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...
Oct 22, 2009•1 hr 2 min
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 - Uncove...
Oct 16, 2009•1 hr 4 min
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...
Oct 09, 2009•1 hr 7 min
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...
Oct 06, 2009•59 min
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.
Oct 02, 2009•52 min
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...
Sep 30, 2009•1 hr 11 min
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 ...
Sep 25, 2009•1 hr 17 min
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 Ma...
Sep 23, 2009•1 hr 2 min
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 - ...
Sep 18, 2009•1 hr
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...
Sep 16, 2009•1 hr 10 min
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!
Sep 11, 2009•1 hr 8 min
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 , ...
Sep 09, 2009•48 min
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...
Sep 06, 2009•47 min
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?
Sep 04, 2009•1 hr 26 min
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...
Sep 02, 2009•1 hr 27 min
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.
Aug 28, 2009•1 hr 22 min
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!...
Aug 20, 2009•50 min
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 Fa...
Aug 13, 2009•1 hr 15 min
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 make...
Aug 06, 2009•1 hr 18 min
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 ...
Aug 04, 2009•52 min
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 c...
Jul 31, 2009•1 hr 7 min
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.
Jul 22, 2009•1 hr
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 th...
Jul 14, 2009•2 hr 2 min
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 w...
Jul 08, 2009•2 hr 15 min
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 smuggler...
Jul 01, 2009•2 hr
