We recently bid goodbye to absolute legend Tim Curry. We re-run our profile on Tim Curry as a way of bidding a final goodbye.

Cinquisitor Ethan presents an analysis of Lucasfilm's made-for-TV Ewok movies "The Ewok Adventure" (a/k/a "Caravan of Courage) and "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor," from 1984 and 1985, respectively. He also provides a retrospective and an analysis of the broader mass marketing campaign surrounding Star Wars and how it contributed to the growth of the Lucasfilm Empire, as well as offers his speculations on the possible effects on culture that campaign may have had.

Written, performed, and edited by Ethan Ireland

Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

Tracks used: "Floating," "Dreams of 1984," "VHS Memory," "Leaving at Dawn," "Space Dust," "Fantasy," "Eclipse," "Serenity, and "Night Breeze."

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Recently, we bid a fond and tearful farewell to the legendary, the iconic, the indelible Tim Curry. Verifier Andy presents a Cinemania Field Report on one of his earliest roles in the 1975 television adaptation of "Three Men in a Boat." Curry played opposite Michael Palin and Stephen Moore and carried (curried?) his own.

Fare ye well, Tim Curry. We hardly knew ye.

Written and performed by Andy Slack

Editing and sound design also by Andy Slack

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound

Submitted for your approval: a Cinemania Field Report on a filmic phenomenon that emerged during the home video era: film franchise sequels going totally OFF THE RAILS. Why did this happen? What films were affected? Verifier Andy tells us why...

Written & performed by Andy Slack

Editing & sound design by Ethan Ireland

Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

Tracks used: "The Pyramid Mine," "Canon," "Orbital," and "Persona."

Verifier Andy presents a Field Report on Werner Herzog's 1976 film "Heart of Glass." Listeners should exercise extreme caution, as Werner Herzog is known to be one of the grimmest, most dire sources of CINEMANIA known to humanity.

Written, performed, and sound design by Andy Slack

Final mixing & mastering by Ethan Ireland

Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

Incidental music and sound courtesy of Epidemic Sound

Verifier Andy brings us a Cinemania Field Report on John Carpenter's 1981 action opus "Escape From New York." Kurt Russell vs. Isaac Hayes vs. Lee van Cleef, backed up with a whole coterie of comedown-era character actors in a masterwork of tense, urban combat. Cinemania abounds, ladies and gentlemen. Proceed with caution.

Written by Zacharia Berks and Andy Slack

Performed by Andy Slack

Editing & Sound Design by Ethan Ireland

Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

Tracks Used: "Brave New World," "Big Trouble in Little China," "Frozen Planet," "Revolver," "Aikido."

Verifier Andy presents a Cinemania Field Report on the 1980 British-American production "Saturn 3," featuring Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel, and a truly CINEMANIA-inducing space robot. Buckle up folks, this is a weird one.

Written and performed by Andy Slack

Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

Incidental music and sound courtesy of Epidemic Sound

Cinquisitor Ethan presents a Field Report on 1973's "Fantastic Planet," a/k/a "La Planète Sauvage" by Rèné Laloux and Roland Topor. This sci-fi animated feature is a mind-melting source of CINEMANIA and contains some of the weirdest images and sequences that have ever been committed to celluloid, ones which you'll find yourself recalling for the rest of your life. Watch at your peril.

Written by Ethan Ireland and Andy Slack

Performed by Ethan Ireland

Editing & Sound Design by Ethan Ireland

Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

Tracks Used: "Worship the Night," "Afterglow," "Existence," and "Lucid Dream"

Yeahhhh... here's one more re-run for you folks because summer vacation ahoy. Verifier Andy tells us about the fine tradition of breaking the fourth wall.

This past week the world bid farewell to New Zealand's Sam Neill, one of Oceania's finest actors. We rebroadcast Verifier Andy's Profile on him in his memory.