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Ep 353 - Donald Pleasence Double Bill - The Uncanny & House of Usher

Oct 27

Oct 27 Ep 353 - Donald Pleasence Double Bill - The Uncanny & House of Usher

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

Jon Cross and long suffering, regular co-host Jim Wallace bid a fond farewell to the podcast, back in an actual diner for the first time in 2 1/2 years, by talking a Donald Pleasence double bill of The Uncanny & House of Usher.

Episode 342 - The 10th Anniversary Podcast - Heard She got Married

Sep 24

Sep 24 Episode 342 - The 10th Anniversary Podcast - Heard She got Married

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review, Interview, Motern Media

On this our TENTH ANNIVERSARY EPISODE we celebrate indie film and good friends with conversations and interviews all about the best film of 2021, Heard She Got Married from filmmakers Matt Farley and Charlie Roxburgh!

Episode 341 - The Reckoning, The Void & The Quick and the Dead

Jul 23

Jul 23 Episode 341 - The Reckoning, The Void & The Quick and the Dead

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review, New Releases

On this episode we talk 3 movies by Indie Horror Directors and their various efforts in and out of the Hollywood studio system - The Reckoning, The Void and The Quick and the Dead.

Episode 340 - Wrath of Man

Jun 23

Jun 23 Episode 340 - Wrath of Man

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

This week Jim and Jon talk about mad ice cream vendors, they go deep into all sorts of conversations and theories regarding the new Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham movie, Wrath of Man and there’s also another great shed based email from listener, Robin Doyle!

Episode 339 - 1922

Jun 3

Jun 3 Episode 339 - 1922

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Jon starts his journey delving into modern horror with a look at 2017’s Netflix Stephen King adaptation, 1922 starring Thomas Jane.

Episode 338 - Willy's Wonderland

May 21

May 21 Episode 338 - Willy's Wonderland

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This week’s episode is a podcast Frankenstein’s Monster that was cobbled together despite technical issues and really grumpy hosts. See if you can notice. Oh and we talk about an energy drink hopped up and mute Nic Cage fighting large, animatronic, anthropomorphic, cartoon animals.

Episode 337 - Breach

Apr 21

Apr 21 Episode 337 - Breach

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

On this episode Jim Wallace implausibly manages to get Jon Cross to watch and talk about (at length) the low budget Bruce Willis, Sci-Fi movie Breach directed by someone very lazy who once made a Dove commercial.

Episode 336 - Repo Man

Mar 28

Mar 28 Episode 336 - Repo Man

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Jon Cross and Jim Wallace conclude their killer vehicle/Emilio Estevez/Stephen King trilogy with Alex Cox’s 1984 sci-fi/comedy debut Repo Man.

Episode 334 - Maximum Overdrive

Feb 25

Feb 25 Episode 334 - Maximum Overdrive

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

As host Jon Cross was briefly in North Carolina we decided to cover one of the State’s wildest and weirdest movies, Maximum Overdrive. We don’t take all of the cocaine but Stephen King did and what resulted from it, is, at the very least, interesting. Oh and Jon starts a cult…

Episode 331 - Toy Soldiers

Jan 27

Jan 27 Episode 331 - Toy Soldiers

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

This week our intrepid podcast hosts explore the memesphere, discuss sheds, devise a variety of weird t-shirt slogans and go back to our childhood….childhood…childhood (echo) to talk the teens vs terrorists, boarding school set action caper, Toy Soldiers - as a tie-in to our star, Keith Coogan, interview!

Episode 330 - Too Much Sun

Jan 19

Jan 19 Episode 330 - Too Much Sun

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

Well here it is, the finale to our Outrageously Bad Eric Idle Film Season - did we leave the most outrageously bad till last? Potentially... Come listen as Jim Wallace and Jon Cross wrestle with Robert Downey Sr’s Too Much Sun starring Eric Idle, Ralph Macchio, Robert Downey Jr., Leo Rossi and more…

Episode 329 - Missing Pieces (with special guest Robert Wuhl)

Jan 12

Jan 12 Episode 329 - Missing Pieces (with special guest Robert Wuhl)

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

Our Eric Idle season continues with a very rare comedy caper from 1991, Missing Pieces, that we have every intention in reviving and making a huge smash hit! We also speak to one of the film’s stars, Robert Wuhl!

Episode 328 - Splitting Heirs

Jan 5

Jan 5 Episode 328 - Splitting Heirs

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

Our hosts wade ever deeper into the outrageously bad Eric Idle film season and discuss a film for which Mr. Idle served as writer, star and producer, Splitting Heirs - maybe having control will lead to a comedic masterpiece worthy of a former Python or maybe it leads to a hollow, confused, miscast mess - who can tell?

Episode 325 - Dirty Knights' Work AKA Trial by Combat AKA A Choice of Weapons

Dec 7

Dec 7 Episode 325 - Dirty Knights' Work AKA Trial by Combat AKA A Choice of Weapons

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

We talk the last of our current run of Donald Pleasence movies, Dirty Knights' Work AKA Trial by Combat AKA A Choice of Weapons, a thoroughly British comedy drama about a bunch of wannabe toffs taking dress up too far and then we make an Eric Idle based decision that could end the podcast for ever!!

Episode 324 - The Devil's Men AKA Land of the Minotaur

Nov 25

Nov 25 Episode 324 - The Devil's Men AKA Land of the Minotaur

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

The doldrum killers, Jim Wallace and Jon Cross are back with more Donald Pleasence based tomfoolery as they kick about in the murky, dull waters of 1970s Grecian Horror, The Devil's Men which co-stars Peter Cushing.

Episode 320 - Code of Silence

Oct 9

Oct 9 Episode 320 - Code of Silence

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

Your wayward hosts Jim and Jon are back to talk high kicks, shabby beards and mumbly dialogue delivery as they review a Chuck Norris 80s “classic”, Code of Silence!

Episode 319 - Motherless Brooklyn

Aug 19

Aug 19 Episode 319 - Motherless Brooklyn

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Jim Wallace and Jon Cross are back talking Edward Norton's Motherless Brooklyn starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe, Alec Baldwin and basically everyone. It’s a pretty awesome detective film set in the 50s filled with great characters.

Episode 318 - Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

Jul 30

Jul 30 Episode 318 - Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

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The 9th Podcasting Birthday is also known as the Dennehy Birthday. To that end, Jim Wallace and Jon Cross wade into the vast Dennehy waters and discuss the TV Movie Jack Reed: Search for Justice which is a Dennehy written, directed and starring movie - Triple Dennehys for the price of none!

Episode 317 - SwitchBack

Jul 21

Jul 21 Episode 317 - SwitchBack

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Your hosts Jon Cross and Jim Wallace discuss 1997’s serial killer thriller, SwitchBack from Jeb Stuart, the writer of Die Hard and The Fugitive, starring Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover and R Lee Ermey. The discussion gets passionate, interesting and goes to lots of different places - which is more than you can say for SwitchBack.

Episode 316 - Hotel Artemis

Jul 8

Jul 8 Episode 316 - Hotel Artemis

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Audio, Film Review

Hosts Jim Wallace and Jon Cross talk about Drew Pearce's 2018 Sci-Fi Actioner, Hotel Artemis starring Jodie Foster, Jeff Goldblum, Sterling K Brown, Dave Bautista and more.