Showing posts with label 1989. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1989. Show all posts

December 18, 2019

Episode 446: Millennium (1989)

Guest Co-Hosts: Chris Bricklemyer, Jedidiah Ayres

Sci-Fi December rolls along with a look at 1989’s Millennium. Directed by Michael Anderson and written by , 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).

Chris Bricklemyer and Jedidiah Ayres join Mike to discuss the film, time travel, and creepy robots.

Listen/Download Now:

Links:
Buy Millennium on Blu-Ray
Buy Millennium by John Varley

Music:
"Traveler in Time" - Uriah Heep

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April 10, 2019

Episode 411: American Tiger (1989)

Guest Co-Hosts: Kat Ellinger, Cullen Gallagher

Miami just got a lot hotter...

Also called American risciò or American Rickshaw Sergio 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.

Cullen Gallagher and Kat Ellinger (All the Colours of Sergio Martino) join Mike to try and unravel this delightfully bizarre film.

Listen/Download Now:

Links:
Buy American Rickshaw on Blu-Ray

Music:
"Little Rickshaw Boy" - Upper Crust
"'B' Gas Rickshaw" - The Raybeats

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June 2, 2016

Episode 273: UHF

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.

Listen / Download Now:
Links:
Buy UHF on Blu-Ray
Buy Weird Al: The Book by Nathan Rabin & Al Yankovic
Buy the UHF Soundtrack
Buy Weird Al Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection on DVD
Visit the official Weird Al website
Visit the official Skizz Cyzyk website
Visit the Good/Bad Flicks website
Subscribe to the Good/Bad Flicks YouTube feed
Read the Oral History of UHF

Music:
"Dare to be Stupid" - Weird Al Yankovic

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