Podcast appearances and mentions of Sean Connery

One More Thing 8-20-26 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the bygone moviegoing trend of “interconnected stories of Angelenos,” this week's episode is a forgotten entry with a loaded cast. Playing By Heart from writer/director Willard Carroll follows multiple stories of romantic struggles, with Gena Rowlands and Sean Connery as a TV chef and her producer husband as the film's epicenter. With themes of … Continue reading "401 – Playing By Heart"

OUTLAND (1981) - ALIEN (1979) Prequel? - Couch Potato Theater Watch: Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/873RD3Ea_ls Listen: Couch Potato Theater Audio Podcast Link: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5ns8h-1b3694a Welcome to Couch Potato Theater, where we celebrate our favorite movies on the Fandom Podcast Network! On this episode we celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the cult classic and very underrated Sean Connery sci-fi film, OUTLAND (1981). We also discuss how fans consider this movie to be an unofficial prequel to ALIEN (1979). Plot & Description: Outland is a 1981 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Peter Hyams and starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle and Frances Sternhagen. Set in the distant future on Jupiter's moon Io, it has been described as a space Western and bears narrative and thematic resemblances to the 1952 film High Noon. The film depicts a new marshal who begins work at a mining facility on the moon Io. There he discovers a dirty secret but runs into dead ends as he tries to uncover those behind it, who also attempt to silence him. Fandom Podcast Network Contact Information - - Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/FandomPodcastNetwork Link to all Fandom Podcast Network Shows and Social Media https://linktr.ee/fandompodcastnetwork - Tee Public Fandom Podcast Network Store:  https://www.teepublic.com/stores/fandom-podcast-network Host & Guest Contact Info: - Kevin Reitzel on X, Instagram, Threads, Discord & Letterboxd: @spartan_phoenix / Bluesky: @spartanphoenix - Kyle Wagner on X: @AKyleW / Instagram & Threads: @Akylefandom / @akyleW on Discord / @Ksport16: Letterboxd / Bluesky: @akylew - Guests:  - Adam O'Brien on X, Instagram, Threads, & Bluesky: @TheLethalMullet - Gary Akers on X: @GaryA_Retro & Discord: @Retrodoc #Outland #Outland1981 #OutlandMovie #CouchPotatoTheater #FandomPodcastNetwork #SeanConnery #CPT #FPNet #FPN #PeterHyams #PeterBoyle  #FrancesSternhagen #OutlandAlienPrequel #AlienPrequel #Alien1979 #AlienMovie #HighNoon #HighNoon1952 #Moon44 #SciFi #SciFiMovies #1981Movies #KevinReitzel #KyleWagner #AdamOBrien

This week on Bad Dads Film Review, it is prison week — although with Riggs and Chris missing, Sidey and Dan are doing hard time as a two-man crew.Before the main feature, we look at memorable prisons and prison stories from film, TV and music. That means everything from miscarriage-of-justice anger to escape-movie comfort food, brutal borstal drama, wizard prisons, sitcom prisons and, naturally, George Clooney being offensively cool in Out of Sight.Along the way we discuss:In the Name of the Father and the fury of the Guildford Four injusticeThe Shawshank Redemption, new fish, Red, Andy Dufresne and the power of endless TV rewatchabilityThe Green Mile as another Stephen King prison classicBirdman of Alcatraz, Escape from Alcatraz and The Rockwhy Pete is missed whenever a Sean Connery impression is requiredBrubaker, with Robert Redford discovering prison corruption from the insidethe glorious stupidity of Prison Break and its tattooed escape-plan premiseScum, Midnight Express, Azkaban and The Great EscapeFolsom Prison Blues, Jailhouse Rock, I Fought the Law and John Lennon's Attica StatePorridge, HMP Slade and Fletcher trying to survive the system by wisecrackingEscape from Sobibor and the power of stories about people walking out through horrorOut of Sight, Glades Correctional Institution and the possibly illegal hotness of George ClooneyThen we review Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar and starring Colman Domingo as John “Divine G” Whitfield. Inspired by the real Rehabilitation Through the Arts programme at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, the film follows a group of incarcerated men who use theatre to build community, process emotion and make something together in a place designed to strip people of freedom.The film opens with Divine G performing on stage. For a moment, it could be Broadway. Then the prison reality returns: standing to attention, routines, walls, control. That contrast becomes the film's central power. Inside the rehearsal room, the men are not reduced to their crimes or their sentences. They are actors, writers, collaborators, comedians and friends.A big part of the film's authenticity comes from the cast. Alongside professional actors like Domingo and Paul Raci, many performers are real RTA alumni and formerly incarcerated men playing versions of themselves. Sidey and Dan both pick up on how much that matters. The film feels lived-in because many of the faces on screen have lived some version of this world.The main dramatic spark comes when Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin joins the theatre group. He is guarded, tough and suspicious of vulnerability, but he is also the person who suggests the troupe should make a comedy instead of another serious drama. That choice leads to Breakin' the Mummy's Code, a real RTA production full of time travel, ancient Egypt, Hamlet and absolute chaos.Sidey had not heard of Sing Sing before this week and might not have watched it without the nomination, but he is very glad he did. Dan is just as positive. The dads admire the film's warmth, pace and humanity, and the way it avoids becoming either a grim prison misery parade or a simplistic “art fixes everything” story.It is moving, funny, generous and grounded — a prison film about performance, friendship, grief, justice and purpose.Strong recommend from both dads.You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads

He's Not Canon, But He's Bond: Revisiting Never Say Never AgainWelcome to this episode of The Most Excellent 80s Movies Show. Hosts Krissy Lenz and Nathan Blackwell welcome special guest Pete Wright of Trustory.fm to dig into Never Say Never Again (1983), the unofficial Bond outing that dragged Sean Connery back into the tux via one very petty lawsuit.The trio wrestles with this film's odd status: no John Barry theme, no Aston Martin, yet a leading man everyone insists is somehow the definitive 007 anyway. That push-pull between “unofficial” and “essential” drives the talk, especially once conversation turns to how this Connery stacks up against every other Bond.From there it's conversation fuel: a laser watch treated like scripture, a shark chase that may have inspired an Austin Powers bit, and a supporting cast the hosts can't stop gushing over, including a memorable early film role. Very-1983 touches keep things loose.It lands somewhere warm and a little chaotic, fitting for a movie that sits in a contested corner of a franchise everyone loves arguing about. Nothing here spoils the plot, so newcomers and completists can listen freely.LinksTruStory FM | Membership (early, ad-free access + bonus content): Join | Socials: Facebook | Instagram | Bluesky | Learn more about the hosts: Neighborhood Comedy Theatre | Squishy StudiosIf you could keep just one gadget from this movie for yourself, which would it be? ---Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more.

This month Chad and Elizabeth are joined by writer, producer, director, and showrunner Chris Cantwell (Halt and Catch Fire, The Terror: Devil in Silver)—an original BWDR contributor who also happens to be Elizabeth's husband—to take a deep dive into the 1990 Sean Connery classic, The Hunt for Red October.You can read all 147 issues of Bright Wall/Dark Room—including our current issue on Summer Blockbusters—here. We're also on Bluesky⁠ @brightwalldarkroom⁠ and @bwdrpod, and welcome listener feedback or movie ideas for upcoming episodes!

Long before Sean Connery ordered his first martini, spy movies already had rules. This episode uncovers the Hitchcock blueprint James Bond secretly followed for decades. Hosts Dan and Tom trace espionage cinema back to the 1930s, when Alfred Hitchcock quietly invented the modern spy movie. Movies like The 39 Steps and Foreign Correspondent introduced ideas Ian Fleming would later borrow. Suspense built from uncertainty. Ordinary people caught in extraordinary plots. Villains who looked nothing like villains. Fleming studied these movie techniques closely. He even admired Hitchcock enough to suggest him as director for Thunderball. This episode connects the dots between Hitchcock's early spy movies and the world of 007. You will hear how Notorious shaped Bond's approach to romance and danger. You will learn how Sabotage taught filmmakers to build suspense from what audiences already know. And you will discover why Fleming's Bond became something Hitchcock's heroes never could. This is not just movie trivia. It is the hidden history behind one of cinema's most iconic characters. Ready to see Bond differently? Press play and find out how much of 007 started decades before Fleming ever picked up a pen. You can check out all our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website , or our YouTube channel .

Matt joins me to chat about the Non EON Produced Bond film from 1983 that saw the return of Sean Connery as 007. We're talking about Never Say Never Again.

This week on Bad Dads Film Review, we complete our accidental trilogy of “third things.” After covering Close Encounters of the Third Kind on the midweek show, we turn to Army of Darkness, Sam Raimi's third Evil Dead film, and use that as an excuse to dig into the noble, messy and often suspicious art of the threequel.There is no formal intro this week — time has apparently been attacked by Deadites — so we open with a catch-up on what everyone has been watching. Reegs has been busy with Backrooms, Obsession, Disclosure Day and Apple TV's Cape Fear, which gets a recommendation so long as you know going in that it is extremely ridiculous. Sidey has finally finished The Pit, finding the second season weaker than the first but still worth the time, and has also watched Backrooms and started The Mandalorian. Dan has finished series five of Slow Horses, which he continues to push as an absolute treat, and has also seen The Odyssey at the cinema, where three hours apparently went by surprisingly quickly.That leads us into the usual wandering preamble: 4DX screenings with shaking seats, water and wind; panoramic side-screen cinema formats; the Sphere in Vegas; Sidey somehow still not having made it to IMAX; Spider-Man: Brand New Day and big cinema opening weekends; Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal on Hot Ones; and the general horror of people getting overconfident with hot sauce before reality arrives in liquid form.The Top 5 this week is third films in a franchise, which gives us one of those lists where genuinely great films sit shoulder to shoulder with absolute nonsense. Dan opens strongly with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, a film that swept the Oscars so hard it practically brought its own broom. Sidey goes for Toy Story 3, remembering Lotso, Spanish Buzz, the daycare escape, the furnace sequence and the emotional finality of Andy giving up his toys. Reegs makes a spirited defence of The Matrix Revolutions, arguing that its uneasy truce ending and refusal to give everyone a simple victory has aged better than its reputation suggests.From there, we move through Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, with Sean Connery, River Phoenix and the Holy Grail; The Bourne Ultimatum, which Sidey remembers as peak Jason Bourne closure and kinetic shaky-cam action; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, praised by Reegs for Rocket's unexpectedly emotional backstory; The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, because Frank Drebin remains Frank Drebin; and Die Hard with a Vengeance, which gives Sidey an excuse to talk about Zeus, Simon Says, Jeremy Irons and New York puzzle chaos.There are plenty of other third-film detours too, including RoboCop 3, Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Alien 3, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum, Back to the Future Part III, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the Cornetto trilogy, Avengers: Infinity War, Blade: Trinity, Karate Kid Part III and Ocean's 13. Sidey bends the rules by choosing the third episode of Twin Peaks, “Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer,” while Dan lands on Before Midnight, the third film in Richard Linklater's Before trilogy.Eventually, we arrive in 1300 AD for Army of Darkness itself. Dan has not seen it, but has correctly gathered that this is not really the same kind of horror film as The Evil Dead. Reegs, who has seen it many times, explains the tonal journey of the series: the first film as bleak, grimy horror; Evil Dead II as a genuine horror-comedy masterpiece; and Army of Darkness as the point where Ash becomes the full cartoon version of himself — part action hero, part idiot, part Bruce Campbell chin-delivery system.We talk about Sam Raimi's direction, Bill Pope's cinematography before The Matrix, Danny Elfman's contribution to the score, and the way Raimi's visual energy clearly echoes forward into later filmmakers such as Edgar Wright. The plot is gloriously simple and gloriously stupid: Ash is dragged through time after Evil Dead II, lands in the middle of a medieval conflict between Lord Arthur and Henry the Red, gets thrown into a pit, fights Deadites, reclaims his chainsaw hand, introduces everyone to the boomstick, and immediately becomes insufferable once the locals start treating him as their prophesied saviour.The film then sends Ash off to retrieve the Necronomicon, with one very clear instruction: say the words “Klaatu barada nikto” before taking the book. Naturally, Ash being Ash, he half-remembers, fudges it and unleashes the titular army of darkness. Along the way we get the windmill sequence, tiny mirror Ashes, Three Stooges slapstick, bad Ash splitting out of good Ash, Sheila falling for exactly the worst man available, and a castle siege finale full of skeletons, homemade weapons, a modified car and Ray Harryhausen-style chaos.We also get into the two endings: the darker UK/director's cut version, where Ash takes too many drops and wakes up in a ruined future, and the more crowd-pleasing US S-Mart ending, where he returns to work, tells the story and gets one last heroic Deadite showdown. Reegs prefers the bleaker ending because it feels funnier and more in keeping with Ash's ability to mess up almost everything.The verdict is affectionate, even if slightly qualified. Reegs still thinks Evil Dead II is the one to watch if you only watch one Evil Dead film, and he does not think Army of Darkness is great in quite the same way. But it is funny, quotable, inventive and packed with cult moments: the boomstick, S-Mart, “primitive screwheads,” bad magic words, skeleton armies and Bruce Campbell at maximum Ash. Sidey thinks Dan would probably enjoy it, describing it as something like The Princess Bride with Ray Harryhausen effects and comedy horror nonsense thrown in.So the final recommendation is simple: if you only watch one, Reegs says watch Evil Dead II. If you ask Sidey, just watch them all.You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads

Jaume Segalés y su equipo analizan los temas de actualidad y comentan la agenda cultural. Hoy en Km0, tras repasar la actualidad informativa y deportiva, profundizamos en los siguientes asuntos:Ciclo ‘Zarzuela en La Latina' de L'Operamore Ya estamos en uno de los momentos más castizos del año en Madrid. En plenas fiestas de San Cayetano, San Lorenzo y La Paloma, podemos disfrutar del ciclo de verano ‘Zarzuela en La Latina' de la productora L'Operamore. El Teatro La Latina (Plaza de la Cebada 2), acoge, durante todo el verano, los conciertos de siete títulos clásicos del repertorio lírico español, con especial protagonismo del género chico, la zarzuela madrileña y la zarzuela grande, además de la ópera ‘La Traviata' como cierre del festival. Todos ellos interpretados con voces y orquesta en directo y con funciones de miércoles a sábado a las 20:00 y los domingos a las 19:00. Este fin de semana es el turno de la tercera pieza del ciclo, ‘La Revoltosa', obra cumbre del género que, con música del maestro Ruperto Chapí, está a las puertas de celebrar su 130 aniversario. Le seguirá la célebre ‘La verbena de la Paloma', que se va a representar los mismos días de la fiesta que le da nombre. Y posteriormente será el turno de: ‘El barberillo de Lavapiés', ‘Luisa Fernanda', ‘La tabernera del puerto' y ‘La Traviata'. Entrevistamos al barítono Marco Moncloa, director de la compañía L'Operamore.Mercado del automóvil Continúa mostrando una evolución positiva. Las matriculaciones de turismos crecieron un 3,7% en julio, hasta alcanzar las 101.949 unidades, encadenando cinco meses consecutivos por encima de las 100.000 ventas y consolidando la recuperación del sector. El buen comportamiento del mercado se ha extendido a todos los canales de venta. Los particulares siguen concentrando la mayor parte de las matriculaciones, aunque las compras de empresas y, especialmente, de compañías de alquiler también mantienen una evolución positiva durante la campaña de verano. Recogemos la valoración del director de comunicación de Faconauto, Raúl Morales, sobre el balance actual de la venta de vehículos. Entre los modelos más demandados, el Dacia Sandero se mantiene como el coche más vendido de España tanto en julio como en el acumulado del año, seguido por el Seat Ibiza, que ocupa la segunda posición.Sección de cine clásico Es sesión continua Antolín de la Torre hoy nos habla sobre 'El viento y león' ('The Wind and the Lion'). Película estadounidense de 1975 dirigida por John Milius que combina aventuras, acción y drama histórico. Contó con un gran y extenso elenco encabezado por Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston y Geoffrey Lewis. Su trama, inspirada en un hecho real, se desarrolla a principios del siglo XX. El jefe de los bereberes El Raisuni, secuestra en Tánger a una bella viuda estadounidense y a sus hijos para pedir un fuerte rescate. Este hecho desencadena un conflicto diplomático en el que se verán involucrados el gobierno americano (Theodore Roosevelt: 1901-1909), tropas alemanas y diversas facciones del sultanato de Marruecos. El rodaje se llevó a cabo en España, en las ciudades de Sevilla, Almería, y Madrid para las escenas de Tánger y Fez. Para las escenas del desierto Milius uso localizaciones de Almería que ya habían sido usadas en otras películas históricas como 'Lawrence de Arabia' y 'El Cid', además de muchos Spaghetti Westerns. La escena de Yellowstone donde Roosevelt da su discurso fue filmada en la Meseta Central, al norte de Madrid. Milius volvería a usar estos paisajes en su película, de 1982, 'Conan el Bárbaro'. Los marines de la escena del ataque al palacio de Tánger eran en su mayoría soldados españoles. En la ciudad de Madrid se rodaron escenas en el Hotel Palace, en el Parque de El Retiro y en la estación de Delicias. La música de 'El viento y el león fue' fue compuesta por Jerry Goldsmith, que usó una gran variedad de percusión e instrumentos típicos de Marruecos. Está considerada una de las mejores composiciones de su carrera y el American Film Institute la incluye en la lista de mejores músicas de cine.

Braga, King, and Ski keep Spielberg month going with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Harrison Ford and Sean Connery join forces to take down Nazis in their quest to find The Holy Grail. It fully explores Indy's lore, had banger one liners, and had some big continuity errors. Is it any good? Listen!

Psycho Mike talks his journey from addiction to KROQ, the ladies of Dancing with the Stars, Chris Jericho, scrubbing the past, and Sean Connery vs Gene Simmons!

Psycho Mike talks his journey from addiction to KROQ, the ladies of Dancing with the Stars, Chris Jericho, scrubbing the past, and Sean Connery vs Gene Simmons!

A Martin Short documentary introduced me to a new word — tummler — and I haven't stopped thinking about it since.It's a Yiddish word commonly used during the Catskills-era for the person whose actual job was turning a hotel of strangers into a temporary community.Not the performer on stage. The one actually out working the room — at breakfast, the pool, the lobby — making sure nobody's left standing alone.This week I'm making the case that a huge number of the women in our lives are doing this work constantly, for free, and calling it “being nice” instead of what it is: a real, underrated skill.We get into what it looks like, whether it's dying out or just migrating into group chats, and why you should text the tummler in your life and tell her you appreciate her.Also this week: a quick check-in on my July whimsy movie project. Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a glorious practical-effects mess (Sean Connery's Irish accent, less glorious). And A Fish Called Wanda — my first time watching, four decades late — reminded me that Jamie Lee Curtis is stunning, and her wardrobe, whew, I'm still envious of those dresses today. Well, maybe not the bright florals. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.radiantbadass.com

WE'RE BACK with a new episode of Talk Birdie To Me This week we're joined by broadcaster and proud Scotsman, Gordon Smart. 30 minutes of chat about learning to grip a club with his grandad, the perfect golf handicap (spoiler: he agrees with us) and quite possibly the most horrendous first tee experience ever told on this show, hungover at Sunningdale, following Geoff Hurst, Jimmy Tarbuck and Lee Sharpe.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 steampunk superhero flick that pulls characters from the first volume of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic series - though honestly, the plot goes off in its own direction and barely resembles the source material. Stephen Norrington (of Blade fame) directed it from a screenplay by comic book and sometime-screenplay writer James Dale Robinson, and the cast includes Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Naseeruddin Shah, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, and Richard Roxburgh. It's notable for being Connery's last role in a theatrically released live-action movie before he retired in 2006 (he passed away in 2020). Trevor Jones handled the score. If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!    Out this Month: Shooting the Flames Q3 2026 V for Vendetta League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Patreon: Hot Take: Evil Dead Burn      Get in Touch:  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFilmFlamers  Visit our Store: https://the-film-flamers.printify.me/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefilmflamers  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFilmFlamers/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thefilmflamers/  (NEW!) SCANS Movie Rating Calculator: https://scans.glide.page/  Our Website: https://www.filmflamers.com  Call our Hotline: 972-666-7733     Our Patrons:    Alex M Andrew Bower Ashlie Thornbury BattleBurrito Benjamin Gonzalez Bennett Hunter Call me Lestat. CanadianMatt Christopher Nelson Crash Blakmor Dan Alvarez Dirty Birdy eliza mc FleeBJuice85 Gia Gillian Murtagh GlazedDonut GWilliamNYC Jessica E Joanne Ellison Josh Young Karl Haikara Kimberly McGuirk LangsuyarMeLater Laura O'Malley Lisa Libby Lisa Söderberg Livi Loch Hightower M Hussman Matthew McHenry MissBooMissQuick Nicole McDaniel Nikki Nimble Wembley Orion Yannotti Pablo the Rhino Penelope Nelson Priscilla Eston-Jones random dude Richard Best Robert Eppers Rosieredleader Ryan King SHADOW OF THE DEAD SWANN Sharon Sinesthero Snake Plissken William Skinner   Sweet dreams...      "Welcome to Horrorland" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Includes music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Did America ever manage to create its own James Bond? This episode traces Hollywood's long hunt for an American James Bond, with historian Alan J. Porter. Long before Sean Connery picked up a Walther PPK, an American actor played Bond first. His name was Barry Nelson, and he showed up on live TV, not the movie screen. We explore how that happened, and why almost nobody remembers it today. Alan Porter wrote James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007. He also hosts On Her Majesty's Secret Service Podcast. He joins us to unpack the strange story behind Casino Royale '54. We also dig into Hollywood's decades-long attempt to build its own 007. From Derek Flint to Jason Bourne to Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible, American studios keep trying to build a rival for Bond. Does any character actually come close? We compare their style, charisma, and mythology to the real thing. Alan shares two surprising figures nicknamed the American James Bond. One was a real Cold War-era CIA agent. The other is a modern TV action hero. Plus, we preview Alan's upcoming book, Too Many Bonds: The Making of Casino Royale '67. We also talk about his work with the Ian Fleming Foundation. So did America ever truly crack the code on its own 007? Press play and find out.

In 1964 Sean Connery, fresh off of the first 2 James bond films made 3 films, including Goldfinger.But before the 3rd Bond film shocked the world he made 2 soap opera mysteries, Marnie with Alfred Hitchcok, and the movie my guest Lady V and I discuss today on Scene Missing A Woman Of Straw With Sir Ralph Richardson and Gina Lolabrigida It's an interesting film with Connery as Ralph's scheming nephew who wants to kill his uncle and bed his new much younger wife Gina.V also gives her thoughts on Christopher Nolan's The Odyessy 

How did Dr. No transform Sean Connery from a self-described rough diamond into the most sophisticated action hero in cinema?In the first episode of Dressing James Bond, London bespoke tailor Roberto Revilla examines the costumes, tailoring and carefully chosen details that established James Bond's style in 1962 and created a blueprint the series is still following more than sixty years later.Beginning with Connery's iconic entrance at the casino in his midnight-blue dinner suit, Roberto explores the influence of director Terence Young, the tailoring associated with Anthony Sinclair's Conduit Cut and the complicated history behind the shirts, suits and suppliers credited with creating Bond's wardrobe.Along the way, we examine the grey flannel suit that was completely wrong for the Jamaican climate, the lightweight Glen check and mohair suits that worked far better, Bond's navy doeskin blazer, Turnbull & Asser cocktail cuffs, grenadine ties, black Derby shoes and the powder-blue polo shirt and matching trousers worn on Crab Key.We also look beyond Bond himself to explore Dr. No's Nehru-style clothing, the way costume is used to take control away from Bond inside the villain's lair and the collaborative story behind Ursula Andress's famous Honey Ryder bikini.Most importantly, Roberto brings everything back into the real world and asks what men can still learn from Dr. No without dressing as though they're heading to a James Bond fancy-dress convention.Is Connery's midnight-blue dinner suit still the greatest first appearance in film-style history? And if you could take one piece from Bond's Dr. No wardrobe, which would you choose?Follow Tailoring Talk Magazine so you don't miss episode two, when Dressing James Bond continues with From Russia with Love.Read the accompanying article at robertorevillalondon.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike and Pax dig into this 1968 western based on a Louis L'amour novel starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot.

VX gas. Alcatraz. This week: The Rock (1996) — Nicolas Cage is bringing the chemical warfare, Sean Connery is escaping the inescapable, and we've got Matthew and Dirk from the Accidental Legends podcast joining us to break down the ultimate 90s action masterpiece.

The novelist Graham Greene ranks at number 6 on Tim Shipman's infamous Best Spy Writers list — and yet we haven't given him enough airtime on the podcast. Time to put that right. Graham Greene didn't just write about spies — spying was the family business. His uncle founded Naval Intelligence. His sister recruited him into SIS. And Greene himself walked out of the Service the day before D-Day. Why? The answer may involve his boss and drinking companion: Kim Philby. Guest host Matt Hurst debriefs Professor Kevin Ruane — Greene scholar and Director of the Graham Greene International Festival — on the novelist's secret double life. In this episode: The Greene family spy business: an uncle in Naval Intelligence, a sister in SIS, a brother running black ops in Malaya, and another spying for three countries at once (badly) Why Greene quit SIS on the eve of D-Day — and the Philby theory "Recreational espionage": how Greene's letters reveal decades of meetings with "the old firm" before trips to Vienna, Cuba, Poland and Vietnam The Quiet American: the 1955 novel that predicted the Vietnam War, and why journalists like David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan carried it in their knapsacks Was Greene spying in Vietnam? The "Catholic solution" and the hunt for a third force The 1958 film Greene called a travesty — and his fan letter to Sean Connery for a remake that never happened Greene vs le Carré: the endorsement that made le Carré's name, and the letter that said "you're not my friend" Why Greene would love Slow Horses This is the first of what we hope will be many episodes exploring the great spy novelists — subscribe to Spybrary so you don't miss what's coming. The Graham Greene International Festival runs 24-27 September in Berkhamsted, UK — 30 minutes from London Euston. Spy highlights include Ben Brown's play A Splinter of Ice, Robert Verkaik on The Writer and the Traitor, and le Carré biographer Adam Sisman on Greene and le Carré. Tickets at grahamgreenebt.org  All links at spybrary.com/306

Hit the highway for one of the greatest hidden gems in horror history as Johnny Spoiler takes a spoiler-filled ride through Richard Franklin's Roadgames (1981)—the Australian cult classic that asks: What if Alfred Hitchcock made a slasher on the open road?This week, Johnny breaks down why Roadgames deserves a place alongside The Hitcher, Joy Ride, and Breakdown, explores its reputation as one of the defining films of the Ozploitation era, and reveals the behind-the-scenes stories that make this thriller legendary—including Stacy Keach learning to drive a 16-gear semi in just two days, the Sean Connery casting that almost happened, and why Quid's dingo had to be renamed Boswell.Danny McBride's gritty new G.I. Joe movie heads to Springfield... but not the Springfield you expect.Remembering the legendary Sam Neill with a look back at Possession, Jurassic Park, Event Horizon, Merlin, and Bicentennial Man.Sydney Sweeney saddles up for Hollow, a gothic reimagining of Sleepy Hollow, plus three must-watch Sweeney films.JOLT Modern Soda Bundle - JOLT Cola & JOLT Root Beer - Zero Sugar, 80mg Natural Caffeine, Alpha GPC Focus Nootropics, Prebiotics, B Vitaminshttps://amzn.to/3RLxtSGHarry's Original Shaving Kit for Menhttps://amzn.to/4yvLq7VMeatzy meat on demand and get rewarded for sharing the sizzle https://tr.ee/GetMeatzyJohnnyWhy Roadgames is basically Rear Window on Wheels.Jamie Lee Curtis as the mysterious hitchhiker "Hitch."How this overlooked thriller inspired The Hitcher, Joy Ride, Wolf Creek, and modern highway horror.Hitchcock references, Ozploitation history, and the terrifying green van that haunted a generation of genre fans.Johnny answers your questions about A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, dives into why it's become one of horror's most fascinating cult classics, and shares behind-the-scenes trivia from The Dream Master.Before Workaholics became a Comedy Central hit, it was a broke YouTube sketch group called Mail Order Comedy. Johnny tells the unbelievable story of how Blake, Adam, Anders, and Kyle turned homemade videos into one of TV's funniest comedies. Rating: SCREAM NOW!Next week, Summer Slash continues with Brain Dead (1990) starring Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton—a mind-bending psychological horror trip into corporate conspiracies, neurosurgery, and insanity.Subscribe, binge, and remember...Johnny Spoiler doesn't ruin movies. He ruins the wait.

Matthew Pejkovic of Matt's Movie Reviews is joined by film journalist Paul Rowlands to talk about Highlander the 1986 fantasy action-adventure film that stars Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, and is directed by Russell Mulcahy. Highlander available here: https://amzn.to/4baHfng Sources: https://www.money-into-light.com/2016/07/an-interview-with-russell-mulcahy-part_30.html  http://cinemaraiders.blogspot.com/2011/03/highlander-25th-anniversary.html  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/05/highlander-how-we-made-sean-connery-christopher-lambert-russell-mulcahy-interview  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/06/16/there-can-only-be-one-why-highlander-will-live-forever/  Matt's Movie Reviews Podcast listed in FeedSpot's Top 100 Movie Podcasts  Support Matt's Movie Reviews PayPal TeePublic Amazon Follow Matt's Movie Reviews Website  Youtube Facebook Instagram  Rumble

Welcome to PTBN Pop's Movie Review of The Day! Every weekday we will be reviewing a movie whether it be currently in theaters, featured on streaming or just a film that we hold near and dear to us. On today's episode, with the recent passing of Sam Neill, Mirandia Berthold pays tribute to him by reviewing “The Hunt For Red October” from 1990 starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill & James Earl Jones.

We finally get to 1974 science fiction film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman – ZARDOZ! I've been putting off podcasting about this one for years because I wanted to take the time to do it right. When it was released the general reception of the film was overwhelmingly negative with critics claiming it to be deeply confusing but in the ensuing decades it has undergone a major reappraisal to become a beloved cult classic. Critics and audiences have always been sharply divided between viewing it as a profound, avant-garde masterpiece or an incredibly pretentious, muddled mess. What do we think of this ambitious work? Oh, there are so many thoughts! Randy Fox joins me to dig deeply into the layers of subtle and very unsubtly meanings floating around in ZARDOZ. Some areas of conversation prove to be shallow (Sean Connery's costume) but others show that the film is capable of creating discussions that pose serious questions about the human condition and the societies we build. Certainly, Boorman saw the divide between rich and poor with clear eyes although his solutions seem fairly murky. As you might expect the film is shot-through with ideas and situations that seem possible only in the 1970's with the hippie overhang of the 60's being slowly crushed by the inevitable conservative snap-back. But time has shown that the universal concepts the film plays with linger long after the film ends. Packed with images no one had ever conceived before or since, the film must be experienced at least once to determine if it will resonate with your mind. And I need to stop searching for my own private Vortex – with or without Charlotte Rampling! Although I could use a giant floating head for my work commute.   We would love to hear your Second Level thoughts on ZARDOZ or any other film we've covered on the show. The address to write is thebloodypit@gmail.com and we're open 24/7/365. Join us in the mirror maze!

On this week's show, the RCAD crew talks about Neil Young and getting old and hairless. Nick tells Jack to watch Old Henry and also discusses Song Sung Blue. Jack saw Young Washington and Chris saw Minions & Monsters. Indiana Jones: trilogy only or should you continue? Sean Connery and Mel Gibson: actors with one role. Joe Pesci, come back! They end with Lego talk and a Meme Game.Become a Patron at JayandJack.comWrite us an email at RCADCast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram at RCADCastAnd leave us an iTunes review

On this week’s show, the RCAD crew talks about Neil Young and getting old and hairless. Nick tells Jack to watch Old Henry and also discusses Song Sung Blue. Jack saw Young Washington and Chris saw Minions & Monsters. Indiana Jones: trilogy only or should you continue? Sean Connery and Mel Gibson: actors with one […]

On this week's show, the RCAD crew talks about Neil Young and getting old and hairless. Nick tells Jack to watch Old Henry and also discusses Song Sung Blue. Jack saw Young Washington and Chris saw Minions & Monsters. Indiana Jones: trilogy only or should you continue? Sean Connery and Mel Gibson: actors with one role. Joe Pesci, come back! They end with Lego talk and a Meme Game.Become a Patron at JayandJack.comWrite us an email at RCADCast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram at RCADCastAnd leave us an iTunes review

Everything old is new again this week on Breakfast All Day. Here's what we reviewed in our latest episode: MOANA (2026). If you've seen "Moana" (2016), you've seen "Moana." Disney's going back to the animation well one more time for their latest live-action remake. The songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda are the stars again, but newcomer Catherine Laga'aia has an appealing presence in the title role. Dwayne Johnson is back as the demigod Maui (of course). In theaters. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING: WAS IT GREAT OR WERE YOU 8?. This is our favorite game to play. This time, Alonso chose a film from his childhood to see how it holds up today. Sean Connery and Michael Caine co-star in this 1975 action epic from legendary director John Huston. If you've seen it, is it still great? Rentable and streaming in a variety of places. MOVIE NEWS LIVE! Lots to talk about always including early reactions to Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" (we're seeing it Monday morning and will have an out-of-the-theater reaction), Emmy nominations, the new "Dune: Part Three" trailer, Louise Lasser and more. Join us Fridays at Noon Pacific. Thanks for starting your weekend with us! Subscribe to Christy's Saturday Matinee newsletter: https://christylemire.beehiiv.com/  

Pool Sceners We just celebrated a major birthday in this country. We celebrated brave patriots taking a stand against tyranny and oppression. It has been 30 years since Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel took a stand against a government that betrayed him and his men.  We head back to 1996 and join Sean Connery, Ed Harris and Nicolas Cage in Michael Bay's second ever movie... Welcome to "The Rock!"   BUY YOUR POOL SCENE PODCAST SHIRTS AND STICKERS TODAY!!! DM US ON OUR FACEBOOK TO PURCHASE TODAY!!!   SPREAD THE WORD POOL SCENERS! JOIN THE POOL SCENERS GROUP ON FACEBOOK FOR EXCLUSIVE AND INCLUSIVE CONTENT! LIKE. COMMENT. SUBSCRIBE. RATE AND FOLLOW... APPLE. SPOTIFY. PODBEAN. PODBAY and EVERYWHERE PODCASTS ARE FOUND! LEAVE A 5 STAR REVIEW. WE READ IT ON THE AIR. YOU WIN A PRIZE!!! HAVE AN IDEA FOR AN EPISODE OR A POOL CHECK...MESSAGE US AT ONE OF THE LINKS BELOW. CONTRIBUTE TO THE SHOW ON LINKTREE!! WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!! Linktree: https://www.linktr.ee/poolscenepodcast Email: PoolScenePodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PoolScenePodacst Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PoolScenePodcast Discord: poolscenepodcast Threads: https://www.threads.com/poolscenepodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/thepoolscenepodcast Twitch: https://twitch.tv/poolscenepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/PoolScenePodcast

We're revisiting the 1996 fantasy classic Dragonheart... a film that perfectly captures the mid-90s urge to put a cynical knight and a wisecracking dragon in the same scene. We're talking about the CGI revolution, Sean Connery voicing a giant lizard, and, of course, Dennis Quaid's legendary decision to do… whatever accent that was supposed to be. 

Holy nostalgia, Batman! This one is packed to the gills with everything from the turn of the 21st century, including but limited to nu metal, boy bands, SpongeBob, JNCO jeans, TRL, low rise jeans, the dot com bubble, and of course, Y2K.That's not all of course. We also recap our recent watch of the 1974 cult classic film Zardoz starring Sean Connery, Fleetwood Mac's Rumors, and the highlights from Rob's most recent tour opening for the east coast rap duo ShrapKnel. PLUS: Colin does a Limited Recall on Steven Segal's 1992 hit movie: Under Siege.And if you enjoy what we're doing here at The Pit and would like to support us further, please go check out our Patreon where you can access our brand new Patreon-exclusive podcast: No5talgia! That's right! An entire, brand new, Patreon exclusive podcast ONLY for our specialist supporters. Last week we broke down our top 5 musical subgenres and this week we take on our top 5 superheroes.Make sure you sign up for our live watch-a-longs happening every Tuesday throughout 2026 at The Theater Nostalgia! Every other Tuesday is Twin Peaks Tuesdays, mixed with classic films and cartoons. Free to sign up! Links in bio.Twin Peaks Tuesdays!Monthly Movie Watchalongs!EtsyLinktreeYoutubeAralessThe Franchise Doctors - OUT NOW!Half-Assed Podcast Networksongs at the end: Hell is a Place Inside - AralessInstagram:@ruining_your.childhood@feral_williams@aralessbmn@madshroommc@blackmagicnoize206@strangeloopanimation@rjt243

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen failed so spectacularly it ended two careers — that of the legendary actor Sean Connery and its director, Stephen Norrington. Based on a comic co-written by Alan Moore, the property had the bonafides to be more than just dispensable popcorn theater. Sadly, a disastrous production—plagued by delays and abusive behaviors from its star— ultimately relegated it to the dustbin of comic book movie history. Despite its troubled path to screens, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is not entirely unwatchable. The seams of a decent film are scattered throughout. They just can't escape the pedestrian script and abominable CGI. Now, sit back, Hyde-up with a M-43 from Old Nation Brewing, and burn that grotesque painting! The Thunderous Wizard, Chumpzilla, and Bling Blake are hellbent on committing evil shenanigans across the globe! This Week's Segments: Introduction/Plot Breakdown – The power of seven become a league of one! Lingering Questions – For a film with extraordinary in its title, why is this film so uninspired? (37:14) The "Sword of the Ocean" Trivia Challenge – Bling Blake challenges the field to trivia about the movie. (57:49) Recommendations – We offer our picks for the week and next up: We kickoff our latest round of video game-related flops! (1:06:24) And, as always, hit us up on Threads, X, Facebook, Bluesky, or Instagram to check out all the interesting factoids from this week's episode!

Don't worry, we're back with another career killer. LXG, as the kids call it, is on deck this month and it sure fits this year's theme. What it lacks in a compelling story, it makes up for in pure boredom. Oh well, come check out the best Sean Connery impressions you'll hear this year I'm sure.

Martin Kove is a veteran actor whose career spans more than five decades, with iconic roles including John Kreese in The Karate Kid franchise and Cobra Kai, Detective Victor Isbecki on Cagney & Lacey, and memorable appearances in films such as Rambo: First Blood Part II. His enduring portrayal of Kreese transformed him into one of pop culture's most recognizable screen villains and introduced his work to a new generation through the success of Cobra Kai. Check out his new movie “The Dink” which debuts on Apple TV on July 24th and keep an eye out for “Prodigal Son” the adaption of his comic book that is in development now! IN THE NEWS: WNBA fans seething at punishment handed to player who put fist on Caitlin Clark's throat - AOL, Chuck Schumer Booed At Pride Parade, Dem running for Pelosi's seat mocked after anti-Israel hecklers chase him from SF Trans March, Iran, Egypt outraged over ‘Pride Match' designation for World Cup faceoff — urge FIFA to scrap LGBTQ+ affiliationsFOR MORE WITH MARTIN KOVE:MOVIE: The DinkOut On July 24th On Apple TVT.V. SHOW: Cobra Kai (Netflix) FOR MORE WITH JESSE KOVE:COMIC BOOK (Being Developed Into A Movie): Prodigal SonFOR MORE WITH ELISHA KRAUSS:WEBSITE: elishakrauss.comYOUTUBE: Elisha Krauss INSTAGRAM: @elishakrauss TWITTER: @elishakrauss LIVE SHOWS: July 9 - Las Vegas, NV (2 Shows) July 10 - Las Vegas, NV (2 Shows)July 11 - Las Vegas, NV (2 Shows)Thank you for supporting our sponsors:BetOnlineMarathonRewards.comoreillyauto.com/ADAMPluto.tvPodcastOneSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matt has some fun ideas to surprise Penn, a brand new opener at the big Penn & Teller Show, Sean Connery went face to glass with an arachnid, Penn hits UK morning talk shows to promote Piff and Pop's Magic Shoppe, and lots more. Use offer code SCOOPS (click the "Unlock" button to enter the code before selecting tickets) to save 35% off tickets to Matt Donnelly The Mind Noodler at The Magician's Room in Las Vegas!

HUNGRY director James Nunn knew he wanted to be a director from the time he first watch a realistic dinosaur stomp onto the big screen in JURASSIC PARK. And even before that, he was inspired by another Steven Spielberg classic, 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' (the one where Indy teams up with his father, played by Sean Connery). A young James (named for James Bond, btw) borrowed his own dad's robe tie to swing from the bannisters at home. Decades later, a dozen films under his belt (like the ONE SHOT series, WILD CAT, SHARK BAIT, and now HUNGRY), he hasn't lost his love of storytelling, spectacle, and adventure. Then, Jordan has one quick thing about the upcoming continuation of Japanese mega-franchise HIGH&LOW. Watch HUNGRY at home!   Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinfeelingseen Feeling Seen is hosted by Jordan Crucchiola and is a production of Maximum Fun. You can watch video editions of our new episodes on our YouTube Channel!Need more Feeling Seen? Keep up with the show on Instagram and Bluesky.

Send us Fan MailWhat can golf teach you about life?This week on Here's What We Know, former PGA Tour professional Jay Delsing joins us to share lessons from 25 years competing at the highest level of golf.From stories about Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus to conversations about failure, resilience, mental toughness, and what separates elite athletes from everyone else. We also discuss why parents should encourage their kids to dream bigger than they think is possible.This conversation explores what it takes to perform under pressure, bounce back from setbacks, and keep moving forward when things don't go your way.Whether you're a golfer, an athlete, a parent, or someone working toward a goal, this episode offers practical lessons about perseverance, competition, and living with purpose.In This Episode:Why talent alone doesn't cut it at the highest levels of competitionHow to handle pressure without losing your mind (or your game)What his UCLA golf team taught him about grit and heartThat mansion story: how a stranger picked him up at LAX and changed everythingWhy he wouldn't change a thing about his career, even with all the lossesWhat parents get wrong when they push their kids toward elite sportsHis four daughters, volleyball, and recognizing gifts you can't measurePlaying golf with Sean Connery, Tiger Woods comparisons, and Jack Nicklaus's brainWhy your kids need to fail, get uncomfortable, and learn they can survive disappointmentThe difference between being competitive and being a jerk about itHis book, his stories, and the relationship that shaped everything This episode is sponsored by: Mike Counsil Plumbing & Rooter (Use code “Gary” to get $89 off any service!) License #: 679261 Bison Junk Removal (Be sure to tell them Gary sent you!) Bio:Jay Delsing is a former PGA Tour professional, broadcaster, author, and host of the nationally syndicated Golf with Jay Delsing radio show and podcast. After more than 25 years competing at the highest levels of golf, Jay now shares stories and lessons from a lifetime in the game, offering insights on competition, perseverance, and what it takes to thrive under pressure. His journey has taken him from UCLA to the PGA Tour and into conversations with some of the biggest names in sports.Website: https://jaydelsinggolf.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaydelsinggolf/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-delsing-83142914/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@golfwithjaydelsing4826Tags: Jay Delsing, Jay Delsing podcast, PGA Tour, Professional golf, Golf podcast, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Golf stories, Sports podcast, Golf lessons, Failure and success,  Parenting athletes, , Sports and life lessons, performance under pressureGary Scott Thomas, sports psychology, grit, talent,Connect with Gary:Gary's WebsiteFollow Gary on InstagramGary's TiktokGary's FacebookWatch the episodes on YouTubeAdvertise on the PodcastThank you for listening. Let us know what you think about this episode. Leave us a review!

There can only be three mini episodes! First up is Highlander, the first in the franchise. The boys talk Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, and even discuss In The Grey and Backrooms

Scott Yager of Challenge Mania joins us for a 30th Anniversary celebration & retrospective of The Rock (1996), starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage & Ed Harris. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF THE ROCK (1996): Great Action Film Scores - 3:55 Scott's 1st Viewing Experience - 6:10 The Mikes' 1st watches - 13:30 Its Legacy Holds Without A Sequel - 17:48 The James Bond Theory - 20:04 30th Anniversary - 24:11 Do we want a sequel or a remake? - 26:40 If we cast the remake - 31:45 Best San Francisco movie ever - 37:35 What Action Movies Still Have The Same Effect Today? - 41:02 SPOILER WARNING - 46:33 What Tarantino and Sorkin wrote (?) - 47:33 That Hans Zimmer Score - 55:04 Act I Discussions on Fun Character Intro's & Plots Ahead of Their Time - 56:40 The Suite at the Fairmont Hotel & Running Amok in San Francisco - 1:10:45 Into the Alcatraz Scenes w/ a stacked crew - 1:17:13 Mid Movie Action Sequences & Must Have Merch - 1:26:18 Barreling to the End - 1:32:22 That Ending, A Fun Epilogue & More Sequel Thoughts - 1:34:40 Final Thoughts & Grades - 1:38:39 OUTRO: Follow Scott Yager's work: https://challengemania.live/ https://x.com/SHOTOFYAGER https://www.patreon.com/ChallengeMania https://www.instagram.com/challengemaniapodcast/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ChallengeManiaPodcast/ And enjoy Mike, Mike, and Oscar here: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

In this Episode: Our heroes take a trip into the amazon with Sealab's spirit animal (Sean Connery) for a Shamanistic drug fueled adventure: Medicine Man. This one is a aaaaaaaah movie! It's ridiculous, so we ridicule it and maintain Connery accents the entire time..! Tune in. Follow Us: Our Website Twitter Instagram Facebook Items discussed (links to more info): Note - if the below links don't work in your podcast player please visit the show page at: https://ebd.fm/episodes/353

It's as if 007 went to prison for decades, was let out by government guys played by John Spencer & William Forsythe and then he had to help a nerdy Nicolas Cage save hostages on a deserted island. Well, hold up, that IS the plot of The Rock! Michael Bay's action movie is deeper than you might expect, with Ed Harris playing a superstar Marine general who becomes a terrorist…with sympathetic complexity. Cage is the out-of-his-element expert on chemical weapons who teams with Sean Connery's Bond-like ex-spy who once escaped from Alcatraz. The flick is a Bay/Bruckheimer/Simpson collab so it's gaudy, loud, tart-tongued and very exciting. Those 2 Mexican stand-offs are phenomenal scenes. There's death and destruction in The Rock, sure, yet it's just fun. So, yesh, cut Agent Goodspeed some slack as he battles the guy threatening to launch deadly gas while mourning his men (and "his wife") in this 744th episode. Well, Actually: Mason uses SF Information to find his daughter...he doesn't just magically remember a phone number he never had. Also, the funny line about bailing on lemons is in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, not I Love You, Man. Also also, it DOES seem like Tony Todd's character knocks over a rock on purpose to start a massacre in the shower scene...and also at least SOME of Hummel's marines are killed when that "all enemies…foreign, sir, and domestic" melee is over. Subscribe to this podcast in your application. Rate the show, review it, follow, all that. Look for me on Letterboxd (RyanHYES) and juice up an email (haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com). Tweet (@moviefiend51) or Sky (ryan-ellis) too.

Hey! We're back on track, with brand new episodes! Our Dystopian Sci-Fi series continues with a bizarre 70s cult classic, Zardoz. It's Sean Connery at his absolute weirdest. Enjoy!

Take pleasure in the gut-wrenching excitement of a 90s action milestone! This week on The Dana Buckler Show, we are heading straight to Alcatraz to break down Michael Bay's 1996 definitive high-concept thriller, The Rock.Coming off the success of Bad Boys, Michael Bay was handed the keys to a massive blockbuster budget, a killer premise, and an absolutely legendary cast. The result? A beautifully shot, fast-paced, explosion-filled masterpiece that stands as a high-water mark for the golden era of 90s action cinema and Hollywood summer blockbusters.In this cinema retrospective, film historian Dana Buckler dives deep into: The Powerhouse Trio: The incredible, lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry between Nicolas Cage's frantic, vinyl-loving FBI chemical weapons expert Stanley Goodspeed and Sean Connery's sophisticated, badass British operative John Patrick Mason. The Sympathetic Villain: Ed Harris's brilliant, nuanced performance as General Hummel—an antagonist with legitimate, tragic motives that elevate the stakes way beyond a standard hostage situation. The Pinnacle of 90s Action: From the iconic, destructive Ferrari car chase through the streets of San Francisco to the brutal shower room standoff, we break down why the practical effects and set pieces in this film still hold up today. The Uncredited Script Doctors: How Hollywood legends like Quentin Tarantino, Aaron Sorkin, and Jonathan Hensleigh secretly helped polish the razor-sharp dialogue. Whether you're a long-time fan who can quote "Your best! Losers always whine about their best" line-for-line, or you're revisiting this classic Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer production era for the first time, grab your green smoke and join us for the ultimate film review.Welcome to The Rock!Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/danabucklershowJoin my Patreon for early access to all episodes, plus a new exclusive podcast, go to Patreon.com/howisthismovieSubscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform by going to https://linktr.ee/DanaBucklerShowJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/danabucklershowJoin Our Patreon for early access to all episodes, plus a new exclusive podcast, go to Patreon.com/howisthismovie #TheRock #TheDanaBuckler Show #90sAction #NicolasCage #SeanConnery #MichaelBay #FilmPodcast #MovieHistory #CinemaRetrospective #ActionMovies #90sCinema #FilmBuff

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. We cover lots of topics, delving into stealth and AI systems, objectives and their communication, and other thoughts. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Another mission Issues covered: whether it was designed for a controller, graphic fidelity holding up, the fixed function shading pipeline, the crossover between audio and visual meters, what's going on with the light meter, ambient noise affecting how quickly you can move, adjusting eyesight, layering mechanics into a mini-game, sprinklers everywhere, hose extraction, trip lasers, using a body as a laser avoider, a key that isn't a key, interrogation mechanics, consequences for not interrogating, multiple paths to information, forgetting the vision modes, the marketing targets for particular consoles, dynamic mission objectives, motivating spaces through pattern language, having to mark up the world to tell you what's important, a digression into climbing anywhere, "what map?," not wasting space, clockwork levels, a globetrotting set of ops vs single-location games, Brett has a good point, contrasting flavors, just jumping in and having the briefings paper over travel, the attract mode, benefitting pacing. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: XBOX, Pulp Fiction (obliquely), PlayStation 3, Clint Hocking, NOLF 2, Max Payne, Metal Gear (series), Three Men and a Baby, Poltergeist, Eternal Darkness, Mission: Impossible (series), Entrapment, Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dishonored, Prey, Hitman, Die Hard, Assassin's Creed, Crazy Climber, Cairn, Jusant, Hideo Kojima, Reacher (series), The Gray Man (series), The Hunt for Red October, Quiller (series), Shadowlord-72, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: More TCSCCT! Errata: Apparently there were in fact multiple shader units on the original Xbox, and supported Pixel/Vertex 1.1 shaders. We regret the error. (Fixed function was still a thing, though, I'm just not remembering the details correctly.) Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com 

Dragonheart (1996) was one of the first films to feature a fully CGI character acting alongside real humans. Voiced by Sean Connery and brought to life by ILM, Draco was a groundbreaking creation. Yet despite this technical achievement and four sequels, the movie is rarely discussed today. Angela joins me to explore what stopped Dragonheart from becoming a true classic 30 years later.https://youtu.be/lubpME_YxbUhttps://rumble.com/v7adw5m-does-anyone-remember-dragonheart-hack-the-movies-479.html

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we start a new series on 2005's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. We set it in its time, talk about the Clancy of it all, and then get into the play and presentation. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: The first level or two Issues covered: missing a week, games from 2005 and UbiSoft, stealth games and how we feel about them, what it borrows from its forebears, Tim's history and love of military themes, grounding the series in real places, hard milspec, the spectrum of more or less video-gamey, Brett's history with Clancy, offputting tone and writing, the weird nationalistic lens, the military melodrama, when you can mess up the formula, black and white and the icks, systems thinking in the game vs not the narrative, finding ways to maintain the black and white, the tutorial videos, seeing the mechanics against the real missions, controlling Sam's movement speed, other interface choices, alt-fire modes, shooting everyone in the head, having multiple kill moves, having mission objectives that get canceled, whether there's an alternate version, a number associated with your performance, the weirdness of speaking to your handler directly behind a target, your advisors, informing the choice of loadout, how different games reinforce the loadout, a review, Tim's Twitch drop. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Star Wars (series), God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil 4, Psychonauts, Guild Wars, Civ IV, FEAR, The Undying, AC: Wild World, Guitar Hero, Mercenaries, Battlefront II, KotOR II, Lego Star Wars, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Peter Molyneux, Clint Hocking, Far Cry 2, Thief, Metal Gear Solid (series), Looking Glass, Dishonored (series), Hideo Kojima, The Division (series), Rainbow Six (novel), No One Lives Forever, Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Sean Connery, Doubleday (book publisher), Day of the Jackal, Tolkien, Project: Hail Mary, Ghost Recon (series), Rainbow Six (series), John Krasinski, Ben Affleck, Jack Reacher (series), Lee Child, Tom Cruise, Mark Greaney, The Gray Man, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rambo (series), Jon Bernthal, Call of Duty (series), Hitman (series), Shadowlord-72, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: more TC's SC:CT! Errata: It was The Cardinal of the Kremlin. We regret the error.  Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com 

“Richard Gere is too handsome to fight with a helmet on!” - Andrew On this week's show, we're chatting about the super-sexy, Arthurian blockbuster, First Knight! How incredible and unsettling is Gere's wig? Why is every character in this movie way too clean? Did Malagant's broke down palace have an actual bottomless pit? How great is Ben Cross in this movie? And do these Knights of the Roundtable outfits look like something a Klingon would wear? PLUS: Sean Connery's favorite movie of 2005 was definitely Robert Rodriguez's Shin Shity! First Knight stars Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Liam Cunningham, Christopher Villiers, Ralph Ineson, John Gielgud, and Ben Cross as Malagant; directed by Jerry Zucker.Come hang out in Vegas with us this summer as we do a three-night stand at ST:LV to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and 10 years of The Nexus! We'll be at the convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday night doing three Nexus shows on Wrath of Kahn, Generations, and First Contact! Best part is, you don't need to have a convention pass to attend, each show is ticketed separately. Click through to snag your tix now!This episode is brought to you in part by Hims. Ready to reach your goals? Visit hims dot com slash WHM to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you.And by Pestie! Keep the bugs away with Pestie. Go to pestie.com/WHM for an extra 10% off your order.Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest show-related designs you can slap on t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, stickers, whatever! Make your friends jealous by flaunting some WHM merch today! Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

Saruman has no time for the simples of peasants; Alan and Matt wouldn't mind if things were simpler. Join The Man of the West and The Nerd of the Rings as we get an in-depth look at Saruman's continuing jealousy of Gandalf as we conclude our four-episode study of The Hunt for the Ring from Unfinished Tales. Saruman knows it's a long day living in Isengard, Gandalf gives reasons why smoking is actually good, and Radagast gets stuck in the middle. We alliterate with Sean Connery, wonder where the non-smoking section is in Rivendell, and decide we clearly cannot choose the hobbit in front of you. Also, the Nazgûl's wet socks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices