Now Playing Patron Podcasts

Piranha (1995) {Limited Time Release for Silver Patrons (Expires September 30, 2023)}

Attack of the ClonesNote: This podcast is available to Now Playing Podcast Patrons of $10 or more.  This podcast will only be available until Sep 30, 2023, so be sure to listen (and, if you want to listen after, to download) before that date!Roger Corman remakes Piranha, his flesh-eating fish phenomenon from the late 1970s, for a cable TV audience in 1995. But did the famously thrifty film producer cut too many corners by recycling all that footage from the low budget original? And does Greatest American Hero William Katt and Baywatch babe Alexandra Paul have better odds of beating the genetically modified school of razorteeth downriver to campers Punky Brewster and little Mila Kunis than before? You’ll get a third helping of aquatic slaughter when you Donate for Silver this Spring.

Vampire’s Kiss

The “Lost It” BoyLong before Count Dracula, Nicolas Cage played a wannabe bloodsucker donning cheapie plastic fangs to terrorize New York single ladies in the 1989 horror-comedy Vampire’s Kiss. Can the insecure yuppie be disabused of his Nosferatu delusions before he devours any more cockroaches, pigeons, or one night stands? And is put-upon secretary Maria Conchita Alonso (The Running Man) the true target of the Moonstruck star’s evil appetites? Become a Now Playing Patron this April and find out if Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart go to bat for this gonzo performance.

Piranha II: The Spawning {Limited Time Release for Silver Patrons (Expires September 30, 2023)}

The Abyss-malNote: This podcast is available to Now Playing Podcast Patrons of $10 or more.  This podcast will only be available until Sep 30, 2023, so be sure to listen (and, if you want to listen after, to download) before that date!James Cameron made his first foray into deep sea filmmaking when he gave wings to Piranha Part 2. This time the killer fish are Spawning on the beaches of a Caribbean resort, and have been genetically modified to take to the skies and attack victims who think they’re safe on land. Can Lance Henriksen (Aliens) save his marriage and the mainland from a large-scale airborne attack? And should this sequel have sunk the Oscar-winning director’s career faster than the iceberg took out Titanic? Get a lesson in fly fishing when you Donate for Silver this Spring.

Piranha (1978) {Limited Time Release for Silver Patrons (Expires September 30, 2023)}

Finding GoryNote: This podcast is available to Now Playing Podcast Patrons of $10 or more.  This podcast will only be available until Sep 30, 2023, so be sure to listen (and, if you want to listen after, to download) before that date!Before director Joe Dante unleashed a gang of Gremlins onto small town America, he flushed a pool of genetically-modified Piranha into the 1978 summer movie season in his first blockbuster. Can a drunk divorcee, a ditzy skip-tracer, and Body Snatchers hysteric Kevin McCarthy get down river to warn a summer camp, and Miller’s new water park, about the fast moving threat? And did these killer fish school Jaws 2 on how to make a follow-up that actually satisfies Steven Spielberg? Donate for Silver and get back into the water with Now Playing this Spring.

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Grouchy Tiger Mom, Hidden TalentsMichelle Yeoh attempts to save her family and financially-struggling laundromat by plugging into the Multiverse and accessing her full potential in Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All At Once. Will she regret disobeying father James Hong and immigrating to America with Goonie Ke Huy Quan after seeing her more actualized lives?  And does the aging martial artist still have the moves to defeat omnipotent offspring Stephanie Hsu, relentless IRS agent Jamie Lee Curtis, and a structurally unsound, soul-sucking bagel? March Patrons find out everything now!

Snowpiercer {Limited Time Release for Gold Patrons (Expires March 31, 2023)}

The Little Engine That ColdNote: This podcast is available to Now Playing Podcast Patrons of $25 or more.  This podcast will only be available until March 31, 2023, so be sure to listen (and, if you want to listen after, to download) before that date!Chris Evans survives a second Ice Age by boarding the futuristic train Snowpiercer in writer/director Bong Joon-Ho’s 2013 precursor to Oscar winner Parasite.  Will the Captain America star be seen as a superhero or a savage for leading fellow stowaways Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) and Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) on a violent siege of First Class cars to recover their stolen children from Tilda Swinton?  You’ll get your ticket punched when you donate f

Children of Men {Limited Time Release for Gold Patrons (Expires March 31, 2023)}

Adventures In BabysittingNote: This podcast is available to Now Playing Podcast Patrons of $25 or more.  This podcast will only be available until March 31, 2023, so be sure to listen (and, if you want to listen after, to download) before that date!Clive Owen (Bourne Identity) experiences some pretty intense labor pains while smuggling the world’s last pregnant woman across war-torn England in the 2006 dystopian thriller Children of Men. Will this new bundle of joy convince the masses that decades of unexplained infertility are over, and they can stop being savages and restore civilization? Or would it be safer to entrust the kid’s care to storks rather than a drunk, his terrorist ex-wife Julianne Moore, and his pot farmer bestie Michael Caine?  Time is running out for you to Donate for Gold and Listen Now!

Warrior

The unabridged Moby audiobook runs 24 hours and 49 minutes. This podcast is much shorter.Estranged brothers Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton have very different reasons for entering the Sparta MMA tournament, but they are on a collision course to combat in the ring. These two actors built their resume and their muscles to “go to war” in this fighting flick. Did it work out for them? And does Nick Nolte deserve the Oscar nomination he got for playing the boys’ recovered alcoholic father? Listen now and find out!

Waterworld {Limited Time Release for Gold Patrons (Expires March 31, 2023)}

Dances With WhalesNote: This podcast is available to Now Playing Podcast Patrons of $25 or more.  This podcast will only be available until March 31, 2023, so be sure to listen (and, if you want to listen after, to download) before that date!Kevin Costner torpedoed his screen image after donning gills and webbed feet to star in the costly 1995 flop Waterworld. Can Basic Instinct babe Jeanne Tripplehorn take the out of this cynical Aquaman with an offer to dry hump the mutant in exchange for passage to dry land? Or will petrol-guzzling pirate Dennis Hopper smoke them both as he snatches away orphan Tina Majorino (Napoleon Dynamite), and decodes her prophetic back tattoo?  Find out if this 1990s Dystopia is all wet, or simply ahead of its time, when you Donate for Gold Level this Winter.

Brazil {Limited Time Release for Gold Patrons (Expires March 31, 2023)}

Welcome to the team!Note: This podcast is available to Now Playing Podcast Patrons of $25 or more.  This podcast will only be available until March 31, 2023, so be sure to listen (and, if you want to listen after, to download) before that date!Director Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys) takes a vacation from his day job drawing cartoons for Monty Python’s Flying Circus to explore the equally absurd antics of 1980s corporate culture in dystopian farce Brazil. Can nebbish bean counter Jonathan Pryce ignore a clerical error that led to the arrest, torture, and death of an innocent man?  Or will he transform into the winged warrior of his dreams, and fight the system alongside A/C repairman Robert DeNiro and trucker Kim Griest?  No need for all that paperwork. Get the answers when you Donate for Gold Level.