Cherry Bombs - The Underappreciated Movies Podcast

Dustin & Nik discuss the upcoming summer of bonus episodes and preview the next season of Cherry Bombs!

This is rumor control, here are the facts: Alien 3 rules! This month Dustin & Nik celebrate the 30th birthday of David Finchers misunderstood first born. Disowned by its director, hated by fans and cursed by Michael Biehn, we cant blame Alien 3 for wanting to jump into a vat of hot lead. But we're here to rehab its reputation and make the case for why Alien 3 is the most optimistic Alien film of them all.  Subscribe today and never again apologize for the movies you love! 

This month Dustin & Nik celebrate Mother's Day with the biggest mother of them all, Mommie Dearest! Join us for a Mother's Day brunch of bloody steak, Pepsi-Cola and violent mood swings. Leave the wire hangers and bring the axe as we discuss the deranged genius of Frank Perry's biopic monster movie and dish about The Notorious F.A.Y.E.  We love you, Mommie Dearest. We really mean it!

Content Warning: In this episode we have some fun with the outrageous and melodramatic 1981 Hollywood version of Mommie Dearest. This episode is about the movie itself, NOT the book, the traumatic real life events alleged in it or the very real and serious issue of domestic violence. Despite this distinction, sensitive listeners may still find the subject matter and certain film clips disturbing. Discretion is advised. 

 

In this special Oscar month bonus episode, Dustin and Nik are joined by some favorite Cherry Bombs guests to watch the 1998 Academy Awards broadcast in it's entirety (complete with commercials)! It's the year Oscar got it mostly right, from Titanic's rightful sweep to a bonkers Men in Black interpretive dance number, "the exciting" Michael Bolton going the distance and multiple shout outs to The Postman and Anaconda. If you make it the end of this aggressively niche 4 hour endeavor, congratulations... you've finished the Internet.

This month we're crashing the Academy Awards and correcting some of the biggest snubs from 94 years of Oscar voting! We'll explore 21 categories, from Best Picture to Visual FX, Best Actress to Sound Editing. Hide your Oscars, "Gandhi"! Lock your doors, "Cider House Rules"! Hand it over, "English Patient"! We're plucking gold statues from mantels and re-gifting them to deserving artists and films that weren't even nominated. Join us for an episode that's as long as an Oscar broadcast and every bit as self-indulgent! 

There can be no light without darkness and no Cherry Bombs without LEGEND! This month we hose ourselves down with glitter and declare our love for the Tangerine Dream US theatrical cut of Ridley Scott's rock opera fairy tale. Down a fistful of allergy pills and join us as we frolic through a pollen-choked forest, crush on twinky Tom Cruise and gothy Mia Sara, fend off a horny sprite and get Brown Tom'd. Are we asking too much or is your love strong enough?

It's Christmas commentary time again as Dustin & Nik trim the cherry bomb tree and watch the 1985 mega-budget Kris Kringle origin story, Santa Claus The Movie! What other Christmas classic opens with Santa Claus, his wife and reindeer freezing to death in a blizzard and closes with John Lithgow tumbling to a nightmarish death in the cold, lonely vacuum of space? Superman producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind squeeze Santa through their Man of Steel mold and deliver a truly bizarre yet good hearted tale of a resurrected Zombie Claus who delivers crappy wooden toys to ungrateful brats who prefer explosive, radioactive candy from a traitorous, sell-out elf. Join us for a nostalgic trip through a sweet, disturbing and magical holiday gift from grinchy, elf-hating director Jeannot Szwarc that Lithgow called "the tackiest movie I've ever been in".  Season's Greetings!

This month Cherry Bombs travels to Arrakis, also known as... wait for it... Dune! Join Dustin and Nik as they pay tribute to natural treasure David Lynch and his criminally underpraised detour into big budget franchise moviemaking, 1984's Dune! Along the way we'll take a pug into battle, try on some full body desert diapers, defend Sean Young's audition tactics, cook quinoa with David Lynch, give a shout out to the Shadout, reminisce about that time we ate chicken wings with Uwe Boll, get hot and bothered over some spicy melange, and remember the tooth... the tooth... THE TOOTH! So strap on your Weirding Module, secure your heart plug and get ready to be owned by the (still) greatest Dune adaptation ever made! Oh yes, we forgot to tell you... Never apologize for the movies you love!

Hows your head? Despite a few complaints, Cherry Bombs Halloween month continues with our salute to the 1988 horror/comedy/musical gem, Elvira Mistress of the Dark! An unfortunate casualty of the New World Pictures bankruptcy, Elvira's big screen debut was resurrected from the dead by the VHS rental crowd. Join Dustin and Nik for cinematic visions no other film has dared replicate including a mascara-wearing baby, a vicious casserole monster, an apple butter orgy and the greatest tassel twirling finale ever committed to celluloid! 
*This is episode is guaranteed 100% Charlotte Rae-free!

It's Trick or Treat month at Cherry Bombs and we're celebrating with two Halloween classics! First, Nik makes an enthusiastic case for his beloved childhood favorite, The Worst Witch, while Dustin struggles to keep up. Undoubtedly the "inspiration" for Harry Potter (We've got your number, Rowling), this 80's HBO staple features Dame Charlotte Rae in dual roles and the great Tim Curry to haunt your green screen nightmares.  So take a half holiday and show the world, let them know... it's Halloween. Hit it!