Jim revisits a film that he considers the best vampire movie ever made – Hammer films’ “The Brides Of Dracula,” starring Peter Cushing, David Peel, Yvonne Montaur, Martita Hunt, Freda Jackson, Miles Malleson, Henry Oscar, Mona Washbourne, AndreeMelly, Fred Johnson, and Michael Ripper. Directed by Terence Fisher, this film was
Getting in just under the wire of August is this episode with Garrett Henry Smith, where we talk about the stop-motion animated films of Tim Burton: “Vincent”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, “Corpse Bride”, and “Frankenweenie”. Then Luke runs down a few animated films of 2025 he’s seen recently, “Plankton: The
Billy Joel Documentary This week the Modern Musicologists are joined once again by our good buddy Matt Alschbach from the Rock and Metal Profs podcast, this time to talk about the brand new Billy Joel documentary, And So It Goes. Our conversation covers Billy’s musical origins, his influence on the musical landscape, the new things we learned from
Jim discusses an adaption of one of his favorite Stephen King books -“Cat’s Eye,” based on two short stories in “Nightshift” and starring Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Robert Hayes, Kenneth McMillian, Mary D’Arcy, Candy Clark, James Naughton, Mike Starr, Charles S. Dutton, and directed by Lewis Teague. The
Jim reflects back on a 1965 Sci-Fi movie that is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year – “Crack In The World,” starring Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox, and directed by Andrew Marton. A dying scientist’s quest for a source of unlimited energy results in a situation that
Jim discusses a little-known Sci-Fi film from 1955 – “The Atomic Man” aka “Timeslip,” starring Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne, Joseph Tomelty, Vic Perry, Martin Wyldeck, written by Charles Eric Maine and Directed by Ken Hughes. This Anglo-American gem centers around a famous nuclear scientist who is at the
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a movie from 1982. Released in July of 1982, and running just under 2 hours, the film stars Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. It is a musical comedy with a score of just 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. Shawn and Leah watched a VHS
Joining me for July is the Lady Hiss to my Skullivan, the one and only Lindsay Smith! She talks about her years working as a character designer and co-art lead on “Solar Opposites”, and her new role on the forthcoming “Rick & Morty” spin-off series “President Curtis”! Then we have
The Music of 1985 This week we turn our musical chronometer back 40 years to talk about the albums that were released in 1985! Because it was such a huge year, we’re doing two shows, and in Part 1 we’re tackling January – June. We share funny stories and fond memories
Jim reflects back on a classic sci-fi film set in the year 2018 and directed by Norman Jewison – “Rollerball,” starring James Caan, John Beck, John Houseman, Maude Adams, Moses Gunn, and Barbara Trentham. Corporations have now taken over the planet and rule the roost using a violent game to
LIVE AID July 13 is the 40th Anniversary of LIVE AID, one of the greatest rock festivals of all time! We each share our memories of watching it live on the day, the excitement that surrounded the event, and some of the stories behind bands that didn’t appear for various reasons.
No Original Members? In nearly every case when you see a classic band in concert now, it’s not the original line-up. Does that dampen your experience? Many legacy bands currently on the road are down to only one original member–and a few have none. Is it still the band if
