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Zo impossibly finds himself on a futuristic space craft ostensibly designed for science and exploration, but for a space craft of peace, the U.S.S. Enterprise is sure loaded for bare with powerful shields, nimble impulse engines, deadly accurate phasers, devastating photon torpedoes and a brilliant Captain. She will require all of these advantages as her Captain and crew discover and attempt to dismantle a galaxy spanning conspiracy that threaten to plunge the United Federation of Planets into an endless war with the Klingon Empire.   Episode Chapters: 00:02:50 Opening Credits for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Deforest Kelly, Kim Cattrall and Christopher Plummer 00:32:52 Favorite Parts of the 1991 film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 01:50:03 Trivia from the intergalactic political thriller - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 01:59:20 Critics' Thoughts on Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo is ravished by a horrible unknown raspatory ailment. It could be Covid, the flu, the cold or all three at once. In any case he was unable to record a show for this week; however, Zo reached out to his friends Troy and Brad from Not a Bomb podcast and they graciously leant one of their shows to this podcast for you to enjoy.   The episode is #153 - Masters of the Universe (1987). In this episode Zo is a guest and he discussed with Troy and Brad whether or not this cult classic should indeed be considered a bomb. Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo and Chris (a special guest and host of the Saturday Morning Podcast) embark on a trek to the final frontier. They board the USS Enterprise, but, unbeknownst to them, they are heading for a place that should not exist - a planet at the center of the galaxy where God is said to exist. This excursion, they've heard, is lead by a mysterious preacher named Sybok who is a Vulcan who has embraced his emotions. How Sybok convinced Captain Kirk, Captain Spock and Doctor McCoy to risk the safety of the ship in an attempt to cross The Great Barrier at the center of the Milky Way is anyone's guess. Was he really that convincing or was it mind control?    00:13:58 Opening Credits for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Deforest Kelly 00:36:57 Favorite Parts of the 1989 film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 01:43:35 Trivia from the comedy - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 02:16:16 Critics' Thoughts on William Shatner's Star Trek V: The Final Frontier   The Saturday Morning Podcast Links Link Tree: linktr.ee/SatMornPod Twitter: https://twitter.com/SatMornPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/satmornpod/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/satmornpod.bsky.social Email: [email protected]   Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo gives his impressions on this Spoiler Free review of They Will Kill You starring Zazie Beetz, Patricia Arquette and Myha'la and directed by Kirill Sokolov who also wrote the film with Alex Litvak. This episode released on Easter of 2026. Does it make for a good Easter movie?  Well, I wouldn't expect anyone to watch this film and be filled with the Holy Ghost, but it does have religious tones. The kind of religious tones that are typically found in a horror movie. Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo gives his Spoiler Free review and impressions of Project Hail Mary Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and starring Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller and James Ortiz. A film adaptation of Andy Weir's novel of the same name. Overall the novel was fascinating. Will the movie live up to the wonder that was presented by the novel? Do you think that this movie is fit for your viewing pleasure? Take a listen then make a discission.  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo once visited his family in a small town in Georgia and during his visit some outlandish events happened. At first it seemed like that the lady in the neighborhood that everyone respected and affectionately called "Big Mamma" was acting strange. She beat up her martial arts instructor. She beat a bunch of bullies with her grandson at basketball on the playground and, strangest of all, it seems that she forgot how to cook. Later it was revealed that the events that took place were stranger than anyone could imagine at the time. Zo will never forget the goings on that happened at Big Mamma's House.     Episode Chapters 00:05:14 Opening Credits for Big Mamma's House Starring Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, and Paul Giamatti 00:14:51 Favorite Parts of the 2000 film Big Mamma's House 00:44:45 Trivia from the comedy - Big Mamma's House 00:47:52 Critics' Thoughts on Raja Gosnell's Big Mamma's House Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo went on a journey to one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of the 1990's - the South Central Los Angeles Crenshaw district. Though Zo wouldn't say that the place where he grew up was exactly safe, Crenshaw would make his hometown look like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Police helicopters seemed to be whirring above constantly. The sounds of police and ambulance sirens where stubbornly persistent. In this place the friends who Zo came to visit must find a way to survive: a young man bound for college, an aspiring professional football player, and a young man who just got out of prison whose highest aspiration is to see the next day and avoid of incarceration. Zo wonders if they will be able to achieve their goals or will they be eaten by the streets. These are the questions, trials and tribulations faced by the Boyz n the Hood.     Episode Chapters   00:04:12 Opening Credits for Boyz n the Hood Starring Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Nia Long 00:16:48 Favorite Parts of the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood 01:19:10 Trivia from the coming of age urban drama - Boyz n the Hood 01:25:04  Critics' Thoughts on John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood   John Singleton, 1991 on "Boyz n the Hood" - Out of the Archives Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo got a lot of invitations to parties when he was a teenager, but, one of the craziest parties that he went to was one that was put together by the most idealistic of teenagers while his parents wasn't home. Get a bunch of raunchy kids over to his house unsupervised? What could possibly go wrong? The teens might have to dodge racist police, avoid nasty school bullies, and ignore outspoken neighbors, but why let a few obstacles ruin a good time? If you, like Zo, had your invite why wouldn't you head over to Kid 'N Play's House Party?   Episode Chapters 00:04:42 Opening Credits for House Party Starring Christopher "Kid" Reid, Christopher "Play" Martin, Robin Harris, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell and A.J. Johnson 00:15:22 Favorite Parts of the 1990 film House Party 01:07:41 Trivia from the hip-hoop teen comedy - House Party 01:15:24  Critics' Thoughts on Reginald Hudlin's House Party Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo visits some friends in the Windy City and he gets an earful of family drama. He hears about the arguments the stress the abuse the infidelity. He hears about all of the many challenges that threaten to break up this otherwise loving family. the thing that holds them together is their Big Mama and her incredible Sunday dinners . . . but what would happen if anything ever happen to their Big Mama? Would there be anyone else in the family who could pic up the pieces and keep the family together. Would there be anyone there willing to cook the Soul Food?   Episode Chapters 00:03:54 Opening Credits for Soul Food Starring Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox and Nia Long 00:20:35 Favorite Parts of the 1997 film Soul Food   01:15:50 Trivia from the family drama - Soul Food 01:22:08 Critics' Thoughts on George Tillman, Jr's Soul Food Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Episode Chapters 00:04:24 Opening Credits for Beat Street Starring Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis Jon Chardiet, and Leon W. Grant 00:15:29 Favorite Parts of the 1984 film Beat Street 01:01:23 Trivia from the urban hip-hop classic - Beat Street 01:08:55 Critics' Thoughts on Stan Lathan's Beat Street Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo finds himself in a timeline where Tokyo was destroyed in WWIII and from its ashes rose a Neo Tokyo. It's a thriving civilization if not filled with chaos: teenage biker gangs, heavy police presence, an aggressive military complex, violent protests, and a group of people that the media are calling terrorists. Rumors abound that these terrorists are actually trying to prevent Japan from doing research on the most devastating weapons that the world could never imagine in its wildest post apocalyptic nightmares. It's the an innate ability within all humans that allows them to access the primordial power of the universe itself and granting the possessor of that power unparalleled psychic abilities. The rumors say that they had succeeded before, but that the scientists who were attempting to control the uncontrollable were predictively unable to manage the fruit of their foolish labor. In their effort to contain the power and prevent a catastrophic outcome they manage to seal this "fruit" away for all time.  In this case their "fruit" was a little boy with incredible psychic abilities. The population at large knows nothing of this, put there are those who speak of this impossible little boy. According to them this boy is destined to come back. His name is Akira . . . or so the rumors say.   Episode Chapters 00:04:24 Opening Credits for Akira Starring Cam Clarke, Jan Rabson and Lara Cody [1989 English Dub] 00:15:29 Favorite Parts of the 1988 film Akira   01:01:23 Trivia from the futuristic cyberpunk action anime - Akira 01:08:55 Critics' Thoughts on Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira     Vice Article: How 'Akira' Has Influenced Modern Culture Animation Obsessive Article: When Katsuhiro Otomo Learned   Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo, once again, finds himself in an alternate timeline. This particular time is not that dissimilar from his own time. The major difference being that it seems that everyone is a cyborg with most people having at least some form of complex computer or robotics grafted onto or within their biological bodies. The normalization of the cyborg gives rise to advanced cyborg bodies with the only organic element being their human brain. Can someone who is almost completely a robot have a soul?  Can an AI be so complex that it develops its own soul and, to that end, the right of self determination? Zo hears rumors of a government agency called Section 9 and an operative within that agency named Major Motoko Kusanagi who's on the verge of finding out if there can indeed be a Ghost in the Shell. Episode Chapters 00:04:24 Opening Credits for Ghost in the Shell Starring Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar and Tom Wyner [English Dub] 00:15:29 Favorite Parts of the 1995 film Ghost in the Shell  01:01:23 Trivia from the futuristic cyberpunk philosophical action anime - Ghost in the Shell  01:08:55 Critics' Thoughts on Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo is flung into the inconceivably distant future where he finds himself in the creepiest small town that he's ever found himself in. The town is stalked by demons and mutants and folks who live here have to be on their guard as they move about. A rancher named Doris finds out that there's more to worry about than common giant slugs and werewolves, because, as Zo had heard it, she's been confronted by a Noble. A Noble is what people in this distant time period sometimes call a vampire, and this particular Noble happens to be over 10,000 years old. It's good for Doris, then, that a mysterious stranger named D had come to town. A Vampire Hunter of extraordinary skill named D.   Episode Chapters 00:04:40 Opening Credits for Vampire Hunter D Starring Michael McConnohie, Barbara Goodson, and Jeff Winkless [1993 English Dub] 00:15:29 Favorite Parts of the 1985 film Vampire Hunter D 00:41:53 Trivia from the post apocalyptic horror anime - Vampire Hunter D 00:47:23 Critics' Thoughts on Toyoo Ashida's Vampire Hunter D   Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

Zo examines the recent adaptation of a Stephen King novel: Edgar Wright's The Running Man (2025) starring Glen Powell and comparing this film to the novel as well as the much beloved 1987 adaptation of The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Paul Michael Glaser. What where the main differences? In what way was the new movie faithful to the novel? How do the different themes compare in these films and the novel? Find out in this episode; spoilers ahead!   Episode Chapters 02:12 Motivated Running 03:58 Richard Bachman 06:09 The Comparisons - Novel, Movie, Movie 10:24 The Running Man Ad 28:04 Critically Thinking About The Running Man Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Zo shares his Holiday activities and talks about a more recent Christmas film that he's seen for the first time. He's wanted to see this film for a while. It's a film about a violent Santa Clause. The name of this movie is Violent Night starring David Harbour, John Leguizamo and Leah Bradly and directed by Tommy Wikorla. Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: [email protected] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.