Radiodrome

We take a break from the years and look at how nostalgia has become it's own exploitation sub-genre.

Did we really need a Jem and the Holograms movie or were they simply exploiting your nostalgia? This is actually a thing they do now.

This week we take a look at 1976... there were many good films (Assault On Precinct 13, Network and Mako: The Jaws Of Death) and many bad films (King Kong, Logan's Run and The Omen). A year that attempted to eclipse it's predecessor and not really succeeding.

We look at the year 1975 in film this week... besides Jaws... what other films debuted this year? The good (A Boy and His Dog, Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, The Devil's Rain and Monty Python and the Holy Grail among others) and the bad (Barry Lyndon, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, The Happy Hooker and The Stepford Wives among others).

It was a turbulent year and one that marked the start of a new era in hollywood.

Brandon Tenold (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6ELOg-SELapz7QEq6N-vVKMTkw9nHTHq) stops by again to help us look at the 3 great films Tobe Hooper made for Cannon films back in the 80's, Lifeforce, Invaders From Mars and Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2.

When you adapt a book into a movie why is a literal translation impossible? What has to be changed? Does it make the product better? Or worse?

George Romero, John Carpenter, John Landis, Bob Clark, Mel Brooks and so many other great filmmakers had their heyday in the late 70's and early 80's... then the 90's brought only crap from them. Why? What happened to these guys?

When we were kids we didn't notice things in movies, such as that Ferris Beuller is a sociopath or that the guys of Delta House are the villains in Animal House.

Lets look at his growing up puts old movies into a new perspective.

With Bill Cosby's arrest, we must take another look at this issue, can you separate the art from the artist?

You have to market a movie to let people know it's out there and to get people interested... but what happens when the downright bizarre marketing is employed? The new trailer for Star Trek: Beyond being a prime example. What the hell was that?

The original 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night film is considered one of the sleaziest slasher films of the decade, but how many of you remember just how psychological and deep it was? How many of you forgot there were 4 sequels and a garbage "remake" .