Cherry Bombs - The Underappreciated Movies Podcast

Hows your head? Despite a few complaints, Cherry Bombs Halloween month continues with our salute to the 1988 horror/comedy/musical gem, Elvira Mistress of the Dark! An unfortunate casualty of the New World Pictures bankruptcy, Elvira's big screen debut was resurrected from the dead by the VHS rental crowd. Join Dustin and Nik for cinematic visions no other film has dared replicate including a...

It's Trick or Treat month at Cherry Bombs and we're celebrating with two Halloween classics! First, Nik makes an enthusiastic case for his beloved childhood favorite, The Worst Witch, while Dustin struggles to keep up. Undoubtedly the "inspiration" for Harry Potter (We've got your number, Rowling), this 80's HBO staple features Dame Charlotte Rae in dual roles and the...

We take a moment to update everyone on our fall slate of episodes and thank you all for continuing to listen to our weird little show!

This month we're joined by friends from around the world to herald the return of movie theaters! We'll share our best theater going cine-memories, from the first film we ever saw on the big screen to our worst date movies, from all day marathons to the thrill of sneaking into R-rated features. We'll share stories of the experiences that moved us, made us laugh, cry, or even walk out...

For the final episode of our Trek Trilogy, we're honored to be joined by Trekkies director Roger Nygard! The filmmaker responsible for our favorite documentary takes us behind the scenes of Trekkies and its sequel to reveal the origins of Gabriel Koerner, Spiner Femme, The Filker and more and answers obscure questions no one's been obsessive enough to ask until now! Put on your Starfleet...

On this special bonus episode, club captain and Garak impersonator Dustin and Spiner Femme Nik talk trek and watch the most important documentary ever made, Trekkies! We'll filk with a busted drag queen, eat Big Mac value meals with Klingons, get a root canal from a Federation dentist, ship Kirk/Spock and admire some fledgling opticals. Join us as we celebrate the most extreme, dedicated and...

This month Dustin & Nik share their love for Star Trek 5 and gain strength from the sharing! Join us for deep existential thoughts on religion, spirituality and the meaning of life, the timely dangers of cult leaders, the trendsetting fashion of McCoy's ascot and the tactical uses of an elderly striptease. Then we'll breakdown the notorious in-costume Trek 5 press conference featurin...

This month Cherry Bombs and The Saturday Morning Podcast team up for two episodes! First, host Christopher Jay joins us here to discuss the best and weirdest cartoons adapted from movies. Then head over to The Saturday Morning Podcast where we'll discuss the films we wish had been turned into animated series' but never were. Pour a giant bowl of sugar-packed cereal and settle in for the...

This month He-Man holds the cosmic key to our hearts as we celebrate Cannon Films' magnum opus Masters of the Universe! Join us as we marvel at the investigative skills of Detective Lubic, discover the contents of a Cannon Films Happy Meal and gush over this absolutely essential Cherry Bomb. Pile into Billy Barty's pink Cadillac, crank up the Japanese synthesizer and teleport to our favo...

This month we celebrate the tangible glory of physical media! From VHS to laserdisc, DVD to 4K bluray and even CED, we have it all and love it all. Fellow physical media enthusiast and friend Jon joins us as we remember the video stores of our youth, wax nostalgic about extended play Mr. Mom tapes from McDonalds, dredge up Nik's most traumatic video rental memory, argue over how to organize y...

This month we talk to filmmaker Lisa Downs about her awesome documentaries on Flash Gordon, Flight of the Navigator and the inspiring personal journeys of their iconic stars.  Join us as we geek out over 80s movies, the magic of Brian Blessed, playing Flash Gordon pinball with Brian May and just how incredibly cool Howard Hesseman really is. Then Lisa takes the honorary guest co-host chair as we a...

This month Dustin and Nik plunge into James Cameron's most overlooked and madly ambitious masterpiece, THE ABYSS! Sunk by a hurricane of imitators that beat it to theaters and a marketing campaign that sold it as Aliens 2, The Abyss is often discussed now only for its groundbreaking FX. But it's one of the maestro's finest and his most nakedly emotional and autobiographical work. Jo...

This month Dustin & Nik put all their hope in Tom Jones, Slim Whitman and the kid from Solarbabies as MARS ATTACKS! Join us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton's most subversive, anarchic and underrated movie. The day has come to surrender to the superior intelligence of this gonzo sci-fi Ack Ack-tion comedy!

Chef Nicole Russell of Last Dragon Pizza joins Dustin and Nik to talk about her amazing Last Dragon themed pizzas and her love for Berry Gordy's classic Motown/Kung Fu mash up!  We also look back on our first season of shows and ahead to a new year of Cherry Bombs. Subscribe today and never again apologize for the movies you love!

This Christmas Dustin and Nik bid good riddance to the scroogiest year of the century by kicking back and watching the most underrated Christmas movie of all time, Scrooged! 'Tis the season for Solid Gold Dancers, fairy sadists and  Sir Bill Murray owning every actor who ever dared play Ebenezer before him. Suck it, Alastair Sim!  Sync up your bluray, dvd, VHS, laserdisc or streaming service,...

Taimak! Vanity! El Debarge! William H. Macy? This month Dustin and Nik kiss the Converse of the greatest Motown/Kung-Fu/Comic Book mash-up movie ever made, Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon! Join us as we break through the wall of mystery and discover The Glow. So step on the elevator and press number seven. That's all you gotta do to get to Cherry Bombs heaven!

Join Dustin & Nik for a special bonus episode saluting late, great director Joel Schumacher! Too often derided as a hack who put nipples on the Batsuit, his wildly diverse filmography of classics and underrated gems proves he was a lot more than Batman. From Falling Down to Tigerland, The Lost Boys to The Incredible Shrinking Woman and even DC Cab, we discuss why he was a voice worth rememberi...

This month the hills run red as Dustin & Nik mask up and tune in to Halloween III Season of the Witch! Who needs that old hack Michael Myers when we've got drunk and horny heartthrob Tom Atkins? Grab a six pack of Miller, snuggle up in a motel with someone you just met this morning and celebrate the season with a criminally disregarded horror classic. Subscribe today and never again apolo...

A king and queen join forces to defeat the evil, power-hungry Beast and his army of mindless minions in the movie we all need right now, Krull! This month Dustin and Nik celebrate this lavish, non-IP fantasy classic that no studio would have the guts to make these days. Join us to discover the unlikely Krull/Tom Bosley connection and unearth the shocking secret of the Dumbo DVD commentary! Subscri...

It's a Cherry Bombs Special Report as Dustin and Nik get slaphappy exploring the art and magic of the movie slap. From Sigourney Weaver to Kurt Russell, Jessica Rabbit to Steven Seagal, some of Hollywood's biggest icons have thrown or received that time honored, open handed, sting-inducing "how do ya do". This month we break down the elements of a classic cinema slap, discuss s...

This month Dustin and Nik are all the Jedi as they defend the honor of The Rise of Skywalker, the most controversial and underrated Star Wars film! Join us as we dive deep into the characters, story and themes of this pitch perfect conclusion (yes, we said it!) to the Skywalker Saga. It's an epic discussion that takes almost as long as being digested by the Sarlaac. Subscribe today and never...

This month Dustin and Nik team up and fight Ming! Gordon's alive as ever on the 40th anniversary of the greatest Cherry Bomb of all time, Flash Gordon. There's something finer in this galaxy than Ming's law. Listen today and never again Ah-Ah-pologize for the movies you love!!!

This month Dustin and Nik go back to school to sing the praises of Grease 2! Join them as they celebrate the legend of Adrian Zmed, decry the horror of Eddie Deezen, unearth the Rob Lowe/Snow White connection and indulge in a little "Reproduction" karaoke. Pull on your pink satin jacket and learn where the pollen goes in the horniest, most progressive movie musical of the 80's. List...

This month Dustin and Nik are reminded that things could be so much worse! At least we're not living in Waterworld where Earth is an ocean, smoking is rampant and Kevin Costner might bash your head in with an oar. Join us as we celebrate the ultimate bathtub toy movie and remember that we're not down to eating canned Smeat and drinking our own urine just yet!

This month Dustin and Nik time travel to 1986 to discuss Disney's Flight of the Navigator, the classic alien abduction family film about a boy with a spaceship that speaks in the voice of Pee-Wee Herman. Along the way they'll dance to the English synth-pop stylings of Blancmange, discover the shocking Steve Guttenberg connection and explore the mystery of Johnny Klein! Listen now and nev...