We begin our Star Wars Miniseries with Akira Kurosawa's THE HIDDEN FORTRESS is the classic action-adventure that is best remembered as the samurai film that inspired George Lucas. Join us in our discussion discovering all the wonderful parallels between two incredible films in cinema history. 

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The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise. It's the one failed film in the attempted reboot of Universal Monsters franchise The Dark Universe. Is there anything of substance behind the creation of this attempted universe starter? How big is Russell Crowe as Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde? Why? These questions and more come up in our discussion on this truly insane reboot.   Next week: In anticipation of Solo: A Star Wars Story we begin our Star Wars Miniseries with the original Akira Kurosawa film that inspired George Lucas, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS.    Follow us on TWITTER & FACEBOOK

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We kick off our Mummy pairing chatting about the original film The Mummy (1932) starring Boris Karloff as Imhotep the mummy. But the real bulk of our discussion is about the beloved Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz starring action-adventure film from 1999.    Next Week: The Mummy (2017) starring Tom Cruise...

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In 2010 we were dick deep in the grubbiness of the era of gritty remakes of classic horror films. Producer Michael Bay hired the guy that directed the video for Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit to make a "scarier" remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruger. The remake truly stinks but years earlier Wes Craven himself reimagined his classic with the meta sequel New Nightmare. 
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In 1984, Wes Craven unleashed nightmare dweller Freddy Kruger on the world. With it's charismatic villain, A Nightmare on Elm Street became an instant cinema classic. Goofy boys, Cam & Lex, discuss why it is such an icon and if there is any merit in rebooting it, remaking it or ripping it off!   
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Welcome to the jungle, baby! Board games suck and video games rule! Things have certainly changed in the 2 decades since the original Jumanji. The Rock, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillen star in the 30th highest grossing film in US history. Our next grouping of films are: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) & A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) + Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994).

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We revisit the original Jumanji (1995) in our second pairing of films. Starring the late great legend Robin Williams in one of his most iconic roles, Jumanji holds up great as a family horror adventure film that is well worth revisiting.  Next week we'll continue our discussion with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).

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The rebooted Tomb Raider (2018) starring Alicia Vikander is in cinemas now. We compare and contrast it with its original cinematic predecessor, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). This film may well be the best video game adaptation of all time, but is it good? How does it stack up next to the original? Find out with us!  Our next pairing of films are Jumanji (1995) & Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).

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With our first pairing, we kick things off with LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (2001), based on the popular video game series. The film that made Angelina Jolie a megastar and sex symbol.  Later in the week we'll be comparing and contrasting it to TOMB RAIDER (2018) starring Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft... in cinemas now.

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Welcome to Total Reboot! The new movie podcast from Cameron James & Alexei Toliopoulos (Mike Check and The Blank Slate Movie Podcast). Each week we'll be comparing and contrasting films with their reboots, remakes, and rip-offs. There'll be plenty of mucking around/goofing off but we also are extremely qualified and educated film scholars so we will also explore cinema. 

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