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The Cult Movies Podcast (cultmoviespodcast.com) Episode 9

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• Wolf Creek opens this week

Related:
Wolf Creek official web site
Interview with Greg McLean mentions the "actual events" on which the movie is based
Fantastic Fest

• DVD Picks for December 27 2005

Related:
2046
In The Mood For Love
Black Dawn
Roger Corman’s Brain Dead
Dark Water
Grizzly Man
Pterodactyl
Toxic Zombies (Beardy Freaks review)
Starship Operators
(We mention the Space Cadets reality TV show – here’s a link)
Giant of Metropolis / Hercules and the Princess of Troy

• "Kong" box office highlights industry in flux

Related:
Opinion Dynamics report on desirability of 3D movies

• New pictures from Super Ex-Girlfriend

• Studio Ghibli announces new film, Disney announces Totoro R1 DVD

Related:
Nausicaa.net latest news
Miyazaki museum
The Japan Expo is an annual event to strengthen the ties of friendship between the United States and Japan.
Disney’s page for My Neighbor Totoro

• Trailer for Apocalypto at Apple.com

• Watchmen rights back at WB

• Monster Zero’s Godzilla IMAX news

Related:
Official Godzilla 3D IMAX site
Stomp Tokyo review of Godzilla vs Hedorah

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In this episode:

• We clear up our earlier misconceptions about the Bollywood scandal involving Aishwarya Rai & Salman Khan. (Not Twinkle Khana, as we originally and erroneously reported.)
• Chris and Scott wear out the word "fantastic" while talking about Peter Jackson’s King Kong – official site
• Scott’s blog entry with more in-depth analysis about King Kong (2005) and its critique of the original film.
• "Collapsing the window" of DVD releases – Variety article, New York Times article
• DVD Picks for December 20
  Battlestar Galactica Season 2.0
  Brothers Grimm
  Serenity
  Meet the Fuccons

• Retromedia’s Kong Collection
• William Shatner’s DVD Club

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Our longest podcast so far – we keep this up and we’ll have to start buying more server space. Show notes to come.

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We’ve thrown away the scripts! Chris & Scott change formats in an attempt to suck a bit less. Also: listener mail, Donald Duck, a little bit more on King Kong, and our DVD picks for December 6.

DVD Picks for December 6th

• Fantastic Four
• Konga
• Fox in a Box (including the movies Coffy, Foxy Brown, and Sheba Baby)

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 4
• Full House: The Complete Second Season
• The He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
• Walt Disney Treasures – Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox: Legendary Heroes
• Walt Disney Treasures – The Adventures of Spin & Marty: The Mickey Mouse Club
• Walt Disney Treasures – The Chronological Donald, Volume Two (1942-1946)

Music by Jared Burke

(More complete notes coming soon)

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Scott and Chris pick DVDs for Tuesday November 29th and talk about their favorite Thanksgiving turkeys (the cinematic kind, of course). Plus, lots of technical screw-ups that really let you know we don’t know what we’re doing.

Our picks for Turkey Day, a la the late Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day.

• Monster A Go-Go / Psyched by the 4 D Witch
• Mighty Gorga / One Million AC/DC
• Rats: Night of Terror
• The Lonely Lady
• Nukie
• Showgirls
• Cutting Class
• Double Agent 73

DVD Picks for November 29

• King Kong vs Godzilla / King Kong Escapes
• The Frighteners Director’s Cut (we also mention Forgotten Silver)
• Zatoichi TV Series Vol 1
• Man Behind the Scissors
• The Muppet Movie (Kermit’s 50th Anniversary Edition)
• The Great Muppet Caper (Kermit’s 50th Anniversary Edition)
• Muppet Treasure Island (Kermit’s 50th Anniversary Edition)
• Muppet Christmas Carol (Kermit’s 50th Anniversary Edition)

Music by Jared Burke

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In this episode Chris & Scott reveal their DVD picks for November 22, 2005 plus their take on the mid-season status of the genre TV shows on the air this year.

Links to the DVDs and shows mentioned in this episode:

• Official site for Peter Jackson’s King Kong
• King Kong Collector’s Edition with tin
• King Kong Collection with Son of Kong & Mighty Joe Young
• Son of Kong DVD
• Kong, King of Atlantis DVD
• Batman vs Dracula: The Animated Movie
• Evil Dead I & II Limited Edition Set
• Sci-Fi Channel: Battlestar Galactica
• Battlestar Galactica: Miniseries & Season 1 DVD
• ABC: Lost
• Lost: Season 1 DVD
• ABC: The Night Stalker
• NBC: Surface
• CBS: Threshold
• ABC: Invasion

The music for this episode was created by Jared Burke.

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Scott and Chris highlight their picks from the DVD release schedule for the week. Find out whether midgets dominate the Filipino movie industry and learn about this mysterious show called “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

Show notes:

• For Your Height Only on DVD
• Fantasy Island Season 1 on DVD
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chosen Box Set on DVD
• Stealth on DVD
• Cyclone on DVD (this film is Mexican, not Filipino as we speculate in the show)
• Mondo Macabro
• Show sponsored by Attack of the 50 Foot DVD
• Music by Jared Burke
  

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