Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 475 This week we start off talking about the current convention culture and how artists fit into that situation - or don't... and eventually, we end up discussing the differences in the generations and how that all affects the future of the world. This conversation runs the gamut! And as we start to realize that fandom is all relative, we also address… The Commuter, Unbrea...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 474 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This week the horror club reconvenes to discuss André Øvredal's 2016 film The Autopsy of Jane Doe starring Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch and Olwen Kelly. And as we realize we are all living in a shared horror universe, we also mention… Blumhouse Productions, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Jimsonweed, The Shining, I get that that's a weird...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 473 This week the Meltdown Gang decides to hang out and discusses some of the things they've watched lately. And while we plan our upcoming puppet musical, we also cover… Bad Times at the El Royale, Russian Doll, Green Room, Revenge, Labyrinth, Hail, Caesar!, Another Day, Another Time, John Cusack, picking apart old horror tropes, King Arthur and the knights of the round t...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 55 This week we are joined once again by composer Erich Stem as we play and discuss all the 2018 Oscar nominees for Best Original Song and Best Original Score .   And while we try to decide how many tracks feature stand-alone-ish-ness, we also bring up… Wynton Marsalis, grooves, chord progressions and sound effects, a different artistic purpose, Hans Zimmer is actua...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 472 This week we return to our annual series The People Who Died … as we pay tribute to just some of the celebrities we lost in 2018. Including some personal stories of our own interactions with a few of the dearly departed. And while we wonder if we'll be considered a phenomenon had the lasting effect on generations of people, we also address… the wheelchair in Forrest Gu...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 471 This week we kick things off with special guest J. Todd Anderson , the man who has been drawing storyboards for EVERY Coen Brothers movie since Raising Arizona ! Then the Meltdown Gang sits down to discuss the most recent outing from the Coen Brothers - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs . While we ourselves realize we might be as eloquent and well-spoken as an Elizabethan b...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 470 This week the Meltdown Gang gets together to create an audio culinary dish made of stacked layers of movie geekdom. Listen as we add layer after layer of geeky content... like a good lasagna. And eventually, we'll discuss a very specific - "bad lasagna". And while we fight off nazis and vampires, we also cover… The Predator, Derry Girls, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Lea...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 469 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This week the Meltketeer Horror Club reconvenes to discuss the 2018 psychological horror film Delirium starring Topher Grace, Patricia Clarkson and Genesis Rodriguez.   And while we realize all we really want is Fruity Pebbles delivered to our doorstep, we also bring up… Shutter Island, Sunset Boulevard, bringing in outside contractors,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 468  This week we return to our epic sci-fi conversation that started in last week's episode. And as we realize we are immersed in a 70's cinematic, futuristic nightmare, we also address... Nomi Sunrider, Battlestar Galactica, people vanishing all around the ship, The City & the City, The Avengers movies, Ewan Mcgregor, this creature that lives in a desert, classical under...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 467 This week we dive headfirst into a sci-fi conversation that geeks from any galaxy will appreciate. And as we realize we're changing the future... one rivet at a time, we also mention… crawling around the Jefferies tubes, watching the forums, Stone Mountain, Georgia, I'm surprised you got that sentence out before you were killed, Kurtzman Trek, dawn throws back the nigh...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 466 This week we break away from our regular coverage of Louisville Supercon for a "very special episode" with actor and filmmaker Andre Gower . Listen as Andre talks about growing up in the entertainment industry. How he ended up in Monster Squad ... with a role that should have changed his life (eventually- it did). And the amazing fan reaction and support over the years...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 465  This week we are coming to you "live" from Louisville Supercon as we talk with a quartet of sci-fi legends. Join us as we talk with Sam Jones ( Flash Gordon ), Ricou Browning ( The Creature from the Black Lagoon ), Patricia Quinn ( The Rocky Horror Picture Show ) and John Wesley Shipp ( The Flash ). In this Meltdown-verse crossover event, we join forces with George Bu...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 464 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") On this week's exclusive episode, we kick off the new Meltketeer Horror Club with Olaf De Fleur's Netflix film Malevolent starring Florence Pugh.   And as we realize, even if we sew our own mouths shut, we would still address… Buster Keaton, Dogs… the Series, The Birdcage, very clean torture aprons, what are your rules for ghost in this...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 463  This week we welcome Dr. Ann Hall, Chair Comparative Humanities at University of Louisville, who not only teaches about film, but has also been a movie fan pretty much her whole life. So together we embark on our usual conversational trajectory as we bounce around from topics like… the old Hollywood publicity machine to favorite holiday movies. We also address the rol...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 462 This week we discuss the 2018 Netflix release Apostle , a period piece that is arguably a horror film about religion or at least religious cults. The film stars Dan Stevens, Lucy Boynton, Michael Sheen and was written and directed by Gareth Evans. And as we take turns poking each other with sticks, we also cover… Suspiria, Haunting of Hill House, Riverdale, Twig Head,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 461  As theaters are continually flooded with familiar titles and on-going series, we discuss the way that audiences see this process and potentially some alternate perspectives on the subject. And while we set the bar a little higher for ourselves, we also bring up… A Star Is Born, Suspiria, Halloween, A Simple Favor, BoJack Horseman, Our Town, Blumhouse Productions, Pet...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 460 This week we sit down for an extended discussion of David Gordon Green's Halloween . The latest in the series is sort of an attempt to be both a sequel and a reboot... but does it end up being successful at either?   And while we try to decide if we ourselves are suffering from PTSD from watching so many horror movies over the years, we also address… Tales from the Hoo...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 459 (For our Patreon supporters.) After rounding out our showcase of "bad movies" for a live event at the public library, Tracy and Bryan sit down to not only recap some of their choices but also to discuss what makes a bad movie "bad". And more importantly, the perspective that makes people want to watch movies that certain other people would consider to be terrible. And...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 458  Our Halloween madness fully sets in as we lower ourselves into the caves of insanity that are Neil Marshall's The Descent . And as we break down all the fun of being a wendigo, we also mention… Carrie, Pet Sematary, like weird but I'm into it, Flannery O'Connor, it all comes back to tuberculosis, The VVitch, The Shining, Mammoth Cave, rods through the face, they show...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 457 This week we hang out in the spooky outdoors as we reminisce about some of our favorite Halloween costumes, collecting VHS tapes, the first time watching a horror movie and even trying to make our own movies. And as we weave through enough tangents to de-rail even the Terror Train, we also cover… Drive-in Theater, Siskel and Ebert, Michael Myers mask, tracking lines, t...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 456  As the daylight starts to slip away… we gather together for a grand discussion on all things horror… and sort-of horror… and Halloween and of course - pumpkin-spiced. And as we kick off the season by seeing how many Smarties we can eat, we also bring up… the slow retail shuffle, A Quiet Place, Heredity, folk horror, The Mummy, Runaway, monster in the woods, mariachi b...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 455 This week as we return to our wrap-up of ScareFest , we are also joined by actor/writer Nicholas Vince to discuss the horror movie Hellbent directed by Paul Etheredge. And as we ask the burning question - how old is Nathan Fillion? We also mention...  Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, pumpkin-spiced something or other, what's up with Cameo, John Schneider, Bo...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 454 This week we begin our coverage of ScareFest as well as talking with actress Shawnee Smith about a wide array of things like... the Saw franchise, The Blob , Summer School , dancing orphans, Meathead, the Olympics and hanging out with John Candy. Plus we discuss Creepshow 3 , not spoiling movies back in the day as well as a rundown of the many different people we've me...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 453 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we hang out and watch the Netflix original feature Little Evil . And while we pin down just which one of the cast is usually I'm jacked up on Robitussin, we also discuss… Truth or Dare, Clueless, a coked-up unicorn, Party Down, Sally Field, she's just oddly likable, Ray Wise's birthday party, Space Truckers, iZombie, stunt progra...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 452  This week we sit down with actor Jeff Kober to learn the secrets of not just life... but also to surviving in the entertainment industry. And while we decide which celebrities we plan to pretend to have a relationship with, we also bring up… La La Land, China Beach, Devon Sawa, Taserface, Tank Girl, dark endings, that was my target audience, The First Power, Debra Gra...