Sci-Fi December rolls along with a look at 1989’s Millennium. Directed by Michael Anderson and written by John Varley, the film stars Kris Kristofferson as an airline disaster investigator who stumbles onto something unexpected at the site of a mid-air collision. It will lead him into a tangled web of time-traveling shenanigans and a relationship with Louise Baltimore (Cheryl Ladd).
Also called American risciò or American RickshawSergio Martino’s American Tiger (1989 ) is the story of Scott Edwards (Olympic champion Mitch Gaylord) a rickshaw driver in Miami, Florida who becomes embroiled in a supernatural mystery involving VHS tapes, Asian mysticism, Jonestown, and the dark lord Satan himself.
Special Guest: Jay Levey Guest Co-Host: Skizz Cyzyk, Cecil Trachtenberg
"Weird Al" Yankovic stars as the hapless George Newman who turns his life around when he stumbles into owning a TV station in UHF. Somewhat lost among the blockbusters of 1989, the film has since been hailed as a comedy classic.
Director/co-writer Jay Levey discusses creating parody videos, managing Weird Al, and the creation of UHF.
Filmmaker Skizz Cyzyk and Good/Bad Flicks' Cecil Trachtenberg, two Close Personal Friends of Al, join Mike to discuss the film and Weird Al's career.