Movie Meltdown - Episode 306 This week, we welcome special guest actress/writer/director Gren Wells to join us and discuss her years working in the industry as well as the making of The Road Within - an independent film about three teens with mental development problems that go on a road trip. With an impressive cast that features Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel, Zoë Kravitz, Robert Patrick and Kyra Sedgwick. And while we realize that we're all weirdos, we also discuss... R-rated language, a bit more ...
May 01, 2015•57 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 25 This week we welcome very special guest co-host Jon Spencer. With a musical career that spans 24 years, Jon has been in bands like Pussy Galore , Boss Hog , The Honeymoon Killer s and Heavy Trash - but is still probably best known as the front-man for The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion . But in addition to his innovative music and creative videos, Jon also grew up as a big movie fan, and was inspired equally as much by filmmakers. So we discuss his early...
Apr 25, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #24 - Attack of Wes Anderson 2 This week we are joined by two different guest co-hosts - Jonathon A. Mitchell from Nellie Pearl and Shadwick Wilde from Quiet Hollers . Both bands were featured at this year's Wes Fest celebration, so we address the choices for what songs they would cover from one of Wes Anderson's films. Plus we discuss Wes as a director and the subgenre and fanbase he's created over the years. All the while building a soundtrack recorded live by N...
Apr 18, 2015•1 hr 27 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 305 This week we hang out with actress Catherine Mary Stewart as we discuss her impressive career ( The Last Starfighter, Night of the Comet, Mischief, Weekend at Bernie's ) and her early days getting into the entertainment industry. And Catherine also sits in with us to discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: Midnight Cowboy . And as we address the inner workings of the crazy Hollywood vortex, we also bring up... Cannon Films, a showing at Lincoln Center, kids in a ca...
Apr 10, 2015•1 hr 1 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 304 This week, after a quick hang out and injury session with Kate, we then sit down with Pat Healy to discuss acting and working in the entertainment industry for the last twenty years. Pat has been building an amazing career over the years, appearing in Magnolia , Ghost World , Rescue Daw n as well as an impressive amount of television appearances. But in the last decade, he's moved into the leading man role in a terrific string of smaller films like The Great World Of...
Apr 03, 2015•1 hr 14 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 303 This week we welcome actor and musician Ted Neeley, to discuss how he first got involved in the music scene, as well as what led him to his iconic role in Jesus Christ Superstar . And as we figure out just who gets to audition for the role of weird-looking guys who could be scum bags, we also discuss... annoying people at the mall, The Devil's Carnival, the vivid digital print, a Dolph Lundgren workout video, we were singing before we could actually speak, tanks, Dja...
Mar 27, 2015•1 hr 9 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 302 This episode we round out our snide Oscar coverage as well as finish handing out our own awards - The Foilers! And while we reveal the only person who's been on Monday Night Raw and the Oscars in the same six month period, we also discuss… Scarlett Johansson, Brigitte Nielsen, We Still Kill the Old Way, a geek that's done good and gone to the major leagues, Into the Woods, Patricia Arquette, The Babadook, don't take your mom to the Oscars, The Raid 2, the worst bangs...
Mar 21, 2015•56 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 301 We’re back!! And this week we return with a vengeance as we award our own amazing film trophies –"The Foilers"!! Plus lots of other random talking of smack about the Oscars. And as celebrities try to talk about important shit amidst dresses and fanfare, we also ramble on about… Oscar Skrillex, it’s already been jazz, vegan-friendly, we came over here to get away from them, sidecar gap, Adam Levine… no one cares, Edge of Tomorrow, Alan Rickman, Suicide Squad, Jesus in...
Mar 13, 2015•1 hr 9 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 300 This episode we hit the road to see John Waters... and talk about random things along the way. And as we tear into our Gruesome Greeting Cards, we also mention... innocuous into subversive, Broad City is a new episode of A Haunting, a mixture of Bono Steven Seagal and MacGyver, luring you into a false sense of security, New Orleans, Flashpoint Paradox, The Internet's Own Boy, fighting a blizzard, the twisty mop, a 1998 Dodge Intrepid, my arm touched his arm, the univ...
Mar 03, 2015•1 hr 14 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #23 - Attack of the Oscar Nominees 2 This episode we're back to round out the rest of this year's musical Oscar nominees. And along the way we have some pretty interesting movie/music discussions. And as we learn who the Meryl Streep of the best song category is, we also mention... the biggest can of worms ever, squeezing it for show biz juice, Alicia Keys syndrome, Free Bird, wildly exploitative, my attention span in the age of the internet has shot down dramatic...
Feb 19, 2015•1 hr 22 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #22 - Attack of the Oscar Nominees This episode, we listen to some of the musical Oscar nominees... and discuss. In the way, only “Movie Meltdown” can do. And as we learn what roller coaster enthusiasts call SBNO, we also discuss… that Miniature toy quality, eyes with legs and they just walk around, Interstellar, the Keira Knightley/Anne Hathaway debate, I hate it when I do something and I don’t get credit for it, European melancholy, you just really like ukuleles...
Feb 13, 2015•1 hr 13 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 299 This week, we make good on the threat to hang out and watch trailers. So join us as we discuss the trailers for… Fantastic Four , Ted 2 , Mad Max: Fury Road , Jupiter Ascending and Avengers: Age of Ultron . And as we climb on trailer comet: V2s1w4b , we also mention… the English letter-boxed edition of the show in steelbook, Angela Bassett, grumpy Marvel comics, murdering stunt doubles, J.T. Petty, I had to read these huge essays, The Wire, Christopher Pratt, The Car...
Feb 06, 2015•1 hr 2 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 298 This week we continue our now annual "People Who Died" series, as we discuss the actors and performers who passed away in 2014. And as we discuss which dearly departed celebrity was “so weirdly sexy”, we also discuss… the argument-ender, the huge expansion of practical effects, a strange perverse pissing match, a choose your own adventure pizza commercial, striving to be diverse, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Goofy had dirty pictures of me, Miss America, are you one ...
Jan 30, 2015•1 hr 50 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 297 This week, the trio is back to attempt to focus long enough to discuss our Sofa Theater movie of the week - The Raid: Redemption . But we’re only halfway counting this as a Sofa Theater feature because the tangents return to take us way off course. Luckily we end up in some pretty interesting and funny conversations along the way. And as we try to figure out how we kill those damned birds, we also spiral off into... adding zombies, he’s a lawyer that does backflips, ...
Jan 23, 2015•1 hr 11 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 296 This week, the trio of terror is reunited!! And as we initially get together to watch and discuss a specific movie, we quickly spiral off on more tangents then you can count. And as the geek conversations massively overlap, at some point we mention… The Lord of the Rings, The Suicide Squad, It’s when they change something, Guardians of the Galaxy, the Batsuit, a goblin walks by twice, every scene was so independent of the next scene that it was impossible…, lens flar...
Jan 16, 2015•57 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #21 - Attack of Doug Bradley This week we welcome a very special guest… actor Doug Bradley. Now most of you out there probably know Doug from his role as Pinhead in the Hellraiser movies. But in addition to being an accomplished actor of both stage and screen, he is also a big music fan. Not just a fan… as it turns out – he’s quite knowledgeable on the subject. So we thought, how interesting would it be to sit down with this iconic horror actor and forgo the usual...
Jan 10, 2015•1 hr 25 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #20 - Attack of Purple Rain 2 We’re back to round out this year, the 30th (Pearl) anniversary of the movie Purple Rain , by assembling the second half of our massive retrospective on Prince and the iconic soundtrack for the film. And since this has been a year-long on-going process, we check in with several previous guests to get their thoughts on the Purple Rain soundtrack. Special guests include: Lisa Loeb, Zak Appleby and Shane Cody from Houndmouth, Simon, Mark...
Dec 31, 2014•1 hr 13 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 295 We're back for our 7th annual holiday special, and as always we earn the title "special" as the Meltdown dysfunctional family gathers together to discuss holiday themes and reminisce about years passed. Plus one of the gang revisits a childhood favorite with our holiday Sofa Theater entry, the 1969 short film/made for TV movie J.T. And while we crank up our magical transistor radio that only plays really awesome shit, we also discuss… ruining the concept of holiday, ...
Dec 20, 2014•1 hr 36 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #19 - Attack of Lisa Loeb This week we sit down with an artist who sat at #1 on the Billboard charts, went on to sign a major record deal, followed by a Grammy nomination - all of which stemmed from having her song on a movie soundtrack. That's right Lisa Loeb, seemed like the perfect guest to have on Attack of the Killer Soundtrack . So we talk with Lisa about just how her song ended up on the Reality Bites soundtrack and what it was like to have a #1 hit single ...
Dec 15, 2014•1 hr 21 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #18 - Attack of Purple Rain Since this year is the 30th anniversary (traditionally the "pearl anniversary") of Purple Rain , we thought we would do a special episode devoted to the monumental soundtrack. Well, it has become this huge project, and led to this first episode, where we discuss Prince - the man... the myth... the legend. And in the process, build a familiar yet slightly adjusted version of the Purple Rain soundtrack. And as we drive to the mansion, we ...
Dec 08, 2014•1 hr 23 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 294 This week we talk with Eric and Charlie, programmers of The Gadabout Film Fest . A touring pop-up cinema that features short films, and this year alone are hitting 75 cities in the US and 15 different countries! Plus we check in with some of our cast on a couple of movies they’ve seen lately. And while we map out the most logical tour route, we also discuss… Birdman, accessible as possible, I felt like I was completely in the film, a live in-person thing, Amores Perr...
Dec 01, 2014•1 hr 10 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 293 Our not-so-annual tradition of getting “the Meltdown dysfunctional family” together for Thanksgiving continues in this episode where we have pizza, play with a puppy and talk about the 2003 film Pieces of April . And as we decide which of us is the blackest sheep, we also mention… the first pancake, David Lynch, fast food in China, G. Gordon Liddy, M. Merde, Cosmopolis, About a Boy, cyanide in the seeds, Cousin Olivier, the cat jumps out and they all get murdered, th...
Nov 24, 2014•1 hr 45 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 292 This week we talk with stuntwoman Leslie Hoffman and screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick ( Final Destination ) about other essential jobs in the world of making movies. Plus we give some of our thoughts on our recent viewing of Oculus . And while we cover up our head and hope we don’t get trampled by a horse, we also discuss… The Car, Deliver Us from Evil, you don’t have any ownership, Wes Craven, Karen Gillan, being in the entertainment industry, Robert Zemeckis, Robert En...
Nov 13, 2014•1 hr 6 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 291 This episode we bring you more of our coverage of IF Film Fest, featuring interviews with directors Farzad Sangari ( Mudbloods ), Collin Schiffli ( Animals ) and Tyler Measom ( An Honest Liar ). Plus bonus segments featuring David Dastmalchian and James “The Amazing” Randi! And while we discuss the ins and outs of the indie film scene, we also mention… Middlebury, deception, good characters, overcoming addiction, Emma Watson, a love story, being deceived, investigati...
Nov 07, 2014•59 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 290 This episode we're coming to you "live" from the second annual "Meltdown Macabre", our own horror and Halloween celebration. We kick things off with some creepy cartoons and then we head into our Project: Poe feature - the 1928, French, silent version of "The Fall of the House of Usher". Then we sit down for our usual movie discussion, only this time we are joined by Bermudan , the band who provided us with a live performance of an original score to accompany the fil...
Oct 29, 2014•1 hr 18 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #17 - Attack of the Horror Covers This week we get under the covers... with horror movies. Sometimes the use and reinvention of a preexisting song mirrors what the film is trying to establish as well. So we discuss some of our favorite cover songs used in horror movies... and build an awesome soundtrack along the way. Join us for more Halloween fun!
Oct 22, 2014•1 hr 9 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 289 This episode we are coming to you "Live" from the IF Film Fest , where we sit down with Jess Weixler and Jennifer Prediger to discuss their new movie " Trouble Dolls " as well as their roles as writers and directors. We end up with some really interesting perspectives from two first time directors. Plus we hear about getting people like Megan Mullally, Will Forte and Jeffrey Tambor involved in a smaller, independent film like theirs. And as we reminisce about the nut...
Oct 13, 2014•56 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 288 This episode we kick off the Halloween season with a creepy trip to the drive-in! And while we’re there, we discuss… Green apple Twizzlers, Kingdom of the Spiders, The Quest, Joel McHale, slow burn, hot space chick, videos on the internet, Eight-Legged Freaks, doing a split kick, Chronicle, a satanic robot woman, I assume everything on the internet is fake, Arachnophobia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, mallow creme pumpkins, Karl Urban, THIS, The Sacrament, Metropolis, I ...
Oct 06, 2014•44 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 287 This episode we talk with Sid Haig and revisit an older interview we'd done with him years ago - that has never been aired on the show! So it's SID HAIG... what more do you need?!! Start listening... “I had to restart my career like four times… ‘cause I was just working too much and people got tired of looking at me. Well… studios got tired of looking at me.” For more on ScareFest, go to: http://scarefestcon.com/...
Sep 29, 2014•31 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 286 So what are the odds a show like ours, which spends the majority of it's time yammering on about movies or talking smack about celebrities, would ever get a legitimate paranormal investigator to come on the show and talk with us. Well, I'd say... there's a ghost of a chance. Regardless, this week in the middle of our coverage of ScareFest we talk with Kris Williams, former historical researcher/investigator of the Syfy channel show "Ghost Hunters", and former co-lead...
Sep 22, 2014•1 hr 13 min
