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Duckin" the Usher

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On Duckin" the Usher, Josh and Zak will discuss movies you wanted to see... but did not pay to view at the theater. Ranging from cult classics, sleeper hits, total flops, and the hidden gems that you may have forgotten existed at all! We delve into the facts, troubles, and triumphs of the production while - hopefully - providing the listener an entertaining, educated, and enlightened experience as we take you on a roller-coaster of nostalgia. Make sure to follow/subscribe to Duckin" the Usher on

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01:08:25

S:2 EP:4 - Commando (1985)

Duckin" the Usher ·

2020/12/02

Josh & Zak are Back!!! New Studio!! They kick off the new space with Commando from 1985!Retired Special Forces soldier John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) lives with daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) in isolation, but his privacy is disturbed by former commander Franklin Kirby (James Olson), who warns him that his fellow soldiers are getting killed one by one. After Kirby leaves, Jenny is kidnapped by former Latin American dictator Arius (Dan Hedaya), who wants Matrix to restore him to power

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01:38:42

S:2 EP:3 - Pleasantville (1998)

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2020/10/28

Josh, Zak and Special Guest Jay discuss this amazing film!Impressed by high school student David's (Tobey Maguire) devotion to a 1950s family TV show, a mysterious television repairman (Don Knotts) provides him with a means to escape into the black-and-white program with his sister, Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon). While David initially takes to the simplistic, corny world of the show, Jennifer sets about jolting the characters with doses of reality that unexpectedly bring a little color into their

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01:22:00

S:2 EP:2 - Batman The Movie (1966)

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2020/10/21

Josh and Zak Talk about the Classic Campy Film Batman The Movie 1966!!Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman ... based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960's television series. Watch Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) battle sharks, Catwoman, The Joker and The Riddler on the big screen. Can they try to prevent the bad guys from taking over the world? With a wham! and a pow! and a zip! ... our heroes just might win.

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01:07:19

S:2 EP:1 -Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)

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2020/09/30

Its Been one year! Josh and Zak kick off Season 2 with Mom and Dad Save the World!Emperor Tod Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make her his bride before blowing up the Earth. He and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful king to the throne.

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01:25:18

EP. 39 - The Frighteners (1996)

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2020/09/16

Josh and Zak talk about this Great Film! The Frighteners!Once an architect, Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife (Trini Alvarado) of one of the victims and

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01:52:37

EP. 38 - Dick Tracy (1990)

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2020/08/29

Josh, Zak and Special Guest Ben Pennell (Snap Crackle Podcast) talk about Dick Tracy (1990)! Dick Tracy is a 1990 American action crime film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Warren Beatty produced, directed, and starred in the film, whose supporting cast includes Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly, and Charlie Korsmo. Dick Tracy depicts the detective's romantic relationships with Breathless Mahoney and Tess Trueheart, as well as his conflicts with

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01:27:49

EP. 37 - Maximum Overdrive (1986)

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2020/08/18

Josh and Zak cover another Stephen King Film Maximum Overdrive!!!After a comet causes a radiation storm on Earth, machines come to life and turn against their makers. Holed up in a North Carolina truck stop, a group of survivors must fend for themselves against a mass of homicidal trucks. A diner cook, Bill Robinson (Emilio Estevez), emerges as the unlikely leader of the pack, attempting to find an escape plan for himself and the survivors, who include his boss, Bubba Hendershot (Pat Hingle), and a

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02:01:27

EP. 36 - Water World (1995)

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2020/08/01

Josh, Zak and Special Guest Mark Williams talk about Water World (1995)Directed by Kevin Reynolds. With Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino. In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.

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01:28:51

EP. 35 - Apt Pupil (1998)

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2020/07/18

Josh & Zak discuss a film by Bryan Singer & short Novella by Stephen King. Apt Pupil is about Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) a college student studying the Holocaust who discovers that his neighbor (Ian McKellen) is a death camp criminal hiding out in America. Bowden makes him an offer; tell me what they don't tell us in school and I won't turn you in, and the old man agrees, but then as the revelations begin to affect Todd's health and work, school counsellor Mr. French becomes suspicious. Based

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01:13:58

EP. 34 - Fritz The Cat (1972)

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2020/07/06

*Strong Language used in ClipsJosh & Zak discuss Fritz the Cat ( 1972) a film that has a lot of Criticism!A persiflage on the protest movements of the 60s. Its hero is the bold and sex-obsessed tom-cat Fritz the Cat, as created by the legendary underground artist Robert Crumb. Quitting university Fritz the Cat wanders through the hash, Black Panther and Hell's Angels scenes to find to himself.

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01:29:16

EP. 33 - The Great Outdoors (1988)

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2020/06/20

Josh & Zak discuss this Great Outdoor Film!The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, and written and produced by John Hughes. It stars Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy and Annette Bening in her feature film debut. The film follows two families spending time on vacation in Wisconsin.

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01:25:07

EP. 32 - Street Fighter (1994)

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2020/06/06

Josh & Zak talk about this forgotten film from 1994 based on the video game! Street Fighter!!Gen. Bison (Raul Julia), the evil dictator of Shadaloo, captures a busload of relief workers and holds them for ransom. Col. Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads an international strike force to invade Shadaloo and rescue the hostages. Along the way, Guile recruits Chun-Li (Ming-Na Wen), a reporter and martial-arts expert whose father was killed by Bison years ago, two young con men (Damian Chapa, Byron

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02:38:28

EP. 31 - The Ninth Gate (2000)

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2020/05/23

Josh, Zak and Special Guest Chris Rios Talk about The Ninth Gate! Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) specializes in tracking down rare and exotic volumes for collectors. Boris Balkan (Frank Langella) has recently acquired a seventeenth-century satanic text called The Nine Gates- a legendary book written by Satan himself. With The Nine Gates in his possession, Corso soon finds himself at the center of strange and violent goings-on. Not only is his apartment ransacked, it appears that he is being shadowed

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01:29:55

EP.30 - Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

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2020/05/09

Josh and Zak discuss a lesser known film called Bubba Ho-tep (2002)After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, a now aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) wakes up in an East Texas nursing home, where he befriends Jack (Ossie Davis), an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy. After residents of their quiet retirement community start dying of dubiously unnatural causes, Elvis and Jack discover that the perpetrator is Bubba Ho-Tep

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48:31

Zaksploitation - Introduction

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2020/05/03

Zaksploitation is a new bonus series that will explore and exalt the bargain basement bastards of exploitation and horror cinema! Join Zak aka “Fish” as he dives into the many facets and subgenres in the underbelly of paracinema!

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01:36:57

EP. 29 - Godzilla (1998)

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2020/04/25

Josh, Zak & Guest Host Berol Talk about Godzilla (1998)During a nuclear test, the French government inadvertently mutates a lizard nest; years later, a giant lizard makes its way to New York City. Dr. Niko Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick), an expert on the effects of radiation on animals, is sent by the U.S. government to study the beast. When the creature, dubbed "Godzilla" by news outlets, emerges, a massive battle with the military begins. To make matters worse, Niko discovers that Godzilla has

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01:11:37

Ep. 28 - Carriers (2009)

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2020/04/11

Josh and Zak talk about a movie that may reflect current events..... well maybe not so much!When a virus threatens to wipe out humanity, Danny (Lou Taylor Pucci), his brother Brian (Chris Pine), and their friends Bobby (Piper Perabo) and Kate (Emily VanCamp) set out across the desert in the Southwest, trying to elude the pandemic. Over the course of several days, the four friends learn that the darkness within themselves may prove deadlier than any microbe.

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01:28:27

EP. 27 - The Boondock Saints (2000)

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2020/03/27

Josh, Zak and Guest host Jay Wethington discuss the cult classic Boondock Saints!Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus) are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe), an eccentric FBI

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01:27:33

EP. 26 - Green Street Hooligans (2005)

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2020/03/14

Josh and Zak discuss an underground film form 2005 called Green Street HooligansUnjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve. He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete. Initially, Pete is reluctant to get acquainted with Matt and allow him to tread around the capital city with him because he may be seen by others as an 'outsider', but after a heavy drinking

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01:18:08

EP. 25 - Hollow Man (2000)

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2020/02/29

Josh and Zak give you a leap day movie!After years of experimentation, brilliant but arrogant scientist Sebastian Caine has discovered a way to make matter invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase - using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed, Caine seems doomed to a future without flesh.

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