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Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 219: Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeOriginal broadcast date May 6, 2016. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2016/05/review-bvs/
Well it's been a month and here at Movie Issues HQ the crew has finally digested enough of BVS to be able to sit down and talk about it. So that's what this week brings. We hit the high notes, which there are some, and all the low notes, which there are countless amounts of. So please listen as we discuss Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
2021-06-011h 05Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 218: Exit to EdenOriginal broadcast date April 22, 2016. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2016/04/movie-issues-exit-to-eden/
This week the crew sits down and watched one of the worst movies ever made, 1994 Exit to Eden. You remember! The one where Rosie O'Donnell and Dan Aykroyed are cops who go undercover at a BDSM Sex Island. Yea, that one! It's so bad. Two movies in one and neither movie is good. So please download and enjoy all this crazy.
2021-06-011h 00Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 217: Seventh SonOriginal broadcast date April 8, 2016. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2016/04/movie-issues-seventh-son/
This week the crew gets down and dirty and goes on adventure with the 2015 fantasy flick, Seventh Son. The movie where Julianne Moore plays the queen of evil witches, who escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter, Jeff Bridges, decades ago. He must hunt her down and destroy her before she turns the world into darkness. He recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him. Yea.... it's one of those. Fun special effects, decent...
2021-06-0152 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 216: The Batman Superman Movie: World's FinestOriginal broadcast date March 25, 2016. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2016/03/movie-issues-the-batman-superman-movie-worlds-finest/
So this weekend Batman v Superman finally opens after two years in the making. If you go and find yourself disappointed for whatever reasons at least you can come home and watch this 1998 direct to video movie: The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest, the first meeting of The Dark Knight and The Man of Steel in the animated world, and I'm sure it's still a better watch than the movie you saw this weekend. So please download and we discuss this movie and...
2021-06-0152 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 215: Summer Movies 2016Original broadcast date <arch 4, 2016. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2016/03/movie-issues-summer-movies-2016/
This week the crew sits down and goes over the biggest summer movies of 2016 they're most looking forward to, or not. They go month by month and hit the big flicks everyone has been waiting for. So please download, sit back and enjoy.
2021-05-311h 03Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 214: Star Trek: First ContactOriginal broadcast date February 19, 2016. The original podcast post is here:
This week the crew sits back and enjoys Star Trek: First Contact. Or as most people will know it as, "The one with The Borg". Yes, that one. We follow Captain Picard and crew as they go back in time to stop The Borg from changing the past to ensure their win over humanity in the future. Considered one of the better Trek films in the franchise. So please download and enjoy!
2021-05-311h 05Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 213: WestworldOriginal broadcast date February 6, 2016. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2016/02/movie-issues-westworld/
This week the crew decided to watch the 1973 sci-fi classic cult flick, Westworld. It may be a cult classic, but it isn't good. Great concept followed by worse execution. So please download and join us as we try to understand what's happening in Westworld.
2021-05-3154 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 212: Best Movies of 2015Original broadcast date January 29, 2016. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2016/01/movie-issues-best-movies-of-2015/
It's a new year and it's time for a new Movie Issues! Leland is back to talk trash about good and bad movies, bringing along a new cast of crazy cohosts that are just as movie crazed as he is. For this new/first episode of 2016 we say goodbye to David Bowie, Alan Rickman and then the guys recount some of the best movies of 2015. So please download and enjoy.
2021-05-311h 23Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 211: All good things.....Original broadcast date November 27, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/11/movie-issues-all-good-things/
All good things must come to an end sooner or later. We here at Movie Issues HQ are turning off the lights. It's been great fun and we look forward to coming back sometime in 2016, but until then please enjoy this crazy news filled episode as we close up shop. Thank you for listening.
2021-05-3150 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 210: John WickOriginal broadcast date November 13, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/11/movie-issues-john-wick/
This week the guys get their action on by watches the only movie about a pet being killed and the killing spree the owner goes on for revenge. That's right we watched John Wick. Last years action sleeper hit that took the world by storm. So please download, sit back and relax and listen as we get all John Wick up in this house!
2021-05-3153 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 209: Diamonds Are ForeverOriginal broadcast date November 6, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/11/movie-issues-diamonds-are-forever/
Yup! It's another James Bond flick this week. With the new Bond movie opening today, Spectre, we thought lets do another Bond movie just to get all the Bond synergy moving together. So we chose 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, where Bond gets involved with diamond smuggling, which of course leads to world terrorism plot he had no idea he was looking for. As much Bond films go. So please download and enjoy as we muddle though Diamonds Are Forever!
2021-05-311h 11Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 208: House on Haunted HillOriginal broadcast date October 30, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/10/movie-issues-house-on-haunted-hill/
It's Halloween!!! Whoo-hoo!! Come, sorrow; we welcome thee. Let us join in grief, rejoice in despair, and honor the fortunate dead on this Halloween night! The guys go and get their haunted house on by watching the 1999 flick, House on Haunted Hill. The crazy remake of the 1959 William Castle film where strangers agree to stay in a haunted house for one night for a cash prize. Will they survive the night? Guess you'll have to download and listen in to find out!
2021-05-311h 02Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 207: Stephen King's ITOriginal broadcast date October 23, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/10/movie-issues-stephen-kings-it/
Hey kids! You're ol' pal Spooky is taking the podcast captain's chair this week as Leland has left the country for parts unknown to bare knuckle box a Chupacabra in order to regain his family's honor. Not to leave a listener without a podcast though Spookette returns for her second appearance on Movie Issues and just in time for Stephen King's IT. Be afraid of clowns all over again as Spooky and Spookette (no relation) experience the 1990 TV movie classic...
2021-05-311h 12Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 206: The FogOriginal broadcast date Ocotober 16, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/10/movie-issues-the-fog/
This week the guys fall down the well of Master of Horror, John Carpenter and watched one of his lesser known, but just as awesome movies, 1980s The Fog. Antonio Bay is on the eve of their town's centennial when a terrible secret is learned, that the town was founded on blood money and murder. As the town begin to celebrate that's when the the fog rolls in. But what's in the fog? Ghosts? Monsters? Pirates? Everywhere the fog goes people die. Please...
2021-05-311h 00Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 205: Young FrankensteinOriginal broadcast date October 9, 2015. The original podcast post is here:
As the guys still continue down the Halloween theme road, this week they watched one of the all time funnest and best movies ever made: Mel Brooks' 1974 masterpiece: Young Frankenstein! The classic flick where Gene Wilder is the great-grandson of the original creator of the Monster, who travels to Transylvania and thus the best comedy movie ever begins. Igor, Inga, Frau Blücher, and The Monster all come along for the comedic ride of a lifetime. They also talk a little new TV and some movie n...
2021-05-3153 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 204: CasperOriginal broadcast date October 2, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/10/movie-issues-casper/
It's October! Much rejoicing across the land. It's time for you eat/drink all the pumpkins things you can find and to start watching spooky movies because this month is all about Halloween!!! And the guys over at Movie Issues HQ are Halloween nuts! So lets get the month rolling! To start our month long Halloween love celebration the guys watched 1995s, Casper. Where a young Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman move into a creepy old house to try to talk some ghost...
2021-05-3157 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 203: The Scorpion King 3: Battle for RedemptionOriginal broadcast date September 25, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/09/movie-issues-the-scorpion-king-3/
Yup, you're reading that right. The guys watched one of the direct-to-DVD Scorpion King flicks. There's a reason these don't go to theaters, and now the guys know why. They "enjoyed" The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, the third out of four movies all involving the story of our lost hero, The Scorpion King. This time he goes up against the guy that played Jango Fett, Ron Perlman and Billy Zane. Yea, it's a strange flick with no plot of tone. So please...
2021-05-3157 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 202: The Love BugOriginal broadcast date September 18, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/09/movie-issues-the-love-bug/
This week the guys went down the old Disney road yet again, this time they watched the 1968 classic, The Love Bug. You remember the movie right? The little Volkswagen Bug named Herbie, the anthropomorphic little car that becomes a race car champion. The guys also fall down a well of internet fan casting of the DC Comic characters for their films. Just a normal week, please download and enjoy! Huzzah!
2021-05-311h 01Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 201: XXXOriginal broadcast date September 11, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/09/movie-issues-xxx/
So because of an off handed conversation about XXX and how Leland had never seen it, Spooky had to fix that. So this week they guys watched the 2002 "spy-action" flick XXX. Spooky enjoyed it, Leland did not. So please take a listen as we discuss Vin Diesel and what make him so popular.
2021-05-3151 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 200: XanaduOriginal broadcast date September 4, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/09/movie-issues-xanadu/
Well we finally made it. The guys at Movie Issues HQ have reached their 200th episode! And with that they decided to watch one of Hollywood biggest flops ever. The infamous Xanadu. Yup, that one. Where Olivia Newton-John is a Muse from Greek mythology, who wears leg warmers and roller skates, like one would. She decides to help Sonny, an artist, look for his dream, while looking they come across Hollywood legend and icon, Gene Kelly, also looking for a dream? Well thus...
2021-05-3158 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 199: The FacultyOriginal broadcast date August 28, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/08/movie-issues-the-faculty/
This week the guys go back to school with Robert Rodríguez's 1998s sci-fi horror flick, The Faculty. The teenage version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers mixed with some of The Thing. What we get is a rather fun creature feature with tons and tons of actors who have gone on to become huge stars. Over all a pretty fun flick. The guys also talk Star Wars and more dumping on WB and their "plan" for DC Comic films. Just another average w...
2021-05-311h 04Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 198: Psycho Beach PartyOriginal broadcast date August 21, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/08/movie-issues-psycho-beach-party/
Feeling the need to go to the beach before the summer ends, the guys decided to wacthed the 2000s cult indie flick, Psycho Beach Party. A spoof of 1960's Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films. Poor Florence Forrest, a not-so-innocent girl in 1960's Malibu, who suffers from dissociative identity disorder and occasionally her alter ego Ann Bowman, a sexually aggressive, foul-mouthed-speaking girl, comes out in which during that time several beach goers are found murdered. Who could have done...
2021-05-311h 03Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 197: Batman Beyond: Return of the JokerOriginal broadcast date August 14, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/08/movie-issues-batman-beyond-return-joker/
This week the guys wanted to watched a Batman flick; they chose the 2000 direct-to-video film, Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker, set in the future where an old Bruce Wayne helps the new the Batman deal with an old foe from the past, The Joker. It's one of the better direct-to-video flick from DC Animation. Also the guys hit all the recent movie news. So please download and enjoy.
2021-05-3159 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 196: MonkeyboneOriginal broadcast date August 7, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/08/movie-issues-monkeybone/
This week the guys spend the weekend in LA hanging out with friends; good food, good drinks and then one hell of a bad movie! They watched Monkeybone. One of the worst movies ever made. Brendan Fraser is a cartoonist who is put into a coma, but when he makes a deal with Death to return to the living world, his imaginary character, Monkeybone, steals his body and makes his life a living hell. Fraser must then do everything he can to stop...
2021-05-311h 03Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 195: AliensOriginal broadcast date July 31, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/07/movie-issues-aliens/
Well the guys have reached the end of their month long celebration of the work of Sigourney Weaver. They've laughed, cried, screamed in terror and over all had a great time watching some of the best work The Weaver has to offer. They end with her best movie and her best known character: Ellen Ripley in 1986s Aliens. The one where she fights the biggest bitch of them all, the Alien Queen. So please download and enjoy our final Sigourney Weaver movie of...
2021-05-311h 15Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 194: Ghostbusters IIOriginal broadcast date July 31, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/07/movie-issues-ghostbusters-ii/
Who you gonna call? Leland and Spooky of course, as they continue giving love to our lady of the month: Sigourney Weaver! This week the guys watch 1989s Ghostbusters II, where our team is back to help Dana as an evil painting is trying to take over her baby and then the world! Also the guys talk movie news of the week and try to understand what the new all female Ghostbusters really is. Just another week at Movie Issues HQ, so please...
2021-05-3159 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 193: Comic Con 2015Original broadcast date July 17, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/07/movie-issues-comic-con-2015/
This week the guys take you though all the new and awesome news that came out of Comic Con 2015 dealing with movies. Sit back, get a beer and listen in as the guys walk you though the good and bad of Comic Con.
2021-05-311h 08Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 192: Galaxy QuestOriginal broadcast date July 10, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/07/movie-issues-galaxy-quest/
Continuing the month devoted to the great actress Sigourney Weaver and being Comic Con week the guys decide to watch 1999s classic sic-fi adventure, Galaxy Quest. Where Tim Allen, St. Sigs and Alan Rickman play sic-fi TV show has beens who find themselves in real space, on a real space ship fighting against real aliens. It's a incurable journey though time and space that everyone can enjoy. So please download and listen in as give some more love to Sigourney Weaver.
2021-05-3157 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 191: HeartbreakersOriginal broadcast date July 3, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/07/movie-issues-heartbreakers/
It's JULY!! And as always July is the one month each year the Movie Issues guys devote to one of their favorite actors. This year the guys are giving it up to the one, the only, the original science fiction badass: Sigourney Weaver. From fighting aliens and ghost or just being one cool chick in movies, she really has done it all and with a old Hollywood style. So this month is all about Saint Sigs of the Weave! First up one of...
2021-05-3154 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 190: Conan the BarbarianOriginal broadcast date June 26, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/06/movie-issues-conan-the-barbarian/
This week the guys get their Conan on and the watch 1982, Conan the Barbarian staring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones. You know the one...it's where Conan beds a lot of women, beats up a camel and Vader is a snake in human form! Yes, it's an awesome and crazy flick. The guys also talk movie news so please download and enjoy!
2021-05-311h 04Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 189: Mortal KombatOriginal broadcast date June 19, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/06/movie-issues-mortal-kombat/
This week he guys head to the video game world of 1995, MORTAL KOMBAT! The movie based of the game your parents never wanted you to play because of the blood. Join Johnny Cage, Sonja Blade, Liu Kang as they must fight for our Earth Realm and defeat the evil Shang Tsung, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Kano and Goro. It was one of the world's first game to movie adaptions, it made all the money, but is still SO bad. Shocking, right? The guys...
2021-05-311h 03Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 188: Sky HighOriginal broadcast date June 12, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/06/movie-issues-sky-high/
This week the guys watch the 2005 family superhero comedy, Sky High. Disney's take on a high school for the children of the city's superheroes with super powers. That's pretty much where it begins and ends, but between the credits is a movie where we get to see Snake Plissken, Ash Williams, Frau Bluche, two Kids in the Hall alum, Dean Pelton, and Wonder Woman play parents and administration to a whole bunch of kids that have gone on to become pretty notable adult...
2021-05-3155 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 187: Star Wars: The Clone WarsOriginal broadcast date June 5, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/06/movie-issues-star-wars-the-clone-wars/
This week Leland teams up with Comic Issues's Elizabeth to watch 2008's Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the movie that works as a stand-alone or is the pilot film that leads into the Clone Wars animated series. The movie is a kids' flick for sure and has some good and bad moments, but it does give us the amazing Ahsoka Tano and the infamous Ziro the Hutt. Yea....Ziro the Hutt. So......that happened. So please download and enjoy.
2021-05-3157 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 186: LegionOriginal broadcast date May 29, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/05/movie-issues-legion/
This week the guys finish their watching of Avenger actors in other movies, by watching Paul Bettany in 2010's Legion. You might remember it, it's the one where angels fall from heaven and fight over the unborn savior of mankind. You know, like you do. Thus the creepy possessed creature and humans try to kill the baby and everyone protecting it. We also discuss some of the new movie news of the week. Please download and enjoy!
2021-05-3154 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 185: Weird ScienceOriginal broadcast date May 22, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/05/movie-issues-weird-science/
The guys are still watching movies that have Marvel Universe actors in them; this week they check RDJ off the list by watching John Hughes' 80s classic, Weird Science. You know the one, where the two nerds somehow make a woman come to life using their computer and she is like magic or something. Thus comedy ensues. Whatever she may be it's one of the best movies of the 80s and one of Leland and Spooky's favorites. The guys also hit some movies...
2021-05-311h 03Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 184: PushOriginal broadcast date May 15, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/05/movie-issues-push/
This week the guys watch 2009's superhuman movie Push, where Chris Evens and Dakota Fanning, superhumans, are on the run from an evil superhuman who want to use their powers in a superhuman army. You know, like you do. Keeping with this month's theme of watching movies with Marvel Universe actors, here we knock four off our list. Huzzah! Also we talk about all the new TV shows coming out this fall. Please download and enjoy!
2021-05-311h 04Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 183: S.W.A.T.Original broadcast date May 8, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/05/movie-issues-s-w-a-t/
Still watching movies with the stars of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the guys this week get two more under their belt as they watch 2003's action/cop flick S.W.A.T., based on the TV show from 1975. We get Sam Jackson training a team of new S.W.A.T. recruits Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, and LL Cool J, as they go up against ex-S.W.A.T. member Jeremy Renner. Yeah, it's just as awesome as it sounds. Also get down...
2021-05-311h 00Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 182: The SpiritOriginal broadcast date May 1, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/05/movie-issues-the-spirit/
This week the guys watch the 2008 movie, The Spirit. One of the most infamous comic book movies ever. A movie SO bad, even good actors can't make it work. It's just terrible, from start to finish. Also the guys talk the new Joker, X-Men and how excited they are for Age of Ultron. So please download and join in the fun.
2021-05-311h 01Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 181: Star Wars CelebrationOriginal broadcast date April 24, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/04/movie-issues-star-wars-celebration/
This week instead of watching a movie they have a sit down conversation about all the summer movies coming out, the big trailers from last week, and all about Star Wars Celebration. It's a little different from most shows where they just blast a crappy flick each week. Oh wait.... they still manage that, too. Glad to know they keep it real. So please download and listen in as they travel to a galaxy far far away.
2021-05-3155 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 180: The Man with the Iron Fists 2Original broadcast date April 17, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/04/movie-issues-the-man-with-the-iron-fists-2/
This week the guys watched the new direct to DVD release, The Man with the Iron Fists 2, presented by the RZA. It's the sequel to the 2012 flick, The Man with the Iron Fist. When a stranger, Thaddeus, is found badly wounded near the village, miner Li Kung and his wife Ah Ni offer him refuge. As he heals he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against the evil Master Ho, his nefarious Beetle Clan, and the terrifying Lord Pi. Thus...
2021-05-3158 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 179: Star Trek III: The Search for SpockOriginal broadcast date April 10, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/04/movie-issues-star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock/
The guys once again travel beyond the stars to hang out with the crew of The USS Enterprise as they watched Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Where Captain Kirk and crew must travel back to the planet Genesis, retrieve the body of Spock, get the body and his mind, which is currently within Dr. McCoy's back to Vulcan to save both of them before it's to late. Of course they also need to deal with the Klingons lead by the evil...
2021-05-3157 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 178: AssassinsOriginal broadcast date April 3, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/04/movie-issues-assassins/
This week the guys wanted to go down the road of a favorite stand by: Stallone! S0 they went with the 1995 action "thriller" Assassins. Where Stallone is a top assassin who ends up protecting his latest mark, Julianna Moore, from crazy newcomer to the assassin world, Antonio Banderas, who stop at nothing to kill both of them. Thus leads them on one of the most painfully boring action movie ever made. A movie so slow that Sly is barely awake to say his...
2021-05-3156 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 177: Mars Attacks!Original broadcast date March 27, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/03/movie-issues-mars-attacks/
This week the guys get their retro sci-fi vibe on by watching the 1996 flick, Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton's version of a B-Movie with A-List stars all coming out to fight off an alien invasion. It's not bad, but it's also not good. The guys also break down Mallrats 2 and who they want as Captain Marvel. It's another episode full of geeky goodness, so please download and enjoy!
2021-05-3159 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 176: Teen WitchOriginal broadcast date March 20, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/03/movie-issues-teen-witch/
When Leland is away, the Spooky will play! This week as Leland is out of town Spooky sits in the captain's chair to watch 1989's craptacular Teen Witch with his own witchy woman. Along with this magical version of Teen Wolf without the basketball, Spooky and his Spookette talk about the announcement of Star Wars VIII and the the first spin-off film Rogue Squardron. In addition to more films from a galaxy far far away Disney announced that Frozen 2 is...
2021-05-311h 02Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 175: Return to OzOriginal broadcast date March 13, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/03/movie-issues-return-to-oz/
Well this week the guys go over the rainbow, walk down the yellow brick road and Return to Oz, the infamous 1985 movie where Dorothy returns to Oz to find it has been taken over by an evil rock man and a headless witch with serious impulse control problems. Considered one of the most frightening kids' movies of the 80s. So of course, the guys give it all the same class they give all the movies they watch. Also they discuss this Ghostbusters SNAFU...
2021-05-311h 03Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 174: Undercover BrotherOriginal broadcast date March 6, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/03/movie-issues-undercover-brother/
This week the guys dive into the funky world of 2002s Undercover Brother. Eddie Griffin stars as Undercover Brother, a secret agent that must stop "The Man," who tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, leaving only Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents to come to the rescue. He's a laugh-too-loud comedy star who makes fun of everyone. It's a really good funky time. Also they guys break down the Oscars and say goodbye to Mr. Spock. So please download...
2021-05-301h 00Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 173: The Stepford WivesOriginal broadcast date February 27, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/02/movie-issues-the-stepford-wives/
This week Leland is once again in LA and gathered two of his best buddies to watch one of the worst movies ever made. 2004s The Stepford Wives. Frank Oz directs Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken and Glenn Close in a remake of the 70s horror flick. This remake has no idea what it's trying to be. A horror movie, a comedy or a combo of both. It's literally two movie smashed together into one bad one. Please download and...
2021-05-3058 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 172: The Ladies ManOriginal broadcast date February 20, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/02/movie-issues-the-ladies-man/
Yes, you're reading that correct. The guys sat down and watched 2000s The Ladies Man. Another Saturday Night Live movie attempt, and it's just as bad as most of their other movies. You know where they take a 3-minute short and turn into a 90-minute piece of crap. And this is no exception. The guys also get down and dirty and talk about Spider-Man joining the Marvel Movie Universe and what that could mean. Please download, sit back, relax and enjoy.
2021-05-3057 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 171: Blind DatingOriginal broadcast date February 13, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/02/movie-issues-blind-dating/
It's Valentine's weekend and this week in honor of the day of love, the guys decided to watch a romantic comedy. They watched 2006s Blind Dating. A simple story where Chris Pine plays a blind young man who thinks he finds love with an Indian woman, though their relationship is fraught with all sorts of cultural differences, that lead to comedy and a good flick that leaves you with all sorts of warm feelings. It's a feel good movie, nothing wrong with...
2021-05-301h 00Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 170: Foxy BrownOriginal broadcast date February 6, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/02/movie-issues-foxy-brown/
It's that time again where the guys go back to the gritty films of the 1970s. And this is one of the most important and influential films of the decade too. 1974s Foxy Brown. Staring the amazing Pam Grier as Foxy Brown, a woman who's man has been murdered by some powerful drug mobsters, to take revenge she takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get close to the murders. Thus sends her on one wild action-packed film showing us...
2021-05-301h 01Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 169: DarkmanOriginal broadcast date January 30, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/01/movie-issues-darkman/
This week the guys step into the darkness with the world of Sam Raimi's 1990 movie, Darkman. The movie where Liam Neeson is horribly attacked and left for dead. With his face damaged beyond healing he becomes the Darkman, a man set on revenge on those who took his life away. With his use of face prosthetics, he can be anyone anywhere. Yea, it's a really crazy flick that whats to be Batman and The Shadow SO bad it hurts. The guys also talk...
2021-05-301h 02Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 168: Tank GirlOriginal broadcast date January 23, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/01/movie-issues-tank-girl/
That's right, people! You're reading that right. We watched the 1995 classic cult film, Tank Girl. It's the future, there's no water and the world is in a state of chaos. Enter the Tank Girl who's there to F**K stuff up! Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Ice-T and Malcolm McDowell star in this strange movie based on the British comic. This is a really weird flick that has so much manic chaos that it becomes enjoyable. So please download and enjoy with us.
2021-05-3057 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 167: Bill &Ted's Bogus JourneyOriginal broadcast date January 16, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/01/movie-issues-bill-teds-bogus-journey/
It's time to travel though time, space, the afterlife and beyond! This week the guys got all excellent with the 1991 classic, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. The sequel where our would be heroes, Bill and Ted, are killed and thus must fight their way back to life to save the world. Along the way they befriend Death and some crazy aliens. Yea, it's a really strange flick. So please download and enjoy as we walk though the flick also discussing Ant-Man, He-Man, Gambit...
2021-05-3055 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 166: Strait-JacketOriginal broadcast date January 9, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/01/movie-issues-strait-jacket/
This week Leland is spending the weekend away and decided to have one of his best friends guest on this weeks show. So the guys watched the William Castle 1964 classic thriller, Stright-Jacket. Staring Joan Crawford as a woman who beheaded her husband and his mistress 23 years ago, after spending all that time in an asylum she has returned home to try to live life normally, that is until, more beheading begin. Leaving Joan to wonder if she is even more crazier, than she...
2021-05-3055 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 165: Best of 2014Original broadcast date January 2, 2015. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2015/01/movie-issues-best-of-2014/
Happy New Year everybody! Hope everyone had a great New Year's and you're all ready for the great movies of 2015 to start. But before we do lets look back at the best and worst that 2014 had to offer. So please download, sit back and let's relive some of the best things that happened this past year.
2021-05-301h 19Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 164: ScroogedOriginal broadcast date December 26, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/12/movie-issues-scrooged/
We here at Movie Issues HQ hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas! We did. For our final movie of the holiday season we watched the great Bill Murray Christmas classic, Scrooged, the Charles Dickens immortal classic A Christmas Carol given a modern, contemporary twist. Murray plays the Scrooge role as a cynical television programming executive. He has found great success and wealth, but only by becoming cold-hearted and cruel, thus three ghost must show him how bad his evil ways...
2021-05-3058 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 163: GremlinsOriginal broadcast date December 19, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/12/movie-issues-gremlins/
It's still the holiday season and we here at Movie Issues HQ are in full swing. We watched watch a Christmas movie that really doesn't deal with Christmas as the focus, it's more of the backdrop against some other plot. Thus, 1984 horror/comedy Gremlins was picked. Directed by the great Joe Dante and staring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates and introduces the world to the cutest mogwai ever, Gizmo. The fantasy creature all the kids wanted in the 1980s. So please download...
2021-05-3059 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 162: Jingle All the WayOriginal broadcast date December 12, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/12/movie-issues-jingle-all-the-way/
The Christmas Season has arrived and here at Movie Issues HQ Leland the Grinch and his Elf Helper Spooky are getting into the the spirit with their first movie for the holidays, Jingle All the Way. The 1996 Christmas "Classic" directed by the same man who brought you The Flintstones and previous podcast alum, Christopher Columbus, that guy who made the first two Harry Potter films. These two cinematic "geniuses" joined forces to tell another tired tale of workaholic dad who learns...
2021-05-3057 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 161: LabyrinthOriginal broadcast date December 5, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/12/movie-issues-labyrinth/
This week the guys dive into the fantastic fantasy world of Jim Henson, George Lucas and David Bowie with the 1986 classic, Labyrinth. The story of Sarah, who wishes her baby brother to be taken to the Goblin City by, Jareth, The Goblin King. But when he does, she of course wants her brother back, but to get him back she must travel to the magical labyrinth and fight her way to the center to the castle and face Jareth herself. Throw in...
2021-05-3059 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 160: ThanksKillingOriginal broadcast date November 28, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/11/movie-issues-thankskilling/
HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE! We hope everyone had a wonderful time eating, drinking, more eating, seeing family, maybe some more drinking, watching some movies and of course....even more eating. At Movie Issues HQ this year we watched the 2008 horror flick, ThanksKilling, a low budget horror flick about a turkey that goes around killing people for how the Native Americans were treating since them "olden days". Yea, it's pretty terrible. Bad acting, terrible writing and one of the worst puppets ever made. So...
2021-05-3058 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 159: AnacondaOriginal broadcast date November 21, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/11/movie-issues-anaconda/
MY ANACONDA DON'T WANT NONE UNLESS YOU GOT BUNS HUN! Yea.... we did. That's right, it was audience pick week and we heard you. The 1997 "masterpiece" Anaconda was voted and picked. It's a little creature feature that stars J.Lo, Ice Cube and Jon Voight as the fight to survive in the amazon jungle against a 30 foot anaconda. You know, like you do. It's not good, but man is it entertaining. Fake snakes, bad CGI, "acting" and some of the best dialogue ever...
2021-05-3058 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 158: JumperOriginal broadcast date November 14, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/11/movie-issues-jumper/
This week the guys went down the dark road of the movies about super powered people who aren't based on a comic. There are more than you realize. So that, they picked 2008 flick, Jumper. The movie where Hayden Christensen can teleport anywhere in the world and Samuel L. Jackson is out to stop him. Yup, that one. Anakin Vs Mace fight each other yet again in another bad movie. This movie is full of major issues and the guys break them all down...
2021-05-301h 05Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 157: SnowpiercerOriginal broadcast date November 7, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/11/movie-issues-snowpiercer-2/
This week the guys dive deep into the world of the South Korean/American film known as Snowpiercer. In the distant future the world has been thrown into a ice age and the only remaining humans ride in a train that never stops as it goes around the whole world. The front end is the super rich and powerful, the back end the poor and the weak. The backend has had enough and is going to fight their way to the front and...
2021-05-301h 11Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 156: Halloween IIOriginal broadcast date October 31, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/10/movie-issues-halloween-ii/
IT'S HALLOWEEN!!! YAY!!! In that great honor as we celebrate All Hallows Eve and we watched 1981s Halloween II, more from the night HE came home! Laurie has been saved from the evil force that is Michael Myers, but little does she know he lived, and he's followed her to the hospital she is recovering at. There he stalkers her and kills anyone in his path. Just another standard Halloween night for our buddy Michael. We also get down and dirty as we...
2021-05-301h 00Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 155: The Return of the Living DeadOriginal broadcast date October 24, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/10/movie-issues-return-living-dead/
It's Zombie week here at Movie Issues HQ! This week the guys watched the 1985 cult classic The Return of the Living Dead. When two bumbling idiots accidentally open a container with a zombie in it the gas within gets out and starts turning everyone into the living dead and all they want is BRAINS!!! One of the most outrageous zombie comedies ever. Great effects, awesome movie, and damn great zombie blood and gore. A good time was has by all. So please download...
2021-05-301h 02Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 154: House of WaxOriginal broadcast date October 17, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/10/movie-issues-house-of-wax/
As the guys continue down the scary path of Halloween, this week the guys find themselves in the world of the teenage slasher flick. So many to choose from, some good, some bad and some really bad. Well they decided on 2005 House of Wax. In the world of the slasher flick, this isn't terrible, but it's far from good. Gather a bunch of good looking teens who find themselves lost in a small town made of wax. Being hunted by a crazy man...
2021-05-3059 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 153: Vampire in BrooklynOriginal broadcast date October 10, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/10/movie-issues-vampire-in-brooklyn/
This week the guys go into the darkness and discuss all things Vampires. They also decided to watch Wes Craven's 1995 flick, Vampire in Brooklyn. You know you remember that one, the Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett vampire movie. Murphy plays Maximilian, the last vampire that has come to Brooklyn in search of the Dhampir daughter of a vampire from his native Caribbean island in order to live beyond the night of the next full moon. Yup, it's all kinds of cray. So please download...
2021-05-3057 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 152: Hocus PocusOriginal broadcast date October 3, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/10/movie-issues-hocus-pocus/
It is October and that only can mean one thing! HALOWEEN!! YAY! And just like the last few years, we are kicking it up a notch here at Movie Issues HQ as we get into the season of horror by watching all sorts of spooky things this month. Starting the season off just right with 1993 favorite Halloween flick, Hocus Pocus, where three witches are brought back to life for one night accidently by Max, a foolish teenager. The witches will stop at nothing...
2021-05-301h 02Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 151: Bad JohnsonOriginal broadcast date September 26, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/09/movie-issues-bad-johnson/
This week, the guys watched a strange little movie from this past year called Bad Johnson. A simple story about Rich (played by Cam Gigandet) who can't control his cheating on women, who blames his penis for all his troubles. So he wishes it away...and it does just that. He wakes up one morning and his penis is gone and now has taken the human form of comedian Nick Thune. Rich now must learn to deal as his penis spins his life...
2021-05-301h 03Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 150: ClueOriginal broadcast date September 19, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/09/movie-issues-clue/
Its Movie Issues 150th Episode! Whew, that's a lot of movies the guys have watched. As they celebrate their 150 episodes they decided to watch one of Leland's favorite flicks of all time, the 1985 cult classic film, Clue. Yes, that one! The movie based on the classic Parker Bros. board game that brings some of the top comedy actors of the day together in one hell of a funny murderous ride, as we follow one crazy night in the lives of Prof. Plum, Mrs...
2021-05-301h 07Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 149: LockoutOriginal broadcast date September 12, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/09/movie-issues-lockout/
This week the guys left it up to YOU the listeners to pick which movie we watched. And you guys picked the 2012 sic-fi flick, Lockout. Where Guy Pearce has to go up to the largest space prison ever and rescue the president's daughter who is being held against her will. It is a shameless rip-off of better movies, but still has some fun to be had in it. Also the guy discuss the new TV shows that are all about to start back...
2021-05-301h 01Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 148: VolcanoOriginal broadcast date September 5, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/09/movie-issues-volcano/
This week the guys dive deep into the genre known as "The Disaster Flick". You know the ones, where an unstopable force of nature or evil decides to destroy the earth by killing everything and everyone it in path. The guys settled on the 1997 Tommy Lee Jones flick, Volcano, where a volcano just happens to erupt in downtown Los Angeles, destroying everything in its wake, leaving only Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Don Cheadle and Ketih David to stop it! Please download...
2021-05-3059 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 147: WantedOriginal broadcast date August 29, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/08/movie-issues-wanted/
They have reached the end of August Action Month, and the guys ended it with the 2000's. They decided to go with the 2008s Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy action flick Wanted. The over-the-top story of loser Wesley and how he becomes one of the world's greatest and deadliest assassins. With tons explosions, car stunts and massive amounts of gun play to shake a stick at. It's one action film-troupe after another. Sit in as the guys discuss the new Doctor Who...
2021-05-301h 04Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 146: Mission: ImpossibleOriginal broadcast date April 22, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/08/movie-issues-mission-impossible/
This week during Action August month the guys watch the 1996 flick Mission: Impossible. Tom Cruise kicking ass, dangling from wires, hanging off of speeding trains and running everywhere. It's a solid flick with some great action beats. We also discuss sad news of Robin Williams death and give him some love. Its a full episode full of our normal random thoughts. Please download and enjoy with us.
2021-05-2958 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 145: PredatorOriginal broadcast date August 15, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/08/movie-issues-predator/
The guys are right in the middle of Action August and it was time we hit the big boy: the Action God of the 80's Arnold Schwarzenegger. But which movie to do? There are so many, but the guys decided on the 1987 sic-fi action flick, Predator, where Arnold and his team go into South America to help out an old friend, only to be hunted by a alien who keeps and collects human parts as trophies. Soon it comes down to a battle...
2021-05-291h 04Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 144: Dirty HarryOriginal broadcast date August 8, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/08/movie-issues-dirty-harry/
Continuing the guys look at action movies though the decades, this week they enter the gritty world of 70s film. They look back at the classic 1971 Clint Eastwood film, Dirty Harry. It's the 1970s in San Francisco, and an evil sniper called Scorpio is killing random people. Only one man can stop him, enter Dirty Harry. He's a cop that hates everyone and plays the cop game by his own rules. Please download and listen as we discuss 70s film...
2021-05-2958 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 143: You Only Live TwiceOriginal broadcast date August 1, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/08/movie-issues-you-only-live-twice/
It is August and the guys felt it was time for a theme month. So for the whole month of August they guys are looking back at action movies. Starting in the 1960s with the James Bond classic, You Only Live Twice. Where Bond is going up against the evil Ernst Stavro Blofeld who is the leader of the evil organization, SPECTRE. Space shuttles are being stolen, world war III is on the horizon, no one can be trusted, Bond must go to...
2021-05-2957 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 142: The PhantomOriginal broadcast date July 25, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/07/movie-issues-the-phantom/
It's Comic Con week here in San Diego! Leland and Spooky are out there running around trying to do and see everything they can. So because it's all about comics and movies, this week they watched the 1996's The Phantom. Based on the 1930's pulp hero, where a white dude protects Africa. Yeah... some things worked better in the past than they do in the present. This is a pretty terrible flick. Please download and listen in as the guys try to understand...
2021-05-2952 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 141: Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeOriginal broadcast date July 18, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/07/movie-issues-star-trek-iv/
This week the guys decided to once more go where no one has gone before. They travel back to the world of Star Trek, this time re-visiting Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, or as it is most commonly known as "the one with the whales". The crew of the Enterprise must travel back to 1986 and find some humpback whales and return them to their time because of an alien probe is looking for them. Thus the crew out of time comedy ensues...
2021-05-291h 00Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 140: Planet of the ApesOriginal broadcast date July 11, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/07/movie-issues-planet-of-the-apes/
With the new Apes flick opening, we wanted to watch one of the older Apes movies, but which one to do? Oh that's right, in 2001 Tim Burton did one! So we watched Planet of the Apes. We have all tried to forget about it, but we need to face facts, it happened. And man is it bad, just one mistake after another. It's amazing they filmed anything at all with how terrible the script was. But they managed, just as we did to...
2021-05-2956 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 139: National TreasureOriginal broadcast date July 4, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/07/movie-issues-national-treasure/
HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!! As America and you sit down to enjoy hotdogs, beer and fireworks, we sat down to enjoy the 2004 Nic Cage classic National Treasure. Yup. It's where Nic Cage is a combination of Indy, Lara Croft and Nathan Drake. But without all the awesome that those characters have. We follow him down a well of American heritage as he searches for the worlds largest and greatest treasure. Gee, I hope he finds it! So please download and enjoy this flick...
2021-05-2957 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 138: TransformersOriginal broadcast date June 27, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/06/movie-issues-transformers/
Leland, Elizabeth from Comic Issues, and Spooky all sat down and watched Michael Bay's 2007 Transformers. It's a rant-filled episode as Leland and Spooky get schooled by Elizabeth about Transformers from back in the day. Spooky gets into all the race issues of the movies, and Leland just takes it all in as a passing fan. This is a episode where we get into the heart of robots peeing on humans, Megan Fox's "acting," Shia, and all about Bay himself. Please download and sit...
2021-05-291h 06Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 137: Point BreakOriginal broadcast date June 20, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/06/movie-issues-point-break/
Yup, you've read that right. The guys watched the 1991 classic bormance flick, Point Break. Relive all the magic that is Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. Listen is as Spooky tires to convince Leland this is a good movie. Leland has his doubts. Just another day at The Movie Issues HQ. Please download and listen in.
2021-05-2858 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 136: Smokey and the BanditOriginal broadcast date June 13, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/06/movie-issues-smokey-the-bandit/
This week the guys travel back to time where Burt Reynolds and Sally Field racing in a car is one of the biggest movie of 1977. That's right, they guys watched the 70s classic Smokey and the Bandit. A simple story where The Bandit and his BFF Snowman are hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff after picking up a hitchhiking birds running away from her own wedding. Oh it's a...
2021-05-2855 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 135: Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My VacationOriginal broadcast date June 6, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/06/movie-issues-tiny-toons/
This week the guys travel back to the cartoons of their youth and watch the 1992 direct to video movie, Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation. Join us as we revisit these great characters: watch as Buster and Babs Bunny (no relation) travel to the south down river, Plucky and Hamton go on a family road trip, Fifi La Fume searches for her favorite actor to get his autograph and of course we watch Elmyra torture every animal she can get her...
2021-05-281h 03Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 134: LegendOriginal broadcast date May 30, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/05/movie-issues-legend/
This week the guys are joined by Elizabeth from Comic Issues! They all got together to watch the 1985 fantasy flick, Legend. Yes, the the one with Tom Cruise as a woodlen man who fights Tim Curry in all his glory as Darkness, the embodiment of all evil and why there is so much glitter in fantasy films. The group also discusses the Ant-Man drama over at Marvel. So please join us and see what crazy we get up too!
2021-05-281h 05Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 133: X-Men Origins: WolverineOriginal broadcast date May 23, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/05/movie-issues-origins-wolverine/
With the new X-Men flick opening this weekend the guys decided to watch one of the other movies in the franchise. They went for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Yup. That one. It's not good. Even after all this time this movie still just doesn't work. From the muddled plot, random characters here and there for no reason, Gambit, and of course the adamantium bullet and its spell for forgetfulness. The guys also discuss X-Men: Days of Future Past as well, with little spoilers, nothing...
2021-05-271h 02Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 132: Godzilla (1998)Original broadcast date May 16, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/05/movie-issues-godzilla-1998/
With the new Godzilla being unleashed today into theaters, the guys thought they'd go down memory lane and revisit the 1998 version of Godzilla. Oh what a mess. If they had just called it Monster in Manhattan, maybe it wouldn't have been so bad? Naw, it still sucks. It has nothing to do with Godzilla except the name and the roar. What else do you expect from a movie where Ferris Bueller is is fighting a giant lizard monster. The guys also talk a...
2021-05-2755 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 131: Future Summer MoviesOriginal broadcast date May 9, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/05/movie-issues-future-movies/
This week the guys take a break from watching a movie to discuss all the recent movie news that has hit the web. They talk about the future of the DC Movie Universe or lack there of, get real with the new Amazing Spider-Man 2 and end with speculating on all the new Star Wars information. It's one full hour of nerdy movie talk. Please download and enjoy. Huzzah!
2021-05-271h 05Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 130: HackersOriginal broadcast date May 2, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/05/movie-issues-hackers/
This week the guys wanted to give some love to a movie from their high school years. They went with 1995s Hackers. A movie that follows a very young Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller as computer Hackers that have been set-up for a crime they didn't do. They then enlist the help of the Hacker society to help them clear their names and take down "the man" before it's too late. Also they guys talk about other 1990s movie that have...
2021-05-2659 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 129: The Quick and the DeadOriginal broadcast date April 25, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/04/movie-issues-the-quick-and-the-dead/
This week the guys getty on up and ride into the sunset of the wild wild west! That's right, we finally got around to watching the 1995's The Quick and the Dead, the Sam Raimi directed western where Sharon Stone enters a deadly dueling competition in an attempt to exact revenge for her father's death by taking on Gene Hackman. Thus drama ensues. It's a fun filled ride old west style! The guys also talk some more about the new X-Men flick...
2021-05-261h 02Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 128: Rise of the GuardiansOriginal broadcast date April 18, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/04/movie-issues-rise-of-guardians/
This week the guys go and get their holiday animation on! They watched the 2012 animated flick, Rise of the Guardians. You know, that movie where Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy, The Sandman and Jack Frost all have to team up and fight The Boogie Man. Yup! It was really the only "easter" flick we could come up with. So please download and enjoy as we talk all about the flick, WonderCon and Agents of SHEILD. It's another full episode of...
2021-05-261h 01Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 127: Knights of BadassdomOriginal broadcast date April 11, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/04/movie-issues-knights-of-badassdom/
This week the guys get their LARP on by watching the 2013's Knights of Badassdom. We follow a bunch of LARPers for their big LARP weekend, but trouble arises after they unwittingly conjure up some serious evil in the form of a blood-lusting succubus from the pits of hell itself! It's a comedy filled blood fest with really good horror effects, an awesome looking demon, and Peter Dinklage being the coolest dude ever. We also discuss the new Marvel plan to have...
2021-05-261h 00Movie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 126: Captain AmericaOriginal broadcast date April 4, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/04/movie-issues-captain-america/
This week the guys, with massive anticipation for the new Captain America movie, decided to look back at our star spangled hero and watch the dark rumored Captain America movie from 1990. If you didn’t know, there was another Cap movie made. It is terrible. Nothing about this is good. It’s like the filmmakers have never even read a Captain America comic. So please download, grab a beer, sit back and relax and we walk you through this piece crap.
2021-05-2655 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 125: Little Shop of HorrorsOriginal broadcast date March 28, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/03/movie-issues-little-shop-horrors/
This week the guys traveled down to skid-row and rocked out to 1986s Little Shop of Horrors. The musical movie based off the off broadway show, which itself was based off the 1960s Roger Corman movie of the same name. Whew, got all that? Anyway, it's the movie about a giant man eating plant that has come from outer space to destroy our world, like all space things do. Sit back as we discuss the love for the plant puppet and we get...
2021-05-2651 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 124: Dungeons & DragonsOriginal broadcast date March 21, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/03/movie-issues-dungeons-dragons/
This week we go on a lack luster adventure and watch 2000s Dungeons & Dragons. A pretty terrible movie and an insult to fans of the D&D game. Listen as Spooky explains all the ins and outs of the game an just how this isn't a D&D movie at all. Leland learns allot. Also this episode has some audio issues, we're sorry, we didn't know until after we recorded. Well do better next time. Either way, please download and...
2021-05-2654 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 123: Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleOriginal broadcast date March 14, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/03/movie-issues-darby-ogill/
It's the weekend of St. Patty's Day. Grab your green shirt and head down to the old pub and drink yourself some green beer! That's what we do here at Movie Issues. We also watched 1959's Walt Disney classic Darby O'Gill and the Little People. A little movie about old Darby and his adventure with the Leprechauns of Ireland. It's really the perfect movie to watch with the whole family as you celebrate St. Patty's Day. Please download and join our celebration as...
2021-05-2656 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 122: The ShadowOriginal broadcast date March 7, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/03/movie-issues-the-shadow/
This week the guys watched the 1994s The Shadow. The story of pulp hero Lamont Cranston who learns to "cloud men's minds," a form of mystical, psychic hypnosis that allows him to influence others' thoughts and bend their perceptions. With his new power he becomes The Shadow and hero from 1930s New York. But wouldn't you know it, last descendant of Genghis Khan wants to take over the world and it's up to The Shadow to stop him. You know….like one does. So...
2021-05-2659 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 121: Die Hard with a VengeanceOriginal broadcast date February 28, 2014. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2014/02/movie-issues-die-hard-3/
This week we watched Die Hard with a Vengeance! Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson try to stop crazy Jeremy Irons from blowing up New York and stealing billions in gold. Seems like a normal day in the complicated life that is John McClane. This one is the third in the series that just won't die. Please download and listen in as we remember the 1990s fondly, give more love to the man that is Sam Jackson, and discuss Bruce Willis in detail...
2021-05-2655 minMovie Issues PodcastMovie Issues episode 1: G.I. Joe The Rise of CobraOriginal broadcast date December 2, 2011. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2011/12/movie-issues-g-i-joe-the-rise-of-cobra/
G.I. Joe are all well known American heroes, but it's the unsung heroes of Leland and Spooky who are burdened with the task of watching 2009's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, and now they want to share their experience with you.
Welcome to the first official Movie Issues Podcast! A heartfelt podcast where two guys brave the deepest and darkest recesses of cinema and bring back some of the worst movies they can find. Every week the...
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