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Never before have two friends had such differing views on the revolution. Or this film. Ryan and Nathan had very different takes on Duck You Sucker , the last western by Sergio Leone. Can peace be restored? Hopefully the lengthy conversation they had sorted it out.  If you'd like to send in a question, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca, or instagram, hive or co-host us, okvideopodcas...

Was John Wayne too legit to quit? Ryan and Nathan discuss the man known as "the Duke" and newcomer Montgomery Clift in Red River, a cattle drive movie with a twist from 1948. Thanks for joining us at O.K. Video.  If you'd like too message us a question or some feedback, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca, or check us out on instagram, Hive and Co-Host, okvideopodcast.  -N Red Riv...

REGULATORS...MOUNT UP! Ryan and Nathan take a trip back to 1988 to examine what just may be the brattiest western of all time, Young Guns . Thanks for joining us! If you'd like to email us a question, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca Or message us on instagram, okvideopodcast.  -N Young Guns

Our journey into the Wild West continues with Bloody Sam's first masterpiece, The Wild Bunch . Did Ryan and Nathan feel this Revisionist Western earned the hushed oohs and aahs Scorsese gave it in the 60s? Listen to find out!  If you'd like to send in some queries for the show, we are okvideopodcast on instagram and Twitter. You can also email us, ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca -N The W...

O.K. Video's journey to the Wild West begins with a visit to Tombstone in the Arizona Territory. This take on the tale of Wyatt Earp features a lot of talent, but does that ensure a great movie? Ryan and Nathan discuss it and then look at the allure of ensemble casts in general. Oh, and somehow Ryan's review of Black Adam made it in here. Thanks for listening. If you'd like to email us a question...

With Halloween behind us (sigh) it is time to look back at the collection of nine slasher horror remakes O.K. Video explored these last two months and pit them against each other. Which movie was the best? Or perhaps a better question, which movie was the least upsetting and terrible? We shall also reveal where we are headed next as we move towards less fun holidays.  If you'd like to email u...

 Just in time for HALLOWEEN, Ryan and Nathan take a look at the remake of John Carpenter's Halloween . No, not the one that launched a new trilogy four years ago, Rob Zombie's take from 2007 which left some scars that Ryan has yet to heal from. They talk it out and try to find silver linings where they can.  If you want to provide a question for a future episode, email ryan@okvideo.ca or...

Wait, wasn't this a Halloween batch? NO, it was always slasher movie remakes and this week's entry proves it. Black Christmas is the film and it was written and directed by Glen Morgan in one of the great creative struggles of his career. Ryan and Nathan discuss this morbid and upsetting movie and the trials that went into its creation in this week's O.K. Video. Thanks for joining us. Email ryan@o...

Ryan and Nathan examine the freshest film of the slasher movie remake batch (according to the Tomatometer), My Bloody Valentine 3D . Will they concur with the larger critical community or find the exploits of the older Winchester Brother lacking in the scares department? All will be revealed by listening to this waveform.  Also discussed are films perhaps best left in the warming glow of nost...

Is Fred Krueger REALLY the one to blame for the rash of carnage that has been plaguing kids in a small Ohio town? That's the question the ninth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise decides to ask. The answer is "OF COURSE" but it takes most of the running time of this film to get there.  If you'd like to email us, ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca are the addresses. Or you can t...

 Ryan and Nathan pay a visit to a very suspicious house in this week's episode of O.K. Video. A house full of ghosts. Perhaps a dozen ghosts. Perhaps a baker's dozen. Thir13en Ghosts . Is it a slasher movie remake? Kind of.  As a bonus, Ryan gives his review of Robert Zemeckis' Pinocchio as part of a larger conversation on upcoming Disney projects. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to...

Ryan and Nathan use the latest Friday the 13th film from 2009 as a springboard for talking about the series, summer camps and the strange appeal of this particular brand of slasher films in this week's episode of O.K. Video. Thanks for joining us.  If you want to email us some summer camp tales, ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca are the addresses. Or any questions or feedback can be direct...

Ryan and Nathan pick up a sketchy looking hitchhiker on this week's episode as they continue their look at slasher remakes of the 21st century. Sean Bean is The Hitcher and he promises to deliver a really bad day to whomever he runs into on the wild roads of New Mexico.  If you want to share your road stories with the podcast, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca, or tweet or instagram...

Our journey through time towards Halloween marches on with House of Wax, the much-maligned remake of a Vincent Price film neither Ryan nor Nathan has seen. But that's because Paris Hilton had yet to be born, and her role as Paige is one of several things we discuss. It's the part she was born to play? If you want to email us some reality TV memories, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca We a...

The countdown to Halloween begins with a remake of an important early slasher, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre . Ryan and Nathan also discuss a controversial entry in the Alien franchise. Thanks for joining us.  If you want to email us a Halloween memory or question, ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca are the addresses. You can also tweet or instagram us, okvideopodcast.  -N The Texas Chai...

Ten movies enter...ten movies leave, but organized in ascending lists of quality as crafted by Ryan and Nathan. Thanks for joining O.K. Video for our summation of the High Concept Action films of the 1990s.  If you'd like to send us some questions or feedback, email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca, or tweet or instagram okvideopodcast.  -N Ranking

Sean Archer. Castor Troy. Two faces, one picture, directed by the inimitable John Woo. What better way to conclude our look at high concept 90s action than with a look at the other big Nicolas Cage action feature of June 1997, Face/Off ?  If you'd like to email us a query or a concept, ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca are the addresses, or you can instagram or tweet us, okvideopodcast.&nb...

Despite what I express in this episode, I don't actually have much animosity towards Denis Leary, I just don't find him especially interesting as an actor. But I never saw Rescue Me , so what do I know? Oh, this week we watched Demolition Man , the movie about the cryogenic prison that enables Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes to duke it out in a seemingly utopia future that hides a dark, Denis...

"HARRY!" That is Jamie Lee Curtis' famous line from this week's high concept action film, True Lies , written and directed by Jimmy Cams (aka James Cameron of Ava2r fame).  Tom (Arnold) and Arnold (Schwarzenegger) round out the cast. Thanks for joining us. If you want to email us some queries or quandaries, ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca are the addresses, or you can tweet or gram us (i...

Just in time for the same month as the Stampede, O.K. Video is here to celebrate the biggest, burliest steampunk western of the 90s, Wild Wild West . Is it a high concept action movie though? Ryan has eight reasons as to why it qualifies. Somehow we also get to talking about the worst films we've discussed on the podcast. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send us some questions, okvideopodca...

The One Hundredth Episode of O.K. Video is... Air Force One ! This easily pitch-able premise is the centrepiece of our look at High Concept Action Films of the 90s. Wolfgang Petersen directs this claustrophobic, high-flying action slugfest between President Harrison Ford and crazy-pants Gary Oldman. Thanks for joining us. If you want to email us, ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@okvideo.ca are the addres...

In the near-future, 1994, the military will reanimate their best, deceased soldiers and put them into service again as human drones. Such is the premise of Universal Soldier , starring Jean Claude Van Damme as Luc and Dolph Lundgren as Andrew, two soldiers who have unresolved beef with each other from the night of their deaths in 1969.  Thanks for joining O.K. Video's look at the high concept...

Calgary has been RAINY this summer, so what better time to look at Hard Rain , the Christian Slater action flop from 1998? Ryan and Nathan continue their look at the high concept action vehicles of the 90s with this wet heist movie, co-starring Morgan Freeman and Randy Quaid as parties interested in acquiring a sack full of millions of dollars during a major flood in Indiana. Thanks for joining us...

Charles Russell is his name and movies are his game, this time bringing us the last traditional Arnold Schwarzenegger action film, Eraser from 1996. Thanks for joining Ryan and Nathan at O.K. Video as we continue to explore the "high concept" action films of the 1990s. If you want to provide some questions, okvideopodcast is our handle on instagram and Twitter, or email ryan@okvideo.ca or nathan@o...

A prison break...in the sky! Ryan and Nathan continue their look at high concept 90s action movies with Con Air , written by Scott Rosenberg, directed by Simon West and starring the one and only Nicolas Cage! Can Cameron Poe stop Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom and foil a hijacking without the criminals realizing he is not on their side? Will Agent Duncan Malloy ever listen to Vince Larkin and stop scre...