The Talking Back Podcast

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...

This week on Talking Back we're reviewing one of the biggest comic book events of all time in The Death of Superman! If you followed comics in the early 90s you probably remember the buzz around the release of Superman #75, where Superman actually dies. We're covering not only that issue but the entire Doomsday arc leading up to it! Join us as we dig into this incredible comic event leading up to...

This week we're continuing our Star Wars Franchise Walkthrough with our first entry into the sequel trilogy with The Force Awakens!! The Force Awakens introduced fans back into Star Wars after a 10 year hiatus. Anticipation for another Star Wars film was at an all time high and after it's released The Force Awakens became a mega-hit! Join us as we walk through the film and discuss where it hits an...

This week on Talking Back we're ending summer with a bang by bringing you a video game 3-pack as we cover the first 3 games in the "Mega Man" franchise!! One of the early franchise hits for Nintendo, the Mega Man series had incredible art and graphics, amazing music and sound effects, but it was one of the most punishing set of games to ever be released.  Join us as we walk through Mega Man 1, Meg...

This week on Talking Back it's our 4th annual "Podcast at the Lake"!! Tim and Dean have ventured out into the forrest to stay in a creepy cabin and bring you a creepy cabin movie. This year we're covering one of the all time cabin greats in "Evil Dead 2"! Evil Dead 2 is an absolute thrill ride from start to finish. We're not sure how many litres of blood they went through in this movie but it migh...

This week on Talking Back we're digging into a very interesting Samurai movie with the 1980 cult classic Shogun Assassin! Shogun Assassin didn't create the genre, but it's one of the more mainstream movies in it. That genre would be defined as the ultra violent, and gory, Samurai's and Ninja's fighting to the death. The film has much more than that to offer but you get the idea.  Join us as we dig...

This week on Talking Back we're keeping things dusty with our review of the third film in the Mad Max franchise "Beyond Thunderdome"!! Beyond Thunderdome is widely accepted as the worst entry in the franchise, but we still had a ton of fun watching and reviewing this movie! Sure the movie stumbles through some moments, and has some half realized ideas, but there's a lot of really interesting and f...

This week on Talking Back we're continuing our Star Wars Franchise Walkthrough with Episode 6: Return of the Jedi!! One of the all time classics, Return of the Jedi brings us the exciting conclusion to the Luke and Vader storyline! This movie is full of memorable moments and unforgettable characters! We're excited to be joined by John Speas from the BFOP Network who helps us navigate this beloved...

This week on Talking Back we're celebrating Shark Week with a very special review of the 1976 film Mako: The Jaws of Death! They don't make em' like this anymore! Sonny, the main character has a telepathic connection to Sharks and will use that to his advantage to help avenge the Sharks against anyone who dare wrong them! Join us as we dive head first into Mako, and share all of the great and horr...

This week we're on Talking Back we're digging into a newer comic that tells an old story with the Image Comics instant classic "PULP"!! PULP is brought to us by the dynamic powerhouse duo of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips! If you listen to our show you know these guys are one of our favourite teams in comic book history.  Join us as we walk through a very cool story, talking story, art, themes and...

This week on Talking Back we attempt to solve the Riddle of Steel with the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic "Conan the Barbarian"!  Conan is a great fantasy / adventure movie with great performances from a fairly unknown cast. It's well shot, and full of very cool concepts and ideas. Join us as we walkthrough the film and chat about all the unique things that make Conan what it is.  We hope you enjoy...

This week on Talking Back we're joined by Mark Younes to discuss not only one of the best movies in the Star Wars franchise, but one of the best movies ever with the classic The Empire Strikes Back! This movie holds a special place in many peoples hearts and for good reason. It's a masterpiece of film making, it's a classic story that's beautifully told, it has humour, it has heart, it works for c...