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Summer Blockbuster!?!

Summer Blockbuster!?!

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 A podcast that examines those odd films that had no business being released in the blockbuster summer months. Art
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  • Ep. #123-Longtime Companion

    Ep. #123-Longtime Companion
    Jul 1 2021
    This week, as Pride Month comes to a close, we take on a landmark film in the gay cinema canon, 1990’s LONGTIME COMPANION, directed by Norman Rene. The first mainstream movie to tackle the AIDS epidemic, we discuss if this gentle ensemble drama still holds up today, and if it deserves to be discovered by … Continue reading Ep. #123-Longtime Companion →
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Ep. #122-Buddy

    Ep. #122-Buddy
    Jun 13 2021
    This week, we take on 1997’s extremely bizarre true-life tale BUDDY, directed by Caroline Thompson. Rene Russo plays an animal-loving socialite who accepts a gorilla into her home. Once grown, she dresses it in a three-piece suit and basically forces it to become her servant, in a move co-host Luke describes as “a stunning critique … Continue reading Ep. #122-Buddy →
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Ep. #121-Streets of Fire

    Ep. #121-Streets of Fire
    May 8 2021
    This week, we take on 1984’s STREETS OF FIRE, directed by Walter Hill, a film that opens by helpfully describing itself as a “rock fable.” Without the guidance, it would be hard to know what the hell to label this thing, a genre mash-up including everything from dystopic wastelands to ’50’s greasers to western showdowns … Continue reading Ep. #121-Streets of Fire →
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    1 hr and 24 mins
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