Hard Times On Film: The Films of Charles Bronson...and beyond.

Bravery! Building Codes! Breeches Buoy!

Wrap a wet towel around your head, upgrade your wiring, and join Nick & Ray, as they go beyond Bronson - straight into the blazing epic that is the Towering Inferno!

Masterminds! Money! Mild astringent!

Put on your best silk robe, get yourself a plate of beans, and join Nick & Ray for a celebration of 1976's super stylish LA caper flick, St. Ives!

Look at Me! 

There is more to say about the music of 10 to Midnight,  so enjoy this little bonus while you work out or blow dry your hair.

Nurses! Nudes! Knives! 

Part your hair in the middle and grab your birthday suit, because its time to get down and dirty with the high point of 1983 - 10 to Midnight. 

Listen in as Nick & Ray explore all the moral complexity, synth rock, and sweet outfits that this gem has to offer. 

*For technical reasons, we will be posting our discussion of the music of 10 to Midnight as episode 7.5. Check it out, too!
 

Sadists! Swingers! Sweatshirts!

Throw on those sunglasses and say goodbye to your fish, because Nick & Ray are diving in to some hard-edged 80's Bronson.  What is the evil that men do? Why do they do it? Where can I get a turtleneck like that? All shall be revealed.

On the occasion of Charles Bronson's 100th birthday, Nick & Ray are joined by none other than preeminent Bronson scholar Paul Talbot, author of Bronson's Loose: the Making of the Death Wish Films, and Bronson's Loose Again: On the Set with Charles Bronson.

Raise a glass and enjoy a lively discussion on the classic, the overlooked , and the reasons we should all love cinema's #1 star.

Dogs! Dynamite! Determination! (and dongs?)

Grab your snowshoes and hang on to your gold teeth, because this week Nick & Ray are looking at 1981's  kinda true story of hard men in the frozen north - Death Hunt!

Also watch out for our extra special bonus episode commemorating Bronson's 100th birthday!

Grit! Gas! Grappling Hooks!

Pack your parachute and ration your soap, because Nick & Ray are dropping in on The Dirty Dozen -  1967's no-holds-barred WWII extravaganza!
Come for  Bronson's star-making performance; stay for a hundred other cool things the star studded cast has to offer.

We're not quite through with Hard Times!
Join Nick & Ray for a Bronson's Book Corner Bonus mini-episode looking at the novelization of The Streetfighter.

Brawlers! Bears! Bronson!

Feed the cat, shave your face, and join Nick & Ray for an in-depth discussion of the greatest depression-era street-fighting movie ever made - 1975's Hard Times.

We get into all the stellar acting, raw action, and incredible atmosphere that make this a masterwork of 70's cinema.