'King Kong' (1976) with BJ Colangelo
A season dedicated to giant monster movies concludes with the return of the king: King Kong (the seventies version)
The Laser Age—10 posts
‘Godzilla vs. Biollante’ with Katie Rife
Our series about giant monsters (and plants) continues with a 1989 movie that helped cement Godzilla's comeback (in parts of the world, at least).
‘Night of the Lepus’ with Jordan Hoffman
What's more terrifying than giant rabbits? Well, just about everything. Nevertheless, this film still exists.
The Laser Age: ‘Mighty Joe Young’ with Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa
On this episode, film studies professor Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa joins the show to talk about 'Mighty Joe Young,' a 1949 companion piece to 'King Kong' starring Kong's kinder cousin.
The Laser Age: ‘Them!’ with Dan McCoy
A five-episode season dedicated to giant animals kicks off with a visit from The Flop House's Dan McCoy and a discussion of the '50s giant-ant classic 'Them!'
The Laser Age: 'RoboCop' with Donna Bowman
In 1987 director Paul Verhoeven offered his gleaming, blood-drenched vision of the future of law enforcement, and the future of America. Donna Bowman joins the show to discuss its political prescience and religious subtext.