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BACK 2 THE BALCONY

Antonio Palacios and Justin Henson

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert - two titans of cinematic review. Sometimes right, sometimes wrong - but always captivating. Your hosts Antonio Palacios (host of THE CULTWORTHY CINEMA PODACST) and Justin Henson ( host of THE MOVIE WIRE PODCAST) - are here to take you BACK TO THE BALCONY!! Each week we will discuss a film from the 70"s, 80"s and 90"s in order to determine where we stand with the critique of this infamous television duo. Be sure to tune in each week - don"t forget to like, rate and

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#57 - THE HITCHER!!

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2025/01/28

This week we are covering the 80's thriller THE HITCHER!!While transporting a car from Chicago to San Diego, Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), who claims to be a serial killer. After a daring escape, Jim hopes to never see Ryder again. But when he witnesses the hitchhiker murdering an entire family, Jim pursues Ryder with the help of truck-stop waitress Nash (Jennifer Jason Leigh), pitting the rivals against each other in a deadly series of car

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#56 - NAKED LUNCH!!

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2025/01/21

This week we cover David Cronenberg's adaptation of the William S Burroughs novel - NAKED LUNCH. Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee (Peter Weller) and his dead-eyed wife, Joan (Judy Davis), like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway (Roy Scheider), Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#55 - BLUE THUNDER!!

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2025/01/14

This week we discuss the 1983 action flick BLUE THUNDER - as well as the Siskel and Ebert review of the film.Frank Murphy is a courageous and honourable Los Angeles police officer who is chosen to test run Blue Thunder, a high-tech experimental attack helicopter. While flying Blue Thunder, Murphy and his partner discover that the government intends to use the helicopter for corrupt crowd control and surveillance.Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!Visit

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#54 - DOGFIGHT!

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2025/01/07

This week we discuss the Siskel and Ebert review of the indie darling DOGFIGHT.A young Marine named Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix) is set to spend his last night in San Francisco with his military friends before they are deployed to Vietnam in 1963. Eddie and his friends plan to attend a cruel bar event called a "dogfight," which requires Marines to bring unattractive dates who will be judged for their ugliness. Eddie encounters a shy, frumpy girl named Rose (Lili Taylor) whom he brings to the

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#53 - FULL METAL BENJI!!

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2024/12/31

WELCOME TO SEASON 2!! We kick things off with a conversation on one of the most controversial episodes of Siskel and Ebert - their conversation on FULL METAL JACKET and BENJI: THE HUNTED. Gene loved what Kubrick did - Roger did not. Hear us discuss their infamous debate on what it means to be a critic - and how we have discourse on what audiences want. Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit https://www.themoviewire.comVideo:

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#52 - SEASONE ONE AWARDS SHOW!

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2024/12/27

This week we finish off 2024 and season one with an awards show covering the best and worst films, performances and reviews of the films we watched this years - check it out! Link in bio.Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit https://www.themoviewire.comVideo: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#51 - NATIONAL LAMPOON'S...

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2024/12/17

This week we are discussing the classic NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION!As the holidays approach, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) wants to have a perfect family Christmas, so he pesters his wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), and children, as he tries to make sure everything is in line, including the tree and house decorations. However, things go awry quickly. His hick cousin, Eddie (Randy Quaid), and his family show up unplanned and start living in their camper on the Griswold property. Even worse,

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#50 - THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT!

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2024/12/10

This week we are discussing the SISKEL AND EBERT review of THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT!Schoolteacher and single mother Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) lives an average suburban life -- until she begins having strange memories of unexplained violence and discovers that she has physical skills that she never imagined. Hiring private detective Mitch Hennessey (Samuel L. Jackson) to probe into her past, Samantha discovers that she's a well-trained government assassin who went missing after suffering a bout of

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#49 - SCROOGED!

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2024/12/04

This week we discuss SCROOGED!n this modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, Claire Phillips (Karen Allen). But after firing a staff member, Eliot Loudermilk (Bobcat Goldthwait), on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.Be sure to subscribe

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#48 - HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!

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2024/11/26

This week we discuss HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!When her teenage daughter opts out of Thanksgiving, single mother Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) travels alone to her childhood home for an explosive holiday dinner with her dysfunctional family. Claudia quickly tires of her parents, her long-suffering sister (Cynthia Stevenson), her snobby brother-in-law (Steve Guttenberg) and her nutty aunt (Geraldine Chaplin). But the evening gets interesting when sparks fly between Claudia and her brother's handsome

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#47 - DUTCH!!

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2024/11/19

This week we discuss the Thanksgiving cult classic - DUTCH!!Working man Dutch (Ed O'Neill) is dating the divorced Natalie (JoBeth Williams), and he offers to drive her stuffy 13-year-old, Doyle (Ethan Randall), from his private school in Atlanta to his mother's home in Chicago for Thanksgiving. Doyle is not interested as he blames Natalie for the divorce and wants nothing to do with Mom's new boyfriend, especially given the man's lowly, working-class roots. This pairing makes for a journey filled

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#46 - WOLF!!

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2024/11/12

This week we discuss 1994's WOLF!!After being bitten by a wolf in rural Vermont, aging book editor Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) finds himself full of youthful vigor. Randall then discovers that he's been fired and replaced by Stewart Swinton (James Spader), a vicious young executive. As Randall struggles to regain his position, he becomes enthralled with Laura Alden (Michelle Pfeiffer), his former boss's daughter. And, as increasingly animal-like urges begin to overwhelm him, Randall worries that

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#45 -THE CROW!

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2024/11/05

This week we cover 1994's THE CROW!Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Draven returns to seek bloody revenge against the killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit https://www.themoviewire.comVideo:

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#44 - LITTLE MONSTERS!!

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2024/10/29

THIS WEEK WE COVER LITTLE MONSTERS!Little Monsters is a 1989 American fantasy comedy film starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel and directed by Richard Alan Greenberg. It tells the story of a boy who befriends a real-life "monster under the bed" and discovers a secret world of monsters who sneak into children's bedrooms at night to pull pranks on them. Although the film failed financially, receiving a limited theatrical release due to Vestron’s bankruptcy, it obtained a cult following on home video

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#43 - WOMEN IN DANGER (AN 80'S...

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2024/10/22

This week we tackle the controversial "WOMEN IN DANGER" episode where Roger and Gene naively attack the horror/slasher genre - saying that it is against the "women's movement" and has no redeeming qualities. We hit back hard - how do you feel about it?Be sure to subscribe on your favorite pod platform and our YOUTUBE channel!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit https://www.themoviewire.comVideo: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#42 - JEWEL OF THE NILE!

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2024/10/18

This week we discuss JEWEL OF THE NILE!Novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) is living with adventurer boyfriend Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) on his yacht. But she leaves when Omar (Spiros Focas), the head of a North African nation, asks her to visit his country and write about him. Jack intends to go on a pleasure cruise to Greece, but when he learns that Joan is a pawn in Omar's quest to polish his image and gain greater power, he partners with continent-hopping criminal Ralph (Danny DeVito) in

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#41 -THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE!!

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2024/10/08

This week we discuss the Mel Gibson film THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE.Young Chuck Norstadt (Nick Stahl) wants nothing more than to join a prestigious military academy like his late father, but he is wary of the school's lofty academic standards. With only a single summer in which to study for the entrance exam, Chuck finds an unlikely tutor in the form of Justin McLeod (Mel Gibson), a disfigured recluse who was once a teacher. McLeod agrees to teach Chuck, and the two form a deep friendship -- until Chuck

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#40 -ANGEL!!

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2024/10/01

This week we discuss 1984's ANGEL!Angel is a 1984 American exploitation thriller film directed by Robert Vincent O'Neil, written by O'Neil and Joseph Michael Cala,[4][5] and starring Donna Wilkes, Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, and Rory Calhoun. Its plot follows a teenage prostitute in Los Angeles who faces danger when a serial killer begins stalking and murdering young prostitutes.We cover the film and Siskel and Ebert's Review!CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR!BULLETPROOF COFFEE:

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#39 - WEIRD SCIENCE!!

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2024/09/24

This week Justin and I discuss the classic comedy WEIRD SCIENCE!Teen misfits Gary and Wyatt design their ideal woman on a computer, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life in the form of the lovely, superhuman Lisa. She outfits Gary and Wyatt in cool clothes, surprises them with a Porsche and helps them stand up to jerks Ian and Max. But, all the while, the boys must hide Lisa's existence from Chet, Wyatt's nightmare of a big brother.We cover the film and Siskel and Ebert's Review!CHECK

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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#38 - LA BAMBA!

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2024/09/17

This week we are discussing the film La Bamba!Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend (Danielle von Zerneck) whose parents didn't want her to date a Latino boy. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob (Esai Morales), and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour

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