Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 180 This week we talk with director Amy Seimetz and actors Kentucker Audley and Kate Lyn Sheil about not only their movie "Sun Don't Shine" but also about working and producing films in the indie scene. And in addition to discussing odd upholstery techniques, we also mention... having a recurring nightmare, Silver Bullets, John Waters, the MTV Movie Awards, what is means t...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 179 Again this week we come to you “live” from WonderFest . And things continue to get more awesome as we check in with Beau to hear the real story about what goes on behind the scenes at the show. One of the stories involves - well, we’ll just say these three things: naked woman... dogs blowing up... and Korean tacos. For the rest, you’ll just have to listen to the whole...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 178 This episode we are coming to you “live” from WonderFest! And if that wasn’t exciting enough, this week is also the much anticipated return of Misty and Jay!! And we find out what they’ve been up to lately (oddly enough involving a serial killer and a squirrel)! All that plus we talk to two terrific actresses... Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner) and Julie Adams (Creature f...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 177 This week we sit down with special guest co-host Orlando Jones ! The man was basically an entertainment prodigy. I mean how many other people do you know started their own production company in high school only to then be writing for a top ten network sitcom within a few years?? This is all BEFORE his years of acting on TV and in the movies even began. He is a fascinat...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 176 This week, we are coming to you “Live” from Harry Dean Stanton Fest !! Where we find out why, “ It is blood red... like the city is bleeding! ” Plus we talk to singer, songwriter and actor Donnie Fritts. Who tells us about playing in Kris Kristofferson’s band and making movies with Sam Peckinpah!! Plus he’s friends with Harry Dean Stanton, and THAT is the goal to which...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 175 Inspired by the recent demise of John Carter of Mars, this week’s topic for The Grind is simply... “Movies That Never Had A Chance”. And somewhere during the mix, we bring up... Sumatran Rat Monkey, star power, Gangs of New York, Donnie Darko, Michael Cimino, you know... the guy that plays Pee Wee, Videodrome, Super 8,  Phone Booth, Andrew Stanton, the Summer of ‘77,  ...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 174 This week we have the mandatory discussion every movie geek has to have about... The Avengers . Once we’ve fulfilled the Marvel/Joss conversation quota, we move into this week’s installment of The Grind . There we address the topic "Disappointments", and what happens when you get your hopes up about a movie, and it doesn’t deliver.   And for one reason or another we ge...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 173 It's a Super CreepFest including... flying babies, they keep finding interesting ways to keep beating that dead horse, Carnage, putting your head in an oven, Valhalla Rising, evil kids, Ninja Turtles with zombies, not your typical bigfoot movie, Christoph Waltz, The Anniversary Party, Hostel, Tilda Swinton, Thunderstruck!, cartoon blood, Kermit hosting The Tonight Show...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 172 Well... there's not much else to say... except - ZARDOZ!!! So start listening... But amongst all of the insanity, we also bring up... Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the tabernacle scene, floating heads, half the audience was high, The Exorcist 2, Mulholland Drive, what will the afterlife be like?, a brilliant Monty Python sketch, Star Trek, Titus, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Plan...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 171 This week we welcome special guest co-host comedian Alysia Wood . Listen as we discuss comedy, movies, and lots of other amazing tangents including... a brain is a noodle, genetically Texan, shark infested waters, Louisiana, do we have to be nice to people?, draining all your spinal fluid, on Codine for three weeks, Magnolia, and now there’s mice, Seattle, collecting a...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 170 This week we tackle a juggernaut of the film world... TAXI DRIVER . A movie that has massively worked it’s way into the pop culture. But in re-watching it, we realize the bad-ass and cool associations it has today, may be misguided. So we try to dig in and see what’s really going on with the film and the character of Travis Bickle. And while planning our trip to Harry...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 169 This week, the gloves (and the earrings) come off as we prepare to do battle with The Thing! In this, The Thing Super Special , we address things all Thing-related including our Sofa Theater feature: The Thing (2011) as well as how it relates to The Thing (1982), The Thing from Another World and the novella “ Who Goes There? ”. Including comments on...the clothes quest...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 168 This episode... The Hunger Games, rooms full of giggling Eskimos, Bill Moseley, Jaws, what’s up with rich kung-fu knowing vampires, erotic cartoons, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2, Police Capt. Hook, David Lynch tells you about dental hygiene, the 30th anniversary of the Summer of ‘82, Salvador Dali, Alice in Wonderland: The Adult Musical, non-mutant Huck Finn, Home Im...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 167 This week we return to Green Room Coffee and Espresso and we’ll need all the caffeine to help us focus on figuring out this week’s movie. By special request, we were asked to try to decide exactly what was happening in the 2011 film “Kill List”. It is...well-made, disturbing, confusing and will more then likely bring about an initial WTF reaction. But with more thought...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 166 This week, we do in fact... talk about movies. And, at a coffee shop. That’s right The Caffeinated Movie Geeks mix things up a little this week, as we convene for our first caffeinated session at Green Room Coffee & Espresso Bar . There we meet our host Allen and continue with our usual level of movie geekery.   And while we figure out our individual orgin stories, we...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 165 (aka: "Greg Makes Sex Sound Disgusting") The fourth annual Oscar Meltdown party rages on as we enjoy crack... which leads to sex talk. Weird... but then again, maybe those go together just fine. And by the time we get to the “love ewe” discussion... well, after four years of this, you’d think there would be no way we could push the envelope further into the realm of ba...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 164 Join us as we kick off Oscar Meltdown 4! With our mascot Babe by our side, we dive into the  h'orderves and pizza ( Now Vegan Friendly!!) as we launch our own brand of coveted trophy...The Foilers - in this, the first annual Meltdown Awards. Between eating loads of pork and discussing who has the most hideous dress, we also mention... Sailor Moon: anti-girl power, Geor...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 163 This week we welcome director Scooter Downey and actors Sean Elliot and Rose Sirna to sit-in with us and tell us about their movie "It's in the Blood". (Which also stars show favorite Lance Henriksen.) Oh... and they just happen to fall right in line with our usual geeky conversations. It's an amazing thing when geeks find each other. Come experience the movie bonding...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 162 The gang is back! And this week we kick things off with a War Horse battle straight from the trenches! (Watch out for the barbed wire) Then we dive right into this week's Sofa Theater feature - TiMER . Can this slightly sci fi movie enlighten us on the futuristic ways of finding your soulmate. Or will some of us have issues with the science involved.. or lack thereof?...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 161 This week we drop back into the middle of The Grind where we are discussing “Traumatic Movies”. And somewhere during our dealing with all the mental scars, we also mention… technology is usurping humanity, Return of the Jedi, The Butterfly Effect, Wild at Heart, The Final Destination series, a bullshit version of real events, the old lady in the bathtub, working a new...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 160 This week we fling open the doors to the coffee shop and expand the cast to a bigger and better level! And what better way to welcome the new members to the show, then to immerse them into trauma. That’s right, this week we kick off another session of The Grind where we discuss “Traumatic Movies“… or movies that scarred me for life. What results is more traumatic talk...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 159 This week we return to the coffee shop to discuss this week’s Sofa Theater feature, director Rian Johnson's original take on the detective genre… Brick .  And along the way we mention… a mad scientist with the wall of sound, Peanuts, the Japanese guy on Gilligan’s Island that didn’t know the war was over, Lynchian, 10 Things I Hate about You, it sticks to it’s business...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 158 This week the geek activities run rampant, as we discuss… The Help, Spielbergisms, Big, barbershop duet, Emma Stone, we’re George Carlin lesbians, an apology movie, The Glass Menagerie, Steve Carell, Cowboys vs. Aliens, David Blaine, the movie felt like it was 40 years long, similar moments in different movies, Meek’s Cutoff, Ryan the temp, sleepy movie reviews, Like W...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 157 This week we dive head first into “The Grind” when we address the topic of Remakes . Why are there so many these days? Are there different “types”? Are they necessary? And is there a way to make a good remake? We pose these questions and more are as we discuss the obvious bad examples as well as a surprisingly lengthy list of good remakes. All of which eventually leads...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 156 Get out your mugs!! Because this week we are back at the coffee shop, and we are going to play... a game. Our newly adopted member of the gang, actress Jess Weixler , sits in with us again as we tackle this week’s Sofa Theater feature: Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games”. We discuss the examination of violence in this 1997 film and the director’s choice to remake the movie...