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 Carve...
Dec 04, 2011•2 hr 11 min
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 c...
Nov 25, 2011•1 hr 43 min
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 ...
Nov 19, 2011•1 hr 8 min
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 ...
Nov 12, 2011•2 hr 4 min
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! T...
Nov 05, 2011•1 hr 51 min
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 Mov...
Oct 29, 2011•1 hr 42 min
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 br...
Oct 22, 2011•2 hr 46 min
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 ...
Oct 14, 2011•1 hr 13 min
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 dis...
Oct 07, 2011•2 hr 11 min
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 din...
Sep 30, 2011•2 hr 7 min
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 Rob...
Sep 23, 2011•2 hr 17 min
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 realit...
Sep 16, 2011•1 hr 38 min
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 Batem...
Sep 09, 2011•2 hr 40 min
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 so...
Sep 01, 2011•1 hr 29 min
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 a...
Aug 26, 2011•1 hr 25 min
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...
Aug 19, 2011•1 hr 47 min
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 believ...
Aug 11, 2011•1 hr 50 min
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 ...
Aug 04, 2011•2 hr 13 min
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 di...
Jul 29, 2011•1 hr 7 min
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 Brothe...
Jul 22, 2011•2 hr 23 min
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 w...
Jul 14, 2011•1 hr 29 min
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...
Jul 07, 2011•1 hr 38 min
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 u...
Jun 30, 2011•1 hr 55 min
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...
Jun 25, 2011•2 hr 10 min
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 Dalla...
Jun 16, 2011•1 hr 36 min
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...
Jun 09, 2011•1 hr 1 min
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 outski...
Jun 03, 2011•2 hr 39 min
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, th...
May 26, 2011•2 hr 11 min
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 bei...
May 18, 2011•1 hr 23 min
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 ...
May 13, 2011•1 hr 46 min
