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    Superman (1978) 40th Anniversary

    Superman (1978) 40th Anniversary


    Happy 2019!

    The gang is back talking about the granddaddy of all superhero films, Richard Donner's 1978 classic Superman.

    7:50 Superman talk begins.

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    Popoholics
    en-usJanuary 02, 2019
    film
    pop culture
    superhero
    classic
    superman

    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    This week, we're going back to the Sengoku period to explore how The Hidden Fortress influenced Star Wars!

    We start this week's episode by going back to the beginnings of George Lucas' love affair with Akira Kurosawa (01:37), and explaining what Kurosawa was motivated by when he made The Hidden Fortress (02:39).

    Then we break down the specific ways The Hidden Fortress helped to shape Star Wars, from the influence of Tahei and Matashichi on C-3PO and R2-D2 (06:00), to the influence of General Rokurota Makabe and General Hyoe Tadokoro on Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader (11:29), and the influence of Princess Yuki on Princess Leia, Padme Amidala and Rey (20:45)!

    Finally, we take a look at the early Star Wars treatments that bore a much closer resemblance to The Hidden Fortress (26:52), and the influences Akira Kurosawa drew on himself when he made The Hidden Fortress (31:19)! 

    Force Material: A Star Wars Podcast
    enNovember 11, 2018
    film
    japan
    samurai
    star wars
    george lucas

    Sweet Horror

    Sweet Horror
    Dracula swings with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in Dracula AD 1972 (1972) from Hammer films and now on Blu-ray! Boss Hogg stops by Mel's in Alice!: The Complete 8th Season (1983-84). Rachel Bloom gets even crazier in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: The Complete Third Season (2017-18)! Ralph Morgan, Eleanor Parker and Janis Paige are all featured in classics on DVD which include Gold Fever (1952), The Last Ride (1944) and Wallflower (1948). Back in print to DVD releases include Holiday Affair (1949), World Without End (1956)/Satellite in the Sky (1956) double feature, It! (1967)/The Shuttered Room (1968) double feature and Cannery Row (1982). The Agatha Christie: Helen Hays Collection includes A Caribbean Mystery (1983), Murder is Easy (1982) and Murder with Mirrors (1985) while the Agatha Christie: Peter Ustinov Collection includes Dead Man's Folly (1986), Murder in Three Acts (1986) and Thirteen at Dinner (1985). Finally , also back in print, Stephen King's The Shining (1997).
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usOctober 23, 2018
    television
    dvd
    blu-ray
    horror
    dracula

    Surfside Sensations

    Surfside Sensations
    New film to Blu-ray this week: John Millius' surf classic Big Wednesday (1978) starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, and Gary Busey. New to TV discs include Young Sheldon: The Complete First Season (2017-18) on Blu-ray along with Mom: The Complete Fifth Season (2017-18), The Middle: The Complete Ninth Season (2017-18) and People of Earth: The Complete Second Season (2017) all new to DVD. Back in Print on DVD we chat about the Karloff Lugosi Horror Classics collection which includes The Walking Dead (1936), You'll Find Out (1940), Zombies on Broadway (1945), and Frankenstein 1970 (1958). Annie Oakley (1935), Wife vs. Secretary (1936) and the Barbara Stanwyck double feature, To Please a Lady (1950)/ Jeopardy (1953) are all back in print on DVD as well.
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usSeptember 11, 2018
    television
    dvd
    warner bros
    classic tv
    boris karloff

    #8 - A League of their Own 2: A GALAXY OF THEIR OWN

    #8 - A League of their Own 2: A GALAXY OF THEIR OWN

    What begins as an all-female war epic spirals out of this world in this intergalactic sequel to a League of Their Own!

    In Making Number 2, comedy duo Marty Scanlon & Ali Gordon invite you to their "writer's room" as they craft on-the-fly pitches for sequels and prequels that should not exist. They're the best movies you'll never see! New episodes every other Thursday.

    Recording, editing, and music by Marty Scanlon

    Making Number 2
    enJuly 05, 2018
    comedy
    baseball
    tom hanks
    drama
    geena davis

    The Dirty Thirties

    The Dirty Thirties
    Lots of new movies to DVD including The Great Meadow (1931) with John Mack Brown, Kansas City Princess (1934) with Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, the musical drama Broadway Hostess (1935), Calm Yourself (1935) with Robert Young, the gangster pic Absolute Quiet (1936) and the classic comedy All American Chump (1936). New TV to DVD includes the YA soap, Famous in Love: Season 1 (2017) starring Bella Thorne. Back in print DVDs include Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) with Spencer Tracy, Ivanhoe (1952) with Robert Taylor and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) with Spencer Tracy. Then we tackle two long reader letters revealing all kinds of insight behind-the-scenes.
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usMay 22, 2018
    television
    dvd
    warner bros
    classic tv
    classic film

    The Darkness of Noir

    The Darkness of Noir
    New Film Noir Blu-rays directed by Fritz Lang include While the City Sleeps (1956) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) both starring Dana Andrews. New Noir on DVD includes Murder in the Big House (Born for Trouble) (1942), Hotel Berlin (1945) starring Peter Lorree and Danger Signal (1945) with Zachary Scott. Then we detail what's back in print on DVD including the Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection with Nancy Drew: Detective (1938), Nancy Drew: Reporter (1939), Nancy Drew: Troubleshooter (1939) and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939), The Women (1939), Possessed (1947), The Three Musketeers (1948) along with the TV releases including The Oblongs (2001) and The New Adventures of Old Christine Season 1 (2006).
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usMarch 13, 2018
    television
    dvd
    george sanders
    warner bros
    classic tv

    Hard Lessons

    Hard Lessons
    Screen icon Alan Ladd produces and stars in Hell on Frisco Bay (1955). This crime spectacle, shot on location in noir central - San Francisco appears for the first time on both Blu-ray and DVD. Director Jerry Schatzberg's masterclass in empathetic acting from two very different, but equally dynamic, acting titans, Scarecrow (1973) starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino, comes to Blu-ray. Rachel Ward makes her "scream" debut in the early eighties slasher, Night School (1981). Directed by Ken Hughes (Casino Royale and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) comes to Blu-ray red with blood. On DVD, The Jamie Foxx Show: The Complete Fourth Season (1999-2000) sees the young staff of The King's Towers enter into a new maturity while its proprietors begin to make plans to step aside. This week we have two triple feature DVD Collections featuring classic WB character actors. Glenda Farrell Triple Feature includes the films, The Law in her Hands (1936), Here Comes Carter (1936) and Dance Charlie Dance (1937) while the Guy Kibbee Triple Feature includes Mary Jane's Pa (1935), Going Highbrow (1935) and The Big Noise (1936).
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usOctober 24, 2017
    television
    dvd
    warner bros
    classic tv
    jamie foxx

    Racing Westward

    Racing Westward
    New to Blu-Ray - Jason Robards serves up a career defining performance in slo-mo action deconstructionist Sam Peckinpah's western, The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970). 70s star Michael Sarrazin says "Gumball" into the phone unleashing a cross-country no-holds-bared race across america in The Gumball Rally (1976). New TV on DVD includes the Hondo: The Complete Series (1967) based on the character created by Louis L'Amour and the John Wayne film, features the adventures of former cavalry scout Hondo Lane (Ralph Taeger) and his dog Sam (himself). Newsreaders: The Complete Second Season (2014-15) comes from the creative team behind the irreverent, Emmy-winning comedy Childrens Hospital. Musicals Back in Print on DVD include Romance on the High Seas (1948), It's a Great Feeling (1949), My Dream is Yours (1949), Summer Stock (1950), Young Man with a Horn (1950), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Les Girls (1957) and Bells are Ringing (1960) - which is also newly available on Blu-ray. As a bonus we brought two John Waters cult classics back to DVD including Pink Flamingos (1972) and Desperate Living (1977)
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usJune 06, 2017
    television
    dvd
    warner bros
    classic tv
    stella stevens

    Outrageous!

    Outrageous!
    After wishing ourselves a Happy 8th Birthday, we tackle the latest releases on disc. First up, Batman Brave and the Bold Season 3 (2011) finally comes to Blu-ray looking bolder than ever. Next up, from the creative team behind the irreverent, award-winning comedy Childrens Hospital comes Newsreaders Season 1 (2013) on DVD - the series explores the vital issues that actually don't affect us every day. Take your front-row seats to the best variety show of rarities from the Jazz Age, as the vaunted and venerable Vitaphone sound shorts present a third DVD collection of vintage Vaudeville and more with Vitaphone Varieties Volume 3 (1928-29). The Girl and the General (1967) is a haunting Italian neorealist dramedy about an Italian private, Umberto Orsini, who captures an Austrian general, Rod Steiger. Then we wrap the podcast up with a Flashback discussion of the 2010 release of the must-see oddball classic, Gabriel Over the White House (1933) starring Walter Huston and Franchot Tone.
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usMarch 21, 2017
    television
    dvd
    batman
    warner bros
    classic tv

    Demon Seeds and Dinosaurs

    Demon Seeds and Dinosaurs
    Two sci-fi classics come to Blu-Ray! It's cowboys versus dinosaurs as FX man extraordinaire Ray Harryhausen animates The Valley of Gwangi (1969). Julie Christie takes on the sentient (and lusty) computer in her basement in Demon Seed (1977). Warner Bros. Animation's The Zeta Project is a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from Batman Beyond. Season One (2001) is now back in print and we're proud to be releasing the long-awaited Season Two (2002) new to DVD. Finally we chat about two classics starring Lee Tracy that are new to DVD including Wanted! Jane Turner (1936) and Millionaires in Prison (1940).
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usMarch 14, 2017
    television
    dvd
    warner bros
    classic tv
    ray harryhausen

    Happy Forbidden Holidays

    Happy Forbidden Holidays
    First up for this Holiday Podcast are Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015) and Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (2016) - both contemporary TV holiday movies are now available on Blu-ray. Then we present The Snorks Season 3 and 4 collected in one volume on DVD which finishes off the series. Next we review several incredible films finally Back in Print on DVD including Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952), Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier in Something of Value (1957), John Ford directing the great Woody Strode in Sergeant Rutledge (1960) along with Mitchum and George Kennedy in The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969). To wrap up the year we bring back three of our most requested sets, Forbidden Hollywood Volumes 1-3 which collectively feature Waterloo Bridge (1931), Baby Face, Red-Headed Woman, The Divorcee, A Free Soul, Night Nurse, Three on a Match, Female, Other Men's Women, The Purchase Price, Frisco Jenny, Midnight Mary, Heroes for Sale and Wild Boys of the Road. Happy Holidays and wishing everyone the best 2017!
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usDecember 20, 2016
    television
    dvd
    warner bros
    classic tv
    dolly parton

    Deadly Matters

    Deadly Matters
    First, Richard Harris takes on Rod Taylor in The Deadly Trackers (1973) new to Blu-ray. Then we move over to TV with the primetime Hanna-Barbera animated show, Where's Huddles? (1970). Next, Urkel makes the seventh season of Family Matters (1995-96) even more surreal on DVD. Then we go over a bunch of studio classics new to DVD including the musicals About Face (1952) and Stop, You're Killing Me (1952). Natalie Wood gets her first grown-up role in A Cry in the Night (1956) with a thoroughly chilling Raymond Burr. Then we travel to the darkest Amazon with the historical travelogue Manhunt in the Jungle (1958). George Hamilton stars as Broadway legend Moss Hart in Act One (1963). Finally we chat about the ground-breaking musical Stop the World I want to Get Off (1966).
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usJuly 26, 2016
    television
    dvd
    classic tv
    rod taylor
    richard harris

    A Strange Brew of Old and New

    A Strange Brew of Old and New
    Hi! This is George, Matt and DW from Warner Archive - how's it goin', eh? Our topic today is Hollywood and we'll be discussing Bob and Doug McKenzie's epic film, Strange Brew (1983) starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas now out on blu-ray - mouse in a bottle not included, eh!. Our second topic today is TV Classics like Young Maverick (1979-80) - he's in the wild west, and the fifth and final season of Dr. Kildare (1965-66) starring Richard Chamberlin - this one's in color, eh! Then we move on to classic films like Woman in White (1949) and Lizzie (1957) with the lovely Eleanor Parker. She's a beauty, no? And then it's time for the RKO Varieties Triple Feature with three different hour long films that bridge the gap between radio, film and TV with hosts Gil Lamb and Jack Parr with acts like Edgar Kennedy, Anne Shirley, Red Buttons and Liberace. That guy can really play the piano! Lastly we got three Hong Kong films from Golden Harvest including A Terra-cotta Warrior (1989) - about an ancient Chinese guy who becomes a statue for like 3000 years, He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994) - because that's what happens, eh - and Hark Tsui's The Blade (1995) about a one-armed swordsman with a killer sword. And that's our podcast for today, so good day!
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usMarch 08, 2016
    television
    dvd
    classic tv
    classic film
    strange brew

    From the Depths of the Past

    From the Depths of the Past
    Get down with three new Blus including Innerspace (1987), Free Willy (1993) and Blast from the Past (1999). Then we discuss the crime-solving team that makes the scene - Clue Club (1976) followed by four rare John Gilbert films including Way for a Sailor (1930), Redemption (1930), Gentleman's Fate (1931) and The Phantom of Paris (1931). Finally, we introduce six Hong Kong martial arts films from Golden Harvest studios just added to Warner Archive Streaming.
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usAugust 11, 2015
    blu-ray
    classic tv
    joe dante
    classic film
    hanna-barbera

    Thank Your Ladyhawkes

    Thank Your Ladyhawkes
    It's time to run with the wolves and dance with the stars as we take a tru blu gander at Richard Donner's fantastic fantasy LADYHAWKE (1985) with Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Broderick along with the classic, THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS (1943). Then we head out west with BRONCO: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON (1961-62), the classic Warner Bros. Western's final season starring Ty Hardin and the debut of LAWMAN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (1958-59) with John Russell. Next we board the "T" to spend some time with Spenser and Hawk in SPENSER: FOR HIRE, THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (1986-87) with Robert Urich and Avery Brooks. The strains of La Cucaracha are heard as we celebrate VIVA VILLA (1934) with Wallace Beery and Fay Wray, followed by a bit of cinema asada with the JOHN J. MALONE MYSTERY DOUBLE FEATURE: HAVING WONDERFUL CRIME (1944) with Pat O'Brien and MRS. O'MALLEY AND MR. MALONE (1950) with James Whitmore and Marjorie Main. Then get set for Sixties suspense with Stewart Granger in THE SECRET PARTNER (1961), Joanne Woodward in SIGNPOST TO MURDER (1964), Alain Delon and Ann-Margret in ONCE A THIEF (1965), David McCallum in SOL MADRID (1968) along with Rowan and Martin in THE MALTESE BIPPY (1969). And it all winds down with a look at the widescreen dvd debut of HER ALIBI (1988) and GUILTY BY SUSPICION (1991).
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usMay 26, 2015
    fantasy
    spenser
    classic tv
    suspense
    westerns

    Blu Titans Go!

    Blu Titans Go!
    Get ready to "Come Back a Star!" with the newly restored 42nd Street (1933) along with the smash hit Teen Titans GO! Season 1 (2013) both making their Blu-ray debut. Then it's time for classic TV drama - STAT! - with Dr. Kildare Season 4 (1964-65). Later, we take a wild and wooly ride South and West with BLACK GOLD (1947), SON OF BELLE STARR (1953), SOMBRERO (1953), ARROW IN THE DUST (1954), MARAUDERS (1955), BLACK PATCH (1957), and THE HIRED GUN (1957). Finally, we investigate some mysterious suspensers with KID GLOVE KILLER (1942), ESCAPE FROM EAST BERLIN (1962), SCORPIO LETTERS (1967) and EVERY LITTLE CROOK AND NANNY (1972).
    Warner Archive Podcast
    en-usApril 28, 2015
    dvd
    blu-ray
    westerns
    classic film
    classic tv
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