Midnight Movie Cowboys

All serving men have one thing in common...

This week John and Hunter discuss Ted Kotcheff's Uncommon Valor, starring Gene Hackman and Patrick Swayze. If you don't listen, you hate America, so don't be a filthy commie and tune in!

The Shape of Things to Come

Hey all, back with a brand new episode. This one is a sort of accompaniment to our Theatre Experiences show from a few months back. On this one though, we talk about our earliest theatre going experiences, and the films that shaped us, or for one of us, traumatised us.

Very important announcement towards end of the show also.

see you all next week

Enjoy

REPOST**** Iron Age Revisited ****REPOST

No folks, your eyes are not deceiving you. We are reposting this episode from mid 2013, due to the fact we have had numerous people tell us they cannot download it anymore. So we are reposting it for these people, and new listeners, or those of you who just didn't catch it earlier.

Also we here at the MMC are taking a break for a week. We will be back next week with a brand new episode.

Please listen to the opening intro regarding episodes that listeners have not been able to download for some reason. We are NOT going to keep reposting them, however we will make sure you get access to them. How you ask? Like we said, listen to the intro.

see ya with a new episode next week

cheers

Freebie and the Bean

Sharp dialogue, amazing action and pure 70's cinema perfection is about the only way to sum up the granddaddy of the buddy cop genre - Freebie and the Bean.

On this episode Stu and John (no Hunter this one) look back on this forgotten gem, and discuss how other buddy cop flicks just don't come close, to the great Freebie and the Bean. And as per usual, we tend to trail off into different areas, and this episode is no exception. 

oh, and by the way, this time around. This episode IS safe for work.

see ya next week

Enjoy

Howard Stern's Private Parts

Garo joins us for the second week in a row (sadly Stu was fighting bloodthirsty reavers away from his house and couldn't join us) to talk about all things Howard Stern, specifically his autobiographical film Private Parts, starring Howard, Robin Quivers, and Paul Giamatti. Of course, we go on lots of tangents too. Tune in, and subscribe on iTunes. If you like what you hear, leave us a review.

Listener Request: MAD MAX

We know who you are Bronze!!! o.k this week, we are doing a listener request, and the film requested? MAD MAX. This is right up Stu's alley (him being Australian and all), we also decided to bring our friend, and fan favorite Garo Nigoghossian (AKA: The Armenian madman) onto the show. What you are about to hear, is a whole lot of talk on Mad Max, and of course, it somehow trails off into other conversations.

Please be warned, this episode is NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

If you want to request a film for us to discuss, no problem. Send us an email at midnightmoviecowboys@gmail.com. Listen to the info on the show for further details.

Enjoy

See ya next week

Rock Month: The Ramones!

Hey Ho, Let's Go!!! Alright folks, this is the final week of Rock Month, and who else could we talk about but the mighty RAMONES.

In this episode, we go through the entire Ramones discography, and touch upon the excellent documentary 'End of the Century'

Anyway, next week, we return back to movies. We hope you enjoyed Rock Month, and hopefully learnt a thing or two about bands you'd never heard before, or never knew of.

Enjoy

Rock Month: NEW YORK DOLLS!

Welcome to week 3 of Rock Month here at the Midnight Movie Cowboys. This week, Stu and John (No Hunter unfortunately, we hope to have him back next week) talk one of the most influential, underrated yet forgotten bands of all time - The New York Dolls.

We delve into their early works (all 2 albums of it). We discuss briefly the videography 'All Dolled Up'.

We also talk the 2005 documentary on NY Dolls bass player Arthur 'Killer' Kane entitled 'New York Doll'.

Take this journey with us, and come discover, Rock, in it's purest form. Viva la Dolls!!!

Enjoy

Rock Month: FAITH NO MORE!

It's Week 2 of Rock Month, and this week we're discussing Hunter's EPIC band pick, Faith No More! Next week will have a bit more movies involved, so subscribe on iTunes so you don't miss out!

Rock Month: VAN HALEN!

ALLLRIIGGHTT! This week, we here at the Midnight Movie Cowboys are kicking off this month of June as ROCK MONTH, and Stuart is finally back in the building with us. Each week, one of us will pick a band to talk about, and starting us off is Stu's pick, Van Halen, the David Lee Roth years! 

So get on your spandex, make sure your bulge looks good, and start practicing your windmill kicks while shredding that air guitar. Be sure to head over and subscribe on iTunes, and give us a review while you're there. Many thanks for tuning in!

Dirty Harry

It's time for us to finally talk about the best cop to ever clean up the streets on film: Dirty Harry. We talk about the original, and touch on the sequels, movies it's inspired, and the battle between Harry and Scorpio versus heroes and villains in movies today. Stuart will finally rejoin us next week to kick off a special series for the month of June, so keep your eyes on the feed by subscribing and reviewing us on iTunes.

GODZILLA!

Hey kids, we're talking about a NEW MOVIE that's IN THEATERS RIGHT NOW! That barely ever happens over here! John and Hunter discuss Gareth Edwards' Godzilla, which resurrects the King of the Monsters for one more go-round in the west. Is it better than that Roland Emmerich disaster from 1998? Do we love it? Do we hate it? Do we just kinda think it's okay? Listen to find out!

Milius

John and Hunter delve into the documentary Milius, a film about the life and career of John Milius, which makes a good excuse to talk about the films Milius wrote and directed as well. Stuart is still on tour with the Thunder from Down Under, and will return in mid-June.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

John and Hunter venture into the outskirts of Texarkana in search of the elusive Phantom Killer, a man who stalked unsuspecting couples on the secluded lovers' lanes outside of town. The film in question is The Town That Dreaded Sundown, a 1976 cult classic directed by Charles B. Pierce that explores this unsolved mystery in a manner that was far ahead of its time. 

Be sure to listen, subscribe, and rate us on iTunes.

Lau Kar Leung: An Appreciation

While Stu is trapped in the Yabba, John and Hunter tackle a topic they've been wanting to do for awhile: late martial artist, choreographer and filmmaker Lau Kar Leung, also known as Liu Chia-Liang. This week, the two of his movies that are in-focus are 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, starring Gordon Liu and Alexander Fu Sheng, and Martial Arts of Shaolin, starring a young Jet Li. We discussed his film The 36th Chamber of Shaolin on an early episode of the show, so check that out too for a blast from the past. Also, Stu responds to John and Hunter's criticism of his Godzilla opinions on the last show. Enjoy!

Bad Day at Black Rock

As Stuart enters his sabbatical, John and Hunter sit down to discuss Bad Day at Black Rock, a John Sturges genre mash-up starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Lee Marvin, and Ernest Borgnine. Of course, the conversation enters into other territories as well, including the Brian Singer scandal. Steven Seagal fans should enjoy this one

The commentary John Sturges did for the Criterion LaserDisc discussed on the show can be found here. 

Remember to like us on Facebook, and subscribe via iTunes if you haven't already!

Southern Comfort

SQUEAL LIKE A PIG!!!! A phrase, unfortunately, too commonly used, when uneducated people discuss the American South. In this episode, we don't discuss Deliverance, instead we discuss the 1981 film Southern Comfort. We are joined also by a guy from the South, Mr Matt Dawson, AKA Saint RPH from the great Soopermexican podcast.

Here we discuss the film, dispel some Southern myths, rip into KISS, talk a little bit of Ted Nugent, and a whole bunch more.

See y'all next week

Enjoy

Matt's links

Twitter

Morlock Revolt

El Sooper podcast

EAR/ONS

Taking a different turn again with episodes, this time around, the Midnight Movie Cowboys interview filmmaker Cameron Cloutier about his project he is hoping to get off the ground about EAR/ONS (East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker)

Perhaps the first and only podcast about this notorious rapist/killer, we talk about his crimes, and also Cameron's yet to be made film 'Bird with a Broken Wing'.

Go visit Cameron's Facebook page HERE and throw him support, and a few bucks too to help get this project off the ground.

We hope this episode alerts you to the still unsolved mystery of EAR/ONS.

Enjoy

See you next week

The search for Count Dante

John Timothy Keehan AKA Count Dante was marketed as 'The deadliest man alive' in the 1970's. His advert was usually found in the pages of Marvel Comics.

Not a great deal is known about Count Dante, and after his sudden death in 1975, his mystical persona reached epic heights.

Now, a new documentary about the controversial Count Dante is in production, and we here at the Midnight Movie Cowboys, are pleased to be speaking with, and being educated about Count Dante by documentary filmmaker Floyd Webb.

Join Stu and John (again, no Hunter, he is definitely back next week) along with Floyd, in a discussion about one of the most mysterious and controversial Martial Artists ever.

Enjoy

See you next week

Floyd's links

His website is HERE

Way of the Dragon - Commentary

IS YOUR NAME TANG LUNG? Hellooo folks, this weeks episode, Stu and John (no Hunter on this one) provide an audio commentary on the Bruce Lee classic - Way of the Dragon.

Filled with interesting tidbits, and middle age male drooling over the female stars in this film. we hope you enjoy this.

PLEASE NOTE: You will need the Hong Kong Legends DVD of this in PAL format if you wanna sync up with us, or you could just listen in, your choice.

see you next week

Enjoy.

The War Room

Politics, Politics, Politics. That is the theme for this week. On this episode we are thrilled to be joined by Bill O'Keefe AKA DefendWallSt. from Soopermexican's podcast.

On this one we discuss the documentary 'The War Room', a behind the scenes documentary on Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign trail.

We discuss this film, and also go extensively into the whole 1992 Clinton campaign trail itself. 

Whilst politics may sound boring, we think you may find this episode quite informative about the state of American politics then and it's current state now.

Thanks for listening

See you all next week

You can catch Bill via the links below

Weasel Zippers

Twitter

Soopermexican Podcast

Harlan Ellison: The Last Dangerous Vision

DREAMS WITH SHARP TEETH is a documentary of Harlan Ellison, prolific short story writer, science fiction convention cult of personality and perpetual crank. Hunter and John (No Stu this week, as he'd never heard of the guy) discuss whether the documentary captures the essence of Harlan's appeal, or lack thereof. And yes, the producers of THE TERMINATOR did settle with Ellison on a plagiarism charge. Ellison also wrote the famous Star Trek episode "City On the Edge of Forever," but we don't get into that too much. An informative episode that'll have you Googling so much, you'll go back to Ask Jeeves.

Enjoy

See you next week

Theatre Experiences

Ah, Theatre experiences. We've all had 'em. Some good, some bad, but nonetheless, we've all been there. This week's episode, Stu, John and the return of the Armenian madman Garo (no Hunter this episode) dig deep and give you some of their experiences. Please note, this episode is NOT SAFE FOR WORK as some of the stories are explicit in either language or nature.

Enjoy

See you next Wednesday

Take it from Us: Open Five

Here's one from the vault for ya's. Whilst available as a site only download, it has never been available on the feed, and seeing as we are having difficulties with the episode that should have been this week's one (that will be next week, promise) we thought we'd get this little discussion Hunter and Stu had alllll the way back in October 2010 about a wonderful little indy film called OPEN FIVE out to your ears. 

Once you've listened to this, go watch the film AND the now available sequel OPEN FIVE 2. Or, if you prefer to watch the film then listen to our discussion, do that also. Either way, check these films out.

See you next Wednesday

Enjoy

Watch OPEN FIVE for free (you lucky buggers) HERE

Watch OPEN FIVE 2 for free (you're all so spoilt) HERE

Gambling with Addiction

The death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman shocked film fans around the world. in this week's episode, Hunter and Stu (for the first time ever in his time in the MMC, no John) look at one of his lesser known, but by no means lesser effort, films - Owning Mahowny.

We also highlight the correlation of Hoffman's character portrayal of hopeless Gambling addict - Dan Mahowny, alongside the real life addictions of Hoffman himself.

Yes, we know, this is yet another dark episode from the MMC. We promise, next week's episode will be a lot more fun, and certainly back to our 'normal' selves.

Enjoy

See you next Wednesday

Tell Me About It: The Professionals

Hey everybody we are back with a new episode for this week - wait, what? This week? Yes, that's right, from now on, starting with this episode, we here at the Midnight Movie Cowboys are going from a bi-weekly (or fortnightly) show to a weekly one. More details contained within this episode.

Speaking of this episode, Stu and John (no Hunter on this one) carry on the television theme, and look at one of the seminal 70's Police dramas, that hardly anybody (in North America anyway) has heard of - The Professionals.

Listen in as we discuss 2 episodes, one of them so controversial it was banned for over 25 years, and talk about the 3 outstanding lead actors, and the brilliant writer / creator of this amazing show.

Enjoy.

Looking Good: The Career of Freddie Prinze

Looking Good !!!!! A phrase heard, and used commonly throughout the 70's, thanks to one individual, our subject for this episode - Freddie Prinze. No, not Freddie Prinze Jr. instead we look at his father, and his meteoric rise to fame at age 18, only to lose everything, by his own hand at the tender age of 22.

We look at his television film 'Million Dollar Rip Off', the 1979 biopic on him 'Can You Hear the Laughter', and of course, we look at the role of Chico Rodriguez in 'Chico and the Man', the show which catapulted him to fame in 1974.

Sit back with us, and learn about the highly talented, fascinating, and tragic figure that is Freddie Prinze.

Enjoy.

Purchases

Chico and the Man DVD HERE on Amazon (an absolute must, buy it!!!)

The Million Dollar Rip Off DVD HERE on Amazon

The Million Dollar Rip Off Digital File HERE on Amazon

Can You Hear the Laughter VHS HERE on Amazon

Looking Good (Freddie's only live stand-up album on CD) HERE on Amazon

The Freddie Prinze Story (book written by his mother Maria Pruetzel) HERE on Amazon

Also, for all your info on Freddie Prinze, go visit this fantastic website HERE

also, go like their Facebook page HERE and show 'em your a fan of Freddie's like us here at the Midnight Movie Cowboys

Henchman: The Al Leong story

Let the truth be told, we here at the Midnight movie Cowboys LOVE Al Leong. Al who you ask? You may not know his name, but we promise you, you will know his face.

Anyway, John alerted us to a documentary currently in production Henchman: The Al Leong story. Not one to let an opportunity to pass us by, we hit up the Producer / Director of this epic project, Matt Olivo. A cool ass guy, with a lot of great stories about Al. 

Here is the finished result of that conversation we had a few nights back. 

Throughout the course of Matt's documentary on Al Leong, we will be catching up with him every so often to see how things are progressing. The picture below says it all.

Please go give Matt's Facebook page a 'like' to show you are behind this awesome project. Go visit it HERE

Viva La Leong

Enjoy

Anchorman 2

Here we are folks, as promised at the end of our CRASH CINEMA episode, we said once ANCHORMAN 2 was released, we'd have our guest, the Armenian madman, and staunch Obama supporter (hehe) Garo Nigoghossian, back on.... and we do !!!

After 9 long years, a fake twitter account that sent Hollywood abuzz with rumours of a sequel, and a whole lot of anticipation. We finally got to see ANCHORMAN 2. 

So, you're asking yourself, what did we think of it? Well, you will need to listen on and see what all of us, including Garo's one black friend thought of it.

In typical Midnight Movie Cowboys ADD style of podcasting, we can't just stick to a review of the film, so the last 30 mins spirals into some light-hearted, unbiased, political chat (trust us, its not the boring old type of political chat you're accustomed to)

On a final note, we want to thank every one of you who listen to, and support this show, we do this for YOU. Thank you so much.

See you all in 2014.

Hunter, Stu and John

Garo's links:

Twitter

Dangerous People Facebook Page  (you can even see what Garo looks like there, he's the one in the Top Hat !!)

Facebook

Dangerous People Trailer (NSFW)

Buy Garo's first film Actress Apocalypse HERE (hey, it's even released by Crash Cinema)

Up late with Soopermexican

Alec Baldwin. What would we do without him? There would be no daily joy, of the saga, that is his life to read about on a near daily basis.

To help us talk all things Alec Baldwin's massive public meltdown, is a man, who has, literally, contributed to it, via his epic battles on Twitter. Soopermexican !!!!

Go here to read how Soopermexican OWNED Alec Baldwin, time after time.

So epic was Soopermexican's twitter war with Baldwin, that it made Fox News.

It also led to this 

On this episode, Hunter, John and the return of Stu, team up with the internet legend, Fox News Latino journalist, podcaster and all around good guy. The legendary Soopermexican.

Make sure you follow Soopermexican on twitter HERE

You also must go and listen to his excellent podcast, go HERE and listen now.

Enjoy !!

P.S - A big thankyou to Soopermexican for being on the show with us, and for also providing us with the artwork.