It&apos;s Christmas commentary time again as Dustin & Nik trim the cherry bomb tree and watch the 1985 mega-budget Kris Kringle origin story, Santa Claus The Movie! What other Christmas classic opens with Santa Claus, his wife and reindeer freezing to death in a blizzard and closes with John Lithgow tumbling to a nightmarish death in the cold, lonely vacuum of space? Superman producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind squeeze Santa through their Man of Steel mold and deliver a truly bizarre yet good hearted tale of a resurrected Zombie Claus who delivers crappy wooden toys to ungrateful brats who prefer explosive, radioactive candy from a traitorous, sell-out elf. Join us for a nostalgic trip through a sweet, disturbing and magical holiday gift from grinchy, elf-hating director Jeannot Szwarc that Lithgow called "the tackiest movie I&apos;ve ever been in".  Season&apos;s Greetings!

Cherry Bombs - The Underappreciated Movies Podcast

Santa Claus The Movie (Commentary)

This month Cherry Bombs travels to Arrakis, also known as... wait for it... Dune! Join Dustin and Nik as they pay tribute to natural treasure David Lynch and his criminally underpraised detour into big budget franchise moviemaking, 1984&apos;s Dune! Along the way we&apos;ll take a pug into battle, try on some full body desert diapers, defend Sean Young&apos;s audition tactics, cook quinoa with David Lynch, give a shout out to the Shadout, reminisce about that time we ate chicken wings with Uwe Boll, get hot and bothered over some spicy melange, and remember the tooth... the tooth... THE TOOTH! So strap on your Weirding Module, secure your heart plug and get ready to be owned by the (still) greatest Dune adaptation ever made! Oh yes, we forgot to tell you... Never apologize for the movies you love!

Dune (1984)

Hows your head? Despite a few complaints, Cherry Bombs Halloween month continues with our salute to the 1988 horror/comedy/musical gem, Elvira Mistress of the Dark! An unfortunate casualty of the New World Pictures bankruptcy, Elvira&apos;s big screen debut was resurrected from the dead by the VHS rental crowd. Join Dustin and Nik for cinematic visions no other film has dared replicate including a mascara-wearing baby, a vicious casserole monster, an apple butter orgy and the greatest tassel twirling finale ever committed to celluloid! *This is episode is guaranteed 100% Charlotte Rae-free!

Elvira Mistress of the Dark

It&apos;s Trick or Treat month at Cherry Bombs and we&apos;re celebrating with two Halloween classics! First, Nik makes an enthusiastic case for his beloved childhood favorite, The Worst Witch, while Dustin struggles to keep up. Undoubtedly the "inspiration" for Harry Potter (We&apos;ve got your number, Rowling), this 80&apos;s HBO staple features Dame Charlotte Rae in dual roles and the great Tim Curry to haunt your green screen nightmares.  So take a half holiday and show the world, let them know... it&apos;s Halloween. Hit it!

The Worst Witch (1986) Commentary

We take a moment to update everyone on our fall slate of episodes and thank you all for continuing to listen to our weird little show!

Cherry Bombs Summer Update!

This month we&apos;re joined by friends from around the world to herald the return of movie theaters! We&apos;ll share our best theater going cine-memories, from the first film we ever saw on the big screen to our worst date movies, from all day marathons to the thrill of sneaking into R-rated features. We&apos;ll share stories of the experiences that moved us, made us laugh, cry, or even walk out.  We&apos;ll remember our favorite cinemas, listen back to our first movie "podcast" tape from 1987, attempt to understand Nik&apos;s bizarre concession habits and recall that time we sat in the dark eating popcorn next to Terry Gilliam and Michael Bolton. Join us as we celebrate these sacred temples of cinema and remind ourselves why the theater experience is still so essential. It&apos;s time to get fully vaxxed and GO to the movies!

Return of the Cinema

For the final episode of our Trek Trilogy, we&apos;re honored to be joined by Trekkies director Roger Nygard! The filmmaker responsible for our favorite documentary takes us behind the scenes of Trekkies and its sequel to reveal the origins of Gabriel Koerner, Spiner Femme, The Filker and more and answers obscure questions no one&apos;s been obsessive enough to ask until now! Put on your Starfleet best and join us for this fascinating discussion! Stay updated on Trekkies news and explore Roger&apos;s other work at rogernygard.com.

Trekkies Interview with Director Roger Nygard

On this special bonus episode, club captain and Garak impersonator Dustin and Spiner Femme Nik talk trek and watch the most important documentary ever made, Trekkies! We&apos;ll filk with a busted drag queen, eat Big Mac value meals with Klingons, get a root canal from a Federation dentist, ship Kirk/Spock and admire some fledgling opticals. Join us as we celebrate the most extreme, dedicated and delightful fans in the galaxy. And please remember there is still no vaccine for the Q Virus.

Trekkies (Commentary)

This month Dustin & Nik share their love for Star Trek 5 and gain strength from the sharing! Join us for deep existential thoughts on religion, spirituality and the meaning of life, the timely dangers of cult leaders, the trendsetting fashion of McCoy&apos;s ascot and the tactical uses of an elderly striptease. Then we&apos;ll breakdown the notorious in-costume Trek 5 press conference featuring miscued music, mortified Nimoy, "the gentleman who plays Chekov" and some nasty ass green Champagne. Go where no one has gone before as we celebrate the most maligned and underrated Trek of them all! And mind the overhead beam. Twitterhttps://twitter.com/CherryBombsPodFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/cherrybombspodYoutube (For Episode Trailers and More!)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxS6igZVA7F7PuISPP2_tpQ

Star Trek 5 The Final Frontier

This month Cherry Bombs and The Saturday Morning Podcast team up for two episodes! First, host Christopher Jay joins us here to discuss the best and weirdest cartoons adapted from movies. Then head over to The Saturday Morning Podcast where we&apos;ll discuss the films we wish had been turned into animated series&apos; but never were. Pour a giant bowl of sugar-packed cereal and settle in for the ultimate block of retro animation love!

The Saturday Morning Podcast Crossover

This month He-Man holds the cosmic key to our hearts as we celebrate Cannon Films&apos; magnum opus Masters of the Universe! Join us as we marvel at the investigative skills of Detective Lubic, discover the contents of a Cannon Films Happy Meal and gush over this absolutely essential Cherry Bomb. Pile into Billy Barty&apos;s pink Cadillac, crank up the Japanese synthesizer and teleport to our favorite toy to movie adaptation ever made. Good journey!

Masters of the Universe

This month we celebrate the tangible glory of physical media! From VHS to laserdisc, DVD to 4K bluray and even CED, we have it all and love it all. Fellow physical media enthusiast and friend Jon joins us as we remember the video stores of our youth, wax nostalgic about extended play Mr. Mom tapes from McDonalds, dredge up Nik&apos;s most traumatic video rental memory, argue over how to organize your collection and discuss the (hopeful) future of increasingly maligned physical formats.  Physical Media Forever!

Physical Media Forever!

This month we talk to filmmaker Lisa Downs about her awesome documentaries on Flash Gordon, Flight of the Navigator and the inspiring personal journeys of their iconic stars.  Join us as we geek out over 80s movies, the magic of Brian Blessed, playing Flash Gordon pinball with Brian May and just how incredibly cool Howard Hesseman really is. Then Lisa takes the honorary guest co-host chair as we all discuss our favorite documentaries about the movie industry. Plus plenty of bonus Corey Haim content! Connect with Lisa at lifeaftermovies.com and Life After Movies Presents The Web Show on youtube!

Life After Flash & Navigator with Filmmaker Lisa Downs

This month Dustin and Nik plunge into James Cameron&apos;s most overlooked and madly ambitious masterpiece, THE ABYSS! Sunk by a hurricane of imitators that beat it to theaters and a marketing campaign that sold it as Aliens 2, The Abyss is often discussed now only for its groundbreaking FX. But it&apos;s one of the maestro&apos;s finest and his most nakedly emotional and autobiographical work. Join us as we look with better eyes and celebrate one of the greatest films ever made!

The Abyss

This month Dustin & Nik put all their hope in Tom Jones, Slim Whitman and the kid from Solarbabies as MARS ATTACKS! Join us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton&apos;s most subversive, anarchic and underrated movie. The day has come to surrender to the superior intelligence of this gonzo sci-fi Ack Ack-tion comedy!

Mars Attacks!

Every month, Dustin and Nik rip the Scarlet Letter off some unfairly maligned movies and salvage them from the discount dump bin of cinema history. From Howard the Duck to Waterworld, Masters of the Universe to Grease 2, Cherry Bombs is an unironic celebration of the outcast movies we love. Subscribe today and never apologize again for the movies you love!

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Cherry Bombs - The Underappreciated Movies Podcast

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