Movie Meltdown - Episode 19

This week we continue our Daniel Roebuck Double Feature with the lost and mostly forgotten 80's flick - DUDES.  Where punks from the big city travel across the country in a Volkswagen bug and have some wacky road trip moments until a run-in with some murderous psychos. Afterwards the survivors decide to embrace the western spirit and take out some New York-style justice on the killers.

We also feature the second part of our interview with Daniel Roebuck, as he talks about Dudes, drugs, Penelope Spheeris, Rob Zombie, Bubba Ho-Tep almost taking his arm off and accumulating a huge amount of monster collectibles.

And somewhere along the way we mention... American Crime, The Decline of Western Civilization, Brotherhood of Blood, blacking out your windows like a psychopath, Femputer, Daredelvis, Fighting, the last dark level of Super Mario Bros. 3, the lost extra from The Road Warrior, Angelina Jolie looking for a new film franchise, that creepy little kid from Near Dark, the terrific look and odd editing choices of Let the Right One In, old Disney nature narratives, fake vampire teeth, Jayce and the Wheel Warriors, Ackmena the singing cantina owner, Bolt, Russell Crowe in tights, Obscure and cramped thumbs, burning Ellen Page with cigarettes, The Vandels, Rhino in his plastic ball, the punk Chinese restaurant, The new Mechanic, Ridley Scott’s strange project choice, Doomsday, pretending to be Geordi La Forge every time you come in contact with a banana clip, sending kids to prison, Dance of the Dead, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Robert Rodriguez, the reboot of Predator, punk rock prejudice, hair metal, Machete, Elroy from The Jetsons is annoying, Condition Dead 3D and we thank Bea Arthur for being our friend.

So come play cowboys and Indians with us! (Mohawks are optional.)

Movie Meltdown - Episode 18

Come with us... we want to show you something... down by the river.

This week we kick off our Daniel Roebuck Double Feature with RIVER'S EDGE, the frighteningly realistic portrait of murder in a small town and the deconstruction of society as a whole. It's a heavy movie with an impressive cast and stark yet beautiful visuals. Come back with us as we revisit a time when kids played video games and listened to metal, the world was still on the brink of nuclear annihilation - and no one knew they were supposed to dislike Keanu Reeves...yet.

We also feature part one of our interview with Daniel Roebuck as well as these and many other random things... Zac Efron, narrowing down the movies that are important to you, Russell Crowe, vampire venom, Megan Fox's thumbs, The Last Unicorn, Guillermo del Toro, The Hobbit, vampire piggy-back rides, the bees, not the bees, sappy direction, Big Wolf on Campus, Michael Bay's little movie, Sofia Coppola, Stephen Dorff, I, Frankenstein, The Red Bull, Crank: High Voltage, a constipated vampire, how awesome Dennis Hopper is, rediscovering the band America, sleeveless denim jackets, our favorite inflatable sex doll, a tribute to Marilyn Chambers, the gorgeous young Ione Skye, cliches of high school teen life, Behind the Green Door, Ed O’Neil, birthday wishes to someone we don't know, a pop singer with really dorky hair, cool classic cars and our upcoming appearance and a crazy lady singing the Dawson's Creek theme song.

All we know is... the check's in the mail!!

Movie Meltdown - Episode 17

Seagal. What can you say about the man? He's an American institution - of bad film. And he certainly doesn't stray from that area this week, as we watch AGAINST THE DARK. Steven and some other random losers attempt to fight off a whole world (and hospital) of vampire/zombies. It's a rip-off of several genre films, haphazardly pieced together with a lead that can barely deliver lines, let alone keep his seams from bursting. As he gets older and heavier, his acting gets worse - and so do his movies. But that doesn't stop us from having a good time discussing the problems.

All that plus Hannah Montana, the super secret Venom script, Rob Zombie's Heavy Metal, Piranha 3D, Elizabeth Shue, Brittany Murphy, Liam Neeson is Zeus, Keith David, Dogma, Last of the Mohicans, the fact that we are not above bribes, the awesomeness of Psycho, vampire baseball, David Arneson, green prosthetics covered James Marsters and our new character for the Movie Fan Freakshow - The Crow Guy.

So, watch out... Steven Seagal is gonna do to you, what he's been doing to that cheeseburger.