KilmerKast

We're going on a heist with Robert DeNiro, checking out a great ass with Al Pacino, and talking about Heat with Matt Curione, editor at large of Talk Film Society and co-host of the Monsters Never Die podcast. We chat about scary actors, forgotten supporting characters and whether there's a Hollywood ending here, while lamenting the overall lack of Val Kilmer, but celebrating the quality of what w...

Ricky Roxburgh (the upcoming Monsters at Work series) returns to the KilmerKast studios to talk about Hardwired and its limited dose of Vitamin V. We get upset trying to unpack Hope Industries’ evil advertising scheme, and while we do that, we try to figure out why Cuba Gooding Jr. is playing the opposite of Rod Tidwell, talk about a young Tatiana Maslany, explore who exactly that guy is on the mo...

Emmy-winning writer Ricky Roxburgh ( Tangled the Series , The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse ) returns to the show to take a look at Val Kilmer’s turn under the cowl in Batman Forever . We talk codpieces and horny psychiatrists, the weird connection between Christian children’s television and the Dark Knight, hidden lair infrastructure, getting killed thanks to your kid and why The Ridder shouldn...

Take a trip to sunny Bulgaria, as Val Kilmer plays a doctor who might be a secret agent, but he's probably just a sad guy crushing on a former ballerina, who also has ability to outrun cops and police, but can't shave. Matthew Poirier, the Direct to Video Connoisseur, will try to help make sense of it all, even if, in the end, it makes no sense. We also play a game in Swedish! Put on a tux and joi...

Matthew McCue ( The Track ) returns to the show to chat about the 2010 family drama Bloodworth , where Val Kilmer plays the boozing, womanizing son of a country singer who abandoned his family. We talk about witchcraft, salty Bible verses, the value of narration, questioning one’s own intelligence, and why when someone’s going to shoot you, you want them to look at you. We also play a new game, Gr...

We'll be your huckleberries, as Audrey Fox (JumpCut Online, Crooked Marquee) joins the show to chat about Val Kilmer's tuberculosis-tinged turn as Doc Holiday in 1993's Tombstone. We talk teen western comedies, hot Jessica Fletcher, pretty boys of the Old West, and try to solve the mystery of just who directed this film. Put on a bustle, grab some Laudanum and we'll deal you in. 

We're checking out Jorma Taccone's 2010 SNL sketch adaptation, MacGruber, which features Val Kilmer as the bad guy for once, and he's so, so good at it. Joining the show to talk tighty-whitey tan lines, homophobia, and the joys of throat ripping is Nicole Rizzo, otherwise known as Mrs. Kilmerkast, because she's married to the host, and stepping in at the last minute thanks to some unfortunate prob...

We're headed to the '90s with Jordan Courtney and Nicholas Loup, the guys from the Filmshake podcast, to take a look at Val Kilmer's first heist film, as he joins forces with Kim Basinger in The Real McCoy. We try to figure out why ribbed condoms are the wave of the future, chat about Gary the Juggernaut and discuss Kilmer's orifices. Grab your passport and head down to Rio with us.

JumpCut Online's Lucy Buglass (Lucy Goes to Hollywood) joins us to check out Val Kilmer as a creepy guy who shows up to a police station on Christmas Eve and he did not bring good tidings. We talk padded scenes, huge plot holes, and the silliest achilles heel ever, and play a new game!.

Felicity Flesher and Clarence Pruitt of the Film Frontier podcast bring their knowledge of westerns to KilmerKast to help us discuss Val Kilmer's highly-underrated 1992 drama Thunderheart. Along the way, we wind up talking about the greatness that is Graham Greene, fleeting show biz success, Linda Lavin, dragon puppets, freakin' badgers and the joys of "won't they." Grandpa would want you to liste...

We are up in da club with stand-up comic, podcaster and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles expert Brian McGuinness (Playable Characters) as we check out Val Kilmer's 2011 crime drama Gun, with co-star and supposed screenwriter 50 Cent. We talk TV hats, The Golden Girls, John Larroquette, and the hardest N-word you've ever heard. We also play a new game, Direct to Hell! Grab your favorite firearm and joi...

We’re headed back to the sixties to check out one of Val Kilmer’s most iconic roles, as he plays Jim Morrison in The Doors . Joining us on this trip is FlickDirect’s Allison Hazlett-Rose, the chair of the Florida Film Critics Circle. We talk imitation versus character, gratuitous nudity, mental illness and craft a new ending for the film. We also play a new game! Turn on and tune in.

Listen as two grown men with a healthy understanding of film--Witney Seibold of the Critically Acclaimed network of podcasts and host Francis Rizzo III--are driven to utter confusion by the machinations and cinematic misdeeds of one Francis Ford Coppola, as they attempt to dissect and understand just what was happening in his narratively-jumbled 2011 film Twixt.

We're going back to 1989 to check out a film most Val Pals don't even remember, as Jason Bailey (New York Times, Fun City Cinema Podcast) joins Francis Rizzo III to talk about Kill Me Again, but they also wind up talking about sentimental briefcases, reading breaks in film, Tarantino influences, and the immortal joys of Jon Gries. Grab a bag of blood and join us in our motel room for some fun.&nbs...

Brendan from the What Were They Thinking? podcast joins Francis Rizzo III to figure out that very question when it comes to the 2012 Val Kilmer horror film 7 Below. They talk (possibly) alien finance guys, inconsistent fog, CG storms, Ving Rhames' baby voice, and of course the famed Kilmer ponytail, all while becoming incredibly confused by the plot(?) of the film. Grab your favorite Rambo knife a...

We've got babies being hunted, trolls turned inside out and accents being mangled as Francis Rizzo III is joined by Emmy-winning writer Ricky Roxburgh (Tangled: The Series, Monsters at Work, Big Hero Six: The Series) to chat about 1988's Willow. They'll get into everything about Madmartigan, as well as get sidetracked talking about fabulous hair, fantasy Home Alone, the Golden Girls' home, elderly...

Would a Val Kilmer film by any other name smell as sweet? That's what we'll try to figure out, as Francis Rizzo III is joined by Matthew J McCue (Showtime's Kavalier & Clay) to try to figure out why Breathless is so named. Along the way we'll talk about Bubbles the Chimp, sexy Twilight, remaking Godard, Dean Cain and the power of an accent, and probably get around to yet another mesmerizing Kilmer...

We're breaking format at KilmerKast, because we've got a BRAND-NEW Val Kilmer movie to talk about, as Paydirt arrives this week. Francis Rizzo III is joined by his nearly life-long friend and official COVID-19 frontline hero Richard Webster, as they chat about this new movie, Kilmer's daughter's role in it, questionable stunts and big honkin' guns. 

This podcast has a need...a need to discuss Val Kilmer's 1986 blockbuster Top Gun . To make that happen, Francis Rizzo III is joined by Talk Film Society's Editor at Large Matt Curione, as they talk about the sweatiest film ever, a lightly-used Meg Ryan and Anthony Edward's mustache.

Francis Rizzo III is joined by filmmaker David Cornelius ( Inhumanwich ) to chat about Val Kilmer's 2013 mystery-thriller Riddle, and they end up talking about ponytails, sedated actors, 35-year-old high school students and much more.

Francis Rizzo III is joined by screenwriter Matthew J. McCue (Showtime's upcoming Kavalier & Clay ) to chat about a film that established what they thought college life would be, Real Genius . As they discuss Kilmer's performance, they also talk about El Debarge, Kate & Allie, the importance of Ick and why you shouldn't eat that popcorn. 

Francis Rizzo III is joined by Raj Chidabaram to talk about 2017's The Super, Val Kilmer's first film following his cancer surgery. They discuss creepy kids, possible dubbing and why everything is so darn dark, as well as much more. 

Francis Rizzo III is joined by film critic Tyler Foster to discuss Val Kilmer's feature film debut in the 1984 Zucker-Abrams-Zucker classic Top Secret! They also talk about the latest Kilmer news, put the film in context of when it came out and look at reviews of the movie. 

The introduction to the podcast about the films of Val Kilmer, with a mission statement, some ground rules and info on what to expect from the show.