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Tuesday! Only STARMAN can save the 4DK Monthly Movie Shout Down!
If you want the rub on Starman--or, as he's known in Japan, Supa Jiantsu--check out this episode of the Infernal Brains Podcast, in which Tars Tarkas and I examine his cinematic oeuvre with the...
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FUNKY BOLLYWOOD sighted in San Francisco!
For a first time author, there is no feeling on Earth--none, I tell you!--that compares to holding an actual copy of your book in your hands for the first time. This is, of course, not to slight 4DK,...
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Tonight! The 4DK Monthly Movie Shout Down plays host to INVADERS FROM SPACE!
What goes together better than Japanese superheroes, witches, film noir, flying saucers, lizard people, and modern dance? Join the Shout Down crew on Twitter tonight at 6pm PT and find out, as we tweet...
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If it's Wednesday, February 18th, it must be Pop Offensive.
We kept you waiting longer than usual for this month's Pop Offensive--and for reasons too tedious to go into. Rest assured, though, that, when we return for our momentous 10th episode next Wednesday,...
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Pop Offensive #10 is tonight!
It probably surprises you as much as it does us that Pop Offensive has made it to ten episodes, which is why we're celebrating. And by celebrating, we mean playing a lot of really cool pop music from...
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Swing it... Baby! (Philippines, 1979)
The notion that disco music was an innocuous peacetime distraction is belied by its reliance on an almost militaristic set of imperatives. No one ever wrote a disco song titled “Perhaps You Might Like...
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Pop til you poop
Last night's Pop Offensive had many emotional high points. There was a touching gift exchange between Jeff and me, discussion of a controversial Michelle Obama tote bag, and concerns from listeners...
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Terrorist (South Africa, 1978)
You get a good idea of where Terrorist is coming from early on, when the mother of its subject white family, upon discovering her husband being held at gunpoint by a black intruder, murmurs in hushed...
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Tuesday! Starman returns to the 4DK Monthly Movie Shout Down!
And so a council was called of the highest authorities in the galaxy, at which it was determined that Starman, a creature made from the strongest steel, would once again return to Earth at the behest...
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The Infernal Brains Podcast, Episode 18
"Dial now! Our cat beasts are awaiting your call." Here's a challenge: Try to say "Pakistani cat lady" 10 time fast. Then and only then can you understand the difficulty involved in assembling an...
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Tonight! It's the 4DK Monthly Movie Shout Down vs. Starman vs. the EVIL BRAIN...
That's right, Shout Downers. You--or someone bearing a vague statistical resemblance to you--asked, and the 4DK Monthly Movie Shout Down listened. Starman is back--and by a demand as uproarious as the...
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Funky Bollywood: Buy it now!
Ok, there's been enough teasing. I first mentioned my book Funky Bollywood: The Wild World of 1970s Indian Action Cinema on 4DK in early June of 2014. Now, some eight and a half months later, and after...
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La Guerrera Vengadora 2 (Mexico, 1991)
It was inevitable that there would be a sequel to La Guerrera Vengadora, given the first film left so many questions unanswered. Questions like, "Why simply walk down a flight of stairs when you can...
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