The Good, The Bad, and The Sequel

This week we are talking "Piranha II The Spawning" and this just so happens to be our second James Cameron-directed flick this year... YEP, James Cameron directed this one, well 75% of it until he was fired for taking too many shots. For this one, we brought back our buddy Nick, who has helped us make sense of Munchie, Ghoulies, and more.  Nick came prepared with some behind the scene stories...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Piranha II: The Spawning” and for it, I interviewed Actress, Singer, and Activist Carole Davis.  Carole grew up with her first love of singing where she was singing all over the world, but then after going to an audition just to support a friend, she was called in to audition and got it. The movie didn't matter because she chose most of her roles based on...

This week we are talking "The Last Sharknado: It's About Time" which I went thinking this was the 3rd film in the series, but sadly mistaken.  This is a sequel that took a sorta joke and turned it into a franchise that people love, Jamie not so much.  We discussed the main plot of the movie is wrong, the time traveling, the many borrowed movie quotes, Dee Snider crushing it, and so much...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "The Last Sharknado: It's About Time” and I got to interview Actor Patrick Labyorteaux.  Patrick and I connected on Twitter when I was talking about his character from a sequel we covered a few months back in "Ghoulies go to College" and he replied! Patrick was a blast to chat with about his origin story, being a child actor, reinventing himself as a jock,...

This week we are talking "Escape from LA" which we wanted to love because the cast is top notch; Russell, Keach, Buscemi, and more, but unfortunately we did not.  There were a lot of similarities between the 1st one and a lot of oddities that Carpenter believed 2013 would look like, so we had our action sequel expert Andrew Powers help us break it down.  We discussed Peter Fonda surfing,...

This week, we discuss "Mannequin 2: On the Move", which is honestly one of the best sequels we've covered this year.  This movie has the perfect 80s/90s feel to it and a great cast that has a young Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, Stuart Pankin, Meshach Taylor,, and Terry Kiser absolutely CRUSHING IT!  Does this movie have plot holes? Yes, it's like swiss cheese, but it doesn't even mat...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Escape From LA” and for it, I interviewed legendary character actor Peter Jason.  Peter said he was a jock in high school and was convinced by a girl to try out for school play and HE GOT IT, from that moment on he did every play he could.  Peter talked about how he worked with John Wayne, John Carpenter, the spiders in Arachnophobia, shooting commerc...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Mannequin Two” which is happening because I interviewed an actor who I absolutely love in Stuart Pankin.  Stuart started his journey because he loved hamming it up at his family dinners growing up in Philadelphia.  We talked about how he landed his 1st job in Hollywood which involves him singing a parody song with Kevin Kline playing piano, so cool. &...

This week, we discuss "Jason X" aka Jason Goes to Space.  It's Friday the 13th this week, so we are required by sequel law to review one and we picked a doozy. I admittedly never gave this one an honest chance when I rented it at 15 years old, but I had a lot of fun 20 years later.  We discussed the reason this movie is set in the future, possible other plots for future installments, the...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Jason X” and that has given me the chance to interview Script Supervisor Daniela Saioni, who is the 1st script supervisor I have ever chatted with.  Daniela is from Toronto and had an interesting journey to becoming an internationally known script supervisor which was inspired by Jim Morrison, started with a job in editing, Boondock Saints, and so much mor...

This week we are discussing "The Predator" from 2018 which gave us a lot to discuss. This movie had so many plots that we had to bring back our horror sequel expert Chris Egan for an eighth time to break it all down.  We discussed the tropey bullies who say "juicy ass burger", the many different Predators, the use of medical disorders for low brow humor, Jacob Trembley outkilling The Pre...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "The Predator” and I am interviewing an actor who I have in so much over the years in Garry Chalk like "The Fly II", "Freddy vs Jason", "Stargate SG-1", and more.  Plus, Garry's voice credits include so many of my childhood favorites like "Camp Candy", "GI Joe", "Transformers", "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog", and more.  I loved that Garry only purs...

Playball!  Baseball is back and to celebrate, we are discussing "Major League Back to the Minors".  This movie turns the reigns of the franchise over to Scott Bakula, who is aging minor league pitcher Gus Cantrell.  This sequel had a lot for us to discuss like the switch from the Indians to the Twins, Ted McGinley's insane portrayal of "Huff", the confusion that a AAA team is signin...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Major League: Back to the Minors” in honor of baseball season starting. I had the pleasure of interviewing Cinematographer Charles Papert who worked as a Steadicam operator on "Major League: Back to the Minors" and it was his 1st big studio movie.  Once Charles had his mind on a career in film, he was determined and you will hear a story that shows that. &...

This week we are discussing one of the greatest sequels of all time "Aliens".  This movie has quite the cast and the SFX still holds up 36 years later.  We discuss if Ripley is a villain, Doug's possible dislike of cats, the odd 57-year-old grudge, aliens using an elevator, and so much more.  So happy to have finally covered this legendary sequel. This is a video review you can watc...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Aliens”, which is on our "Mt. Rushmore" of movie sequels and I was lucky enough to interview Actor Ricco Ross about his career.  Ricco played "Private Frost" in the movie and had so many great behind the scene tidbits to tell plus we talked about his role of "The Cuban" in "Death Wish 3".  I loved Ricco's origin story and how a teacher during his fres...

This week we are discussing "Ghoulies Go To College" in honor of college spring break and wow does this movie deliver on the craziness because this is the 1st installment that has the Ghoulies speaking.  We brought back Nick, who is our creature expert, to help us break this one down.  We discussed the difference between "a Prank, a Yank, and a Crank", the actor who voices the cat Ghouli...

Welcome to our 3 Year Anniversary Special, where we reflect on the last 3 years, thank former guests, guest reviewers, Britney Amber who has done both, listeners, and more.  We also did a little awards show, dubbed "The Sequeies'", the spelling and the name are under review.  On March 14th, 2019 this little podcast about sequels released our first episode, which was "Son of the Mask." Si...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Ghoulies Go To College” and this week I am chatting with Cinematographer Rohn Schmidt.  Rohn talked to me about how a hidden door in his shop class helped him find his future career in Hollywood.  Rohn had stories about working for Roger Corman, working on Ghoulies Go To College, The Shield, The Mist, Scott Bakula, and more.  Plus Rohn told me th...

This week we are discussing "The Hangover Part III" and this is the conclusion to one of the funniest comedy franchises ever that elevated the 3 actors to stardom, individually in their own way. This movie needed to figure out a way to finish a franchise, which is hard to do, but they perfectly had some great callbacks to the first two films and introduced John Goodman as the villain. We discussed...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "The Hangover Part III” and this week I am chatting with Actress Sondra Currie who plays "Linda" in all three of the Hangover movies.  Sondra is born and raised in Los Angeles, Sondra grew up in a "show business family." As the daughter of actress, Marie Harmon (Gunsmoke/The El Paso Kid) from a young age Sondra knew she wanted to be a performer.  Sondr...

This week we are discussing "Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur" and this is the first movie that truly was a head-scratcher, but was so much fun to discuss.  This movie had a cast with Monique Parent, Mark Ruffalo, David Naughton, and more.  We tried to figure out the plot of the movie at the same time we discussed my love of Julio's character, the mirror bleeding, is hooking up with a ghost c...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur” and this week I am chatting with Actress Monique Parent who was in so much that I watched during my childhood.  Monique talked about her journey from a small town in California to uprooting her and her cat to move to LA, landing a lead role in her 1st audition, her new movie on Lifetime Movie Network "Killer Ambition", and more.  Su...

This week we are discussing "Mechanic: Resurrection" and we couldn't do it without our action sequel expert Andrew Powers.  We talked about Statham having the name Arthur Bishop, Malaysian prisons, the Jessica Alba twist we wanted, the unlimited amount of Blackberries, and lots more.   Andrew throughout the review was breaking plates and glasses in the rage room he owns in New Bruns...

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Mechanic Resurrection" and this week I was lucky to chat with an actor and stuntman who was on the other of the globe, Brahim Chab.  Brahim grew up outside of Paris and knew as a teen that he wanted to have a career in film.  Brahim's favorites were Van Damme, Jackie Chan, and Jason Statham and he eventually worked with them all.  Brahim talks ab...