Find That Film: The Thing
Happy Halloween! While our past performances would dictate that we would skip a holiday podcast because we were busy or something horrible had happened, we decided for once not to… Read more »
Tag: Science Fiction
Find That Film: The Thing from Another World
It’s still October. As you know we’re in season five and we’re talking about scary movies through the decades. Last week was the forties and The Wolf Man and this… Read more »
OTR 2018 #3: X Minus 1 – Mars Is Heaven
From August 1955 (which may just be a rebroadcast) comes this Ray Bradbury story that has become one of the single most influential horror/sci fi stories ever written. You can’t… Read more »
Find That Film: X – The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes is hardly a masterpiece of science fiction. But it is worthy of your time and consideration. The ideas it evokes are something not… Read more »
Find That Film: Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) was Disney Animation’s attempt to try to appeal to a wider audience than 6 year old girls. What no one told Disney is that if… Read more »
Find That Film: Buckaroo Banzai
Ah, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. The very title alone screams “SEE OUR WEIRD SCI-FI HYBRID MOVIE SO WE CAN FRANCHISE IT!”. Unfortunately, the absolute opposite… Read more »
Find That Film: Slither
We apologize for being a few days late with episode 22. This podcast brings our string of horror films to an end. We present for your viewing, er listening, pleasure James… Read more »
Find That Film: The Black Hole
For a period of time, Disney played with the notion of trying to make more adult fare. There were a number of films where they tried to acquire an edge…. Read more »
Find That Film: Moon
Your first thoughts when you watch the Sam Rockwell starring, Duncan Jones directed Moon is “What the hell am I seeing here!” And that reaction is not unwarranted. But, if… Read more »
Off The Shelf: Dead Man’s Hand
I wanted to love it. I really did. The truth is that no one picks up a book to read themselves thinking that they won’t like it. But, man…was I… Read more »
Four Films: Time Travel – Looper (2012)
Apparently one of the cardinal rules in time travel is that you shouldn’t have too much interaction with yourself along your own timeline, or you’ll screw things up. The plot… Read more »
OTR: Escape – Present Tense
This episode of Escape from January 31, 1950 stars…well, it’s Vincent Price, again! Surely you’re not complaining! Vincent Price and radio were made for each other. Actually, Vincent Price and… Read more »
Off The Shelf: 11/22/63
If you only read Stephen King for the horror, you’re missing some of the best stuff he’s ever written. And 11/22/63 should be on everyone’s reading list. Alternative history, History,… Read more »
OTR: Suspense – Stranger With My Face
Continuing with our time travel motif this month we present the Old Time Radio offering Stranger With My Face, a tale well-calculated to keep you in…SUSPENSE! Or not. I’ve never… Read more »
Four Films: Time Travel – Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure brought something back to science fiction cinema that had been missing for some time: FUN! If you remember nothing else about Bill and Ted remember… Read more »