Oldie But A Goodie

Hey, remember Star Wars? The first one that came out in 1977 and surprised everyone, becoming a massive hit and changing Hollywood forever? Well, we're not reviewing Star Wars. No, we're reviewing the movie that 20th Century Fox was banking on being the hit of the year instead of Star Wars. It's called Damnation Alley! Very loosely based on a novel by Roger Zelazny, this tells the story of a bunch...

We are revisiting our comic-reading youth this week as we check out 1976's 'The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'. Based on the classic French comic books, we head off on an adventure with our two favourite Gauls, Asterix and Obelix, to thwart Julius Caesar and the rest of those pesky Romans by performing a bunch of impossible tasks. Expect large servings of wild boar, magic potion, fourth-wall breaking, r...

It's 1975 and we're reviewing one of the biggest surprise hits of that year... Rudy Ray Moore's Dolemite! He's a stand-up comedian who co-wrote, produced, and semi-directed his own blaxploitation crime movie. It's filled with flat line deliveries, cameos from multiple boom mics, a plot that is pretty hard to follow, and heaps more karate than either of us were expecting. Join our Patreon for TWO b...

For the first bonus battle of the year, we've picked two comedies that have a lot in common. The most obvious similarity is that they are both directed and co-written by Mel Brooks. They also both star Gene Wilder, and they are both parodies of genres that we have done bonus battle specials on last year. What a time to be alive! We're joined by comedian Jacob Sacher to see which of these is the be...

After last week's disappointing foray into eco-themed cinema, we made sure to pick a good film from this genre this week and try and figure out the dystopian mystery of 1973's 'Soylent Green'. Well, we already knew the twist, but there was still plenty of cool stuff to discover in this overpopulated hellscape of New York City in 2022. We're joined by Zac Rose (Shakespeare Ghostbusters) as we watch...

You'd better not be squeamish because this week we're reviewing 1972's 'Frogs', a cult classic horror film that is very boring and very bad. Sam Elliott is in it and he plays a photographer who wants to protect the environment, except for when he doesn't. When he discovers that the wildlife near a rich family's island mansion is killing people, he tries to convince old man Ray Milland to do someth...

We're in 1971 and we're watching a western! But it's not just any western... It's a cowboy n' samurai team-up western called Red Sun! We've got Charles Bronson as a cowboy looking for money (and revenge). He has to join forces with Toshirō Mifune as a samurai who is looking for honour (and revenge). Ursula Andress is also there and she's looking for something to do (and revenge). It's also directe...

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What do you get when you take a 22-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger, give him a role in a movie playing Hercules, change his name to Arnold Strong, and then dub him over with a random American guy? Why, you get the 1970 movie 'Hercules in New York', of course! We're back for another year of podcasts and we're kicking it off with a pretty awful fantasy comedy about gods, weightlifting, and pretzels....

It's a review of the latest Evil Dead movie... Evil Dead Rise! Join us as we discuss the new direction this groovy horror series is taking, we go in-depth on all the disgusting and gruesome moments, and chat a bit about what the deadites actually are (and what this film means for the expanded deadite lore). Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodie...

We're heading back to the blood-filled cabin in the woods to check out the 2013 Evil Dead film. It ditches the comedy, ups the gore, and splits most viewers down the middle. What side of the opinion-fence did we fall on? Listen to find out! Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebutag...

It's the end of Sam Raimi's classic trilogy: Army of Darkness. Ash Williams is stuck in the medieval times and has to fight deadites, skeletons... and himself! Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebutagoodiepod/ Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodiepod Podcast Platforms: https://l...

It's time to talk Evil Dead II! Ash is back and he's gone full action hero. There's gore. There's a chainsaw. There's a possessed hand. What else could you possibly want? Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebutagoodiepod/ Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodiepod Podcast Platforms...

Direct from our Patreon vaults, it's a review of 'The Evil Dead'! While we're on break for January, we'll be releasing all five episodes that we've recorded on the Evil Dead series, starting this week with the low-budget gorefest that started it all. Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...

It's the last episode of the year and, what a coincidence, it's coming out on Christmas Day! Well, we're celebrating this holiday Australia-style, hot and covered in flies, with two Westerns from 1969. First up, we've got the John Wayne movie 'True Grit', which is about Kim Darby as a young cowgirl looking for revenge. Then, we check out 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', which is an incredible...

From the minds of Ian Fleming and Roald Dahl comes this week's fantasy adventure, full of songs and whimsy, action and romance, WWII analogies, and antisemitic child catchers. Join us as we check out 1968's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a movie we saw a couple of times as kids and then never returned to. Does it hold up? Maybe! Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com...

We're back with our second James Bond film of the year! Except this one is a little different. We're reviewing Casino Royale from 1967, which is an absolute mess. This might be one of the messiest productions we've ever covered. In it, David Niven plays James Bond, who takes over MI6 and recruits Peter Sellers to be James Bond, Ursula Andress to be James Bond, and a bunch of other people to also b...

Holy pragmatic podcast, it's a brand new episode! And in this one, we're reviewing the incredibly campy Batman movie from 1966! It stars Adam West and Burt Ward as the dynamic crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin, and sees them up against four supervillains in the form of The Joker (Cesar Romero), The Penguin (Burgess Meredith), The Riddler (Frank Gorshin), and Catwoman (Lee Meriwether). It's full...

Remember 'Wacky Races'? What if we told you that that late-'60s animated show was actually inspired by a mid-'60s slapstick movie, which was kinda based on a real race from 1908! The movie is called The Great Race and that's what we're reviewing today! Directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood and Peter Falk, with music from Henry Mancini... This is one (almost) 3-...

Merry November! This week, we're reviewing a jolly Christmas movie that we've had on our list for quite a few years. It's 1964's cult classic, 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'. We're joined by regular guest Ben Volchok to see exactly why this is considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Foll...

The Great Escape from 1963 is a classic. It's a prison break movie with excellent action, suspense, comedy, and drama. But, after hearing that it has an American playing an Australian in it, we're here to rip it to shreds in this review! Join our Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebutagood...

Before there were golden fingers or eyes... Before a casino was royale... Before he never said never again, or had absolutely no time to die... Before all of that, there was a doctor who said no. This week on the podcast, we're joined by Rhys Parton (Aussie Nerds Talk Stuff with Sandro) to check out the first ever James Bond movie! It's Sean Connery's debut, and, oh boy, do they introduce a lot of...

[COME SEE 'Shakespeare Ghostbusters' IN MELBOURNE! TICKETS CAN BE FOUND HERE !] Remember Flubber? The Robin Williams film? This week, we're reviewing the original sci-fi comedy about energy-generating rubber, cheating at basketball and flying cars... It's The Absent-Minded Professor! We roped regular guest Rob Lloyd into talking about this one with us because he has stuff to plug! Follow Rob Lloyd...

[COME SEE 'Shakespeare Ghostbusters' IN MELBOURNE! TICKETS CAN BE FOUND HERE !] We're back! And we've got a massive episode this week as we check out three movies by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock. We're talking about the mystery and romance of Vertigo, the thrilling action of North by Northwest, and the horrifying tension of Psycho. 0:12:25 - Vertigo (1958) [SPOILERS FROM 0:21:25] 0:40:05 - No...

[COME SEE 'Shakespeare Ghostbusters' IN MELBOURNE! TICKETS CAN BE FOUND HERE !] Unfortunately, we've had to delay episode #247 for one more week... But do not worry! We have a bonus episode to put in your ears this week instead! We're going back to the world of C.H.U.D. We reviewed the first movie in 2020 (check out episode #87 to hear it). It wasn't what we expected at all and turned out to be a...