The Talking Back Podcast

This week we continue our walkthrough of the Star Trek films with the 7th entry into the series - Generations! Generations is where the series takes a dramatic turn and the baton is passed from the cast of The Original Series to the cast of Next Generation. This film is a quality entry in the series with the duel casts providing for some unforgettable moments.  We hope you enjoy our review of Star...

This week we're covering a lesser known B-level action movie in the ridiculously fun Cyborg Cop! You won't find this movie winning any awards but there's always a place for movies like this. Join us as we walkthrough this gem discussing the kung-fu of the leading man, the diabolical but caring super villain, and the powerful but not very smart Cyborg.  We hope you enjoy our review of Cyborg Cop! ...

You're listening to a free preview of two Valentine's Day episodes released on Patreon! First we cover one of the all time great Simpson's episodes in The Mysterious Voyage of Homer where Homer goes on a spiritual and physical journey to determine if Marge is in fact his soul mate.  Second we cover a New Release with the 2022 reboot to the Hellraiser franchise where the humans go on a spiritual an...

This week on Talking Back we're reviewing The Rock! This is the first Michael Bay film we've covered and there's a reason for that, we're not huge fans of his work. The Rock is definitely an exception.  We had a great time re-visiting this film and think it still holds up today. Join us as we follow John Mason and Stanley Goodspeed to Alcatraz in their attempt to stop a terrorist situation. What c...

This week on Talking Back we're covering the second movie in our 2023 Ninja Movie Walkthrough with the very appropriately named NINJA! Join us as we walk through this action packed film, talking story, fight scenes, weapons, and more! How will NINJA rate on our ranking scale? Tune in to find out! We hope you enjoy our review of NINJA!  If you'd like to unlock bonus episodes from Talking Back every...

This week on Talking Back we're getting back into Star Trek episodes with a classic from Season 1 of The Original Series titled Shore Leave! It's been a while since we've done one of these but the Talking Back Star Trek Crew are together again and ready to dig into The Original Series. Join us as we dig into one of the more bizarre episodes of any Star Trek series. Shore Leave leans hard into the...

This week on Talking Back we're covering a very gritty film in Southern Comfort!  As fans of Director Walter Hill we wanted to dig a bit deeper into his catalogue and review a movie we hadn't seen before. Southern Comfort turned out to be a memorable film with lot's of interesting things going on.  Join us as we head down to the Bayou and follow a group of National Guard members on a training miss...

This week on Talking Back we're joined by the guys from the Remote Takes podcast to jump back into the world of the comic book Saga! Jeremy and Tony join us once again as we continue with Volume 3 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 is story telling, and it always blows our mind that 1 writer and 1 artist do...

This week on Talking Back we're doing something a bit different, we're taking the worlds most sophisticated AI available to the public for a test drive! Join us as we learn what ChatGPT is then ask it a series of questions relating to movies, comics, video games, and more! How will it all turn out? Will ChatGPT become a friend or foe? Does it have a grasp on Nostalgia? Tune in now to find out! We...

This week on Talking Back we're kicking off the New Year with a brand new walkthrough! The first Monday of every month in 2023 will be a review of a Ninja movie.  We're kicking it all off with an absolutely stellar Ninja movie in Duel to the Death! Join us as we walkthrough of the film shouting out all the cool Ninja things they did in this film. How will Duel to the Death rate on our ranking scal...

Today on a special Boxing Day episode of Talking Back we're covering our first ever Boxing movie with Rocky 4!  Rocky finds himself facing his toughest opponent yet, sounds familiar doesn't it. What will happen when Rocky has to travel to Russia during Christmas to face a giant of a human in Ivan Drago? Will Rocky be able to defend the honor of his friend Apollo Creed? Will Cold War tensions reach...

This week on Talking Back we're starting to get festive with a holiday action classic in Die Hard 2!  John McClane is back at it again, trouble seems to find this guy during the holidays. This time he's battling terrorists, an international drug kingpin, the Army, Airport Security, and even the Weather! Can John save the lives of his wife Holly as well as thousands of others? Probably - he's John...

This week on Talking Back we're going through our favourite audio tracks that came from the Nintendo Entertainment System era! We're joined by friend of the show Mark to count down from 10 to 1 the tracks we think are the best representation of the 8-bit magic that came from one of the best times to be a gamer.  Do you have some favourites? Will any of them make our list? Tune in now to find out,...

This week is a very special week here at Talking Back as we've reached our 200th Episode! We had so much fun with our 100th Episode Clip Show that we're back to do it all over again. This time we bring you Dean's favourite moments from Episode's 101 - 199. He painstakingly went through all of those Episode's to pull his favourite clip and put them all together in order for your listening pleasure....

This week on Talking Back we're bringing a years worth of Star Wars coverage to an end with our Star Wars Franchise Walkthrough Wrap-Up Episode! It's been a blast covering Star Wars each month of this past year and we're going out on a high note! Join us this week as we revisit the past year in Star Wars, we'll be locking in our final rankings and talking everything from favourite moment to least...

This week on Talking Back we're going on a fast paced and high action adventure as we dive head first into Crank!  This movie blasts out of the gates and never stops moving. Jason Statham and Amy Smart deliver great performances, the humour is on point, the action is well conceived, and the story is unique.  We hope you enjoy our review of Crank!  If you'd like to unlock bonus episodes from Talkin...

This week on Talking Back we're jumping back into the comic book series Deadly Class!  It's been a while since we've covered Deadly Class but we're excited to get back at it this week with Volume 9.  Join us as we catch back up with our friends from Kings Dominion for a action packed and very shocking volume. This one is full of all sorts of twists and turns as well as the classic writing, art and...

This week on Talking Back we've landed on the final movie in our Star Wars Franchise walkthrough with The Rise of Skywalker! It's taken us a year to get here, it's been a fun ride, and we're ready to go out with a bang! Join us as we walkthrough the movie touching on our likes, dislikes, the goods, the bads, and the uglies. Where will this one sit on our rankings lists? Tune in to find! We hope yo...

Today on a special Halloween release we're reviewing some of the best Halloween television out there with a few episodes from The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror! We're starting from the beginning and reviewing the first three episodes, which are all jam packed with fun. Join us as we watch the Simpsons get abducted by Aliens, Homer as King Kong, The Simpsons have their wishes come true, and much mor...

This week on Talking Back we're covering a new video game with an old feel with the Metroidvania style masterpiece Infernax! This 8-bit style game inspired by Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link, and Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest has quickly become one of our favourite games.  In what appears to be a straight forward adventure platformer, quickly becomes an experience much deeper and more rewarding. As...

This week on Talking Back we're covering one of our favourite movies from the 90s in the post apocalyptic sci-fi thriller 12 Monkeys!! Inspired by an incredible French short film from the 1960s called La Jette, 12 Monkeys takes the essence of that film and turns it into a big budget masterpiece!  Join us as we walk through the film discussing the amazing performances, appropriate use of music, ver...

This week we're getting really creepy with 3 issues from the classic comic book series Tales from the Crypt!! These comics are scary, terrifying, gory, vile, grotesque, wild, scary and even more terrifying, so what better way to get into the October vibes than this.  Join us as we walk through 3 blood curdling issues from the original run of the Tales from the Crypt comic book run. Last year we di...

This week we're joined by a couple of friends from the BFOP Network to chat about Star Wars: The Last Jedi! You won't want to miss this episode with Adam Speas and Corey Stevenson joining to help us unravel the ins and outs, ups and downs, goods and bads of the movie.  Join us as we chat characters, locations, what made the movie good, how it could be made better, favourite moments, and much much...

This week we're completing the original Superman series with the 4th and final entry "The Quest for Peace"!! Often found on the Top Worst Movie lists, Superman 4 is a sight to behold! Join us as we walk through this film that brings back Lex Luthor, and introduces his newest creation Nuclear Man! Definitely a movie to forget, but an episode you won't want to miss! We hope you enjoy our review of S...

This week on Talking Back we're covering the German experimental thrill ride of a movie Run Lola Run!! If you follow the Podcast you know Co-Host Dean loves running scenes in movie's, so we thought we'd cover one of the best running movies ever! Join us as we walk through this wild movie that breaks the conventional mold and takes you on a unique and memorable ride that you won't soon forget! We h...