pellets, The Alamo, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Passions, Kristanna Loken, every game should have zombies!, Johnny Mnemonic, she had it coming to her, Elizabeth Daily, Steve the Pirate, zombie bears, I gotta watch my stories and vibrating boobs!! Spoiler Alert: Random spoiler alert for the original The Hitcher. (You have been warned.) “Why don’t you forcibly insert your timeline continuum up your anus.”

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  120: When the Truth Comes Out

  4/29/2011

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  Duration: 2:16:57

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 120 This week we return to the coffee shop for another edition of The Caffeinated Movie Geek and to one of our most popular segments - The Grind. This episode a listener asks: Does a celebrity's personal life (and occasionally, terrible actions) effect how you view them as an artist? An interesting question. So we address the overall idea and try to decide what is the dividing line and how far is too far? And while inventing new and horrifying blends of coffee we bring up… Paul Bettany, Overboard, fur purse, Philip Seymour Hoffman naked, Halle Berry, Harmony Korine is on notice, James Dean, the new adventures of old Greg, Justified, Management, Christian Bale, MacBeth, Valkyrie, Jennifer Connelly, Paranormal Activity 2, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, R. Kelly, Charles Darwin, Jesco White, lowering your standards to make movies, Tom Cruise, Bono, having a funnel cake stand in your yard, Robert Duvall, Jon Bon Jovi, Katie Holmes, John Updike watched Overboard, Jason Lee, John Waters, a right-wing dwarf, Bob Dylan, put that in your fur purse, Michael Jackson, Vincent Gallo, Tina Fey, Pee Wee Herman, Scientology, pasta cup sizes, Mission: Impossible, Trash Humpers, Alec Baldwin, Ellen DeGeneres, Creation, Richard Gere, The Dancing Outlaw, Broadcast News, Steve Zahn is not bright, Miles Davis, Goldie’s peak, The Office, Charlie Sheen, Albert Brooks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sting, Shattered Glass, a baby monkey riding a pig, Woody Allen, Russell Crowe, Gangster Number One, romantic comedies, Devil‘s in the Elevator, Splice, Roman Polański and Google searches that get you in trouble. “Everybody has their skeletons in the closet I guess?”

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  119: The Fourth Time's A Scream

  4/20/2011

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  Duration: 2:10:05

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 119 This week we head Out on the Town to see the new movie - Scream 4. And a full-on Scream discussion follows. Plus along the way…Peeping Tom, Neve Campbell, Adrien Brody, Wes Craven, The Jacket, Paul McCartney IS Tupac, Hayden Panettiere, George Harrison’s Last Testament, Kevin Williamson, Halloween, David Arquette, Paul is Dead, Courtney Cox, The Last House on the Left, Kristen Bell, A Nightmare on Elm Street, there was so much blood, Emma Roberts and not faking that awkwardness in bed. Spoiler Alert: In this episode we discuss “Scream 4" (and the entire Scream series) and as usual we'll be heading deep into spoiler territory. So be sure to see the movie before you listen. “I know there’s gonna be a twist, how are they going to get to this point?”

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  118: Dyeing Eggs with your Pooka

  4/15/2011

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  Duration: 1:54:26

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 118 Our third annual Easter Egggstravaganza kicks off with dyeing eggs and geek activities. Then we head into this week's Sofa Theater feature: Harvey. And somewhere in the haze of vinegar we mention…Hanna, a Sean Patrick Flanery marathon, Burlesque, That’s So Raven, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Kaw, Mermaids, Cate Blanchett, trying to suffocate and squash bunny rabbits, Savage Planet, egg and onion sandwiches, wearing a pillowcase over your head, The Damned Thing, you think someone in Hollywood has morals?, Space Bears, do not pick the flowers, Rose McGowan’s nipples, Girl, Showgirls and Coyote Ugly put together, Personal Space Invader, Demon Hunter, what if Hit-Girl was raised in the wilderness?, Ten Inch Hero, hat-wearing whore, boobies flapping about, using the C-word in context with a Jimmy Stewart movie, go back in time and take off your shirt, The Hop Hop Song, and the tale of the VCR and the suicidal bunny rabbit. Plus we wrap up with feedback and follow up questions and theories about Sucker Punch. Spoiler Alert: Our Easter eggs, may in fact be spoiled. Oh yeah, and that goes for Harvey as well. “My eggs are crusty!"

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  117: What Happens at the Convention Stays at the Convention

  4/8/2011

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  Duration: 1:02:54

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 117 Our coverage continues from HorrorHound in Indianapolis...as we hang out with our extended podcasting family…Randy, Lisa and T.L. Bugg. Plus we talk to Joe Bob Briggs about how to get YOUR movie made. We bother Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects) until he curses. We discuss a different role for Andrew Robinson (Hellraiser, Dirty Harry). And we sit down with actress Diane Franklin (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Better Off Dead) and try to find out what it takes to be a babe of the 80‘s. Plus somewhere during lunch or dinner we probably mention…Atomic Books, Terror Train, the new intro to The Warriors, the phenomenal Liberace, Boondock Saints, Vulcan for douchbag, John Waters, a bedazzled muscle shirt, a crazy urban rat-type human being, Randy’s theme song, Walter Hill’s Greek legends, Vegas by the way of Jersey Shore, Star Trek - The Motion Picture, stupid facial hair, carrying around a mace, screw that we’ll read your script no matter how it comes in, Flight of the Concords, getting a hooker to shave your back for you, Lisa Marie taking stalker pictures, a zombie-killing scepter, Most Haunted, having the uncanny ability to look at your own face, Olivia DeLaurentis, Lake Mungo, Nightmare Alley, The Adventures of Lass, and we decide who gets the Babe of the Convention Award.  “This is like having verbal Missle Command."

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  116: Sucker Punched with a Handcrafted Mace

  3/31/2011

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  Duration: 1:18:39

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 116 This week we hit the road to bring you coverage from HorrorHound in Indianapolis. Plus a discussion of our Out on the Town feature: Sucker Punch. And Jay presents Randy with his handcrafted, heavy duty, zombie-killing battle mace. (Keep that in mind if you’re considering giving any of us negative feedback.) Plus as we dodge security we discuss…Jeremy Sisto, Red Dwarf, the presentation of the mace, hanging out with Metal Mikey, I jingle, the adorable and ass-kicking Emily Browning, The tenseness of Maury Povich, more on Winter’s Bone, the elevator interaction, a cute and charming kind of creepy, authentic details of trashiness, not showing is more awesome, American vs. British Being Human, Patty the daytime hooker, cousin twice removed, Zach Snyder, sphincter mouth, making fun of Feldman, May, exclusively dating teenagers, carrying the universe in your back pocket, going to the 3D camera library, ductwork zombie, doing your best David Carradine, the Day of the Dead remake and being stopped by Corey Haim’s former manager. Spoiler Alert: This week we discuss the new movie “Sucker Punch” with full spoilers, so go see the movie before you listen. Or ruin the movie for yourself…it’s your call. “Vengeance will be mine, not sayeth the lord - sayeth Randy.”

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  115: Silk Stalkings in Space

  3/24/2011

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  Duration: 1:53:16

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 115 This week we return to a bygone era - way back in the early 90’s. Back when sci fi “classics” like Alien Intruder were released straight to a format called VHS. So we sit down to watch this week’s Sofa Theater feature which stars Maxwell Caulfield, Tracy Scoggins and Billy Dee Williams. Plus a hilarious One from the Vaults memory from Billy Dee that involves pigs. Yes, that’s right - pigs. And we inflict “Little Red Riding Hood” on another member of the cast. All that and…Shameless, The Thing, Elaine Irwin, cerebral vs. gore, talkin’ smack about Jon Cryer, Space Madness, loving the girl that has something wrong with them, Arrested Development, knock-off Casablanca, crazy Jeff Conaway, emits shower of sparks, pedophiles can blame fairy tales, space malt liquor, gritty violent movies, a puppet cat?, PVC - in space!, ST:TNG holodeck, it’ll be a piece of space cake, Phantom of the Opera, stripping under-age girls, shooting a film on a shoestring budget, Lobot is not in this movie!, you haven’t seen that yet?!, Steam punk - in space!, virtual unattractive women, Moon, the worst father - ever, Clerks and developing a vicious crush on Emmy. Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen Alien Intruder yet, consider yourself lucky. But keep in mind, we’re totally going to spoil it. “If you can’t afford a good set - go with bad lighting.”

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  114: Little Red Ricci and the Twilight of the Hood

  3/18/2011

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  Duration: 2:14:58

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 114 This week is a Little Red Double Feature as we watch a Sofa Theater short film…Little Red Riding Hood starring Christina Ricci. Followed by a Parking Lot Review of the new film Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried.   And aside from repeatedly attempting to gouge out our eyes, we also mention…Building implements of doom, Gorn, Inception, Alex Winter, overwhelmingly Feldmany, The Lost offending lizards, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,  Feldman is Sasquatch, spoken clichés, curly mullets, Leonardo DiCario,  turning into Spawn, Sorority Row, Misty’s Pop-up Book Club, goat semen, trying to take a battle mace on a plane - and the return of potatohead and ceiling eyes. Spoiler Alert: Both of these versions of the Little Red Riding Hood story will probably be spoiled by listening to this episode. But I’m not so sure we can recommend watching them beforehand either. But if you think you can handle it - go for it. “That’s a bad sign in a movie, when you can’t wait til it’s over - so you can talk shit about it.”

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  113.2: Raised on Promises...and Popcorn

  3/12/2011

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  Duration: 1:40:35

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 113.2 The third annual Oscar Meltdown party continues...as we discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: Dementia 13 from director Francis Ford Coppola. An early ax murder flick from the winner of this year’s Thalberg Award. Plus we continue to stuff ourselves with bacon popcorn as Jay continually tries to identify Anne Hathaway (sometimes unsuccessfully.) Plus droopy old man ear lobes, flower-shaped nipples, pastry crack, and just when you think the Meltdown gang can't GET more juvenile…well, just wait ’til they award the Oscar to Wally Pfister. Yep, children. Perverted children. Spoiler Alert: We reveal key plot points and discuss the reveal of the killer in Dementia 13. Go watch it…it’s in the public domain at this point. "They should have gotten Ricky Gervais to host this."

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  113.1: Oscar Meltdown 3D

  3/4/2011

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  Duration: 1:29:14

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 113.1 Join us for for the third annual Movie Meltdown Oscar Mayer party! In our usual tradition, we load up on pork and make snarky comments about celebrities. As we partake in the hors d'oeuvres, bacon caramel, and bacon cookies - we also discuss... Dead Island, Betel nut, home wrecker, anna paquin, Burning Bright, hating the Pillsbury Doughboy, Doghouse, touching Sean Patrick Flanery’s face, homeless scruff, nobody does it like Sheryl Lee, the most awesome video game trailer ever!, Tiffany’s boobs, Debbie’s arms, Team Bill vs. Team Eric, smushy face, little wiener juice, Warlock 3 was awesome, Boondock Saints, how The Blair Witch Project should have ended, Piranha, dark Tiny Tim, Castlevania, The Tsunami Warrior, use your words, Trick ‘r Treat, Team Woodsman, welding tacos, puppet Kermit the Frog and Misty's favorite sweater puppies. Random Spoiler Alerts: Boondock Saints 2 and Trick 'r Treat.  “She’s kind of cute in her own way, but she definitely has a fucked up face.” “There’s no Mega Python vs. Gatoroid nominated!” “I can’t recognize Scarlett Johansen without her cleavage.” “This is so much more meaningful, when it’s on mute.”

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  112: Creating an Art Monster

  2/25/2011

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  Duration: 2:55:06

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 112 This new session of The Caffeinated Movie Geek also features a return to our documentary series...The Really Real World. This week we discuss in-depth the Oscar-nominated film, Exit Through The Gift Shop. And along the way, we question the very nature of art, film, hype, money and reality itself. Pretty deep thoughts for a few geeks drinking coffee. Plus while trying to figure out who Banksy is we discuss…size and placement, the sane way to celebrate the new year, empirical, going dumb and ugly, The Wal-Mart Movie Project, Orson Welles is so f-ing cool, Scott Pilgrim, The Blair Witch Project, Madonna, go big or go home, why do you turn into Bob Saget?, the cable series, props to Rob Reiner, Michael C. Hall, recasting John Malkovich, logical Latin, you sift the detritus, F for Fake, is it Michael Cera Syndrome or Andy Dick Syndrome?, a male Tina Fey, being permentantly attached to Tura Satana, dysfunctional Mom and Pop stores, most people are dumb, three thumbs up, not getting jazz, Claw on Inspector Gadget, Six Feet Under, The Doogie and Willow Show, Playboy’s Women of Wal-Mart, Lady GaGa, meeting a gigalo, The Trial, that dated 70’s Show, the lowest form of drama, Tim Burton is Aerosmith, placing value on art and Transformers don't procreate! Spoiler Alert: OBEY…Just go watch Exit Through the Gift Shop. “Is it an Andy Kaufman trick that he just played on everyone?”

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  111: The Meaning of Life...Now Only 9.99

  2/20/2011

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  Duration: 1:48:19

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 111 This week's Sofa Theater feature is Tatia Rosenthal's animated film "$9.99". What kind of movie works in cookies, a pet piggy bank, smoking a stick of gum, talking bean bag chairs, missing mothers, naked clay-animation people, physical manifestations of the voices in your head, shaving all your hair off, a magician, swimming like a dolphin and an angel...all in the name of discovering the meaning of life? The answer is, an unusual and visually impressive project called "$9.99". Plus we discuss Red, Cloak and Dagger, Commando and Final Fantasy 12. Spoiler Alert: Most of this can't be discussed without spoiling the majority of this plot. So go watch the movie before listening. “If there are angels, I don’t want them to be like that.”

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  107: Like School in the Summertime

  2/15/2011

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  Duration: 1:45:58

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 107 Like school in the summertime, what do you get when you cross Movie Meltdown and Showshow - no class!! It's here!! The long planned, much anticipated and massively labored over SUMMER SCHOOL episode! The first awesome thing about it...ok, well we're talking about "Summer School". The second awesome thing about the episode is it's hosted by the lovely KATIE from SHOWSHOW!!! And the third awesome thing about this episode is it features a One from the Vaults session from none other then Summer School's own CHAINSAW!! That's right DEAN CAMERON recalls not only how the movie came together but also a lost plotline that would have been a great addition! Listen and see if you agree... All that plus rockin' out vinyl style with Steve Martin, butt-kicking Oscar-nominated actresses, buying old Halloween costumes, the right way to announce yourself at a party and why does everybody gotta be hatin' on Angelina Jolie? A Message from your Editor: By the way, yes...you will hear some shifts in sound on this episode. It was horribly ravaged by Skype and it's affliiated software. But after a painstaking rebuilding process the episode has been restored. Seriously, if you heard what it originally sounded like - you'd be amazed it exists at all. But I loved the interaction and conversation with Katie, and was damned and determined to save this episode. So with that, I proudly present to you... "Like School in the Summertime".   Spoiler Alert: Oh my God, how have you NOT seen Summer School?!! “It’s really classy. They handled it in a really classy way. Oh man, I didn’t even mean to make that pun - but I’m glad that I did.”

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  110.2: The Grind of Smart Slashers

  2/9/2011

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  Duration: 1:33:00

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 110.2 Part 2 of The Caffeinated Movie Geek continues with The Buzz and the first installment of our new segment - The Grind. Which poses the question: Can you have a smart slasher movie?? That of course leads to quite an interesting discussion. As we're sure it will with you as well. So let us know what you think on the subject… All that plus…Viggo Mortensen, Sacha Gervasi, making your kids watch Boogie Nights, Charlize Theron, insensitive biopics, Clint Howard, Kristen Stewart, acting in fat suits, Philip Seymour Hoffman, I always thought that evil Queen was hot!, stroke acting, Kate Hudson, Twilight with Dragons?, Barbie is Karen Carpenter, Opie Gets Laid, Firelight, an acting basset hound, jump the sharp career moments, which Shiver are you talking about?, Brave New World, Gnomeo and Juliet, James Franco IS Linda Lovelace, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Goldie Hawn should have done porn, Lindsay Lohan IS Linda Lovelace, Choose your own Adventure, W. Earl Brown, normal couples going to see porn, the Three Stooges Movie, and the conjunction of the sexual liberation with the shag carpet was like the perfect storm for the mother of all rugburns. “Everybody in it looks like they have been abraded with sandpaper.”

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  110.1: The Caffeinated Movie Geek

  2/4/2011

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  Duration: 1:37:37

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 110.1 Our first entry in the new series...The Caffeinated Movie Geek. Here we get hopped up on coffee, talk movies and lose all track of time. Like you do. Among our coffee-induced diatribes…The Orphan, Jared Leto, an ugly-fest, Malkovich as Humbert Humbert, Girl boners?, Dwight Yoakum just doesn’t care, Blood Simple, sub-titles switching languages back and forth, Jesse Eisenberg, digging to China, visual impressions on the podcast, Peter Sarsgaard, Monster, Lolita - The Musical, The Parking Lot Movie, Being Human, a Mecca of hot dudes, the Coen Brothers, nature bringing you down, we all get one murder pass, The Texas Chainsaw Musical, the Swedish Chef, old Harvard, the Fred Movie, Miley Cyrus, whiny werewolves, hideous 70’s interior design, The Vanishing, Arn, Mark Zuckerberg, Fred Durst, The Social Network, studying to be an English butler, Rosemary's Baby, and the cautionary tale of Victoria’s Secret. Spoiler Alert: Extensive “Dear Zachary” spoilers are included in this episode. "We've just started the show."

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  109: Nerds Make Bad Parents

  1/28/2011

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  Duration: 2:04:43

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 109  Ok nerds, tape up your glasses and join us as we watch this week's Sofa Theater feature...the horribly mis-marketed SPLICE. Plus book-ended geek activities, that wraps up with a full recap of Mega Piranha and a massive rant about Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. All that plus somewhere in this episode's genetic code we discover... live-Tweeting award ceremonies, chick hips, The British Office, Frozen, editing profanity for TV, Jackson Rathbone, They CGI’ed her face!, The Natalie Portman laugh, In the Name of the King, McCarthyism, Ray Liotta’s acting, Ricky Gervais, Kamikaze fish, shirtless Indy, Getting the carpet to match the drapes, 20mm NERF guns, Shia LaBeouf, Creed-hating wolves, simple frozen instructions, The Dazed and Confused post-Xmas activities, Tiffany is Porkins, Dread, helicopters on sticks, Harrison Ford…old as fuck!, Beakman’s World and why is the wire razor sharp?? Spoiler Alert: Since SPLICE is still a relatively new release to DVD, be sure you watch it before listening to this episode. Because, as usual, we leave no spoiler unturned. “These guys aren’t your average scientists, they are young, hip scientists.”

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  108.2: There is No Magic

  1/22/2011

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  Duration: 2:06:40

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 108.2 Rejoin us in The Bastion of Awesomeness for this week's Sofa Theater feature: George Romero's MARTIN. What makes a vampire? And who is to blame when people are driven crazy? Delve into vampirism lore, religious zealots, a misunderstood teen and a deteriorating small town in Philadelphia. Plus One from the Vaults memories from the star of Martin himself - John Amplas!! All that and hatin’ on magicians, phantom ponytail, answering random questions, early movie memories, a new Movie Meltdown trend item and creepy fetishes with gross stories. (Movie Meltdown takes no responsibility for the grossness of Marlena's stories.) Spoiler Alert: There are still many people that haven't seen Martin. If that applies to you - go watch Martin before listening, because we cover lots of spoilers.　 “Would you want your Granddaughter dating Tom Savini?”

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  108.1: Welcome to The Bastion of Awesomeness

  1/16/2011

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  Duration: 1:30:56

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 108.1 We're back!!! And we return with a full-on group show coming to you from The Bastion Of Awesomeness!!  Plus while NOT touching Misty’s stuff we discuss…  Darkon, Dr. Strangelove, Misty and Jay’s cool stuff, ugly cry face, Marshmallows, 9, Children of Men, The Monster of Florence, It’s just like Yentl!, cultural video games refrences, Quija, the new Godzilla, Iggy Pop is a vampire, Madden Football - The Movie, Olivia Wilde is gorgeous , shut your gob, girl bass players?, Emma Stone, BBC shows, looking better as a monkey, napping during Tron, Contra, Metal Gear Solid, Bionic Commando, George Clooney, Bruce Campbell eaten by bugs, The King’s Speech, Barbra Streisand carrying a Gatlin gun, the anniversary viewing of Big Trouble in Little China, was Sam Raimi a member of the Shaun Cassidy fan club?, computer-animated Jeff Bridges freaked me the fuck out, Affleck’s directing, Tales from the Dead, Al Pacino, Altitude, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, The 80’s Blob, Insomnia and if you talk funny you're gonna be evil.  Spoiler Alert - Everyone will be dead eventually. (Oh yeah, and for that one Dushku movie. ) “I don’t get enough parp in my conversations.”

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  106.2: Beating Kids with a Purpose

  12/23/2010

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  Duration: 1:22:59

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 106.2 Gather around the electric heater kids as we continue part 2 of Movie Meltdown's FUCK ME SANTA HOLIDAY SPECIAL! In our usual cheery holiday spirits we discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: Terry Zwigoff's BAD SANTA! It's loaded with all the boozing, sex and obscenities that you can cram into a heartwarming Christmas tale. But we find if you hose off some of the filth, you find an somber character study. An unconventional movie, from an unconventional director. Plus feedback from the other side of the world and holiday wishes from the gang. WARNING: Spoiler alert for "Bad Santa", so if you haven't dampened your holiday mood with this movie yet, please do.   "Thank you...for our bloody pickle" (Note to Lauren Graham: Again I say...the title card for this episode was made in good fun as a loving [literally] tribute. Please don't be creeped out. Happy Holidays!)  

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  106.1: Treevenge of Six to Eight Black Men

  12/18/2010

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  Duration: 1:47:40

   Movie Meltdown - Episode 106.1 Get your chestnuts a’roasting and join us for part one of Movie Meltdown's FUCK ME SANTA HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Delve into our tidings of winter complaints, trying to record while freezing to death, new holiday music, geeky activities, a “Marlena Moment“ triple feature, a discussion of the short film “Treevenge” plus we wrap up with a special audio gift for you!! Hope you enjoy it… All that plus holiday cookies, candy and goofy Winter hats, Holy Mountain, East Bound and Down, Killing Ross’s monkey, Grandma’s Boy, Zodiac, where’s my good job and handsome British gentlemen?, Mary and Max, Punch-Drunk Love, MindWarp, The Doom Generation, if one Corey’s dead the other is too, Screamers, Harvie Krumpet, Kenny Mother Fuckin‘ Powers, The In-Betweeners, lap dances, jackassy Leonard Nimoy, It’s a Wonderful Life, Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Deathly Hallows, MallRats, Isla Fisher vs. Amy Adams, Space coats, Adam Elliott, The Foot Fist Way, A book report on “The Voyage Home”, TV shows that take a left turn, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jason Lee, post-apocalyptic Bruce Campbell, and buying eight sweaters. “I never felt more guilty about decorating for Christmas - ever.” (Note to Lauren Graham: the title card for this episode was made in good fun as a loving [literally] tribute. Please don't be creeped out. Happy Holidays!)

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  105: Un Certain Regard of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

  12/3/2010

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  Duration: 1:03:03

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 105 Sit in with this week's special guest co-host Joe Bob Briggs as we discuss our Sofa Theater feature: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. All that plus…a Chattanooga boy, where’s Osama hiding?, being attacked by feminists, The Bone Room, trying to collect every movie ever made, the French like weird things, Tobe Hooper, the scary family in the woods, left-wing hippy movies, horrifying and funny simultaneously, nobody over 30 is to be trusted, Hansel and Gretel, making a Fellini movie in Texas?, Daniel Pearl, getting the Mafia to distribute your movie, counter-culture hippy movies, demonizing the patriarchy, narcing on Peter, Paul and Mary, Northwest Connecticut rednecks, agonizingly uneven, the ultimate perversion of Thanksgiving dinner, The Museum of Modern Art, the least influential horror movie, Matthew McConaughey, the most boring job in the world, working on the two greatest cannibal movies, the new-school bone collectors and one of the greatest shots in cinema history! Plus check out everything from Joe Bob at his website: http://joebobbriggs.com/ WARNING: Spoiler alert for Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but if you haven’t seen it yet...can you truly call yourself a horror fan? “What makes the title scary to people, is not the word chainsaw, and not the word massacre - it’s the word Texas!”

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  104: TurkZilla!

  11/25/2010

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  Duration: 2:26:18

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 104 Join us for our Thanksgiving "Special" which includes unleashing the Thanksgiving dinner known as...TURKZILLA! Plus this week's Sofa Theater feature: ThanksKilling. Eventually our minds begin to get groggy…maybe it was all the tryptophan? But before we nod off in front of the television, we mention…trying to track down the Sta-Puf pin-up girl, The Wild Angels, another threat towards Gwyneth Paltrow, the Feldman look-a-like legend continues, another rant about When Harry Met Sally, Thai drive-ins?, hatin’ on Uwe Boll,the time of the month marathon, DemiUrge Emesis, the first autistic superhero, needing to be friends with a midget, what member of the cast is getting a sex change?, Danny Elfman, The Good, The Bad and the Weird, pissing off mules, The C-Team, American Pickers, going to the theater with George Takei, Cee Lo, Marlena’s secret TV show, United Monster Talent Agency, Night of the Living Trekkies, BloodRayne 3: The Third Reich, sleeping through an MST3K marathon, just the right amount of ridiculous, being stranded in Bloomington, reading 11 books, The Indiana Theater, Survivors, a pop-up book club, more Frozen complaints, Blubberella, Night of the Punks, The Light Before Christmas, kicking ass in Chocolate, casual Feldman, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and an old guy that looked like E.T. “Pride mixed with shame."

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  103: The Conventions of Horror

  11/19/2010

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  Duration: 1:48:36

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 103 Join us as we embark on another epic roadtrip as we head to HorrorHound in Cincinnati. Where we interview Dean Cameron (Summer School's CHAINSAW!) and we also feature a Sofa Theater segment which can only be titled: When Bryan Met Danielle. Quite possibly because it features our special guest co-host Danielle Harris sitting in to discuss a movie that may frighten many listeners more than any movie we've even discussed before. Be afraid, be very afraid. All that plus we meet up with our own beloved Randy, hang out with some of the crew from NOTLP, and finally put actual faces to the icons of our Twitter and Palavr friends. Plus field trips to Jungle Jim's International Market (imagine if you cross a Whole Foods with a Chuck E. Cheese!) and La Rosa's Pizzeria. And if that wasn't enough...Remember the Daze, playing SkeeBall, a lady with a mustache, Jonathan Breck and Jeepers Creepers 3, buying a stun guy, In the Mouth of Madness, trying to escape the movie, Coreyoke, a giant block of cheese, Amber Heard, Hayden Christensen is your paperboy, setting up all your plastic army men, ya damned chalkies, Whip It, what to do if Mark Harmon has a thing for you, a barrel pickel, sharping his machetes outside of our hotel room, Steel Panther, a map of beer and wine, Frozen, Cholos, an anti Meg Ryan/Chick Flick rant, being obsessed with The Poseidon Adventure, don’t ever stay at the Cloud Nine, a giant evil can of soup, Hatchet 2, PuppetMaster, Jesus Camp, being the new Spicoli, passive agressive corn, ice cream that makes you fit, leaving your mom on Beale Street, mechanical Elvis Bear?, Danielle stun gunning Bryan, that’s what you get for going skiing, Nigerian Spam Scam Scam, going to Memphis, and last but not least...hookers in the snow. "Have you been to a HorrorHound? It's wall-to-wall people, and a lot of them are moist."

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  102: Road Trip to the Land of the Horse People

  11/12/2010

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  Duration: 2:25:43

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 102 Join us for our road trip to ScareFest as we discuss our usual array of geeky topics, as well as interviews with George Kosana, John Amplas, George "The Animal" Steele and co-creator of Night of the Living Dead - John Russo! Plus a special threatening message from Danny Trejo! Load up the car, here we go... And along the way… REC, Amy Sedaris, Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus, not taking Leslie Nielsen seriously, a beat up Chevy truck in Elizabeth Pennsylvania, the Harry Potter movies, Machete, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, dreaming of Luke Wilson, Creepshow, an accidental smorgasbord, the ghost of Steve Irwin, the very first nickelodeon, Akira, Baz Luhrmann, a pro wrestler with a master’s degree, cutting the fangs off some vampire teeth, a very “special” movie experience, Timothy Olyphant might need an enima, David Sedaris, The Walking Dead, Paranormal State, Sometimes They Come Back, Dracula, Yo Gabba Gabba, getting your pong read, making Night of the Living Dead, an official ghost hunting vest, angry letters from stingrays, writing Return of the Living Dead, Zac Efron, Jeff Dunham, Harry and the Potters, pot-smokin’ mothers, The Crazies and why does every movie these days have to have either Leonardo Dicaprio or Scarlett Johansen - or both! “Night of the Living Dead is sort of like Stagecoach with zombies instead of Indians.”

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  101: Graboids and Orange Goo

  11/4/2010

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  Duration: 1:59:13

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 101 This episode Bryan is joined by special guest comedian and movie fan Don Reese. Together they talk about comedy, monsters, Hammer babes and all the orange goo that comes with this week's Sofa Theater feature: Tremors. All that, plus they get sidetracked on…giving the gift of permanent disfigurement, a one-legged priest, Iron Man, Bill Cosby, avoiding adulthood, Bowfinger, ripping a guy’s stomach open, labor pains, the definition of “hip”, Candace Hilligoss, dad hatin’ on comics, They Live, movies with taco sauce on them, Van Helsing, Ed Harris, Mad Max, The Graduate 2, Richard E. Cunha, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Adam Sandler, Dawn of the Dead, crushin’ on Caroline Munro, bean counters throwing buzz words into a hat, Romero movies, Bat-nipples, Lake Placid, WWF, The Atomic Submarine, Used Cars, comedy in stadiums, The Monster Bash, The Mummy movies, CGI, The Monster Squad, 12-year-olds in business suits, shaving your head, The Big Picture, Bradford Dillman could do it all, SNL, Carnival of Souls, over-kill with villians, Escape from L.A., The Wolfman, the lost art of the comedy film, Land of the Dead, John Carpenter and post-apocalyptic Kevin Costner. Don is a great guy and even better he has great taste in movies! So check out his schedule and go see him perform live - http://www.donreese.com/ “I could do this on my laptop - and I suck on my laptop.”

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  100.2: Halloween 3 - Best Be Witches

  10/30/2010

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  Duration: 1:55:17

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 100.2 Our epic 100th episode/I Got A Rock Halloween Special continues with this week's Sofa Theater feature: Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. Including a series explanation from Tom Atkins! Plus we try to figure out how many ways we can shove Halloween candy into our faces. Why pulpy orange juice and electronics don‘t mix. The secret joy of smelling your new Halloween costumes. All that plus the confusion that can only be brought on by microchips and rock dust. “Well hell, if I knew that’s all it was gonna take to disintegrate kid’s faces I would have done this a long time ago.”

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  100.1: I Got a Rock

  10/24/2010

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  Duration: 1:32:21

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 100.1  Join us for this year's "I Got a Rock" Halloween special, where the tradition of getting hopped up on Halloween candy continues as well as discussions of awesome Ben Cooper costumes and actually seeing creepy Cryptids!  All that, plus the HORROR of...Gwyneth Paltrow’s face, manbearpig, not dropping your favorite cousin, depressing a baby with Ziggy, sitting in traffic, directing Superman, Mike Myers, even more Top Gun, F-The Family Circus, tearing down out theaters, Pokey Lafarge and Misty’s best friend Ryan, pickles, bees as a vibrator, balls coming at your face in 3D, no means no - even in cartoons, The Brothers Bloom, Eddy of Th’ Empires, getting attacked by a little girl in an alley, re-location of The Duke boys.., dancing Thriller, Shiver, Devil, House of 1000 Corpses, Angelina Jolie, The Muppets, Pepe le Pew, traumatizing kids through The Lion King, Cat Power with accordions, lookin’ like Heath Ledger, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, choose-your-own-philosophy, getting hugged by a random kid, mozzarella sticks, The Mystery of Irma Vep, scuttlebutt, sleeping through Guffman, pizza, Cleopatra, being mad about Michelle Williams, NOT pummeling small children, a hot dog, Dark Dark Dark, Gunnar Hansen, funnel cake and he touched it with his suck. “Crack or candy corn - same thing."

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  99: I Don't Wanna Grow Up

  10/19/2010

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  Duration: 2:07:45

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 99 With this week's Sofa Theater feature we delve into childish humor and childhood trauma as we take a look at DERRICK comedy's first feature film - Mystery Team. Not only do we discover a great movie with an infectious sense of humor, but along the way we find an impressive script, amazing performances and we may just stumble across a little more truth in this movie than we are comfortable with. Plus we also feature an interesting and informative interview with the film's director - Dan Eckman. WARNING: Spoiler alert for some key moments, so if you haven't seen it yet...go get yourself a copy!   http://mysteryteam-movie.com/ “How much can we laugh at these characters? Because there’s part of me that‘s always gonna be that 7-year old little kid.”

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  98.2: Maybe Your Braids Are Pulled Too Tight

  10/13/2010

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  Duration: 1:44:50

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 98.2 This episode Movie Meltdown asks the horrific question…what would you do if you found out your child was evil?? As we discuss "The  Bad Seed", we look at the structure of the film itself, the style of the actors and address the homicidal maniac-isms that they are referenced in the script. So what creates a killer? Genetics or environment? WARNING: Triple spoiler warnings are thrown out in this episode, as we freely discuss the movie, the book and the super secret ending that we were warned, by the filmmakers, not to reveal. Whatever, we do what we want. BUT, we warn you now, go see the movie/read the book before you listen if you don't want to know what happens. “Some people are just born bad.” 

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  98.1: Suck-and-Blow is Jesus!

  10/8/2010

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  Duration: 1:37:01

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 98.1 This week, in addition to our Geek Activities and The Buzz we also feature our interview with Amanda Bearse. Star of Fright Night, Married with Children and an established director in her own right!  Plus along the way we ponder the questions of the universe that touch on...where is the third-dimension?, The Kid’s in the Hall, H2, Population 351, Alien, Raising Hope, hating your new job, Amen, searching for a unicorn, Nathan Fillion, 3D Star Wars, High School Musical…on a train, beating the hell out of Vinnie Jones, The Last Airbender‘s not worth a dollar, Kate Hudson, Chili, The Longshots, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and a monkey, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Misty’s celebrity dream match (according to the internet), Bryce Dallas Howard, having Jonie’s arm growing out of you, Tracy Morgan, the little rat-man, duct taping Marlena’s mouth shut, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog, Oscar-winner Fred Durst?, the monster cereals are back, Batman 3, hate mail from space, The Education of Charlie Banks, Sigourney Weaver in her bikini briefs, it’s a lot easier to be Southern than blind, jonsin’ for Boo Berry, people that look like ALF, Mick Foley - the movie, the flaccid Justin Guarini, Maximilian kicks ass!, doing man-stuff, revamping Colonel Sanders, I couldn’t get the tongue tattoo to work right, a gator driving Nascar, you don’t touch Hitchcock, why is a Gas attendant coming to give me a kiss goodnight?, Martha Plimpton is a Grandma, the introduction of “The Marlena Moment”, lovin’ some choose-your-own-adventure and pop-up books and the continuing tale of Suck-and-Blow. “Ice Cube IS Al Bundy in this movie.”

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  97.2: Shartopus Clambake

  10/2/2010

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  Duration: 1:36:03

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 97.2 SHARKTOPUS! That's all we need to say. Warning: If you don't have cable, and missed this one. Avast ye spoilers!! "Oh wow, Sharktopus is my new favorite Saturday morning cartoon character."

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  97.1: We Put the Fun Back in Funeral

  9/29/2010

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  Duration: 1:23:08

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 97.1 This week we kick off our Sharktopus premiere party by defending our show and our twisted sense of humor. And obviously we carry on unfazed since we still continue to discuss beating your dead loved ones with a stick, making bread out of your Grandmother and the mentioned but never fully understood - monkey fisting. Hey, we are who we are, and there’s not really anything we can do about it. All that plus Sharktopus h'ordeuvres, Modern Family, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Crotchety Adventure, The Blob remake, Heather Donahue, OJ and Sea Monkeys, The Day of the Triffids, Speedos, The Morgue, gay white Oprah, outing yourself as a hobo, Chloe Moretz, trying to ugly-up Chris Pine, Sh*t My Dad Says, Bill Moseley, Kate Beckinsale, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Rob Zombie, watching random TV, owl titties, Bogus Journey, Emily the Strange, the awesome Karl Urban, we’re gonna have to have an ass-off!, Avatar - The Last Airbender, a candy dish full of human teeth, Whiteout, not being able to get into Buffy, Bed Bug farm, choking out Sherri Moon, smart Zoe Saldana, fighting owls, I love to get stuff out of the garbage, Jay’s in another dimension, Keanu Reeves might be your father, screwing over Bubo, Conner was a whiney little bitch, Janeane Garofalo, The Lords of Salem and a deep fryer is full of tears. “Come on America, cheer up about death.”

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  96.2: Night of the Creeps, Redheads and Paraplegics

  9/25/2010

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  Duration: 1:29:12

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 96.2    This week the gang settles into the Sofa Theater to watch the arguable "classic" - Night of the Creeps. Including...hatin’ gingers, GPK??, creeps, redheads - same thing, daywalkers, Night of the Creeps, somber movie moments, didn't they cure Polio?, douche baggy 80’s guys, do they have a vaccine for redheads?, dick cops, Garbage Pail Kids and C.H.U.D.s put together, Ladies of the 80’s, Bubba, Misty bits, Dick Miller, the ultimate wingman and you know I don’t like people that are handicapped.   Warning: If you've been cryogenically frozen since '86 and missed this movie, you better watch it before you listen to this episode. Thrilling spoilers throughout... Plus a One from the Vaults introduction from Tom Atkins himself! And feedback on Night of the Creeps and the last several episodes. “Force the Evil out of your vagina!!”

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  96.1: Tom Atkins Fights Puppies for Supremacy

  9/21/2010

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  Duration: 1:13:51

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 96.1 Join us for the Geek Week, The Buzz, random tangents and the introduction to our interview with Tom Atkins! All that plus...Inglorious Basterds, Voltron, Chairy, the front man, Til Schweiger, tent mansion, Severance, Steve Buscemi, Wolfman, Gypsy Rose Lee, invisible dog, running over kids, Hoarders, the return of Benicio Del Toro’s “face”, Sacha Baron Cohen, sidetracked by The Usual Suspects, In the Soup, I Know What You Did Last Summer - The Book, the bog of eternal stench, fat kung fu, Kingdom of the Spiders, RZA, Freddie Mercury, Sarah Polley and Sarah Silverman’s boobs. “No way…I’ve always been whorey-looking!”

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  95.2: Milla Matrix-ing through the Zombie Mosh Pit

  9/17/2010

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  Duration: 1:11:10

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 95.2 Join us as the geek gang heads Out on the Town to see the new entry in the franchise - Resident Evil: Afterlife. What does director Paul WS Anderson bring to the table this time? What do we think of Milla's new look and slight change in character? And how does the 3D technology play on the big screen? And how do we get around to discussing the mouthbreather, 40 shooters and zombie Odie?? Plus feedback from several locations including our new forums on Palavr (stop by and check them out... www.palavr.com ). “I have a problem with the story, but I don’t have a problem with the movie - if that makes sense?” Warning: Spoliers for this new movie, so go hit the theater and see it before we tell you something you don't want to hear.

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  95.1: Derailed by Fish Tacos and a Slut Sandwich

  9/15/2010

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  Duration: 1:20:52

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 95.1  Geek week, buzz and massively random stories that at some point may include...advanced warning for Mystery Team, Machete Kills, anime Zooey Deschanel, the concrete unicorn and the dolphin rug, a newfound love for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kenan Thompson, watching the THIS, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, more on the blue man goods, Aunt Misty, the nastiest dirtiest slut she’s ever know, Be Cool, Sherman Williams Twister-proof paint, a Community tangent, reading The Watchman, Trejo trios, older action stars, Harrison Ford hooking up with an alien, Enemy at the Gates, pissing in the middle of the street, watching 45 minutes of The Hospital, fake one dollar bills, Fanboys, got any tips for Zelda Phantom Hourglass, El Camino, having tea parties with Karl Urban, Machete Kills Again, Mel B, Chris Pine IS Machete, Stan Helsing, the breakout role of The Rock, Gundam Battle Assault, shakin’ the baby, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, nailing a fat guy in an outhouse, everything’s better with a monkey, Justin Bieber as Heath Ledger?, President Chris Pine, moldy walls, painting your trailer, disappearing and reappearing Marlena, blurring out Linnea Quigley, way to pull out an ancient Michael Jackson, living the real Fanboys lifestyle, bigger teeth than normal, drowning while making out with Kirsten Dunst, Machete action figures, President Zac Efron, The S-Club 7 and Spice Girls tangent, action star: Andy Griffith, ripping-off Fables, being attacked by giant ants made out of pipe cleaners, the awesome paintball episode, Priest, slavegirl Kristen Bell, Russian snipers, PopTarts in the middle, WatchGuys, Ziyi Zhang is adorable, you don’t fuck with another man’s vehicle, hissing babies and the crowning jewel of nerddom. “Yep, that’s pee.”

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  94.2: Machete Doesn't Podcast

  9/11/2010

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  Duration: 1:21:33

  Episode 94.2 - Movie Meltdown This week we head Out on the Town to see Ethan Maniquis and Robert Rodriguez's new movie - Machete! And not only do we discuss the blood, boobs and tacos featured heavily in this movie, but oddly enough for us, we discuss more serious topics like stereotypes and illegal immigration. Touchy subjects yes, but don't worry...we are equal opportunity offenders. As always. "F**k Jessica Alba" Warning: Loaded with lots of bloody spoliers, so the usual spoiler alert applies.

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  94.1: You Got Fire in your Pants Today Sir

  9/9/2010

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  Duration: 1:14:55

  Episode 94.1 - Movie Meltdown Join us for this week’s buzz and geek activities, and as were find new and innovative ways to offend people, we also work in… Batman: Behind the Green Door, Aronofsky’s Wolverine 2, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, all the horrors of Kenny Chesney, the one-two punch of a tiger and a hurricane, The Room - The Game, rewatching The Duke boys, the dog papoose, Mummies Unwrapped, buddy cops Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper, Book of Eli, Ray Wise, fur mittens, ginger fat useless kids, shirtless John Schneider, dogs in strollers, retroactively replacing Brendan Fraser, Burning Bright, hating Kirk Cameron, rebooting Midway, children on leases, Moonchild!!, nuke ‘em!, the ordeal of making Fanboys, cables snapping at your face in Fival Destination, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Island of Doctor Moreau, trading Marlena to the Amish, The Bad Seed, The Prowler, the actual NeverEnding Story, Dead End, Atreyu’s talking horse, Bender is The Joker, The Nothing is so cool, and F-ing Mummies. “It's the pussification of America”

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  93.2: God Drives a Luxury Sedan

  9/7/2010

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  Duration: 1:53:25

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 93.2 It's futuristic. It's biblical. It's musical? Welcome to THE APPLE, a weird, wild ride through the eyes of two young singers from Moose Jaw, Canada as they are tempted by the evils of the all-powerful music industry. Words can't quite do this movie justice, but we certainly try to capture some of our wonder and confusion brought about by this film. And along the way we end up finding a lot more going on below the surface then we ever expected. Plus a "One from the Vaults" story from Catherine Mary Stewart herself, about how she ended up starring in "The Apple". “I think this ratchets up the quirky - past infinitum.” Warning: This is a movie, if not an experience, that must be seen to be fully appreciated. As usual, we delve well into spoilers, so go watch "The Apple" before listening.

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  93.1: Crushin' on Catherine

  9/1/2010

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  Duration: 1:50:48

  Join us this week as we get into our geek activities, we follow that with several extensive discussions on the buzz of the week plus we round things out with Bryan's sappy interview with actress Catherine Mary Stewart.   And along the way we bring up...Piranha 3D, Them, how YOU can save Studio Ghibli, Army of Darkness, Assault on Precinct 13, unlimited shotgun shells, stolen library books, bonding with your mom deadite-style, Jessica Alba’s husband - watch your back!, Alexandre Aja, Skyscraper Stereo, Stories That Scared Even Me, The Day of the Dead (oh…the remake), Passions, everybody else can die - and does, Hamlet 2, Nerdcore Rising, Quills, being somehow involved with Skuzzelbutt makes you cool, at The Exit in Chicago watching Deathrace 2000 while listening to TSOL, History Channel feeding-cam, ass-kickin' Elizabeth Shue, Jim Henson's The Storyteller, screw that guy with the vacuum!, is Jerry O’ Connell really a jack-ass?, Piranha 4D - The Spawning?, Midnight Movie, zombies crawl on the ceiling?, finding the old people market, Christopher Lloyd‘s caricature of himself, J. J. Abrams M:I 3, Evil Dead 2, MC Frontalot, Death Note, a younger Shaft?, trying to get through a fight in Dragonball Z, Spy Kids 4, Come Hither by Walter de la Mare, Tom Cruise…how dare you get old?!, being strangled with your own severed hand, marketing to the 25 to 35-year olds, the skull with the eyeballs, Eric Roberts and Patrick Duffy on daytime soaps, Nick Cannon, The Evil Dead and you want my fruit on the bottom? "I shouldn't have sang that song about us getting married??"

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  92: Shortbus is our Handle

  8/25/2010

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  Duration: 1:28:42

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 92 Join us as the Movie Meltdown gang heads to Chicago in our own CB-equipped “shortbus”. Listen as we recount our day at the convention (in our usual style), plus our interview with actor Richard Anderson, including several Bionic announcements! (And yes, that is Star Trek's "Q" that comes up in the middle of the interview. And the tapping you hear in the background toward the end is Micky Dolenz and his drumsticks who was right behind us.) All that plus…Deep-fried food, hiding your lunch money in your ‘roos, Joan Jett continues to kick-ass!!, Dirty Jobs, Cobra: The Space Pirate, celebrities coming out of the bathroom, is it time to re-boot G.I. Joe?, potpourri of body odor, ripped Green Lantern, John Schneider, getting called a silly goose?, Googled, 20 pounds of dead skin, more SuperDawgs, sneaking pictures, don’t you hate it when the maid walks in on the orgy?, Spider-man’s girlfriend, we saw bunnies, The Batmobile, Wilson? From Home Improvement?, playing deadly Seven Minutes in Heaven, darting off like a bunny, The Iron Sheik, Black Dynamite 2, he spent the real of his career being “boner”, stalking and smelling celebrities and at some point we say… “God bless his massive, over-worked heart” “Sometimes I’d get in the closet and take the box lid off, just to pop the bubble.” “Did he cry little Trekkie tears?” “He had a perfectly round face, kind of like a Garbage Pail Kid.” “She wasn’t as friendly as John Schnieder who cuddled me to his bosom.” “You can’t accept Marlena without knowing your gonna see a little boob and a little bit of butt crack.” “I can taste how you smell.” “Look…they got a Shatner machine!” “I was right next to Skeletor’s package at one point.” “I just got tired of seeing guy’s dick outlines through their leotards.” “I’m going to use my midget stature to my advantage” “Now ride me Shanter, ride me!!”

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  91.2: Shoot him now! Shoot him now!

  8/20/2010

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  Duration: 1:20:49

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 91.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is 1971's FRIGHT. This British movie showcases great visuals and the groundbreaking idea of a babysitter being alone in a house while the killer lurks outside. But what does the gang think of the characters, pacing and British-ness of this film??  And then we follow it up with feedback focusing on the viciousness and awesomeness of Misty. “This movie made me realize I would have zero problem emptying a loaded gun into the face of someone who f-ing deserved it.” WARNING: FRIGHT spoilers are contained in this discussion (as usual).  

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  91.1: Pure Gold from the Butts of Hollywood

  8/17/2010

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  Duration: 1:25:09

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 91.1 This episode includes our new and fabulous geek activities, buzz of the week and many rants (most of which come from Jay) and stories of humping (most of which come from Marlena.) Plus our interview with actor William Ragsdale! Star of Fright Night, Justified and quite a handsome man as we are told. Plus we eventually get around to discussing...The Runaways, being pinned down in a Nerf battle, Daybreakers, Til Schweiger, Scarlett Johansson rockin’ Tom Waits, who’s the bitch? Scout Taylor-Compton or Lita Ford?, what kid gives a f**k about Tarzan?, making Kristen Stewart cry, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Idris Elba, Peggy Lee, Bernie, People for the Ethical Treatment of Zombies, Amish leprechauns, Justin Timberlake is a master beat-boxer, edgy Warner Bros. cartoons, Space Madness!, Black Dynamite, 500 Days of Summer, MotherF***er, marathon-ing Big Wolf on Campus, The Red Baron, ranting about Yogi Bear, don’t accept fudge from strangers, white African Gods, Chris Hemsworth is hot, Sam Neill is not a very effective scary vampire, liking all the movies it ripped off, Dakota Fanning is a real actress, Power Kids, Phil Collins can’t even save your movie, what the hell’s up with Willem Dafoe’s stupid facial hair?, whipping the heart transplant kid, does that mean vampires are just idiots?, Misty beats Jay, CGI: Terminator 3000, re-casting Alex Cross, The Neverending Story - no seriously, we all have anger management issues, Reese Witherspoon's new role, you don’t need to stand to sing, rockin’ the Clooney, Arsenio Hall, Pandorum, CGI: Tarzan, humpin’ to Black Snake Moan, Bob Ross ain’t been signing his shit, Zooey Deschanel is cute, CGI: Bugs Bunny, breaking the “nice” glass LED smoke-producing fountain, looking at naked women makes you blind, and more about Reese’s kid's butt. “I’d recognize that f**k anywhere.”  

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  90.2: Dreamscapin' with the Snakeman

  8/14/2010

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  Duration: 1:41:08

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 90.2 Aside from a tangential group therapy session this week we also address our Sofa Theater feature: Dreamscape. Where we ask things like - what constitutes dream rape? Why are we so obsessed with nuclear war? Is CGI and art form? And who’s up for an old-timey rave? What does George Wendt have to do with baked beans? How did Marlena get involved with the secret service? How did Joanie get that suggestive nickname? And just how do Tom Selleck and Don Knots fit into this?? Well, you’ll just have to listen… “Hello tangents…” WARNING: Dreamscape spoilers...but how the hell could you have made it this far and not seen Dreamscape?  

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  90.1: Finger Me...says Justin Bieber

  8/10/2010

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  Duration: 1:22:43

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 90.1 This episode includes "Finger Me!" and "The Butthole Story", oh yeah and we talk about movies too. And in the middle of all the chaos we mention... Leonardo’s acting style and aging , Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the Christian Bale diet plan, putting the "special" Juliet Lewis in a deep fryer, rewatching Kick-ass, Bowie is awesome, Two badgers fighting each other, making out with Pinhead, Warlock, Joanie’s mom is Sigourney Weaver, Chris Pine, putting up with John C. Reilly forever, Shrek 4, the challenge of retro games, The Machinist, Jena Malone, the little people channel, Taken 2: Electric Boogaloo, Kristen Stewart, Dracula’s lesbian daughter, crazy uncle Kenneth Branagh, the ghost of Bob Villa, Nadja, Five Kids and It, hot greasy and folded, signing up for Netflix, more with Jack Ryan, Jam from down there?, Final Fantasy, Little Shop of Horrors, licking his needles, Johnny Depp is surprisingly not playing Jack Kerouac, The girl born without a face, Lockout, 3D eye surgery, At the Mountains of Madness, The Hunger, ghosts are jerks, why are you purple?, Hellraiser, the “special” Hobbit,Tattooed seaman, becoming a cenobite, selling tampons in the lobby, Amish ZZ Top, Special sex scene, Justin Bieber, it’s creepy that Facebook kind of rules the world, gay boys with beards, a Weird Al epiphany, looking like Taylor Lautner, Midget Bourne, Luc Besson, and Tom Cruise is picking up Hugh Jackman’s sloppy seconds. “We’ve dodged like three spit-takes already.”

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  89: Roger Corman presents Tales from the Table

  8/5/2010

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  Duration: 1:05:43

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 89 This is Movie Meltdown's live coverage from behind their table at the 2010 Fright Night Film Fest. Including our interview with film legend Roger Corman! Plus another entry in our series "The Art of being a Movie Geek" with artist Chris Kuchta. (http://horrorartist.com/) Join us as we discuss this week's buzz plus all the horror that is the passersby at any convention. “We probably shouldn't be anticipating this 14 year old's skirt flying up.”  

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  88.2: Come On, Who Wouldn't Love Mandy Lane?

  7/30/2010

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  Duration: 1:09:32

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 88.2 This week we track down an infamous (and still unreleased in the U.S.) Sofa Theater feature: All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. Here we watch the traditional horror structure and stereotypes butt heads with unconventional visuals and an oddly likable title character. But how does it all play out?? “This is a slasher, that’s really more of a shooter.” WARNING: Mandy Spoilers!! Go watch the movie BEFORE you listen to this episode.

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  88.1: Romancing the Mandy

  7/27/2010

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  Duration: 1:02:45

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 88.1 You and Mandy?! Yeah right, in your dreams!! Ok, that's true. But after being creeped out by Bryan’s sappy dream, we get to this week’s buzz. Plus, all jokes (about a horse) aside, we go out on an amazing song. (Seriously Mandy, forget that Ryan guy… call me.)  And once our host woke up, we talk about… Allison Scagliotti, Sharkarracuda, Daniel Craig, Napalm Death, The Raven, Burning Bright, Bryan romances Mandy (in his dreams), Warehouse 13, pickle juice, Brad Pitt would make a hot zombie, Stargate SG1, Texas popcorn, Will Ferrell’s serious acting, fat MacGyver, World War Z, Hansel and Gretel in 3D!!, Quantum of Solace, going on roadtrips with Wyatt Earp, the man with the largest face ever!, Tiger in the House, painting a night time seascape, Mr. Markie Mark, Snakes on a Train, naked Ramona and Beezus?, Daniel Radcliffe, Selena Gomez eating, ghosts are totally racists, Bob Ross, Earp: Saints for Sinners...and a horse! “Is drunk an emotion??"

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  87.2: Kevlar Pillows in the Philippines

  7/24/2010

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  Duration: 1:23:14

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 87.2 This week we go completely off the rails as we wrap up the trilogy of terror that is Greedo Bloody Greedo with our Sofa Theater feature: WONDER WOMEN. Silliness ensues.  And the only thing more ridiculous then the movie discussion, is what happens after that...out of control!                                    “In the jungle - no pants. That’s a good idea, isn’t it? But they had go-go boots. So that protects at least up to their knee.” WARNING: We may or may not spoil Wonder Woman, but our feedback conversations will in fact - spoil your brain!

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  87.1: Honk if you Love Semi-Porn

  7/21/2010

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  Duration: 1:12:10

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 87.1 This week Bryan watches a dirty movie and Misty identifies a new type of vehicular sex, that is quite different than Jeepin'. Plus the buzz o' the week and a bonus entry in the Greedo Trilogy of Terror. And among the usual craziness … Fighting the descendents of Mothra Island, old VCRs and cable boxes, the Sharktopus trailer kicks ass!, THIS channel, getting your ass kicked by ghosts, 72 hours straight of Battlestar Galatica, the ultimate evil - Dean Kane!, Flesh for Frankenstein vs. Blood for Dracula, Corey’s Florida adventures, VR sickness, steampunk Beowulf, a swashbuckling hunchback?, Betty White is a deity, please sponsor Iron Sky because we want to see it, Timothy Olyphant is Josh Duhamel (or vice verse), The Wachowski Siblings, annoying Starbuck, Fatal Frame, Double O Kid, an uncomfortable photo booth experience, The Crazies, Hurricane Jack Wagner, Bo Hoskins??, CN9, Jamie Lee Curtis is TinkerBell?, I’m.Mortal, and NEVER Snap into a Slim Jim (right before bed)!   "That's what you get for wearing a miniskirt to a haunted house!“ 

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  86.2: Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Living Entities

  7/16/2010

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  Duration: 1:09:08

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 86.2 The Greedo Bloody Greedo Trilogy of Terror continues as we watch this week's Sofa Theater entry: The Cremators. This movie features a badly framed lighthouse with possible heavy overtones, a hippy flailing a cat around on the beach, choppy editing, bug magazines, the worst lighting ever and a sneaky fireball bigger than a scooner!   Plus get your entries in to win the Han Shot First gift pack!                                    “Flame retard-ed” WARNING: I'm not sure you can spoil this movie, but we certainly try.

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  86.1: To Catch a Predators

  7/13/2010

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  Duration: 1:19:38

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 86.1 This week we welcome listener and new member of the gang, Greg to sit in  and bear witness to our usual level of ridiculousness. And a good portion of that ridiculousness revolves around… Extract, Piranha 3D, Criminal Minds, MGM financial woes, GattiLand, Step Up 3D, Rowlf the Dog is a lot like the Predator, zombie baby!, Machete, there’s a lot of singing in the dystopian future, painfully becoming a grown-up, The Guild, Youth in Revolt, we had the best allotment of trailers - possibly ever!, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, can you fit that much awesome in a movie?, forcing kids to watch Fellini, futuristic percussion poetry, reminiscing about Showgirls, The Expendables, Chris Hansen vs.The Predator, Saoirse Ronan, The Little Mermaid = Splash > AquaMarine, stunt men, double you pleasure, double your Mad max reboots, playing Mystery Date, James Bond 23, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Apple, Jean Smart?, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, hating on The Lovely Bones, The Fall Guy and as if we didn’t already know Bryan was going to hell…he’s sealed his fate this episode with possibly the most tasteless comment we’ve ever made. “Why can’t more shows be like Alf?“ 

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  85.2: Take out his sex upon her…the Blood Mania way!

  7/10/2010

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  Duration: 1:12:07

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 85.2 The epic begins... as we launch the Greedo Bloody Greedo trilogy of terror with BLOOD MANIA!!   Soap opera, horror or porn? You make the call. What other movie do you get a renaissance fair, abortion, blackmail, trippy drug-induced visuals, murder, a mullet beehive, sexual extortion, lesbian overtones and a sex turntable?   Plus learn how to enter and win the Han Shot First gift pack!                                    “This is the nerdiest conversation, about sex, I think has ever occurred.” WARNING: If you don't want to ruin all the blood and the mania, go watch the movie before you listen to this episode. We discuss the twist ending and everything beforehand.

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  85.1: Greedo Bloody Greedo

  7/7/2010

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  Duration: 1:24:57

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 85.1  With this episode we kick off our new series GREEDO BLOODY GREEDO or "The Other Films of Maria de Aragon". So we begin with our geek activities, then into the movie news for the week, and round out the episode with our interview with Maria de Aragon herself. And somewhere amongst the tangents, we discuss... Waterworld, being up in arms about the Wendy’s girl, sensationalizing serial killers, Andrew Garfield??, Black Lightning, Dennis Hopper is freakin’ amazing, Lowly Worm is the f-ing man!, that scary little ginger kid, Dahmer, Adventuretime, don’t sully the fine name of Dushku, that movie about the seal, screaming tomatoes, the return of Pee Wee, babysitting movies, catching up on Dexter, being obsessed with Drake Bell, trying to cut your own finger off, someone stop Carrot Top, watching Harold and Kumar as you are bleeding, the NEW Spider-Man, Problem Child - cinematic masterpiece?, revitalizing the serial killer industry, I hate people with pinchy faces, Judd Apatow, Natural Born Killers, Busytown, Robots, watching the O.J. trial, encroaching upon my geek territory, twisted cartoons not necessarily for kids, If he can’t shoot webs out of his hand who gives a F what this loser is doing!, my hat is also my toilet, Rocko’s Modern Life warping my childhood, everybody pleases themselves, Danville girl, hot Sméagol action, ruining it for the rest of the ginger kids and a spoiler alert for Angus?? “Dr. Phil and Gollum scare me more than anything.”

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  84.2: Those Wordy Canadian Zombies

  7/2/2010

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  Duration: 56:51

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 84.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: Pontypool. A wave of zombies from the great white North try to change the rules of a well-worn subgenre. But are horror fans ready for the change?   Plus we wrap up the show with an awesomely  geeky rant from our guest co-host Graham Elwood.                                   “It's doing kind of, this Orson Welles War of the Worlds version of a zombie attack." WARNING: Big, cold, dull, dark, white, empty, never-ending blow my brains out, seasonal affective disorder freaking kill me now spoiler alert.

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  84.1: Duckfacing with Graham Elwood

  6/30/2010

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  Duration: 1:24:51

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 84.1 This week we delve into our Geek Activities, plus What's the Buzz featuring special guest co-host comedian/filmmaker Graham Elwood! And either before or after our fieldtrip for appetizers we bring up… A hot Diabetic episode, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, DinoCroc vs. SuperGator, creepy, black hair coming out of the sink, cold-blooded heat vision?, Licking Danny Devito’s bald head, Hoochie shorts! Hoochie Shorts!!, Jim Carrey is a weirdo, The Martian Chronicles, Rock’em Sock’em Robots, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s bromance, bloaty Leonardo Dicaprio’s “acting”, Snoop Dogg says, “oh Sookie“, is TV better than movies?, the old days back when we were in a band, Kristen Stewart double feature, Shudder, Corey’s first roadtrip, the lone guy in camo, casting the live-action Squidbillies movie from people passing by, When in Rome, She’s totally shuddering and open for business, one of David Carradine’s final roles, It’s time for the versus!, watching the Duckface video, sad Picasso stories, Short films back in the theater, “financially-inspired” Hollywood, That girl came equipped with Velcro, a smooth Jazz and no green M & M’s rider, Jesse Eisenberg, Alice in Wonderland, delivering Jurassic lines, the ho-parade, being raised by Bob Ross, Ryan Reynolds, Shudder Island, Rambling about gay-ass vampires, dirty looks from a crocodile, the musical stylings of William Shatner, Jazzy Billie Jean, that’s Misty’s jam, rockin’ the accordian, Dr. Strange, Rod Serling, and repeatedly showing off the awesome Corey tat.   “This episode sponsored by delicious Chesterfield cigarettes.” Check out Graham's podcast COMEDY FILM NERDS at: http://comedyfilmnerds.com/ And for more on Graham's stand-up go to: http://grahamelwood.com/

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  83: Flyover Pride

  6/23/2010

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  Duration: 1:09:53

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 83 This week we feature coverage from the FLYOVER FILM FEST, featuring interviews with John Stalberg Jr., director of High School, author and film curator Jack Stevenson and Jason Epperson, director of Unrequited. “It got to the point, my parents were like - you need to read more, you’re watching too much TV, you’re watching too many movies. This isn’t going to amount to anything - what are you doing with your life?” For more on High School:    http://www.deptofmoralhealth.org/ and  http://www.facebook.com/pages/HIGH-school/251426336924?ref=nf  For more on Jason Epperson:  http://eppicfilms.com/ and Unrequited: http://www.unrequitedmovie.com/ 

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  82.2: And it All Started with an Ear

  6/18/2010

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  Duration: 1:13:43

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 82.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: Blue Velvet. We delve into the sick, twisted world of David Lynch, and remember just how amazing Dennis Hopper could be.   Log trucks, fire, red curtains, bugs, an engulfing white light and a robotic, symbolic bird. These are just a few of the Lynch-isms that appear in this movie, and the simple mystery that leads you to the bigger questions of good vs. evil.                                  “It touches on so many different versions of perversion... it's like, where do you even begin?“ WARNING: Can you spoil a Lynch movie? I guess so. Either way, we do discuss a lot of key moments and plot points, so... spoiler alert.

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  82.1: Keeping Corey Well-Lubricated at the Pajama Jammy Jam

  6/15/2010

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  Duration: 1:00:49

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 82.1 The survivors (of what may have been fatal Nerf-related injuries) carry on to discuss the Flyover Film Fest , putting a baby in the microwave and a Rumor Willis joke that’s been a year in the making!  As if that wasn’t enough we also discuss… The Technotise trailer, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Tom Cruise you’re a nut job, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fangland, Twilight with Cheeseburgers, the new movie "High School", Amber Heard, lighting snakes, elf face, Laurel and Hardy for the tweens, ending up in a Pajama Jammy Jam,  Hillary Swank‘s face, Dark Crystal 2 - Electric Boogaloo, Gelfling and Lava Girl starring in Sunshine?, Babysitter Wanted, renting 6 dollar movies, Tropic Thunder, geeks making geek-friendly advertising, John Stalberg, Jr., Paranormal Activity, being confused by The Hills, you aren’t dead if you’re now working at Steak and Shake, the new Wally Wonder remix, Adrien Brody, building your own little Godzilla town, Nathan Fillion as the Green Lantern, Axl’s cornrows, dragons are totally real, is Suri an alien baby?, the phantom of the podcast, up-charging on pajamas, tips on avoiding snakestains, Kim Kardashian IS Lara Croft, all the horrors of Die Antwoord, Michael Chiklis, John Carpenter’s cool movie lull, lubricating Corey, cross-breeding with the potato-faced people and you don’t want that ass in 3D!!   “We were just Anne Frank’n up in this bitch”

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  81.2: Skeksis Rule!

  6/11/2010

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  Duration: 1:23:47

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 81.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: The Dark Crystal. Join us as we revisit the dark world of puppets that we grew up on. This work of art makes us pose the question: Were you a kid that was interested in the cute creatures or the creepy ones? And why are kids drawn to evil characters?  Plus a One from the Vaults story from puppeteer Bill Diamond about working on The Dark Crystal.                                                “I can’t take puppets that damned seriously.“ WARNING: You should have already seen this anyway, but if not - you're on spoiler alert.

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  81.1: Fully-automatic Belt-fed Puppet Action

  6/9/2010

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  Duration: 1:16:47

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 81.1 We're back this week with geek activities and movie buzz that include... The Good Guys, Sherlock Holmes, no Joker, the mouth-full-of-Cheetos accent, the love child of Tom Hanks and Dylan Baker, Sipowicz’s ass, Predator, Love Object, disturbed by eating a child, The Babysitters, Geek wounds, Casino-ing, no Del Toro Hobbit, Supernatural, Iron Man, yelling at the TV and Fear Itself, Legend, British cocky, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Bale, the rancid meat of the story, High Plains Invaders, feeling creepy about making it with high school girls, Requiem for a Dream, Friday the 13th to Gilmour Girls, rockin’ out with the Bacon Brothers, Where The Wild Things Are, Nerf night!, Robert Downey Jr., Spanish/alien bugs, Stargate SG1, wine geeks, Sonny Landham, water almost coming out of Rodger’s nose, the best name for a Tupac bio pic EVER, a darker edgier pokey little puppy, Bleach, James Marsters, An Education, more Sherlock Holmes, Nerf action, being ok with Dexter’s face, crushin’ on Jennifer Connelly and Beaver IS Crow! Plus our interview with producer, puppeteer and creator of Monster TV - Bill Diamond. And check out his show at: http://www.monstertvnetwork.com/ “I wish I could be a soul reaper.”

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  80.2: Robots in Love

  6/4/2010

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  Duration: 1:39:31

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 80.2 Join us as we discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: Heartbeeps. Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters and Randy Quaid star in this mostly forgotten film. All this plus a shammy hand, robo-parenting, exciting your pleasure center, futuristic pick-up trucks - and how the hell did Lady Gaga get in this movie?                                                   “It’s kind of Ernest Goes to the Future.”  WARNING: I guess as much as you can spoil this movie - we probably do.

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  80.1: A Little PBR and You’ll Be Shaking the Underwear Machine

  6/1/2010

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  Duration: 1:04:20

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 80.1 Join us this week as we welcome a new addition to the gang, Jonie - plus special guest Eddy from Th’ Empires! So listen as we go massively off the rails discussing….357 String Band, watching the old Avengers, riding with one ass cheek higher than the other, Scream 4, Jason ummm that guy from the Wes Anderson movies..., President Lil Bow Wow, not getting paid by Rhapsody, chillin’ with Natalie Portman, The Cube, Beatersville Car and Bike Show, donkey punching in the spine?, I wish Humongous was my dad, The Iron Giant, the Wes Craven career spikes, Neurotoxin, Bull Pullman, cubicle humor, young Samuel L and Deniro, Chris Rock changing the linens, Ziggy - the movie, going to a wedding, art socks?, chloroforming a kid, Scary Movie - ruining horror, continuing to make fun of Megan Fox, a six pack and Italian horror, really old-school zombies, a public service announcement involving a diving helmet, divorce cakes?, isn’t Dogbert the devil?, forgetting everything about Scream, Jackie Brown 2 - the beginning, Serpent and the Rainbow, passing the switchblade, wanna see my probe droid?, and Natalie Portman walking her dog in her PJ’s. “I was obsessed with finding a switchblade stiletto.” http://www.myspace.com/thempires

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  79.2: The TERROR of the Non-Satanic Mechanic

  5/28/2010

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  Duration: 1:07:58

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 79.2 WookieFest continues as we discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: TERROR. The major starring vehicle for actor Peter Mayhew (not really), about the curse of a witch that carries down through generations of a family. Plus a One from the Vaults memory from Peter about the shooting of Terror. And we learn about one the other stars of the movie, that is as we are told - bat-shit crazy. And feedback on the new Nightmare on Elm Street and the old April Fools Day.                                                            “Burn that Bitch!” WARNING: Spoilers for Terror and certain pathetic YouTube videos.

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  79.1: WookieFest! (featuring clubbed thumbs and six fingers)

  5/25/2010

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  Duration: 1:06:04

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 79.1 Welcome to WOOKIEFEST!! It's so packed with Wookie-fun it's like a trip to Kashyyyk! And along the way we cover… Booting Megan Fox, …in the Cardio-Theater, Frank Frazetta, Heavy Rain, more Gidget?, Ponty Pool, Fire and Ice, milk and Mountain Dew?, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, JTT??, making the Mushroom Kingdom, Robert Rodriguez buying vinyl models, wasn’t there a Treasure Planet?, the importance of physical visuals, Super Mario Bros., Transformers 3, the freaky reason Bryan is hot for Gemma Arterton, why were you watching Miami Medical?, McG is kind of a dork, rebooting Treasure Island, my fifth-grade JTT crush, Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Bay as Hitler, kid stars hooked on meth, the serious John Leguizamo, Silent Hill, Dennis Hopper and Mojo Nixon, another project for David Fincher, another project for Ridley and Tony Scott, watching Gossip Girl?, having a thing for Samantha Mathis, Blue Crush for Twilight girls?, and when should you just scrap the movie and make a video game? Plus our interview with Peter Mayhew, who you would know as CHEWBACCA! Did he set out to be an actor? And what was it like getting back into the costume after a 22 year span? “I'd like to see the old classics, set in space - steampunk style.”

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  78.2: The Amazing Shark-Jumping April Fools Day

  5/21/2010

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  Duration: 54:27

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 78.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is the original April Fools Day! Another in our series of Video Boxes That Warped My Brain! It was groundbreaking back in the day, but will it play well for a first time viewer in today's world? We have a first timer among us, listen to what they thought... Plus the birth of the romantic comedy, and hear about all the dangers of biscuits and jack in the boxes! Seriously, don't listen to this if you haven't seen the original April Fools Day! We totally ruin the ending, so go watch it first. We also spoil the new April Fools Day remake - but who cares about that?                                                             “We push the envelope of ridiculousness." WARNING: Massive Spoiler Alert!!

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  78.1: The Aurora Monsters and the Queen of the Geeks

  5/18/2010

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  Duration: 1:26:16

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 78.1 We start off with our wrap-up of our annual trip to WonderFest, included and/or we discuss… Zack and Miri make a Porno, Iron Sky, Naomi Watts as Marilyn Monroe?, Rockin’ with Th’ Empires, Wyvern, The House on Sorority Row, Zacherley: The Cool Ghoul, Lou Ferrigno and the gender neutral person, Robert Englund genetically engineering wasps, a great Edward and Bella shirt, Mongolian Death Worm, Flight of the Conchords, Sean Patrick Flanery is moving in on Corin Nemec’s turf, free Hot Topic promotion, Elizabeth Banks is hot, we made Bob’s day, that one bird from that one movie, Allen Quartermain, cool themed party supplies, the new Deep Red, Marmaduke, Misty’s stable of studs, Leanne Quigley’s unusual hair and waxy complexion, Jason Mewes is all kinds of naked, vagina detector, more SyFy movies, Rollercoaster Tycoon, being miserable in public, one arm flapping in the breeze, having a mutant in the attic, old rock stars, an Ugnaught serving pretzels, Black Swarm, being in Demi Moore’s womb, as usual Misty was a SuperStar!, the government/homeless conspiracy, fancy lads, Justin Long, what’s wrong with the Sex in the City cast?... and bringing back the fanny pack. Plus our interview with Cortlandt Hull co-director of “The Aurora Monsters”. A cool documentary that is a visual history of the Aurora Monsters kits and the "Monster Craze" of the 1960's. “I took Darvocets this morning what do you want from me?”  

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  77: Project: POE

  5/13/2010

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  Duration: 1:45:33

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 77 This episode Bryan is joined by co-host Freddy from "Night of the Living Podcast", as we launch our new on-going series - Project: POE. A look at Edgar Allen Poe's influence on film and pop culture overall. This first episode we kick things off with Stuart Gordon's "The Pit and the Pendulum" starring Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs and Oliver Reed. Plus a lengthy discussion on Iron Man 1 and 2, super hero movies and digital comics vs. old school paper copies. And we start this new segment with a minorly Poe-related contest. Enter to win an awesome prize!! “It’s very much like a child of the 80’s interpreting late Hammer.” WARNING: Spoilers for the most ridiculous moments of "The Pit and the Pendulum".

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  76.2: As Freddy Krueger Becomes The Flying Dutchman

  5/6/2010

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  Duration: 1:20:58

  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.

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  76.1: Movie Plot? Ask again later…

  5/4/2010

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  Duration: 56:05

  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 the head.”

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  75.2: This Wraith is a Total Ass Packer

  4/29/2010

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  Duration: 1:08:16

  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!! 

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  75.1: Boobs and Cartoons

  4/27/2010

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  Duration: 1:03:34

  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!”  

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  74.2: You know who's Kick-ass? Mr. Bitey.

  4/23/2010

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  Duration: 56:42

  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!!  

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  74.1: Somebody call 911

  4/21/2010

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  Duration: 56:52

  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-up like a cheeseburger.”

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  73: There's Lust in the Dust around the Black Waters of Echo's Pond

  4/14/2010

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  Duration: 1:34:28

  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...)

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  72: The Untold Story of Sasquatch

  4/7/2010

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  Duration: 1:11:42

  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.  

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  71.2: Attack of the Least Scary Animals on the Planet

  4/2/2010

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  Duration: 45:05

  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!!  

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  71.1: Easter Eggstravaganza!

  4/1/2010

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  Duration: 1:16:08

  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 Jones and the Temple of Doom and what happened to just plain evil?? “I just knocked out the whole first row of the Peeps.”

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  70.2: If you don't remember that creepy neighbor, it was probably you!

  3/26/2010

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  Duration: 1:11:18

  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.

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  70.1: Malachai and the Children of the Clarksville

  3/23/2010

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  Duration: 48:57

  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 Glover. "I was pretty sure we were gonna get mugged by a bunch of 12 year olds.”

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  69.2: Triangle: Knee Deep in Sally

  3/19/2010

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  Duration: 1:16:18

  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. 

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  69.1: The Many Facets of Geekdom

  3/16/2010

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  Duration: 58:21

  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?”

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  68.2: I Will Rip My Own Arm Off Just To Have Something To Beat You With

  3/11/2010

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  Duration: 1:17:48

  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!  

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  68.1: Oscar Meltdown 2 - Electric Boogaloo

  3/9/2010

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  Duration: 1:10:12

  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!”    

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  67.2: Trapped in a Tunnel with Stallone

  3/5/2010

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  Duration: 1:19:31

  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!

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  67.1: Changing Your Life (with a little help from Danielle Harris)

  3/3/2010

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  Duration: 59:43

  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.”

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  66.2: You Wouldn't Last a Day on Blood Creek

  2/26/2010

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  Duration: 56:56

  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!

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  66.1: The Ranting Guide to Shiny Cinema

  2/24/2010

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  Duration: 49:01

  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!”

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  65: Indie Films and the Review of Doom

  2/21/2010

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  Duration: 46:06

  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).

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  64.2: Benicio del Toro - THE FACE of Evil

  2/19/2010

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  Duration: 1:15:57

  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!   

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  64.1: Percy Jackson and the Best Little Whorehouse in Olympus

  2/16/2010

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  Duration: 40:56

  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.”

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  63.2: Spider Hopscotch

  2/12/2010

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  Duration: 1:05:47

  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!  

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  63.1: It’s Exploitatious!

  2/10/2010

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  Duration: 47:35

  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!”

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  62: I Give You The Raspberry

  2/6/2010

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  Duration: 26:43

  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."

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  61.2: Blue Eye Shadow = Robot

  2/6/2010

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  Duration: 1:07:06

  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!

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  61.1: Mansquito, the Jason slugs and Wii-related injuries

  2/3/2010

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  Duration: 59:34

  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.)

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  60.2: What Kind Of Angels Are These?

  1/28/2010

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  Duration: 1:09:52

  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!

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  60.1: Corin Nemec Can't Lose (except to Shrinky Dinks)

  1/27/2010

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  Duration: 40:56

  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?”

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  59.2: Together I Will Rule!

  1/24/2010

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  Duration: 1:09:25

  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!)

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  59.1: Coping with Halloween 2 Syndrome

  1/20/2010

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  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”

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  58.2: How to Kill Friends and Execute People

  1/15/2010

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  Duration: 1:15:19

  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!)  

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  58.1: Zombie Space Twisters

  1/13/2010

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  Duration: 58:31

  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?"

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  57.2: ReLecca - Dint of a Kind of Fancy Control

  1/9/2010

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  Duration: 1:36:07

  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... 

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  57.1: Getting Acquainted with Dorothy and Valerie

  1/6/2010

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  Duration: 1:01:02

   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?"

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  56: The Legend of the Blue-Collar Bigfoot

  12/31/2009

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  Duration: 1:03:24

  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) !! 

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  54.2: Is It True What They Say About Black Santa’s Hardware?

  12/17/2009

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  Duration: 1:28:55

  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.  

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  54.1: 'Tis the Season to go F Yourself

  12/15/2009

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  Duration: 41:58

   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.

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  53.2: Love Wolfie Style

  12/12/2009

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  Duration: 1:11:56

  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?”

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  53.1: It sounds like a firefight in the park! Hey are you Steven Seagal?

  12/9/2009

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  Duration: 51:37

   Movie Meltdown - Episode 53.1This week we discuss our own levels of geekiness, and talk about one of the greatest movie pitches ever - exorcising the ghost of Bruce the shark from your house. Plus we feature a snippet of our interview with actress - Dee Wallace. All that plus… hanging around a store looking at movies, reading Lovecraft, being obsessed with Air Bud, Kingpin, Shinobi - Heart Under Blade, Rankin Bass officially licensed chocolate, Johnny Depp - Poncho Villa vs. Tonto, Adam Green, our beloved Danielle Harris, The Black Hole, reliving Mr. Boogedy, vintage TV commercials, I Sell the Dead, Pepto shooters, Hatchet 2, the Max Steel line sucked, Tron Legacy, Rob Bottin in Ecuador, the Farrelly Brothers, Steven Seagal Lawman, re-Amityville Horror-ing, Angus Scrimm - fake grandpa, an awesome Tony Todd cameo and Twilight bunnies, “If you can insight mayhem, that’s a good toy.”  

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  52.2: The Times They Are A Changeling

  12/4/2009

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  Duration: 50:05

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 52.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is the 1980 film The Changeling with George C. Scott. Including a discussion of the changes ghost stories have taken over the years. Plus a mysterious phone call and other random geekery. “Why am I getting scared? I’m watching a cone?”

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  52.1: You Had Me At Porn Game Show

  12/3/2009

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  Duration: 1:04:31

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 52.1 Join us for brownies plus geek activities, What's the Buzz - plus the greatest game show ever - NAME THAT PORN! With special guest contestant Andy from Night Of The Living Podcast!! And if that wasn’t enough, we also address… Dolph Lundgren, ZombieLand 2, U.F.O., Splatter, Nicholas Cage, The Queen vs. Ice Cube, a makeshift pod casting conference, Dream A Little Dream, SHADO, Conan, Thankskilling, snowed in watching The Thing, Hemp Twinkies, for the love of Jodie Foster, Solomon Kane, a young Kristy Swanson, Atari 2600, Ghosts of Mars, Jonathan Lipnicki, Obama the Barbarian, Goth Overlord John Candy, Mr. Boogedy, Blood Freak, Corey Feldman shooting himself, Return to the Haunted House, Knowing, Showdown in Little Toyko and Goth Riverdancing. “You never go full retard.”

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  51.2: The Movie That Broke The Camel's Back

  11/28/2009

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  Duration: 49:59

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 51.2 In this episode that may have "crossed the line." We sit down to discuss - SAVAGE DAWN". First we listen to actor William Forsythe's memories of making this movie. Then we attempt to comprehend the film we just saw. Which leads to random thoughts that include… "Colossally bad, that's the only way to describe this." “They have a Sheriff and a deputy, a redneck, drunk deputy - and a midget” “Who the hell did they make this movie for?” “The final blow is a titty twister.” “This is the pinnacle.” “Even the movie was tired of itself.” “This is epic bad!” “There’s a lot of street fist-fights going on, like this is some sort of Clint Eastwood orangutan picture” “Lance did a bunch of jumping around” “I’m surprised half the actors in here didn’t break something” “This is like a monster mash of bad movie actors” “This was pretty fun!” “There’s a lot of weird not-so-underlying homo-eroticism” “I think they were making it up as they went along…” “Nothing they do makes one lick of sense” “People, you are missing out!” “As far as bad, bad movies go, it’s pretty awesome!” “I don’t even want to talk about it.” Regardless of what the rest of the gang thinks, Bryan's final take on the movie… "Savage Dawn is awesome. A drive-in classic unlike anything I've seen in years." Join us for this memorable review.  

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  51.1: When I Dream Of This Part, I Always Saw Your Face

  11/26/2009

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  Duration: 1:01:49

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 51.1 This week the whole gang returns to discuss... Hanging out at HorrorHound, meeting our listeners, what happened at Rue Morgue?, I saw the Bad - where’s the Super?, Courtney Gains, Shellac, My Boyfriend’s Back, The Prisoner, The Black Waters at Echo’s Pond, what exactly is The Legend of Orin?, Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D, getting the ultimate geek tattoo!!, Brad Pitt in a video game movie?, acting rap stars, New Moon cleans up at the box office, Uma Thurman, David Fincher messing with his fans, comedic robots, License to Drive, stunt packaging, Tom Savini is on a “roll“, Todd is an alien, Sixteen Candles, Team LavaGirl and we continually talk smack about Robert Pattinson. Plus we sit down and talk to actor William Forsythe. He discusses being blackmailed into acting, meeting Sergio Leone, becoming John Wayne Gacy, having lunch with Jake LaMotta, and making comedies to save his sanity. William’s an awesome actor and a great guy to share his stories with us. "I you can't fit NCC-1701 on there, what's the point?"

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  50.2: There's No Escape from The Denim Cage

  11/20/2009

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  Duration: 1:09:45

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 50.2 In this sprawling cross-country edition of "Sofa Theater", Bryan and special guest Miles (from Showshow) discuss Red Rock West. A Santa Fe style thriller with murder, betrayal, lots of denim and a slightly younger Nicholas Cage. “He's like a Southwestern Job.”

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  50.1: Will Co-Host Show for a Bite of Bell Pepper

  11/19/2009

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  Duration: 1:04:15

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 50.1 This week Bryan is joined by a special guest co-host - MILES from SHOWSHOW!!! Join us as we yammer on about movies and what we like or dislike, which is really all that's important. Some of which include... Night of the Creeps, Death Race: Frankenstein Lives, Fright Night, Californication, Paul WS Anderson, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, dwarf casting in The Hobbit, Quentin discussing movies, Edward Woodward, Return to Me, Not Quite Hollywood, Marti Noxon, we are NOT discussing 2012, a giant octopus, Mark Dacascos on the side of the road, Crap-stlevania, David Fincher, King Kong vs. Godzilla, William Peter Blatty, the on-going Resident Evil series and making Casper van Dien happy.  "Clap you hands if you care about dead people..."

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  49.2: Thomas Jane continues to be The Punisher

  11/13/2009

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  Duration: 50:07

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 49.2 We found out this fact as we watched this week’s Sofa Theater feature: Dark Country. Hopefully (or maybe not?) you’ve already seen this movie, because we have to spoil the so-called twist just to discuss this movie on any level. And so we do, as we delve into this wanna-be film noir, with impressive visuals and lots of problems. But can director and star Thomas Jane save this movie?? “The movie in itself wouldn’t work if people were intelligent and made smart moves.”

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  48.2: Go Back to Your Lair

  11/8/2009

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  Duration: 1:02:32

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 48.2 This week in the Sofa Theater: BAD RONALD. A weird, classic bit o' TV movie about a freaky guy that hides in your walls. (And yes, there are lots of spoilers. So, you have been warned...) Speaking of freaks, this episode also unveils a new session of MOVIE FAN FREAKSHOW, featuring: The Master of the Force!!! "That's where I always bury my old ladies..."

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  47: Ukulele and Sex

  11/2/2009

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  Duration: 42:08

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 47 Movie Meltdown's rockin' ukulele special!! - In this, our new running feature on documentaries, we take a look at Rock that Uke, directed by Sean Anderson and William Preston Robertson. This film takes a look at the interesting characters that feel compelled to play the ukelele. And the new music revolution that begins as they find ways to amplify their music and create - punk rock ukulele!! Between songs by Uke til you Puke, we sit down and talk to director Sean Anderson about his path into film, meeting some unsual ukuleleist, and getting to work with Holly Hunter (sort of). Just playing the ukulele for a lot of people was an act of strange kind of defiance!

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  46.2: CG Blood on our Hands

  10/30/2009

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  Duration: 39:02

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 46.2- In this week's Sofa Theater feature we discuss BLOOD - The Last Vampire. And Rodger and Bryan attempt to decide if this bloody CGI action flick falls on the side of fun or lame.   I mean, how expensive are squibs??

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  45.2: Werewolf Gap and Killing Kids

  10/24/2009

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  Duration: 54:53

  Movie Meltdown – Episode 45.2 In part two of our Halloween Extravaganza we discuss the new DVD release - Trick 'r Treat. Plus a Trendy Movie Geeks find that involves gut splitting and displayed entrails. Plus other random Halloween related (and non-related stories). Remember to check your candy kids… It’ll be like It’s a Wonderful Life for Halloween

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  45.1: No More Candy For You.

  10/22/2009

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  Duration: 1:02:20

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 45.1 - Velcome to our creepy Halloween Extravaganza. Join us for an effects-laiden episode of spooky sounds and geeky movie talk, including, but not limited to... Smacking Gwyneth Paltrow, Where the Wild Things Are, sci-fi pulp mags,The Hills Run Red, being disappointed in the Sky Captain, Black Christmas, Drag Me To Hell, wading in feathers for a week, Matt Helm, the new low of Lindsey Lohan, being attacked by leaves, Ultra Man, the new Jack Ryan, Sinestro, a new Thelma and Louise, Ryan Reynolds wears a dress,  subscribing to Tiger Beat, remaking Red Riding, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, Jackie Earl Haley, Alec Baldwin's bad call, movie cross dressing is over!, marathoning True Blood, Nightwatch confusion, Chris Pine, a super horse?, the lost art of movie rip-offs plus all the HORRORS of watching The Disney Channel (and liking it!!) This eyeball is kind of squishy inside?

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  44.2: Back When Three-fourths of the World had Mustaches

  10/16/2009

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  Duration: 1:03:32

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 44.2 - Join us this week for a post apocalypse road movie - Damnation Alley. After World War 3, the weather has gone INSANE!!! So our heroes pack up and decide to head out across the country looking for possible survivors. Not only do we remember just how much we loved the vehicle in this movie. But we may have stumbled across what humans are ultimately searching for, and perhaps we've figured out just what caused Generation X kids to be slackers. Movie Meltdown - Uncovering the secrets of the universe, one movie at a time. He kicked a scorpion! 

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  43.2: Anxiously Awaiting the Zombie Apocalypse

  10/9/2009

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  Duration: 1:06:33

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 43.2 - This week we head out to the theater to see ZOMBIELAND. Plus feedback and even a little Q and A with Columbus and Tallahassee. Sorry folks, we're closed for zombies. The moose out front should have told you...

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  43.1: Vampires and Penguins

  10/6/2009

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  Duration: 59:20

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 43.1 - What do fighting robots, Whip it!, Kill Bill 3, evolved squids and octopi, an alien substitute teacher, Fruit Brute, Corey Feldman committing suicide, Michael Bay, Scream Blacula Scream, Crank 2, Hatchet, the best trailer of all time, half of her body transforms into a tank, The Day of the Dead remake, Cap’n Crunch Halloween Crunch, the creepiness of Dead Girl, The Tooth Fairy, naked British chicks, Point Break, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, the endless fight in They Live and The Ramones all have in common? Episode 43.1 of Movie Meltdown that’s what! - Plus we take a look at the new book Hammer Glamour and a new session of Video Boxes that Warped my Brain! Cthulhus can't drive tractors!

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  42.2: All the Sudsy Powers of Hell!

  10/2/2009

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  Duration: 51:44

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 42.2 - In this session of Sofa Theater we find ourselves with many things to say about Rob Zombie's The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. If you like animated boobies, constant obscenities and mindless dialog - boy, do we have the movie for you! I think we decided this reference-filled flick does actually deliver - All the Sudsy Powers of Hell! Different doesn't necessarily mean good.

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  42.1: This Filthy World of Barbie, Pedophiles and Count Chocula

  9/30/2009

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  Duration: 1:11:00

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 42.1 - A recap of the past week of activities and movie news involving John Waters, the scourge of Hollywood - Diablo Cody, a hot dog makes her lose control, 13 Ghosts, Bai Ling, Highlander, Night of the Living Dead: Origins, David Cronenberg, Matthew Lillard, Night Gallery, stealing screenplay ideas from your kids, The Haunted Mansion, Roman Polanski, Sweet Valley High, Das Boot, Kendra, They Live, George Clooney playing Ronald McDonald, bears and cubs, the true horror of Boo Berry, Hugh Hefner, Arthur Ferrante, trying not to creep out Danielle, The House on Haunted Hill, Trashfiend, Spy Kids 4, directors commentaries, Children of the Corn, Scream 4, lumpy face, 35-year old teenagers, broken DVD's from Netflix, Barbie Banzai brought to life, Crank 2, Ace Frehley, more of The Fly, and the punishment of living in France. Plus a new entry in our running series - Movie Fan Freakshow! Live in fear of... THE PUFNSTUF PEDOPHILE Please monitor your intake of Monster cereals.

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  41.2: Nighthawks vs. the Terrorist Bounder

  9/25/2009

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  Duration: 1:16:36

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 41.2 - Join us for our new running series One from the Vaults, where we listen to an actor's take on the movie before we delve into it ourselves. This week we hear from Billy Dee Williams about the Sylvester Stallone/Rutger Hauer terrorist vs. cop movie – NightHawks. Then we give our own thoughts on this action/thriller. Including spoiler discussions that are a real “drag”. Plus response from a listener on the film and on the categorizing of movies.   Warning: This movie may keep you off the Roosevelt Island Tram. 

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  41.1: Billy Dee and Swayze : The Essence of Cool

  9/23/2009

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  Duration: 1:01:59

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 41.1 - Aside from this week's top movies and latest news we also give a special tribute to Patrick Swayze. PLUS our exclusive interview with the man himself - BILLY DEE WILLIAMS - If that wasn't cool enough, we also discuss... Halloween 3D, Henry Gibson, Cliff's Edge, the not-so-popular Megan Fox, Patrick Lussier, Jim Carroll, Head Nazi of the Illinoise chapter, Matt Damon, Silent Hill 2, Mary Travers, The Beast, Clint Eastwood, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Orry Main, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Lando on Robot Chicken, Aniston vs. Fox, Ridley Scott and an apocalyptic plague of bloodthirsty vampire test subjects. Bodhi's headed out to face the ultimate wave.

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  40.2: Nobody Expects a Bear with a Shotgun

  9/18/2009

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  Duration: 1:00:04

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 40.2 - In this episode we discuss SARS WARS: Bangkok Zombie Crisis. A special movie from Thailand that features anime, explosions, Asian schoolgirls, tickle torture, gore, guns, zombies, transsexuals, pseudo-lightsabers, a bear with a shotgun, Dr. Fishnets, swordplay, a giant zombie snake and an old man in Sponge Bob underpants.        - Plus our interview with voice actor Tom Kane. From trailer voice-overs, to playing Yoda and Prof. Utonium, to being the voice of the Oscars - Tom has done some impressive work.   Let us show you how to use an elevator in a hip way.     

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  40.1: The Adventures of Potatohead and Ceiling Eyes

  9/16/2009

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  Duration: 1:10:24

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 40.1 - We recap our trip to ScareFest, plus we discuss lots of movie news and going-ons. And just who are the mysterious Potatohead and Ceiling Eyes?? Tune in to find out, plus just how their adventures involve... - Oscar-winner Roger Corman, the new B.A. Baracus, filling The Duke's big shoes, Army Archerd, Ghost Adventurers, the fun and excitement that was Ken Foree, Sorority Row, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Dee Wallace, Godzilla vs. Mothra, Day of the Triffids, Tyler Perry's (insert movie name here), James Gunn, kicking a GhostHunters ass, a bootleg ghetto copy of Big Wolf on Campus, Halloween vs. Christmas, Larry Gelbart, talking to E.T.'s mom, watching Movie Meltdown, Halloween 4 and 5, Two on a Guilletine, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Bryan's crushin' on Danielle Harris, Greg minus the Dharma, UltraMan, 9, working without studio head interference, gleeking on chicks, a surreal car ride with Ken Foree, the man in black that doesn't get resolved, Sprockets, Guillermo del Toro's Disney movies, PG Porn, superhero movies, Dick in a Box -The Movie!, Jeff Bridges, Danielle popping out of the screen, Psycho Beach Party, Marvel Handful of Heroes, Whiteout, and why isn't the inside of my computer like Tron? Danielle, call me...

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  39.2: Son, you got a Pumpkin on your Head

  9/11/2009

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  Duration: 1:07:45

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 39.2 - This week we return to the Sofa Theater to watch Stan Winston's PumpkinHead. Plus comments about the movie recorded live at Fright Night and all the rest of our antics you've come to love. Or at least listen to.  It’s the most hideous ping pong ball I’ve ever seen!   

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  39.1: Aliens, Gorillas and Vengeance Demons, oh my...

  9/9/2009

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  Duration: 47:59

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 39.1 - This episode we riff on... Marvel vs. Disney, The Punisher, Kirsten Dunst and hot canines, Cowboys and Aliens, Jonah Hex, Iron Man, Lobo vs. Guy Ritchie, BFF's Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr., Paul W.S. Anderson, Elizabethtown memories, Sword of the Stranger, PG-13 vs. R, Beavis and Butthead nostalgia, Milla kicking The Three Muskateers asses, steam-punk renaissance, kryptonite hoochies, Halloween 3D?, Loomis is mostly dead, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, Rambo fights illiteracy, reuniting the Coreys, Island of Terror, Sherlock Holmes and watching quite possibly the worst movie ever. - And we feature the second half of our interview with Tom Woodruff Jr. Where we discuss how he become involved in the Alien franchise, playing PumpkinHead and about taking on the role of director in his own film projects. Doesn't EVERYBODY own a custom-made Gorilla suit?

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  38: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Push-up Bra

  9/6/2009

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  Duration: 46:45

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 38 - This is it!! Movie Meltdown's BITCH SLAP Special! Featuring interviews with the stars of Bitch Slap - Erin Cummings and America Olivo. - Where else will you hear about a corporate bombshell, sandstorms in New Zealand, three and a half inch heels, gruesome things done with a rake, lots of cleavage, swooning over Ron Melendez, a stripper with a heart of gold, Eva Maria, Lucy Lawless, Pigpen from the Peanuts gang, baton twirling, Zoe Bell, an obnoxiously large gun and the longest and most intense chick-fight in cinema history! - Only here on Movie Meltdown's BITCH SLAP Special! Don't miss it! You do know what a wafflecrapper is don't you? 

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  37.2: I Dig Chicks With Scars

  9/4/2009

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  Duration: 1:26:00

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 37.2 - This week we hit the theaters and see Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 and THE Final Destination. Plus feedback and new music from Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures.     Who doesn't like 3D 'splosions and dead bodies? 

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  37.1: God Bless America!

  9/2/2009

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  Duration: 1:27:00

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 37.1 - As usual we delve into movie news and geeky conversations. But this time we round it out with a fun interview with actress (Friday the 13th, The Last Resort), singer (formerly in Soluna) and Playboy covergirl (June 2009) - America Olivo! Find out how she got into the business, hear about the other side of making a movie and listen to what it was like to go camping with Jason! - Plus we get sidetracked talking about... The Ballad of G.I.Joe, Hollywood's Twitter updates, Rob Zombie's Strategy, the Vinnie Jones workout plan, Werewolf by Night, do Vikings have sleds?, the Whip it one sheet, screwing up our own names, The Lather Effect, Pathfinder, collecting Tin-Tin, animated Spawn, lounging around The Four Seasons, who did Ione Skye get married to?, what happened to Bill Bellamy?, plundering the booty, a Latin girl group Monkees TV show, Eric Stoltz, watching the end of Battlestar Galactica, Megan Thumbs as Catwoman, making $600 million, miserable high school days, cutting Carnivale short, the knock-off Journey, Hancock 2, Rob Zombie signs his new deal, Solomon Kane comics, watching lengthy TV series, reading Highlights Magazine, mini Imax, Pirate Latitudes, Red Sonja, the return of The Blob, singing opera, recasting Indiana Jones, going to hell is interesting and Ellen Page dressed as a Girl Scout. Don't forget your sleeping bag.

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  36.2: Hitler was a Basterd.

  8/28/2009

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  Duration: 1:21:59

  Episode 36.2 - Movie Meltdown - This episode we review Inglourious Basterds (including an alternate World War 2 spoiler area) and look at the over-all arc of Tarantino’s career. Plus lots of other random stuff, including feedback, upcoming movies and lots of fun Nazi songs (sing-a-long, if you want.) More basterds please.

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  35.2: When there's no more room in hell, the dead will go to horror conventions.

  8/20/2009

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  Duration: 50:22

  Episode 35.2 - Movie Meltdown - The coverage from Fright Night Film Fest continues as we talk to Jack Daniel Stanley, winner of the Best Director award. Then we meet actor Ari Bavel and conduct a special interview with Dawn of the Dead's Mike Christopher and G. Joe Shelby. - And of course, all that interspersed with our smart-ass comments on what's going on around us. We can't help it, we're socially unacceptable. Either way, a great film fest and a fun show! 

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  34.2: Movie Meltdown's Got Nards!

  8/13/2009

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  Duration: 1:14:55

  Episode 34.2 - Movie Meltdown - Join us for our Sofa Theater feature - The Monster Squad. A movie from a simpler time when all kids had to worry about - was the Wolfman. - Well that, and non-pc name calling. And a family that's falling apart. And a scary German guy. All right, it's a still a pretty horrific world, but it's also loaded with nostalgia and the wonder of being a 12-year old kid that thinks monsters are cool. I guess, some of us never grew out of that phase. (German Accent) "Read Faster!"  

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  33.2: Factory Option: Evil

  8/6/2009

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  Duration: 1:18:07

  Episode 33.2 - Movie Meltdown - In this week's Sofa Theater session we discuss John Carpenter's CHRISTINE. An obsessive love story of a man and his vehicle. - We look at how this film differs from Carpenter's other work, comment on the car-on-car violence and even share some stories of our own obsessions with cars. - Plus we go over feedback (which includes a mild rant), discuss The Box, miniature golf and our upcoming secret mission. And maybe along the way you can figure out what exactly makes something musically Bad to the Bone! Also Beware... Misty's got evil in her chassis!  

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  33.1: Factory Option: Evil

  8/4/2009

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  Duration: 52:15

  Episode 33.1 - Movie Meltdown - As usual we cover Geek Activities, Gross Hollywood, What's the Buzz? and some how work in... Michael Mann, Funny People, inFAMOUS, Zac Efron, Kong: King of Skull Island, Public Enemies, Ray Harryhausen characters, Alice gets no respect, Aliens in the Attic came out?, DJ Caruso, Dylan Dog, Alien homeworld, trying to find your own version of Christine, Jack Sparrow robbing a bank, 500 Days of Summer, jonesin' for more True Blood, Godzilla Force, Dead Space, The Life and Death of Charlie St. Cloud, Gremlins 3, puppets vs. CGI, space jockey backstory, hanging out at the Playboy mansion, burning down the house, Suspiria, motion capture just doesn't look real, Alastair Sim, throwing off your brake shoe, Tetris - The Movie, Captain Blood, is digital supposted to be that dark?, the Theater of Death tour, Judd Apatow, "I'll take a flaming citron please", Blood Car, swashbuckler space fights, "I've always loved Karl Urban!", Castlevania, a Q-Bert sitcom?, "... and death is always cool.", an interracial love story between Aliens and human, what's your favorite verion of A Christmas Carol?, Miami Vice, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Harry Potter has too much gravitas?, Alien prequel updates and Alice Cooper's golf balls. - Plus we interview Bill Gibson, the current owner of one of the last surviving 1958 Plymouth Fury's actually used in the filming of CHRISTINE! And we learn from Bill, that even today - you don't mess with Christine! Beware! Christine still demands respect!

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  32.2: The Purple Reign

  7/31/2009

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  Duration: 1:06:35

  Episode 32.2 - Movie Meltdown - This week marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Purple Rain. (Hopefully you are as shocked and confounded by how that is possible as we are.) So to celebrate this film’s silver jubilee, we take a look at the music, the scene, the clothes and the sheer power of a rock star unlike the world had ever seen before. - There’s lot of sweat and tears, and even a little blood as we recall (and discover for a couple of us) just how dark the story really is. And of course, leave it to our fearless leader to not only discuss, but to devote way too much effort into uncovering the hidden nuances of this 80’s classic. I mean, who else would bother to look for recurring motifs and grand symbolism in Purple Rain? Leave it to Bryan. So come along and revisit the allure and spectacle that is Prince. And while your at it, take a quick dip in Lake Minnetonka!

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  31.2: Oh, Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie

  7/22/2009

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  Duration: 1:00:07

  Episode 31.2 - Movie Meltdown - In part 2, we continue with our Sofa Theater review of the new horror/western movie - The Burrowers. - Plus we go over feedback, our upcoming movies, listen to an awesome song - and try to figure out what sheep cake is?   - Don't make me holster that gun for you!  P.S. - Give the episodes a listen and see if you prefer this version. THEN E-MAIL US WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW STRUCTURE OF THE SHOW.

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  Look out, here come the Body Snatchers!

  7/14/2009

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  Duration: 2:02:19

  Episode 30 – Movie Meltdown - This week we continue with the second half of our Veronica Cartwright Double Feature as we watch the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This unusually good remake also stars Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Nimoy. We go in-depth on the finer points of Philip Kaufman's film, including the addition of the conspiracies angle, the creepy mood, interesting shots and a minor comparison to the 1956 original. And we try to get over the fact that we are all now traumatized by Donald Sutherland's face! - Plus we feature part two of our exclusive interview with Veronica Cartwright! - And as we pet the human-faced dog, we also discuss... The Tracey Fragments, Lloyd Bridges emits pheromones, re-designing Rick Baker, Nerf party, Stephen Chow, Jodie Foster, Fred Ward, wedding debauchery, The Wolfman re-shoots, casting Green Lantern, lead-painted toys, Where to go for Kato?, The 'Hoff was really cool?, self-moderation, Bruno, Michele Gondrey, Mel Gibson shoves his hand in The Beaver, experimenting with Jarts, Todd Browning's Dracula, more of The Green Hornet, you can't trust the Government, MacGruber!, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer weiner, deep-seated human fears, The Ellen Page Show, McCarthyism vs. conspiracies, The Palace Theater, poking each other with sticks, I Love You Beth Cooper, Ryan Reynolds, goopy seventies films, serious Baywatch, belly massages, marriages falling apart, the silent Phantom of the Opera, Sacha Baron Cohen, I want a giant metallic spider, Ving Rames IS Aqua-Man, Where are they going for Hooker?, Little Man Tate, remaking The Blob, The Weinermobile is awesome, Nick Fury, Remo Williams: The Adventure Ends?, commie dogs or mutant dogs, Midnight Star, Wild Wild West, gasoline-soaked pods and sobbing into your bacon sandwich. - So join us for some Pod People - the REAL San Francisco treat!  

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  Chestbursting with Pride

  7/8/2009

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  Duration: 2:14:55

  Episode 29 – Movie Meltdown - This week we take a look at arguably the definitive horror/sci fi film – Alien. The usual gang is joined by our friend Rod as we recount some of our own childhood memories of this scarring classic. We discuss the skill with which Ridley Scott approached the movie, our feelings on the string of sequels, and Rod talks about getting a chance to interview the artist, genius and all-around strange guy – H.R. Giger. - Plus we feature part one of our exclusive interview with Alien’s Lambert – Miss Veronica Cartwright.   - And somewhere during dinner these topics explode from the our chests… Time Crimes, Harve Presnell, those fun cat scares, cutting all ties with humanity, Gopher from The Love Boat, a triangle-shaped space ship, running from the paparazzi, Fred Travalena, Yaphet Kotto is a bad-ass, a Sith rock star, the explosive world premiere of Demolition Man, Public Enemies, the technical aspects of View Master, Jan Rubes, being married for 70 years, the missing cocoon scene, no more fettucini for me, the best Robin Hood ever, The Monster Squad TV series, Ice Age 3, Samuel L. Jackson, Resident Evil 4, Mollie Sugden, that endearing Swiss accent, Episode 3, The Running Man, riding around in a van solving crimes, Sigourney’s lack of butt, Asteroids, Milla, Marvel Pictures, Karl Malden, Jones – the cat that could fly a spaceship, time-traveling/samurai/horror/western/Nazi/zombies, visual candy, shooting a period piece in digital format, Nick Fury, Alice in Wonderland, Gale Storm, lonely starship, a pirate gangster, walking into a painting, sitting next to Nacho and Harry Dean Stanton’s sexy ass. - Mother should I trust the company? 

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  All-American Evel

  7/1/2009

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  Duration: 2:00:10

  Episode 28 – Movie Meltdown - As independence day draws near, we take a look at one of this country's greatest heroes – Evel Knievel! Entertainer, stuntman, patriot, all-around bad-ass. God bless that red, white and blue bastard! Aside from damned-near devoting a religion to the man, we also review 1977's Viva Knievel. Quite possibly one of the most awesome (and ridiculous) movies ever produced. Listen as we tell tales of Evel slapping children, promoting helmet safety and foiling drug smugglers. It’s all in a day’s work when you’re the coolest man on the planet. - Also in this, our most over-crowded installment of Hollywood Boneyard, we try to figure out what was up with all the celebrity deaths this week. - Plus we unveil a new character in our Movie Fan Freakshow known as The Delivery Guy. Accompanied by a disturbing cartoon companion piece.  - And we jump over a firey pit of…True Blood, Paul Blart : Zoo Cop!, dressing in drag and sitting at home, a cheesy-looking drawing, Transformers 2, The Social Network, Lorena Gale, switchblade fangs, effect-bonanza, Jake the Snake in pearls, recording movies on the DVR, The Zookeeper, Oscar Nominee - G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra?, poor Rosario Dawson, stories of Rocky glory days, Ray Bradbury, Ed McMahon, fire me into the Snake River, fondling a VHS tape, integrating vampires, going to the drive-in, a gold tooth on a robot?, Ryan O’Neal, porn with vampires, father and son issues, Michael Bay's Jar Jar Binks, Facebook - The Movie!, jumping my bike off the driveway into a ditch, giving 70’s Elvis a run for his money, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Frank Darabont, The STRATO CYCLE, Our Gang, Road to Perdition, jive-talking Autobots, The Hurt Locker, The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, humongous collars, side-swiping a goat, In Like Flint, David Fincher,  Fahrenheit 451, my first two awesome bikes, Farrah Fawcett, sexy chest hair, Gordon Douglas, alternate Evel universe, changing the Oscars, Billy Mays, Wile E. Coyote stunts, Them, Gene Kelly, Robbie Knievel, and of course like the rest of the world - we have to discuss Michael Jackson. - Everyone stand and salute the star-spangled bad-ass!

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  The Long and Winding Road of the DEATH RACE

  6/24/2009

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  Duration: 2:24:07

  Movie Meltdown – Episode 27 Greetings dear friends of mine… This week we buckle up and discuss DEATH RACE 2000, where hit and run driving is no longer a felony. It's the national sport! Awesome cars, bloody deaths, topless chicks and a plot against The President. And somewhere down that highway, they find a way to make an actual statement about violence in our society. Plus we compare and contrast this classic version to the new Jason Statham version. We also unveil a new feature, Moviegamers Review, in which we give a critique of movie tie-in video games. This installment we hear from Shinfo Ryan with a review of the new Ghostbusters game. Plus a recommendation you check out a new show called, Family Movie Night. Plus along the way we careen into… Roland Kickinger, great breasts, talcum powder, Meatballs, Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, the frightening realization that Gary Busey is your uncle, The Bride, selling out your country for a sack of croissants, all the fun of pushing a wheel with a stick, barely wearing a shirt, Shipping News, The Insiders, Silver Bullet, the new Conan, Year One, leather underwear, Hot Pocket edition, Lowell from Wings, Lifeboat, Bride of Frankenstein, Rollerball, The Proposal, John Carter of Mars, dressing like the gimp, Jessica Alba, the illusive Thundercat’s Lair, The Running Man, Sam-a-rick, Mission: Impossible 4, wearing out your cool t-shirts, Whatever Works, futuristic overalls, perfect storm of geekery, it's not cool to be a poser - but it's less cool to refer to someone as a poser, the return of John Carpenter, also the return of freckle-lip,Teen Wolf, lifting the car to the surface, frothing media and the Death Race 2000/Animal House connection. So get out your gimp-suit and put on your crash helmet – it’s gonna be a hell of a ride! 

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  This is the Way the World Ends

  6/17/2009

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  Duration: 2:04:20

    Movie Meltdown - Episode 26 This is the Way the World Ends - Southland Tales. This week we turn off our exhausted brains and attempt to discuss - Southland Tales. Richard Kelly of Donnie Darko fame assembles this conglomeration of ridiculousness, including the ensemble cast of Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. The Rock), Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Justin Timberlake and Mandy Moore. Yep, somebody lost a bet... This train wreck of a movie incites comments that range from, "I like this movie - screw you guys." to "It's a piece of shit!". And as we try to rationalize with ourselves, you'll hear quotes like, "And really, [I was] even questioning why I was liking it, as I was watching it. Because I shouldn't like it. It's a mess!" and "I don't think I'll ever see this movie again - ever. But I had a good time." This movie is a lot to deal with, and our discussion just scratches the surface. Plus we interview filmmaker Linas Phillips, director of Walking to Werner. A movie about the director's  journey on foot from Seattle to Los Angeles to meet Werner Herzog. And along the way meets some strange characters and questions his true motivation. And we talk about these and many other things... William Mapother, Pickin' and Trimmin', riffing on Twilight, Madonna sucks the life out of you, the Terminator TV series, sad in a good way, underlying adult themes, Wes Craven, Brigitte Bardot, Mazes and Monsters, Conan!, furry-footed tree dweller, Tony Scott, Revolver, Norwegian black metal, Werner Herzog, Jason Statham with hair, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, slice of Americana, "retool-ing" The Warriors, mandolins, Krysta Now, Eruption, Janeane Garofalo, Until the Light Takes Us, Great Speeches From a Dying World, Andre 3000, pumpkinhead Brandy, Atonement, Scream trilogy, Jaime King, Masi Oka, Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Marcus Nispel, Frank Frazetta, whoopee - a zeppelin, a mohawk on Shia LaBeouf, Church burnings, Flyover Film Festival, Ray Liotta needs to keep clothes on, more on Up, Rifftrax, Body of Evidence, the legend of the fisherman, being taken out by spaghetti, Nintendo and Dreamcast games, The Defenders and Pixar porn. Come along for moments of genius, and the craziness that surrounds it. Have a nice apocalypse!

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  The Epic That Is SHOWGIRLS!

  2/10/2009

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  Duration: 1:53:45

  Movie Meltdown - Episode 8 Sit back and relax as we tell you the sweet story of an ambitious young girl, off to seek her fortune in a magical land called - Vegas. That's right, this week we place our bets on whether we can handle the "classic" film - SHOWGIRLS! Elizabeth Berkley's ears must be burning, (or maybe that's just the venereal disease?) because we have A LOT to say about her and all the stars of this modern-day Verhoeven fairy tale. This winner of seven RAZZIE awards, is sure to please one and all with it's constant nudity, horrible dancing, tutu-wearing monkeys and a pool scene that may never allow you to swim again. Don't miss the assault on your senses that is - SHOWGIRLS! Plus news on super heroes, serial killers, Van Damme, Lux Interior, the death of VHS, some of our favorite soundtracks and Governor Iceman! Prepare yourself for - The Epic That Is SHOWGIRLS!

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  11/15/2008

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  - Greetings and salutations... Are you a Heather? - No, I'm a Veronica. Welcome to - MOVIE MELTDOWN!!! A show dedicated to bringing you movie news, reviews and interviews!!