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Plastic surgery, sexy models, mind-control, and murder? When do we start? Tune in as Chris talks SAG-AFTRA, the perils of A.I., and a plot holes galore as the LSCE screens Michael Crichton’s prescient 1981 techno-thriller “Looker.” Join Us! Works Cited: Bria, Bill. Jurassic Park’s Creator Predicted the Strangest Part of the SAG Strike in a 1981 Movie. Slashfilm. 7/13/23 Article Link. Accessed 10/14/23 Canby, Vincent. “‘LOOKER,’ A Sinister-Computer Thriller.” The New York Times. October 30,1981. Article Link. Accessed 11/02/23. Crichton, Michael. 2018. LOOKER Commentary Track. Warner Bros. Doupe, Tyler. “’Looker’: Michael Crichton’s Most Underrated Effort [Video].” Dread Central. 9/4/2023 Article Link. 9/15/2023 Goldman, Lowell. “James Coburn Seven and Seven Is.” Psychotronic Video. No 9, p.28 (1991). Archive Link. Accessed 9/28/23.   Kenny, James. “I’m Here to Sell for You: Michael Crichton’s LOOKER.” Tremble…Sigh…Wonder… 5/16/21. Article Link. Accessed 10/13/23. Kornbluth, Jesse & Sean Doorly. “Interview with Michael Crichton.” The Book Report. 12/20/1996. Article Link. Accessed 9/14/2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

A big budget US remake of “The Wages of Fear?” Where do we sign up? Tune in as Chris talks "The Directors Company," jungle shoots, and sweaty screen offerings as the LSCE screens William Friedkin’s 1977 masterpiece “Sorcerer.” Join us! Works Cited: Canby, Vincent. “Sorcerer, Action Movie Set in Latin America.” The New York Times. June 25, 1977. Article Link. Accessed 8/18/23. “Feature Reviews: SORCERER.” Boxoffice. New York: Boxoffice Media LP, 1977. Article Link Flatley, Guy.  “At the Movies: Roy Scheider, “Sorcerer Stat, Talks of Thrillers.” The New York Times. January 21, 1977. Article Link. Accessed 8/10/23. Friedkin, William. The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir. 2013. New York, Harper Collins. Kissel, Howard. “Arts & People: Films: Sorcerer.” WWD 134, no. 123 (1977): 9–. Article Link Mack. "Film Reviews: Sorcerer." Variety (Archive: 1905-2000), Jun 29, 1977, 26, Article Link Picture Grosses: “SORCERER” NICE 38G, ST. L.; “TALL” 50G, 2D. Variety. Vol. 287. Los Angeles: Penske Business Corporation, 1977. Article Link. “SORCERER” SWITCH. Screen International. London: Media Business Insight, 1977. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

Superior Remake Summer & season five rolls on with a gelatinous bit of horror fun. Tune in as Chris talks Chuck Russell, genre subversion, & creeping terror – plus, John Seavey of HPH joins us in the sidecar as the LSCE screens the 1988 Sci-fi horror classic “The Blob.” Join us! Find us at LSCEP.com Check out Half-Price Horror here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/half-price-horror   Works Cited: Biodrowski, Steve. “The Blob (1988) – A Retrospective.” Cinefantastique, (5/4/2008) Article Link. Accessed 5/31/23. Colliss, Clark. “Scream Factory releasing bonkers ‘The Blob remake on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray.” Entertainment Weekly (June 27, 2019). Article Link. Accessed 5/28/23. Creating the Blob – Interview with Director Chuck Russell. Shout! Factory. 2019. Daley, Megan. “’The Blob’ is getting a remake courtesy of Simon West.” Entertainment Weekly (January 22, 2015). Article Link. Accessed 5/28/23. Daws. “Film Reviews – The Blob.” Variety 332, no 2. (Aug 3, 1988). 10-11. Article Link. Accessed 5/27/23 Glassy, Mark C. The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 2001. Hamman, Cody. “The Blob 1988.” WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? April 3, 2023. Article Link. Accessed 6/14/23. Hevesi, Dennis. Kate Phillips, Actress Who Christened ‘The Blob,’ Is Dead at 94. The New York Times (4/27/2008). Article Link. Accessed 6/12/23. I Killed the Strawberry Jam – Interview with Director Chuck Russell Part 2. Shout! Factory. 2019. It Fell From the Sky! – Interview with Director Chuck Russell Part 1. Shout! Factory. 2019. Maslin, Janet. “Reviews: The Blob, Modernized.” The New York Times, (8/5/1988) Article Link. Accessed 6/15/23 Meitrodt, Jeffrey. “Strange, Yes—but a Heckuva Way to Sell Ice In December.” New Orleans City Business 13, no. 24 (Dec 21, 1992): 1. Article Link. Accessed 5/30/23. Mitchell, Kerrie. “Rob Zombie Takes on ‘The Blob’” Entertainment Weekly (Aug 28, 2009). Article Link. Accessed 5/28/23 Newman, Kim. “The Blob: It Creeps and Leaps.” Criterion Collection presents: The Blob. (March 13th, 2013). Article Link. Accessed 5/30/23. Patowary, Kaushik. “Star Jelly: The Mysterious Phenomenon The Inspired ‘The Blob’.” Amusing Planet (11/22/19) Article Link. Accessed 6/12/23. “Pictures: ‘Silent Running,’ ‘Beware The Blob’ Cop Ton Awards At Sci-Fi Film Fest.” Variety 267, no. 12 (Aug 2, 1972) 6. Article Link. Accessed 5/27/23.    Telotte, J. P. "Another Form of Life: Science-Fiction Marketing and The Blob (1958)." Film History: An International Journal 32, no. 4 (2020): 119-140. Article Link Accessed 5/30/23. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

Superior Remake Summer & season five rolls on with a little teleportation mishap that leads to some unsettling bodily horror. Tune in as Chris talks Mel Brooks, tongue flutters, & the Bechdel Test – plus, John Seavey of HPH joins us in the sidecar as the LSCE screens the 1986 Sci-fi horror classic “The Fly.” Join us! Check out Half-Price Horror here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/half-price-horror   Works Cited: Jagr. 1986. Film reviews: The fly. Variety (Archive: 1905-2000). Aug 13,1986. Article Link. Accessed March 13, 2023. James, Caryn. “Film Reviews: The Fly.” New York Times. Aug 15, 1986. Article Link. Accessed 4/18/2023 Metz, N. “Breaking down science behind 1986's 'the fly'.” Chicago Tribune. Oct 23, 2017. Article Link. Accessed 3/12/23. Parish, James Robert. It’s good to be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks. 2007. Wiley & Sons. Hoboken, NJ. Riede, Austin. “The House of Pain and the Insect Politician: Surveillance and the Body in The Fly and The Island of Dr. Moreau.” Northern lights (Copenhagen) 17, no. 1 (2019): 71–84. Seibold, Whitney. “David Cronenberg Sees Deeper Meaning Behind His Body Horror.” Slashfilm.com July 29, 2022. Article Link. Accessed 4/14/23 Thurman, Trace. ‘The Fly’ Was Released 30 Years Ago Today. Bloody-Disgusting. 8/15/2016. Article Link. Accessed 3/11/2023. Trigg, Dylan. “The Return of the New Flesh: Body Memory in David Cronenberg’s The Fly.” Film-philosophy 15, no. 1 (2011): 82–99. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

People not acting themselves, strange plants growing on surfaces, and bodies crumbling to dust? Sounds like our kind of flick! Tune in as Chris chats about Pod People, Leonard Nimoy, & superior remakes. Plus special guest John Seavey of Half-Price Horror stops by in the sidecar to share his take, as the the LSCE screens the 1978 sci-fi horror classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Join us!    Check out Half-Price Horror here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/half-price-horror  Works Cited: Freund, Charles. “Pods Over San Francisco.” Film comment 15, no. 1 (1979): 22–25. Hodgkins, John. “Double Vision: Adaptation, the Uncanny and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Adaptation : the journal of literature on screen studies 14, no. 1 (2021): 64–77. “Re-Visitors From Outer Space or How I learned to stop Worrying and Love the Pod”. Featurette.  2007 MGM Studios Inc. Hurley, Kelly. “‘Type H’: Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis in the Body Snatchers Films.” Horror studies 6, no. 2 (2015): 195–210. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).” American Cinematographer (Archive: 1930-2015). Hollywood: American Society of Cinematographers, 2007. Article Link. Accessed 2/27/23 Meeker, Natania, and Antónia Szabari. “From the Century of the Pods to the Century of the Plants: Plant Horror, Politics, and Vegetal Ontology.” Discourse (Berkeley, Calif.) 34, no. 1 (2012): 32–58. Norton, Elizabeth Harmon. “Monsters Like Us: Reexamining ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ through the Decades”. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2016. Article Link. Accessed 3/1/23. Poll. “Film Reviews: Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.” Variety (Archive: 1905-2000). Los Angeles: Penske Business Corporation, 1978. Weiner, David. “Why ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ Still Haunts Its Director. The Hollywood Reporter. December 20th, 2018. Article Link. Accessed 3/1/23. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

A violent Rankin & Bass animated film about ogres, dragons, and elves with Harry Morgan, James Earl Jones and John Ritter? Where do we sign up? Tune in as Chris chats about science supplanting magic, voice talent, and disturbing images as the LSCE screens the 1982 cult classic "The Flight of Dragons." Join us! @lscep Works Cited: Dickinson, Peter, and Wayne. Anderson. The Flight of Dragons. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Dickson, Gordon R. The Dragon and the George. [Book club edition]. Garden City, N.Y: Nelson Doubleday, 1976. Radio-Television: Rankin-Bass in Exclusive Specials Deal with ABC-E. Variety (Archive: 1905-2000), Jul 30, 1980. 64, Article Link (accessed January 10, 2023). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

An apprentice sorcerer attempts to free a kingdom from a ruthless beast? Sounds good to us! Tune in as Chris talks Dragons, Go-Motion, & Subtlety as the LSCE screens the 1981 dark fantasy classic "Dragonslayer." Works Cited: Ebert, Roger. “Dragonslayer.” The Chicago Sun Times. January 01, 1981. Article Link. Accessed 11/5/2022. “Disney Write-Downs on Three.” Variety. Vol. 303, Iss. 12. July 22, 1981. Article Link. Accessed 11/8/2022. Domestic Returns June 26th, 1981. Box Office Mojo. Accessed 2/1/23 Drew, Wayland. Dragonslayer: A Novel. Book Club Ed. New York: Ballentine Books, 1981. Maslin, Janet. Sorcery and Immortality in ‘Dragonslayer.’ The New York Times. June 26, 1981. Article Link. Accessed 11/7/2022. Meyer, Robinson. “No Old Maps Actually Say “Here Be Dragons.’” The Atlantic. December 12, 2014. Article Link. Accessed 11/1/2022 Ronan, Margaret. “The Vermithrax Pejorative Story Behind the Scenes at the Making of Dragonslayer.” Weird Worlds. 1981. Article Link. Accessed 11/7/2022. Sragow, Michael. “Dragonslayer.” Rolling Stone, Iss. 349. Aug 6, 1981. Article Link. Accessed 11/28/22. Von Gunden, Kenneth. Flights of Fancy: The Great Fantasy Films. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 1989. @LSCEP --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

Tune in as Chris reviews 2022, talks some changes, and future goals for the LSCE in 2023. Join Us! Follow us on twitter @LSCEP --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

Tune in as Chris talks the end of Cannon, the dissolution of the Go-Go Boys, & their place in cinematic history as the LSCE closes out the Summer of Cannon.  Join Us! Works Cited: Bing, Jonathan. Spidey suitors evaded snare of rights snafu (A Tangled Web). Variety. May 20, 2002. Article Link. Accessed 4/27/22.  Brennan, Judy. “Film: Three top MGM/Pathe Officers Out.” Variety. June 24, 1991. Article Link. Accessed 5/2/22  “Cannon in Healing State, Film Boss Golan Maintains.” Variety. Nov 23, 1988.  Article Link. Accessed 4/27/22. “Cashing in on the Lambada Craze.” Telegram & Gazette. Mar 16, 1990. Article Link. Accessed 5/2/22.  Cieply, Michael. “Documentary Explores B-Film Kingdom of Golan and Globus.” The New York Times. Sept. 7, 2014. Article Link. Accessed 4/25/2022.  Daniels, Bill. “Golan, Parretti Break Ties Binding 21st Century Film to Pathe.” Variety. April 19, 1989. Article Link. 4/27/22. Du Bain, Rae. “Golan Caught in Trapp Flap.” Variety. April 22, 1996. 1, 107. Article Link. Accessed 4/27/22. Ebert, Roger. “Reviews: Mack the Knife.” Chicago Sun Times. Feb 2, 1990. Article Link. Accessed 9/23/22. Gates, Anita. “Menahem Golan, Passionate Auteur of the B-Movie, Is Dead at 85.” The New York Times. Aug 10, 2014. Article Link. Accessed 4/25/2022.  “Globus on Lawyers, Bankers & Friends. Variety. 10/05/1988.  Article Link. Accessed 5/2/22.  “Golan, Globus Partners Again.” The Jerusalem Post. 8/27/1993. Article Link. Accessed 4/26/22. Groves, Don. “Film: After Split from Parretti, Golan Sez He’s Reborn.” Variety. April 26, 1989. Article Link. Accessed 4/27/22. Hartley, Mark. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films! 2014. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2014. 106 Mins. Maslin, Janet. “Review/Film: Tawdriness is Emphasized in ‘Mack the Knife.’” The New York Times. Feb 2, 1990. Article Link. Accessed 9/23/22.   Medalia, Hilla. The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films. 2014. MVD Visual, 2021. Blu Ray. “MGM-Pathe is Sued by its Ex-President.” The Wall Street Journal. Sept 4, 1991. Article Link. Accessed 5/2/22.  “More Pensive, Less Intensive, Cannon Packs 13 Pics to AFM.” Variety. Feb 2, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 5/2/22. Segers, F. Film: Cannes Festival News – Golan On Globus: It’s Like Divorce; Cousins Speaking only Through Lawyers: Pair Disputes Projects. Variety. May 24, 1989. Article Link. Accessed 4/27/22.  Trunick, Austin. Cannon Film Guide Volume 1: 1980-1984.  Orlando, FL: Bear Manor Media, 2020. Trunick, Austin. Cannon Film Guide Volume 2: 1985-1987.  Orlando, FL: Bear Manor Media, 2022. Tugend, Tom. “Menahem Golan Just Keeps on Going.” The Jerusalem Post. April 2, 1992. Article Link. Accessed 4/27/22 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

An American martial artist competes in an underground tournament where fights can go to the death. Tune in as Chris talks JCVD, Frank Dux, & Friendship- Plus Peter Martin of Chunk McBeefChest stops by in the sidecar as the LSCE screens the 1988 cult classic “Bloodsport.” Join us! @LSCEP Check out Peter Martin @ https://chunkmcbeefchest.com Works Cited: “Cannon in Healing State, Film Boss Golan Maintains.” Variety. Nov 23, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 4/27/22. “Cannon Special: Golan: Bundle of Contradictions.” Variety. Oct 5, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 4/26/22 “Cannon Special: Cannon Sets Aside $19-Mil to Settle Suits.” Variety. Oct. 5, 1988. 70. Article Link. Accessed 4/25/22. Dawes. “Film Reviews: Bloodsport.” Variety. March 2, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 9/6/22. Downey, Travis.“PULLING PUNCHES: ’Bloodsport’ Choreographer Shows Local Youth How to Defend Themselves without Physical Harm.” Northwest Florida Daily News. September 25, 2009. Article Link.Accessed 9/7/22. Harris, Blake. “Inspiration for Bloodsport.” Slashfilm.com. March 24, 2016. Article Link. Accessed 9/3/22. Hartley, Mark. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films! 2014. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2014. 106 Mins. Johnson, John. “Ninja: Hero or Master Fake? Others Kick Holes in Fable Past of Woodland Hills Martial Arts Teacher. The Los Angeles Times. May 1, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 8/30/22. Kehr, Dave. “Action film ‘Bloodsport’ fails in its motive and message.” The Chicago Tribune. April 22, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 9/8/22. Klardy, Leonard. “Movie Review: Bloodsport. A Blow for Cliches.” The Los Angeles Times. Feb 29, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 9/8/22. Marich, Robert. Cannon Special: Focus Cannon Group: Cannon Ran, Stumbled, Wouldn’t Call It Quits. Variety. Oct. 5, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 4/27/22 Medalia, Hilla. The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films. 2014. MVD Visual, 2021. Blu Ray. Special to the New York Times. Company News; Cannon Group Details A Reorganization Plan. The New York Times. April 12, 1988. Article Link. Accessed 4/26/22. Trunick, Austin. Cannon Film Guide Volume 2: 1985-1987. Orlando, FL: Bear Manor Media, 2022. Vanhooker, Brian. “An Oral History of Trump’s Love of Van Damme’s ‘Bloodsport.’” Mel Magazine. Article Link. Accessed 9/16/22.     --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

A heroic warrior on a distant planet fights an evil lord of darkness for control of the known Universe. Tune in as Chris talks Conan the Barbarian,  Mattel, and missed opportunities. Plus, stick around as @DisinformationDan joins us in the Sidecar as the LSCE Screens the 1987 cult classic “Masters of the Universe.” Check out Dan and his great work at https://www.disinformed.ca/  Works Cited:  Camb. “Film Reviews: Masters of the Universe.” Variety. Aug 12, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/22/22. Goodman, Walter. “Film: He-Man Seeks Key.” The New York Times. Aug 8, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/22/22. Hartley, Mark. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films! 2014. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2014. 106 Mins. Loeb, Randall & Robert McCallum. Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Hight Octane Pictuees, 2016. 95 Mins. MacCambridge, Michael. “Cannon Suffers More Losses In Quarter as Net Woth Sinks; ‘Superman IV,’ ‘Masters’ Falter. Variety, Vol 328, Iss. 6. Sep 2, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/7/22. Medalia, Hilla. The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films. 2014. MVD Visual, 2021. Blu Ray. Netflix: The Toys That Made Us: He-Man. 2017. Access Here. Accessed 8/22/22 Trunick, Austin. Cannon Film Guide Volume 2: 1985-1987. Orlando, FL: Bear Manor Media, 2022. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message

The Man of Steel attempts to protect the world from nuclear proliferation and is forced to fight his own twisted clone, Nuclear Man. Tune in as Chris talks "Street Smart," penny pinching, and blown opportunities as the LSCE screens the 1987 cult classic “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.” Join Us!  Works Cited:  Cart. “Pictures: Film Reviews – Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.” Variety, Vol 328, Iss.1, July 29, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/8/22.  Harris, Will. “Jon Cryer On Charlie Sheen’s Work Ethic and Correcting Gene Hackman.” AV Club, May 9, 2013. Article Link. Accessed 8/9/22.  Kempley, Rita. “It’s Recurred! It’s a Pain!:’Superman IV,’ Slender & Stale ‘Superman IV.’” The Washington Post, July 25, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/8/22.  Maslin, Janet. “Movie: ‘Superman IV: Quest for Peace.” The New York Times, July 25, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/8/22. MacCambridge, Michael. “Cannon Suffers More Losses In Quarter as Net Woth Sinks; ‘Superman IV,’ ‘Masters’ Falter. Variety, Vol 328, Iss. 6. Sep 2, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/7/22.  Mills, Bart. “And Now…Mighty ‘Superman IV’ To the Rescue.” The Los Angeles Times, Jan 2, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/10/22.  NR. “Reviews: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.” Screen International. July 25th, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/8/22.  Richard, Julie. “Reeve Not Happy With Last Film’s Promotion.” South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Jun 18, 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/10/22.  Rowlands, Paul. “Daniel Kremer On Sidney J. Furie (Parts 2 of 2).” Money Into Light. Article Link . Accessed 8/10/22.  “September take off for Superman IV.” Screen International. Sep 13th, 1986. Article Link. Accessed 8/7/22.  “Superman IV Hearing Rescheduled on Coast.” Variety, Vol 327, Iss. 2, May 6, 1987:8. Article Link. Accessed 8/8/22.  Turnquist, Kris. “Reviews: Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.” Boxoffice, Vol 123 (10), Oct 1987. Article Link. Accessed 8/8/22.  Trunick, Austin. Cannon Film Guide Volume 2: 1985-1987. Orlando, FL: Bear Manor Media, 2022. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lsce/message