Bad Idea Podcast #17: '90s Star Vanity Projects

354) Battlefield Earth (2000) Dir: Roger Christian Date Released: May 12, 2000 Date Seen: November 9, 2012 Rating: 0.75/5

355) Last Dance (1996) Dir: Bruce Beresford Date Released: May 3, 1996 Date Seen: November 10, 2012 Rating: 1.25/5

356) Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916) Dir: D.W. Griffith Date Released: September 5, 1916 Date Seen: November 10, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

359) Hudson Hawk (1991) Dir: Michael Lehmann Date Released: May 24, 1991 November 11, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5...either that or 1/5. Though really, I loved it/5

360) Excess Baggage (1997) Dir: Tommy Wiseohwaitnosorry...Marco Brambilla Date Released: August 29, 1997 Date Seen: November 11, 2012 Rating: 0.5/5

One of these films is not like the others....listen to Steve and I discuss all these films and more on the Bad Idea Podcast.

Bad Idea Podcast #16: A Very Pagan Halloween

RV!: The Wicker Man (2006) Dir: Neil LaBute Date Released: September 1, 2006 Date Seen: October 13, 2012 Rating: 3.25/5

315) Hercules Against Karate (1973) Dir: Antonio Margheriti Date Released: ???? Date Seen: October 14, 2012 Rating: 3/5

320) Rites of Spring (2011) Dir: Padraig Reynolds Date Released: July 27, 2012 Date Seen: October 20, 2012 Rating: 1.25/5

323) Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) Dir: Tommy Lee Wallace Date Released: October 22, 1982 Date Seen: October 21, 2012 Rating: 3.25/5

324) Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain (2003) Dir: Christian Viel Date Released (DTV): January 10, 2006 Date Seen: October 21, 2012 Rating: 0.75/5

Uh. Booooo? Or something. See this episode of the Bad Idea Podcast for more drunken fun.

Bad Idea Podcast #15: I Scream, You Scream

264) Santa Claus and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972) Dir: R. Winer Date Released: WHO KNOWS Date Seen: August 24, 2012 Rating: 0.25/5

265) Ice Cream Man (1995) Dir: Paul Norman Date Released (DTV): May 9, 1995 Date Seen: August 24, 2012 Rating: 2.5/5

269) The Moderns (1988) Dir: Alan Rudolph Date Released: May XX, 1988 Date Seen: August 26, 2012 Rating: 2/5

270) The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998) Dir: Stuart Gordon Date Released: SERIOUSLY, WHO Date Seen: August 26, 2012 Rating: 3/5

The proverbial mixed bag. See the next Bad Idea Podcast for some seasonal, ice-cream-related fun.

Editor's Note: found it!

Bad Idea Podcast #14: Fun in the Sun, and A Day at the Beach

233) The Horror of Party Beach (1964) Dir: Del Tenney Date Released: June 1, 1964 Date Seen: July 25, 2012 Rating: 2/5

234) Get Down Grand Funk (1968) Dir: Frank Willard Date Released: XX 1968 Date Seen: July 26, 2012 Rating: 2.75/5

235) Cheerleaders Beach Party (1978) Dir: Alex. E. Goitein Date Released: September XX, 1978 Date Seen: July 26, 2012 Rating: 1.25/5

237) Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) Dir: Andy Sidaris Date Released: July 27, 2012 Date Seen: July 27, 2012 Rating: 3.25/5

238) Models (1999) Dir: Ulrich Seidl Date Released: ???? Date Seen: July 27, 2012 Rating: 2/5

We were a bit tired when we recorded this podcast. But hey, we still had a good discussion. So you listen to this when it gets posted, and you listen well! Watch this space for a link to the new Bad Idea Podcast, which should hopefully be up within a week.


Editor's note: you can listen to this now.

Bad Idea Podcast #13: White Man Can't Ninja

178) Ninja Terminator (1985) Dir: Godfrey Ho Date Released: Dunno Date Seen: May 31, 2012 Rating: 0.75/5

179) Enter the Ninja (1981) Dir: Menahem Golan Date Released: October 2, 1981 Date Seen: June 1, 2012 Rating: 1/5

180) Ninja III: The Domination (1984) Dir: Sam Firstenberg Date Released: September 14, 1984 Date Seen: June 1, 2012 Rating: 0.5/5

181) The Ninja Squad (1986) Dir: Godfrey Ho and Robert Young Date Released: No, Really, I Don't Know Date Seen: June 2, 2012 Rating: 0.25/5

182) Ninja Project Daredevils (1985) Dir: Godfrey Ho Date Released: IDK LOL Date Seen: June 2, 2012 Rating: 0.5/5

RV!: Enter the Ninja (1981) Dir: Menahem Golan Date Released: October 2, 1981 Date Seen: June 9, 2012 Rating: 2.75/5

RV!: Ninja III: The Domination (1984) Dir: Sam Firstenberg Date Released: September 14, 1984 Date Seen: June 1, 2012 Rating: 3/5

Steve Carlson and I recorded this podcast so that we'd be less nervous when we presented a double feature of Enter the Ninja and Ninja III: The Domination at 92YTribeca on June 9. And it helped a bunch, I think. We felt relaxed and the crowd was receptive. Furthermore, the beer was good, our hosts at the Y were very gracious, the 35mm prints looked GREAT and the experience on the whole was a lot of fun. Showing those movies will definitely be a highlight of my year. See the latest Bad Idea Podcast for a lil primer on the art of ninja-sploitation cinema.

Bad Idea Podcast #13: Live from Exhumed Fest 2012

130) The No Mercy Man (1973) Dir: Daniel Vance Date Released: January XX, 1973 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 3/5

131) Fear is the Key (1973) Dir: Michael Tuchner Date Released: March 14, 1973 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

RV!: The Man from Hong Kong (1975) Dir: Brian Trenchard-Smith Date Released: August XX, 1975 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 2/5

132) Death Weekend (1976) Dir: William Fruet Date Released: March 4, 1977 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 3/5

RV!: The Boss (1973) Dir: Fernando Di Leo Date Released: ??? Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 3.25/5

133) Vice Squad (1982) Dir: Gary Sherman Date Released: January 22, 1982 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

RV!: Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS (1975) Dir: Don Edmonds Date Released: October XX 1975 Date Seen: April 29, 2012 Rating: 2/5

Apparently, last month's Bad Idea Podcast has been delayed due to technical difficulties. But never fear, here's a taste of what Steve and I and our special guest Matt Prigge talked about. Watch this space for more info as it becomes available.

Bad Idea Podcast #12: Happy Madison and a Year of Bad Ideas

90) Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) Dir: Steve Carr Date Released: January 16, 2009 Date Seen: March 8, 2012 Rating: 1/5

91) Grandma's Boy (2006) Dir: Allan Covert Date Released: January 6, 2006 Date Seen: March 8, 2012 Rating: 3/5

93) Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) Dir: Mike Bigelow Date Released: August 12, 2005 Date Seen: March 9, 2012 Rating: 1.75/5

94) Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011) Dir: Tom Brady Date Released: September 9, 2011 Date Seen: March 9, 2012 Rating: 2/5

96) Blissfully Yours (2002) Dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Date Released (DVD): May 8, 2007 Date Seen: March 11, 2012 Rating: 3.5/5

97) Jack and Jill (2011) Dir: Dennis Durgan Date Released: November 11, 2011 Date Seen: March 11, 2012 Rating: 0.75/5

A good episode, I think, though hopefuly all three of our listeners will be the judge of that....check out the forthcoming 12th episode of the Bad Idea Podcast for more (recorded today, will be released a week from tomorrow, I think).

Editor's Note: I got the hook-up, holler if you hear me (Wut?!).

Bad Idea Podcast #11: Michael Winner--Feminist?

54) Death Wish 3 (1985) Dir: Michael Winner Date Released: November 1, 1985 Date Seen: February 7, 2012 Rating: 1/5

RV!: The Sentinel (1977) Dir: Michael Winner Date Released: January 7, 1977 Date Seen: February 11, 2012 Rating: 3.25/5

57) Scream for Help (1984) Dir: Michael Winner Date Released: July XX, 1984 Date Seen: February 11, 2012 Rating: 3/5

59) Dirty Weekend (1993) Dir: Michael WInner Date Released: July 11, 1997 Date Seen: February 12, 2012 Rating: 0.75/5

60) The Man Behind the Scissors (2005) Dir: Toshiharu Ikeda Date Released (DVD): November 29, 2005 Date Seen: February 12, 2012 Rating: 1.5/5

There's a secret title hidden in this post. So if you're extra-anxious to find out what it is, you can find out. Or, you know, you could wait for the latest Bad Idea Podcast to listen to Steve and I talk about selections from Michael Winner's wonk-tacular filmography. Watch this space...and keep watching the skis! I mean, skies!


Editor's Note: here it is. Right here.