The After Movie Diner Podcast

Yes, 'tis the sleazon! - Sleazy Spader Springtime is back for round 3! This time we are reaching back into the murky wafts of time to a TV Movie from 1985 where a young James Spader - doing his best Christopher Walken impression - woos an alien lady, shows her his enormous freedom, saves the world and becomes super intelligent all thanks to his mighty and unweildy sex.  Jim Wallace joins Jon Cross...

An extra special episode this week as we are joined back in the booth by one of our earliest and dearest collaborators, Jon Wallace, from the famed Woods and Weller series.  This week, in the absence of any semi-decent Woods films left and also because he's now an insufferably mad bastard, we instead do a double bill of bebopping Peter Weller wonders.  Both are detective films of the TV Movie/Stra...

On this very special game show themed episode, host Jon Cross is joined by Jeopardy Champ Austin Rogers to discuss Robert Redford's 1994 film "Quiz Show". Along the way Jon and Austin discuss the parallels between the film and Austin's experience on Jeopardy, a little of Austin's life story before, during and post his historic Jeopardy win, what Austin always orders in a diner, why so many great f...

We weren't going to coverBlack Panther originally and then we saw it. Then we HAD to talk about it. Jon Cross is joined by comic box expert and friend of the show David DeMoss to talk about Black Panther, the lead up to Infinity War and other Marvel movies we have on our wish list. We talk about over coming cynicism, the importance of the film, the acting, the F Yous that it gives to naysayers, th...

Hosts Jon Cross and Jim Wallace head to The Famous Cozy Soup 'n' Burger diner in NoHo to talk Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, giant monsters, cartoon villany, a lack of podcasting specialness, playing to our crowd and so many Rampage sequel ideas! Along the way find out about the Swedish L wars, Jim getting ripped off for a square of yellow and why you should never call Jon 'Jam beard'.  This episode f...

On this episode Jon Cross and Jim Wallace are ready for their close up as they go back to 1950 and the wonderful Hollywood satire, drama and film noir Sunset Boulevard co-written & directed by Billy Wilder.  Starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim and Nancy Olson it tells the story of a screenwriter down on his luck who gets embroiled in the mad life of fading starlet Norma Des...

Jon Cross and Jim Wallace head to the West Side Diner to dissect the intricate plotting, the deft dialogue and the quiet, earnest drama of Rob Cohen's The Hurricane Heist. Sometimes on the Diner we just want some good old fashioned, silly fun - does The Hurricane Heist deliver? Is it a rip roaring B Movie with an engaging cast, full of mad special effects and death defying stunts? Is it a weird ho...

This week our ever suffering host Jon Cross and his chirpy sidekick Jim Wallace wind up, one cold and rainy night, at the Famous Cozy Soup and Burger Diner on Broadway talking about the new Jennifer Lawrence starring, Red Sparrow. At first it seems like we're in for a bumpy ride, our host is tired and the movie was long but over the course of the episode they talk everything from Jeremy Irons bein...

Jim Wallace joins Jon Cross at Soho Park in NYC to discuss the challenging, weird, sensual, artistic, frustrating, wild and mesmerising African American horror/art film Ganja & Hess (1973) after they watched it on the big screen at the Roxy Cinema, Tribeca. It's one of the only other films that stars Duane Jones of Night of the Living Dead fame.  On the surface a story of vampirism as addiction bu...

Jim Wallace joins Jon Cross in Kellogg's Diner in Brooklyn to discuss the Louis Gossett Jr. and Anthony La Paglia starring "Keeper of the City" from veteran TV director maverick, Bobby Roth.  The first ten minutes of the show is basically us moaning about life, the universe and everything and it goes steadily down hill from there. In amongst the angst and ennui we do find time to talk about the ac...

On this highly polished, rather moist episode of the podcast, Jon Cross is joined by Professor Aloysius Fuknuckle (pronounced Fook-Noo-Klay) to discuss two war films all about eagles in which none of the feathered swine appear - Where Eagles Dare and The Eagle Has Landed. With a whole host of characters from Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Urrrreeeeee (Grandmother to Midge) and Ingrid's Pitts...

Jim Wallace is back in the Diner with Jon Cross after quite a while and the two hosts get back into the swing of things by taking in the latest Neeson flick, Neesons on a Train AKA The Commuter and  then, afterwards, heading to The Westway Diner. There's lots of walnut pancake talk, a discussion about who becomes the next wave of actors turned B tier action stars, the lack of bagel chomping Forest...

Contributor to The After Movie Diner Website but first time podcast guest, Michael Campochiaro joins Jon Cross to talk Kathryn Bigelow's amazingly 90s look at the end of the last millenium, technology, race, police violence, the decay of society, unrequited love, bad ties and Tom Sizemore in a hippy wig, Strange Days. We talk about and disect just about every tiny little corner of this fantastic,...

Every year, host Jon Cross is joined by Moe and Doc to discuss a series of movies or the work of one actor and make a lot of bad jokes. This year we look at a few films and the career of Gene Hackman including The French Connection, The Package and Loose Cannons. We also discuss Serpico The Mohel, Pam Grier, the disasterous year that was 2017 and answer questions from the internet! HAPPY NEW YEAR!...

A new guest sits down with us in the Diner this week! Alex from the Boondoggle Podcast joins Jon Cross to talk a trio of 90s comedies - Happy Gilmore, Ace Ventura and Austin Powers - and to discuss how they stack up against their 80s equivalents.  Is this a battle for the ages, a really great discussion with no victor or just a question of when you were born? You'll have to listen to find out! The...

The Diner is back! and it's Christmas! So what better way to celebrate than have the Earl of Christmas himself, Matt Farley, drop by and talk the Motern Media Christmas Special which is a surreal, independent, extravanganza masterpiece full of joy, the likes of which hasn't been seen in decades. The Motern Media Christmas special can be found here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXyRtK-1ew This...

Film dorks and incredible film journalists - Brad and Lisa Gullickson from the In The Mouth of Dorkness Podcast join Jon Cross to talk two more weird and wonderful ninja movies - The Hunted (1995) starring Christopher Lambert & Ninja III: The Domination (1984) starring Lucinda Dickey and, actual, famous, real-life, expert ninja Sho Kosugi. We talk about evil ninjas, ninja moustaches, the lack of L...

Moe e and Doctor Action join Jon Cross to discuss the modern day, ninja related, action classics starring Scott Adkins, Ninja & Ninja 2 directed by Isaac Florentine.  Along the way we talk lots and lots of ninja talk, we review the films, we talk about the realities of being used as a ninja drug mule, we talk in silly voices, we make endless references to bathing suit areas, we talk about the heyd...

Welcome to the After Movie Diner! Fancy a... BITE?! mwah ha ha ha Jim Wallace joins Jon Cross to chew over a couple of Dracula flicks - Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and Dracula 2000 with Gerard Butler as Drac. No, seriously... We talk bad accents, bad acting, Fear and Loathing in Transylvania, how our memories might be better than reality, how Anthony Hopkins is a mad old ham, how...

In the year of its 40th Anniversary release, Jon Cross and Jim Wallace go and see the newly remastered and uncut edition of Suspiria from Dario Argento with a mad soundtrack by Goblin. Witches: what do they want? who knows! but they seem to love a bit of death, a bit of dancing and a bit of synth, guitar and percussion heavy 70s prog rock madness. Jessica Harper stars as an American exchange stude...

Jon Cross is joined by the "Captain of the Keys" Dr. Nick Consol to discuss not one but three baseball themed horror films! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-movie-diner-podcast--758347/support .

Jon Cross is joined by Moe e of No Budget Nightmares and Dee Shaw of The 3 Black Geeks to discuss a trilogy of American takes on the Jack The Ripper legend - Terror at London Bridge, Edge of Sanity & Bad Karma Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-movie-diner-podcast--758347/support .

Jon Cross and Jim Wallace discuss Tobe Hooper's Carni-filled monster, slasher film The Funhouse Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-movie-diner-podcast--758347/support .

Other Podcasts will give you all the details and knowledge about Ridley Scott's renowned masterpiece Blade Runner from 1982, Jon Cross and Jim Wallace will give you their grumpy, old opinions... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-after-movie-diner-podcast--758347/support .

Jim Wallace and Jon Cross discuss the latest action film/comic book movie Atomic Blonde starring Charlize Theron and James McAvoy. Did they enjoy it? Did a modern movie finally live up to the hype? Or did Hollywood balls it all up again? They also make up a new Mike Leigh film about avocadoes, Jim makes some weird jokes about waffles and a crazy cat lady interrupts the recording briefly.  Enjoy! B...