Forbidden Cinema

We watched the Ron Howard mermaid fantasy romantic comedy, Splash, starring Tom Hanks and strangely relevant Darryl Hannah.  Come along with us as we talk about our memories of creepy motel rooms on childhood vacations, free HBO, and New York in 1984.  Eugene Levy and John Candy join the 2 timers club.  Also we have a Disney-ish movie with so many Penthouse magazines.

***Editor's Note: This episode was recorded before the murder of Rob and Michelle Reiner*** Join us as we go back in time to try to answer all of the questions that nobody bothered to ask about When Harry Met Sally.  We dig into all the print we can find from the time and Zack's quest to locate the current whereabouts of Ms. November 1988 hits a little close to home.

***Editor's note: this episode was recorded before the murder of Rob and Michelle Reiner*** Join us as we go back to the mother of the modern romantic comedy.  We discuss how fun New York looks when it was a little less safe.  We finally see what all the fuss about the deli scene is all about.  And we find Billy Crystal strangely hot?

Join us as we discuss all of the unanswered questions from out coverage of the Direct to Video erotic thriller, Body of Influence from 1993.

Amazon just loaded a bunch of Direct to Video erotic thrillers in HD.  Join us as we take a look at Body of Influence from 1993.  This barely clocks in at an hour and a half and someone takes their clothes off, kills someone, confesses something, or just goes plain bananas every 5 minutes. It isn't the best movie ever made, but it is infinitely watchable.  Give it a try and listen to our discussio...

Join Zack and Jenny as we answer the questions that nobody bothered to ask about The Last Seduction. Come with us as we discuss a movie with a main character who literally has no redeeming qualities.  I can't think of many others.  Also join us as we talk about the history of the erotic thriller in general.

We are back from hiatus with at least 3 months worth of content in the can an ready to release regularly again.  Thanks for bearing with us, folks, sometimes life just gets in the way.  Join us as we explore the sexy neo-noir thriller, The Last Seduction, from 1994. Linda Fiorentino steams her way through being robbed of an Oscar Nom playing a truly *SPOILER* bad person.  Bill Pullman, welcome to...

Ok, we will be the first to admit that this has been a little delayed.  This last year has been our year personally, but we have fallen a little behind in this artistic side project. If you can read this, you are loved. In this episode we answer the questions that nobody thought to ask about our coverage of Beetlejuice.  As usual, Zack delves deep into what was going on in pop culture at the time...

Join us as we continue through our coverage of movies that were forbidden (or in this case, maybe should have been) that have had recent upgrades, remakes, or sequels. Ok, we have made some recommendations in the past, but this is top 3 one of the best movies we have covered.  If you haven't seen it in 35 years (like both of us), go out and immediately watch it.  We will wait for you.  Then join u...

Welcome back as we answer the questions that nobody bothered to ask about our our episode covering the 1984 classic buddy cop action comedy, Beverly Hills Cop. Zack tries to figure out who Eddie Murphy was and how big of a star he was in 1984 (spoiler alert:  HUGE).  We dig into the numbers and discuss how this is one of the most successful movies ever made.  We also look at the very limited numbe...

We are all hearing the theme in our head, right?   We watched Beverly Hills Cop from 1984 and had a blast doing it.  Thanks for bearing with us during our unplanned hiatus.  Life has really caught up with us.  We are going to try to get back to a regular release schedule.  Stay tuned.

Welcome back as we tackle the questions nobody bothered to ask about our episode on Young Guns starring Emilio Estevez and everyone else who was hot in 1988. Zack gives us a brief history lesson about the Lincoln County War and how this film is surprisingly probably the most accurate representation ever put on film.  We go in detail about which of the Young "Buns" actors has showed his buns the mo...

We are back and this time with a proper movie.  We watched Young Guns from 1988.  There were 80's heartthrobs all over the place in what bizarrely seems to be maybe the most historically accurate film depicting the Lincoln County War.  That's right, this is a biopic about Billy the Kid.   Spoiler alert, it is kind of serious and Bon Jovi is nowhere to be seen.  We think all of our preconceived not...

One last time into the fray! We have done it.  We are now surely the internet's best and most complete resource for the first 2 seasons of 90's cable erotica Red Shoe Diaries. David Duchovny and Stella are back to read another letter from a Parisienne ad executive and her old flame / impossible to work with auteur commercial director.  We have (surprise) red shoes in an episode for the first time...

Join us as we continue what has to be the most exhaustive deep dive of the nineties erotica for women cable show Red Shoe Diaries.  We are winding down this season hopefully to get back to some movies just like David Duchovny.   In Alphabet Girl we have a young model in a not terribly torrid affair with her famous photographer.  There is not really a love triangle with his young assistant.  Mostly...

Damn Gina... This episode is wild... I mean the last episode was wild, but this one was almost incomprehensible.  Off to Paris at the houseboat next to the Highlander we get an American woman who (hopefully doesn't murder) and assumes the identity of her Parisienne benefactor.  It's the Talented Mr. Ripley meets a Harlequin romance novel. This was probably the worst episode yet from a technical pe...

Stop what you are doing, fire up Tubi, and watch this episode. I know we usually talk about stuff from our childhood that our parents would not let us watch, but this is something special.  This episode completely breaks the mold of the moody/broody/dreamy 90s erotica for women anthology series and goes bat crap insane. This is 30 minutes of your life that you will be happy to have spent with us....

Whoah... This one is getting Zack a little hot under the collar and Jenny a little annoyed at the logistics. We have got an oddly traditional gender role world view from a guy with no sleeves and his new bride who finds work at a phone sex line apparently featuring Margaret Cho!?!?!? This one has snapping rubber underpants, some playful spanking, a Friday Night Special from Leather Lana, kitchen t...

Buckle up folks, this one is wild. We continue our journey through early 90s cable erotica for women with Episode 208 of Red Shoe Diaries.  This week we have David Duchovny actually playing for real with his doggy.  There are vaguely European things, lots of establishing shots of castles that we never go to, a boxing ring in a stable, and some sex scenes that we think may have inspired Braveheart?...

Hey everybody, sorry for the short episode this week.  There was not a ton of meat on the bones for this episode, but the Forbidden Crew are refusing to pull a Duchovny and phone it in this week. We have the story of a photojournalist doing a story on "up market" sex workers who make $1500 a night.  This one reads more like a psychological thriller where everyone is stalking everyone.  Zack actual...

It's Carnival! Join us as we have establishing shots of Rio, some Wild On clips from E! Network, and then some close ups of sex on a beach (that we assume is in southern California). This one is wild.  We have some samba that is more nude that we think is actually allowed at Carnival.  We have a weird wine/blood orgy.  We have a super horny grandma, a lady who is definitely not Brazilian, and a wh...

Ok, things are getting wild. We have sexy firefighters and the unreliable narrators who voyeur them in the shower. Are there any actual fires happening?  Is she setting these fires?  Is a steamy night with a veterinarian who is actually a "real doctor" what this lady needs, or should she look up some BetterHelp (not a sponsor). Come along as we wind down our Valentines binge of early 90's cable er...

Joey is back!  That's right, we have the second and apparently last appearance of a not-yet-famous Matt Leblanc as a modern day bank robbing cowboy? In this episode we have people escaping from a bank robbery on horseback.  We have a kidnapping.  We have a winner-take-all highest stakes game of poker. Come along with the Forbidden crew as we start to wind down this Valentine's Day / Carnival week...

Three episodes down in a week.  Join the Forbidden Crew on our Valentine's week binge of the 90's erotica for women staple, Red Shoe Diaries. Barely famous David Duchovny is phoning it in with Stella the Dog reading the diary of Amber Smith, a young fashion model who has a rendezvous with her cab driver. We see no buttons on shirts of any kinds, a Matrix fashion show 5 years before the Matrix, mor...

Laissez le bon temps rouler.   Happy Mardi Gras and Happy Valentines Day!   Join the Forbidden Crew as we look at Red Shoe Diaries 202 - Naked in the Moonlight.  We have some of the sexiest sex scenes so far in the series... but not much in the way of moonlight.  Join us as we look at a lady with a bunch of cars getting a boner for a working class dude.  There are lights dangling in the middle of...