Stomp Tokyo Podcast #58

Episode 58 The Dark Knight is still a topic of conversation, Best Buy scores exclusive releases of vintage b-movies on DVD, and we check out the Fantastic Fest lineup so far.

Listen to episode 58 of Stomp Tokyo: The Cult Movies Podcast now.

Pssssst! You hear that?

You hear that distant rumbling?

That's the sound of the internet going insane as another Apple product announcement keynote speech approaches. The 2008 Apple World Wide Developer's Conference starts tomorrow and rumors of next-generation iPhones with video chat and faster data connections are flying furiously. Personally I'm just looking forward to the new applications that will be available now that Apple has opened the iPhone to 3rd-party software development.

Can't be in San Francisco with the other Mac faithful for the speech? Now there's an official podcast from Apple that will automatically download the keynote videos for you after the fact.

Stomp Tokyo: The Cult Movies Podcast episode 52

...aaaaaand we're back.

This episode: Iron Man, cool docs from the last year or so, and speculation about upcoming flicks. Nothing earthshaking, but at least the damn Blu-Ray/HD-DVD conversation can be laid to rest.

Listen to episode 52 of Stomp Tokyo: The Cult Movies Podcast now.

The Giant Pool of Money

I'll admit, the sub-prime mortgage disaster was largely a mystery to me -- I understood in vague, abstract terms that a lot of bad loans had been floated to people who couldn't afford to pay them back, and that eventually the whole system collapsed. What wasn't clear to me was exactly why this had happened, or what inspired the lenders to such madness.

Fortunately a recent episode of This American Life (one of, if not the best radio show currently on the air) took a comprehensive look at the whole mess, delving not only into the lives of those losing their homes and the fortunes of those at the top who represent the tip of the iceberg, but at every link in the chain in between. It's a fascinating and depressing story of mass collusion -- hundreds if not thousands of people looking the other way as they aid in certain financial disaster.

I'm no financial wizard but I'm a heck of a lot better informed now than I was before. If you have those same feelings of vague uncertainty about the whole sub-prime mortgage mess as I did, you should give it a listen. You'll probably end up feeling bad, like I do, about Ira Glass' laryngitis, but it's worth suffering through briefly to get to the story.

Listen to "The Giant Pool of Money" at the This American Life web site.

Cult Movies Podcast Episode 51

"All The Glamour Hollywoood Can Muster." In this episode we talk about the Oscars, why we hate the Razzies, some summer movies, and the death of HD-DVD.

Podcast Catch-up - new episodes

The last time I posted here about a new episode of Stomp Tokyo - the Cult Movies Podcast, it was November. If you don't subscribe to the podcast with an RSS reader you could be forgiven for thinking that Scott and I hadn't recorded anything since then. But how wrong you'd be! Here's a recap of the episodes since then:

Stomp Tokyo Podcast #47 - In another catch-up episode, we talk about HD DVD and new theater experiences, as well as No Country for Old Men and Cat O'Nine Tails.

Stomp Tokyo Podcast #48 - In this episode we discuss the WGA strike, HD-DVD, and Rambo. Featuring special guest and occasional Peter Cushing impersonator Freeman Williams.

Stomp Tokyo Podcast #49 - Subjects this time include Cloverfield, Slamdance, and B-Fest.

Stomp Tokyo Podcast #50 - We Always Shoot With a Steady Cam. Subjects include documentaries, Cloverfield, and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.

And there's another episode on the way, we're just editing it together. Enjoy!

Stomp Tokyo - Cult Movies Podcast #47

In another catch-up episode, we talk about HD DVD and new theater experiences, as well as "No Country for Old Men" and "Cat O'Nine Tails."

Listen to episode #47 here (no iPod required).

Stomp Tokyo - The Cult Movies Podcast #46

In Episode 46 of the Stomp Tokyo Podcast, we talk about the recent burst of vampires in pop culture, Elmo on the iPhone, and Matango - Attack of the Mushroom People. Plus lots of other stuff.

Listen now, no iPod required.

Stomp Tokyo - The Cult Movies Podcast #45

All a youse guys hankerin' for the return of the guest nerd will be happy to know that Zack Handlen is in on the action this time.

Episode 45 - "Secret Diary of a Projectionist" - In which Scott, Chris, and Zack discuss the new Halloween, Resident Evil: Extinction, and a lot more.

Listen now, no iPod required.

Cult Movies Podcast Episode 44

There's a whole lot of cult TV coming out this Fall, and we cover most of it in this podcast. We'll come back around to "Bionic Woman" in a future episode, if only so we can drag out that MP3 of the theme song from the original show. Listen to our expert dissections of "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Pushing Daisies," "Reaper," and more.

Listen now.

Stomp Tokyo Podcast, Bonus Episode #2

About three weeks ago we just had to talk about the new iPod announcements and so we recorded it. If you're not a fan of listening to us go fanboy all over the iPhone and such, this would probably be a good episode to skip. That's why we called it a bonus episode; it doesn't really have anything to do with cult movies and we'd hate for you to go in thinking we were going to talk about anything but technology in this ep. Stay tuned for a real episode about the new genre TV in the Fall season really really soon. Promise.

If, on the other hand, you dig the idea of an iPod with all the schmancy touch features and want to hear us talk about the ins and outs of the annoucement earlier this month, please! Click away and listen to Bonus Episode #2 now -- no iPod required.

Cult Movies Podcast #43

Just a quick podcast to get us through the holiday weekend and into next week. You've got some extra time to watch The Blob before we cover it in the next episode.

In this episode:

Listener mail.

New York Ripper - a giallo film that isn't boring.

Dragon*Con is coming up this weekend, Scott will be there.

Listen now.

Stomp Tokyo Cult Movies Podcast #42

Here's what's new:

HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray - things heat up without really going anywhere.

Burn Notice: new TV series from USA about a rogue spy. Featuring Bruce Campbell in the alcoholic buddy role.

Yet another version of "Color out of Space."

Grindhouse: What happened?

This weeks' movie: Naked You Die.

Next week's homework: The Blob (Criterion edition or cheapo version).

Listen to the Cult Movies Podcast #42 now (no iPod required, of course).

Stomp Tokyo Cult Movies Podcast #41

Things we talk about this week:

News updates from last week's news, upcoming genre TV, and our first homework assignment: The Devil's Backbone.

Listen to episode 41 now (no iPod required).

Links to things we talk about in this week's show:

Beowulf gets simultaneous release as IMAX 3-D film

Donnie Yen - the next Jackie Chan?

Jekyll at BBC

Bionic Woman page at NBC

Guillermo del Toro interview on NPR's Fresh Air

Next weeks' homework: Naked, You Die

Stomp Tokyo Podcast Episode #40

Scott has a brand new Apple TV so we review the differences between that and Tivo and a few other digital movie watching options as well.

Then we get down to the nitty gritty and look at some upcoming movies including Beowulf, The Seeker, Rush Hour 3, and 10,000 BC (or as we like to call it, Apocalypto Lite).

Listen now, no iPod required.

Bonus: At the end of the episode, we assign homework!

Cult Movies Podcast #39

See, we're really not dead. Really. Scott and I wax poetic about summer movies.

You will be listening now.