#120: Strahdcast Ch.90: Legendary Bullsh*t
It’s the throne-room smackdown with the Darklord! Agonizing dice rolls and hairbreadth reversals await! Laird is very drunk this week!
057 – Maureen Stapleton
Four films you’ve never heard of, featuring stellar supporting performances by an actress you’ve also never heard of! It’s Cinematic Omniverse at its most nerdy and esoteric! Reds (1981, Dir. Warren Beatty) Lonelyhearts (1958, Dir. Vincent J. Donehue) On the Right Track (1981, Dir. Lee Philips) Addicted to Love (1997, Dir. Griffin Dunne)
#119: Strahdcast Ch.90: Throne Room, Hours of Operation
We push on past some garbled audio; the heroes break an ancient curse; David says a bad word; and Ralston delivers a pep talk that would inspire the Day Daddy himself!
056 – River Phoenix
This week, Scott and Marty survey the WAY-too-brief career of our generation’s inimitable radioactive, narcoleptic, time-and-space-hopping Casanova. That’s right, Gen Xers: it’s River time.
055 – Vincent Price
Scott and Marty peek into the campy closets of one of cinema history’s greatest frightmeisters, and discover that Vincent is great at any Price! The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939, Dir. Michael Curtiz) Edward Scissorhands (1990, Dir. Tim Burton) Laura (1944, Dir. Otto Preminger) Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965, Dir. Norman…
#118: Strahdcast Ch.89: Don’t Make Me Ring My Bell at You
In the hidden heart of Castle Ravenloft, the heroes trade noisy blows with some uncle-spiders before discovering a fortress within the fortress… and a treasure beyond price!
054 – David Bowie
Is Hoggle an anti-Semitic stereotype? For some reason, this question and many others are raised during an episode dedicated to glam rock legend David Bowie’s eclectic film career. Core Connections: Il Mio West aka Gunslinger’s Revenge (1998, Dir. Giovanni Veronesi) Just a Gigolo (1978, Dir. David Hemmings) Labyrinth (1986, Dir. Jim Henson) Bandslam (2009, Dir.…
#118: Strahdcast Ch.88: Come On Baby Bank My Fire
With Death defeated and the party reunited, the heroes indulge in some chimney-diving and trap-springing.
053 – Robin Williams
Scott and Marty unearth the first, last, best and worst films of cinema’s most beloved man-child, Robin Williams. Can I Do It ‘Till I Need Glasses? (1977, Dir. I. Robert Levy) Dead Poets’ Society (1989, Dir. Peter Weir) Toys (1992, Dir. Barry Levinson) The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014, Dir. Phil Alden Robinson)
#116: Strahdcast Ch.87: Eating that Death Sandwich
When the Grim Reaper comes at you swinging, you need to hope your dice hold up. This is what happens when they don’t.