Category: Musical
BMFcast Extra 180 – Kung Fu Yoga
Kung Fu Yoga (2017) is a Jackie Chan movie where China and Bollywood come together to make a CG nightmare. From the director of Rumble in the Bronx, but don’t let that set your expectations too high.
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BMFcast502 – Delivery Boys – Breakin’ the Fourth Wall
Delivery Boys (1985) is a BONKERS tale of delivery boy breakdancers and their quest to win $10,000 in a local contest. Along the way they get tricked into various Penthouse Forum letters situations thanks to their rival, Spider (Mario Van Peebles).
Maki joins us via Skype in the second half and we’ve got a lot of things to discuss, including: The Invisible Man (2020), Horse Girl, Idiocracy, The Edge of Seventeen, The Only Living Boy in New York, The Black Hole and the new Amazon series Hunters. Thanks for listening and stay safe!
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BMFcast Extra 139 – Tuff Turf
Tuff Turf (1985) stars James Spader and Robert Downey Jr. as dueling superheroes who… wait, no that’s not right. Spader is a new kid at school, becomes friends with Robert Downey Jr., sets his sights on Kim Richards, and nearly gets everyone he loves murdered as a result. Also, it might be a musical?
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BMFcast487 – Rockula – Boat Diddley
Rockula (1990) is our Rocktober finale and it sure is something. A vampire virgin (Dean Cameron) has to do tasks in order to woo the girl that’ll release him from his curse. Toni Basil and Thomas Dolby are here to be great, and Bo Diddley is here to cash checks.
In the second half, Harlo has words for Joker (2019), Maki gets dragged into the first Maleficent (2014), and then we’ve got brief thoughts on the new HBO Watchmen series. Enjoy!
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BMFcast Extra 096 – The Michael Bay Video Explosion
In this very special episode of BMFcast Extra, we watch 34 Michael Bay-directed music videos and then talk about them all in one jumbled hour. We prove how little we know about early 90s Top 40 music. Enjoy!
If you want to do your homework first, here’s a link to the playlist we used for this experiment.
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BMFcast378 – Streets of Fire – The Whoopi Rotation
Streets of Fire (1984) welcomes director Walter Hill to the hall of BMFcast alums. Michael Paré is a mercenary hired by Rick Moranis to track down his rock singer girlfriend, Diane Lane, who’s been kidnapped by Willem Dafoe. This “Rock & Roll Fable” has style for days, but is the substance enough to push it into Jox territory?
After the break we talk about The Lego Batman Movie (2017) before discussing Fist Fight (2017) and its similarities to Three O’Clock High (1987). We take some voicemails, e-mails and even an MP3-mail, too! Enjoy!
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BMFcast353 – The Return of Captain Invincible – Raiders of the Lost Arkin
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) is our return to musicals and boy, this one sure is a thing. It has Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, songs by Richard O’Brien and a whole slew of head-scratching moments.
In the second half we talk Star Trek Beyond, Independence Day 2, The Flintstones and listen to your voicemails. Enjoy!
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BMFcast351 – The Apple – Wacky Acrobat Yoga
The Apple (1980) is another long requested title. It’s from the early days of Cannon Films, and it’s INSANE. So insane that Maki couldn’t handle it and had to skip the show.
Second half has talk of the director’s cut of That Thing You Do, Lights Out, both Escape From New York and Escape From L.A., and some TV Talk™ with The Grand Tour and Mars. Enjoy!
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BMFcast 340 – Roller Boogie – Jammer’s in a Jam
Roller Boogie (1979) begins Skatember! Ultra-rich girl Linda Blair learns to rollerskate (and boogie) from Bobby and his skate buddies down at the Venice boardwalk. Will her ultra-conservative parents accept her ditching the life of a Juliard flautist to join a short-lived fad? Will hijinks ensue? Also, how awesome does this movie make roller-skating seem? After the break Harlo covers the works of Jeremy Saulnier with Blue Ruin and Green Room before taking some listener e-mails. Enjoy!
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BMFcast288 – Disposable Muse
Graffiti Bridge (1990) is the somewhat sequel to Purple Rain and we talk about both. Mostly because we don’t know how to talk coherently about Graffiti Bridge.
Second half we discuss Unfriended, It Follows, Up in the Air and Chuck continues his increasingly unexpected and ill-advised journey through the Hobbit trilogy. Plus a lot of listener correspondence and more. Enjoy!
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