With RETURN OF THE MALTESE FALCON, private investigator SAM SPADE is back! Author Max Allan Collins tells us everything we need to know about bringing Dashiell Hammett's iconic detective back to bookshelves everywhere. 

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Get your copy of the book here: https://amzn.to/4ac0bCF

More with Max Allan Collins: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLms82QIo-B9mwJkpG3AjDT-fJJBF3c0_Y

Eisner Award Hall of Fame recipient Don McGregor has spent more than 50 years in comics, writing for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Topps, Eclipse, Warren, and many more. Without his foundational work on Black Panther, the blockbuster Marvel movies would not exist. In this interview, Don discusses his career and what's next. 

Cereal At Midnight channel members can watch the video version of this episode at https://youtu.be/yWDY6tchDuc

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Cereal At Midnight's Top 10 Best Movies of 2025!

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Brian Krey, the cat keeping Alpha Video cool, returns to Cereal At Midnight to talk comics, music, movies, and more!

Watch the video version at https://youtu.be/QzEw8T97az8 

Rocco DeVilliers, the filmmaker behind the BRAND NEW documentary UNTOLD STORIES OF BACK TO THE FUTURE, which is included on the new 40th anniversary Blu-ray and 4K box set, stops by to discuss BttF, Knight Rider, Blues Brothers, and how you can get the upcoming FIVE HOUR version of his docs!

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Arnold Leibovit has been preserving and sharing George Pal's groundbreaking PUPPETOONS short films for decades. Here he talks about THE FANTASY WORLDS OF GEORGE PAL, multiple volumes of Puppetoons on Blu-ray, public screenings, and what's coming next for fans of Pal's timeless screen magic. 

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Jeff Rauseo returns to Cereal At Midnight to talk about his new book LOST IN THE STREAM, which explores how streaming and algorithms have completely changed the way that movies are made and watched. If you're a movie fan, this episode is not to be missed. 

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Nobody has done more to chronicle the history of late night horror hosts than Michael Monahan, both as part of the original AMERICAN SCARY documentary project and now as the author of the newly revised and expanded book AMERICAN SCARY: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE KINGS, QUEENS AND JESTERS OF LATE NIGHT TV HORROR. 

Contact Michael Monahan at [email protected]

Buy Vol. 1 at Bear Manor Media: https://www.bearmanormedia.com/products/american-scary?srsltid=AfmBOorw2xwQpg_2Io-mp_nRNNIN_wC4Ot6QZhqThQft1GE6R_bOJKVQ

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4pPpxvS

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/american-scary-conversations-with-the-kings-queens-and-jesters-of-late-night-horror-tv-volume-1-michael-monahan/1147880782?ean=9798887718002

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Steve Latshaw, the filmmaker behind such movies as Jack-O and Command Performance, is also the Director of the Museum of Western Film History. In this episode, he takes us behind the scenes of this year's Lone Pine Film Festival, including the films, the guests (including me), and the on-location events!

Watch the video version of this episode at https://youtu.be/6_c0CYm0JLs 

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Home Entertainment professional by day, superhero by night, Brian Krey returns to Cereal At Midnight to talk about comic books, Batman returning to the big screen, and to weigh the pros and cons of James Gunn's Superman. This super-sized episode is packed with peanuts--and fortified with vitamins, too. 

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