About this episode
Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski discuss various films and physical media releases from different decades, highlighting nostalgia and classic cinema.
Physical media fans from the 1980s will have a lot to rejoice upon this week (if you still carry a fondness for certain films of your youth) but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have plenty from various decades to add to your library this week. They include Bob Fosse’s take on a free speech icon and the recent Academy Award winner for Best International Feature. Robert Wise’s legendary haunted house film and a collection of classic cartoons. There is early work from Brian DePalma plus Art Carney as a private eye and Tony Randall in six roles. Plus, Peter finally caught up with Harry Hole. But for the nostalgia fans there is also the complete set of Sylvester Stallone’s troubled war hero and Kevin Costner as the famed robber of the rich. John Lithgow adopts Bigfoot, Dan Aykroyd invades John Candy’s vacation and Ron Howard delivers one of the quintessential comedies about family and parenting. Horror fans can take another New Years train ride with Jamie Lee Curtis or finally watch the “real” scenes of death your parents or video store may not have let you or lent you. Finally, a look at Joe Dante’s Gremlins follow-up that 40+ years later still delights and still seeks a bigger…
People in this episode
Host: Erik Childress
Guest: Peter Sobczynski
Topics covered
- physical media
- nostalgia
- film reviews
- classic films
- horror films
- comedy
Keywords
- Criterion
- classic cartoons
- haunted house film
- Academy Award
- Sylvester Stallone
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Gremlins
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Lenny, Sentimental Value, Fleischer Cartoons: Greatest Hits, Volume 1, The Haunting, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Late Show, Hi, Mom!, Gremlins
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