Missing Real with Mike D'Arrigo
Great movies take their place in history, but what about all the "turkeys" and disastrous flops littering the vast cinematic cesspool? If you really love movies, then what does it matter if a particular film won eight Oscars or eight Razzies? Sometimes over-the-top hammy acting, laughably choreographed fight sequences and rubber monster FX outdo even the most lavish productions in the Academy Awards echelon. So, whether it's an unsurpassed masterpiece or a piece of something else, every movie I talk about in this podcast is near and dear to my heart. Some you will know well, some you'd be well...
Season 7 Episode 1: Avatar
What seemed like a pretty goofy premise somehow became a worldwide blockbuster in 2009: a big-budget movie about tall blue cat people riding pterodactyls through floating mountains and speaking some made-up tree-huggy language. WTF??? But we loved it, huh? Avatar was a hit! Finally James Cameron could go back to making entertaining movies again and snap out of his lunatic Jacques Cousteau underwater wet dream documentary phase. He's even been hard at work for the last decade making a whole bunch of sequels, but thankfully I work a little faster and I've recorded this fascinating audio adventure that will bring back...
Season 11 Episode 6: The Amityville Horror
Ever have unwelcome guests that just won't leave? Well, there was once a house that would actually order you to "Get out!!" Not with Alexa or some A.I. butler, the house itself! Of course, it was haunted, so that's worth mentioning. Back in 1979, we had this extremely popular (and supposedly true) story of a haunted house, and The Amityville Horror swept the cinemas! I was too busy recovering from the trauma of watching Alien as a kid to really see this movie until it was on TV sometime after, but it still conjured some fear in my youthful soul...
Season 11 Episode 5: Superman (2025)
Aw, what have you done, Gunn?!? Superman is supposed to be impervious to bullets, but somehow you've managed to shoot down the greatest superhero in the world! From another world! Of the various iterations of the Man of Steel, this latest one's more of a little tin god. At least he's got a dog, who basically steals the movie. I went into it with an open mind, I left it mindless. What went wrong??? Here to help answer that burning question is my very own cinematic Justice League of David Franklin and Dave Chan. Have a listen to our nerdy b...
Season 11 Episode 4: Saturn 3
Some THING is wrong. On Missing Real. So...are you intrigued? Concerned? That was more or less the menacing tagline I heard on the TV commercials back when this cheap sci-fi shlock was out in the theaters. I didn't see it until I rented the VHS tape from Blockbuster (speaking of: this movie sure wasn't one!) and saw what the big deal was. One good sign was that it starred pinup favorite and Charlie's Angel Farrah Fawcett. The legendary Kirk Douglas was on board as well. And some fellow named Harvey Keitel, who I'd never heard of, or HEARD, so I sim...
