Category: Reviews
BMFcast312 – The Hamburger Pimp
Trouble Man (1972) continues Blaxploitation History Month as Robert Hooks plays Mr. T, the coolest protagonist in the history of cool protagonists. He never loses his head, even when caught between multiple gangs and a police chief out to get him. Trust us, watch this movie.
After the break Harlo tells us how much he loves Deadpool while Chuck continues the Ryan Reynolds train as he takes the bullet and watches R.I.P.D. Enjoy!
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BMFcast311 – Please Hammer, Hurt Them
Hammer (1972) continues Blaxploitation History Month with a Fred Williamson classic. He’s a boxer who wants to keep his head down and his nose clean but the entire world wants to tell him he’s terrible. William Smith is along to keep the evil racist quotient as high as possible.
Second half BJ talks Danger 5, Maki reminds us that Unmasking The Idol is awesome, and Harlo visits his vampire side with The Hunger and Near Dark. Then we close out with a new batch of listener e-mails and voicemails. Enjoy!
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BMFcast310 – Dollemite
The Human Tornado (1976) begins this year’s Blaxploitation History Month! Rudy Ray Moore returns in the sequel to Dolemite. With a cast of just-as-crazy characters, does this sequel measure up?
After the break BJ gives us his thoughts on Ex Machina and we take a ton of listener correspondence!
We also have a special announcement. We’ve finally launched our Patreon! Plenty of goals have already been met, including a bonus podcast just for contributors. You can find all the information right here. Thanks, and enjoy!
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BMFcast309 – Bangers and Moose
Step Up Revolution (2012) returns us to the world of 3D dancing. No more competitions, it’s time for some flash mobs and dancing to save the rec cent… er, latin club and surrounding neighborhood. Or something.
After the break Maki discusses The Revenant, BJ goes to Moonrise Kingdom and Harlo revisits the Toy Story series before we take some listener e-mails. Enjoy!
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BMFcast308 – Nin-jabronies
Ninja Busters (1984) is a recently unearthed gem never released to theaters until last August. We’re not gonna mince words, this is a super-fun martial arts comedy you should see as soon as possible. Movies like this are why we do the podcast.
After the break Harlo weighs in on Tarantino’s Hateful Eight, Maki catches up before the X-Files returns with The X-Files: I Want To Believe (2008) and we discuss Netflix sensation Making A Murderer. Enjoy!
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BMFcast307 – The Panchurian Candidate
American Ultra (2015) returns us back to the future as we finally depart the ’90s with a flop from last year. Is there a hidden gem in a stoner Jesse Eisenberg version of The Bourne Identity? Or is it all flash and no substance? And is Kristen Stewart actually kinda fun in this? What is happening?
Second half we catch up on a ton of recent films from the theater and home theater with The Big Short, The Revenant, The Martian, Straight Outta Compton, Jupiter Ascending, Blackhat, Tomorrowland, Unfinished Business, Fifty Shades of Grey, and fifty shades of listener correspondence (including frightening Fiber One bar usage.) Enjoy!
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BMFcast306 – Do You Like Imagine Dragons?
The Perfect Weapon (1991) begins our 1991 Theme Year! Jeff Speakman was positioned as the next big (white) martial arts star. We wonder why that never happened, since this is a pretty awesome debut. HE’S GOT THE POWER.
After that it’s a super-sized second half as we award our Golden Jox 2015 awards! What were our favorite movies released last year? If you guessed Mad Max: Fury Road and Star Wars: The Force Awakens were on there, you’d have guessed well! Find out what else we loved last year and expect a few surprises along the way. Enjoy!
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BMFcast305 – In For A Penny, In For A Pound
Time Barbarians (1990) is how we’ve decided to wrap up our 1990 theme year. Distributed by Troma, this sword and scorcery (yep) epic features big muscle bro eventually heading to present day Los Angeles to track down the evil dude who killed his beloved wife. Also, his beloved wife is also in L.A.! Well, kind of.
The second half is crammed full of movies, including hot takes on The Polar Express, Fletch, Pixels, Sicario, The Martian and more. Plus, your voicemails and emails. Happy New Year, everyone!
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BMFcast304 – Humbags
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990) helps us celebrate the grand tradition of Christmas with body horror, witchcraft, Clint Howard and other general unpleasantness. Does it get us in the spirit? (Spoiler: Look at the episode title.)
After the break we talk a couple huge releases, What We Do In The Shadows and Ant-Man! Oh yeah, and a sequel in a pretty well known series, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Have you heard of it? We give our thoughts, both spoiler-free and spoiler HEAVY. If you’re one of the 8 people that hasn’t seen it yet, you have been warned. Enjoy!
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BMFcast303 – Don’t Get Hit With a Bat In The Groin
Martial Law (1990) is both the name of the movie and the name of the man. In real life the man is named Chad McQueen, and he has some skills. There’s also Cynthia Rothrock as Martial Law’s girlfriend, and she deserves better. Still, she kicks asses (and groins) as they both battle David Carradine.
Second half has Chuck taking one for the team and watching Netflix’s The Ridiculous Six. Then it’s an email-a-palooza as everyone writes in hoping to win that sweet, sweet batch of free prizes. Stay tuned after the end theme for THE BEST CONVERSATION EVER™.
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