Special Guest: Bruce Rubenstein Guest Co-Hosts: Chris Stachiw, Father Malone
Our month of requests wraps up with one from our mutual pal Andy Hendrickson, it's Julien Temple's Bullet from 1996. The film stars Mickey Rourke as the titular Bullet, an ex-con back on the streets and reunited with his dysfunctional family. Or is the movie really about Bullet's brother, Ruby, played by Adrien Brody?
Chris Stachiw and Father Malone join Mike to discuss the film while co-screenwriter Bruce Rubenstein (the inspiration for Ruby) spills the beans about the making of Bullet.
Special Guests: Gary Sherman, Steve Mitchell Guest Co-Hosts: Brad Jones, Heather Drain
Our request month continues with one from listener and Patreon donor Dallas Norvell.
Heather Drain and Brad Jones join Mike to look at Gary Sherman's 1982 film Vice Squad. The film stars Season Hubley as Princess. She’s a devoted mom by day and a working girl by night who works hard for the money so you better treat her right. She gets into all kinds of hi-jinks over one crazy night on the Sunset Strip.
Director Gary Sherman discusses the shooting of the film while filmmaker Steve Mitchell shares details on his new documentary, Working Class Actor, all about Wings Hauser.
Beth Accomando and John Atom on our month of requests with one from John Atom himself! It’s Kim Ki-Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring from 2003.
It’s a meditative film about a young man and his master as they pass through different stages of life represented by the different seasons of the title. The film stars writer/director Kim Ki-Duk as the adult version of the young monk and Oh Yeong-su as the older version of his master.
Writer/director/star Michael Jai White talks with Mike White about his latest film, Outlaw Johnny Black (2023), an action/western homage to movies like Take A Hard Ride, Buck and the Preacher Man, Joshua, etc.
The film plays select theaters starting September 15, 2023. Check local listings.
Special Guests: Gary Smart, Christopher Griffiths, Eastwood Allen
Mike talks with Gary Smart, Christopher Griffiths, and Eastwood Allen, three of the filmmakers behind the four+ hour documentary RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023).
The doc is currently being released one episode a week via ScreamBox. and will be released on Blu-Ray on October 17, 2023.
Special Guest: Tom Stanton Guest Co-Hosts: Otto Bruno, Rahne Alexander
Otto Bruno and Rahne Alexander join Mike to discuss the 1937Archie Mayo film, Black Legion. Based loosely on the actual racist terrorist organization from Detroit, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as Frank Taylor, a man who gets passed over for a promotion by one of those darned immigrants. He does the only thing that makes sense by joining a hate group and trying to bolster his manhood with violence.
Adam Schartoff and Joseph Aisenberg join Mike to talk about about the 1969 film The Night of the Following Day. Directed by Hubert Cornfield, the film is based on Lionel White's novel, The Snatchers, where the kidnapping plot was so ingenious that some French criminals used it to abduct the Peugeot heir. Ironically, the film would move the New York setting of the novel to France though it stars mostly Americans like Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, and Rita Moreno.
Special Guest: Robert Longo Guest Co-Hosts: Duane Swierczynski, Dahlia Schweitzer
We conclude Sci-Fi July with a look at Robert Longo's Johnny Mnemonic (1995). The film was based on a story by and adapted by William Gibson and stars Keanu Reeves as the titular Mr. Mnemonic, a data courier with an implant in his cranium. He’s hired by a trio of scientists who overload his hard drive with the cure for a disease of the future.
Duane Swierczynski and Dahlia Schweitzer join Mike to discuss the film while director Robert Longo dishes about the behind-the-scenes struggle to get the picture made.
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