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In the early 1980s Cannon Films had few hits with movies about ninjas. In 1985 it was decided to start a new franchise about an American soldier who is also a ninja. With model actor Michael Dudikoff on board "American Ninja" was released in theaters.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the Cannon Films staple "American Ninja" and what its legacy is today.

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"The Ninja Song" by Cory Williams

In 2008 a small film from a first time feature director staring an established Brendon Gleeson and a recently sober Colin Farrell came to a few theaters. "In Bruges" was a modest hit and a critical darling. After "In Bruges" Colin Farrell started to be recognized as one of our finest actors.

Join Ty and RD as they celebrate the holidays with a film about contract killers taking a holiday in one of Europe's most beautiful cities.

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In the early 2000s George Clooney revived the heist comedy with "Oceans 11" Two successful sequels followed and the crowd was looking for what was next. In 2018 the next film in the series "Oceans 8" dropped with an all female crew of theives led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett. the film was a hot but quickly forgotten.

Join Tina and RD as they bring back this film and encourage the audience to get caught up in one fo the best comedies about robbing the Met Gala that has ever been made.

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In the 1990s Australian Director Alex Proyas made a splash with critically and financially successful movie "The Crow". For his follow up film Proyas decided to go with bold vision and made the sci-fi noir film "Dark City" While the movie was a critical success, it bombed at the box office and was forgotten by time.

Join Ty and RD as they rediscover a lost science fiction masterpiece in "Dark City".

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In 1982 Space Camp opened in Huntsville Alabama. It was a place that promoted science, math, and the U.S. Space program to young students. The 1980's also saw the launch of the Space Shuttle program. Space exploration was cool to the kids in America.

In 1986 Hollywood wanted to capitalize on this space craze among young kids and released the family friendly adventure film "SpaceCamp". Unfortunately the movie was lost and a financial flop because the country was still in shock and mourning the astronauts lost in the Shuttle Challenger disaster that took place months before "SpaceCamp" hit theaters.

Join Tina and RD as they discuss "SpaceCamp" and wonder if the film was doomed because of the Challenger tragedy, or if it was not a very good movie to begin with.

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"The Space Camp Song!" is written and performed by Jeff Finley

"Lifeforce" was supposed to be a hit movie. Cannon Films got "Poltergeist" director Tobe Hooper to helm the project and "Alien" screeenwriter Dan O'Bannon to adapt the sci-fi novel "The Space Vampires". The movie premiered in the summer of 1985, and bombed. How could that be? "Lifeforce has a great director, writer, and a fully naked 18 year old Mathilda May to be the villain.

Join Ty and RD as they talk "Lifeforce" and the choices made to make your villain a women who is nude the entire movie.

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the 1980s saw the rise of many cool new sports. Karate tournaments were all the rage, wrestling was hot and sexy, and skateboarding was becoming mainstream. To capitalize on these new suburban sports, BMX biking got it's moment to shine with the movie "Rad". Unfortunately "Rad" was not a very good movie and crashed out at the box office.

Join Tina and RD as they watch and discuss this obscure movie that has it all, BMX racing, ass sliding, and sensual bike trick dancing.

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In 1984 The Talking Heads released their concert film "Stop Making Sense". The movie would go on to be regarded as one of the greatest concert films ever. In 2016, comedic actors Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Maya Rudolph would use the legendary strife between members of The Talking Heads to create an homage to "Stop Making Sense" on an episode of the comedy series Documentary Now! with the fake concert film "Final Transmission".

Join Ty and RD as they talk about this loving recreation of The Talking Heads at the height of their power, and marvel at the accuracy and care this comedy show did in recreating one of the greatest concert films ever.

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Christopher Reeve brought Superman to the big screen, and it was a huge success. At least the first two movies were huge successes. After a disappointing Superman III, Cannon Films graabed the rights and tried to bring success back to the Big Blu Boy Scout with Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Reeve was back along with Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman. Up and coming stars Muriel Hemingway and Jon Cryer were added. Succes seemed to be in the cards. The movie had bad effects, a bad story, and it killed the Superman movie franchise for decades.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the movie Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and reflect on the legacy of one of the worst films ever made.

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In the 1990's super hero movies were not that big of a deal. Superman had fallen out opf favor and Batman was getting away from it's Tim Burton influences. To fill the void, Roger Corman put into production a film that would highlight Marvel Comics iconic team The Fantastic Four. The movie was made, and then never released.

Join Ty and RD as they go over the story of the movie, and the movie itself "The Fantastic Four".

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