You Can Call These Al

    We close out 2022 with a tribute to prolific high concept low budget auteur Albert Pyun.

     Deciding to make three American urban crime drama films for the price of one, all filmed in the same abandoned factory warehouse somewhere in Eastern Europe, all starring Ice-T and featuring Ernie Hudson Jr. Corrupt has ended years of gang wars by taking over both factions. MJ immediately disrupts the new status quo by stealing from him. Corrupt has always had his eye on MJ's sister Jodi. Will Corrupt get both Jodi and his property? Will MJ and Jodi get out of their deadly neighborhood? Corrupt.
     A mysterious virus that kills all exposed and has turned Boston into a quarantine zone. The only way into the rest of the US is a special passport that is only to government employees or through black market forgeries. Officer Delon, desperate to get her son out, finally buys a fake immediately before called to capture a walking viral timebomb who will kill everyone in Boston within the next 2 hours. Will Delon get her son to safety? Will Boston be swept away in a wave of violent viral violence? Adrenalin: Fear the Rush.
     Brick Bardo is a cop on the planet Arturos. He carries the most powerful handgun in the universe, a Kruger Blaster. When he chases his nemesis through a strange energy field, Brick finds himself stranded on Earth and only 13 inches tall. He is immediately swept up in a neighborhood's personal war on drugs and the gang that supplies them. Fortunately, his enemy has found himself on the opposing side once again. Will Brick reach a more fitting height for an action hero? Will the gang get their hands on the powerful, if tiny, alien bomb that ensures they will be able to rule over the city? Dollman.
     All that and Dave sings, Tyler gets wet, and Kevin's eye balls fall out of his head. Join us, won't we?
  Episode 290- You Can Call These Al

Bear Naked Ladies

     This week we have no tinsel or cheer or anything like that. We do have an invisible future sex offender and an epic kids show for one.

     Grover Dunn is obsessed with vindicating his late father's memory by perfecting his final mad science experiment. Soon he discovers that the stakes are higher than imagined with a devious dean and a high school sports scandal. Will Grover get the girl next door? Will his only friend get therapy before ending up the most sought after pervert in the tri state area? The Invisible Kid.
     James has spent his whole life living in a bunker with only his parents, a couple friends on a message board, and the monthly delivery of a Brigsby Bear video tape. When police kick in the door and he learns he was abducted 25 years ago, the world is fine, and everything he knew was an elaborate fiction orchestrated by his captors. Can James integrate himself into modern society? Will he and his biological family find a common ground to relate from? Can James finish the adventures of Brigsby Bear?
     All that and Kevin tries to spread seasonal joy, Dave plots a murder, and Tyler needs to find a new place to hide his Mall Santa collection. 
   Episode 289- Bear Naked Ladies

A Confederacy of Dunstes

    This week- teenage rebellion and racism. 

     Jay takes the bus 2-hours each way to get a better education so he can fulfill his dream of carpet bombing the Middle East for the US Navy. Nicole is a Congressman's daughter in the middle of a pretty average teenage rebellion with an added layer of unaddressed trauma. When they get together... stuff happens... kinda... and a lesson is learned... sorta... Crazy/Beautiful.
     Kazuma is searching for his lost sister. He finds help from Mako, leader of the girl gang The Alleycats. Unfortunately, he arrives just hours before Baron, leader of the Eagles, decides to rid the town of its mixed race population. Will Kazuma find his sister? Will Baron succeed? Where will Mako and the Alleycats stand when caught between the two? Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter.
     Also Dave jumps into the Holidays, Kevin Hallmarks the days, and Tyler joins the local Reign in Hell Deer biker gang to burn all festive festoonery.
    Join us, won't you?
  Episode 288- A Confederacy of Dunstes

Perpetual Luminescence

     This week- a dream of forgetting and a dream of the undead.

     After learning that his former girlfriend had her memories of him erased, Joel decides to undergo the same procedure. Meanwhile, the staff of the mind wiping clinic have drama of their own. Michel Gondry's surrealist exploration of memory and romance- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
     Keith and AJ want to hire a stripper to bypass the normal fraternity initiation. Since living in a 1980s movie means being unable to do anything in a reasonable way, the pair make a deal with rich and lonely student Duncan to get a ride to the next town where they plan to find a dancer to hire for immediate return to the campus. Going to an area of town where everything else shuts down before sunset, they decide to stop at the most desperate to avoid outside attention club ever opened. Of course, the club is owned and operated by vampires. The first feature by prolific action screenwriter Richard Wenk- Vamp.

     All that and Kevin slips in to some holly jolly, Dave scams for a slot on the nice list, and Tyler has a body cast chair made of Craig. Join us, won't you?
    Episode 287- Perpetual Luminescence

Rural Bags of Dirt

     This week- two unreported sexual assaults, six rapists, and two male leads who make everything about themselves... 

     When Paul, a greasy kid from a small Midwest town, is accepted to NYU on an academic scholarship. The university rooms him with 3 roofie slinging serial rapists from the city who resent his polite and hardworking ways. Soon Paul finds himself sleeping in the back of a strangely always empty veterinarian's office. When, for more reasons that are impossible to discern, his former roommates talk him into letting them throw a party at the vet's while he's out at a concert. Coming home he finds a classmate, hardworking and studious Dora, overdosed and abandoned on his toilet. Romance ensues? Some people have a lot of nostalgia and love for Amy Heckerling's Loser. 

     An American applied mathematician, David, and his English wife, Amy, move to the small Cornish moorland town she grew up in. Taking residence in the isolated and dilapidated Trechers Farm, David hires a few local men to fix the garage and take care of the rat problem. Soon tensions with the locals grow over David's aloofness and cracks in his marriage spread. When David takes in an injured man and refuses to give him over to vigilantes, it all boils over in a rush of violence. Is a civilized man pushed too far, is this the inevitable beast inside a man all along, or is this an inadvertent criticism of the toxic masculinity the filmmaker thought he was celebrating? There are no easy answers in Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs.

     All that and Dave sees a doc, Kevin finally turns on a light, and Tyler ate a lot of pie. Join us, won't you?

  Episode 286- Rural Bags of Dirt

Step On Turn On Gershon

     This week we bring November to a close with a triple dose of 90s Erotic Thrillers. 

     Nomi Malone, a young drifter, heads to Las Vegas with dream of making it big as a showgirl. After a rough start, she finds an in through befriending a costume designer on the hottest ticket in town. Soon Nomi will be swept up in the power games and politics of  revue star diva, Crystal Conners, and her entertainment director boyfriend, Zack Carey. Does Nomi have what it takes to rise to the top? Can she navigate the sexually charged waters? Or will she be pulled under, another victim of the bright lights in the desert? The first, and only, NC-17 film to get a wide mainstream release. Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls.
     Corky is an ex-con, recently released, and taking work as building handy person. Violet is the long time girlfriend of Caesar, a mob money launderer, is desperate to get away and make a new life. Violet sets her sights on Corky and Caesar brings home $2 million in blood covered cash, she sees a chance to finally be able to get out. The neo-noir directorial debut of The Wachowskis, Bound.
     In the rich suburb of Blue Bay a wealthy teen accuses her high school guidance councilor of rape. Soon another girl, from the other side of the bayou, also comes forward. Not satisfied with the trial's conclusion, a police detective begins pulling on the dangling threads. A tangled web of suspicion and quintuple twists that are almost as hot as the south Florida summer. John McNaughton's Wild Things.
     All that and Dave weeps for a French king, Tyler tries some new cuisine, and Kevin can't stop his Bogart impression. Join us, won't we?
 Episode 285- Step On Turn On Gershon

Rothrocking and Judo Rolling

     This week- a pair of Hong Kong martial art noirs. 

     Prosecutor Ha is was as by-the-book as they came. Until his mentor was gunned down in broad daylight and the vital witness in his current case is murdered with their entire family. Now Ha is taking matters into his own hands. Senior Inspector Cindy Si is a dedicated investigator with a strict view of justice. They find themselves in a deep conspiracy with roots in the very heart of the system they have both dedicated their lives to. Corey Yuen's Righting Wrongs.
     Depressed alcoholic and karaoke bar manager, Sze-to Bo, turned his back on his champion judo career for reasons no one knows. Current judo champion and competitive fighter, Tony, only want a fight with Bo. A singer, Mona, seeks refuge in the bar from her evil manager. Old and frail Cheng, with his dementia suffering son Ching, seek to restore their dojo to its former glory. Johnnie To's Throw Down. 
     All that and Tyler comes out of hiding, Dave watches a doc, and Kevin finally learns to read. Join us, won't you?
    Episode 284- Rothrocking and Judo Rolling