Highlander (Episode 49) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Release Date: 04/14/2017
Hammett (Episode 186) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
When Francis Ford Coppola hired German auteur Wim Wenders to direct his first American film, little did he suspect the difficulty that film would have getting to screens. The movie was Hammett, a fictionalized account of the mystery writer Dasheill Hammett's second career as a private investigator. In real life, Hammett stuck to penning noirs but in Wenders' film he's enlisted to solve the disappearance of a San Francisco woman. The film was entirely reshot on sound stages after Orion Pictures expressed dissatisfaction with Wenders expansive shot-on-location first edit. ...
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Stolen Face (Episode 185) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
1952's Stolen Face was an early Hammer Films production. The British studio, which would later become synonymous with thrillers and horror films, also churned out it's fair share of melodramas and comedies. This film, about a heartbroken plastic surgeon who physically transforms a prisoner into the woman who jilted him, stars Lizabeth Scott, Paul Henreid, Andre Morell and Mary Mackenzie and set the stage for films like Vertigo, Eyes Without a Face and The Skin I Live In. Dan and Vicky discuss their thoughts on Stolen Face along with some recently seen: Tina Fey and Amy...
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No Escape (Episode 184) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Actor Ray Liotta was coming off crtitical acclaim for his star making turn in Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas and was looking for a vehicle that would turn him into a bonafide movie star. For others that path was paved by action movies so Liotta signed on to 1994's No Escape hoping it would catapult him to international acclaim. As the stoic, brooding J. T. Robbins, Liotta was able to not only show brawn, but also brains as he attempts to escape the island penal colony of Absolom and it's violent de facto leader Marek played by Stuart Wilson. The film also boasts Ernie Hudson,...
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The Tamarind Seed (Episode 183) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
1974's The Tamarind Seed was considered a departure for star Julie Andrews. After a break to raise her family, Andrews was looking for a role that would reintroduce her to audiences in a new light. As the 70's were rife with political and paranoid thrillers, she jumped at the chance to play Judith Farrow - a woman reeling from personal tragedy who gets embroiled in a Cold War bait and switch. It helped that Andrews was being directed by husband Blake Edwards (who also adapted the script from Evelyn Anthony's novel) and her love interest was Omar Sharif. Dan and...
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The Gorilla (Episode 182) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
1939's horror comedy The Gorilla was meant to be another 20th Century Fox showcase for the talents of The Ritz Brothers - three Newark born and Brooklyn raised brothers snatched from vaudeville by the studio in hopes they would bring Marx Brothers or Three Stooges size audiences. The film, however, was plagued with false starts, lawsuits and bad blood. It's failure effectively ended the trio's time at 20th and after one more film at Universal, they returned to the stage and nightclub circuit. The film also stars Bela Lugosi, Patsy Kelly and Lionel Atwill. Dan and Vicky...
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Saving Grace (Episode 181) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
A very special episode of the Hot Date Podcast with Dan & Vicky. There's drama, there's tears, there's nausea inducing popcorn. And, oh yeah, a movie to discuss. This time it's 2000's Cornwall shot Saving Grace starring Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson in the charming tale of a woman on the verge of bankruptcy with a plan to save her home by growing weed. But truth be told, the movie isn't really the main feature this time - that would be our two hosts who maybe show a side of themselves you haven't heard before. There's the usual banter about recently...
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Top Ten Creepy Performances (Episode 180) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
We've reached another tenth podcast which means Dan and Vicky give you their Top Ten! This time, your hosts are counting down to their favorite top ten creepy performances! Man, woman and children are eligible. Try and guess which actor appears on both lists, which actor has two performances highlighted. What made-for-TV film makes the list!? Have a listen and see if you agree. Send us some of your favorite unsettling performances Follow us here: hotdatepod.com FB: Hot Date Podcast Twitter: @HotDate726 Insta: hotdatepod
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Aenigma (Episode 179) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Italian horror director Lucio Fulci's 1988 Aenigma seems to have been inspired by films as varied as Carrie and Patrick, with a dash of Argento madness and 80's slasher thrown in for good measure. Shot in Serbia standing in for Boston, the film features make up effects by Guiseppe Ferrante, cinematography from Luigi Ciccarese and a score by Carlo Maria Cordio. Dan and Vicky discuss the film along with some recently seen like Exorcist: Believer, Meg 2: The Trench, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, and Disney + series Loki. Follow us here: hotdatepod.com FB: Hot Date Podcast...
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Illusion Travels By Streetcar (Episode 178) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Take a trip on decommissioned Streetcar 133 in Luis Bunuel's surreal and sweet 1954 film Illusion Travels By Streetcar (La Ilusión Vaja en Tranvía). When two mechanics learn their favorite streetcar is being taken off the line for good, they take it for one last drunken joyride that turns into an existential examination of life in a big city. The film stars Carlos Navarro and Fernando Soto as the hapless mechanics and Lilia Prado as their female foil and potential love interest. Along with the film, Dan and Vicky discuss recently seen films like Hulu home invasion...
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Sleep, My Love (Episode 177) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
1954's Sleep, My Love was an early directorial effort from German born emigre Douglas Sirk. Sirk would later become recognized as an auteur - by, of course, the French - for his work with melodramas (Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows). Sleep, My Love, starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche and Hazel Brooks, was his attempt at a domestic thriller. Dan and Vicky discuss the gaslighting noir along with alot of recently seen including A Haunting in Venice, Talk to Me, The Wrath of Becky, Mafia Mama, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, 1995's Castle Freak, and...
info_outlineAustralian director Russell Mulcahy had only one previous narrative film credit on his resume, 1985's Razorback, when he landed the gig directing future cult classic Highlander. Razorback's atmosphere and muscularity and Mulcahy's experience with vivid short form filmmaking directing scores of music videos for the likes of Duran Duran, Elton John, Def Leppard and Human League, both played into him landing the gig. A flop on it's initial release, the film gave birth to a mini cottage industry after a huge HBO and VHS following spawned five sequels and two TV versions, not to mention books and graphic novels.
Having never seen the film, Dan and Vicky look at the Highlander mystique with fresh eyes and ears (Queen did the songs and Michael Kamen provided the bombastic score) and they have strong thoughts on stars Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown and Sean Connery and the directing style of Mulcahy. There's also lots of recently seen including the comedy of Dave Chappelle, Dave Cross and Patton Oswalt, the new films Belko Experiment and Life, a double dose of Black Christmas, Rob Zombie's 31, and Almodovar's Julieta. Vicky also sounds off on the Tommy Wiseau classic The Room and announces our arrival on Stitcher! And Dan does his own time-traveling when a listener's letter takes him back to high school.
Go back to 1986 with us -- with some Heart, John Mellencamp and Atlantic Starr thrown in for good measure - for a dash of sword play and Immortal love with Hot Date 49: Highlander. Leave us some feedback or a star rating.