John Gholson Archives -

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 377: WITH A BONUS DISS ON LA BREA John and Chris have a mighty tall stack this week that, true to form for Digital Noise, vary greatly in quality. Heck, we even do the rare coverage of a tv season this episode! Join us for looks at Rey versus zombies and Ray […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 374: CHRIS GETS WEEPY John and Chris get one of those middlin’ stacks of titles. No hate. Just a lot of meh, but there is some love, especially for a film Chris actually gets teary eyed just discussing with his out of character (for him) deep affection for, and a French film […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 370: Yo! DN RAPS! I swear to you as my cats as my witness, John and Chris do not even attempt rapping on this episode. If this was a concern for your continued sanity, we understand and fear not. However, we do discuss the first hip-hop movie ever made as well as […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 368: JOHN’S BEST STACK EVER? When John picked up this week’s stack of physical media to watch for Digital Noise, he said, “Chris…this might be the best stack you’ve ever handed me”. So, the suspense begins…did they live up to his hopes? With everything from a legendary documentary about one of the […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 366: DOCTOR LORD SIR JOHN GHOLSON ON HOME RELEASES Ok, before you do anything else, go buy the movie Man Finds Tape which is available right now on VOD. John plays the antagonist in this horror film that is getting stellar reviews and lots of attention. It’s well worth your time. And […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 364: TWO ALL-TIMER HIDDEN GEMS John and Chris take on a small stack this week but loaded with two older films completely unknown to either of them that instantly elevate to ALL-TIMERS. Like, so good, go see them immediately, tell all your friends about them type of great. You’ll have to listen […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 362: DARK DAYS FOR DIGITAL NOISE John and Chris have a mixed bag of a stack if there ever was one (leaning towards not as good) but there are a few gems in here, even if they don’t totally agree what they are. Listen to them debate this week’s home release titles […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 360: THE TOXIC SPY WHO LOVED ME John and Chris have a rare and fun assignment: go straight through the first six Sean Connery James Bond films in a newly released 4k set. Aside from that task, which transposes to some extent their feelings about the earliest incarnation of the superspy, they […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 358: SPEED RUN I know, I know, when we get these giant stacks to cover, we always say we are gonna race through them and then we never do and you end up with a 3 hour episode. Well, Voila: John and Chris make the announcement for a speed run with their […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 355: THE GREATEST STACK OF ALL TIME It’s vanishingly rare that we have a week that both reviewers ‘more or less’ enjoyed every movie in our stack (I don’t think it’s EVER happened that we LOVED every title) so for John and Chris, this was a landmark of ‘yeah, this was okay’. […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 353: FASTER DIGITAL NOISE, REVIEW! REVIEW! John and Chris have a mighty stack of home releases to review this week (again). From expressing adoration for the best soft-core filmmaker ever, to outright love for one of the best and darkest films of the 90s. From Lovecraftian slow-burn horror, to DePalma (but not […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 351: JOHN AND CHRIS UP ALL NIGHT John and Chris do a record-length show (for them) but in their defense, the box-sets this week, which are sizable, were covered at length. From the first four forays into hell, to some b-sides of J-horror. From a beloved modern Halloween classic, to one of […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 349: The LAST 2024 EPISODE IN 2025 With the variable pressures of the holiday season, Chris and John are sorry that they were unable to get this Xmas Digital Noise episode up until 2025. And so it goes. But we do have some great stuff to talk about this week from one […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 347: …FEATURING JOHN GHOLSON If John becomes a big star, what are we gonna do? Gotta retitle the podcast. Sorry Wright, it might be confusing to fans for the eps you’re on. This week John and Chris look at two battles against the gods upgraded to 4k, two french crime films from […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 345: TAKE THE TWISTER CHALLENGE John and Chris review a really big stack this week of home releases. Some good. Some bad. Some EXTREMELY bad. And some surprisingly wonderful. From the film that set the standard for hitman movies, to that 90s Gene Hackman thriller on a train you never saw (but […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 343: DIGITAL DREAM John and Chris review home releases together. This is the podcast they review them on. You should listen and subscribe because then you get to hear stuff like their take on Burt Reynolds trying to do a mature romantic dramedy (not great); How you divvy up one of the […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 341: TWO MEN, ONE STACK John and Chris dive in and sip from the stack with some films they both really should have seen before now, and some you wonder why anyone ever saw. From a bizarre Italian erotic thriller with sax sex, to Owen Wilson playing a very Owen Wilson-esque serial […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 339: YACHT ROCK THEME SONG John and Chris take on some home releases with a look at the final Leone Western and an analysis of a director through the window of his inspiration from a beloved children’s film. We look at some folks trying to make a NEW Marx Brothers movie and […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 337: DIGITAL WARRIORS HAVE COME OUT TO PLAY John and Chris take on their stack with aplomb and yet don’t see eye to eye on everything this week. From a stack of very different Hong Kong films that range from Police Academy variants to the HK version of Dead Heat, to a […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 334: DISNEY AND THEN I GUESS MOVIES On this very special episode of Digital Noise, John reviews his first trip ever to Disney (spoiler: he dug it). He and Chris go on for quite a while reviewing the rides and experience. Oh, wait, we’re supposed to be reviewing home releases on this […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 332: WE ARE NOT KENOUGH Chris and John take on their home release stack with new entries in the Mortal Kombat universe, a look back at the film that largely started the Spanish horror renaissance of the 70s, a prequel to an all-time classic that’s maybe not quite as good as the […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 330: THE BIGGEST STACK EVER John and Chris take on a movie pile of record-breaking size (I think) as they dig their teeth into an international array of cinema. From a lesser-known but excellent South Korean horror, to that ’70s Robert Redford film that instantly became a classic to both of them. […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 328: WATER STREAM SWAMP TANK John and Chris take on this Herculean task of reviewing this massive stack of home releases. From a 4k upgrade to one of John’s all time fave superhero movies, to them disagreeing whether a new horror comedy is one of the best or worst ever. From giving […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 326: JOHN STORY 3: SUPERCRITIC Chris and John have a towering stack of home releases to review that range from all-time HK action classics, to the most surreal yakuza films ever made. From the latest but not greatest in a long-running boxing franchise, to aliens from another world fighting dinosaurs on Earth. […]

DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 323: HOW TO SEXY DANCE LIKE A COCAINE ASSASSIN John and Chris tell it like it is and show you some moves in this latest episode of Digital Noise, covering home release movies and tv shows. They look at a film that they consider one of the least of the best of […]