Episodes
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Mortal Kombat VHS Movie Review
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Matt and Steve discuss another New Line 90’s movie with an amazing look, that movie is Mortal Kombat!!!!
Podcast Time code:
00:00 Welcome and our experience with the Mortal Kombat game
05:02 VHS Box Art
09:44 Crew and Cast
21:56 Trailer and Movie Breakdown
47:28 Behind the Scenes & The Animated Film
59:41 What’s going in our Museum?
01:02:12 What’s Next?
Cast/Crew/Notes
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Produced by Lawrence Kasanoff
Based on Mortal Kombat by Midway Games
Starring
- Christopher Lambert as Raiden, god of thunder and protector of Earthrealm who guides the warriors on their journey. He desires to aid the heroes in defending Earthrealm, but as he himself is not mortal, he is not permitted to participate in the tournament and may only advise them and act to prevent cheating.
- Robin Shou as Liu Kang, a former Shaolin monk, who enters the tournament to avenge his brother's death. He is also Kitana's love interest and among the first who notice her sympathy towards Earthrealm. As in most of the games in the Mortal Kombat series, Liu Kang is the main protagonist. This was Shou's second American film, as his last American role was in 1990, for the made-for-television film Forbidden Nights.
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung, a powerful, sadistic and treacherous demon sorcerer, he is the film's main antagonist who killed Liu Kang's brother Chan. Tagawa was the filmmakers' first and only choice for the role; he was instantly selected after he came to his audition in costume, and read his lines while standing on a chair.
- Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage, a Hollywood superstar that enters the tournament to prove to the world that his skills are for real. He is also Sonya's love interest. Ashby trained in karate and tae kwon do especially for this film. Despite the intensity of the fight scenes coupled with the actors performing most of their own stunts, on-set injuries were surprisingly minimal; the only notable occurrence was a mildly bruised kidney Ashby suffered while shooting Cage's fight scene with Scorpion.
- Bridgette Wilson as Sonya Blade, an American Special Forces officer from Austin, Texas who's in hot pursuit of Kano, the criminal who killed her partner. She is also Johnny's love interest. Cameron Diaz was originally set to play Sonya, but she broke her wrist during a martial arts training session prior to shooting and was replaced by Wilson, who was jokingly nicknamed "RoboBabe" during production by director Paul W. S. Anderson. Wilson performed all her own stunts, including fight scenes.
Release Date: August 18, 1995
Budget: 18 Million
Box Office: 122.1 Million
Friday Apr 20, 2018
Rampage Movie Review
Friday Apr 20, 2018
Friday Apr 20, 2018
Matt and Steve discuss a big/dumb/fun movie with the Rock, a giant Gorilla, a flying wolf and a massive dinosaur alligator smashing Chicago!
Episode Timecodes:
05:05 Rampage Movie Details
10:39 Trailer & then Movie Breakdown
13:43 Spoiler discussion
33:00 Behind the Scenes
34:54 Nerd News
37:37 What Did You Watch?
42:19 Next Week
Rampage Details
Directed by Brad Peyton (Cats & Dogs 2, Journey 2 and San Andreas)
Produced by
- Brad Peyton
- Beau Flynn (Marley Sheltons wife) (San Andreas, Hercules and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, as well as critically acclaimed independent films like Requiem for a Dream and Tigerland)
Screenplay by
- Ryan Engle
- Carlton Cuse (Also wrote San Andreas and Executive Producer on Lost)
- Ryan J. Condal
- Adam Sztykiel (Wrote the Screenplay for Due Date and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip)
Story by Ryan Engle Based on Rampage by Midway Games (Warner Bros bought them in 2009)
Starring
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Davis Okoye, a primatologist and head of an anti-poaching unit. (Did another video game movie “Doom”)
- Naomie Harris as Dr. Kate Caldwell, a discredited genetic engineer who teams up with Okoye. (Moneypenny from Bond)
- Malin Åkerman as Claire Wyden, the woman responsible for the infection and mutation of George, Ralph, and Lizzie with the mutagenic serum for Project: Rampage. (Played Silk Spectre II from Watchmen and Final Girls)
- Jake Lacy as Brett Wyden, Claire’s dimwitted brother and PR for the company (The Office and HBO’s Girls)
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Harvey Russell, a government agent who works for an agency called OGA, nicknamed the Cowboy (Negan on Walking Dead, The Comedian in Watchmen and Grey’s Anatomy)
- Joe Manganiello as Burke, the leader of a private military group (True Blood and Magic Mike films)
Edited by Bob Ducsay (same guy who did Star Wars the Last Jedi)
Production company
- New Line Cinema (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit Films, Rush Hour films, Austin Power films, TMNT, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask)
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (Merged with New Line in 2008)
Release date
- April 13, 2018 (United States)
Running time: 107 minutes
Budget $120 million
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Super Mario Bros. the Movie (1993) VHS Movie Review
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Matt and Steve discuss a super flop from 1993 and do we ever go long! There's just too much to talk about with this extreme 90's movie.
Film Details
- Released on May 28, 1993 in the US, rated PG and had a runtime of 104 minutes
- Taglines:
Anything is possible, You just gotta believe in it…
A Bright, Clamorous Extravaganza!
This Ain’t No Game, It’s a Live-Action Thrill Ride!
This Ain’t No Game! - Can Two Plumbers Save the World From Going Down the Drain?
- Directors: Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton (co creators and directors of Max Headroom (an AI host portrayed by Matt Frewer), they also did a lot of Music Videos)
- Writers: Everyone considering there was 7 flipping scripts. The main three on IMDB are Parker Bennett (Mystery Date, The Thief and the Cobbler), Terry Runte (Mystery Date, The Thief and the Cobbler) and Ed Solomon (Bell & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Men in Black).
- Cast:
Bob Hoskins as Mario Mario (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mermaids)
John Leguizamo as Luigi Mario (Spawn, Voice of Sid in Ice Age, Land of the Dead)
Dennis Hopper as King Koopa (Hoosiers, Speed, Waterworld and TCM 2)
Samantha Mathis as Princess Peach (Little Woman, Broken Arrow, American Psycho)
Fisher Stevens as Iggy (The Burning, Short Circuit and Hackers)
Richard Edson as Spike (Ferris Bueller’s Day off and Do the Right Thing)
Fiona Shaw as Lena (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy, Harry Potter)
Featuring Mojo Nixon as Toad and Lance Henriksen as the King - Music by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Predator, The Avengers)
- Produced by Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields, Fat Man and Little Boy, The Scarlet Letter)
- Art/Production Designer (Blade Runner, Demolition Man and Soldier (1998 Russell))
- Production Co: Hollywood Pictures (Disney owned) & Lightmotive (One False Move: Written by Billy Bob Thornton and starring Bill Paxton)
- Distributed by Buena Vista (Disney)
Movie Breakdown (Scenes to Highlight)
- The odd 8 bit prologue (That’s Dan Castellaneta or Homer Simpson)
- Intro of Mario & Luigi
- Her name is Daisey? Where is Princess Peach? Digging for Dinosaur bones under the Brooklyn Bridge? Whatever
- Dinner (I thought you had no money)
- Why is he called King Koopa, where the F*CK is Bowser!?!
- Thoughts on Dinohatten (How did they get this from a bright and colorful video game?)
- Old Lady gets tossed over a bridge, WTF?
- Why is Toad a protestor?
- Police Station and name reveal
- So Goomba’s are giant body/small head creatures? Not Mushroom minions?
- Electric Cars (Mad Max)
- Night Club Scene (Really needs a Iggy and Spike Rap)
- Why does Koopa keep the King alive? Just kill him...
- Lena is wearing what must be the tightest dress ever
- Why did he make Iggy and Spike smarter?
- Why is Koopa such a germ freak?
- Why can Daisy merge the worlds? She’s Royalty, that’s all I’m getting.
- Did Lena just stab Yoshi????!!!!!
- At least there’s a desert world like in Mario 3
- Finally their costumes!!!
- The elevator scene is so weird but I giggled
- Why is everyone so calm about Koopa and Goopas appearing out of nowhere and turning Scapelli into a chimp, with a Super Scope 6, then calling him a monkey.
- Finally that Bob-omb came into play
- So Mario and Luigi turn Koopa into a T-Rex but he can’t take it and he turns into slim? LAME, We get no giant dinosaur fight!
- Wait, why can’t Luigi stay with Daisy? You’re a broke plummer on Earth, F that, stay with the Princess and rule that place!
- Ha, they really thought this was going to be a franchise!?
- Post End Credits: The Super Koopa Cousins, Sure
Friday Apr 06, 2018
Ready Player One and Pacific Rim: Uprising Movie Review
Friday Apr 06, 2018
Friday Apr 06, 2018
Matt and Steve discuss a movie so packed with nostalgia that it should have been called, “Remember that? The Movie!”. We also watched Pacific Rim: Uprising, the sequel made for China! Stay tuned to the end to hear more on Windy City Horrorama, What We Watched and What’s Next on the podcast.
Our Show Notes:
- 01:10 Ready Player One Trailer and Notes
- 14:10 Pacific Rim: Uprising Trailer and Notes
- 26:28 Nerd News: More on Windy City Horrorama Film Festival and What We Watched
- 33:05 What’s Next
Ready Player One (2018)
This movie is rated PG-13 with a runtime of 140 minutes and it was released March 29, 2018 in US theaters.
Storyline:
In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone-the only limits are your own imagination. The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance), who left his immense fortune and total control of the Oasis to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir. When Wade conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends-aka the High Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS.
Taglines:
- A better reality awaits.
- Break Free
Director: Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Jaws)
Writers:
- Zak Penn (Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men 2)
- Ernest Cline (Wrote the Novel this movie is based on)
Cast:
- Tye Sheridan as Wade/Parzival (X-Men: Apocalypse, Joe, Mud)
- Olivia Cooke as Samantha/Art3mis (Ouija, The Signal, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
- Ben Mendelsohn as Sorrento (The Dark Knight Rises, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
- Lena Waithe as Helen/Aech (Master of None, The Chi, Dear White People)
- J. Miller as I-ROk (Silicon Valley, Cloverfield, Big Hero 6, Deadpool)
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
This movie is rated PG-13 with a runtime of 111 minutes and it was released March 23, 2018 in US theaters.
Storyline:
Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.
Tagline: Rise up.
Director: Steven S. DeKnight (Produced Daredevil, Smallville and Angel) This is his feature-film directorial debut.
Writers:
- Emily Carmichael (screenplay)
- Kira Snyder (screenplay)
- Steven S. DeKnight (screenplay & story)
- S. Nowlin (screenplay & story)
Cast:
- John Boyega as Jake Pentecost (Star Wars 7 and 8, Attack the Block and Detroit)
- Scott Eastwood as Nate Lambert (Suicide Squad, The Fate of the Furious and The Longest Ride)
- Cailee Spaeny as Amara Namani (The Shoes)
- Burn Gorman as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb (The Dark Knight Rises, Crimson Peak and Torchwood)
- Charlie Day as Dr. Newton Geiszler (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Horrible Bosses and The Lego Movie)
- Tian Jeng as Liwen Shao (Kong: Skull Island, The Great Wall and Special ID)
- Jin Zhang as Marshal Quan (The Grandmaster and The Expendables 2)
- Adria Arjona as Jules Reyes (Emerald City and True Detective)