Movie Meltdown - Episode 431 This week we are coming to you "live" from the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention as we sit down with Doug Jones to discuss not just monsters and aliens, but also his Sofa Theater pick - Notting Hill . As well as hearing his stories about just being on-stage at the Oscars the week before with his Academy Award-winning film The Shape of Water ! And while we realize that a guy with a giant moon head, is the coolest thing we've ever seen, we also mention… Chuck Norris...
Mar 19, 2018•1 hr 46 min•Season 10Ep. 11
Movie Meltdown - Episode 430 We're back with the 10th annual Oscar Meltdown celebration - plus we hand out The Meltdown Awards for 2017 films! So join us for a big mouthful of pork, as we also discuss... hoodies are all the rage this year, Sebastian Stan's mustache, confessing to library fines, the factual life of P.T. Barnum, I can fly… we already tried, can you be nominated for playing that horse, Zac Efron, the cat scene, drive-thru milkshakes, put a shirt on, well her teeth are so nice, gian...
Mar 15, 2018•2 hr 54 min•Season 10Ep. 10
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 50 This week we welcome our special guest - Austin-based singer/songwriter Bob Schneider. Bob has been making music since he was a kid and has spent the majority of his adult life writing songs and playing live all across the country. So join us as we discuss the changing Austin scene, working with director Robert Rodriguez, recording his live shows out on the road, what he likes to watch on Netflix and the special trick to getting your songs on a string...
Mar 04, 2018•1 hr 25 min•Season 10Ep. 9
Movie Meltdown - Episode 429 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week the Super Series continues as we talk about Ryan Coogler's Black Panther . And as we come to terms with awkwardly sitting next to people, we also mention… animation style, Chadwick Boseman, a lot of Minnie Mouse-themed things, technologically superior, Michael B. Jordan, dominate the sack race, Utilized everyone, the wall of wood, Lupita Nyong'o, a two-year-old with a Tesla car, the get out of jail free card, Danai Gurira, sci-...
Feb 25, 2018•5 min•Season 10Ep. 8
Movie Meltdown - Episode 428 This episode we pay tribute to just some of the celebrities that we lost in 2017. And while we try to decide what our theme song and montage for our lives would be, we also discuss... a Blue Steel Selfie, he would write everything long-form, the convention bubble, I'm just going to tell another brief story where I'm the bad guy, digging ditches, the greatest story ever told, fiction about real people, Keith Moon, won ten Obie Awards, you're supposed to read those dat...
Feb 18, 2018•2 hr 26 min•Season 10Ep. 7
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 49 This week we welcome our special guest Jamie Laurie aka "Jonny 5" who you may know as the co-lead vocalist and founding member of the band Flobots. And as we make Transformers out of paper, we also bring up… drawing comic books, the Wikipedians don't like to change their mind, Black Panther, Time's Up, all the animals in the book of mammals, at the basketball game, what's the first song on the second side, attention is the currency today… everyone is ...
Feb 11, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 10Ep. 6
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 48 This week we are joined by composer Erich Stem to play and discuss all the 2017 Oscar Nominees for Best Original Song and Best Original Score . And while we try to decide if what they are going for is Oscary or Oscarly , we also mention… Wagner, Gene Autry, shaved the edges off, Tarzan, synthesized sound, Carter Burwell, the same kind of instrumental choices are there, Mudbound, I think I'd like to use a didgeridoo, how far is too far and how close is...
Feb 03, 2018•2 hr 26 min•Season 10Ep. 5
Movie Meltdown - Episode 427 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week's exclusive episode we discuss David Ayer's Netflix original movie Bright , a modernized fantasy starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace and Lucy Fry. And while we step up our world-building game, we also discuss... The Godfather Part III, American Made, Suicide Squad, Guillermo del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness, make-up effects, a Nagel poster, they tried to make a movie of this and it was hot garbage, the disapp...
Jan 28, 2018•3 min•Season 10Ep. 4
Movie Meltdown - Episode 426 This week we have a very special guest… comedian, writer, actor - Tom Arnold. Now, most of you out there are probably more or less familiar with Tom, and if so… you know that if nothing else – he has had one of the more interesting stories of anyone who's made their way into the entertainment industry. His journey from a humble Midwest childhood to become one of the most notorious people in Hollywood - is that of legend. So we sit down with him to hear how it all beg...
Jan 22, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 10Ep. 3
Movie Meltdown - Episode 425 This is an episode years in the making... we sit down for not only a group discussion of Lindsay Anderson's O Lucky Man! , but we also talk with the star of the movie – MALCOLM McDOWELL! We get his thoughts on this often over-looked film as well as his role in creating the project and his relationship with the director. Plus we feature a bonus segment with one of the co-stars of the film Jeremy Bulloch (aka Boba Fett). And as we finally come to terms with just how yo...
Jan 15, 2018•2 hr 17 min•Season 10Ep. 2
Movie Meltdown - Episode 424 This week we gather at The Bastion to watch the Netflix original movie The Babysitter . And before we're through we realize we are the ones that need adult supervision. And while at least someone is trying to defend McG, we also discuss... Channel Zero: No-End House, Gravity Falls, The Twilight Zone, Tragedy Girls, Wonder Woman, Stranger Things, crazy Nicolas Cage, a trilogy of books, young Robert Redford, Beavis and Butt-Head, shirtless guy, flea market time, Lampir...
Jan 08, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Season 10Ep. 1
Movie Meltdown - Episode 423 This week we continue our massive discussion (started in episode 421) about many heavy topics that we face every day... and of course remakes. It's an odd combination that somehow comes together into a fun, yet poignant conversation. And while we nail down the worst part about having a sense of integrity, we also bring up... the loss of community, having your dreams continually crushed by the real world, being a kid that doesn't fit in, the reluctance to care about o...
Dec 31, 2017•2 hr 1 min•Season 9Ep. 48
Movie Meltdown - Episode 422 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we once again gather for our Life Day celebration, which of course also means an epic discussion about The Last Jedi and the Star Wars universe as a whole. Buckle up your porgs… this is going to be a bumpy ride. And while we partake in our annual batch of Wookie cookies, we also cover... fan theories, hard science in space, nothing but videos of dogs, destroying the past, the Dark Phoenix movie, Sith-ish, humorous bravado, Alan...
Dec 24, 2017•4 min•Season 9Ep. 47
Movie Meltdown - Episode 421 This week we sit down for another session of "Remake Roundabout" but along the way we spiral off into many different areas… some of which lead to us addressing the true evils of humanity. Who would have known? And as we all buckle up our Nissan pants, we also discuss…The Disaster Artist, they will have to keep making money off of that title, the James Dean death car, horror always goes to space… eventually, Die Hard, I'm the every-mom, skewered them both, Paula Patto...
Dec 18, 2017•1 hr 45 min•Season 9Ep. 46
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 47 This week we talk with composer Erich Stem about the music he was influenced by, as well as the challenges you face when trying to break into the field as a working film composer. And as we discuss all the fun of alcoholism and early death, we also bring up... horrible MIDI, entering the NBA, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, an eleventh hour process, Alcatraz, musical sentences and sound worlds, Japanese internment camps, young composers, you've gotta Ma...
Dec 11, 2017•2 hr 6 min•Season 9Ep. 45
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 46 This week we delve into some random picks based on cameos by musicians or bands in movies. It leads to quite an interesting playlist. And as we plan to time travel back just to hang out on Sunset Strip, we also discuss... the world's greatest guitarist, full-on Liberace, Del James, Edward Burns, I hate your face, take your megaphone and go home, occasionally he got offered weird things and showed up for 'em, preaching protesters, cumbersome and imprac...
Dec 04, 2017•2 hr 1 min•Season 9Ep. 44
Movie Meltdown - Episode 420 This week we get our own legion together to discuss Justice League directed by Zack Snyder (and arguably Joss Whedon). It's an epic conversation about the things we liked along the way and just what didn't work in this linchpin project that may or may not be holding the whole DC cinematic universe together. Will the presentation and performance of this movie spell doom for our superheroes? Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice, we also go into... The Punisher, Pacific Rim...
Nov 27, 2017•2 hr 41 min•Season 9Ep. 43
Movie Meltdown - Episode 419 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we discuss Lost After Dark , Rest Stop and Stranger Things all before addressing this week's Sofa Theater feature - the 1988 film Lady in White directed by Frank LaLoggia. Once considered by some to be a "family-friendly" movie, we look at this sometimes surreal film that's filled with many, many inappropriate (and confusing) things. So we try to iron out all the details as we also make a list of items to add to potential child...
Nov 20, 2017•3 min•Season 9Ep. 42
Movie Meltdown - Episode 418 This week the Super Series continues as we discuss Thor: Ragnarok . And as we continually undercut the drama with a joke, we also discuss... Planet Hulk, Sandman, Taika Waititi, a wall of meat, Episode 7, Karl Urban, Grey Hulk, I think I was so excited I couldn't hear, the wolf, What We Do in the Shadows, Benedict Cumberbatch, true neutral, Quicksilver, making wisecracks, Jeff Goldblum, the love of the Godess of Death, is it too silly, Korg, gender swapping, Roger Co...
Nov 13, 2017•2 hr 28 min•Season 9Ep. 41
Movie Meltdown - Episode 417 This week are coming to you "live" from Derby City Comic Con as we sit down with actress Ingvild Deila. At the moment Ingvild may be best known as the motion capture actress to portray Princess Leia in Rogue One , but we feel that someone this charming and intelligent is poised to become a superstar in her own right. So listen as she tells us stories of growing up in Norway, her approach to acting and just how that led her to end up in huge films like Avengers: Age o...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Season 9Ep. 40
Movie Meltdown - Episode 416 This week we welcome our special guest James Katz. James is the former President and founder of the Universal Pictures Classics Division . He has worked in many different areas over the years including - film distribution, publicity, marketing and working as a producer and as executive producer on several films. But more then anything, James has made a monumental impact on film history through his preservation and re-release of five Alfred Hitchcock's films in the ea...
Oct 30, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Season 9Ep. 39
Movie Meltdown - Episode 415 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we settle in for our annual Halloween party... and this time it's at a house that has actually been exorcised!! So listen as we tell scary stories about demons and marriage and Tom Cruise. (Those may or may not all be the same story.) Then grab some candy and join us for this creepy holiday edition of Sofa Theater and an in-depth discussion of Tales of Halloween . Trick or treat... support the show! - https://www.patreon.com/mo...
Oct 23, 2017•4 min•Season 9Ep. 38
Movie Meltdown - Episode 414 This week we are coming to you "live" from ScareFest as we discuss October fun, seasonal foods and lame childhood memories. Plus we welcome this week's special guest Bill Corbett to join us not only for this week's Sofa Theater segment - but also for coffee and doughnuts. Listen as we discuss Mystery Science Theater 3000 , how he became Crow T. Robot, moving into Rifftrax, as well as this week's movie - Attack the Block . And while we try to figure out how to decode ...
Oct 16, 2017•1 hr 41 min•Season 9Ep. 37
Movie Meltdown - Episode 413 This week we are coming to you "live" from The Kentucky Theater for the kick-off of Harry Dean Stanton Fest and the red carpet premiere of Lucky . And we are glad to welcome this week's special guest John Carroll Lynch, an impressive actor in his own right as well as the director of Lucky . We also discuss Fargo , Zodiac , The Invitation , The Founder , the disenfranchisement of America and the real reason people are joining cults. And as we get caught in an elaborat...
Oct 09, 2017•1 hr 30 min•Season 9Ep. 36
Movie Meltdown - Episode 412 This week we visit the Cincinnati Comic Exp o and discuss some of the goings-on at the event, as well as this week's Sofa Theater feature: Karyn Kusama's The Invitation . Plus we ask... what's up with all the indie movies about cults this Millenium? And while we marvel at the wonders of the passé fidget spinners, we also discuss... Patchwork, fake Fall, The Gifted, new Blade Runner, Code Red, commandeered someone's cosplay sword, coyote murder, Ragnarok posters, I lo...
Oct 03, 2017•1 hr 44 min•Season 9Ep. 35
Movie Meltdown - Episode 411 This week we return to our coverage "live" from Fandomfest as we sit down with our special guest... Paul Michael Glaser! We discuss everything from Fiddler on the Roof to Starsky & Hutch . We go into his different roles over the years from acting to directing to writing. And we talk about his time working with the likes of Norman Jewison, Milton Katselas and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Plus along the way, we begin to examine the way that the new generation approaches ...
Sep 25, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 9Ep. 34
Movie Meltdown - Episode 410 This week we are coming to you "live" from Days of the Dead: Louisville as we discuss some run-ins with the guests plus a few of our recent viewings... all before settling into this week's Sofa Theater feature: The Blackcoat's Daughter . The long-awaited first feature directed by Osgood Perkins and starring our beloved crazy-head Emma Roberts and Lucy Boynton. And while we seek professional help for our obsession with enamel pins, we also bring up... The Santa Clarit...
Sep 18, 2017•1 hr 48 min•Season 9Ep. 33
Movie Meltdown - Episode 409 This week we welcome our special guests - director Harris Doran and actress Catherine Curtin ( Orange is the New Black ) to discuss the making of their film Beauty Mark . Plus we reminisce about a recent visit to Hollywood Forever Cemetary and remember a few films that have been shot in our neighborhood over the years. And while we address the ups and downs of shooting in a "regular" town, we also discuss... Anastasia, being an astronaut, the Stephen King shuffle, ha...
Sep 10, 2017•57 min•Season 9Ep. 32
Movie Meltdown - Episode 408 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we continue with our Super Series exclusively for our Meltdown Club members, as we discuss Logan - the grim finale to the Wolverine story arc. And with such a radically different approach to comic book movies, we look at how this film affects all the previous movies featuring Wolverine? And in general... are we ok with heroes that kill? Plus we examine our thoughts on The Defenders and our first impressions of the new version o...
Sep 04, 2017•6 min•Season 9Ep. 31
Movie Meltdown - Episode 407 This week we are coming to you "live" from Fandomfest as we sit down with our special guest... Sean Gunn! These days he's playing Kraglin, as well as the on-set Rocket Raccoon, in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, but we also discuss growing up in his family full of (what turned out to be) writers and performers. We delve into his early film roles working in the Troma Entertainment world and address possibly his most recognizable role as Kirk from Gilmore Girls . A...
Aug 28, 2017•1 hr 24 min•Season 9Ep. 30
