Video Junkyard Podcast
Do you ever get a flash of a memory of a movie you saw as a child, but can’t remember the name? Perhaps you caught it on TV while staying up later than you should have. Or maybe you never saw it, but you recognize the cover art from the neighborhood video store around the block. At the Video Junkyard, we dig up these forgotten films and franchises and see if they still hold up in the digital age. Hosts Erik Gulbrandsen, Joe Peterson and Ryan Steiskal will look at the best, the worst, and the best of the worst.
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Episodes
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
One good turn deserves another. This week we review the sequel to the mighty RoboCop (1987), the sequentially titled RoboCop 2 (1990).
Cyborg Detroit policeman Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is the sole officer on duty after the police force goes on strike against evil conglomerate Omni Consumer Products and its push to foreclose on the city of Detroit. Aside from dealing with the normal level of crime, Murphy must take on crime boss Cain (Tom Noonan), the spread of a dangerous new drug called "Nuke" and the attempt by psychologist Dr. Juliette Faxx (Belinda Bauer) to create another Robocop using a hardened criminal.
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
This week we finally get to one of our favorite cult classics... RoboCop (1987).
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
This week one of our esteemed audience members picked the gritty sci-fi classic "Outland" (1981) starring the only Sean Connery. This "space western" has been on our watchlist for quite a while, and we're happy to cross it off. Will we be recommending you track down a copy? Listen and find out this week in the Video Junkyard.
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
This week it's the 2002 adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis's novel "Rules of Attraction". This one is one that Joe and Erik remember liking way back when it was new but it's a first watch for Ryan. Was this a good recommendation or is it a stinker?
Rules of Attraction (2002) d. Roger Avary
Sean Bateman is a freshman at Camden College, who's in love with Lauren Hyde. She's waiting for her wastrel boyfriend Victor Johnson to come back from a trip around Europe, while Paul Denton, who used to date Lauren, is exploring his bisexual side with a crush on Sean.
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
It's the Return of the Video Junkyard Podcast... and we're reviewing the Return of everyone's favorite carnivorous fruit. It's Return of the Killer Tomatoes starring John Astin and some no-name TV actor called George Clooney. I'm sure we'll never hear of that guy again.
The insane Dr. Gangrene develops a new strain of violent vegetable in this sequel to the 1977 cult classic.
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
This time on the Video Junkyard Podcast it's... The Company of Wolves (1984).
Wolves and werewolves lurk throughout the dreams of young Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson), who imagines that she must journey through a dark forest to live with her grandmother (Angela Lansbury). When Rosaleen meets a rugged hunter in the woods, she discovers that she has an animal-like attraction to him, leading to a macabre turn of events. The lupine-centric film also features stories within the main tale, told by both Rosaleen and her grandma, all of which have a supernatural bent.
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Adventures from deep space to futuristic New York, and beyond. Each world and story is dominated by the presence of the Loch'nar -- the sum of all evils manifest as a glowing green sphere whose power infects all times, all galaxies, all dimensions. To some, it appears as treasure, a green jewel they must possess. Others worship it as a god. Few escape it. Even in death and through death its powers continue. From war to war and world to world it seems invincible.
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Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
This week on the Video Junkyard Podcast, we take a look at the 1988 supernatural thriller "The Serpent and the Rainbow" directed by Wed Craven. Starring Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, and Paul Winfield, the film tells the (supposedly based on a) true story of an anthropologist's exploration into the supernatural and corrupt underworld of Hatia's "voodoo" practices in hopes of producing live-saving medicines.
While most know of Wes Craven for his Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream franchises, this entry is a little different than many other Craven pieces. Check out the latest episode of the Video Junkyard Podcast to find out if "Serpent and the Rainbow" still has any life, or if it should stay in the graveyard.
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
On this episode of the Video Junkyard Pocast, we continue our deep dive into 70s-80s "grown-up-oriented" animated music films (it's apparently a thing). This week we take a look at the 1983 film "Rock & Rule". Directed by Clive A. Smith, R&R is a futuristic sci-fi/fantasy story of evil mega-popstar "Mok" who manipulates an up-and-coming rock band to unleash a demonic force that will catapult him to world domination. But the music by Deborah Harry, Earth, Wind & Fire, Cheap Trick, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, and the score by Patricia Cullen is the real selling point.
So how does Rock & Rule hold up after all these years? Check out the latest episode of the Video Junkyard Podcast to find out!
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
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