Back Look Cinema: The Podcast

Zo considered a strange house in a neighborhood that he happened to be jogging in. There appeared to be some people moving into this house, and they were talking to a person who looked like he was dressed as a utility worker of some sort? The house itself was the oddest thing that Zo had ever seen. It looked like a bunch of glass cubes seemingly merging into each other. The family looked like they were excited about moving in, but Zo got the heebee-jeebies just from looking at it. Best to look away and keep jogging.Episode Chapters00:06:09 Opening Credits for Thir13en Ghosts starring Tony Shaloub, Shannon Elizabeth, Embeth Davidtz and Mathew Lillard00:24:43 Themes and Core Memories of the 2001 film Thir13en Ghosts 00:35:49 Trivia from the haunted house thriller Thir13en Ghosts00:44:41 Critics' Thoughts on Steve Beck's Thir13en Ghosts Links:13 Ghosts (1960) Horror Movie Review | Watching It With ILLUSION-O! Vision!!13 Ghosts: Origins (Official DVD Narration by F. Murray Abraham)  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo finds himself in New Essex, North Carolina. It's a nice sleepy little town. It seems like it would be a nice place to live, but Zo has heard rumors of an ex-convict loose on the town. Talking to most people this man seems to keep to himself. He seems intelligent, polite and generous. Every once in a while he'll even pay for a stranger's order at a restaurant just to be friendly. The rumors persist, though. This man, after all, was convicted of rape and assault; has he been truly rehabilitated? The rumors persist because there is a well-to-do family that seems to be absolutely terrified of him. Why do they fear him? It doesn't seem like he did anything wrong . . . yet.Episode Chapters00:08:04 Opening Credits for Cape Fear starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Land and Juliette Lewis00:27:00 Themes and Core Memories of the 1991 film Cape Fear 00:43:40 Trivia from the suspense thriller Cape Fear 00:54:25 Critics' Thoughts on Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo visits the cool, crisp air in the mountains of the tiny, cozy town of Silver Creek, Colorado. Usually, not much goes on, but this year there's a massive blizzard: phone lines are shut down, roads are closed, travel is hazardous and one of the country's most prominent Victorian romance novel authors is missing. It's famously known that the talented writer Paul Shelton takes his vacations in this sleepy town and Sheriff "Buster" McCain is on the case to see if Sheldon can be found. There's little hope that the case will be solved. The whole area is covered in over a dozen inches of snow for miles around making the search difficult. There are those who assumes that he may have had an unfortunate accident, but hope remains that he may be found alive. Somewhat coincidently Sheldon's new novel, Misery's Child, hits the bookstore. There's not much that Zo can do at this point but settle down and enjoy the latest novel featuring its star character Misery.Episode Chapters00:04:02 Opening Credits for Misery starring James Caan and Kathy Bates00:15:26 Themes and Core Memories of the 1990 film Misery00:37:43 Trivia from the suspense thriller Misery00:48:37 Critics' Thoughts on Rob Reiner's Misery  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo is flung into a future where the potential of your genetics determines your entire life. Your genetic code determines where you go to school, where you work, and how society treats you. If you where genetically modified as a child then you where treated as normal, but if your parents chose natural birth then your entire life was deemed invalid. It seems that humans will always find a way to separate people by class. In Zo's home world those divisions are created by ethnicity, skin color, sex, or sexual orientation. In this new world it's determined only by how perfect your genetic code is. Episode Chapters00:08:02 Opening Credits for Gattaca starring Ethan Hawk, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law00:21:54 Favorite Parts of the 1997 film Gattaca00:40:54 Trivia from the sci-fi mystery noir - Gattaca 00:50:37 Critics' Thoughts on Andrew Niccol's Gattaca LinksBGR.com The Most Scientifically Accurate Sci-Fi Movies, According to NASA  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo had once stayed in the windy city of Chicago in the late 80's. While he was there he heard wild rumors about a cop that had been chasing down a drug kingpin for over ten years. It was said that that cop would use just about any underhanded tactic to bring down this kingpin. Word on the streets was that he had blackmailed some college kid to help infiltrate the kingpin's suspected drug operation. The rumors said that this kid opened up a gallon sized can of Kung Fu Whoop-Ass and beat up everyone in the entire building by himself . . . well, those were the rumors anyway . . .  Episode Chapters00:06:02 Opening Credits for Rapid Fire starring Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Nick Mancuso and Kate Hodge00:20:29 Favorite Parts of the 1992 film Rapid Fire 01:19:39 Trivia from the Kung Fu action movie - Rapid Fire 01:29:35 Critics' Thoughts on Dwight H. Little's Rapid FireBudomate Magazine 2013 Shooting Star Brandon Lee by Samantha Malagre Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo somehow finds himself deep, deep under the surface of the ocean: near the Cayman Trough while America and the Soviet Union have their Cold War. He's aboard the most advanced underwater facility ever constructed. The Navy commandeered the facility to investigate a sunken submarine, but, to Zo, the Navy SEAL officer sent to oversee operations don't appear wrapped to tight. The SEAL's presence only cranks up the tension for the hard working crew as the engineer and designer of this underwater office space is also here. By herself she's messy enough, but she's in the middle of a contentious divorce with this cramp space's commander. There's almost too much drama for comfort, but then designer/engineer starts seeing . . . things. She claims that their are underwater crafts that don't belong to either the U.S. or U.S.S.R. She even suggests that humans may no longer be the most advanced species on Earth. Episode Chapters 00:10:28 Opening Credits for The Abyss starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn 00:21:03 Favorite Parts of the 1989 film The Abyss  01:28:34 Trivia from the Underwater Sci-Fi Adventure - The Abyss  01:39:45 Critics' Thoughts on James Cameron's The Abyss Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo is in the wrong place at the wrong time: in the midst of Russia during an intense moment in World War II or, as the Russians would come to call it: The Great Patriotic War. In a city once known as Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga river the fighting has intensified as Russian civilian fighters and the Soviet Red Army desperately defend their country against the onslaught of the German Nazi war machine. Zo as well as the rest of the citizenry experience their morality weakening day by day, but gradually news of hope appears as a light at the end of a long dark tunnel. People begin to talk about an amazing sniper named Vasily Zaitsev picking off Germans as easily as a child might break sticks. The exploits of Zaitsev bolsters both the citizens of Stalingrad and the hearts of the Red Soldiers and they fight on. Victory in sight.   Episode Chapters 00:09:29 Opening Credits for Enemy at the Gates starring Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz 00:18:08 Favorite Parts of the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates  01:01:46 Trivia from the WWII war drama - Enemy at the Gates  01:12:59 Critics' Thoughts on Jean-Jacques Annaud's Enemy at the Gates Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo is swept up in the excitement of 17th century France and by excitement that means constant war, the threat of public riots and persistent food shortages.  Among all of this upheaval are rumors that three of the most famous of the Musketeers of the Kings Guard have gone rogue; though they've long since retired, many say that these men present a clear and present threat to the Crown and, given how His Royal Subjects feel towards their young King; they would gladly cheer on Anthos, Porthos and Aramis if they did indeed plan to depose the King. There is another rumor that an escape had occurred from one of Frances most secure prisons. It was the escape of a prisoner held with such secrecy that no one knows his identity. Those who believe these rumors refer to him as The Man in the Iron Mask. Episode Chapters 00:08:58 Opening Credits for The Man in the Iron Mask starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne and Anne Parillaud 00:19:20 Favorite Parts of the 1992 film The Man in the Iron Mask  00:48:53 Trivia from the office drama - The Man in the Iron Mask  00:51:16 Critics' Thoughts on James Foley's The Man in the Iron Mask  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo gets a call from a man who's voice was familiar. The man had the demeanor of an old friend who was excited to talk to him. He wanted to catch up, sit down and talk about old times. They agree to meet at the bar and, while the man seemed friendly enough, Zo realized that the stranger isn't actually someone he knew or anyone he remembered meeting. Not wanting to be rude Zo carries on with the meeting with this friendly stranger, who's name was Ricky Roma, over drinks about morality, the future, and if there was something that anyone wanted then they should just take it. They should throw caution to the wind. They should give in to their base impulses because you only live once. You can't miss out on the good things in life because of morality or an abundance of caution because that's an easy way to miss out and get left behind. There is no morality. Ricky Roma then pulls out a brochure extolling the bountiful virtues of the Glengarry Highlands in Florida . . . it is a very tempting offer.     Episode Chapters 00:07:21 Opening Credits for Glengarry Glen Ross starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alin Arkin, Ed Harris 00:15:28 Favorite Parts of the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross  01:14:41 Trivia from the office drama - Glengarry Glen Ross  01:21:23 Critics' Thoughts on James Foley's Glengarry Glen Ross  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.

Zo has had some bad days, but he'd never had days as bad as the end of the world! It started with a localized storm, next there was the largest aircraft he'd ever seen hovering over D.C.. It was so large that he could just barely see it from his apartment all the way in the suburbs of Suitland, Maryland. One would suppose that it was a "UFO", but it was later identified as an honest to goodness extra-terrestrial space craft - one of fifteen that where hovering over major cities all around the world. President Whitmore suggested that we stayed in our home given that the aliens had not made any overtly hostile action. That's utter ridiculousness! It's time to get the Hell up outta here right now! Of all the times a thing like this could happen: it had to happen two days before Independence Day?   Episode Chapters 00:03:53 Opening Credits for Independence Day starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Margaret Colin 00:20:39 Favorite Parts of the 1996 film Independence Day 01:09:42 Trivia from the Sci-Fi Action Adventure film - Independence Day 01:17:47 Critics' Thoughts on Roland Emmerich's Independence Day Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media: Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:Website: www.backlookcinema.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinemaTwitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinemaInstagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinemaThreads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinemaTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaTwitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinemaBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.comBack Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com Again, thanks for listening.