Radiodrome
Summary: Radiodrome is a weekly talk show starring Josh Hadley(Lost in the Static), Brad Jones(The Cinema Snob), and featuring Jerrid Foiles(Foil Wrapped Productions) discussing grindhouse and exploitation cinema, big boxes, and movie franchises among various other topics. It began in August of 2009 with Brad and Jerrid hosting; there were 5 episodes (with months long intervals between) made before the project was dropped in February of 2010. In December of 2010 it was announced that Radiodrome would return with new host Josh Hadley on Jackalope Radio as a weekly program with Brad Jones returning as co-host. The first episode premiered on January 6th 2011 and is still running every Thursday night at 9 PM CST via Jackalope’s website and on local radio station 105fm in Kansas City, MO. Special guests have included 42nd Street Pete(42nd Street Pete's Grindhouse) and the prolific LLoyd Kaufman(Troma Entertainment)
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Podcasts:
We look at the year 1975 in film this week... besides Jaws... what other films debuted this year? The good (A Boy and His Dog, Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, The Devil's Rain and Monty Python and the Holy Grail among others) and the bad (Barry Lyndon, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, The Happy Hooker and The Stepford Wives among others). It was a turbulent year and one that marked the start of a new era in hollywood.
Brandon Tenold (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6ELOg-SELapz7QEq6N-vVKMTkw9nHTHq) stops by again to help us look at the 3 great films Tobe Hooper made for Cannon films back in the 80's, Lifeforce, Invaders From Mars and Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2.
When you adapt a book into a movie why is a literal translation impossible? What has to be changed? Does it make the product better? Or worse?
George Romero, John Carpenter, John Landis, Bob Clark, Mel Brooks and so many other great filmmakers had their heyday in the late 70's and early 80's... then the 90's brought only crap from them. Why? What happened to these guys?
When we were kids we didn't notice things in movies, such as that Ferris Beuller is a sociopath or that the guys of Delta House are the villains in Animal House. Lets look at his growing up puts old movies into a new perspective.
With Bill Cosby's arrest, we must take another look at this issue, can you separate the art from the artist?
You have to market a movie to let people know it's out there and to get people interested... but what happens when the downright bizarre marketing is employed? The new trailer for Star Trek: Beyond being a prime example. What the hell was that?
The original 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night film is considered one of the sleaziest slasher films of the decade, but how many of you remember just how psychological and deep it was? How many of you forgot there were 4 sequels and a garbage "remake" .
How did Grindhouse movies make the transition to television? Pete is again going to show you.
Pete is back and gives you some insight into what the VHS bootleg scene of the 80's was like.
There seems to be two extremes when it comes to films these days... low budget and blockbusters with no middle ground. It was not always like this though... what happened to middle class films?
How many people even knew this franchise was still going on? The Howling is a great movie, of that there is no doubt... what about the seven (7!) sequels to it though?
The second episode of Grindhouse Purgatory... Pete takes you back to the greatest street in movie history with his remembrances of the era through his unique perspective. This time we look at how video may have played a part in the demise of the grindhouse...
The first episode of Grindhouse Purgatory... Pete takes you back to the greatest street in movie history with his remembrances of the era through his unique perspective.
The video store was once such a prominent place in our lives... and the new book "I Lost It At The Video Store" (http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Video-Store-Filmmakers-Vanished/dp/1941629156) by Tom Roston looks at how various filmmakers grew up as video store addicts. Cecil, Josh and Petar use that look at the video as a jumping off point to discuss just how much video changed movies.
