DTVC Monologue, "Cop Out"

In this episode I'm joined once again by Chris "The Brain" Kacvinsky from Bulletproof Action, and this time we're doing some Olivier Gruner with "Savage." Before that though, we discuss Gruner a bit and where he sits among DTV stars, and ones who meant to follow Jean-Claude Van Damme. Then we get stuck in on "Savage," which not only has Gruner, but a bunch of other names we recognize. We enjoyed the movie overall, but there was a certain song that almost ruined it for us.You can find Chris and Bulletproof Action at bulletproofaction.com, and the Bulletproof Action podcast on most major podcatchers.For Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, who does our theme song, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/Buy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseurMain site: dtvconnoisseur.blogspot.comFor my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.comAnd you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com

In this DTVC Monologue I give my thoughts on "Cop Out," the 2010 action comedy directed by Kevin Smith. I get into a bit about my history with Smith's films, and how "Clerks" got me into more indie films overall. Then I discuss "Cop Out," and try to make sense of something that didn't make sense to me. Finally, I look at how this film may have affected Smith's career overall.For Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/For my books, go to my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.com/Buy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseur⁠⁠And you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com

In this episode Sean Malloy of "I Must Break This Podcast" is back, and we're discussing another Van Damme DTV flick, 2015's "Pound of Flesh," the third of three films he did with Ernie Barbarash. This was unique to "Assassination Games" and "6 Bullets," because we could see where the budgets for DTV movies had fallen off, and where the current state of DTV action was beginning.Episode 274, "6 Bullets": https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Vz3LHPDbVPHpDoNqBmYBv?si=NhazFbyUQhuPIYVQg-zguAEpisode 262, "Assassination Games": https://open.spotify.com/episode/1EhJdvhw2ZwpML8OwWgP72?si=Lt875Y8dSZWyWaIKx-pVJwFor Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/Buy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseurFor my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.com/⁠⁠And you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com

In this DTVC Monologue I give my thoughts on the passing of Patrick Stewart, and what his career meant to me, between Start Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men films. With ST: TNG, it's more about how he brought me into Star Trek as a whole; as opposed to X-Men, where I was already a fan, and his performances only enhanced that.For my episode on Fox's Mutant Movies: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7n1s0GrapwqLwXiIcW0MY9?si=uvMDVbiMQ2aznT4Z3XRZVAFor Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/For my books, go to my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.com/Buy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseur⁠⁠And you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com

It's our Halloween episode, I'm joined by Freddie Young from Full Moon Reviews as we look at "Maniac Cop 2". We start with the first 90 minutes or so looking at the year in movies so far, especially what we think will happen with "You Can See Everything" and some of the other current releases, and then where we think things will go with the Christmas blockbusters. Then with "Maniac Cop 2," we talk about how much we enjoyed this film, why it worked so well, and where it ranks among the three Maniac Cop films.You can find Freddie at Full Moon Reviews: http://www.fullmoonreviews.net.For last year's Halloween episode on Maniac Cop: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5H6GlPyELoDygIqFrWXkR7?si=Nvz6kATsSZK-1yfhNBXDoAFor Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/Buy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseurFor my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.comAnd you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com

In this DTVC Monologue I give a quick 25-minute take on the breakout action sensation "The Furious," which is now available to stream on Starz. Spoiler alert, I loved it, and I get into why. I also shine a spotlight on a DTV star in the film, look at what the ceiling is for movies like this, and do a mini rant on the whole trafficking thing in action movies.For the Diablo episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OjoFWW03obezvRR9CCKG1?si=69RAMb9eQXC9-vh_7hCNiAFor Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/For my books, go to my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.com/Buy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseur⁠⁠And you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com

Ty from Comeuppance Reviews is back for his monthly spot on the pod as we continue our "On the Skids" series with "Keitel on the Skids." Our first film is "Paradox Effect," which also stars Olga Kurylenko, and the poor man's Statham from "Wire Room." Our second one is the long-awaited "The Wrecker," which was directed by Art Camacho, and stars a bunch of returning champions. Finally, our spotlight on a fight looks at the end fight between Stallone and Armand Assante in "Judge Dredd."For Morgy on the Skids: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3hJVvTUubZnBzYj6sAvc66?si=ADbrAmseR22KU54Bg2GlwgFor Malki on the Skids: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vLHHUCysOFOxPevFCUkaV?si=impDsl_7SNmYI6S0B_TPQAFor the Letterboxd list of the movies Ty and I have covered, you can go here: https://boxd.it/oXfLm You can find Ty at ⁠⁠comeuppancereviews.net⁠⁠, or on the Comeuppance Reviews podcast, which you can subscribe to on most major podcatchers.For Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, the writer of our theme song, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/Support the DTVC on Buy Me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseurFor my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.comAnd you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com

"DTVC Extra" are shorter solo episodes that I'll be posting on some weeks in addition to the main podcast. In this episode I look at the three live action Street Fighter movies. In the first segment, I talk about my history with the video game, and then get into 1994's "Street Fighter," how my friends and I didn't have great expectations for it, but we wanted to see Van Damme. I also talk about how this affected Van Damme's career, but maybe not the way we think. In the second segment I talk about the much maligned "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li." I didn't dislike it, and I think it's perhaps because it feels like a good DTV actioner. In the third segment I talk about the newest movie, which I saw in the theater yesterday. It was a movie I was hoping would be great, did it live up to expectations? Finally, in the fourth segment I talk about my first novel, "Chad in Accounting," giving some background on how I came up with the initial idea, how the story evolved, and how I learned that writing the books might be the easiest part of self-publishing novels. For Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/"Chad in Accounting": https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085GG96QRFor my other books, go to my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.com/Buy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseur⁠⁠And you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com

We're joined once again by Mitch from the Video Vacuum, and this time we're doing a little movie autopsy as we look at "Bad Bizness" aka "More Mercy," and we try to see where the first director, Albert Pyun, ends, and the second director, Jim Wynorski, begins; but also where do Fred Olen Ray and Andrew Stevens come into this? Before that though, we talk about at Mitch's new book, "The Video Vacuum Strikes Back."For Mitch's "Fateful Findings" episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SbP3xaFGVjDWuKP429vaP?si=pCyGfjXJRCC2aiN4qZO88wFor Mitch's "Champagne and Bullets" episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kQf6hYeYOlAIB1NrHbCKl?si=PkgvOkshTHyM2Uc5sEjqwgYou can find The Video Vacuum at ⁠https://thevideovacuum.blogspot.com/⁠ And his latest book, The Video Vacuum Strikes Back! which is available now for pre-sale before it's released on August 17th here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2BWQCRQLooking for something for Spooky Season? Check out Mitch's Bloody Book of Horror! https://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Book-Horror-Mitch-Lovell/dp/1542566622/For Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/For my author website, go here: www.matthewpoirierauthor.comBuy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseurAnd you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com/

Todd Liebenow from Forgotten Filmcast and Cartoon Breakdown is back, and this time we're continuing our look at the Strike Commando films with "Strike Commando II." Before that though, we discuss Todd's newest podcast show, Cartoon Breakdown, and some of the cartoons he's discussed so far. Then with "Strike Commando II" we try to make sense of why this was made, why it has Richard Harris, why we had so much fun with it. For our discussion on the first film: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WFE26ghWAywaGnY0A1Js5?si=aDJwSdzwTLa-Hk0OZOWz7gYou can find the Forgotten Filmcast on iTunes or other major podcatchers, or here: https://forgottenfilmcast.wordpress.com/And Cartoon Breakdown is on iTunes and other major podcatchers as well.For Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures, the writer of our theme song, you can listen on Spotify, or go here for his Bandcamp https://miscplumbingfixtures.bandcamp.com/For my author website, go here: ⁠⁠https://www.matthewpoirierauthor.comBuy me a coffee! buymeacoffee.com/dtvconnoisseurFor the DTVC Substack: https://dtvconnoisseur.substack.com/And you can grab our DTVC merch at our Threadless, ⁠⁠⁠https://dtvconnoisseur.threadless.com