It Happened To Jane (Episode 214) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky
Release Date: 07/18/2025
Highest 2 Lowest (Episode 217) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Highest 2 Lowest, out today on Apple TV +, is the latest joint from Spike Lee. The film is the latest adaptation of Ed McBain's King's Ransom and follows in the direct foorsteps of Akira Kurosawa's version, High and Low. Shot on the streets of New York City by frequent Lee collaborator Matthew Libatique, the film also fuses several different musical cues and genres to create the story of a kidnapping gone wrong and the moral dilemma it presents for the music mogul now tasked with paying the ransom. The film stars Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky,...
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Dracula's Daughter (Episode 216) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Originally envisioned as a vampire dominatrix with a dungeon to torture and feed on men, 1936's Dracula's Daughter underwent a radical reinvention to accommodate a more sensitive Production Code. Gloria Holden's daughter is a more thoughtful, melancholy blood sucker, trying in vain to turn her back on her vampiric roots. The only character from the original to make it into the sequel is Van Helsing (Von Helsing in this version). Bela Lugosi was meant to reprise his role but moved on after the film's production was delayed several times. Dan and Vicky discuss the...
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Tattoo (Episode 215) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
1981's Tattoo, the lone feature effort of commercial director/co-writer Bob Brooks, was fraught with pre and post production problems. The film, about a tatto artist (Bruce Dern) unnaturally obsessed with a fashion model (Maud Adams), had it's release date pushed back after Brooks protested the edit producer Joseph Levine created without his input or approval. Transit authorities in NY took down pre-release posters for the film in response to complaints about the images presented - a woman's bare bound legs covered in tattoos. And Dern insinuated on the press tour that he and...
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It Happened To Jane (Episode 214) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
1959's It Happened To Jane was the rare Doris Day film that didn't hit with audiences at the box office. Columbia attempted a re-release in 1961 under a new title, Twinkle and Shine, with similar results. In the film, Day plays a Maine lobster farm owner pitted against a large railroad company when they damage her reputation and livelihood. The comedy co-stars Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, and Steve Forrest and was shot on location in towns throughout Connecticut. Dan and Vicky discuss the film along with some recently seen like Elio, Bride Hard, Megan 2.0, 28 Years Later, Unitl...
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A Quiet Place To Kill (Episode 213) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
A Quiet Place to Kill (aka Paranoia) was the third collaboration between Golden Globe winning American actress Caroll Baker and Italian horror and thriller filmmaker Umberto Lenzi. Baker, disillusioned by the American studio system, moved to Europe in the late 60's with her family and formed a working relationship with Lenzi that spanned four films. In this one she plays Helen, a race car driver reunited with her ex-husband and his new wife -- marital intrugue and a murder plot ensue. Starring with Baker in the Italian/Spanish co-production are Jean Sorel, Anna Proclemer, and...
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Ballerina (Episode 212) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date is shaking things up again by choosing a recent date and a movie hot from theaters to discuss. Dipping into the John Wick universe, Dan and Vicky discuss Ballerina, the next film in the Keanu Reeves lead action franchise. Wick takes a back seat to Eve Macarro, played by Knives Out and Blonde star Ana de Armas. Eve is on a mission to avenge the murder of her father - a journey that takes her from the Continental Hotel to snowy Austria. Her co-stars include Gabriel Byrne, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Anjelica Huston, Lance Riddick, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane and...
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Crossfire (Episode 211) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
1947's Crossfire, directed by Edward Dmytryk, is based on the novel The Brick Foxhole by Richard Brooks. In Brooks' novel, a gay man is murdered by a soldier on leave but the film had to adhere to a Hays Code which didn't allow for depictions of homosexuality so anti-Jewish sentiment became the reason for the killing. Ironically, it was the film's theme of anti-semitism that put it's makers in the crosshairs of Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist HUAC hearings. It's director and writer John Paxton ended in prison for their views. The film stars the Robert dream...
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Top Ten Movie Adaptations (Episode 210) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Hot Date has reached it's next Top Ten episode and for this episode, Dan and Vicky pick their most favorite movie adaptations - films that started as books, plays, musicals, songs, even Twitter feeds! Your hosts also talk about what they've seen recently including Sinners, Drop, the new season of Black Mirror, Kevin Bacon starring horror show The Bondsman, The Lincoln Lawyer, and the Broadway musical Real Women Have Curves. Our socials: FB: Hot Date Podcast Twitter: @HotDate726 Insta: hotdatepod
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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...
info_outline1959's It Happened To Jane was the rare Doris Day film that didn't hit with audiences at the box office. Columbia attempted a re-release in 1961 under a new title, Twinkle and Shine, with similar results. In the film, Day plays a Maine lobster farm owner pitted against a large railroad company when they damage her reputation and livelihood. The comedy co-stars Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, and Steve Forrest and was shot on location in towns throughout Connecticut.
Dan and Vicky discuss the film along with some recently seen like Elio, Bride Hard, Megan 2.0, 28 Years Later, Unitl Dawn, Sorry Baby, and The Woman in the Yard.
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