VIA VHS Podcast

80s music was dominated by hair metal, power pop, and corporate driven synthesizer sell out garbage (that I love the sh*t out of) But in this time of soulless capitalistic Huey Lewis cheesiness, a movie was released that celebrated the roots of so much of modern American music, the Blues. Crossroads is an amazing journey of blues discovery told as a road trip adventure, with just enough supernatural elements to live up to the mythos and folklore that surrounds Blues music. Starring Ralph Macchio during the height of his Karate Kid fame, Crossroads is a forgotten 80s gem that didn’t sell out. So travel down to the Delta with us as we review Crossroads (1986) Crossroads IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090888/ For a rad multimedia experience, check us out on all platforms here: viavhs - Listen on YouTube, Spotify - Linktree Check out all of Spencer’s cool work including the Pizza Boyz Comic and the Old Man Orange Podcast here: Old Man Orange Podcast, Pizza Boyz Comics, Drunk Batman Comedy, & Multi-Media Fun! - Old Man Orange Blog

Sam Raimi makes his way to our Rewind Review film list with this Sharon Stone lead 90s Western, The Quick and the Dead. Co-starring Gene Hackman, this film is bolstered by an amazing cast, including two future Hollywood A-Listers before they were household names in Leonardo Dicaprio  and Russell Crowe. The Quick and the Dead certainly has it's own unique flavor, but is it all style and no substance? Wes and Spencer shar their somewhat opposing views and this 90s Cult Western.

Sandwiched between Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Hook, Spielberg brought us an 80s remake of ‘A Guy Named Joe’ in a movie titled Always. Out of all the films in the peak decades of Spielberg’s career, Always  may be the most forgotten, least discussed and certainly least celebrated. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, Holly Hunter and even Audrey Hepburn in her last ever film appearance, Wes and Spencer discuss weather or not this film is a hidden Spielberg gem, or does it belong at the bottom of the barrel?

As we enter a tumultuous 4th of July holiday here in the United States, we offer some Patriotic revisionist Chicken Soup for the history buff''s soul in Roland Emmerich and Mel Gibson's The Patriot.

Wes and Spencer travel to the Deep South for some deep fried biker action in this episode of the VIA VHS Podcast. NFL burnout and 80s steroid icon Brian Bosworth takes on a dangerous, greasy, drug dealing group of racist bikers, who somehow pull the hottest women around into their group. It must be the meth? The Boz has to take them down into this Grade A trailer park action flick Stone Cold. Oh, yeah almost forgot, Mullets….lots of Mulets!

An 80s cultural phenomenon! Top Gun captivated audiences with it’s action, style, music, charisma and…homo-erotic tension. With the highly anticipated (by us) sequel Top Gun: Maverick hitting theaters in just a week, we go back to the Danger Zone with Goose, Maverick, Ice Man, Wes and Spencer to relive the the all time classic Top Gun!

Wes dips his toes for the first time into the world of anime with this delightfully bizarre and strangely artistic space fantasy called Space Adventure Cobra!

In this episode of VIA VHS Rewind Review revisit the 1997 comic book action film Spawn. Major childhood disappointment or unfairly judged classic?

Spencer and Wes get all oiled up and ready to discuss this muscly man, action flick about arm wrestling and…child custody disputes? Anyways, we are looking back on the  Canon produced, Sylvester Stallone dud Over the Top in this week’s Rewind Review

From the Schlockmaster Supreme Roger Corman comes one of the dumbest films we’ve ever seen, Avalanche. Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow Star in this cinematic excrement from 1978 and we endured a viewing just to tell you what we think.