Movie Meltdown - Episode 330 This week we are joined by our special guest co-host Dan Rybicky, a filmmaker and professor in Cinema Art and Science at Columbia College Chicago . Dan is also the co-director of the documentary "Almost There", an unflinching look at the aging years of outsider artist Peter Anton. Dan and his co-director Aaron Wickenden enter Peter's dilapidated house to take a look at his accumulating collection of art. But before they know it they find themselves not only knee deep...
Nov 28, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 329 This week we welcome back epyon5 to discuss The Rocky Horror Picture Show . Not only do we talk about the film itself, but also personal memories of our experiences as well as the impact the movie had on society and the lives of it's devoted fanbase. And as we remember that when you're a teenager EVERYTHING is the end of the world, we also mention... The Vogue, Richard O'Brien: time traveler, Hammer horror, hangin' out with people in their underbritches... and yellin...
Nov 21, 2015•1 hr 29 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 328 This week we are coming to you "live" from Wizard World: Louisville , where we recap our fun activities, a few celebrity sightings and discuss several movies we've seen lately. Plus we sit down with artist epyon5, who has explored artistic styles from the Renaissance old masters to stencils and pop culture imagery. So we discuss what led him down the twisted path of painting and how movies and pop culture have always crept into his work. And as we realize that we fal...
Nov 15, 2015•1 hr 44 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack! - Episode 31 This week we talk with John Schneider and Tom Wopat, not about their beloved TV series, but about their interest and careers in music. And along the way, we build a soundtrack that is quite different then what you might expect if you were just a fan of their television show. And as we get our first mail-order guitar, we also discuss... the double feature on Saturday, Broadway musicals, Romeo and Juliet meet Natural Born Killers, Atlanta, Ronnie Milsa...
Nov 08, 2015•1 hr 18 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 327 This week we hangout with comedian and movie fan Ian Douglas Terry, as we talk about working as a stand-up comic today versus years ago, translating comedy to film, inappropriate kids movies and then we round things out as we discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: Forgetting Sarah Marshall . And as we contemplate teaching chimps to fly planes, we also mention... Mad Max: Fury Road, acting wrestlers, Captain Ron, escaping from your hometown, The Dark Crystal, Jason...
Oct 31, 2015•1 hr 18 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 326 "Live" from the backyard, we light a fire and tell scary ghost stories about this week's Sofa Theater feature: Hollows Grove . So roast some marshmallows and join in on the spooky fun! And while we glue our mouths shut with peanut butter kisses, we eventually discuss... Crimson Peak, Lance Henriksen, The Babadook, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, the horror of Anchorman 2, Protected by Pinkertons, how Napoleon Dynamite would go up the stairs at school, The Sound and the Fu...
Oct 24, 2015•1 hr 49 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 325 We are coming to you "live" from this year's Meltdown Macabre Halloween celebration! There the gang settles in to decorate pumpkins, drink fancy seasonal beverages and discuss creepy movies. Plus we sit down and talk with MacLeod Andrews, the star and co-producer of They Look Like People - an independent film about friendship... and nightmares. So come join the party... And as we cautiously anthropomorphize some inanimate objects, we also discuss... John Carpenter, P...
Oct 17, 2015•1 hr 29 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 324 This week our inaugural Meltdown Night at the Movies series crosses over with our annual Halloween-themed episodes to create a fun gathering of the Meltdown Gang - as we hang out, eat popcorn and watch The Screaming Skull . And as we discuss the bonuses of having a lady skull, we also mention... Transylvania, Tusk, Green Inferno, it's just what happens here, Ghost Adventures, going to the drive-in, The Exocist, over-explaining things, Mama Dracula, Meatballs, Poenari...
Oct 10, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 323 This week we talk with Michael Gross about acting, the dynamic of Family Ties and his years working on the Tremors series of movies. And as we find the best place to make a mistake, we also discuss... anthropology, sleepovers, eight performances a week, the most complex character of the piece, building a bastion, Shakespeare at that moment... that afternoon... came alive to me, holding onto your moral values, Edmund Gwenn, Tim and Eric, white yak hair, True Detective...
Oct 04, 2015•1 hr 32 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 322 This week we sit down and talk with the one and only...Yaphet Kotto. He has a fascinating place in history and a interesting role in the heyday of the New York acting scene, celebrity culture and the ever-changing Hollywood industry. Not to mention the overwhelming number of projects he's worked on over the years - it's quite a resume. So with all that to draw from, we attempt to get at least a brief synopsis of... The Strange and Amazing Life of Yaphet Kotto. And as...
Sep 26, 2015•1 hr 15 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 321 This week we hit the road for a couple of different conventions including our coverage of ScareFest . So join us as we discuss how to fully coordinate your cosplay outfit, random quoting of The Young Ones , recapping of our fun purchases and we may just break into our impromptu performance of The Life and Times of Cobra Commander Jr. Plus we check in with Kelley from Night of the Living Podcast to see what he's been up to lately. And as we address the evil conviction...
Sep 19, 2015•55 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 30 This week we return to VinylFest to not only talk with random patrons of the event, but more importantly, we sit down to talk with an amazing singer and songwriter - Maddie Driscoll. We discuss not only Maddie's early interest in music but also how it crossed over into her love of movies. Plus she discusses some of her favorite soundtracks as she gives us her Killer Five . And as we work through some of the deep-rooted grade school angst that may or m...
Sep 15, 2015•1 hr 31 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 320 This week we are coming to you "live" from Fandomfest as we talk with director, producer, screenwriter, and special effects creator Robert Kurtzman. Then we sit down and discuss growing up in the industry with actor and martial artist Ernie Reyes, Jr. Plus of course we'll check in with certain members of the Meltdown gang along the way as well. And as we witness a Duck Hunt pro, we also mention... Jurassic World, Let Us Prey, The Funhouse Massacre, Scream TV series, ...
Sep 05, 2015•1 hr 28 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 29 This week we are coming to you from VinylFest where on this the 50th anniversary of the hugely successful album Whipped Cream & Other Delights , we sit down and talk with Dolores Erickson. Delores is the woman featured on the cover of the album that eventually became a pop culture phenomena - as well as being one of the most recognizable (and often parodied) photographs in the world. And along the way, we also celebrate the amazing career of Herb ...
Aug 29, 2015•1 hr 36 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 319 This week we're back huddled up on the floor with Doug Jones for a full discussion about the 1998 film, Meet Joe Black . And while we talk about Doug's alter ego of Pencilhead, we also discuss... Death takes a Holiday, Interview with a Vampire, Marcia Gay Harden, the peanut butter scene, real couples playing on-screen couples, foreboding and threatening, Tank Girl, and it was innocent... and gorgeous, Brad Pitt's abs, Hellboy 1 and 2, we're all dressed up and there's...
Aug 21, 2015•1 hr 15 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 318 So are we on the RED carpet with Doug Jones? No, that's not how we roll. Here at Movie Meltdown , we'd much rather set up camp on the floor and just share some stories. So that's what we do... this week we settle in for an intimate and relaxed hang out session with Doug Jones as we discuss some of the amazing projects he's worked on over the years as well as what he's been up to lately. And as we figure out the logistics for our group photo/cuddling assemblage, we al...
Aug 16, 2015•1 hr 6 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 317 This week we return to the bastion to hang out and watch the 2009 film "Forget Me Not" directed by Tyler Oliver. And while we argue the pros and cons of slutty skirts vs. slutty pants, we also bring up... Sinister, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Insidious, The Last Days on Mars, Bella Thorn is eternal, wearing matching underpants, starring on cereal boxes, I do everything wrong, abandoned hospitals, a fish in your car, he looks like a drunk baby, having a half-brother na...
Aug 07, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 316 "Sink or Swim" - All in. To fail or succeed entirely by one's own efforts. This week we go to Sink or Swim Art Gallery to talk with our friend Ryan who has gone all in... with his artistic endeavors , as he opens a new art gallery filled with terrific artwork and movie references. We discuss Ryan's early interests in both art and film, and just how one leads to the other. And while we make up our own story, we also discuss... Gremlins, De Chirico, Inside Out, What We...
Jul 31, 2015•1 hr 29 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 28 This week we host a Killer Soundtrack episode from amidst the jubilant grounds of this year's Forecastle Festival . As we wander around the musical celebration, we continually meet up with our semi-regular co-hosts. So together we discuss the event and along the way build an impressive and wide-ranging soundtrack. And while we recount our evening spent with Sam Smith, we also mention... Unicron, Ben Affleck, being out of control, at the bourbon slushi...
Jul 25, 2015•1 hr 57 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 315 This week we welcome two new co-hosts, as well as rediscover a previous co-host who had mysteriously disappeared? So while we try to figure out just what happened to him in the interim, we then talk through a couple of recent releases. Then we return to an installment of What's the Buzz? - as we discuss the super geeky news that has been unleashed upon the world this previous week. And as we find out just how that experience become engrained in people's movie souls, ...
Jul 18, 2015•1 hr 36 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 27 This week we welcome our special guest co-host Dr. Gangrene to be our DJ of heavy metal horror movies. We let the Doctor run wild as we assemble our own epic soundtrack built from the metal-themed movies that ruled the 80's! And as we discuss the "Satanic Panic" that took hold of the country, we also mention... the greatest WTF ending, a three-dimensional VHS cover, you've gotta see the zombie march, swatting a fly, which brings them back... to battle...
Jul 11, 2015•1 hr 19 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 314 This week, among our other geek activities, we also recap our road trip where we met Jack Noseworthy and sat down for an interview with the lovely and talented Samantha Mathis. Whom our host my or may not have had a huge crush on back in the day. In fact, it might still be going on. And while we delve into the most expensive movie ever made in 1991, we also discuss... did Joss Whedon steal his ideas, sitting on an apple box, the most star-studded cast, Project Almana...
Jul 03, 2015•1 hr 21 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 313 This week we hang out at Gallery K after Adam Burke's comedy set and engage in a hardcore session of... Late Night Movie Talk. We kick things off with a little introduction to Adam, but very quickly we welcome in Carl and Dan from Gallery K , as we roll into an old-fashioned, round table, movie geek discussion. It becomes a wide-ranging conversation that covers topics like... stand-up comedy, regional accents, George Lucas, David Letterman, animal cruelty in classic ...
Jun 26, 2015•1 hr 50 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 312 This week, we recap this year's Harry Dean Stanton Fest as well as sit down with director and cinema legend - Monte Hellman. And while we contemplate Harry Dean's philosophy on nothingness, we also discuss... going to Dan Tana's, John Huston, HarryTown, Roger Corman, when the machine goes to sleep, the universe collapses upon itself, get healthy, Ski Troop Attack, Jack Nicholson, Calvin Coolidge, The Beast from Haunted Cave, a day filming within an hour drive, Michae...
Jun 20, 2015•1 hr 7 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 311 This week we continue our coverage of WonderFest as we sit down and "collect stories" from Jamie Anderson and Eric Chu, as well as reminisce with Lost in Space 's Marta Kristen. Jamie is the son of Gerry Anderson, creator of Thunderbirds, Space 1999, Supercar, Fireball XL5, just to name a few of his projects. So we talk with Jamie about what it was like growing up with a father that was so well known in certain circles. And not only how he got into the industry, but ...
Jun 12, 2015•55 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 310 This week we kick-off our coverage of WonderFest... and we do it with none other then one of the most sought after men in the industry - Greg Nicotero. We discuss films that fascinated and scarred him as a child and the odd coincidences that led to his amazing career in special effects and horrific make-up. And while we yammer on about random movies, we also discuss... bloody fingertips, Harper's Island, Horrors of the Wax Museum, the Swamps of Sadness, Ben Gardner's...
Jun 06, 2015•1 hr 17 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 309 This week we return to the bastion to hang out and randomly pick a movie to watch... which turns out to be Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead . And while we find out just what it takes to be hermetically sealed, we also discuss... watching way too much Forensic Files, siphoning gas, tomahawk fighting, Freaks and Geeks, Cribs, sassy underpants, cut to her cervix, Karen Gillan, David Letterman, magically getting your arm ripped off, Lux Interior, another one to the head, tank i...
May 29, 2015•1 hr 25 min
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 26 This week we sit down with the genre-defying band - The Dead Deads . We learn a little about the members themselves, mostly based on their love of movies and music. And of course along the way, we build an interesting and well-rounded soundtrack. And while one member of band pins down the ultimate, phenomenal pussy soundtrack, we also discuss... Instagram pizza pictures, TARS, continuing to be dicks to the poor, Miley Cyrus, experiencing horror vicari...
May 22, 2015•1 hr 14 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 308 This week we assemble at least a portion of The Meltdown Gang to put together our own "Marvel Super Special"! We kick things off with a little discussion of the new Daredevil series, followed by our extended take on this week's Out on the Town feature - Avengers: Age of Ultron . Plus as one of us has a run-in with a Mr. Fisk, we also discuss... C2E2, House of M, he's Starscream, Tom Hardy, dramatic pacing, Man of Steel, Loki, please cobble this, Vincent D'Onofrio, Do...
May 14, 2015•1 hr 59 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 307 This week Bryan and Lucy team up once again with Michael from the You Eight It podcast to tackle a relatively forgotten film from Michael Rooker's past. Long before he found a much wider audience with projects like The Walking Dead and Guardians of the Galaxy , Mr. Rooker was probably thrilled to get cast as the lead in a modern day film noir called Brown's Requiem . Especially since it was based on a James Ellroy novel and co-starred people like Selma Blair, Will Sa...
May 08, 2015•1 hr 27 min
