In ancient times of high adventure -- 1982 -- there was a sword. And there was a sorcerer. And their tale was told in a movie with the imaginative title THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER.

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In 1981 Terry Gilliam’s third feature film took us beyond space and time through cracks in the universe. A strange and silly universe. The week Ian and Matthew talk about TIME BANDITS.

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In the early 1900s, Harry Houdini became the world's greatest entertainer by executing seemingly impossible escapes from every imaginable type of captivity.

In the mid 1970s, ten-year-old Matthew was captivated by THE GREAT HOUDINIS, a biopic starring Paul Michael Glaser of Starsky and Hutch fame.

How will Ian escape this TV movie?

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Ian takes over the podcast to lead a discussion of an action-adventure tale that had a deep impact on his young movie-loving mind: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE.

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Following their arctic visit to Ice Station Zebra, Ian and Matthew continue their icy endeavors with a journey to the Antarctic to explore H.P Lovecraft's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS.

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As we deal with the icy winds of January, we ask ourselves: what if we take these icy winds and add Cold War nuclear tensions? And a cool nuclear submarine?

Join Ian and Matthew for a talk about 1968's ICE STATION ZEBRA.

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CHRISTMAS WITH CONAN continues!

Right on the tail of 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Raffaella De Laurentiis produced 1984's CONAN THE DESTROYER. New villain. New sidekicks. New director. New tone. Same Conan?

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Happy Hyborian Holidays! Our December theme is Christmas with Conan, starting with 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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More than two decades before Peter Jackson made the world believe that New Zealand is Middle Earth, animator Ralph Bakshi gave us an ambitious and deeply weird adaptation of Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Or the first half, at least.

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• The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - Wikipedia

Tricksey hobbitses!

In this episode Ian and Matthew discuss Matthew's junior high Tolkien obsession, and specifically the 1977 Rankin Bass animated version of THE HOBBIT.

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• The Hobbit (1977 film) - Wikipedia