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Season 2 - Ep 20 - Tough Guys Don't Dance and Hologram Man

Matt Poirier from the Direct to Video Connoisseur joins us and we are back in the world of Wings Hauser! We dip into Cannon Films and talk Norman Mailer’s Tough Guys Don't Dance.
Then we are talking about the company that took the Cannon baton and ran with it, PM Entertainment and Hologram Man.

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Season 2 - Ep 13 - Shadow of Fear - Sleazy Spader Springtime 7: "Sleaze the Day" No. 2

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!!

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Season 2 - Ep 12 - Critical Care - Sleazy Spader Springtime 7: "Sleaze the Day" No. 1

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!

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Season 2 Ep 8 - 2 Middle Aged Men Watch 90s Era Jim Belushi Films #4 - Mr. Destiny

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.

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Episode 351 - Gotcha! and Never Too Young To Die - Spy Kids and Teen Agents Part 2

Scott Toomey joins Jon Cross again, continuing their talk on 80s movies where kids and/or teenagers get embroiled in espionage and dragged into danger! Two such films are Gotcha! and Never Too Young to Die - hear us talk about these films and more on an all new episode!

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Episode 348 - Cloak & Dagger and If Looks Could Kill - Spy Kids and Teen Agents Part 1

Scott Toomey joins Jon Cross to talk 80s and 90s movies where kids and/or teenagers get embroiled in espionage and dragged into danger! Two such films are Cloak & Dagger and If Looks Could Kill AKA Teen Agent - hear us talk about these films and more on an all new episode!

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