Special Guest: Jonathan Betuel Guest Co-Hosts: Brad Jones, Kevin Lehane
#Whoopbruary concludes with a look at Theodore Rex (1995), the buddy cop dino flick where Whoopi Goldberg stars as the cyber-enhanced supercop Katie Coltrane who gets begrudgingly partnered with the titular Theodore Rex -- an ambitious, wisecracking, impeccably dressed dinosaur with a badge and a dream.
Joining Mike to excavate this fossilized oddity are Brad Jones and Razzie-nominated screenwriter Kevin Lehane, who help unearth the film’s bizarre production history, its straight-to-video fate, and its legacy as one of Hollywood’s strangest contractual obligations. Plus, we hear from the mastermind himself, writer/director Jonathan Betuel, who sheds light on the film’s wild journey from concept to cult curiosity.
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.
Special Guests: Toddy Walters, Jason McHugh Guest Co-Hosts: David Rodgers, Brad Jones
We’re confronting some of our biggest fears and learning that maybe what we’re running from... maybe we’re just running from ourselves. Yes, of course, we’re talking about Orgazmo. Released in 1997, the film was directed by and stars Trey Parker who plays Joe Young, a Mormon on his mission in the big bad city of Los Angeles where he happens upon a porn shoot and gets recruited to play an adult superhero, the titular Orgazmo.
David Rodgers and Brad Jones join Mike to discuss the movie while actress Toddy Walters and producer Jason McHugh talk about the making of Orgazmo (as well as the other early Parker/Stone films).
Special Guests: John Landis, Steven Williams, Laila Nablusi Guest Co-Hosts: Brad Jones, Suzen Tekla Kruglnska
Musical month continues with a look at John Landis's The Blues Brothers (1980). It's the story of Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd), two musicians who need to get $5,000 in order to pay the back taxes on the orphanage where they grew up learning to be white blues singers.
Suzen Tekla Kruglnska (Rosemary's Baby 6:66) and Brad Jones (The Cinema Snob) join Mike for a discussion of The Blues Brothers (and Blues Brothers 2000) along with special guests Laila Nablusi (president of The Blues Brothers), Steven Williams (Trooper Mount), and co-writer/director John Landis.
Music:
"Groove Me" - The Blues Brothers
"Soul Man" - The Blues Brothers
"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" - The Blues Brothers
"Quando Quanto" - Murph & the Magic Tones
"Sink the Bismark" - The Blues Brothers
"Rubber Biscuit" - The Blues Brother
Taking its title from the notorious book by Leopold von Sacher-Mascoch, Jess Franco's Venus in Furs (1969) stars James Darren as Jimmy Logan, a musician who can blow a cool horn. He finds the corpse of a woman he had seen at a party, the mysterious Wanda (Maria Rohm). When Wanda shows up -- alive and seducing -- shortly thereafter, Jimmy becomes obsessed with her, despite his loving relationship with chanteuse Rita (Barbara McNair).
Brad Jones and Samm Deighan join Mike to discuss Franco's film as well as an alternate cut of the movie along with a few other adaptations of the Sacher-Masoch story.
Special Guests: Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, Vincent Ward, John Fasano, Mark Verheiden Guest Co-Host: Brad Jones
One of the most hated -- and possibly most misunderstood -- sequels around, David Fincher's Alien³ had contentious production history. We'll attempt to unwrap the behind-the-scenes turmoil and on-screen mayhem along with Brad Jones, the Cinema Snob.
We talked to Vincent Ward who brought the idea of "monks in space" to the game and the late John Fasano who worked on a few drafts of the Alien 3 script. We also spoke with actors Lance Henriksen and Holt McCallany about what it was like to be on the set. And, we're joined by Mark Verheiden who wrote the incredible Dark Horse comics Alien series.
Errata: The baby alien came out of Kane, not Ash, in Alien. The less-than-stellar special effects of Alien³ were a blue-screened rod puppet, not CGI. The "Assembly Cut" on the Blu-Ray Quadrilogy does not contain new shots but only cleaned-up audio.
Special Guest: Jonathan Betuel
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