The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast

This week I am joined by Brant and Andrew of IT'S ALL GEEK TO ME PODCAST. We discuss the action/comedy LAST ACTION HERO!

Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien) takes comfort in watching action movies featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger). After being given a magic ticket by theater manager Nick (Robert Prosky), Danny is sucked into the screen and bonds with Slater. When evil fictional villain Benedict (Charles Dance) gets his hands on the ticket and enters the real world, Danny and Jack must follow and...

This week I am joined by Jon and Roy of the YOURS, MINE & THEIRS podcast. We discuss evil children in movies - covering THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, THE GOOD SON and SPIDER BABY. Be sure to like and subscribe to their show - and thank you for your continued support!

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This week I am joined by FROM BENEATH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN, a podcast dedicated to the love and lore of Classic Hollywood! We discuss our picks for "ALTERNATIVE OSCARS" for nominees and winners of the 1941 Oscars Ceremony! Are there any on your list that didn't make the cut?

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This week I am joined by Josuha of the SALT LAKE ACTION CINEMA SOCIETY - a local organization that screens classic action films, obscure foreign films and direct to video discoveries every month at one of Salt Lake's coolest venues. We discuss the origins of the society - as well as some of it's best screenings - then finish off the conversation with a list of action films that we would have liked to have seen sequels made!

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This week I am joined by my friend Phil of THE MAKING TARANTINO PODCAST. We discuss a double feature of Manhunt Movies - HARD TARGET and SURVIVING THE GAME. Which one is your favorite?

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This week we bring you a very special Valentine's Day episode! My friend Josh Skaar of TALKING SMAC brought one of his favorite romantic comedies to the show - ABOUT TIME.

When Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) is 21, his father (Bill Nighy) tells him a secret: The men in their family can travel through time. Although he can't change history, Tim resolves to improve his life by getting a girlfriend. He meets Mary (Rachel McAdams), falls in love and finally wins her heart via time-travel and a little cunning. However, as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds that...

This week I am joined by my good friend Mario DeAngelis - local filmmaker, producer and writer here in Salt Lake City, UT. We tackle the task of being "Studio Execs" - pitching ideas for the next great TV to Film Adaptation. Will it be a big screen version of ALF? Or will it be a live action horror version of Disney's GARGOYLES? Listen and find out!

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This week I am joined by Kevin and Erin of THE PODCAST THAT WOULDN'T DIE!

We are discussing the 1987 cult favorite (?) MY DEMON LOVER. starring SCOTT VALENTINE!

Denny, a young woman with bad luck in meeting the right men, meets Kaz, a homeless street musician and thinks she may have found the one. However, little does she know about a curse that turns him into a demon when he is aroused.

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This week I am joined by my friend Steven Hayes to discuss parallels in pop culture and the films that they may have spawned from. I quiz him on some I found online - then we discuss some of our own in this fun break from the usual movie content. Enjoy!

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This week i am joined by Rachel of RACHEL'S REVIEWS and the HALLMARKIES PODCAST.

As Utah Locals, we love and appreciate the Sundance Film Festival in more ways than you can imagine - so with the looming possibility of us losing the fest in the next couple years - we took the time to share our favorite memories of the festival over the last 30 years.

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This week I am joined by Chris and Elle of SPOIL MY MOVIE! We discuss the cult favorite TANGO & CASH - and why the nostalgia glasses are foggy for us.

Police officers Ray Tango (Sylvester Stallone) and Gabe Cash (Kurt Russell) are narcotics experts working to bring down drug lord Yves Perret (Jack Palance). In an attempt to stymie their efforts, Perret sets up Tango and Cash, making it look as if they've killed an FBI agent. Arrested and put in prison, the two cops formulate an escape plan and, once out, team up with Tango's exotic...

This week I am joined by my pal Jesse Wroe - film programmer for BREWVIES CINEMA PUB'S "FILM BUFF" SERIES.

We each brought our top 5 discoveries of 2024 to the show - and discuss why we picked them. Its an OBSCURE list to be sure! To help you keep track - here are the films we discuss so you can find them for your viewing pleasure!

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I finish of 2024 with a special "best of" episode. I have included some of my favorite moments from the show - featuring SPOIL MY MOVIE, CASTING VIEWS, MOVIES ON WEED, DOOM GENERATION, YOURS/MINE/THEIRS, CRAIG MCNEIL, DIANE FRANKLIN, ALAN RUDOLPH and my friend SCOTT - THE CHURCH OF TARANTINO PODCAST. Thanks for the support in 2024 and I'll see you in 2025!

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This week i bring my friend Scott- "THE REV" of THE CHURCH OF TARANTINO PODCAST - a show dedicated to deconstructing QT's films. We take turns exchanging "gifts" from the QT universe for the 12 days of Christmas. Check it out!

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This week I am joined by my friend Brett of DISSECT THAT FILM to discuss the 3rd volume of our DEPALMA FILES series. This times we line up a sleazy double feature of DRESSED TO KILL and BODY DOUBLE!

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This week I am joined by Callum Sinclair of ONCE UPON A VHS PODCAST!

We discuss the double feature of AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and KONRAD (1985) - two films about manufactured children and how the change the lives of people around them.

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This week I am joined by DAN from CASTING VIEWS podcast to discuss an 80's British Crime Film double feature. We cover LOOPHOLE (1981) and THE HIT (1984).

In LOOPHOLE - An architect (Martin Sheen) shows the mastermind (Albert Finney) of a motley gang how to reach a London bank vault by sewer.

In THE HIT - A decade after Willie Parker acts as an informant to the police and causes trouble for other gangsters, he is kidnapped and taken to Paris to be executed. However, more trouble follows.

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This week I a m joined by Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers - founders and operators of DEAF CROCODILE - a boutique label dedicated to world cinema and obscure animation. We discuss the company, it's origins, and the excitement surrounding the upcoming release of their restoration of the long lost German animated film FELIDAE.

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This week I am joined by Adam Zeller of the AVP GALAXY NETWORK and PODCAST. We discuss the films in the Alien Universe - and how they have evolved over the years.

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This week I had the honor of reviewing SHOUT FACTORY'S new 4k restoration of 1999's BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS! Not only that - I got to speak with the man himself, ALAN RUDOLPH - director of the film!

A portrait of a fictional town in the mid west that is home to a group of idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic characters. Dwayne Hoover is a wealthy car dealership owner that's on the brink of suicide and is losing touch with reality.

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This week I am joined by Rob of THE CINEMIGOS!

We discuss COLLIDER'S TOP 10 90'S HORROR list, what they got right, what they got wrong, and what we think sould have been on the list! Check it out!

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This week I am joined by Logan Hedrick of VIDEO VILLA ENTERTAINMENT - a podcast and channel dedicated to retro cinema and pop culture!

We discuss the films NIGHT OF THE COMET and NIGHT OF THE CREEPS! Two 80's horror classics that deserve their place in history! Check it out!

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This week I am joined by local filmmaker, producer and all around great guy MARIO DEANGELIS to discuss FILMQUEST - the amazing local film festival coming to VELOUR in PROVO, UT October 24th - November 2nd!

We discuss the festivals origins, the local film festival scene, and the project that Mario will be showcasing at the fest this year!

Tickets for FILMQUEST: http://www.filmquestfest.com/

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This week I am joined by Doug of GOOD TIMES, GREAT MOVIES PODCAST to discuss the underrated horror film, HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT 2!!

Decades after promiscuous teen Mary Lou Maloney (Lisa Schrage) dies during a prank gone wrong, she returns as a spirit out for revenge and eager to punish the culprit, her one-time boyfriend, Billy Nordham (Michael Ironside), who is now high-school principal. Evil Mary Lou is perfectly content to kill other locals, and she eventually possesses the body of prom queen contender Vicki Carpenter (Wendy Lyon), which allows her to wreak even more havoc.<...

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We bring you a very special episode featuring BREWVIES CINEMA PUB "Film Buff" Programmer JESSE WROE.

We discuss the line up of October's FILM BUFF SERIES - and all the fantastic and obscure films he's bringing to the big screen. FILM BUFF is every Monday night at 9pm at BREWVIES CINEMA PUB!

If you're not a SLC local - play along and find these films online or on physical media -let us see your LETTERBOXD REVIEWS!

BREWVIES FILM BUFF CALENDAR:

- 10/7 "Lovecraftian Creature Features" 1. In the Mouth...

This week I have special guest GALEN HOWARD on the show to discuss GET CRAZY!

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.

Hear our thoughts on this crazy film!

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This week I am joined by Eric of CINEMA FORCE!!

We discuss Peter Hunt's DEATH HUNT!

Isolated Yukon trapper Albert Johnson (Charles Bronson) stumbles upon a dog fight and saves the losing canine from death, but animal-owner Hazel (Ed Lauter) and his friends attack Albert for breaking up the scuffle. One of Hazel's pals is killed in the brawl with Albert, and a group of Canadian Mounties, led by Sgt. Edgar Millen (Lee Marvin), shows up to intervene. Hazel claims that Albert was the instigator, so the trapper flees, and the mounties pursue him through...

This week I had the extreme pleasure of talking with cinema icon Diane Franklin - star of such films as LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN, BETTER OFF DEAD and BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. We talk about her journey from being discovered to her decades long career starring in some of the most iconic films spanning across multiple genres.

Thank you Diane! You're one of a kind!

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This week I am joined by Craig MacNeil of CRAIG & FRIENDS! We discuss two obscure Ken Russell biopics: MAHLER and VALENTINO!

In Mahler:

After time away spent conducting at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) is returning to Austria by train with his wife, Alma (Georgina Hale). Over the course of the journey, he has occasion to reflect upon the significant moments of his life. Among others, Mahler dwells on memories of his overbearing father, of his once buoyant but now failing relationship with Alma and of the anti-Semitism that dogged...

This week my guest Justin Henson of THE MOVIE WIRE discuss the next 2 films in our back to school special: MY BODY GUARD and GET OVER IT!

In My Bodyguard - Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) is a sensitive, well-to-do teen who becomes the target of bully Melvin Moody (Matt Dillon) after he starts attending a new school. Tired of being picked on, Clifford recruits brooding tough kid Ricky Linderman (Adam Baldwin) to be his bodyguard. While this initially works, and Clifford and Linderman form an unlikely friendship, soon circumstances strain their bond. As Clifford is forced to...

We're back!! Welcome to the new season of THE CULTWORTHY! We kick things off with part one of our BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL! This episode we bring Bob Giraldi's HIDING OUT starring John Cryer and Kieth Coogan, and BIG MAN ON CAMPUS starring Allen Katz and Melora Hardin. My guest of course is Justin Henson of THE MOVIE WIRE and my other show BACK 2 THE BALCONY!

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This week we bring you another Vintage episode! I covered the 1964 film ONIBABA with special guest, Ian of CULT CONNECTIONS podcast.

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman (Nobuko Otowa) and her daughter-in-law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi (Kei Satô). The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a...

This week I bring you a vintage episode from nearly 3 years ago - when I discusses the film FREAKS - directed by TOD BROWNING- with my good friend Mike Jones!

When trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova) learns that circus midget Hans (Harry Earles) has an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive performer, all the while planning to steal his fortune and run off with her lover, strong man Hercules (Henry Victor). When Hans' friends and fellow performers discover what is going on, they band together and carry out a brutal revenge that leaves Hercules and Cleopatra knowing...

In this very special VINTAGE EPISODE - we revisit our episode on ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN - with special guests ; Scott and Frankie of SHOOT THE FLICK PODCAST!

In the first of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's horror vehicles for Universal Pictures, the inimitable comic duo star as railway baggage handlers in northern Florida. When a pair of crates belonging to a house of horrors museum are mishandled by Wilbur (Lou Costello), the museum's director, Mr. MacDougal (Frank Ferguson), demands that they deliver them personally so that they can be inspected for insurance purposes, but Lou's...

This week we bring you another great Vintage Episode! We discussed "Django" with Melissa of THE GOOD EVENING KIDDIES PODCAST.

Sergio Corbucci's Grand Guignol spaghetti western is set on the USA-Mexican border just after the Civil War. Django, an ex-Union soldier, wreaks bloody vengeance on the Ku Klux Klan.

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This week I bring you another great vintage episode! I was joined by Raphael of THE GEEKY DAD PODCAST to discuss BATMAN 1966!

Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman ... one based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960's television series. Watch Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) battle sharks, Catwoman, The Joker and The Riddler on the big screen. Can they try to prevent the bad guys from taking over the world? With a wham! and a pow! and a zip! ... our heroes just might win.

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This week we bring you a vintage episode! My guest John Madsen of the YOURS, MINE AND THEIRS podcast. We discuss the epic KING CREOLE starring Elvis Presley and Directed by Michael Curtiz!

Denied his high school diploma because of a schoolyard fight, Danny Fisher (Elvis Presley) is unsure how he's going to support himself and his unemployed father (Dean Jagger). He briefly flirts with a life of crime before a club owner (Paul Stewart) hears him singing and offers him a job. Things look promising until rival club owner and Danny's former boss, Maxie (Walter Matthau...

This week I say SEE YOU SOON as I take the next 2 months off for summer break! I will publish "vintage episodes" until our return in September - so stay tuned in!

Today's episode is the recording of our appearance on LIVESTREAM FOR THE CURE back in May. It's our 3rd year on the program and we had a blast raising money for cancer research. We discuss the films we've reviewed over the past 3 years and reflect on why we love doing the podcast! You can donate all year to LIVESTREAM FOR THE CURE in the links...

This week i am joined by John and Roy of the YOURS, MINE AND THEIRS PODCAST - we discuss The Fantastic World of DC Collins, The Peanut Butter Solution and Hansel and Gretel. We talk the good, the bad and weird in this fun filled episode. Check it out!

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This week I am joined by Justin Henson of THE MOVIE WIRE PODCAST and Josh Wilson of SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THE WILSON'S PODCAST to discuss our favorite cinema dads - and who win's in our "dad battle" based on a poll to our listeners.

We put FURIOUS STYLES from BOYZ IN THE HOOD, DARTH VADER and ARMAND GOLDMAN from THE BIRDCAGE to the test! Who comes out on top? Listen and find out!

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