The Jacked Up Review Show

Actor, martial artist, fight choreographer and filmmaker Braden D. White joins us in the studio again? What inspiring thoughts can he share with us on getting started in the film industry? What thought process should be discussed more when making an indie film production? What other methods, style, skills and organization does he recommend? What are the ideal action films to model your own work af...

The best, worst and most bizarre late-night talk show hosts get detailed by guest Dan Colley and I. How many of these icons inspired Dan's mocking comedy and radio-based style? Which ones are basically immortalized till the end of time with a league of fans and outrageous bloopers? How many are well-known but are better known in name only rather than actually contributing to the program they were...

Kyle Hickman (Munsons at the Movies) helps me sum up the highlights of the ever-changing alt. metal scene that this band set up! Which album or radio single truly got them on our radar? Which album often gets dismissed for many reasons? Why was their recent resurgence so well timed? What other background were we able to find about their unusual insertion into an already competitive music scene? An...

Superfan Mike (not Nelson) Ensing and I detail the rising of the first encounter of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on KTMA antenna channel and the early cable days of Comedy Central. What prop comedy traits of Joel's do we see in other comedians nowadays? What pop culture references, mannerisms and observations does he utilize the most? Besides being the father of the bots and as the creator of the...

Ryan (not Chappelle!) Richardson (of many badass podcasts including 20 Years of 24!) drops by to help me diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of Seasons 5 and 6 of the show 24! Why are both these years the most steroid-induced moments of the show to date? Why are the Season 5 tragedies and corruption so morbid before you get to the sweet gory avenging of numerous characters? Why is Season 6 at it...

In this detailed chat, we discuss politics, race, injustices, hidden truth, civilian neighborhoods, community upholding and state laws with former Waco police officer and Behind the Blue Curtain talk show host Stan Mason!  It's a detailed apolitical chat with something for anyone wanting to know about more about the following recurring related subject matters that include: proper procedures,...

J.J. Abrams' successful yet like-it-or-hate-it plotting is on display in the flashy yet cliche take on the original Star Trek formula. What should truly happen in the upcoming fourth film? Why is the 2009 film rather funny yet empty on interesting antagonists? Why does Into Darkness bring on the brutal action and gritty character add-ons yet feels like it must go back to familiar mirror universe t...

Madisyn Harrison (One for the Road podcast) helps me sum up the True Crime dramatization mini-series, When They See Us? What key facts did the press bring into question or seem to ignore about this version of The Central Park Five's prosecution? What's the real reason why we should discredit the now infamous District Attorney Linda Fairstein? Why is this mostly well-casted and truly so emotional b...

The trio David, Mike & Cam all help sum up three key rehashed Horror franchises' hit show continuations! How do this follow-up to the original Omen and Exorcist films do as both a modern-day take as well as introducing unusual side characters? Is the reboot Bates Motel addicting thanks to the endless plot twists despite annoying dialogue and characters? What particular horror-mystery style do...

A first of two in-depth chats about the Foo Fighters music group and their rightful place in music making history commences. Laurel weighs in how the late Taylor Hawkins was truly inspiring while I discuss Dave Grohl's commitment to making the band stand out in the alt. hard rock music scene.  PLEASE NOTE: this was recorded months before Mr. Hawkins' sudden tragic passing but it still well-na...

The Nikita saga is detailed with Blast from Our Past podcast network head honcho and voice-over artist Zak Shaffer! Why was the original Luc Besson film still one of his more overlooked films? Why did the original USA Network '90s show really break new ground with its edgy material and cool style? Why was the Maggie Q version a solid Taken/24 type escapade that led to her getting lead action film...

M. Night Shyamalan's original superhero scifi fantasy has some elements of mystery, action and mild terror to add to it all. Which is the best installment? Are there tons of X-Files type plot twists? Are these films more influential than most crowds realize? Is this coming to Disney+ or Peacock to stream in the future since they and Blumhouse co-own it? Is it acting highlights for all castmembers...

The undying appeal of Bruce Campbell's fantasy western saga still holds up. Karl Kaefer (Incredibly Strange Films on Facebook) joins in the chaos to help me reexamine it's admiral qualities. What well-known cast and crew appear on this one-season show? Was it basically the Firefly of its era? When did Bruce announce plans to finally come out with Season 2 following his Ash Williams return? What's...

Italian cinema fan Mack Lambert hops onboard to detail what began as a in-name only Italian sequel to Dawn of the Dead and later erupted into some other kind of hilarious experiment as a whole! Which of these entries is still a late night cult film screening gem? Which one has the most WTF ending? Is the shark or bird causing deaths more iconic? And more hilarious factoids about these batshit craz...

Music historian and film screenwriting professor Peter Hanson helps me sum up the essence of Joel Walsh, Don Henley and Co.'s striking music experiment that was The Eagles (with some help by Music Rewind at the beginning!).  What TRULY made this talented beast of a band really work to begin with? Who's the one key member who gets under-mentioned quite alot? Do they still sell out tickets at c...

The king and queen shows of the new age of rockumentary sitcoms get details thanks to guest Josh Hansen! How many of us truly saw The Office's American take as opposed to the U.K. original? Why The Office: Deep Dive podcast details so much juicy trivia that not even any special feature reveals enough about? Why Greg Daniels and his other cohorts were some of the few types who understood how to ill...

The visionary comic book creator Lynsey G (AKA the mind behind Tracy Queen) and 3324 Podcast's Dean & Erik saddle up to detail the gritty side of the historical fiction western-action drama that is Deadwood! How many saw this on disc versus cable channels pre-streaming age? Did HBO sorta ignore it much like Oz after awhile due to being forced to split the bill with Paramount on the distributio...

Video games are no easy feat to adapt and got even bigger obstacles in their way just making it to the screen from studios that don't understand the material to audiences & critics who aren't sure what they truly want to take away from it even by simplistic entertainment standards. Do filmmakers approach these too much like comic books and best-selling novel adaptations? Are too many of the pl...

The other awesome podcaster named Cam and my usual partner-in-crime Jon help tackle George Romero's "undying" influence on cinema (and who I later dub the "Walter Hill of Horror Westerns!"). What is still easily his most underrated film to date? Are there some other unmade and previously thought-lost films of his that will continue to resurface? What underrated small-screen work needs to be reseen...

The Top 250 Internet Movie Database films are ranked, praised and sometimes controversial. We decided to redo it and get rid of all the boring war movies, pretentious trivial dramas and uninspired mystery films. Joining me for Part 2 of this installment are Jenn Reid & Austin Lamarche! and they help me repopulate the annoying list with less prison, crime, biographies, Oscar-bait films and scif...

It's been a long-time coming on this cult film franchise and joining us tonight is The Schlock Pit blogger Matty Budrewicz! Inbetween small-screen gigs on L.A. Law and Psych, we witnessed Corbin Bernsen in the whacky horror comedy film series The Dentist! Would these had worked better as Tales from the Crypt episodes? Why are these films more popular in Britain than other countries? Is this produc...

After a wonderful intro by The Duras Sisters podcast's Rhianna & Ashlyn, I beam aboard Dan Leckie, the former brainiac editor behind the Star Trek wikia Memory Alpha! Discussed tonight are the prequel spin-offs to the on-going Gene Roddenberry franchise: Enterprise, which is 100 years before The Original Series, and Discovery, which is set exactly 10 years before the original show that started...

The cult underground scifi hit mashes together Saturday morning cartoons with Star Wars mumbo jumbo and Steve and Izzy from (Everything I Learned From Movies) help dissect the innocent fun on display! Why exactly does it still own today? How expensive are the current DVD sets? Why does the villain Lord Dread look like a cross between Star Wars' Darth Vader and a Borg android from Star Trek? Are al...

The Top 250 Internet Movie Database films are ranked, praised and sometimes controversial. We decided to redo it and get rid of all the boring war movies, pretentious trivial dramas and uninspired mystery films. Joining me for Part 1 of this installment is David Wolf and both he and I just want more than just the basic college comedies and less sequels and award-winning garbage. Will we succeed? C...

A trio of guests help me figure out the unending cult appeal of the Canadian mockumentary show Trailer Park Boys which had (essentially?) 12 seasons and belly-aching shenanigans! How much more drugs do they smuggle in than a typical episode of Breaking Bad? Is this superior to today's use of the fake-documentary comedic style? Who is the essential character on the show if not the best one-liner or...