Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 130 Join us for our drive to the Days of the Dead fest in Indianapolis. Plus our interview with Michael Kenworthy , star of Return of the Living Dead 2 and The Blob . And while we count the flattened animals on the roadside, we comment on… Foamy the Squirrel, living in a carnival town, Twilight: Eclipse, The Expendables, pissing off Aaron Spelling, Rod Serling, Wargames, w...

This week we return to the coffee shop for another installment of the Caffeinated Movie Geek , including geek activities, a look at the new book “Crazy 4 Cult - Cult Movie Art” and a return to Movie Fan Freakshow , as we tell the freaky tales of three unusual characters. And if that wasn’t enough, somewhere along the way we mention…The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made, being Steve Zahn’s publicist, Erin...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 128 This week, in addition to fine Italian dining, we also discuss the infamous movie - Rockula , starring the likes of Thomas Dolby, Toni Basil and Bo Diddley. Plus a One from the Vaults segment from the film's star Dean Cameron as he comments on his feelings towards Rockula. Plus somewhere during or before the ice cream social we bring up…True Grit, pilgrims and pirates,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 127 This week we head back out for our third annual coverage of Flyover Film Festival . Our opening night excursion includes discussions of the films " The Lie " and " Another Earth ". Plus an interview with Jess Weixler (Teeth) and Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project) from "The Lie". And while trying to not spoil these movies that haven’t even officially been released...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 126 This week we interview author Dave Conover about his book: War Eagles - The Unmaking of an Epic . This is the amazing story of a film that never happened and the greatest story NEVER told…until now. And somewhere along the way, we mention…Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine, Merian C. Cooper, RoboTech, the world is on the brink of war, John Wayne, Peter Jackson, a sec...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 125 Recorded live at the Beatersville Car and Bike Show…First off, Marlena has a monumental moment of self discovery. Well, sort of. Then we check in with Eddy from Th' Empires and hear his harrowing tales of the road. Knife-ings, rattlesnakes and hitchhiking ensues. Then our full group discussion of this week’s Sofa Theater feature…the Robert Mitchum moonshinin' classic -...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 124 As we welcome our friend Lucy into the mix, we return to the coffee shop for another edition of The Caffeinated Movie Geek . And once we get rolling, it’s hard to get us to stop. And so that leads to… Black Swan, Surrogates, Bridesmaids, women are scary, Trick ‘r Treat, robotic acting, more love for Rutger Hauer, not watching TV when it’s on, kung fu vampires, believab...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 123 This week we hang out at one of our favorite stops - WonderFest. A sci-fi, horror & movie special effects convention that features the largest model contest in the U.S. Join us as we talk to amazing artist Belle Dee . You've seen her featured in Rue Morgue and Little Shop of Horrors magazines - plus she just received the Rondo Award for “Fan Artist of the Year”. Then w...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 122 Right off the bat, we remind you what things are like in the real world, with one of our more disgusting Marlena Moments . From there we stay on the hard core path of the real world, as we discuss this week’s Sofa Theater feature: The Last American Virgin . A movie that presents itself as a standard “sex comedy”, but as we find out, “It takes a dark turn….” Yes, this m...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 121 This week our general movie geek talk ascends to a new level. And we spend our time discussing this and so much more… Trying to find the redeeming parts of Ernest Goes to Jail, bringing back Bill and Ted, a complicated mechanism to perform a simple task, the Pee Wee dance song, getting hit on by Elvis, everything in Australia wants to kill you, The Walking Dead, Rutger...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 120 This week we return to the coffee shop for another edition of The Caffeinated Movie Geek and to one of our most popular segments - The Grind . This episode a listener asks: Does a celebrity's personal life (and occasionally, terrible actions) effect how you view them as an artist? An interesting question. So we address the overall idea and try to decide what is the div...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 119 This week we head Out on the Town to see the new movie - Scream 4 . And a full-on Scream discussion follows. Plus along the way…Peeping Tom, Neve Campbell, Adrien Brody, Wes Craven, The Jacket, Paul McCartney IS Tupac, Hayden Panettiere, George Harrison’s Last Testament, Kevin Williamson, Halloween, David Arquette, Paul is Dead, Courtney Cox, The Last House on the Left...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 118 Our third annual Easter Egggstravaganza kicks off with dyeing eggs and geek activities. Then we head into this week's Sofa Theater feature: Harvey. And somewhere in the haze of vinegar we mention…Hanna, a Sean Patrick Flanery marathon, Burlesque, That’s So Raven, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Kaw, Mermaids, Cate Blanchett, trying to suffocate and squash bunny rab...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 117 Our coverage continues from HorrorHound in Indianapolis...as we hang out with our extended podcasting family…Randy, Lisa and T.L. Bugg. Plus we talk to Joe Bob Briggs about how to get YOUR movie made. We bother Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects) until he curses. We discuss a different role for Andrew Robinson (Hellraiser, Dirty Harry). And we sit dow...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 116 This week we hit the road to bring you coverage from HorrorHound in Indianapolis. Plus a discussion of our Out on the Town feature: Sucker Punch . And Jay presents Randy with his handcrafted, heavy duty, zombie-killing battle mace. (Keep that in mind if you’re considering giving any of us negative feedback.) Plus as we dodge security we discuss…Jeremy Sisto, Red Dwarf,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 115 This week we return to a bygone era - way back in the early 90’s. Back when sci fi “classics” like Alien Intruder were released straight to a format called VHS. So we sit down to watch this week’s Sofa Theater feature which stars Maxwell Caulfield, Tracy Scoggins and Billy Dee Williams . Plus a hilarious One from the Vaults memory from Billy Dee that involves pigs. Yes...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 114 This week is a Little Red Double Feature as we watch a Sofa Theater short film… Little Red Riding Hood starring Christina Ricci. Followed by a Parking Lot Review of the new film Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried.   And aside from repeatedly attempting to gouge out our eyes, we also mention…Building implements of doom, Gorn, Inception, Alex Winter, overwhelmingly...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 113.2 The third annual Oscar Meltdown party continues...as we discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: Dementia 13 from director Francis Ford Coppola. An early ax murder flick from the winner of this year’s Thalberg Award . Plus we continue to stuff ourselves with bacon popcorn as Jay continually tries to identify Anne Hathaway (sometimes unsuccessfully.) Plus droopy old...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 113.1 Join us for for the third annual Movie Meltdown Oscar Mayer party! In our usual tradition, we load up on pork and make snarky comments about celebrities. As we partake in the hors d'oeuvres, bacon caramel, and bacon cookies - we also discuss... Dead Island, Betel nut, home wrecker, anna paquin, Burning Bright, hating the Pillsbury Doughboy, Doghouse, touching Sean Pa...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 112 This new session of The Caffeinated Movie Geek also features a return to our documentary series... The Really Real World . This week we discuss in-depth the Oscar-nominated film, Exit Through The Gift Shop . And along the way, we question the very nature of art, film, hype, money and reality itself. Pretty deep thoughts for a few geeks drinking coffee. Plus while tryin...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 111 This week's Sofa Theater feature is Tatia Rosenthal's animated film " $9.99 ". What kind of movie works in cookies, a pet piggy bank, smoking a stick of gum, talking bean bag chairs, missing mothers, naked clay-animation people, physical manifestations of the voices in your head, shaving all your hair off, a magician, swimming like a dolphin and an angel...all in the n...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 107 Like school in the summertime, what do you get when you cross Movie Meltdown and Showshow - no class!! It's here!! The long planned, much anticipated and massively labored over SUMMER SCHOOL episode! The first awesome thing about it...ok, well we're talking about " Summer School ". The second awesome thing about the episode is it's hosted by the lovely KATIE from SHOWS...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 110.2 Part 2 of The Caffeinated Movie Geek continues with The Buzz and the first installment of our new segment -  The Grind . Which poses the question: Can you have a smart slasher movie??  That of course leads to quite an interesting discussion. As we're sure it will with you as well. So let us know what you think on the subject… All that plus…Viggo Mortensen, Sacha Gerv...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 110.1 Our first entry in the new series... The Caffeinated Movie Geek . Here we get hopped up on coffee, talk movies and lose all track of time. Like you do. Among our coffee-induced diatribes…The Orphan, Jared Leto, an ugly-fest, Malkovich as Humbert Humbert, Girl boners?, Dwight Yoakum just doesn’t care, Blood Simple, sub-titles switching languages back and forth, Jesse...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 109   Ok nerds, tape up your glasses and join us as we watch this week's Sofa Theater feature...the horribly mis-marketed SPLICE . Plus book-ended geek activities, that wraps up with a full recap of Mega Piranha and a massive rant about Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull . All that plus somewhere in this episode's genetic code we discover... live-Tweeting award ceremonies...