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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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Episode 317 - SwitchBack

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.

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