The Projection Booth Podcast

28/07/2024

So excited about the new Arrow disc coming out with my commentary track! This was a blast to do as an episode, too! https://bit.ly/3Hx1Um2

On this special episode of The Projection Booth we fly upon the wings of a demon as we discuss John Boorman’s 1977 film Exorcist II: The Heretic.

27/07/2024

So excited to see the extras for this new release of Exorcist 2: Heretic

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26/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Frank Beaver! Hear him on our SECRET HONOR episode: https://bit.ly/3mKOwS0

Celebrate your freedom with this episode on Robert Altman's Secret Honor -- a film made in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

26/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Danny Woodburn! Hear him on our DEATH TO SMOOCHY episode: https://bit.ly/3opKvmL

After Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams) falls from grace, it's up to Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norton) as Smoochy, the singing rhino, to save the network. He quickly finds himself embroiled in the shady underworld of children's television in Death to Smoochy.

26/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Parker Bennett! Hear him on our SUPER MARIO BROS episode: https://bit.ly/4380qcB

The Ultimate Movie Podcast. Every week The Projection Booth podcast offers up a new episode about a film, its context, influences, and creation.

26/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Peter Hyams! We talk a lot about him on our OUTLAND episode: https://bit.ly/3PArSbu (Trying to get in touch with him to set up a Running Scared episode).

Peter Hyams’s Outland (1981) plays like a Western in space with Sean Connery as Marshall W.T. O’Neil, the head lawman at a rough and tumble mining colony where a mysterious series of deaths puts him at odds with the powers that be.

26/07/2024

Did you know that Mike is the co-host of a monthly podcast all about James Bond? Join up with The Projection Booth patreon at $10 or more for access to the show! https://bit.ly/3l1C1jL

25/07/2024

Once again I am asking for your rating and review of The Projection Booth on iTunes. https://apple.co/3ODqO6m

‎TV & Film · 2024

25/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Peter Suschitzky! Hear him on our IT HAPPENED HERE episode: https://bit.ly/3Owpotw

Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo’s It Happened Here tells the story of Pauline, a nurse who lives in a world where the N***s took over the UK during World War II. At first she goes along with the rule of the Reich until she witnesses -- and unwittingly participates in -- their cruelty, prompting he...

25/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Danny Bilson! Hear him on our TRANCERS episode: https://bit.ly/3vcVCCK

Directed by Charles Band, Trancers stars Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth, a detective in the future who travels back in time to track down a cultish criminal named Whistler.

25/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Illeana Douglas! Hear her on the GRACE OF MY HEART episode: https://bit.ly/3zxscm1

Allison Anders's Grace of My Heart tells the story of Edna Buxton (Illeana Douglas), a singer/songwriter whose life and loves are documented through song.

24/07/2024

Episode 4: Under the Rainbow (1981)

Surprisingly, not the nadir of Chevy Chase's career but it might be close! Steve Rash's Under the Rainbow, a fictionalized recounting of the little people actors from The Wizard of Oz taking over a hotel across from the MGM soundstages. Against this event is story of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand's son being hunted by the son of Gavrilo Princip (Robert Donner). Fortunately, the Duke is protected by Bruce Thorpe (Chevy Chase), his intrepid guard.

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24/07/2024

Episode 696: Latitude Zero (1969)
Guest Co-Hosts: Carol Borden, Walter Chaw

Sci-Fi July continues with Ishiro Honda's Latitude Zero (1969). Written by Ted Sherdeman and based on his and his wife Anne’s NBC radio serial of the same name, the film stars Joseph Cotten as a Captain Nemo-like commander of a submarine on it's way to... Latitude Zero, an underwater Utopia populated by scientists from the world over. Their enemy, Malic (Cesar Romero), will stop at nothing to destroy them, even if it means making a manticore with pieces of his crew.

Walter Chaw and Carol Borden join Mike to discuss this under-seen kaiju classic and its fascinating origin.

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Sci-Fi July continues with Ishiro Honda’s Latitude Zero. Written by Ted Sherdeman and based on his and his wife Anne’s NBC radio serial.

23/07/2024

for Wolverine AKA "X-Men Origins 2: Wolverine" or "X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2": https://bit.ly/4bY0Cye

►►Before you run out and see Deadpool & Wolverine, go grab yourself a chimichanga and settle in for The Most Comprehensive History of Deadpool, Ever!► https:...

23/07/2024

Remember Travis Crawford on his birthday with our episode on HARD TO BE A GOD. https://bit.ly/37Xq5fY

Based on a book by the Strugatsky Brothers, Hard to Be a God is a three hour medieval sci-fi film from Aleksei German. The material was also the source of Peter Fleischmann's 1989 film Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein.

23/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Ronny Cox! Hear him on our ROBOCOP episode: https://bit.ly/3Ad9KzL

Mike & Mondo Justin hit the streets of Old Detroit in search of our city's savior, Robocop.

23/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Daniel Kremer! Hear him on our episode about THE ENTITY: https://bit.ly/3Pgl2rs

Based on a book by and adapted by Frank De Felitta, The Entity was directed by Sidney J. Furie and stars Barbara Hershey as Carla Moran, a woman haunted by a malevolent spirit that sexually terrorizes her.

22/07/2024

Remember Anthony James on his birthday with our interview of him about his memoir. https://bit.ly/3zcxenE

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike speaks to character actor Anthony James about his memoir, Acting My Face. The man who played criminals and misfits for most of his career is a thoughtful and charming man.

22/07/2024

I just don't see any HK influence of this film... https://bit.ly/3YaxQap

A critical analysis of Reservoir dogs and how it relates to HK cinema. In particular we explore the connection between John Woo and this film.Bill Burr recom...

22/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Erica Gavin! Hear her on our BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS episode: https://bit.ly/3yStCYq

Russ Meyer's first of two films for 20th Century Fox is a swinging quasi-sequel to Jacqueline Susann's ta**ry Valley of the Dolls. Written by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) tells the tale of a female rock group who move out to Hollywood only to find it a cess-pool of broken dream...

22/07/2024

Happy Birthday to John Walker! Hear him on our episode about THE KEEP: https://bit.ly/40HAbbW

Jedidiah Ayres and John Walker join Mike to look at Michael Mann’s moody supernatural film The Keep. Released in 1983, the film is a real who’s who.

22/07/2024

Remember Louise Fletcher on her birthday with our BRAINSTORM episode: https://bit.ly/3iIt5P7

Sci-Fi December concludes with a special episode about Douglas Trumbull's BRAINSTORM (1983) in which Christopher Walken plays a scientist who helps discover a way to record one's sensations, memories, and more.

22/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Oliver Robins! Hear him on our POLTERGEIST episode: https://bit.ly/3o9DDcR

We kick off Shocktober 2020 with a look at Tobe Hooper’s 1982 film, Poltergeist. It’s the story of a suburban family beset by supernatural forces.

22/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Paul Schrader! Hear him on our BLUE COLLAR episode: https://bit.ly/3aHItLl

Just in time for Labor Day, we're looking at the 1978 film all about the working man, Blue Collar. Directed and co-written by Paul Schrader it tells the tale of three men working in our fair city of Detroit.]

22/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Peter Jason! Hear him on our ALIEN NATION episode: https://bit.ly/3AzZx0r

Cecil Trachenberg and Josh Stewart join Mike to discuss the 1988 film from Graham Baker, Alien Nation.

22/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Willem Dafoe! Hear him on our TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. episode: https://bit.ly/3aLGEgC

Not going to bury the lead here. On this episode about To Live & Die in L.A., we interview the one and only Willem Dafoe.

22/07/2024

Season 4 of Columbo continues with a favorite of Mike's, Negative Reaction wherein Dick Van D**e plays photographer Paul Galesko who think he's committed the perfect murder of his wife (Antoniette Bower) and patsy (Don Gordon). Unfortunately for him, Columbo is on the case. This episode features great roles for Vito Scotti, John Ashton, Joyce Van Patten, Larry Storch, and Michael Strong.

This episode of The Shabby Detective features an interview with author David Koenig about his new book, Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never Got Filmed. https://bit.ly/3Wd6Hku

22/07/2024

Writer Heidi Honeycutt discusses her new book, I Spit On Your Celluloid, a look at female genre filmmakers throughout the ages. https://bit.ly/3WdfN0G

21/07/2024

Happy Birthday to Art Hindle! Hear him on our BLACK CHRISTMAS episode! https://bit.ly/383rIsr

Maitland McDonagh and Mark Begley join Mike to talk about Bob Clark’s 1974 film Black Christmas.

20/07/2024

This is a great episode of "Stuntmen React" that is all about guns in movies. https://bit.ly/3W4ZIdi

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