Tv/Movie Rewind

Apologies to some of the issues we had with Shawn's audio and some colorful language...Thank you everyone for joining us on this our 200th episode! Today Matt & Todd are joined by Shawn to discuss: Red Dawn, a 1984 action-war film directed by John Milius, starring Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Thompson and Jennifer Grey. Red Dawn probably doesn't need an introduction but if...

Today, Matt & Todd are joined again by Mike, who is here to discuss the 1970 sci-fi classic Beneath the Planet of the Apes. This is of course the sequel to Planet, which we discussed a few episodes ago, and it happens to be the favorite of the five films for Matt and Mike.* Directed by Ted Post Starring: James Fransiscus, James Gregory as Ursus and a returning cast including Kim Hunter, Mauric...

Today, Matt & Todd discuss Willow —a fantasy epic directed by Ron Howard, starring Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, and Joanne Whalley. Released in 1987 with massive marketing and high expectations, Willow had the powerhouse backing of George Lucas and cutting-edge visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic. While the film found moderate success both critically and commercially, it never quite...

Today Matt & Todd discuss the 1968 Sci-Fi Classic: Planet of the Apes, directed by Franklin J Schaffner, based on a novel by Pierre Boulle. Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Maurice Evans and Kim Hunter. Screenplay co-credited to Michael Wilson and Rod Serling. A groundbreaking success when it first appeared in 1968; Planet of the Apes is a rapid-paced fish-out-of-water tale of a grou...

Did you think it was one word? Today Matt, Todd, and our neighbor to the North - Logan, discuss the 1997 crime-thriller Cop Land. Cop Land, directed by Louis Mangold has an outstanding ensemble cast: Sylvester Stallone in a rare dramatic turn; polarizing to some (loved by us) Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Peter Berg, Robert Patrick*, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Noah Emmerich*,...

Today Matt and Todd discuss the 1994 Action-Chase-Thriller: Judgment Night Directed by Stephen Hopkins (Predator 2) and Starring: Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeremy Piven, Steven Dorff, Denis Leary Judgment Night puts us a group of friends who take the wrong turn and find themselves witness to a back alley execution. What follows is a chase through the night from Fallon (Leary) and his gang:...

Today Matt & Todd are joined by Mike again; this time to discuss the two James Bond films starring Timothy Dalton in the title role. Starting in 1987; Timothy Dalton would star as 007 in The Living Daylights and followed up by 1989's License to Kill. All 3 agree on the merits of the films, both are great fun, but what do we think about Dalton, and what he brings to James Bond? ---------- C...

Today Matt & Todd discuss Jack Sholder’s 1987 Sci-Fi-Crime-Action-Thriller: The Hidden Written by Jim Kouf Starring: Michael Nouri, KyleMaclachlan, and Chris Mulkey/William Boyett/ClaudiaChristian/Jake/Clarence Felder/John McCann as their identity-shifting alien nemisis. The Hidden was a HBO and VHS staple for us in the late 80s and early 90s. Heavy rotation in the early days but largely forgo...

Today Matt & Todd discuss Tony Scott's 1991 Crime-Action-Thriller: The Last Boy Scout Written by Shane Black Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham and Taylor Negron. First seen by us decades ago, this rewatch had more going for it than we remembered. Very 90s, very macho, angsty-angry, but very funny at times; punctuated with excellent action sequences and perfo...

Today Matt & Todd discuss Tom Holland's Fright Night from 1985. An outstanding example of a modern take of the gothic vampire; Fright Night stars: William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, and Chris Sarandon In present-day (1985) mysterious Jerry Dandridge and his roomate Billy move in next door to curious Charlie Brewster. Charlie knows he is a vampire; but the police won't bel...

Editor note: We had some audio and connection problems with this episode, we apologize for some of the weird sounds and random issues. Anyway, on to the notes: Hailed as one of the most influential sci-fi films ever made, 1954's Them! directed by Gordon Douglas, still stands the test of time over 7 decades later. Mike joins us today, he and Matt reminisce about earlier days finding the film on aft...

1983's The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is brought to you by the world of Charle's Schultz' Peanuts and the creative team that brought you the beloved specials of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show was a short-run animated series based off of stories pulled from the long-running strip, shown in a series of several vignettes per episode. What stands out here is revisiting th...

...You're a WINNER! Today, Matt, Todd, and Mike dive into 1986's animated Sci-Fi action slugfest: Transformers: The Movie, directed by Nelson Shin, and featuring an all-star voice cast: Orson Welles as Unicron Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron Judd Nelson as Rodimus Prime Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus And of course... Frank Welker as Megatron & Soundwave Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime & Iro...

Today, Matt & Todd cover 1978's The Wild Geese, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Richard Burton, Richard Harris, and Roger Moore. If you've seen "The Wild Geese," you understand where we're coming from. If you've made assumptions about how this movie might handle apartheid-era politics, don't—because it didn't think too hard about it. The movie reflects that in nearly every characte...

1999's The Mummy - Directed by Stephen Sommers; Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Jonathan Hyde and Arnold Vosloo stars as Imhotep: a resurrected sorcerer with incredible powers of destruction. The Mummy is a throwback to early adventure films of early Hollywood, like we hadn't seen since Indiana Jones: And the Last Crusade fitting a mold that is a great blend of grand adventure with the supe...

Dreams. Do they go on when you close your eyes? What are they made of? Are they a slow and steady fire? Are they your heart and soul's desire? Listen in as we discuss the movie that demands the question: Would Alex Gardner get you through the night? Dreamscape is a 1984 Sci-Fi Thriller directed by Joseph Ruben that was a blast to rediscover after probably 4 decades of kinda remembering it, despite...

Despite a prolific and acclaimed creative career, including a musician his entire life with a deep passion for jazz and awards for composition and scoring along with directing. Despite a list of international guilds, publications, and awards that goes on and on. (Whatever he hasn't won, he's received an honorary award for). About half of the films he has directed have been nominated for major indu...

Did you think it was one word too? Anyway Matt & Todd continue Neo-Western November to review the delightful actioner Road House (1989). Directed by Rowdy Harrington Starring: Patric Swayze, Kelly Lynch and Ben Gazzara We love this film, unironically, exactly for the over-the-top wish-fulfillment it truly is. It reminds us of the sort of "code of honor" from the old cowboy pictures we grew up...

Today Matt & Todd discuss the 1987 Neo-Western Action-Thriller: Extreme Prejudice. Directed by Walter Hill, based on a story by John Milius Starring: Nick Nolte and a TV/MR all star cast :, Powers Boothe (ep: Tombstone ), Maria Conchita Alonso (ep: Running Man ), Micheal Ironside (eps: V, McBain ) and his "zombie" squad of SPECOPS: Clancy Brown (ep: Highlander ), William Forsythe (ep: The Immo...

Welcome back to the TV/Movie Rewind podcast. Matt & Todd are joined by Mike to discuss the 1978 action-'road'-neo-western film Convoy . Directed by Sam Peckinpah(!) Starring Kris Kristofferson, Ernest Borgnine and Ali McGraw and a deeper cast including Burt Young and Franklin Ajaye tells the story of an outlaw and his pals escaping jurisdiction and finding help along the way. Convoy is an at-times...

Matt & Todd review 1989’s Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat starring: David Carradine, Morgan Brittany, John Ireland, Bruce Campbell and an ensemble cast of the undead just trying to live amongst themselves. Directed by Anthony Hickox this movie delivers on each of its premises with bloody tongue in cheek while playing off all themes vampire, western, melodramatic and comedic.

Today Matt and Todd are joined by Mike McCarty to discuss a favorite from 1968. Quatermass and the Pit , (or, if you have the time, watch Five Million Years to Earth the USA title). Quatermass and the Pit (1968) stars: James Donald, Andrew Keir (as Quatermass), Barbara Shelley, and Julian Glover. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Written by the legend of British Science Fiction: Nigel Kneale , Quatermas...

Today Matt and Todd are joined again by @GabeCrate (follow on Twitter), to discuss the end George A. Romero's of the 'Dead Trilogy'... for about 20 years anyway. Day of the Dead focuses on the downfall of a research post hidden deep within a Florida cave. We witness a force of wills that collide at the end of their rope, amongst their shambling doom. George A. Romero's Day of the Dead (1985) stars...

Matt & Todd are joined with Mike to discuss the immortal classic: Universal's Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Tod Browning. You can't have Halloween without vampires, and with that, you're thinking Dracula, right? We discuss movie that popularized the very image of Dracula that you probably have in your head right now and where it began, why it holds up, and why the simultaneo...

Matt and Todd are joined by listener Robb to kick off Halloween 2024. Today we discuss the underrated John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness Starring: Donald Pleasance, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker and Lisa Blount Scientists and faith battle evil on earth in this this 1987 Horror Classic available in the US with a Premium Peacock subscription, or for rental on many others. If you're a fan of Phantasm,...