We look at two films that feature the martial arts legend Joe Lewis this time on the podcast. We were not familiar with him but he popped up on our radar and seemed perfect for the show. We start off with his debut starring role in 1979's "Jaguar Lives" which also features a sizeable cast of legendary actors. It's a fun combination of martial arts and James Bond, with globe-trotting, intrigue and an inscrutable plot. We follow that up with 1981's "Force Five" from show-favorite director Robert Clouse. It's a familiar plot, with an evil leader who has an island stronghold that must be stopped. It has some really fun moments, with great stunt work. Please let us know what you thought of the show, and send us some suggestions for future episodes. You can email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  

We recorded this episode on Valentine's Day, with love and romance filling our hearts and minds as we looked at two disparate films where sex and demons are connected. We start off with the light hearted goofiness of 1987's "My Demon Lover" where a woman in New York City is struggling to find the right man until she meets a weirdo who's possessed with a demon that presents itself any time he becomes sexually aroused. It's dumb, but fun, and completely forgettable. We follow that up with a modern masterpiece, 2014's "It Follows" where a curse is passed from person to person via sex. The curse causes a demon to relentlessly pursue you, with a goal to violently kill you. The only way to stave off the attack is pass the curse on to someone else by having sex with them. It is a layered parable that still manages to be very scary and fun at the same time. Please let us know what you thought of the show, and send us some suggestions for future episodes. You can email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

We turn our attention back to one of our favorite genres, the big dumb action-movie!  We talk about two obscure flicks from the 80s that have had a bit of a renaissance lately. We start off with 1982's "Kill Squad" where a team of martial artists team up to find out who attacked their leader. It's fantastic low-budget fun. We follow that up with "Action USA" from 1989 which recently got a blu-ray release from Vinegar Syndrome. It's surprisingly coherent and has a great cast of favorite faces, having fun and causing a TON of havoc! Please let us know what you thought of the show, and send us some suggestions for future episodes. You can email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.    

Welcome to 2021! We kick off the new year with a look at a dark side of human behavior...road rage! First up is 2004's "Highwaymen", from the director of the 80's classic "The Hitcher" Robert Harmon. Starring Jim Caviezel and Rhona Mitra, it's a big, noisy action movie, that tells a story of revenge between two men who have fast, dangerous cars. There is smashing, crashing, flipping and exploding action throughout and it's a fun bit of escapist entertainment. We follow that with 2020's "Unhinged" starring Russell Crowe as a huge, psychotic brute with an enormous pickup truck and an axe to grind with a woman and son in a station wagon. It is rough, vicious, intense and violent, and Crowe is terrifying and believable as someone you do NOT want to cross. The show goes long as we get reacquainted  after a long pause over the holidays, and we talk about all the things we've watched since the last show. Please send emails to [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagramand Twitter.

We wrap up this shitty year with two VERY entertaining action films from the 90's that both feature the always-fun Robert Davi and also have plots that remind us VERY much of our favorite Christmas movie...a little flick called "Die Hard". We start off with "The Taking of Beverly Hills" from 1991, directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Ken Wahl and Matt Frewer, with several good people in supporting roles. The plot revolves around a group of disgruntled cops who fake a chemical spill in Beverly Hills in order to rob the place blind. Lots of things are blown up, crushed and shot during the runtime and it's a ton of fun!  We follow it up with 1995's "No Contest" which stars Shannon Tweed and Andrew "Dice" Clay. This time, a beauty pageant is taken over by a group of VERY bad men who hold the contestants hostage and only the kicks and punches of a former winner can save them!  It is a very fun piece of fluff that delivers on every level. Neither of these movies are "good" on any defensible level, but they both left us all with huge grins on our faces and we recommend them. Please let us know what you thought of the show and send us some suggestions for future episodes. Please send emails to [email protected] or [email protected].  You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

We had REALLY high hopes for our two movies this time on the podcast, but to say that they both weren't winners would be a HUGE understatement. Both films are directed by Dimitri Logothetis and feature enormous dudes beating the crap out of each other. We start off with 2018's "Kickboxer: Retaliation" which continues the story that started with Jean-Claude Van Damme's hit film from 1989. VanDamme even reprises his role and serves as a mentor to the film's lead, played by Alain Moussi. It tells the story of an MMA fighter who goes to a Thailand prison where he is groomed to fight Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who played the Mountain, in Game of Thrones. There's other famous faces around, including Christopher Lambert, Mike Tyson and many high-level MMA fighters. It is a lot of dumb fun with some fantastic action set-pieces and a fairly predictable storyline. The second film is where the real trouble begins. We had seen the trailer for 2020's "Jiu Jitsu" and it looked completely amazing! Also featuring Alain Moussi in the lead, it had Tony Jaa, Frank Grillo and Nicolas Cage!!! How could this thing be bad!?!? Well, it turns out that it could be bad in every single way imaginable. With a story that borrows liberally from "Predator" we have a team of elite fighters traveling to fight an alien who comes to Earth to compete against our best in combat to the death. It is dumb, confusing and badly assembled. Really just a huge step down from the first film. Please let us know what you thought of the show and send us some suggestions for future episodes. Please send emails to [email protected] or [email protected].  You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

This time, in the cave, we take a look at two films from VERY manly men. We start off with 1972's "The Getaway" from iconic director Sam Peckinpah. It stars another icon, Steve McQueen as an ex-con who gets back into a life of crime, only to have everything go wrong and he's left trying to get away from everyone who's out to get him. The movie was written by show-favorite Walter Hill, who also wrote AND directed our second film, 1978's "The Driver". It stars Ryan O'Neal as an unnamed wheelman who is being pursued by a relentless cop played by Bruce Dern and it is packed with macho dialogue and incredible chase scenes. We recommend both movies and we also recommend that you reach out to us and tell us some other films we should cover on the podcast. Please send emails to [email protected] or [email protected].  You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

On October 31st, we were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the legendary actor Sean Connery. He was someone that was held in high esteem by all of us in the cave. We decided to do a special show in his honor so we did a bit of a search for some less popular starring vehicles to look at for the podcast. We start off with 1966's "A Fine Madness", from director Irvin Kershner, which intends to be a comedy but unfortunately fell VERY flat for us. It DOES have a great supporting cast, and a handful of interesting moments, but overall was a relic from a different time, and not in the best way. We follow that up with the very impressive "The Offence" from 1973. Directed by another legend, Sydney Lumet, it is VERY challenging to watch. It does allow Connery to really shine as an actor, and reminded us all just how effective he could be. Please let us know your favorite Connery performance, and also what you'd like to see on future shows but getting it touch with us.  Please send emails to [email protected] or [email protected].  You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

It's another sausage party on the podcast as we look at two Disney movies from our childhoods that meant a lot to us. Featuring psychic power, gangs of children, flying saucers and more than a few screen legends, these two films left very large marks in our young, malleable brains! We start off with 1975's "Escape to Witch Mountain" where the villains are played by Donald Pleasance and Ray Milland! We follow that up with 1978's "Return from Witch Mountain" where the bad guys are Christopher Lee and Bette Davis!!! Both films are directed by John Hough and have Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards as Tony and Tia, a brother and sister pair who start off knowing very little about their pasts but who come to understand much more over the course of the two movies. Both have that unmistakable Disney energy and charm and they really took us back to our childhoods. If you have to pick one, make sure it's the first film but they both are worth your time if you don't mind some cheese in your movies. Please send emails to [email protected] or [email protected].  You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

We continue our Halloween tradition of looking at films that hit our personal phobias...this time, it's the idea of "eye trauma". We start off with 1975's appropriately titled "Eyeball" from Italian director Umberto Lenzi. A fairly boilerplate giallo with a gloved killer and tons of misdirects, but it is fun and moves along quickly. It also features a number of off-camera eye gouging incidents that makes it a fairly decent choice for this theme. We follow that up with an absolute masterpiece...1987's "Anguish" from director Bigas Luna. This is a really trippy and, at times, genuinely unsettling experience. Using the idea of hypnotism and combining that with a layered series of meta narratives, it's truly something you need to see. We then proceed to a discussion of things we've seen lately. Please send emails to [email protected] or [email protected].  You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.