Special Guests: Walon Green, Alfonso Arau, Lilia Castillo, Kathryn Jones, Bill Mesce Guest Co-Hosts: Rob St. Mary, Josh Hadley
Rob St. Mary and Josh Hadley join Mike for The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's blood-soaked western about Pike Bishop (William Holden) and his aging outlaws chasing one last job against Robert Ryan's bounty hunter (and former member of the gang). When one of their own, Angel, is taken by Mexican warlord Mapache (Emilio Fernandez), the gang has to decide if they're going to abandon or rescue their comrade.
Adam Long and Josh Hadley join Mike to explore Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004), the sweeping documentary from Xan Cassavetes about the rise and fall of Los Angeles’s most influential pay-TV channel. More than a cable station, Z Channel was a film school beamed into living rooms, programming uncut movies, international cinema, director’s cuts, and repertory favorites long before that was standard practice.
The conversation digs into the channel’s daring programming philosophy, its outsized impact on American film culture, and the obsessive, self-destructive personality of founder Jerry Harvey. The hosts examine how the documentary balances cinephile nostalgia with a clear-eyed look at the personal and institutional costs of that obsession, while also asking what Z Channel’s legacy means in today’s algorithm-driven media landscape.
Special Guests: David Renwick, Brian Eastman Guest Co-Hosts: Josh Hadley, Mike Sullivan
Mike Sullivan and Josh Hadley join Mike to discuss the 1986 comedy Whoops Apocalypse. Loosely based on the 1982 British TV series of the same name, it’s a story of chicanery and political intrigue centered on the obscure and fictional British territory of Santa Maya. A power struggle around this small island leads to heightened tensions between the UK, US, and USSR.
Producer Brian Eastman and co-writer David Renwick discuss the mini-series and feature versions of Whoops Apocalypse.
For a special live podcast, Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast), Josh Haldey (1201 Beyond), and Mike joined up to discuss Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021): a film many years in the making. We discuss both the Joss Whedon and Zack Snyder versions. We compare the two to find any redemptive qualities in either and talk about how the newer version acts as origin stories for a few of the film's main characters.
You can hear the edited version of the podcast or watch the un-edited version as a YouTube video below.
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"Justice League Of America" - John Gart
"Challenge of the Superfriends" - Hoyt Curtin
"The All New Super Friends Hour" - Hoyt Curtin
"Ding Ding (Featuring The Flash)" - The Auralnauts
Chris Stachiw has made a huge mistake. He's been having me on regularly on The Kulturecast as one of his rotating guest co-hosts, covering both new films and old. Here are the latest episodes that I've been on:
Special Guest: James B. Sikking Guest Co-Hosts: Jedidiah Ayres, Josh Hadley
Peter Hyams’s Outland (1981) plays like a Western in space with Sean Connery as Marshall W.T. O’Neil, the head lawman at a rough and tumble mining colony where a mysterious series of deaths puts him at odds with the powers that be including his own Deputy (James B. Sikking) and the colony's head honcho (Peter Boyle).
Special Guests: Ted Nicolaou, Diane Franklin, Gerrit Graham Guest Co-Hosts: Josh Hadley, Moe Porne
#Shocktober2017 continues with a look at the offbeat horror comedy TerrorVision (1986). Written and directed by Ted Nicolaou, the film centers on the Putterman Family who, while father Stan (Gerrit Graham) is installing a new satellite dish and accidentally receive a distant transmission of a horrific hungry monster which proceeds to feast on the family including wife Rachel (Mary Woronov), son Sherman (Chad Allen), grandpa (Bert Remsen), daughter Suzy (Diane Franklin), and her metal head boyfriend O.D. (Jon Gries).
Special Guests: Paul Goodwin, Sean Hogan Guest Co-Host: Josh Hadley
Britain's ground-breaking 2000 AD comic introduced a raft of vital artists and writers along with indelible characters like Judge Dredd, Halo Jones, Strontium Dog, and more. The documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD (2014) tells the story of the ups and downs of this influential work.
Director Paul Goodwin and producer Sean Hogan discuss the creation of Future Shock!.
Josh Hadley joins Mike to reminisce about comics and the film adaptations of various 2000 AD stories.
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"Mutants In Mega City One" - Fink Bros
"I Am the Law" - Anthrax
"Judge Yr'self" - Manic Street Preachers
"Ganging Out with Halo Jones" - Transvision Vamp
"I Am the Law" - Human League
Special Guests: Russell Mulcahy, Gregory Widen Guest Co-Hosts: Mike Thompson, Josh Hadley
There should be only one?
The Projection Booth celebrates our 300th episode with Russell Mulcahy's Highlander (1986), a science fiction/fantasy film in which immortals fight through time until only two remain --
Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) and The Kurgan (Clancy Brown). Though originally a box office flop, the film found new life on cable and VHS before spawning a bizarre franchise.
The film's director, Russell Mulcahy, and original screenwriter, Gregory Widen, discuss their relationship with Highlander. Josh Hadley and Mike Thompson join Mike White in unraveling the many incarnations of the film's progeny.
Music:
Soundtrack - Michael Kamen
"Princes of the Universe" - Queen
"Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" - Queen
"Who Wants To Live Forever" - Queen
"A Kind of Magic" - Queen
Special Guests: Frank Collison, Sam Egan Guest Co-Hosts: Josh Hadley, John Pilate
On a very surprising episode of The Projection Booth, Mike discusses James Signorelli's Elvira Mistress of the Dark with Josh Hadley and John Pilate. The film stars Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, a horror hostess desperate to break into Vegas. She's thwarted by the "good" people of Falwell, MA including her Uncle (William Morgan Sheppard) and henchmen.
This episode features interviews with actor Frank Collison and screenwriter Sam Egan. Also, be sure to check out the bonus interview with William Morgan Sheppard.
Special Guests: Michael Murphy, Mayo Simon, Brian Gascoigne Guest Co-Hosts: Robert Hubbard & Josh Hadley
In a decade lousy with "nature strikes back" films (Grizzly, Night of the Lepus, Kingdom of the Spiders), visual designer turned filmmaker Saul Bass's Phase IV stands out as a hybrid of solid science fiction, nature documentary, and personal drama.
This episode features interviews with the writer of Phase IV, Mayo Simon, along with actor Michael Murphy and composer Brian Gascoigne. Mike's joined in the discussion by writers Robert Hubbard and Josh Hadley.
Update:
You can now buy the original ending as an extra when you buy the movie on iTunes.
Special Guests: Edward R. Pressman, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Gerry Lopez, Roy Thomas, Paul M. Sammon, Mark Finn, Sean Hood, Josh Adkins Guest Co-Hosts: Josh Hadley & El Goro
Let us tell you of the days of high adventure....
In a truly epic episode of The Projection Booth, we look at John Milius'sConan the Barbarian. The film put Arnold Schwarzenegger on the map and kicked-off years of sword & sorcery imitators.
Along with El Goro of Talk without Rhythm and Josh Hadley of Radiodrome, we explore the fiction of Robert E. Howard, the Marvel Comics version of the Barbarian and the subsequent sequels and reboot to the 1982 film.
Clocking in at seven hours, this is not a podcast for the weak.
Music:
"Wheel of Pain" - Basil Poledouris
"Riders of Doom" - Basil Poledouris
"Battle of the Mounds" - Basil Poledouris
"Kalidor's Theme" - Ennio Morricone
"Anvil Of Crom" - Basil Poledouris
"Conan: The Musical" - Jon & Al Kaplan
Listen to the Cromcast's Conan Vs. Heavy Metal Mix:
For the last two weeks, Rob and Mike were part of the Geek Juice Radio podcast. Rob sank his teeth into a discussion of vampire films while Mike tortured himself by watching bad parody films.
Hack the planet! We dive headlong into Iain Softley's 1995 film, Hackers, and explore how the film presents a candy-colored version of the nascent days of the world wide web.
We're joined by our old friend Josh Hadley to talk about cracking, hacking, and phreaking.
Special Guests: Joe Dante & Gary Brandner Guest Co-Host: Josh Hadley
We dive head first into Joe Dante's The Howling (1981)
(and the rest of the book and movie franchise). We also feature an interview with the author of the original source novel, Gary Bradner.
Music:
Songs used this episode include...
"Killer Wolf" - Danzig
"The Howling" - Pino Donaggio
"Howlin' For My Darling" - Howlin' Wolf
"Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne
Special Guests: David Hyde, Paul M. Sammon, William Sanderson Guest Co-Hosts: Josh Hadley
The Challenge: Say something about Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) that hasn't been said before. Did we? YOU BE THE JUDGE. We talk about the various cuts, the voice over(s), the proposed sequel (or prequel) and play back listener feedback in this deluxe episode.
We're joined in the Projection Booth this week by our old friend Josh Hadley. Keep up with Josh at 1201Beyond.
An avant-garde adult film, Night Dreams (AKA Nightdreams) shows the erotic fantasies of Mrs. Van Houten (Dorothy La May) in nightmarish detail. Directed by F.X. Pope (Francis Delia), the film was written by Jerry Stahl and Stephen Sayadian.
We should note that Stephen Sayadian's Dr. Caligari also concerns a Mrs. Van Houten, also a nymphomanical housewife, and pairs well with this film as does Michael Ninn's Shock and Latex.
Josh Hadley of the Lost in the Static, RadioDrome, & What the F*ck podcasts steps into the Projection Booth and, we've been PODCRASHED by Chris Gore!
Special Guests: Walon Green, Alfonso Arau, Lilia Castillo, Kathryn Jones, Bill Mesce
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Wrapping up 2016, Mike has been a guest on a few terrific shows...
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