Episodes
Friday Feb 23, 2018
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Movie Review
Friday Feb 23, 2018
Friday Feb 23, 2018
Listen to Matt and Steve talk about Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The title is as long as the movie! It was directed by Luc Besson and it stars Dane DeHann, Cara Delevingne and Clive Owen. We also discuss Cloverfield Paradox and What Happen to Monday.
Storyline:
In the Century XXVIII, the space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian and his partner Sergeant Laureline. They are assigned by the Defence Minister to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area.
Film Details:
This film is rated PG-13, has a run-time of 137 minutes and was released in the US on July 21, 2017.
Taglines:
-From the visionary director of The Fifth Element and Lucy
-A universe without boundaries needs heroes without limits.
Directed by: Luc Besson (Fifth Element, Leon: The Professional and Lucy)
Writing Credits:
Pierre Christin (based on the comic book series "Valerian and Laureline")
Jean-Claude Mezieres (based on the comic book series "Valerian and Laureline")
Luc Besson (screenplay)
Cast:
Dane DeHann as Major Valerian (Chronicle and The Amazing Spiderman)
Cara Delevingne as Sergeant Laureline (Suicide Squad)
Clive Owen as Commander Arun Filitt (Children of Men and Inside Man)
Rihanna as Bubble (Battleship and This Is The End)
Ethan Hawke as Jolly the Pimp (Training Day, Purge and Sinister)
Box Office:
Budget: $177.2 Million
Opening Weekend in the US was $17 Million and total gross in the US was $40.4 Million. Cumulative worldwide gross was around $225.8 Million.
Friday Feb 16, 2018
Lost in Space (1998) VHS Movie Review
Friday Feb 16, 2018
Friday Feb 16, 2018
Listen to Matt and Steve discuss New Line's Lost in Space from 1998 where one family goes off in space to save the world or something like that. I mean, they failed, they got lost, everyone is dead back on Earth.
Directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Lacey Chabert, Jack Johnson and Jared Harris.
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Beyond Skyline (2018) Movie Review
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Matt and Steve discuss Beyond Skyline by XYZ Films. This movie was picked for our Future February line up and mostly because of the rad poster.
Beyond Skyline (2017)
Film Details:
Beyond Skyline is rated R, has a runtime of 106 minutes and was released December 15, 2017 in USA.
Storyline:
A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.
Directed by: Liam O’Donnell (First directing credit)
Written by: Liam O’Donnell (Wrote the first Skyline)
Cast:
Frank Grillo as Mark (The Purge: Anarchy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Bojana Novakovic as Audrey (Devil, Drag Me to Hell and Edge of Darkness)
Jonny Weston as Trent (Insurgent and Allegiant)
Callan Mulvey as Harper (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Zero Dark Thirty)
Antonio Fargas as Sarge (Foxy Brown and Shaft)
Pamelyn Chee as Kanya (Prescient and Burn)
Iko Uwais as Sua (The Raid: Redemption, The Raid 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Box Office:
This had a budget of $20 million and had a limited theater release in the US that totaled just under a million. Most people will see this movie on VOD.
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Laser Mission (1989) VHS Movie Review
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Listen to Matt, Steve and special guest Scott Roger, from Horror Movie Night Podcast, talk about this James Bond rip-off. Get ready for bad accents, Pangaea continents, one random ninja, zero lasers and a pop song that never stops!
Laser Mission (1989)
Quick Details:
Laser Mission was originally titled “Solider of Fortune”. This film has a runtime of 84 minutes, is rated R and came out in the US during August of 1990.
Taglines:
- A secret agent. A beautiful accomplice. A daring mission to prevent World War III. One thrilling adventure!
- A race for world power. Who will succeed: CIA or KGB?
- World War III...can he stop it in time?
- The future of the world rests with just one man...
- His assignment: Find the world's most dangerous laser weapon or take the heat. Her assignment: Turn up the heat.
- A deadly new weapon leads to explosive action in the African desert!
- A three way power struggle with one control switch.
Director: BJ Davis (as Beau Davis, it’s French) He’s a stuntman and stunt director and you can tell after watching this movie.
Writers:
- David A. Frank (only credit, fake name?)
- Phillip Gutteridge (only credit, two fake writers?!?)
Cast:
- Brandon Lee as Michael Gold (The Crow) We lost him to soon….
- Debi A. Monahan as Alissa (She’s a Pilates instructor now!)
- Ernest Borgnine as Prof. Braun (Won an Oscar in 1955 for Best Actor in a Leading Role for “Marty” but our listeners probably know him from Escape from New York as Cabbie)
Storyline:
Mercenary Gold is sent from the CIA to seize the laser expert Braun in Cuba, before the KGB catches him. A recently stolen giant diamond could be used together with Braun's knowledge to construct a laser cannon which could bring power over the whole world. Who will succeed: CIA or KGB - or none of them?
Soundtrack:
Mercenary Man written by David Knopfler (this is the only song you ever need to listen to again)