Moviesucktastic #59: 2012 Oscar Nominations Show | Moviesucktastic

As happens every year, Bad Movie Month (January) leads into the supposedly Good Movie Month of February with Oscar Season, and The Movie Guys take advantage of this seasonal event by using this episode of Moviesucktastic to take their initial look at the newly released Academy of Motion Picture’s list of Oscar Nominees!

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Interview with John Dimes, author of There Are No Bad Movies!

Moviesucktastic Update: the latest episode of our film review podcast, my co-host Joey and I were lucky enough to interview artist / actor / singer / writer John Dimes. John Dimes is known to many as the (first and only, according to his website) African-American Horror Host Dr. Sarcofiguy, and can often be found at horror conventions and other such film events sharing his love of movies with fans and audiences.

But John isn’t just a fan of movies; he is their unrelenting advocate.Author of Coincidissonance andThe White Corpse Hustle: A Guide for the Fledgeling Vampire, his latest book is a film-lover’s manifesto against the critical vivisection of cinema at the hands of professional reviewers and casual armchair critics alike.  There Are No Bad Movies! (Only Bad Audiences)takes on the arguments against supposedly “Bad Movies” one criticism at a time, shaming those who complain that the movie was too long, or that it didn’t “resonate” with them, for using their own biases to attack films that only exist to amuse and entertain. Continue reading “Interview with John Dimes, author of There Are No Bad Movies!”

Naked Men, Looker Labs and Avatar Apologists

The newest episode of the MovieSucktastic Podcast is up, just in time for all of those movie-lovers snowed in across the East Coast. This time around, on top of our normal Top Ten review and Finger List nominations, Joey and I give our in-depth reviews of the latest round of movie challenges.

Wise Men, Bad Films, Good Times

Joey’s challenge to me this episode: the 1969 Ken Russel adaptation of D.H. Lawrence‘s Women in Love, one of the first mainstream films to ever feature full frontal male nudity, as well as the first film to win a Best Actress Academy Award for a role featuring a nude scene. That’s right, you get to see Glenda Jackson‘s boobies. Unfortunately (for me, at least), Oliver Reed and Alan Bates get much more nude screen time.

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MovieSucktastic Sequels of 2010

The latest episode of the podcast I co-host, MovieSucktastic, is live and available for instant streaming or download.

This is Episode #8, the All Sequels Extravaganza,in which co-host Joey and I painstakingly take you through all of the sequels currently scheduled for a 2010 release. The list is lengthier than any of us would like, and has both your standard fare and the occasional WTF announcement. On top of that, we also go over the latest Box Office Top Ten and nominate our own choices for the Finger List.

So go to MovieSucktastic.com and  listen to and/or download episode #8 directly from the website, or listen in on iTunes, Podcast Alley and Podcast.com. Because bad movies are more fun when shared.

MovieSucktastic co-hosts Joey and Scott discuss the merits of a 3D Piranha Sequel in 2010.