Mogambo (Episode 43) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Release Date: 01/13/2017
Born Romantic (Episode 209) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
2000's Born Romantic is a little seen British comedy about dating in the Y2k era. Chock a block with UK stars including Craig Ferguson, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, Adrian Lester, Olivia Williams, David Morrissey and Jane Horrocks, the film follows a group of lonely hearts finding love and laughter with a London salsa club as the center of their romantic universe. Dan and Vicky discuss the rarely seen film and how we find love and romance in the modern world. They also talk about some recently seen items like The Rule of Jenny Penn, Freaky Tales, Hell of a Summer, The...
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The Monkey (Episode 208) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Based on the Stephen King short story, Oz Perkins The Monkey tells the story of a wind up toy monkey that haunts the lives of twin brothers Hal and Bill. Christian Convery plays the twins as teen boys and Theo James plays them as adults. Produced by James Wan, the film also stars Tatiana Maslany, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood and Perkins himself in the role of the boys' eccentric uncle. Usually dipping back in time to find films, Dan and Vicky choose a Hot Date from 2025 to offer a look at a recent release. They also discuss lots of recently seen like The Penguin...
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The Rickshaw Man (Episode 207) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
The Rickshaw Man, Hiroshi Inagaki's 1958 film about a gruff rickshaw driver who becomes the surrogate father to a boy who loses his father unexpectedly, is a remake of his own 1943 black and white film of the same name. The 1958 version won Inagaki the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival and was one of 20 films the director made with his favored actor Toshiro Mifune. Dan and Vicky discuss the film along with lots of recently seen items like A Complete Unknown, Oscar winner Flow, Mickey 17, Black Bag, 1997's Tower of Terror, and streaming shows like Daredevil: Born...
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Six Souls (Episode 206) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Originally titled Shelter and produced independently in 2010 with Swedish filmmakers Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein co-directing, the Julianne Moore starring Six Souls, written by Identity's Michael Cooney, was eventually purchased by the Weinstein Company under their Radius banner. But the Weinsteins were in the midst of serious financial woes in 2010 after the failure of Nine and many of their acquisitions ended up in distribution turnaround. Six Souls would eventually come out in 2013 as a day and date VOD and theatrical release. It got very little attention and...
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My New Gun (Episode 205) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Struggling to find a role that would break her from beautiful girlfriend, adoring wife parts, 1992's My New Gun gave Diane Lane her first starring vehicle. It was a role that got her noticed and some of the best reviews of her career. Supporting her were Stephen Collins, James LeGros, Maddie Corman, Tess Harper, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the tale of a handgun that sets off a chain of distressing events in the life of Lane's unfulfilled New Jersey housewife. Dan and Vicky discuss the indie darling along with plenty of recently seen like Babygirl, Presence, NIghtbitch,...
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Slither (Episode 204) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
1973's Slither was the directorial debut of Howard Zieff (Private Benjamin, My Girl) and the screenwriting debut for W.D. Richter (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Big Trouble In Little China). In the freewheeling comedic thriller, James Caan goes on the road looking for a stash of embezzled money with Peter Boyle, Louise Lasser and Sally Kellerman in tow. Famously, Caan was quoted saying he took the role for the money and had little understanding of the story. Dan and Vicky discuss the film along with lots of recently seen including Nosferatu, The Front Room, Shudder's doc series...
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Clash By Night (Episode 203) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Of his time working with then burgeoning film actress Marilyn Monroe, Fritz Lang recalls a 26 year old who struggled with self esteem issues, set tardiness, and lack of preparation. On 1952's Clash By Night, adapted from the Clifford Odets play, Monroe drove the director to distraction but was surprisingly embraced by leading lady Barbara Stanwyck. Stanwyck, recognizing an overwhelmed and emotionally vulnerable fellow actress, was patient, helpful, and caring with the young actress according to Lang. What resulted was a pretty assured above the title debut for Monroe and...
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Paris Blues (Episode 202) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
The couples paired up in Martin Ritt's 1961 musical drama Paris Blues were more than just smart casting. Real life married paramours Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward play Ram and Lillian, a jazz musician and the woman he falls in love with him. And Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll, real life lovers at the time, play Eddie and Connie. Carroll and Poitier had carried on an extramarital affair on their previous film Porgy and Bess and continued during the making of Paris Blues. Both eventually stayed married and ended the affair after Paris Blues was completed. Dan...
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Megan Is Missing (Episode 201) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Dan and Vicky discuss the found footage horror thriller Megan is Missing. The film, starring many first time actors and shot for under a week on a $35,000 budget, was the brain child of cinematographer Michael Goi. Goi was eager to make a cautionary tale on the dangers of online predators and so impressed Anchor Bay Films they gave the movie, shot in 2008, a small theatrical release in 2011. Starring Amber Perkins and Rachel Quinn, Megan is Missing has divided critics - some applauding it's unflinching look at the dangers of being a teen in the internet age and others calling...
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Top Ten Directorial Debuts (Episode 200) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Our 200th Episode! 200 episodes of Hot Dates and Hot Takes on some of the weirdest, most beautiful and just plain bad movies. We've covered Oscar Winners and Razzie Winners, blockbusters and indie films, classics and guilty pleasures. To celebrate this milestone, we've invited Alexandra Kopko from the Film Bros Podcast to discuss our favorite directorial debuts. Dan and Vicky and Alex offer their top tens and a fun list of alternates. From the Gerwigs to the Raimis to the Lumets, hear the films that paved the way for some of the greatest careers in film - and some that...
info_outlineDirector John Ford hadn't seen the film Red Dust when he agreed to direct its 1953 remake Mogambo but was intrigued by the challenge of bringing his skills with filming the wide open spaces of the American West to the African serengeti. For his male lead he chose Clark Gable, in desperate need of a hit in his middle age. Ava Gardner, who brought along contentious boyfriend Frank Sinatra to the African location shoot, and Grace Kelly, rumored to have started a torrid affair with Gable, played the love interests.
Besides discussing the steamy and wild Mogambo and some of the backstage tensions that informed it, our Hot Date hosts catch us up on their recently seen. Vicky gives her thoughts on The Seven Samurai, Manchester by the Sea, Collateral Beauty, the doc Harmontown and her new blu-ray of A Hard Day's Night. Dan talks about George Romero's Martin, Cold in July, Prometheus, and 1971's Kiss of the Tarantula. Their chat also leads them to the passing of Carrie Fisher and George Michael and the music and world events of October 1953.
A three way with Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly in the African jungle! 1953's Mogambo is on Hot Date. Leave us some feedback.