The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast

The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast

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"Happy 40th to a Forgotten Gem! 1986's F/X " with Yuri Lowenthal

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Screening Roomers, what do you get when you mix 1950's Hitchcock... with 1980s DePalma... then throw in a copy of Fangoria and Starlog Magazines... you get one of the most interesting thrillers to come out of the mid-1980s - as well as a certified Cable Box Classic - 1986's F/X! A film that had massive success on big and small screens in its era, but then all but disappeared from our cinema conversations. So, this month Yuri Lowenthal (Naruto/Spider-Man) returns to the Screening Room to uncover this lost and forgotten little gem... while celebrating its 40th anniversary!!!

SPECIAL TRIBUTE EPISODE: The Films of Prince

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Screening Roomers, join us in the Screening Room this morning for a very special Tribute Episode as we celebrate the life... the artistry... the music... and the films of Prince on the 10th anniversary of his passing - April 21st, 2016. And joining us this week to discuss all the moments and memories from Prince's career as actor and director - 1984's PURPLE RAIN, 1986's UNDER THE CHERRY MOON and 1990's GRAFFITI BRIDGE - is TMSR regular and our Midnight Movie maven - plus, the Screening's Room's number one Prince fan - writer/producer Kevin Burke (Ninjago / Stranger Things: Tales from '85). So, Screening Roomers - LET'S GO CRAZY... over the films of Prince!!!

"SURF VS TURF!" Happy 60th Anniversary Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

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Screening Roomers, it's our first Kaiju segment of Season-2... and our resident Kaiju expert, writer/author Todd Ludy, returns to the Screening Room to serve up a full order of some cinematic sashimi... as we celebrate all the wet and wild wonderfulness of 1966's EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP (aka Godzilla vs the Sea Monster) - the 7th entry in the Godzilla movie series... even though the film wasn't originally conceived as a Godzilla movie... but a vehicle for another King of Monsters - KONG!!! So, bring your giant lobster bib and drawn butter for a true surf vs turf showdown!!! [CUE THE SURF MUSIC & INSERT GODZILLA ROAR HERE]

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: "MOVIE DEATHMATCH: 1998's Deep Impact vs 1998's Armageddon" with Eric Fogel & The Geek Buddies Podcast

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SCREENING ROOMERS & MOVIE DEATH MATCH FANS -WE HAVE AN "ELLIE" (Extinction Level Event) of a Movie Death March for you this month as two late 90s summer blockbusters crash the Tuesday Morning Screening Room Octagon to settle the score over who will wear the coveted Tuesday Morning Screening Room championship belt - Best Disaster Movie of 1998 Involving a Giant Space Rock Hitting Earth Division - 1998's DEEP IMPACT vs 1998's ARMAGEDDON! And back for another 10-round, no-holds-barred cinematic smackdown of crazy film-relevant categories is someone that knows a little something about the sweet science of deathmatching - director/writer/producer, Eric Fogel - the creator of the original Celebrity Deathmatch for MTV! But this battle is two big for just two referees - so we have called in some reinforcements (who also happen to be huge fans of Armageddon) - The Geek Buddies Podcast! So, it's time to kick a little "asteroid" and see who will exit the ring as champion and who will end up like the dinosaurs.... TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!!!

Celebrating 50-Years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Midnight! with Tim Deegan

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Screening Roomers, it's time to do the time warp to April 1st, 1976... to the first midnight showing of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW at the Waverly Theater in New York City... but let's first take a jump to the left and find out how we got there with our guest this morning - author Tim Deegan (Saving "Rocky Horror" From Orphan to Icon) - who as former Advertising Manager at Fox through his own dogged determination and the inspiration of Stanley Kubrick (yep) turned a box office flop into a midnight movie classic that is still playing in theaters around the world to this day - 50-years later!!! It's a true story stranger than its own fiction that proves - don't dream it... be it.

Killer Doll Movies with Kaitlyn Robrock

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Screening Roomers, it's time to look under your beds... in your closet.... and in your toy box... as we hear the pitter-patter of little plastic feet... which means only one thing - there's a Killer Doll on the loose!!! Well, not really. Phew! But we have unleashed a bunch of KILLER DOLL MOVIES in the Screening Room this morning... so, voice actor Kaitlyn Robrock (Minnie's Bow-Toons) has stopped by to help us wrangle these deadly dollies as we celebrate our favorite Killer Doll Movies and make some friends till the end with our favorite terrible toy buddies - Chucky... Annabelle... M3GAN... and more. Hidey-Ho!

"LOOK OUT!!! DISASTER FILMS OF THE 1970s!!!" with Piotr Michael

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FIRE! FLOOD! EARTHQUAKE! No... it's not the latest update from the Weather Channel, Screening Roomers... because in the 1970s Disaster Films were the biggest movies of the decade flooding theaters with audiences and smashing box office records! Massive casts of Hollywood legends past and present battled natural and unnatural disasters as audience cheered them on. So, this morning actor/impressionist Piotr Michael (Young Jedi Adventures/Mad TV) rides the Disaster Movie tidal wave into the Screening Room for a colossal, epic and tremendous episode as big as these movies themselves to celebrate fives of our favorites of the genre - 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, 1974's EARTHQUAKE & THE TOWERING INFERNO, 1978's THE SWARM and 1979's METEOR!

"Those Revolting Teens!" Teenagers in Revolt Movies Double-Feature with Mitch Watson

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Well, Screening Roomers - it turns out we weren't quite done with our exploration into the sub-genre of Teenagers in Revolt films (the perfect companion ep. to Ep. 60 "Edgy"Teen Films with writer/director Tim Hunter)... as our cult movie expert, Emmy award winning writer/showrunner - Mitch Watson, joins FM to talk about how revolting they both were as teens and also take a stage dive into two of our favorites in the TMSR... 1979's suburban youth gone wild classic OVER THE EDGE and 1983's punk rock favorite SUBURBIA! So, join us for feathered haired and mohawked teen rebels in two cult classics that feature fantastic time-capsule of their eras soundtracks...memorable performances from their young casts... and rabid dogs (plus, an appropriate guest appearance from Mitch's own dog!!!) - be there or be square, Screening Roomers!

SPECIAL TRIBUTE EPISODE: The Films, Characters & Talent of Catherine O'Hara with Teddy Biaselli

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Screening Roomers, in honor of what would have been her 72nd Birthday... we celebrate the life and talent of one of our favorites in the TMSR - CATHERINE O'HARA! From Cookie Fleck... to Delia Deetz... to Kate McAllister... to Moira Rose... and beyond... join FM and his special guest - Netflix's VP of Scripted Series, Teddy Biaselli - as they explore all the wonderful films, characters, memories and laughter she gave us. We miss you, Catherine!

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE: "SECOND CHANCE THEATRE: Heartbeeps" with Mike Spiegelman

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Screening Roomers, are all bad films truly bad? Or did some of them have extenuating circumstances that sealed their fates? Maybe it was a terrible ad campaign... or a bad release date... or maybe it was some cranky critics... or maybe it was just a mess. But is it also a mess worthy of a second look... and a SECOND CHANCE!. Are these films actually better than their reputations and reviews say they are? Well, we'll find out on our new segment for '26 - Second Chance Theatre.! As FM & podcaster/comedian Mike Spiegelman uncover some forgotten, misguided or infamous films and give them a second chance at cinematic redemption. And this week, we bring you the film that spawned the segment... 1981's sci-fi robot rom-com HEARTBEEPS. A movie that boasts a 0% on RottenTomatoes... as well as an Oscar nomination?!? What the [bleep]!!!
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