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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Exploding Helicopter podcast returns!

We're joined by @dougtilley.bsky.social from @cinemasmorgasbord.bsky.social to review THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3 - THE FINAL INSULT (1994).

We discuss the film's bizarre WWE tie-in and an almost unique exploding helicopter. Listen wherever you get your pods!🚁💥📽️🎧

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3h

From THE BLACK SHEEP AFFAIR (1998)

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Drewcifer DIEtsch 🎃 @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 7h

It's 1982. Disney hopes TRON will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

It's 2010. Disney hopes TRON: LEGACY will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

It's 2025. Disney hopes TRON: ARES will be a huge hit and a franchise kickoff. It flops.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 10h

His continued career is bizarre.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 12h

Watched TRON ARES (2025) the 6️⃣9️⃣6️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter.
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My thoughts? Erm, it's a movie...

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 13h

Nice to see some Don the DW content in there!

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

That’s right, and he’s always rowing with Ang.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

Den Of Thieves is on TV so inevitably I've turned over. #BigNickEnergy

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

We got one! TRON ARES (2025) becomes the 9️⃣2️⃣9️⃣th film we've found with an exploding helicopter.
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This is about the most depressing news I've had this year. Now I'm going to have to see this redundant turd.

Thanks - sort of - to @thewykah.bsky.social for the tip-off!

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

Watched DIRTY ANGELS (2024) the 6️⃣9️⃣5️⃣th film I've seen with an exploding helicopter.
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This wasn't Martin Campbell's or Eva Green's best work, but it was a lot better than some of the DTV crud I have to watch.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

Totally agree. It feels a bit old hat.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 2d

Right, I’m off work for the next week so I’m kicking off my break with this. Directed by the best Bond director, Eva Green (woof), and an exploding helicopter.

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DTV Connoisseur @dtvconnoisseur.bsky.social · 2d

New review, "Brute 1976" (2025), starring Adriane McLane and Gigi Gustin, and featuring... a penis drill.
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Matty Budrewicz @mattybudrewicz.bsky.social · 3d

New Schlock Pit, and I’m back bangin’ my David DeCoteau drum again —

Some words on the maestro’s wonderfully weird erotic thriller, DEADLY EMBRACE (1989):

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Deadly Embrace (1989): Three-Way Dance

Matty gets grubby with David DeCoteau’s wonderfully weird erotic thriller.

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Todd Liebenow - Forgotten Filmcast @forgottenfilmz.bsky.social · 4d

Forgotten Filmcast Episode 275: White of the Eye forgottenfilmcast.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/f...

Forgotten Filmcast Episode 275: White of the Eye

It’s October, so we’re going to be focusing on Halloween appropriate films this month. We start things out with the 1987 horror thriller White of the Eye, starring David Keith and Cathy…

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DTV Connoisseur @dtvconnoisseur.bsky.social · 4d

New podcast, episode 231, "Deadly Desire" and 'Illicit Behavior" with Jon Cross from The PM Entertainment Podcast and The After Movie Diner

Jon is back to talk two more Erotic Thrillers, this time starring PM heartthrob Jack Scalia!

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Cinema Smorgasbord @cinemasmorgasbord.bsky.social · 4d

Our look at the filmography of Kiyoshi Kurosawa CONTINUES with SERPENT'S PATH and on this episode we're discussing the controversial (and influential!) 1989 horror film SWEET HOME and the office slasher(?) THE GUARD FROM UNDERGROUND!

Episode 294 – Serpent’s Path: The Films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Sweet Home (1989) & The Guard From Underground (1992) » Cinema Smorgasbord

After a bumpy and controversial start to his career, that bumpiness would continue for Kiyoshi Kurosawa with 1989's SWEET HOME, a unique videogame/film collaboration that is colorful, entertaining and...

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

Did I mention that Robert Duvall's involved in the film?

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 3d

Watched ASSASSINATION TANGO (2002) a hitman travels to Argentina and falls in love with the tango. Robert Duvall directs, Robert Duvall writes, and Robert Duvall stars in this Robert Duvall produced film alongside Robert Duvall's wife.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 5d

Watched THE FIFTH FLOOR (1978) a very peculiar thriller/horror that asks, 'what would a disco-themed version of One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest look like'? It's not particularly good, but the odd vibe and cast - Robert Englund, Anthony James, Bo Hopkins, Mel Ferrer, Earl Boen - keep you watching.

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Snips Movies @snipsmovies.bsky.social · 6d

New on The Schlock Pit today is Matty's in-depth look at Wes Craven's SUMMER OF FEAR (1978).

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Summer of Fear (1978): Any Witch Way Wes Can

Matty hexes lyrical about a mid yet quietly important film in horror master Wes Craven’s canon.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 7d

You know, I’ve never actually seen Boogie Nights. But you look at the body of work and he’s an ass literally ever time.

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there are longer films I really love but this story doesn’t need to be this long.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 7d

It was bad enough on my tv. I dead to think what it looked like on a cinema screen.

Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 7d

The other thing about this is the CGI. It’s shocking. An embarrassment to all involved.

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Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.social · 7d

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