Legends Podcast
Here we discuss Entertainment Legends, and Legendary entertainment. Cult, Classic, New, Old, Original, Sequels, Reboot, Remake, Web, TV, Comic, Video Games and more, for better or worse. Come listen to a rotating cast of hosts (including some special guests) as we comment on our favorite entertainment.
Hosts: Beef and Lobster
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Doctor Who first hit the airwaves in 1963 – sixty years ago! – but the TARDIS went dark in 1989 for an indefinite hiatus. In the mid-1990s, plans started brew to import the iconic British sci-fi series across the pond to America. The BBC partnered with the Fox network to…
Published on: 2023-11-22
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After lengthy delays due to director turnover, the pandemic, studio shake-ups, and behind-the-scenes drama featuring its lead actor, DC Comics’ Scarlet Speedster finally raced onto movie screens this past summer. Director Andy Muscetti helmed the pic, staring Ezra Miller as a Barry Allen who goes back in time to meet…
Published on: 2023-11-15
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We’re not ready to leave Halloween behind, so we’re kicking off the month with a comedy-horror classic courtesy of Sam Raimi. After spending not one but two sylvan getaways battling Deadites courtesy of the Necronomicon Ex Mortis (in The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn), S-Mart employee…
Published on: 2023-11-08
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Legends of Halloween draws to a close with a classic from the master of twists, M. Night Shyamalan himself! An isolated 19th century village is surrounded by mysterious woods filled with threatening creatures, but when a terrible crime is committed, a young woman uncovers the village's dark secret. Starring Bryce…
Published on: 2023-10-31
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Legends of Halloween celebrates Lobster's upcoming birthday with a trip to everyone's favorite family fun zone. Where else can you find junk food, arcade games, a stoic Nicolas Cage, pinball, singing animatronic rodents, human sacrifice, and a ball pit? This Five Nights at Freddie's-inspired horror film gained an instant cult…
Published on: 2023-10-25
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It’s a Legends of Halloween Miracle as we conduct our first live interview with filmmakers in 648 episodes! We’re talking to director Robyn August, writer and star Tom Kiesche and production designer and friend of the show Rick Rifle. They’re the team behind KillHer, a delightfully retro gorefest from Dark…
Published on: 2023-10-23
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*SPOILER ALERT *SPOILER ALERT * This is a review of a brand new movie that is still on VOD! Check this movie out, and then give us a listen! Ship us an email with your thoughts! LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com This is part 1 of 2! Part 2 of 2, should release this…
Published on: 2023-10-18
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Legends of Halloween continues with more vampire hunting action, this time coutesy of Marvel Comics! Before Bryan Singer’s X-Men (2000), before Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002), and before Ang Lee’s Hulk (2003), director Stephen Norrington launched Marvel to the big screen with his blood-drenched take on the daywalking half-vampire Blade. Played…
Published on: 2023-10-11
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Legends Podcast is trick-or-treating this month with a bunch of scary movies! We’re kicking the month off with the cult classic collaboration between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Half independent crime thriller, half B-movie slapstick gorefest, this 1996 release starred George Clooney, Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Salma Hayek, Cheech…
Published on: 2023-10-04
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Legends Podcast is getting a jumpstart on the spookiest season with the latest installment in the Ghostbusters franchise! Jason Reitman sits in the director’s chair in place of his father, Ivan, who helmed the first two. Trading New York City for small-town Oklahoma and introducing a new generation of ‘busters…
Published on: 2023-09-27
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We’re blowing into the cartridge and pressing start on the second-biggest movie of 2023 to date! Based on several long-running video games series from Nintendo, this animated movie brings together the voice talents of Chris Pratt and Charlie Day the titular brothers, with Anya-Taylor Joy as the princess, Seth Rogan…
Published on: 2023-09-20
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Rian Johnson’s 2019 mystery-comedy Knives Out carved out $311 million at the box office on a budget of $40 million, making it the second-highest-grossing original movie of the year not based on existing IP. The sequel rights set off a bidding war between the top streamers, with Netflix beating Amazon…
Published on: 2023-09-14
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We’re getting back to our regular programming with a special request from one of our listeners! Following our episode on The Road, listener Jeff shared his recommendation for another post-apocalyptic movie. According to Jeff, “It's an old one, but it still checks out.” Released in 1977, the same year as…
Published on: 2023-09-07
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We’re rolling the final dice of this gambling game we call Aug-Heist, and it just so happens to have 20 sides! After the 2000 film doomed the franchise to the plane of Box Office Oblivion, the Gary Gygax-created tabletop fantasy roleplaying game enjoyed a resurrection thanks to retro references in…
Published on: 2023-08-30
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Legends Podcast is cracking open the cinematic vault and bringing you a whole month of cons, capers, and car chases! Whether you’re a stoic getaway driver, some ne’er-do-well thieves, a misdirection master, or some fantasy friends, you’ll find the big score right here on our podcast. This is Aug-Heist! Director…
Published on: 2023-08-23
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Before he played Ken, Ryan Gosling portrayed a nameless driver in Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film based on the James Sallis novel. When a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver gets romantically involved with his neighbor, he is drawn into a mobster’s plot and must use all his…
Published on: 2023-08-16
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And we’re on to the film that launched Wes Anderson’s directing career! Starring real-life brothers Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson as non-brothers Anthony and Dignan, two friends who commit felonies for fun, along with Robert Musgrave as their friend Bob and real-life third Wilson brother Andrew Wilson as Bob’s in-movie…
Published on: 2023-08-09
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We’re starting the month in style with our wildest Aug-Heist pick yet! When a group of seafaring thieves set out to rob a luxury ocean liner, they find a mysterious monster has beaten them to the punch – and they’re about to be eaten for lunch! Starring Treat Williams, Famke…
Published on: 2023-08-03
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Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost followed up Shuan of the Dead with the second installment of their now so-called Three Flavours Cornetto Triology – or, alternatively, the “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy – trading zombie movie rom-com parody for buddy cop movies (Point Break or Bad Boys II?)…
Published on: 2023-07-27
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Based on Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this post-apocalyptic “road movie” pairs Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as father and son traversing a hostile landscape. Co-starring Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Michael K. Williams, Garrett Dillahunt, and Guy Pearce – in about one scene each – the film presents a stark…
Published on: 2023-07-19
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