Patreon Maff mulled over a few different choices before settling on the 1985 Wolf Peterson movie, Enemy Mine! It's one Dave has seen a fair few times, while Chris...... well, it's sci-fi so the signs aren't great...

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At the height of the devastating intergalactic war between humans and the bipedal reptilian humanoids known as Dracs, the earthling single-seat fighter pilot, Willis Davidge, and the saurian pilot, Jeriba Shigan, engage in a furious dogfight. As both sworn enemies crash-land on the desolate, inhospitable planet, Fyrine IV, they will have to put aside their hatred for each other, share knowledge and experience to fight the forces of nature and, above all, work in unison to survive. Can their forced coexistence and uneasy camaraderie pave the way for a genuine inter-species friendship?

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There are few sci-movies from the 80's which being be held in higher esteem than James Cameron's 1986 sequel, Aliens. Set after the original Alien, 1979, this takes the initial encounter with the Xenomorph and turns everything up to eleven!! Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton, this sci-fi action-adventure is one to strap in for!

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57 years after Ellen Ripley had a close encounter with the reptilian alien creature from the first movie, she is called back, this time, to help a group of highly trained colonial marines fight off against the sinister extraterrestrials. But this time, the aliens have taken over a space colony on the moon LV-426. When the colonial marines are called upon to search the deserted space colony, they later find out that they are up against more than what they bargained for. Using specially modified machine guns and enough firepower, it's either fight or die as the space marines battle against the aliens. As the Marines do their best to defend themselves, Ripley must attempt to protect a young girl who is the sole survivor of the nearly wiped out space colony.

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It's time again to go back to a classic starring the Muscles from Brussels, Jean-Claude Van Damme! It's the 1990 action movie, Death Warrant. Written by David S. Goyer and directed by Deran Sarafian, this was a favorite to get from the video shop in the Phelps household.

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The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate some murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Lois, using his outstanding martial arts, is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At last, helped by two another prisoners, he succeeds in finding the truth about the dreadful crimes

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Concluding our Halloween weekend, we have our friends the Pop Guerrillas giving their views on the Halloween franchise. You can subscribe to them on all good or evil podcast catchers.....

The Pop Guerrillas are a collective dedicated to providing spoiler-free reviews in less time than it takes to listen to a song. Music, movies, TV, comics, books and much more. They reviewed each of the 12 Halloween films in order.  Enjoy and have a happy Halloween!

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Special Halloween episode covering the 1994 cult phenomenon The Crow. Starring Brandon Lee.

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A poetic guitarist Eric Draven is brought back to life by a crow a year after he and his fiancée are murdered. The crow guides him through the land of the living, and leads him to his killers: knife thrower Tin-tin, drugetic Funboy, car buff T-Bird, and the unsophisticated Skank. One by one, Eric gives these thugs a taste of their own medicine. However their leader Top-Dollar, a world-class crime lord who will dispatch his enemies with a Japanese sword and joke about it later, will soon learn the legend of the crow and the secret to the vigilante's invincibility

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Heather's is an absolute favorite of our great friend and Patreon supporter Tony Farina of Indie Comics Spotlight. This cult classic originally flopped at the box office but developed a huge following after that. Directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Daniel Waters and starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty this one certainly divides opinion!

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A regular girl, Veronica, tries to survive the social jungle of high school by sticking with the three most popular girls at school who are all called Heather. As she meets a sociopath named JD, her life spirals into a continuous cycle of hate, unintentional murder and indifference, as she exacts revenge on her enemies, also known as her best friends.

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A favourite of Chris' back in the day was White Men Can't Jump. Directed and written by Ron Shelton and starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez and Tyra Ferrell.

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Billy and Sydney think they're the best basketball hustlers in town, so when they join forces, nothing can stop them, except each other. To add to their problems, Billy owes money and is being chased by a pair of gangster types.

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Finally breaking our James Bond duck with the winner of our Roger Moore poll, For Your Eyes Only from 1981. Directed by John Glen, written by Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson, and starring Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Chaim Topol and Julian Glover. Moore is a favourite of Chris and Dave's, but will this one stand up?

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After disposing of a familiar looking face, Bond is sent to recover a communication device, known as an A.T.A.C., which went down with a British spy ship as it sunk. Bond must hurry though, as the Russians are also out for this device. On his travels, he also meets Melina Havelock, whose parents were brutally murdered. Bond also encounters Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Each of them are accusing the other of having links with with the Russians. Bond must team up with Melina, solve who the true ally is, and find the A.T.A.C. before it's too late.

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