Cinema Oblivia
Your home for discussions on disregarded, tossed aside, thrown away, outdated, out-of-fashion or otherwise unremembered films.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Episode 21: Ravenous
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
You are what you eat, and today Sonya Ballantyne and I are eating the late-90s cannibal western megabomb, Ravenous. Well, we're not so much eating it as discussing its troubled production, portrayal of First Nations people, and what the hell metaphor they're trying to go for in this flawed, but interesting, flick.
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Episode 20: Full Contact
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
When people talk about Hong Kong action films of the 80s and 90s, John Woo and Jackie Chan are usually at the forefront of the conversation, but Ringo Lam also released some amazing films during that time.
For example, Full Contact, the dark, grimy and crazy 1992 classic that serves as an evil twin to the glossy and sleek Hard Boiled. Henry Gilbert from Talking Simpsons stops by to talk about this unjustly forgotten bloody masterpiece.
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Episode 19: Gymkata
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
T.L. Foster wanted to talk about Gymkata, so today we are talking about Gymkata! Legendary for being "so bad it's good" but is it really just bad? The Kurt Thomas gymnastic vanity project gets all the discussion is deserves, and then some!
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Episode 18: An Episode About My Dad
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
My dad passed away a few weeks ago.
My love of movies, and this podcast, would not exist without him, so I wanted to take some time to talk about him, the movies he loved, and all the ways he was a really awesome dad.
I miss ya, guy.
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Episode 17: The Driver
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Walter Hill's 1978 existential, minimalist masterpiece about a getaway driver trying to outsmart not only the cops, but the crooks who want him dead, was a bomb when it first came out. But in the years since it's rightfully earned its place as a cult classic. Writer and hardcore film geek Brian Ashcraft joins to talk about this under-appreciated gem.
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Episode 16: Natural Born Killers
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
I am very happy to be joined by Kyle Shutt from the band The Sword and the podcast The High Way to talk about Natural Born Killers, a film that could have only been made the year it came out and no other year. Is it super dated? For sure, but does it hold up? Find out!
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Episode 15: Perfect and Killer Workout
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Put on your leg warmers! Matt Kucick joins me to talk about two films that tried to cash in on the 80s aerobics craze, and failed miserably: the John Travolta/Jamie Lee Curtis romantic drama Perfect, and the cheapo sleazo slasher Killer Workout (aka Aerobicide). Both are bad, but in entirely different ways. Although, both have pretty great soundtracks.
Disclaimer: This episode was cursed and plagued with technical difficulties that shan't happen again. The audio quality dips from time to time, and the conversation does get a bit scattershot as we were continually disconnected throughout our talk.
Travolta must've heard us smack-talking his crotch.
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Episode 14: Gone In 60 Seconds and the H.B. Halicki Cinematic Universe
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
H.B. Halicki had a dream: A dream to smash as many cars as possible. And he achieved said dream with his 1974 magnum opus, Gone in 60 Seconds. Twitter's supcat and I talk about that classic, the films Halicki made afterwards, and the bizarre legal wranglings that have made finding the original versions of said films a nightmare in the 21st century.
Thursday May 27, 2021
Episode 13: Silver Streak
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
Action! Suspense! Comedy! Romance! Ray Walston shooting cops! This movie has it all! Diamond Feit joins me to talk about this Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor classic, why it's still a great movie, and why parts of it might be a little shocking to see today. All aboard!
Thursday May 20, 2021
Episode 12: Smokey And The Bandit
Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
Smokey and the Bandit was the second most popular movie of 1977 (behind Star Wars - perhaps you've heard of it) and it spawned a whole slew of pale imitations in its wake. While the car action genre is bigger than ever thanks to the Fast & Furious films, Smokey's kind of been left in the dust. But that's not fair! Listen to me and my guest Elliot Long talk about how this movie is still great and one of the funniest action movies ever made!