The After Movie Diner started life simply as a film review blog/diary but quickly sprawled into a website featuring several podcasts, detailed film reviews, celebrity interviews and many collaborators and contributors. Take a look around, if you love movies of any kind then there's something here for you!
Sleazy Spader comes to an end, potentially forever. So, who did we rope into appearing on the last ever Sleazy Spader episode? Why Andy Lunn of course! We cover the true story, political thriller, The Pentagon Papers featuring an early-ish role for Paul Giamatti but mainly we fixate on Spader’s hair… is it a wig or real and teased?
Moe Von Helvete née Porne joins me to talk about John Cusack and James Spader going head to head in a race to the top and political corruption in "Terrible White People in Connecticut" the Movie AKA True Colors!!
That Sleazy Spader train just a-keeps on rollin’!! I’m joined, again, by Direct to Video Connoisseur’s Matt Poirier, who is a distinct joy as always, to discuss the, quite frankly bizarre existence and substance of the straight-to-video “thriller”, Shadow of Fear. In this episode we very much uncover the Spader related secrets of the universe!!
It's finally here and yes, it is most definitely Summer now - I don't care... I'm not changing it now.
Anyway this episode is one of the greatest Sleazy Spader episodes ever! I’m joined by the Direct to Video Connoisseur’s Matt Poirier to discuss the Sidney Lumet, hospital and end of life satire, Critical Care!
Matt Poirier from Direct to Video Connoisseur, joins us to head down a Wings Hauser rabbit hole and discuss a wild sextet of his films - Dead Man Walking , Street Asylum, Mutant, Nightmare at Noon, The Art of Dying and Living to Die.
The Direct to Video Connoisseur, Matt Poirier, joins us to talk about the sheer, shouty genius of Predator 2.
Matt Poirier joins us to talk all about Pam Grier with plenty of rambling segues about food, inspirational stories, babies and dogs on planes, female action leads, Barbie and more!
A couple of videos where I pull out some rare, weird, funny or beloved tapes from my collection. I talk about the films, the covers, how I tend to collect tapes and what I think of other collectors who aggressively try and gate keep something that is just meant to be fun, personal and peaceful.
On this, the fourth episode in our run of Belushi tinged episodes, gentlemen Jon Cross and Matt Poirier talk a 90s Era Jim Belushi film - the very cosy, Capraesque and comedic Mr. Destiny co-starring Michael Caine.
On this, the third episode in our run of Belushi tinged episodes, gentlemen Jon Cross and Matt Poirier talk a 90s Era Jim Belushi Science-Fiction, Indie Action Spectacular Retroactive.
On this, the second episode in our run of Belushi tinged episodes, gentlemen Jon Cross and Matt Poirier talk yet another 90s Era Jim Belushi Erotic Thrillllerrrrr Separate Lives.
On this, the first ever of its kind, Belushi tinged episode, gentlemen Jon Cross and Matt Poirier talk 90s Era Jim Belushi Erotic Thrillllerrrrr Traces of Red.
Jon Cross reviews the phenomenal character actor, William Sadler’s new, and debut, album, The Kitchen Tapes.
Hear the multi-talented William Sadler talk about his new album, The Kitchen Tapes, his recent, independent film work, working with Karen Allen, the time Dweezil Zappa borrowed his guitar, working with James Spader, advice on how I go about making my movie and much much more!! ENJOY!
THIS INTERVIEW WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE SAG/AFTRA STRIKE
Jon Cross sits down in a neon soaked diner with a seemingly scared Joel Kinnaman and a cherry red haired, wide eyed, wild man Nicolas Cage and sees if he has any Sympathy for the Devil. Read on to find out if this is one more movie to add to the Golden Age of Cage…
Doc Paul Crowson joins us to talk rare, early 90s, indie oddity and Sleazy James Spader showcase, The Music of Chance
Matt Poirier of Direct to Video Connoisseur joins us to talk Sleazy Spader, in the most graphical, sexual, ludicrous and mad film Spader possibly ever did, David Cronenberg's 1996 lilting soliloquy to gratuitous sex and car accidents, Crash.
WE ARE BACK with SEASON TWO!
On this episode, we talk with Matt Farley of Motern Media, about inspiration, writing, ideas, the issues with indie filmmaking, the new book the Motern Method and the insanely odd movie, The Pit
To celebrate the launch of his book - A Bloke Down the Pub Bangs on About Hammer Horror - We asked The Bloke Down The Pub, our resident Hammer Horror expert, what his Top 5 Hammer Films are.
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.
