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Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo

Great movies take their place in history, but what about all the "turkeys" and disastrous flops littering the vast cinematic cesspool? If you really love movies, then what does it matter if a particular film won eight Oscars or eight Razzies? Sometimes over-the-top hammy acting, laughably choreographed fight sequences and rubber monster FX outdo even the most lavish productions in the Academy Awards echelon. So, whether it"s an unsurpassed masterpiece or a piece of something else, every movie I

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42:52

Season 11 Episode 4: Saturn 3

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/10/26

Some THING is wrong. On Missing Real. So...are you intrigued? Concerned? That was more or less the menacing tagline I heard on the TV commercials back when this cheap sci-fi shlock was out in the theaters. I didn't see it until I rented the VHS tape from Blockbuster (speaking of: this movie sure wasn't one!) and saw what the big deal was. One good sign was that it starred pinup favorite and Charlie's Angel Farrah Fawcett. The legendary Kirk Douglas wa...

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Season 11 Episode 3: Jaws

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/09/16

Jaws just turned 50 this year, and he's looking a little long in the tooth...but it's long overdue and the perfect time for Missing Real to take a dive into these dangerous waters! Actually, in this epic podcast, you'll be hearing about all 4 of the Jaws films (The "Jawses"?) and their steady descent into the depths of stupidity. From malfunctioning mechanical sharks to the laziest musical composition to ever win an Oscar and worldwide recognition, we've got a lot to chew on here,...

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42:36

Season 11 Episode 2: Xtro

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/08/08

Before I name the movie we'll be xploring in this episode, let me make it xplicitly clear that I can spell, OK? I don't feel I should have to xplain myself, but I have the most xtreme respect for my listeners. This movie, however, may test the limits of your own self-respect if, like me, you actually think it's great! It's Xtro! Yes, that's the correct spelling. Can we move on? It's sort of about extra-terrestrials (not the cute, abbreviated, Spielberg kid-...

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74:39

Season 11 Episode 1: Grosse Pointe Blank (with...

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/08/01

John Cusack can't help but be cool. He just is. Probably owes Peter Gabriel big time, but it's not just the iconic "boom box" Say Anything thing. His roles have ranged from record store owner to Edgar Allan Poe, he's heroically saved people from natural disasters and been terrorized by a kid on a bike demanding "two dollars!". Versatile, right? So here we have a typically cool 1997 Cusack film which also features a Ghostbuster/Blues Brother! It gets better:...

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Season 10 Episode 10: The Fly

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/07/12

This is certainly something "buzz-worthy"! A brilliant reinterpretation of a classic film that not only put a clever spin on the original premise but also added...color! In the tradition of upgraded horror masterpieces like The Thing and The Blob, we have a look at David Cronenberg's body horror bonanza, The Fly! A scientist, played by the inimitable Jeff Goldblum (but yeah, I will definitely imitate him during this podcast!) has a little mishap while testing his invention a...

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31:38

Season 3 Episode 6: Videodrome

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/07/01

This is an obscure one, but you true film geeks know it well. For the uninitiated, it's the movie where the guy makes out with his television set and sticks a VHS tape in his stomach. Given that this guy is played by a typically wired James Woods, not too unusual. Throw in Debbie Harry and some S&M, and we've got ourselves a true masterwork here. We even get to see Blondie "in the flesh". Or is it "the new flesh"? Plenty of trippy, mind-bending special ...

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59:08

Season 10 Episode 9: Year of the Snake Special! (with...

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/06/13

Snakes...why did it have to be...snakes? Well, because it's Lunar New Year of the Snake! Took me half the year to get this thing wrapped and ready, but here it finally is: a festive gathering with a couple of buddies to talk about some of the most memorable (or best forgotten) snake-related movies through the years! As we slither along, we'll cover Snakes on a Plane, Anaconda, & Sssssss! Plus a few unexpected twists and turns. I've got Dave Chan and Evan Lam ...

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Season 5 Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (with Special...

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/05/17

Let's face it: even the most die-hard Star Wars fans absolutely HATED episodes I and II (and probably also hated every Die Hard after the second or third one). But no matter what, we just HAD to see it through and get some closure, at last witnessing the origin of Darth Vader. Hearing that iconic voice for the "first" time. The movie turned out to be pretty satisfying, as if Vader himself threatened George Lucas with a good old "You've failed me for the last time!” &nb...

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53:38

Season 7 Episode 4: Burton Batmans

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/04/20

Everyone knows who Batman is (unless you happen to live in Gotham City, then it might take a while) so here's my tribute to the Dark Knight's first big cinematic adventures since the 1960s Adam West camp-fest. Most of us were skeptical about a Michael Keaton/Tim Burton collaboration. We were expecting something ridiculous...Beetleman?!? Batjuice?!? To our surprise, 1989's Batman delivered, thanks in no small part to Jack Nicholson's even battier Joker. We then g...

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Season 10 Episode 8: Schumacher Batmans

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/04/16

In retrospect, it turns out that Michael Keaton might have been the coolest Batman of all time. I mean, did anyone really go see that Flash movie because The Flash is so awesome? Nope. Keaton Batman. That's why. In the mid-1990s, after Tim Burton stepped away from the franchise, the next couple of Batman movies would have a new director, and (gasp!) a couple of new Batmen. While we've seen some really excellent work from both Val Kilmer (RIP) and Georg...

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Season 4 Episode 9: The Keep

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/03/07

For this episode, I've dug up a forgotten relic: one of director Michael Mann's earliest flicks, a pretty cheesy movie that will in no way remind you of his finer works like Thief, Heat, or even Miami Vice. It's The Keep! No, wait...don't leave, listen! It's the first big Hollywood film appearance of Ian McKellen, before he was "Magneto", before he was "Gandalf", before he was "Sir"...and before his agent knew to steer him clear of this kind of crap. Yet, it still shap...

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Season 10 Episode 7: Stephen King's The Stand

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/02/04

Adapted from one of those massive old Stephen King books that would cripple you if you dropped it on your foot, The Stand was an ambitious 1994 TV miniseries (no cussin'! These were the "prime time network television" days!) with a big cast and a 4-night run. Plus commercials! That's an awful lot of time to sit watching this post-apocalyptic saga, but if you'd read the book you knew it was King's magnum opus and they weren't airing Magnum P.I. anymore, so this would have to ...

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Season 9 Episode 3: The Rock

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/01/18

Another blockbuster action flick from Michael Bay, and probably his most excellent movie! A disgruntled General and some Marines hold a bunch of tourists hostage on Alcatraz island (conveniently, the place is full of rusty but working jail cells!) and it's up to "chemical superfreak" Nicolas Cage and former "British Sheecret Shervish" agent Sean Connery to bust them loose and stop Ed Harris and his brigade from launching these deadly green balls of toxic chemical gas at the innocent cit...

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43:53

Season 3 Episode 3: The Matrix

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2025/01/18

Groundbreaking, mind-blowing and Keanu whoa-ing...this was such an awesome movie on every level and it still holds up today! Chop-socky fight scenes, bullet-time ballet, cool wardrobe, cyberpunk philosophy, we've got everything but the kitchen sink. Oh, and possibly a spoon. Still can't get my head around that one. Actually, this is a movie you can love without understanding a thing that's happening. However, just in case you're seeking actual "knowledge" from my...

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Bonus Episode: Shyamalan (express trip!)

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2024/12/14

This is my shortest episode ever, specially recorded for my ADD fan base. In just 7 minutes and change, I'll take a mad run through all the major movies and projects of M. Night Shyamalan. If you have the patience/interest/undying admiration for every word I utter, please feel free to listen to my official full-length Shyamalan episode, too! Different jokes, and a possible TWIST ENDING! OOOOOH!

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Season 10 Episode 6: M. Night Shyamalan

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2024/12/13

Everyone loves a good plot twist. Or a twist ending, if you stick around long enough. One particular movie I'm surprised didn't have more twists: Twister. After the huge success of The Sixth Sense in 1999, writer/director/somewhat actor M. Night Shyamalan rolled out a succession of films which made less and less sense, but still showed signs of greatness, if you could follow what was happening. Some audiences would rather split and find the nearest glass of booze at th...

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Season 10 Episode 5: Krull (revisited, with Special...

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2024/10/29

Nobody remembers Krull. Nobody's seen Krull, most likely. What the hell IS Krull, anyway?? Well, it's an extremely underrated 1983 fantasy film that I've always loved to watch again and again, I suppose to make up for all the people who didn't bother to. But you should! It's got a telepathy-controlled throwing star! How many ninjas can say that? It's got Liam Neeson in a role he probably wishes he hadn't...taken. It's got Slayers!!&...

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Season 7 Episode 8: Salem's Lot

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2024/10/05

Vampires have been around for a long time, kinda like this old TV miniseries/movie based on one of Stephen King's earliest novels. In 1979, it was one of the scariest things you could see on your television other than that white noise "snow" on the screen where you'd have to get up out of your comfy chair and grab those "rabbit ears" antennas and move 'em around in dozens of configurations and angles until you could see a clear picture again. Ahh, memories...and if you understood ...

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Season 10 Episode 4: Alien: Romulus

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2024/09/24

While many moviegoers stopped caring about Aliens after the second Alien movie (Aliens! Duh!), this franchise has survived for over 4 decades with an impressive array of directors trying to terrify, thrill, and gross us out. Seems there's more than one way to open an egg. When the master himself, Sir Ridley Scott, returned to the Alien universe with 2 movies intended as a trilogy prequel to the original Alien, the fans spewed acid all over them and probably scared Ridley back to m...

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Season 10 Episode 3: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Missing Real with Mike D"Arrigo ·

2024/09/01

Most would say that after Terminator 2: Judgment Day, we really didn't need any more of these movies. The future already happened, got prevented, hopefully ever after, right? James Cameron was done with this franchise and Arnold Schwarzenegger was ready to take on his new political role of "The Governator". But first, this. One more cybernetic romp with a new bad gal robot trying to snuff out John Connor before he could grow up to be a future rebel leader. We get...

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