Really Awful Movies: Ep 191 – Solarbabies

Solarbabies. A box office mega-bomb that burned out in the 80s, but which we hope to revive today, so that modern audiences can warm to its cheesy (and multi-faceted) pleasures. Made on a budget of 26-27 million, this made back a mere smidgen of that, at best. And it was critically lambasted almost universally. However, […]

Really Awful Movies: Ep 184 – Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian is a sword and sandals epic, which meant a lot to us as youngsters. Ergo, we have to visit it (or revisit it) for the Really Awful Movies Podcast. The 1982 American fantasy adventure film was directed and co-written by John Milius (and co-written by legendary crank Oliver Stone). The adventure is […]

Really Awful Movies: Ep 180 – Rollerball

In a world…where a gruesome blood sport placates a docile public…That’s the milieu of Rollerball, a Norman Jewison-directed, James Caan-starring 70s dystopian hit. Houston is the best team on the planet, led by crafty veteran uh, “rollerballer” Jonathan E (played by Caan). Globalism is the order of the day, and the New World Order includes […]