It has long been said that there is no better time to talk about Gremlins than now, and we are nothing if not slaves to that axiom. So, listen ye now to our various thoughts on Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, or we'll tamper with your stairlift.
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NEW! The Exploding Helicopter podcast returns. This time we're looking at BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001).
We discuss Ridley Scott's war epic before raising a sceptical eyebrow at the great man's producer credits.
Listen wherever you get your pods.
Do you want to hear our opinions on The Adam Project, The Batman, Turning Red, and Free Guy? How exceptionally fortunate, that's exactly what this podcast covers. It's very much your lucky day. And such great value! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
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For reasons personal and geo-political, we can't bring you a fresh podcast this month. So as we always do in times of trouble we turn to our spirit animal, Jean Claude Van Damme for inspiration. Here is his every appearance in our podcast. You're welcome.
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Against all the odds, humanity has survived another month. Celebrate this remarkable milestone by listening to us talks about The King's Man, Bigbug, and The Worst Person in the World.
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Now, we don't know quite why we're doing this either, but today we are talking about Hollow Man 2 and Showgirls 2. If you don't want to hear it we entirely understand. But, c'mon, we both know you're intrigued. Give in to the temptation.
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On EH#118 we're joined by @CannonFilmGuide author Austin Trunick to review one of Cannon's final films, FIFTY/FIFTY (1992).
Ted Stryker and Robocop team up to overthrow a dictator in this surprisingly fun buddy movie.
Listen via iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your pods.
Today we turn our attention to Paul Verhoeven, in particular his most famous, Hollywood era works, namely RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Starship Troopers, Hollow Man. Are they worth blabbing about? Would you like to know more?
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We start off the new year hoping that it very much doesn't continue in the same vein, as we examine Don't Look Up and The Matrix Resurrections for any redeeming features. Tune in and find out if we identify any!
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We look at two casino adjacent flicks, Croupier and Hard Eight, and see if they roll snake eyes, hit the jackpot, or indeed any other gambling-centric clichés you have to hand.
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In other news... we've discovered two new films with exploding helicopters.
The Indonesian action flick THE STABILZER (1986) and the South Korean children's animation THE TAYO MOVIE MISSION: ACE (2016).
This takes the number of known films with an exploding helicopter to 6⃣1⃣6⃣
For what it's worth, of 21's podcast output the most popular were 90s Neo-Noir, Michael Haneke, Alex de la Iglesia, David Mamet, Back to the Future, our September, July, June and August roundups, and of all things, Gorillas in the Mist and Congo, proving Delroy Lindo = Money.
Happy New Year to you all! Our thanks to the people (or bots) that have listened to (or at least downloaded) us over the past year, up 33% over last year. We will continue to continue for as long as we can continue. Do let us know if there's anything you'd like us to cover.
Our theme for this episode is the con movie. There’s no reason, topical or otherwise, for us doing this theme now, other than that “this is what we fancied doing this month”.
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House of Gucci, Belfast, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Last Duel, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Last Night in Soho get a solid frisking in our latest intermission. Tune in!
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