Category: APEril
BMFcast419 – Primal Force – Flowers For Shakmanon
Primal Force (1999) is our latest monkey movie. Basically, Ron Perlman heads to Shakma Island to battle mutant baboons for reasons. He also doesn’t tell anyone about the mutant baboons for the first third of the movie, also for reasons. Wait until you hear the reason as to why there are mutant baboons on the island!
In the second half it’s new movie chat as Maki talks Isle of Dogs (2018) and Moonlight (2016) and Harlo gets Ready Player One (2018). Then the show ends. Enjoy!
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BMFcast Spoilcast 008 – Rampage
Rampage (2018) fit right in with our APEril theme month and so we took a field trip to the theater to make that happen! It’s very loosely based on the classic video game and features The Rock battling giant animals in Chicago, thanks to the dumbest evil plot of all time. Go see it and then come enjoy the spoilcast!
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BMFcast418 – Monkeybone – Chris Kattan’s Floppy Neck
Monkeybone (2001) is how we’ve chosen to begin Ape-ril ’18! It’s a huge box office failure with a talented cast and crew that somehow screws it all up. And yet, there are still some moments of goodness in there. Sure it’s bad, but will it be a unanimous 5-bagger?
In the abbreviated second half, Harlo returns to FX’s Atlanta before restarting a journey through the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Then things devolve into nothing but terrible Australian accents for the second week in a row. Enjoy!
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BMFcast373 – Space Chimps – Horizon Zero Drawn
Space Chimps (2008) concludes APEril with an all-star voice cast and one-star 3D animation. Ham III (Andy Samberg) is forcibly recruited into a space journey through a wormhole with Luna (Cheryl Hines) and Titan (Patrick Warburton). Can they save a new planet from the evil Zartog (Jeff Daniels)? Will this kids movie sneak in a reference newer than 1988? Will we stop doing Patrick Warburton impressions? Only one way to find out!
After the break Harlo is iffy on La La Land (2016), Maki gushes about Alien (1979) and we take a metric ton of e-mails, voicemails and Patreon shoutouts. Enjoy!
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BMFcast372 – A*P*E – Col. GD Davis
A*P*E (1976) continues APEril in grand tradition with a Korean King Kong knockoff with an incredibly low budget. Can abysmal editing, Joanna Kerns’ screaming, and one very annoyed colonel make everything better? (What do you think!?)
In the second half we give our thoughts on the first few episodes of Netflix’s Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return (2017), BJ finally sees John Wick (2014), and we discuss a new entry in a franchise we’ve mentioned in passing a few times in the past, The Fate of the Furious (2017). (F8! Get it!?) Enjoy!
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BMFcast371 – Link – John Monklane
Link (1986) is the second entry in this year’s APEril celebration. It’s a weird genre blend that eventually becomes a bit of a slasher film as a mad monkey named Link goes after young Elisabeth Shue. Terence Stamp is here to have weird hair.
In the second half there’s more Rogue One: A Star Wars Story talk, and also some quick thoughts on the Burt Reynolds / Hal Needham documentary The Bandit. Enjoy!
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BMFcast370 – Mighty Peking Man – Mighty Peeking Man
The Mighty Peking Man (1977) begins a brand new APE-ril in Shaw Bros fashion! It may be yet another remake of King Kong, but it’s certainly got that Shaw Bros touch, with random love montages, monster trucks battling a giant ape, and of course, large-scale city destruction. Will all this add up to Jox?
After the break we talk some TV with the recently-concluded Big Little Lies and Review, while talk of Gareth Edwards’ Monsters (2010) leads to e-mails and discussions on Rogue One (2016) and everything Star Wars under the sun. Or galaxy. Or something. Enjoy!
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BMFcast223 – James Bondobo
Spymate (2006) is our final movie for APEril. We’ve teased our watching it since way back during our James Bond marathon and now its time has come.
Second half we discuss In Your Eyes, the Star Wars prequel trilogy and more. Enjoy!
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BMFcast222- Mondo Makeshift Monkey
King Kong Escapes (1967) is week 3’s APEril movie. MechaKong is created by the evil Dr. Who and it’s up to actual King Kong to defeat it in order to save Tokyo.
Second half we talk so many movies! Just a few of what is covered are The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Bad Words, Free Birds, The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Despicable Me 2. Plus many more. Enjoy!
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BMFcast221- Monkey Feet
Going Ape! (1981) is our second movie for APEril. Tony Danza has to care for three orangutans (and Danny DeVito) in order to inherit $5 million. Why? Because movie.
Second half we discuss Frozen, Eurotrip, A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More. Enjoy!
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