Cinema Death Cult

Multitasking at its finest. I recorded this one from my car during a drive to and from a sporting goods store.

The actress I don't remember the name of is Emily Blunt. The movie I can't remember is girl on the train.

The movie I'm talking about, Woman in the Window, sucks.

Returning guest Joseph Gamble examines Dennis Hopper's notorious disaster "The Last Movie." Well it's a notorious disaster for other people. For me, it's a good movie.

The poem at the beginning is "If" by Rudyard Kipling. I'll probably rewrite this later.

James Griffith returns for a two-hour podcast episode about Beverly Hills Cop, a 106 minute-long movie. While exhuming Eddie Murphy's biggest hit, the conversation sprawled into other Peak Eddie Murphy artifacts like Raw, Delirious, SNL and the masterpiece 48 Hours.

This is the Chris Rock movie I mention. It's good! Check it out if you have a minute.

I got the name of the Walter Hill prison boxing movie wrong. It's "Undisputed" not Undefeated. The trailer is here.

The memo I wrote about the show is below.

Beverly Hills Cop Podcast Notes

Adam Bulger, CEO, Cinema Death Cult Industries

Agenda

Is Axel Foley Gay?

Brendan's back to talk about Daft Punk's movies.

Spoiler alert: we talk far more about Daft Punk's music than their movies.

Brendan gives his Daft Punk ranking on the show. Mine is:

Human After All

Photo by Cameron Venti on Unsplash

Author and noir expert Richie Narvaez joins me to talk the smokiest, most shadow-drenched film ever made,_ Out of the Past. _

The 1947 black and white Robert Mitchum film is considered to be a quintessential noir film. And, as I reveal in the episode, it's an important influence on my podcast.

Richie's most recent book is NOIRYORICAN and you can find out how to buy it here.

UPDATE: The Bogart/Bacall movie Richie mentions in passing is "Dark Passage."

Giant monsters attack! No one is safe!

With the release of the new King Kong vs. Godzilla, I invited Jim Knipfel back on the show to talk about the original monster battle movie. Jim's a longtime Godzilla fan. Or, in his words, obsessive geek. He wrote a great booklength essay on Godzilla called "A Purposeful Grimace" that he told me will soon resurface on his Patreon page, which is here and worth every penny.

As you'll see, this episode was fraught with peril and surprises. I was embedded with a crack team of Japanese scientists in the United Nations as a menace of unknown origins tore through--well, I've already said too much. Enjoy.

Guitarist and total chiller Dave Cinquegrana returns to CDC to talk about the 2004 music documentary Dig!

Dig! follows the volatile relationship between the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre, two bands that neither David or I like very much. The movie's appeal likes in personalities and conflict, not music.

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You can watch Dig! here for free.

I mispronounce Antonio Salieri's name but stand by my point.

The recent-ish Anton Newcombe jazz 101 video is here.

The Mr. Show sketch I mention is here.

The video for "Not if you were the Last Junkie on Earth" is here.

Hey! Check it out. A movie podcast about Star Wars. Never ever been done before. Trailblazing.

I'm joined by artist and professor Jeff Foye. Jeff's one of my best friends, something that the easy rapport in this episode makes obvious.

We planned to do this as a commentary track for the first Star Wars movie. And it kind of is and kind of isn't at the same time. Tagents a'plenty on this one.

Photographer and photography professor Joseph Gamble joins me in a wide-ranging conversation about the 1962 short film La Jetée and its 1995 Terry Gilliam remake 12 Monkeys. In addition to touching on La Jetée director Chris Marker's 1983 film Sans Soliel and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, we explore the nature of memory, how humans process images and debate the merit of Brad Pitt's high energy performance in 12 Monkeys.

La Jetée is here.

The Hamster Factor doc about 12 Monkeys is here.

The second and last part of my conversation about Russell Crowe's maritime spectacle. We pick up right where we left off--no intro, no formalities, no handholding. So strap in! Or whatever.

The voices are me, Helder Mira and Brendan Mahoney.