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Movie Meltdown

Summary: News, reviews and interviews about your favorite thing - Movies.

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 James Katz : Preserving Film History | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:20:19

This week we welcome our special guest James Katz. James is the former President and Founder of the Universal Pictures Classics Division. He has worked in many different areas over the years, including film distribution, publicity, marketing and working as a producer and as executive producer on several films. But more then anything James has made a monumental impact on film history through his preservation and re-release of five Alfred Hitchcock’s films in the early 1980s.

 The Meltdown Tales of Halloween | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 04:10

This week we settle in for our annual Halloween party... and this time it's at a house that has actually been exorcised!! So listen as well tell scary stories about demons and marriage and Tom Cruise. (Those may or may not all be the same story.) Then grab some candy and join us as we discuss this creepy holiday edition of Sofa Theater with an in-depth discussion of "Tales of Halloween".

 Crowing all Around the Block | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:41:05

This week we are coming to you "live" from ScareFest as we discuss October fun, seasonal foods and lame childhood memories. Plus we welcome this week's special guest to join us not only for this week's Sofa Theater segment - but also for coffee and doughnuts. Yes, we sit down with Bill Corbett to discuss Mystery Science Theater 3000, Rifftrax and this week's movie "Attack the Block".

 Getting LUCKY at The Kentucky | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:30:24

This week we are coming to you "live" from The Kentucky Theater for the kick-off of Harry Dean Stanton Fest and the red carpet premiere of Lucky. And we are glad to welcome this week's special guest John Carroll Lynch, an impressive actor in his own right as well as the director of Lucky. We also discuss Fargo, Zodiac, The Invitation, The Founder, the disenfranchisement of America and the real reason people are joining cults.

 The Invitation to a Cult Movie Renaissance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:44:21

This week we visit the Cincinnati Comic Expo and discuss some of the goings-on at the event, as well as this week's Sofa Theater feature: Karyn Kusama's "The Invitation". Plus we ask... what's up with all the indie movies about cults this Millenium?

 The Starsky Generation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:06:08

This week we return to our coverage "live" from Fandomfest as we sit down with our special guest... Paul Michael Glaser! We discuss everything from Fiddler on the Roof to Starsky & Hutch. We go into his different roles over the years from acting to directing to writing.

 Days of The Blackcoat's Daughter | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:48:01

This week we are coming to you "live" from Days of the Dead: Louisville as we discuss some run-ins with the guests plus a few of our recent viewings... all before settling into this week's Sofa Theater feature: The Blackcoat's Daughter. The long-awaited first feature directed by Osgood Perkins and starring our beloved crazy-head Emma Roberts and Lucy Boynton.

 Baring your Beauty Mark | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 56:42

This week we welcome our special guests director Harris Doran and actress Catherine Curtin to discuss the making of their film "Beauty Mark". Plus we reminisce about a recent visit to Hollywood Forever Cemetary and discuss s few films that have been shot in our neighborhoods over the years.

 Logan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 06:17

This week we continue with our Super Series exclusively for our Meltdown Club members, as we discuss Logan - the grim finale to the Wolverine story arc. And with such a radically different approach to comic book movies, we look at how this film affects all the previous movies featuring Wolverine? And in general... are we ok with heroes that kill? Plus we examine our thoughts on The Defenders and our first impressions of the new version of The Tick.

 Doin' The Raccoon with Sean Gunn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:23:41

This week we are coming to you "live" from Fandomfest as we sit down with our special guest... Sean Gunn! These days he's playing Kraglin, as well as the on-set Rocket Raccoon, in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, but we also discuss growing up in his family full of (these days) writers and performers. We delve into his early film roles working in the Troma Entertainment world and address possibly his most recognizable role as Kirk from Gilmore Girls.

 Memoirs of Tyler MacIntyre | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:11:55

This week we welcome special guest director Tyler MacIntyre to talk to us about his latest feature Tragedy Girls. Plus we discuss his first film Patchwork, the finer points of being an editor in addition to being a director... and just what draws fans to the horror genre. And along the way, we also discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: Memoirs of an Invisible Man the sometimes forgotten film directed by John Carpenter.

 A Taste of Most Beautiful Island | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:04:20

This week we return to the Flyover Film Fest for their Taste of Flyover festivities. Plus we sit down with Ana Asensio the writer, director and star of Most Beautiful Island (winner of Grand Jury Award at South by Southwest this year).

 Out on the Veranda with Vincent Grashaw | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:14:49

This week we kick-off our coverage of the Flyover Film Festival as we sit out on the veranda and talk with director Vincent Grashaw. Vincent's latest feature And Then I Go just made its worldwide premiere at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival before coming to Flyover.

 Attack of *repeat repeat | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:23:34

This week we are coming to you "live" from Forecastle music festival. Where we hang out and build a soundtrack from the great line-up of bands on hand. Plus we sit down with our special guests *repeat repeat. They are an amazing band from Nashville who deliver spooky, surf-tinged pop with undeniable punk rock roots. Plus we discuss not just their musical origins, but also what movies they loved growing up as well as some of their favorite songs featured on a soundtrack.

 How about a Date with Phil Lamarr? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:08:44

How about a Date with Phil Lamarr?

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