Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 388 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we hang out in a parking lot and reminisce about our time spent at the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention . Plus we discuss some of the movies and shows we've seen lately. And as we try to decide just how inappropriately color-coded the Power Rangers were, we also mention... John Wick, The Girl on the Train, loitering Deadpool, M...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 387 This week our host is reunited with Bryan Johnson from the podcast Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! as well as the AMC series Comic Book Men . Join us as we discuss recent and not-so-recent movie viewings, meeting people who used to have very interesting jobs in the business and eventually we round things out with this week's Sofa Theater feature the 1979 horror movie Don't Go in...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 386 This week we hang out with artist Dirty Donny as we discuss, among other things - designing the artwork for pinball machines, working with  Metallica and our movie o' the week Heavy Metal . And as we assure ourselves that we aren't just watching the movie to see naked cartoon girls, we also bring up... laserdiscs, Eddie the Head, Hernandez Brothers, BMX bikes, skateboa...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 385 It's time for the most prestigious of all award shows - The Meltdown Awards ! Yes, join us as we gather together to ignore the Oscars and instead hand out our own awards... The Foilers . Plus we eat a lot of pork, recap our reactions to the films of 2016 and even read some of the comments made by our voters. And as we are hippin' up the Pepto audience a little bit, we...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 384 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we return to our on-going "Super Series" as we discuss the latest super hero entry: The Lego Batman Movie . So join us as The Meltdown Gang settles in to talk about Batman, the DC universe, multiple villains and just how the Lego empire ties them all together. So as we pick out the new Lego sets we're going to need to buy, we als...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 383  This week, in response to a recent online list, the gang gets together to come up with their own top ten list of best and/or underrated villains. And as we contemplate that maybe making a snuff film is the way to go, we also mention... the Dick Tracy museum, gets drunk on blood, stares the boy down, Robocop, in the middle of the bloodbath, AFI, it was incredibly dark...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 382 This week we welcome our special guest co-host comedian Bert Kreischer . Join us as we talk about getting into comedy, becoming part of the podcast world, being the inspiration for the movie Van Wilder and the Rolling Stone interview that started it all. Then we change gears to this week's Sofa Theater feature... Fletch . Where we discuss whether this Chevy Chase comed...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 42 This week we play and discuss all of the nominees for both original song and original score for the 89th Annual Academy Awards . So join us in knocking out all of your musical Oscar homework in one shot! And as we embrace the a nice dreamy quality, we also discuss... melancholy, deep-fried pig tails, Eminem, I won't do it, cello and bass, it's like a ro...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 381 (For our Patreon supporters.)   This week we gather at the Bastion to peer into the grim future that is: Death Race 2050 . And as we play a rousing round of guess the celebrity's age, we also mention... Crazyhead, I impressed a small child, Chad Radwell, Sherlock, a nuclear blast, Resident Evil out of order, Eddie Steeples, a Tuesday at Malcolm's house, Nothing in the...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 380 This week we discuss the 2016 film Blair Witch directed by Adam Wingard. Is it a true sequel? Is it a reboot? And just how does it compare to the original project? And what changes have happened in both the real world and on the horror scene since the first Blair Witch film left it's mark? And while we hear a stick break in the distance, we also bring up... Trevante Rh...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 379 This week we return to our annual segment People Who Died... Died , as we discuss just some of the performers we lost in 2016. And as we are smacked in the face with our own mortality, we also mention... Alec Guinness in drag, in Warsaw when the blitzkrieg occurred, Mitch Miller, Brazil, Good Burger, Scrooge McDuck, The Phil Silvers Show, South Park, fireside chats, Vo...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 378 This week we hang out at the Bastion and watch William Castle's I Saw What You Did . Plus we recap some recent movies, reminisce about ridiculous things we did as kids and enjoy some gifted DIY Fiddle Faddle. And while we realize how hard it is being mysterious and sexy, we also discuss... Joan Crawford, Scream Queens, Penn and Teller, L.A. Confidential, Warriors of th...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 377 This week we are joined by our special guest co-host - author Brian Jay Jones . Brian is a New York Times bestselling biographer who's written Washington Irving: An American Original , Jim Henson: The Biography  and most recently George Lucas: A Life . So join us as we discuss the process of researching his subjects as well as a good, old fashioned geek-out session whe...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 376 (For our Patreon supporters.)   This week is a multitude of things. First off... it's our anniversary. So as we celebrate crossing over into our 9th year of Movie Meltdown ... we also return to our semi-annual tradition of getting together to celebrate - Life Day. And coincidentally, it also happens to mark the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story . So what better t...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 375 This week we welcome back one of our favorite special guest co-hosts - Hal Sparks . We discuss everything from the basics of coordinating a busy and multifaceted career to spending years working with the Disney company, to one of his favorite movies... this week's Sofa Theater feature: Conan the Barbarian . From the Robert E. Howard pulp beginnings to the black and whi...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 374 This week we welcome our special guest co-host comedian Yedoye Travis  to discuss stand up, movies and the "magic" involved in our movie choice - The Prestige . And while we adamantly get on Team Tesla, we also address... relocating to L.A. and New York, Nickelodeon, tone painting, Batman v Wolverine, the power comedy clubs have, Toonami, David Bowie, Mystery Science T...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 41 This week we delve into the by-gone era that was - the 90's. And all the weird bands that came with it. And while we flip though our stack of Young and Modern magazines, we also discuss... a million spiders, Eating Raoul, Lydia Hearst, a cabin in the woods, Warner Brothers throwing money into the machine, don't like staying in the house all the time, Be...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 373 This episode we discuss The Rules of the Game  the 1939 French film directed by Jean Renoir. According to many, including The Criterion Collection , it's considered one of the greatest films ever made. So The Meltdown Gang decides to watch it and see if it lives up to it's hype and reputation. And while we admit that the awful thing about life is... everyone has their...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 372 This week we hang out at the Bastion, eat candy, discuss cereal... and watch the Full Moon feature Demonic Toys . And while we once again state how much we love crazy-ass Emma Roberts, we also mention... Salem and witches, Rod Serling, rotary phones, spooky clam chowder, dead demon baby, David S. Goyer, Jack-in-the-Box anticipation, you're always being jumped by rogue...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 371  This week we continue our Super Series with the latest Marvel Studios release - Doctor Strange . Plus we discuss how this version of the Doctor's story compares  to the original comics as well as how it fits into the Marvel cinematic universe. And as we add Luke Cage into the ever expanding series of projects, we also mention... Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Guillermo del T...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 370 This week we return to our hangout session during this year's WonderFest . There we recap Ben and Dave's attempt to qualify for The Guinness World Records during the festival two years before. And in honor of that anniversary we do what comes naturally - geek out about Star Wars . And as we retcon our own childhood, we also mention... your orange snake looks stupid, ev...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 369 This week we are joined by our special guest co-host comedian Justin Golak , as we discuss one of his favorite movies - Rocky . We look at not just the movie itself, but also it's impact on pop culture - and just how much we actually remember based on how much Rocky has seeped into the public consciousness. Plus we also look at how this first installment fits into the...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 40 This October we decided to have a horror-themed listening party as we settle in with our pumpkin lattes and bust out some fun, spooky tunes from movie soundtracks! And while we decide which bands we know specifically from soundtracks, we also discuss... trying to bottle his own lightning, tied flannels, fan fervor, modern Edgar Allen Poe stuff, does he...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 39 This week we are joined by our special guest co-host Rick Miller - singer/songwriter/guitarist for Southern Culture on the Skids . We talk to Rick about his music and movie influences, all while building our own soundtrack from SCOTS movie-related songs. And while we realize just how much all our pop culture references seep in, we also discuss... surfin...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 368 This week we are coming to you "live" from ScareFest as we meet up with our friend Amber to talk about our Sofa Theater feature - Lewis Teague's Cujo . Plus we recap our fun times at the fest as we interract with Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, John Kassir, Kelly Jo Minter and a classic story about Dee Wallace. And while we work on our sitcom about a wolf and a fox, we...