This week on the podcast, we’re getting heisty! That’s like feisty, but with heists - listen in, won’t you?
Steven Seagal is an Alien. Can We All Just Agree On That?
Back in the ‘90s there was this one guy, a stoic blob who had neither much in terms of discernible charm, nor was he ever willing to show off much of anything he picked up in all his years training under several alleged martial arts masters, but still gained worldwide fame in the world of kicking ass and taking names. Join us, as we take a look at the early works of Steven Seagal, and question his status as a citizen of Earth.
I Watched It So You Don't Have To: Rob Zombie's 31
A creepy carnival clown Hunger Games lead by Malcolm McDowell dressed as Marie Antoinette via Rob Zombie? Sadly, 31 was just a bloody, boring mess.
Girls With Guns in Hong Kong: Beyond Michelle Yeoh & Cynthia Rothrock
"Girls With Guns" as a sub-genre was an absolute phenomenon in Hong Kong between the ‘80s and ‘90s where the climate for female empowerment in male-dominated exploitation cinema reigned supreme.
Notes From The Back Row: Episode 2 - Fulci, Giallos, Reed & Wishes (Oh My!)
On the latest episode of Notes From The Back Row, we have four segments covering one Lucio Fulci fantasy classic, two giallo-inspired films for an inspired double-feature, three films from the career of Oliver Reed, and a segment called The Watchlist.
Freddy's Dead. Long Live Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Freddy’s Dead is both a deviation from, and constrained by its formula. But I love it because it’s a fascinatingly desperate attempt to re-capture some of the magic that kickstarted Freddy Mania. Join us as we perform a compost-mortem on this universally reviled sequel in the Nightmare on Elm Street series.
Singing Psychedelia: Drug Soaked Musicals of the '70s & '80s
People who dislike musicals like to make claims about how unrealistic they are while they stand in line for yet another superhero movie, but nobody who likes musicals is dying for realism. Read about Xanadu, Phantom of The Paradise and All That Jazz.
Notes From the Back Row: Episode 1 - Talkin' Aboot Goldblum
www.Back-Row.com has grown sentient, with four mouthes and eight ears, and transformed into: Notes From the Back Row! In this first episode, Carlo, Dan, Jenna and Veronica talk about all things Jeff Goldblum. They discuss both his movies, and their desire to shed their limbs and morph into him.
Michael Greer, Out and Proud in Hollywood
You may not have heard of him, but Michael Greer managed to make a modest but impressive dent in the oppressively straight world of cinema in the late '60s and early '70s. Greer went from comedy clubs to the silver screen without ever pretending he was anything other than what he was – unabashedly out of the closet.
Down Low Down Under: Homoeroticism in Australian Cinema
Take a dip into the world of Australian cinema’s homoerotic undertones – from Mad Max to The Rover. A country so manly that in some ways it’s like masculinity folded in on itself and emerged as a new beast.
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