The Hollywood Outsider

Director Don Thacker is an independent filmmaker on the move. His first film, Motivational Growth, has garnered the attention of many critics and fans alike through its existential look at absurdity. The film's main character, Ian, is a man living in self-imposed isolation. One day, through a curious set of events, Ian begains receiving live lessons from The Mold (voiced by genre legend Jeffrey Co...

Jumping the shark is a popular term these days for when a TV show or film series makes a ridiculous plot point that forever dooms it to mockery, named after an infamous Happy Days episode where Fonzie literally jumps a shark. For this episode of The Hollywood Outsider, we are discussing Actors who have figuratively 'jumped the shark' in their careers. They were one respected, the best of the best!...

Fall movies are on the docket for this week's episode of The Hollywood Outsider Podcast. What films are we looking forward to? What's the best Horror option? How about Family film? What looks just awful? Most importantly: What are our listeners looking forward to this movie-going season? All of these questions and more are answered on this week's show! This week on The Hollywood Outsider Movie and...

This week on The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast: Our topic this week: Typecasting - Who deserves it, who doesn't, and who needs to make a career change before they are stuck playing the same role for 20 more years We look at upcoming releases A Walk Among the Tombstones, Tusk, and The Maze Runner Spoiler-free review of  The Guest  and The Gotham pilot The latest trailers for The Boy Next...

This week The Hollywood Outsider presents a special episode in which Justin has a spoiler free conversation with James Ward Byrkit, writer/director of the science fiction film COHERENCE. On the night of an astronomical anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. Part cerebral sci-fi and part relationship drama, COHERENCE is a tightly focused, in...

This week on The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast: Our topic this week: Fall Television - What new TV shows are we most excited about, as well as which ones returning...and which show do we wish would just get canceled already. We look at upcoming releases Dolphin Tale and No Good Deed Spoiler-free review of  Falcon Rising The latest trailers for Rosewater and Monsters: Dark Continent The l...

In his new film,  Falcon Rising , action-superstar Michael Jai White stars as John 'Falcon' Chapman. An ex-marine consumed by guilt, Chapman finds purpose in Brazil after the vicious attack of his sister Cindy (Laila Ali) brings him face-to-face with the Yakuza underworld. Michael took time to sit down with Justin and Aaron to discuss his new film, performing real stunts in the CG-obsessed culture...

This week on The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast: Our topic this week: What were the best and worst movies for Summer 2014? We also offer up our picks for Best Action Sequence, Most Stupid Character, Best Movie Line, and much more! Our Listeners picks for the Top 3 films of the summer Spoiler-free review of  Sin City: A Dame To Kill For The Top 15 Movies of the Summer Does DC have a 'No Jo...

Our topic this week: Who is the greatest working director? With so many talented directors to choose from, who stands above all others to take the mantle of the greatest? We look at upcoming releases The November Man and As Above, So Below Spoiler-free reviews of Let's Be Cops,  Expendables 3 , and The Giver The latest trailers for  Men, Women and Children and A Good Marriage The latest in Movie a...

The Expendables 3  film is the topic of this dedicated episode of The Hollywood Outsider Podcast. Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas and more unite to bring together the greatest collection of action heroes on screen the world has ever seen! Does it work, or has the joke worn thin? Aaron and Brian discuss the film and the franch...

Our topic this week: Television shows no one is talking about We look at upcoming releases Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, When the Game Stands Tall, and If I Stay Spoiler-free reviews of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Into the Storm The latest trailers for The Book of Life and Camp X-Ray The latest in Movie and TV News including: More Lego movies, Michael Bay finally moves on from Transformers, E...

Our topic this week: Poppy Field Movies - Those films you come across while channel surfing and HAVE to stop and watch until the end. We look at upcoming releases The Expendables 3, The Giver and Let's Be Cops Spoiler-free reviews of  Guardians of the Galaxy , Outlander and Get On Up The latest trailers for  Birdman and Into the Woods The latest in Movie and TV News including: Our thoughts on the...

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy  is on deck for this special episode of  The Hollywood Outsider Podcast ! The latest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally landed and we discuss the film in full. From Peter Quill (aka Star Lord), Gamora, Groot, Drax, and Rocket to Thanos, Ronan and Nebula and back again: THIS is the episode for all of you Guardians fans. Is this Marvel's Star Wars? Wh...

This week on The Hollywood Outsider, we are going to discuss all of crazy news out of the  San Diego Comic-Con ! From Batman vs. Superman to Interstellar to Mad Max and back again, this week we're bringing  Comic-Con  to YOU! We've broken the show into our own panels where each of our hosts will discuss the news, trailers or panels that caught their eyes.  Be sure to read our full update, complete...

Our topic this week: Movie and TV Teams. With Guardians of the Galaxy hitting theaters, we decided to take a look at what makes for a great film or television team, what makes for a bad one, and even who our favorites are. Does yours make the list? Listen to our latest show and find out! Speaking of Guardians of the Galaxy, we discuss the impending release of James Gunn's take on the intergalactic...

Tremors and Short Circuit Screenwriter  S.S. Wilson  joins Aaron and Justin to discuss his Hollywood career in this special episode of The Hollywood Outsider! Following our long-standing debate from way back on  Episode 103 of The HO  over whether or not Tremors is science-fiction, Steve...the creator of Tremors himself...agreed to come on and squash this debate once and for all. During his engagi...

Our topic this week: Action Heroines. The culture has changed so much over the last decade, getting closer and closer to action equality. We thought, why not take a serious look as some of these ultimate ass-kickers and see how far we've come! We also offer up our favorite Film or TV action heroines...does yours make the list? Listen in to find out. We look ahead to upcoming releases: In Hercules,...

On this special episode of The Hollywood Outsider, Scott and Aaron interview  Video Games: The Movie  director  Jeremy Snead ! Jeremy has put together a documentary detailing console gaming from its infancy all the way through modern day, including numerous interviews with industry types, celebs and even everyday gamers like us. A very interesting interview with a director on the rise. Enjoy this...

Our topic this week: Raunchy Comedies - Is there still a place for them? We look at upcoming releases  The Purge Anarchy ,  Sex Tape  and  Video Games: THE MOVIE! Spoiler-free reviews of  Deliver Us From Evil  and  Snowpiercer The latest trailers for  Exodus: Gods and Kings, and Jimi Hendrix: All Is By My Side The latest in Movie and TV News including Disney remaking another classic, AMC putting u...

This special episode of  The Hollywood Outsider  is all about director Michael Bay. No other director in Hollywood is as savagely attacked by critics and ticket buyers alike as Michael Bay. From the Transformers series, to Bad Boys, and even to Pearl Harbor: We take a look at the man's work and examine why it is that people loathe him so much...as well as do his films truly deserve such attacks? F...

Jordan Reed himself drops by the show, as actor  Giles Matthey  joins Aaron for a one-on-one interview about his career, life in the world of 24 Live Another Day, his character's evolution, and even takes a few listener questions! A great interview and one any 24 fan dare not miss! Follow Giles on Twitter here! Email us your thoughts on the episode to  feedback@thehollywoodoutsider.com . Listen an...

Our topic this week: Demonic Possession in Film We look at upcoming releases Tammy, Deliver Us From Evil and Earth To Echo Spoiler-free reviews of Think Like A Man Too and Jersey Boys The latest Trailers for Fury and The Judge The latest in Movie and TV News including Seth Rogen and James Franco start a World War, Sense8 gets a cast, Predator gets Shane Black and much more! Email us your thoughts...

Game of Thrones  Season 4 has concluded, which means it is time for our annual Hollywood Outsider Game of Thrones Spoilercast! One of our most popular bonus shows of the year, this is the time when we revisit the events of this past season. Venturing from The Wall, to Across the Narrow Seas and even much time in King's Landing, we discuss all of the major storylines in this in-depth Spoilercast th...

Our topic this week:  Robots in Film and Television We look at upcoming releases Transformers: Age of Extinction, Begin Again and Snowpiercer Spoiler-free reviews of  22 Jump Street , How To Train Your Dragon 2, and the home video release of Her The latest  Trailers for The Expendables 3 and No Good Deed The latest in Movie and TV News including the NWA film, Scooby-Doo and Powerpuff Girls reboote...

Our topic this week: What makes a great Movie / TV Dad and who our favorites are? We look ahead to upcoming releases Jersey Boys, Think Like A Man Too and The Rover Spoiler-free reviews of  Edge of Tomorrow  and Fault in Our Stars The latest  Trailers for Dumb and Dumber To and The November Man The latest in Movie and TV News including Pacific Rim 2, The Walking Dead heads for 12 Seasons, Edward S...