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Creative Destruction Podcast is a Bi-Weekly storytelling show where host Cameron Cook and his guests tell stories about the people and the events that shaped their lives.

Edge of Tomorrow 02/09/2025

Edge of Tomorrow What's the title of this movie? Who decided to make it a comedy? Why isn't every movie as good as this one? /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/35214435

The Firm 02/02/2025

The Firm Wilford Brimley is the big bad in this twisty legal thriller about a young hotshot lawyer who realizes his new job is a little too good to be true. Hannah and Cameron talk Brimley, Hackman, movies about lawyers, and Holly Hunter's voice. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/35114690

A Few Good Men 01/13/2025

A Few Good Men Tom Cruise and Demi Moore need their friend Kevin Pollak and a conga line of 90s faces to solve the crime at the end of this Aaron Sorkin-penned Rob Reiner film. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/34828765

Valkyrie 12/08/2024

Valkyrie Hannah and Cameron talk Bryan Singer, German history, accents, British thesbians, and more in this episode. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/34338420

Collateral 12/01/2024

Collateral Hannah and Cameron discuss Michael Mann's 2004 film, Cruise's salt and pepper hair, Jamie Foxx as an actor, digital filmmaking, and more. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/34212275

Mission: Impossible III 11/24/2024

Mission: Impossible III Philip Seymour Hoffman smashing the backboard in minute one helps reinvigorate the Mission: Impossible rewatch for Hannah and Cameron, who talk through the JJ Abrams of it all in his feature film directing debut. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/34128436

The Outsiders 11/17/2024

The Outsiders Hannah and Cameron discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film and the extraordinary roster of young stars. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33962132

The Color of Money 11/10/2024

The Color of Money Hannah and Cameron talk Martin Scorsese's only Tom Cruise movie, starring Academy Award-winner Paul Newman and nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. They talk Tom Cruise's earring, minimal vs maximal acting, Scorsese's eighties, and more. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33869032

Top Gun 11/02/2024

Top Gun Hannah and Cameron talk about military commercials, Tony Scott, the legacy of homoerotic readings between Maverick and Iceman, Tim Robbins, Val Kilmer, and more. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33758102

Mission: Impossible II 10/27/2024

Mission: Impossible II Hannah and Cameron discuss the most 2000 movie ever made, with a Mission: Impossible Theme cover by Limp Bizkit and lots of slow-motion doves provided by the Chinese auteur John Woo. Cruise does his best to have chemistry with his female counterpart, but, again, fails to deliver in what is turning out to be his most impossible mission. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33591177

Legend 10/21/2024

Legend Hannah and Cameron talk about Ridley Scott's 1985 flop Legend, the miraculous performance of Tim Curry, Tom Cruise's fantasy-aesthetic, Rob Bottin's unbelievable makeup work, and this film's connection to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings series. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33540952

Tropic Thunder 10/13/2024

Tropic Thunder Hannah and Cameron talk about Robert Downey JR's all-timer performance, Ben Stiller's direction, Tom Cruise's chops as a comedian, and the 2009 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33440692

Risky Business 10/06/2024

Risky Business Hannah and Cameron try to make sense of the dreamlike and melancholy filmmaking of this hijinks-filled satire-drama-romance that sparked the beginning of Cruise's icon status. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33227642

Jack Reacher 09/29/2024

Jack Reacher Hannah and Cameron discuss the 2012 film Jack Reacher directed by Christopher McQuarrie and based on the Lee Child novel "One Shot" We discuss how Reacher can be distinguished from Ethan Hunt, Rosamund Pike's odd career, Robert Duvall in final shootout scenes, and whether Cruise was the right fit for Reacher at all. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33161677

Mission: Impossible 09/22/2024

Mission: Impossible Hannah and Cameron watch Mission: Impossible--the conversation circles around Tom Cruise's star persona, the many twists and turns of the Robert Towne script, what De Palma brings to the table, and more. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33152542

Season 5 Announcement! 09/15/2024

Season 5 Announcement! Cameron and Hannah are back after an extended sabbatical, and they're bringing a whole new season -- Cruise Control /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/33063847

Z3: Zenon 02/25/2024

Z3: Zenon Cetus-Lupeedus? More like Vega-Omega! Zenon is back in this trilogy-capping bit of completely incomprehensible nonsense. Count the Zs in the background, wonder why everybody hates Cassie, and mourn the loss of bully-Margie in this film that posits the ultimate question--is Zenon the most important person in the universe? /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/30098368

Zenon: The Zequel 02/11/2024

Zenon: The Zequel Greg is easy to get over Major, Margie becomes a main character, and everybody else has been recast. Sounds like another disappointment minor from the DCOM sequel (ahem, Zequel) machine. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/29789578

DCOMS - Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century 02/04/2024

DCOMS - Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century Cetus-Lupeedus! The Space-Stay has been inky since Lutz-the-Klutz put that viral disk major into the main memory core. Now it's up to troublemaker Zenon, new boyfriend Greg, and bully Margie to save the day before Microbe (and the hunky leadsinger Proto Zoa) can perform the first ever rock'n'roll concert in space! /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/29789553

DCOMS - Quints 12/10/2023

DCOMS - Quints Have you ever felt neglected by your parents? Was your art teacher super cool? Do you have a genius best friend who seems to be in need of child protective services? Then you may relate to Jamie Grover, sister of the Grover Quints of Milford! /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/29006363

DCOMS - Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off 12/04/2023

DCOMS - Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off Why is Eddy's dad like that? How did he get married? Why are all of Eddy's friends awful? What is the...appeal...of this film? Cameron and Hannah get to the bottom of it in this episode about...what else?...the queer-coded DCOMS of yesteryear. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28925373

DCOMS - A Ring of Endless Light 11/29/2023

DCOMS - A Ring of Endless Light Ryan Merriman, the reigning king of DCOMS, stars in this film about a girl who can talk to dolphins. We talk James Whitmire, Mischa Barton, Dean from Gilmore Girls, and more in this episode. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28846088

DCOMS - The Thirteenth Year 11/21/2023

DCOMS - The Thirteenth Year Ever been a merman? Do mermaids usually have electrical powers? Why is he so sticky? Cameron and Hannah get right down to it. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28746653

DCOMS - Stepsister From Planet Weird 11/12/2023

DCOMS - Stepsister From Planet Weird Is Cosmo Cola a red flag or a green flag? What kind of life does a gasbag live? How would you go about attaining a body if you were a gasbag? Windsurfing is cool. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28600803

DCOMS - Phantom of the Megaplex 11/05/2023

DCOMS - Phantom of the Megaplex Do you have a Movie Mason in your life? What would you do to catch the Phantom of the Megaplex? Are movie theaters dead? Is this movie scary? /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28519619

DCOMS - Can of Worms 10/29/2023

DCOMS - Can of Worms Hannah and Cameron talk about the amazing creature designs and bizarre plot choices of this truly unhinged Disney Channel Original Movie. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28435166

DCOMS - Return to Halloweentown 10/22/2023

DCOMS - Return to Halloweentown Sara Paxton replaces Kimberly J Brown in this fourth entry in the Halloweentown franchise, where the Cromwells continue their reign of terror on the undeserving pumpkinheads of the world. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28382249

DCOMS - Halloweentown High 10/15/2023

DCOMS - Halloweentown High The continued saga of how the Cromwell witches are the architects of their own demise. Cameron and Hannah talk about unusual pacing, unclear political messages, stupid characters, and the ongoing jokes about Grandma Aggie's bags. /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28258859

DCOMS - Halloweentown 2: Kalabar's Revenge 10/08/2023

DCOMS - Halloweentown 2: Kalabar's Revenge Did the Halloweentown set disappear? Can we find it at Gort's house? Do you just have to avoid the word "apart" forever, or is there more to it? Headphones would have been good information for the kids in all the years the grandmother was absent. Has nobody attempted the spell to open the gate...ever? Marnie is a hacker, and Kalabar has a son! /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28227257

DCOMS - Halloweentown 10/01/2023

DCOMS - Halloweentown So begins Hannah and Cameron's coverage of the Halloweentown franchise. How does it work? How old is Aggie? What's the deal with the mom? How does the magic work? /episode/index/show/creativedestructionpodcast/id/28140239

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