Wednesday, December 26, 2018

MPM: Ep. 332 - By The Power Of Paypal!

Star Wars Holiday Special | He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special - Hey everyone! Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from the MPM crew! We have a Holiday Special episode for you this week, as we dredge through the Star Wars Holiday Special and He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special. In this episode, we create our very own Holiday Special based on a beloved franchise (with a little help from Special-Guest, Ed Collins!), Phil goes off the chain about "Nothing": The Christmas Special, and we Cheats explains Wookiee canon. Enjoy!

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

MPM: Ep. 331 - The Mummies Were Calling From Inside The House

Knight & Day | The Mummy (2017) - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week, Phil picks a couple of PG-13 Tom Cruise action flicks for us to roast through. We share our takes on Knight And Day as well as the 2017 reboot of The Mummy. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about PG-13 movies that suffered from the rating drop, we talk about loving or hating Tom Cruise, you still have to respect him, and we try and figure out how to correctly reboot the Universal Monster movies. Enjoy!

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

MPM: Ep. 330 - Stop Giving Bruce Willis Hair

12 Monkeys | Looper - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week, Stephen chooses a couple of Bruce Willis science fiction movies (the only genre he seems to show up for) and we roast through 12 Monkeys and Looper. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about movies we wish we could go back and delete from existence. We discuss Rian Johnson's movie making, and Phil disgust for squeezebox music. Enjoy!

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

MPM: Ep. 329 - Chicken Noodle Tie Soup

Smokey & The Bandit | The Maddening - Burt Reynolds Tribute - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! With the recent passing of Burt Reynolds, we thought we should do him justice by going through a couple of his movies. This week, Dehart picks Burt's most famous movie, Smokey & The Bandit as well as a more obscure horror movie from the 90's, The Maddening. In this episode, we talk about our favorite Burt moments in film and shows, we figure out a new way to prank your spouse, and we source My Favorite Murder's "fuck politeness" motto. Enjoy!

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

MPM: Ep. 328 - The Man In The Iron Bucket

Dragonheart | Age of the Dragons - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week, Cheats picks a couple of dragon movies for us to roast through, and we go through one of our childhood favorites, Dragonheart, as well as a re-telling of Moby Dick from 2011, Age Of The Dragons. In this episode, we take existing movies, and replace the characters with dragons, we talk about Dennis Quaid being affordable Harrison Ford, and talk about the stupidity of a land boat. Enjoy!

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

MPM: Ep. 327 - Anti-Christopher Robin

Necronomicon: Book of the Dead | Southbound - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We finish up doing horror anthologies with a couple of picks from Cheats. He hits us with an H.P. Lovecraft inspired movie from 1993, Necronomicon: Book Of The Dead as well as Southbound. In this episode, you'll hear what theme we would make an anthology from, we wonder how much goo is too much goo, and once again, we see David Warner as a crazy scientist. Enjoy!

Sunday, November 4, 2018

MPM: Ep. 326 - The Anti-Chrysler

Tales From The Darkside: The Movie | Nightmares - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week, Phil picks a couple of horror anthologies for us to watch. We go through Tales From The Darkside: The Movie, and Nightmares. In this episode, we talk about what video games universes we'd prefer to be trapped in, Phil hates hardcore on one of the stories, and we all make fun of the age William Hickey died at. Enjoy!

Monday, October 29, 2018

MPM: Ep. 325 - Moons Over My Hamill

Cat's Eye | John Carpenter's Body Bags - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We continue doing horror anthologies, and I pick a couple more popular films, with Stephen King's Cat's Eye as well as John Carpenter's Body Bags. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about how evil deer are, we gush over claymation hair snakes, and Cheats talks about how much he hates cat jingles. Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

MPM: Ep. 324 - The Curse Of Kazoozu

Tales From The Crypt | The Vault Of Horror - Hey everyone! Finally, the Halloween shenanigans can begin for Motion Picture Meltdown! Sorry for the delay over the last few weeks, as we've dealt with a hurricane, power loss, vacations and more. However, here we are, doing Horror Anthologies for all of October (these will run into November, don't worry!) We kick off this month with a couple of picks from Dehart. He chose Tales From The Crypt and its "sequel", The Vault Of Horror. In this episode, you'll hear us rehash the first time we heard classic stories, we bring up The Simpsons every five minutes, and we talk about Pazuzu's annoying cousin, Kazoozu. Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

MPM: Ep. 323 - Brobots Before Hobots

Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine | C.H.O.M.P.S. - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week Phil picks a couple of blind robot flick picks, and we roast through Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine and C.H.O.M.P.S. In this episode, you'll hear us create our own homemade household murder machines, the fact these movies could have been slightly darker, and of course, we once again deal with mad scientists that don't make the right move. Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

MPM: Ep. 322 - Zero G Striptease

Barbarella | Zardoz - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week,  I pick a couple of old school science fiction/fantasy movies to roast in Barbarella and Zardoz. In this episode, we talk about our favorite bad sci-fi films, Phil talks about the pains of not seeing Jane Fonda in her prime in real life, and there is a lot of talk of banana hammocks. Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

MPM: Ep. 321 - Hard Times: OZ

The Wiz | Return To Oz - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Dehart goes outside of his normal movie box and chooses a couple Wizard Of Oz movies for us. This week, we roast through the remake The Wiz, as well as a direct Disney sequel to the original (book), Return To Oz. In this episode, we talk about "children's" movies from our childhoods that were really just nightmare fuel, Phil get angry about a simple little couch moose, and we ask ourselves just how many songs need to be in a movie. Enjoy!

Sunday, August 26, 2018

MPM: Ep. 320 - The Diggity Scale

Dodgeball | Balls of Fury - Hey everyone! Welcome to another fun-filled episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Cheats picks the flicks for us to watch this week, and we go through one of the biggest comedies of the 2000's with Dodgeball and the much lesser-known Balls Of Fury. In this episode, you'll hear Cheats try to justify spoilers, Phil talks about how much Ben Stiller sucks, and Dehart reminisces about a Rip Torn of his own. Enjoy!

Sunday, August 19, 2018

MPM: Ep. 319 - Classic Butt Rock

Dead Calm | Shark Night 3D - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week, we get a late celebration of Shark Week 2018, and once again have Phil's brother and faithful listen Ed join the show! Phil picks the movies this week, and we see Billy Zane go full Zaniac in Dead Calm as well as the 2011 Summer turd Shark Night 3D. In this episode, we all share things that Cheats has ruined for us, we question whether dogs and cats are better for boats, and talk about how for a horror movie, Shark Night doesn't have many....teeth. Enjoy!

Sunday, August 12, 2018

MPM: Ep. 318 - (Vol)Kano Wins. Flawless Victory!

Dante's Peak | Volcano - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week I chose a couple of big budget natural disaster movies from 1997, Dante's Peak and Volcano. In this episodes, you'll hear us talk about which disasters we would least like to be stuck in, Phil rages about lava bombs, and we solve the mystery of the volcano murder case. Enjoy!

Sunday, August 5, 2018

MPM: Ep. 317 - There's Always An Olaf

Evil Ed | The Editor - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week, Dehart picks a couple of films from a weirdly obscure genre of horror movies about making horror movies. We roast through the 1995 Swedish film, Evil Ed as well a movie made by the awesome crew of Astron 6, The Editor. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about the easiest jobs to go insane at, butcher Swedish names, and teach you how to scam Amazon Prime. Enjoy!

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

MPM: Ep. 316 - Cy-Kwon-Do

Deadly Prey | Hands of Steel - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We go back to the 80's to roast through a couple of perfect podcast movies that Cheats picks in Deadly Prey and Hands Of Steel. In this episode, you'll hear about the famous people we'd like to see in a "Dangerous Game" scenario, we talk about the benefits of killing in Daisy Dukes, and discuss the logic of rattlesnake arm-wrestling. Enjoy!

Sunday, July 15, 2018

MPM: Ep. 315 - Let Us Slay It Out For You

Kalifornia | Sliver - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We've had a busy Summer, which is why posts have been delayed, but as the Summer winds down, we're back at it. This week Phil picks a couple of serial killer thrillers from 1993. We roast through Kalifornia as well as the erotic thriller starring Sharon Stone, Sliver. In this episode, you'll hear which serial killers (real or fake) that we'd hang out with, we discuss the reasoning behind 90's erotic thrillers, and Cheats tells us how he feels about the Baldwin family. Enjoy!

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

MPM: Ep. 314 - A Bug's Lifetime Achievement Award

Phantasm | Phenomena - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We have a bit of a flashback here, and release a previously unreleased episode, with Dehart's picks, Phantasm and Dario Argento's Phenomena. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about the best bug movies out there, we discuss how Cheats would deal in a pool of oatmeal, skeletons and maggots, and we yell "BOY!" a whole bunch. Enjoy!

Sunday, June 17, 2018

MPM: Ep. 313 - What About Belial?

Basket Case | The Terror Within - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! I pick the movies this week and decided to hit us with some perfect podcast flicks. We roast through a couple of 80's monster movies, Basket Case and The Terror Within. In this episode, you'll hear us discuss our favorite "tiny movie monsters", we talk about how annoying it is that so many movies rip off Alien, and how sometimes mutant meatball brothers need some love too. Enjoy!

Saturday, June 9, 2018

MPM: Ep. 312 - Keeping Up With The Jawses

Tentacles | Orca: The Killer Whale - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! In celebration of monsters and beach season, Dehart picks a couple of ocean-themed creature features that he refers to as Jawsploitation flicks. This week, we roast through Tentacles and Ocra: The Killer Whale. In this episode, you'll hear us poorly construct out sea-creature themed movies, a million ocean puns, and argue about how menacing a harpsichord sounds. Enjoy!

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

MPM: Ep. 311 - Clash Of The Colossalcons

Colossal | Clash of the Titans (2010) - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We continue the Monster Months Of May/June as Cheats picks the movies this week. He decides to make us watch the Clash of the Titans remake from 2010, as well as the innovative Colossal. In this episode, we pick each other's giant monsters, wonder the physics of being heaved into space by a monster, and talk about Zeus having sex with everything. Enjoy!

Friday, May 25, 2018

MPM: Ep. 310 - I Put The Roll In Troll.

Trollhunter | Monsters - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're kicking off the Monster Month Of May in true late MPM style. All monster movies, all month...and some of June. This week, Phil picks Trollhunter and Monsters. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about the fantasy races we'd exterminate, we wonder how much is too much to pay for rescuing your daughter, and we talk about stoned trolls. Enjoy!

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

MPM: Ep. 309 - I Could Eat A Bunny For Hours

Con-Air | The Rock - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're late to the Action April party, but sometime uhh...life gets in the way. No problem, though. We're finishing up this week and kicking off the Monster Month of May next week! In this episode, I pick a couple Nic Cage 90's action films to roast, and we talk about Con-Air and The Rock. You'll hear us talk about our favorite 90's action flicks, how The Rock screws us out of a villain, and of course, Nic Cage's hair. Enjoy!

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

MPM: Ep. 308 - Cloning Around

The 6th Day | Surrogates - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We know we're late to the party on Action April, but that's okay, we'll still keep them coming! In this episodes, Dehart picks a couple of action sci-fi flicks that contain replicants. We roast through The 6th Day as well as Surrogates. In this episode, we talk about modern technology we're disappointed in, we discuss that more Arnold is not always a good thing, and we're blow away by Buzz's computers, WOOF! Enjoy!

Sunday, April 22, 2018

MPM: Ep. 307 - Downe With The Sickness

Officer Downe | Bright - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We continue Action April with a couple of Cheats' picks. This week, we roast through Officer Downe as well as the Netflix Original, Bright. In this episode, you'll hear our favorite fantasy races, we question what occupation dragons would have in the modern world, and all wish Officer Downe was just a little better. Enjoy!

Thursday, April 12, 2018

MPM: Ep. 306 - Na Na Na Nanites

Gone In 60 Seconds | I, Robot - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're kicking off Action April with a couple of picks from Phil. He has go back and inhale some early 2000's stink with Gone In 60 Seconds and I, Robot. We'll be doing all action movies, all month! In this episode, you'll hear us talk about which parts of our bodies we'd want replaced with robot parts, we talk about blaaaaaasting down to Palm Springs, and decide the there's only certain dicks allowed in PG-13 movies. Enjoy!

Saturday, March 31, 2018

MPM: Ep. 305 - Amazon Prime Dark

You're Next | Hush - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're finishing up Women's History Month with a couple of more recent horror movies with female protagonists, one of the staples of good horror. Our friend Jordan Reidinger (Like Young Records) joins us to go through one of his favorite movies, You're Next and we go through the Netflix original, Hush. In this episode, we decide which kitchen appliance we'd most like to kill intruders with, we talk about how you should really know your victims before attacking, and we discuss the dangers of adding plot devices too early. Enjoy!

Monday, March 26, 2018

MPM: Ep. 304 - Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss

Run Lola Run | Happy Death Day - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week we continue with Women's History Month by roasting through a couple of Dehart's picks. We touch on a German film called Run Lola Run as well as the recent American horror flick, Happy Death Day. In this episode, we talk about how we would change the podcast if we could go back in time, wonder why Time Loop movies come with Superpowers, and we talk distinguish between German and Swedish techno. Enjoy!

Thursday, March 15, 2018

MPM: Ep. 303 - Kois R Us

Ghost in the Shell | Aeon Flux - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We continue Women's History Month by roasting through a couple films with two of the biggest actresses in Hollywood...they just happen to be not so good. This week we go through Ghost In The Shell and Aeon Flux. Even with poor movies, we can still appreciate how bad ass Charlize Theron and ScarJo are! In this episode, you'll hear our ideas for continue the human existence, we talk about Taco Bell: The Movie, and wonder if hands for feet would really be any better. Enjoy!

Thursday, March 8, 2018

MPM: Ep. 302 - Marge And In Charge

Fargo | Atomic Blonde - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We hope you loved our Black History Month episodes! We're moving on to another first for us, Women's History Month! All month long, we'll be podcasting movies with strong female leads, whether the movies are good or bad. In this episode, Phil picks the films, and we hit on The Coen Brothers' hit film Fargo as well as the new action flick, Atomic Blonde. You'll hear us talk about what badass woman characters we'd trust to kick some ass with us, we talk about the wrong way to be a henchman, and we touch on the dangers of watching woodchipper scenes as a child. Enjoy!

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

MPM: Ep. 301 - The Ghouldon Rule

Get Out | Blacula - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We finish up out Black History Month movies with a couple horror films I choose. This week, I pick Get Out and Blacula. You'll hear us talk about whether we would embrace to monster attire, I explain bocce ball to the guys, and we suspect that cult surgeries aren't legit. We hope you've loved this month as much as we have, and we continue to celebrate how important African-American actors are to movies every single day. Enjoy!

Thursday, February 22, 2018

MPM: Ep. 300 - Shaftula 2000

Shaft (1971) | Shaft (2000) - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Not only are we continuing Black History Month here at MPM, but we've also hit our 300th episode! For this episode, we dedicated it to one of the most badass black characters in film history, Shaft. We touch on the original 1971 film and the 2000's reboot/sequel. You'll hear us talk about or favorite and most hated episodes from the last 100, we talk about the complete bullshit of movie window jumping, and we all wish we had our own theme song that plays when we walk. Enjoy!

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

MPM: Ep. 299 - Coffee & Tacos

Foxy Brown | Jackie Brown - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We continue celebrating Black History Month with one of the most badass women to ever grace the silver screen, and maybe the most important black actress ever, Pam Grier! This week we go through Foxy Brown  and Jackie Brown as we touch on Blaxsploitation and the importance it had on black history in film. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about our favorite movies from the genre, how rugged Foxy Brown is, and have some divisiveness on Sam Jackson's hair. Enjoy!

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

MPM: Ep. 298 - Die Hardware Store

The Equalizer | The Bone Collector - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This February we've decided to start our annual MPM Black History Month. We've never never been shy of diversity, but we want to dedicate this month every year to some of the best actors, movies, and genres in black historic film. This week, Phil picks a couple of movies with one of the greatest actors ever, and the most Oscar nominated black actor, Denzel Washington! Phil picks a couple films we're less familiar with and we go through The Equalizer an The Bone Collector.  In this episode, we talk about which black actor we'd love to murder people with, we talk about how doing the same crimes from a book isn't that original, and we think Cheats is mildly obsessed with Ed O'neil. Enjoy!

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

MPM: Ep. 297 - Hairline Dreams

The Morning Patrol | Next - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We touch up on a couple of movies based on Philip K. Dick science fiction stories...and spoiler alert...not the good ones you're used to. The week we roast through the Swedish film The Morning Patrol as well as the horrible Nicolas Cage film everyone loves to hate, Next. In this episode, we'll talk about what Sci Fi stories we want to see on the screen, we talk about the exact moment Nic Cage's career dies, and I do a lot of research to find the story Morning Patrol is based on. Enjoy!

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

MPM: Ep. 296 - Strawberry Moose Milk

Lurking Fear | Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week we do a could of Full Moon Entertainment  movies at the request of Full Moon themselves! Cheats picks a couple for us, and we roast through Lurking Fear and Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity. In this episode, you'll hear us come up with our own silly science fiction movie titles, Phil rages for being the only one to dislike one of the movies, and we we reflect on how Jeffrey Combs is an H.P. Lovecraft God. Enjoy!

Thursday, January 11, 2018

MPM: Ep. 295 - Holy Guyver!

Guyver | Guyver: Dark Hero - Hey Everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We pick a couple of surprisingly cool movies for Cheats to finish up our Holiday gifts. This week we roast through Guyver  and Guyver: Dark Hero. You'll hear us pick our preferred mega suit weapons, we rage about the lies that that Guyver movie cover tells us, and reiterate our hatred for Pandas. Enjoy!

Saturday, January 6, 2018

MPM: Ep. 294 - Coen'ed The Phrase

Raising Arizona | The Hudsucker Proxy - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're giving Phil a couple of gifts this week and roast through a couple movies by some of his favorite directors, The Coen Brothers! This week we hit on Raising Arizona and The Hudsucker Proxy. In this episode, we talk about which Nic Cage character we'd hang out with (if we were forced to), we power up robot Cheats, and we go nuts about production companies ruining movies with their covers. Enjoy!