Movie Meltdown

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #11 - Attack of Ookla the Mok!  This week we are coming to you “ live ” from ConGlomeration , where we hang out with Rand and Adam, otherwise known as the band: Ookla the Mok ! They are a musical duo with an interesting history in the business as well as mass amounts of geek knowledge that make them fit right in on our show. So we not only discuss pop culture refere...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 269 This week we welcome filmmaker Michael Fitzer into the group as we sit down to tackle The Grind topic ‘o the week: Hollywood Dynasties. We address the families that continue to work in the entertainment industry. And somewhere along the way, we mention… Gattaca, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Pursuit of Happyness, what the hell happened to Chris Makepeace?, H...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 268 This week we are coming to you "Live" from Wizard World: Louisville. Featuring our discussions with Robert Hays and Scott Wilson ! Plus our coverage of other convention-related moments. And as we dodge Michael Rooker we also mention... a Pinkie Pie person, the number of Lokis, raising awareness about Parkinson's Disease, bouncing a quarter off that ass, I've never seen...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 267 This week we head back to one of those conventions we always go to, and we loiter around with two of our favorite people - Andy and Ken! Then we hang out with this week's special guest co-hosts - L.C. Holt  and Lane Hughes ! They are two actors who have been in quite a few films including Pop Skull , VHS and VHS 2 ... but these days they are better known as the lamb ma...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 266 It's the 6th annual "Oscar Meltdown"! And this year, we were caught in an ice storm on Oscar night, and very quickly OSCAR MADNESS sets in! Pure insanity caused by the coverage. Or maybe it was all the pork products? Either way, ridiculousness ensues. So listen... if you dare! (A note from your host: I've said it before, and I'll say it again this year - This is NOT a...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #10 - Attack of Wes Anderson! This week Movie Meltdown's Attack of the Killer Soundtrack is coming to you "live" from Wes Fest ! Which was a large scale Wes Anderson theme party at The New Vintage . And this is a very special Attack episode, because it's the first time we've ever featured musicians actually performing their favorite songs from a soundtrack - LIVE ri...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 265 This week we head to "The River City Festival of Films" where we hang out with the organizers of the event, have a "Marlena Moment" update and then round things out with our own Peter Weller moment, so to speak, as we talk to the man himself.  And as we come to the realization that we are just a magnet for strange and hilarious occurences, we also discuss... RoboCop, O...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 264 This week we are coming to you "Live" from "The Old Spaghetti Factory" with the return of "The Yeti Spaghetti Show"!! We had pasta, a live Yeti wandering around, as well as our own signature drink. But the real trouble begins when we let the audience vote on how bad a film they would like to see. They bring about their own doom as they pick - the epic bad option. Yes,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 263 This week we talk about movies, music and life in general with punk icon and actor... John Doe ! John stars in the new independent film "Pleased to Meet Me", so we discuss his chemistry with co-star Aimee Mann, shooting movies in smaller cities, and playing someone in the music business vs. actually being in the music business. Plus of course we discuss his early days,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 262 The trio of terror returns for a tangent-filled hang out session that culminates in watching what is arguably an epic bad movie. Some will say it's terrible. Some will say it's genius. Maybe it's both? Either way we bust out some specialized beverages and settle in to try to make sense of "The FP".   And while we contemplate just what are the darkest days of Movie Melt...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 261 In continuing our "People Who Died.. Died" series that we started last year, we take a look at the actors and performers who passed away in 2013. And along the way we realize not only how much we learn about people after they pass away, but also how quickly extremly famous people tend to be forgotten with the passage of time.  And as celebrity death completely saturate...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #9 - Technobabble Edition This episode of "Attack of the Killer Soundtrack" features Ben and Dave from “Tower of Technobabble”, and a double barrel blast of "The Killer Five" which takes us on quite a musical journey through cinema! And as we try to unlock the secret of what makes a band, a good band, we also mention… flowery over the top music, violent jazz, old la...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 260 This episode we continue our discussion of graphic novels turned into movies that we began in episode 259. But this time we branch out with questions like, ‘Do we always NEED an origin story’? And some of us come clean about just when we decided to stop hiding that comic geek inside of us. Which makes us wonder if it’s easier being geeky in school today vs. years ago?...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 259 This week we are coming to you "live" from "The Destination" as we discuss graphic novels that have been turned into movies.  And as we celebrate the banality of existence, we also discuss... Her, Will Eisner, a pop culture oasis, Titanic, Star Wars, Jill Thompson, Harvey Pekar, Viggo Mortensen, Frank Miller, validating the art form, The Big Bang Theory, Scott Pilgrim...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 258 This week we return to the infamous Bastion of Awesomenes s   to discuss several movies culminating in this week’s Sofa Theater feature - the killer croc movie "Primeval" . And somewhere along the way a couple of us also become guinea pigs and taste test our recently acquired wasabi candy canes. And as we think about the original way of shooting spider webs, we also br...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 257 This week features a random review of some of the movies we've watched in 2013. And somewhere along the way we mention... Europa Report, Trance, Kick-Ass 2, A Band Called Death, Oblivion, Pacific Rim, Elysium, The Way Way Back, Monsters University, Super, Zac Efron, Berberian Sound Studio, Searching for Sugarman, Seth MacFarlane, Jesus of Montreal, drinking your own Ko...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 256 This week, we'll be talking about the documentary "Blackfish"... and all the questions and controversy that surround it.  The 2013 film follows the story of Tilikum, a whale captured and eventually sent to perform at Sea World. The massive creature is responsible for several deaths over the years and we examine just who is to blame... the whale, his trainers or the cor...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 255 As we finish up our 6th annual holiday "special" we discuss, among other things, Richard Donner's Christmas classic "Scrooged" starring Bill Murray. In this episode so powerful - it could tear a family apart, some of the things we mention are… A New York Doll, impressions take on a life of their own, Bernie Taupin, E.T. porn, glitter, right now… Kelly’s doing it with P...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #8 - Holiday Edition This week, Movie Meltdown’s “Attack of the Killer Soundtrack” returns with a festive conglomeration of some of our favorite holiday songs... from movies.  And as we open old wounds from last year’s holiday special, we also discuss… snowman kits, a guy with a really bad business plan, dashing all your Christmas hopes and dreams, Macaulay Culkin,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 254 As we enter into our 6th annual holiday “special”, we embark on a conversation that at times will stray into the weird and ridiculous. At some point we use the phrase “beautifully awkward conversation”- and that most definitely applies to this episode. In fact, you’ll hear things that you would only ever hear on "Movie Meltdown". God bless us... every one. And as we pa...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 253 This week we return to our conversation about the technology of fandom. We discuss how new innovations have massively impacted movie theaters – and just how that affects the viewers. And how that differs if you are a casual fan or a hard-core movie geek. Plus how changes in the world of computers influences… everything.   And as we continue to add to our growing VHS co...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 252 This week, we begin our Grind discussion on how technology affects fandom. An all-around conversation of how entertainment-based technology has continually changed in the last century.  With each passing year we develop new technological additions that bring movies and entertainment to the viewers. So we look at how these things have changed… and do those changes affec...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 251  As we reach the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, we're going to be trying a little experiment with our movie o' the week. So pretty much none of our gang has paid much attention to Doctor Who over the years. So what happens if we watch the one-off movie they did in '96 trying to reboot the series? Will we as new viewers be won over? Will it even make sense to non-fans?...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 250 This episode rounds out our three-part series entitled: The Suncoast Project *. This latest session of Movie Fan Freakshow we revisit three of our favorite characters… Captain Obvious, Ivanhoe and for the ultimate finale we examine the amazing life of McDonald's Man. This individual was epic! (It even involves actual recordings of McDonald's Man himself from back in th...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 249 This week we wrap-up our month-long tribute to Halloween and horror with "live" coverage from our bloodbath double feature that was... "Meltdown Macabre"! First we talk with writer/producer Lotti Pharriss Knowles and director John Knowles, the creators of our first feature, "Chastity Bites". Then we sit down for a group discussion about our second feature, the horror/c...