https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP113.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky Join us for a master class in action comedy as we take a look at Yuen Woo Ping’s Drunken Master (1978). Jackie Chan, in the role that would launch him into stardom, plays the young and impetuous Wong Fei-Hung, who, after being kicked out of his house by his angry father, is forced under the tutelage of an old, perpetually intoxicated, martial arts m...
Jun 23, 2025
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP112.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Bluesky A blind piano player accidentally gets caught up in a world of crime in Andhadhun, an Indian thriller by writer/director Sriram Raghavan that’s loaded with so many twists and turns that the only thing that comes as no surprise is that it became both a critical and commercial hit with audiences. Tune in to hear our review! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro +...
May 31, 2025
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE018.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter BLT Team B return with a look at the comedy / horror sequel House II: The Second Story (1987) from director Ethan Wiley. If you have questions or comments about the show, please feel free to shoot us an Email or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening!...
May 07, 2025
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP111.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Jin-Roh director Hiroyuki Okiura’s second animated film , A Letter to Momo , about a young girl that forms an unlikely friendship with a trio of troublesome yokai who through a series of comical misadventures help her to cope with the loss of her father. Released in 2011 after seven years in production, and to seemingly l...
Apr 11, 2025
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP110.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Hong Kong director Ringo Lam’s Burning Paradise . The film stars Willie Chi as legendary martial artist Fong Sai Yuk, who after being captured by the Ching government, must escape from the imposing Red Lotus Temple, a deadly prison filled with spike pits, booby traps, poison gas, and even more dangerous opponents! Timesta...
Mar 03, 2025
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE017.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter As a chaser shot to our last episode about the North Korean Kaiju movie Pulgasari, BLT Team B have heroically taken it upon themselves to review the much unloved North American remake Galgameth ! If you have questions or comments about the show, please feel free to shoot us an Email or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening!...
Jan 21, 2025
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP109.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We’re kicking off the new year with a review of the North Korean monster movie, Pulgasari (1985), in which a Godzilla like creature from Korean folklore fights with a peasant army to topple a corrupt feudal regime. We also recount the far more fascinating story of the film’s production, a stranger than fiction tale involving intern...
Jan 03, 2025
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP108.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review the first film in the long running exploitation series, Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), featuring the talented and beautiful Meiko Kaji in one of her most iconic roles as Scorpion , a steely eyed avenging angel hellbent on revenge against those that wronged her. Be they crooked cops, sleazy yakuza, abusive prison g...
Nov 25, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP107.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We’re back — just in time for Halloween! — with a look at Samurai Reincarnation (1981), a supernatural samurai film from the director of Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku), in which Jubei Yagyu (Sonny Chiba) must face off against a group of resurrected demonic warriors led by the charismatic sorcerer Shiro Amakusa (Kenji Sawada) who in...
Oct 30, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP106.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review King Hu’s Dragon Inn (1967), a period tale about a cohort of heroic warriors fighting to protect the innocent from the shadowy forces of an evil Eunuch, that showcases a graceful interplay between characters, landscape, editing and compositional form that elevate it above other works in the wuxia genre. Tune in the for th...
Sep 23, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP105.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter Grab a ticket and join us for a wild and spooky ride aboard the Train to Busan, as we take a closer look at the original film in the popular South Korean zombie apocalypse franchise by director Yeon Sang-ho. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Trails games, The Great Pretender , Sonic X OVA, Sailor Suit and Machine Gun [33:35] Review – Tra...
Aug 28, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP104.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Venus Wars ( 1989), the lavishly produced, bubble era anime film from writer and director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko first introduced to many American anime fans due to heavy rotation on Sci-Fi Channel’s “ Saturday Anime” block. Tune in for the full review! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + After the Rain , Dune [15:53] Review – Venus ...
Jul 24, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP103.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter Godzilla Minus One writer / director Takashi Yamazaki returns the venerable franchise to its roots with a dramatic period piece set in the immediate aftermath of world war 2 in which the titular kaiju looms large, like a terrifying spectre, over the defeated and demoralized Japanese populace. Tune in for the full review! Timestamps...
Jun 24, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP102.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We chat about Dune , Fist of the Northstar , Gokurakugai , and the new Sand Land game, before moving on to a review of our first Vietnamese film, Dreamy Eyes or Mat Biec , a 2019 Romance Drama chronicling the heart tugging story of a decades long one sided love affair. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Kaiju No 8, Dune, Fist of the North...
Jun 06, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP101.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter The bionic superhero of science, Inframan, must save the planet from the evil Princess Dragon Mom and her gang of wicked monsters in Super Inframan (1975) Shaw Brothers Studio’s terribly fun knock-off of the popular tokusatsu genre. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + R.I.P. Akira Toriyama [Check out Grant’s article: “Who Can Beat Goku? Th...
May 14, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP100.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter The Blade Licking Thieves podcast has hit 100 episodes! Thanks to all the listeners out there that have taken the ride with us. Please keep sending us your comments, feedback, and suggestions for new films or shows for us to watch. This being the 100th episode, we thought what better time than now to finally break the glass and at ...
Apr 22, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE016.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter BLT Team B return with a review of the schlocky, horror movie Humanoids from the Deep (1980) in which a small fishing village is laid siege by mutated fish-men intent on rape and murder. If you have questions or comments about the show, please feel free to shoot us an Email or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening!...
Mar 27, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP099.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), from acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola, a visually arresting, erotically charged, and boldly operatic retelling of Stoker’s classic gothic horror novel that remains just as spellbinding a cinematic vision today as it was upon release. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + The Human Target, Brave ...
Mar 05, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP098.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter Tragic space vampires, sabre tooth tigers with laser beams, terminator-esque death machines, enough F-bombs to pop your explosive cyber collar, and more delightful nonsense abounds in Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s classic cyber punk OVA: Cyber City Oedo 808 ! Tune in for the full review and your twitter questions! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro +...
Feb 12, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP097.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We’re starting off the new year with a review of Shin Kamen Rider (2023), the third film in Hideaki Anno’s Shin series of remakes of classic Tokusatsu franchises. This latest entry, with a plot heavily inspired by Shotaro Ishinomori’s original Kamen Rider manga, finds man turned cyborg Takeshi Hongo (Sosuke Ikematsu), as the titula...
Jan 21, 2024
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP096.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter A hard boiled yakuza fresh out of prison and a beautiful and mysterious young woman seek out high stakes thrills in the illegal gambling dens of Tokyo in Masahiro Shinoda’s film noir Pale Flower (1964). Plus impressions of the anime Hell’s Paradise and Onimusha. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro, Hell’s Paradise, Onimusha [45:55] Review – ...
Dec 09, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP095.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto’s A Thousand and One Nights (1969), the first film in Mushi Production’s Animerama trilogy, billed as the world’s first work of “adult animation”. We also discuss the news of Cobra creator Buichi Terasawa’s passing, Rightstuf’s transition into the Crunchyroll store, the decline of physical...
Nov 20, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP094.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter Join us as we celebrate Halloween with a review of a little known Golden Harvest cult horror film: The Seventh Curse (1986). Loosely based on the popular Dr. Yuen series of Chinese novels about a globe trotting wealthy doctor, versed in the martial arts, and his confrontations with the supernatural, this highly entertaining adventu...
Oct 31, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP093.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter We review Stephen Chow’s 2013 action comedy, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons , loosely based on the 16th century Chinese literary classic. The film stars actor Wen Zhang as the famous Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang, Huang Bo as Sun Wukong, and Shu Qi as the love interest Duan. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro / Discussion – The Bra...
Oct 03, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-TBE015.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | E-mail | Twitter Super agents, sleazy soft-core, skateboarding assassins, and one stupendous snake. BLT Team B are back with a review of director Andy Sidaris’ trashy 80’s action flick : Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987), touted by some as “the best B-movie of all time”. If you have questions or comments about the show, please feel free to shoot us an ...
Sep 05, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP092.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter The Thieves review our first Indian film, the insanely bombastic, international blockbuster, RRR ! Plus, a brief chat about Naoki Urasawa’s ongoing Kaiju manga Asadora! , audio book light novels, the Ranking of Kings anime, and serious answers to your most important twitter questions! Timestamps: [00:00] Intro, Asadora , Ranking o...
Aug 15, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP091.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter When the world’s greatest athletes are infected by a deadly unknown virus, the mysterious, genius doctor for hire, Black Jack, is forced to find a cure, in this over the top, medical thriller, directed by the singular Osamu Dezaki, that brings to life the iconic Osamu Tezuka character with flamboyant confidence. Tune in for the fu...
Jul 31, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP090.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter The Thieves are back with another Shaw Brothers kung fu classic! On today’s show, we are reviewing director Lau Kar-Leung’s spectacular Eight Diagram Pole Fighter . Released at the tail end of the Shaw Brothers era, the film stars the iconic Gordon Liu, Alexander Fu, and Kara Hui as the last surviving members of the Yang family wh...
Jul 15, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP089.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review Masaaki Yuasa’s 2017 anime film, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl , a bold and breezy romantic comedy based on the light novel by Tomihiko Morimi about a young college student pursuing the girl he fancies while she carouses around the city on an endless night of adventures. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro, Showa era Gamera , T...
Jul 01, 2023
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP088.mp3 Download (right click and save as) | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | E-mail | Twitter We review John Boorman’s classic fantasy film, Excalibur (1981). Tune in to hear us chat for admittedly way too long about the legends of King Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Percival, and the Knights of the Round Table, plus our thoughts on why the stories and themes still resonate and why the power of the myths endure. Time...
Jun 08, 2023
