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LIVE from Los Angeles…Brandon and J are together in person, on the Late Night Playset. They’re joined by past & future guest, from Seinfeld, Smallville, Atlantis, Doom Patrol, Star Trek and everything else… Phil Morris!The studio is also jam-packed with other friends and past & future guests Justin Scarred, Steve 3, and Purplehead Arielle Zadok, PLUS: Kyle Watts on the Sat and you in the chat! Feed will be LIVE all night long… comments go straight to the desk.No specific film tonight. It’s a free-for-all, round-table discussion about 1985 films (yes, we may stray).Thanks for joining us. Chat will be LIVE all night long… comments go direct to the desk.Thoughts?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future films?Drop them below or join LIVE on the show!

Naked... Vampires... In... Space.... is what should have been on the poster for Tobe Hooper's sci-fi horror classic "Lifeforce" Join Brandon, J Ryan and their returning guest Jonathan from ‪@Paper_and_Light‬ to talk about nude vampires, academy award winning special effects artists and Patrick Stewart's first on screen kiss!1985 Making of LIFEFORCE:   • The Making of LIFEFORCE  New Episodes Thursdays 6pmThoughts about the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future films? Drop them below or join LIVE on the show.

Back to back International films! Last week Brandon and J Ryan were in Hong Kong covering Jackie Chan in Police Story, and this week we are in Japan making ramen with ‪@KyleWattsTV‬ covering "Tampopo" This film is one of the most famous food movies of all time and has the ability to make you so hungry for food, and so disgusted by food (unless you're into that sort of thing) and we are going to discuss all of it! Warning: do not eat eggs while watching this filmABY: 1985 Thursdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?

Brandon and J Ryan are joined by Uncle Jordo from Video Party right here is Vancouver ,and we are smashing glass, riding (on the outside of) busses and flipping bad guys down escalators as we talk about one of the greatest action movies of all time... Jackie Chan's Police StoryPolice Story kicked off the second chapter of Jackie Chan's film career after an unsuccessful move to Hollywood. He was inspired to make a police movie his way and it lead to a 6 film Police Story series and much more respect in Hollywood in the 90s / 2000sJackie Chan - My Stunts (1999)   • Jackie Chan -  My Stunts  Every Frame a Painting - How To Do Action Comedy   • Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy  Police Story 3: SuperCop - Brandon on Gen X-wing Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/live/rwwgqEpG...ABY: 1985 Thursdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?

A creepy old man popped out from behind a tree and told Brandon and J Ryan about this magical film "The Dirt Bike Kid" They brought along their friend the "Micah Man" AKA ‪@worldofmicah‬ and together they flew across the sky, hacked into the Hodgkins bank computer system and saved the local Hot Dog Stand, all while avoiding the local biker gang! What an Adventure!!Join us this week as we discuss every single weird detail of the 1985 classic "The Dirt Bike Kid" starring Peter Billingsly from "A Christmas Story" and Stuart Panakin, the voice of Ed Sinclair from TV's "Dinosaurs" The Dirt Bike Kid available here:   • The Dirt Bike Kid | FULL MOVIE | Peter Bil...  How Did This Get Made Episode 274:   • The Dirt Bike Kid (Classic)  Unaired Heat Vision & Jack pilot:   • Heat Vision and Jack  ABY: 1985 Thursdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?

Brandon, J Ryan and guest GDL Jay ‪@GeekDadLife‬ are getting up at 4:30 in the morning, raising barns on Sunday and Livin' in an Amish Paradise this week with "Witness" starring the iconic (understatement) Harrison Ford, in his only Oscar nominated role. Lots of guaranteed Harrison Ford, Han Solo, Indiana Jones talk on this episode!Gunsmoke -S12 E12 - Quaker Girlhttps://archive.org/details/s12-16-sa...Allison Hammond Bladerunner 2049 interview    • Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford Lose It at ...  ABY: 1985 Thursdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?

Brandon and J Ryan are joined by another incredible duo, Abigail Gardner and Ryan Doell from‪@yhspodcast‬ ‪@YHSToyAnxiety‬ ‪@gothamcitytonight‬ ‪@DL-44Network‬ We are talking about the beginning of the near end of Disney Animation with 1985's The Black Cauldron. This film involves a huge management turnover, one of the last uses of the Disney Multiplane camera, one of the first uses of CGI, the most expensive animated movie until 1994's The Lion King and Disneys first PG rated animated filmThe Black Cauldron nearly killed Walt Disney Animation and represents a huge shift at the studio. This is also Episode 50!!! Can you believe it? Thank you everyone who has watched and listened. We love doing this show and appreciate you all being here. Thoughts on the movie? Comments about the show? Suggestions for future guests/films? Drop them and anything else below or join us LIVE on the show!

HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!This week Brandon and J Ryan are checking off 1 of the big 3 of 1985 ! We are finally covering "The Goonies" and are joined by two amazing guests!Mark Marshall, who worked for Lucasfilm, Amblin Entertainment, was Steven Spielberg's assistant and was on set for filming of The Goonies in Astoria and LA! Mark was also known as the "Goonie Wrangler" and has stayed close to the creative team and cast of the Goonies to this day! Our second guest is Behman Zakeri, who is the superfan who owns the actual Goonies House in Astoria ,OR and has restored the house inside and out, bringing it back to its 1985 Goonies glory for the fans to enjoy! It is truly unbelievable and we cant wait for people to get to see the inside! We will be searching for the rich stuff with these two incredible guests!Find Mark Marshall's Book here:https://www.amazon.ca/Goonies-Droids-...Visiting the Goonies Home in Astoria info:https://goonieshome.com/Follow @goonieshome ABY: 1985 Thursdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?

Brandon and J Ryan are joined by author, producer, filmmaker, podcaster and self proclaimed nerd, Troy Benjamin (The Real Ghostbusters: A Visual History) to dominate K-12 and eat some very mysterious (crawling) dinner made by mom! We are talking about the classic (??) 80's comedy starring John Cusack "Better Off Dead" full of wet socks, claymation, and lots of snowy mountains deep in the heart of Los AngelesCheck out Troy's other projects here:https://www.stillplayingwithtoys.net/ New Episodes Thursdays 6pmThoughts about the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future films? Drop them below or join LIVE on the show.

This is one of the most important films of 1985, because it leads to the future career of the Coen Brothers. These two academy award winning brothers have gone on to make some of the most entertaining movies of the last 40 years... Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou and the criminally underrated Hudsucker Proxy.. heard of any these? Join Brandon, J Ryan and guest Dylan Coulter (one of Brandon's longest friends, and co-star of Brandon's own indie film Videotronyxz) as they discuss the first film made by the brothers Coen, and ultimately their career up until now. Original Fundraising Trailer (with Bruce Campbell):   • Blood Simple - Fund-Raising Trailer  Joel & Ethan Coen with Barry Sonnenfeld breakdown Blood Simple:   • Barry Sonnenfeld & The Coen Brothers on BL...  Videotronyxz Trailer (Brandon's Indie Film with Dylan)https://vimeo.com/338770754?fl=pl&fe=shABY: 1985 LIVE every Wednesdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?

Brandon and J Ryan, along with guest Chris Bergoch (Writer & Producer of The Florida Project, Tangerine, Red Rocket & Starlet) are making the call to Transylvania 6-5000. Will they find Frankenstein? or maybe the answer to where are all the theatrical release comedies went?  (Shout out to The Napa Boys, David Wain and Nirvanna the Band) Find out in this very nerdy episode of A Blockbuster Year:1985! Who you gonna call? ... Transylvania 6-5000 of course!! Thoughts about the movie? Comments about the show? Suggestions for future films? Drop them below or join the LIVE chat!

Brandon, J Ryan and guest Yoko McCann ( ‪@YokoMcCann‬ ) let the cat out of the bag this week talking Stephen King's Cat's Eye (along with ever other actor in the world apparently!)This anthology movie was written by Stephen King specifically for Drew Barrymore and was based on two previously published short stories from his 1978 collection "Night Shift" and 1 original tale that lead to the film holding a Guinness World Record for a short period of time!Meowvelous!Thoughts about the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future films? Drop them below or join LIVE on the show.

In space, no one can tell you ripped off Alien Brandon and J Ryan are joined by Steve3 (‪@DL-44Network‬ ‪@GenerationX-WingPodcast‬ ) to discuss the forgotten classic "Creature" also known as "The Titan Find" a definative rip off of Ridley Scott's Alien (79) and precursor to Aliens (86), Prometheus (2012) and the rest of the Scott Alien franchiseFind "Creature" online or on Tubi https://tubitv.com/movies/100046828/c...Brandon highly recommends tracking down the Vinegar Syndrome Bluray release to see both cuts of the film!Director William Malone BTS footage:   • TITAN FIND  (CREATURE) RARE Behind the sce...  ABY: 1985 LIVE every Wednesdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?

Its been just over 40 episodes and Brand and J Ryan just wanted to touch base and do a "State of the Show" episode. They will be going over the top films so far, and the stinkers...Back to regular movie coverage next week!ABY: 1985 LIVE every Wednesdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?

In 1984 Godzilla returned to Japan after almost 10 years and in 1985 Godzilla returned again in America with 30 minutes less footage, Steve Martin and an apparent sponsorship from Dr. PepperJoin Brandon, J Ryan and our Kaiju/ Godzilla experts Jacob Walsh & Jay Key from ‪@yhsonmonsterisland‬ Not only are they massive fans of the movies, they collect the toys, sell the toys and are even making their own toys now! (follow Okashii Station on instagram)Tonight we are stomping around Tokyo (and the pentagon) and talking all things Godzilla past and future!Get you Kaiju Collectibles here:https://www.tokutoytown.com/Find Jacob and Jay's new collectible shop here - Okashii Station:https://www.okashiistation.com/ABY: 1985 LIVE every Wednesdays 6pm PSTThoughts on the movie?Comments about the show?Suggestions for future guests/films?