The Talking Back Podcast

This week we're checking out the sequel to a movie we loved with Escape from LA! We love when John Carpenter and Kurt Russell team up but what about this movie? Even though it's a sequel to the gritty original, Escape from LA has decided to blaze its own trail.  What do we think of the movie? How does it hold up against the original? Will Dean ask Tim to call him Snake? Tune in now and find out th...

This week on Talking Back we're celebrating the fact that we made it to 250 episodes! As we hit this milestone it seemed appropriate to take a moment to reflect on our time here at Talking Back, and also treat ourselves to some fun and games.  Thanks for everyone's support in getting to 250, and we hope you enjoy all of the shenanigans waiting for you in this episode! Be sure to tell your friends...

This week we're tackling one of the earliest super hero movies with Wes Craven's Swamp Thing! This movie does some things right and some things wrong but overall you get what you might expect out of a lower budget superhero film from the early 80s. There's fun to be had if you're looking in the right spots.  Join us as we walk through the film and point out some of those spots that left us feeling...

We're down to our second last Ninja episode of the year and this time we're covering a wild one in Ninja Assassin! We've seen a lot of Ninja movies this year and we're happy to report that Ninja Assassin delivers the goods! This movie felt like a mix of some of the Ninja content we've already covered, but it takes certain aspects and levels them up. Join us as we walk through the movie and share a...

This week we're inserting our final October movie into the feed with one of the all time great ground breaking films with George A. Romero's The Night of the Living Dead! This film essentially created the modern take on what a Zombie is. The movie is masterfully created and still holds up today. Join us as we walk through the film touching on all the classic moments from this epic thriller! Be sur...

This week we're going to scare you with a tale of an overly protective Shark who'll murder you if you touch it's whale carcass!! What would you do if you were stuck on a rock with a Great White circling? Would you make a run (swim) for it? Would you wait for help? Would you get in and fight the Shark? Find out what we'd do and listen to us break down this fun Shark story. Join us now as we review...

This week we're having fun once again with some original Tales from the Crypt comic books! Join us if you dare as we walk through 12 terrifying stories filled with murder, deceit, mystery, horror, terror, ghouls, bodies being buried alive, voodoo, and other scary occurrences! Be sure to tell your friends about Talking Back and we hope you enjoy our review of Tales from the Crypt!  If you'd like to...

This week we're placing a call to everybody's favourite group of parapsychologists to help us with our ghost problem! It's been a long time coming but we're finally covering one of the all time classics, Ghostbusters! This movie checks all the right boxes for a horror, adventure, comedy.  Join us as we walk through the film touching on all our favourite moments and try to break down what makes thi...

This week we're joined by our bud Corey for another Ninja Movie review! Up this week is 1985's Pray for Death! This turned out to be "not your typical Ninja movie". While it still had a lot of Ninja magic the movie also tried to be something different, something grittier. Some of us where thrilled with the choices the movie made, some of us weren't.  Tune in to see who's on what side and what we t...

This week we're getting back into the Star Trek Franchise with the 8th entry "First Contact"! This is one of the strongest entries in the franchise and is aided by the presence of The Borg! As far as villains go it doesn't get much more sinister than that group. Join us as we walk through the movie, and touch on the many aspects that make it so much fun.  Be sure to tell your friends about Talking...

This week we're continuing our long standing review of the Deadly Class series with the penultimate Volume 11! In this volume old rivalries come to a head and dark secrets are revealed as the deadliest people on earth reunite one last time. Tune in for our full review! Be sure to tell your friends about Talking Back and Remote Takes and we hope you enjoy our review of Deadly Class Volume 11!  If y...

This week it's our 5th annual Podcast at the Lake!! Tim and Dean once again adventure out to a cabin in the woods to record a special episode of Talking Back. We continue the Evil Dead franchise with the 3rd entry Army of Darkness! What evils await us this year at the cabin? Will we survive the adventure or will the forest swallows us whole? What terrifying creature do we see emerging from the for...

This week on Talking Back it’s Ninja time again! This time around the episode is infiltrated by our friend Tony from the Remote Takes Podcast! Ninja Scroll is regarded as one of the most influential anime of all time, and praised for increasing the awareness of anime outside Japan. Ninja Scroll gives us something we love to see which is of course Super Ninja! Anytime Ninja with super powers are th...

This week on Talking Back we hop back into our new favourite genre, Sword and Sorcery, with 1985’s Red Sonja! The consensus out there is that this movie is bad. We’ll if by bad you mean good then we agree because we loved this one! Sure there’s some problems but they’re easily overshadowed by all the good things the movie has to offer. Join us as we walk through the film and touch on our favourite...

This week on Talking Back we’re finishing off the Robocop film series with the third and final instalment, Robocop 3! There’s been a fairly large fall from the greatness of the first Robocop to this film but there’s still fun to be had. The movie plays with some fun idea’s from Frank Miller’s unused Robocop 2 script which was nice to see. And while the movie has its share of misses, its still able...

This week on Talking Back we’re joined by our BFOP Network brother Dustin from the Action, Action Podcast to chat about the action drama film Drive! Drive sort of has it all, checking most of the boxes you want checked. From the music, to the acting, throw in a well paced and fun story. You’ll find Drive the type of movie that quickly grabs a hold and doesn’t let go.  Join us as we walk through th...

This week on Talking Back we bring you yet another incredible Ninja film with the mind blower Shinobi: Heart Under Blade! We've seen a lot of interesting Ninja related things this year but Shinobi brings us something new and awesome...Super-Ninja! That's right, Ninja who have honed their skills to superhuman levels go at it in this months Ninja film.  Shinobi really does put it all together for an...

This week on Talking Back we're covering a long awaited sequel with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze! Long awaited refers to the time between us covering TMNT 1 and TMNT 2. It does not refer to how long people had to wait for TMNT 2 to come out in theatres which was less than 1 year after the release of TMNT 1. That rushed production schedule led to some interesting choices i...

This week on Talking Back we're joined by the guys from the Remote Takes to jump back into the world of Saga! Tony and Jeremy join us once again as we continue with Volume 4 of one of the most well received comic book series ever. Saga is the perfect blend of Fantasy and Sci-Fi. It's a master class in story-telling, and it's mind blowing that 1 writer and 1 artist do it all. Join us as we walk thr...

This week on Talking Back we're happy to be getting back into the Predator franchise with the latest instalment "Prey"! Prey takes us back to the 1700s for an interesting look at what it would be like for a Predator to touch down in that time period. While there may have been a bit of skepticism about the logistics behind a Predator in that time period the move did a great job and told an exciting...

This week on Talking Back we're joined by special guest Corey Stevenson to dig into the world of Frank Miller's Robocop 2!! Frank Miller created a script for the Robocop 2 movie that was not used. While some of his story beats made their way into the movie much of what he created was left out. This comic is an adaptation of his original script and tells his story of Robocop 2. Join us as we discus...

This week on Talking Back it's Ninja time again! It's the first Monday of the month and we check out a rather unique entry in our Ninja Walkthrough with the Chris Farley classic "Beverly Hills Ninja"! You may not have thought this one would make it on the list, but here it is. This movie's one of Chris Farley's lesser talked about films, but he still brings all he's got. What happens when a bumbli...

This week we're covering one of the best action movies out there with the fourth entry in the Mad Max franchise "Fury Road"!! Fury Road is a site to behold. The sheer scale of the movie is next level. The fact they used almost all practical effects leaves you scratching your head. Underneath all of the intense action they still found a way to include a deep story with characters you care about.  F...

This week on Talking Back we're finishing off "The Mexico Trilogy" from Robert Rodriguez with the final entry "Once Upon a Time in Mexico"!! This was a great way to close out the trilogy. The film packs quite the punch when it comes to the cast. Some very high end actors were added to ensure they went out with a bang! Join us as we talk about it's place in the series, how the films have evolved, t...

This week on Talking Back we review a movie based on it's name alone! "The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent" is such an intriguing title we couldn't help but check it out! We always enjoy reviewing movies that take us back to the 50s and earlier. It usually means a Universal Monsters film, but not this time!  Join us as we walk through this maybe not...