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Won't you please join your hosts Darren and Duncan as they welcome back into the fold, Dylan Rhymer, as they sit back, have a few frosty ones and pay tribute to the late and certainly great, Dolly Parton, with her film debut 1980s, 9 to 5! Not only do we chat about the groundbreaking comedy and Dolly's amazing contribution to making the world a better place but you get to hear Darren rail against motion smoothing and how it may have ended his relationship with his brother. Darren also gets his mom high. Duncan warns about the dangers of garage door openers and Nancy Reagan's famous oral skills (yes you read that right). Good times guaranteed (no actual guarantee). Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Pop a cold one, sit back and listen in as Darren, Duncan and Josie chat about the 1980 B-Movie extravaganza, Humanoids From The Deep! Why do these mutant fishmen want to mate with regular human women? Why is Doug McClure so beefy? What's up with inter-species sex? Fish-sticks? Darren wearing lingerie? Why so many terrible beaches and so much nudity? These and other questions may or may not be answered in this scintillating episode of the Black Dog After Dark podcast! Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Duncan and Darren are joined by the singing electrician, Sam Dulmage, as they travel deep into the jungle on a perilous journey to bring you William Friedkin's 1977 under-seen classic, Sorcerer! Sit back and let the grime, danger and excitement wash over you (despite an unnerving lack of actual wizards in this film), accompanied by a sweet Tangerine Dream score. Also listen in as Duncan spills yet another beer, we talk about hazardous working conditions, going on the lam and dangerous travel adventures. Please enjoy responsibly. 

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It’s our 150th episode! Woah! 

Won’t you please join your hosts, Dylan, Duncan and Darren as they touch their inner scarred children with 1982’s The Secret of NIMH! It’s our first foray into animated films and one that Dylan has been badgering us to do for 8 years. We also dig deep into the pros and cons of inter-species sex, Dylan’s uncomfortable infatuation with Mrs Brisby, animals that wear clothes and Dylan has a really big announcement! 

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Please join your hosts, Dylan, Duncan and Darren as they travel into the heart of darkness and get down with a talking gorilla that drinks martinis, killer mutant apes, diamond fueled laser guns, a volcano, a leach on a guys dick, 2 plane crashes, hungry hungry hippos, Jimmy Buffet's mustache, inappropriate relationships and a guy named Herkemer Homolka! Yes, you guessed it, we watched 1995's Congo! Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Won't you please join Darren, Duncan and Josie as they drive a car off a bridge and into the world of Richard Rush's 1980 cult classic, thriller, comedy, drama, existential what-have-you of a film known as The Stunt Man! Peter O'Toole! Steve Railsback! Barbara Hershey! Peanut butter! Tron! What does is it all mean? Tune in and please enjoy responsibly. 

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Please join your hosts, Dylan, Duncan and Darren as they journey back to that fabulous movie year of 1982 for the amazing action/comedy gem, 48 Hrs. Tune in to not only hear Dylan's hilarious Nick Nolte impersonation, but he also regales us with his crazy and hysterical Nick Nolte story. You won't believe it! Or you might! Also on the docket is our love for fresh produce and baguettes in movies and what the sequel should have been called.

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Won't you please join the 3-Ds, Duncan, Dylan and Darren, as we trip out over the 1980 colour-drenched, Queen rockin', overly horny, ridiculously wonderful, camp classic cheese dream, Flash Gordon! 

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Please join your hosts Dylan, Duncan, and Darren (3-D) as they travel way back to the year 1954 to fight giant atomic ants in the classic big bug movie, Them! We also done did some learnin' on this episode  - we learned a fancy new word to go along with some extracurricular English lessons, more facts about ants (and other animals as well) then we ever wanted to know and some trivia about Evil Knievel! Tune in before it’s too late and the ants finally take over. Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Please join your hosts, Darren, Duncan and old Alex as they dip back into the 1980s action franchises with the first installment of the Remo Williams series, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins! And ends as it began and ended with this one film. Why Fred Ward? Why Joel Grey in embarrassing makeup? Why the super smart Dobermans? Why did we watch soap operas back in the day? Why was Dylan missing in action? All of these questions and more may, or may not, be answered in this episode of the Black Dog Video After Dark podcast! Please enjoy responsibly. 

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1982. It was a very good year…for movies! Please join Dylan, Duncan and Darren as they get in the 3-D way-back machine and set the dials for the heart of 1982! Much like our previous “9 from 1999” special, here’s “8 from 1982” (I wanted to do 82 from 82 but was voted down), a look back at our favourite films released in that incredible year and where we were as young, impressionable movie going fans. Please enjoy responsibly. 

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It’s celebration day! The time of year when Hollywood pats itself on the back and hands out gaudy gold trophies to (mostly) deserving films and the people that make them. Please join The Black Dog After Dark Podcast for our first annual Academy Awards talk episode! Listen to Duncan, Dylan and Darren talk all things Oscar, lay some money down, discuss what Hamnet might be about, suggest what to do with your Frankenstein raw chicken and parlay what films deserved to win, and which did not. And apologies to all you Sentimental Values fans out there. Enjoy the show!

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Please join Duncan, Darren and Josie as they strap on their headlamps, have a couple of beers and ignite their flamethrowers as they descend into the sewers of 1984 New York City to hang with the C.H.U.D.s! We marvel at the fact we have never done this CHUDtastic opus before, we contemplate dog suicide and enjoy all the sweaty armpits on display! And stick around post show to hear how the podcast sausage is made (may or may not include Duncan singing the Big Red theme song). Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Please join Duncan and Darren as they welcome back to the podcast, Mr. Sam Dulmage, as they venture into the past to revisit the video game/space opera oddity from 1984, The Last Starfighter! Not only do you get us three gents, but Dylan Rhymer crashes the party as well after not having watched the film! Duncan does a swell Columbo! We green-light a remake! Why analog and practical effects will always be better than cgi! A saucy joke that has no origin (was discussed before we started recording) and Venus needs studs! All this and more on the latest episode of the Black Dog Video After Dark Podcast! Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Please join your hosts, Dylan, Duncan and Darren as they pay tribute to one of the funniest people ever to walk the earth, Canada's own Catherine O'Hara! We discuss Waiting for Guffman among all the other wonderful moments and projects she was involved with. We debate what is the best film in the Christopher Guest fake documentary trilogy (although there are 4 films) and you get to hear us sing Midnight at the Oasis and Stool Boom! Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Darren, Duncan and Dylan crack a brewski and discuss the year 2025 in film. What was the best? The worst? The most average? SHOCKING disagreements! SCANDALOUS agreements! FLABBERGASTING revelations! 

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Please join your hosts, Dylan, Duncan and Darren as they discuss the sad passing of Rob Reiner and his incredible body of work with a special look at 1985's summer romance road- trip comedy, The Sure Thing. Also on board are Darren's failed attempts to pronounce Daphne Zuniga's name and the fine art of shotgunning a beer. Please enjoy responsibly. 

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We thought we may have lost this amazing episode to the gremlins or the ghosts in the machine. But as luck would have it things worked out and we are giving you a lovely New Years treat! Please join Alex and Duncan as they make Darren watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show for the first time ever! It was an experience! Revel in the Herculean effort Darren endured getting to the show! Listen as Alex has a bone to pick with an absent Dylan! Listen as Darren regrets asking Alex to sing! Listen as Duncan is amazed at the lint trap that is Alex’s brain (sometimes even contains fruit!). All this plus more wonderful content on this episode of the Black Dog Video After Dark Podcast! Please enjoy responsibly. 

*note* this episode was originally recorded just before Halloween. Hope it still holds up.

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Please join Dylan, Duncan and Darren (3-D!) as we breakout the holiday moonshine, get the fatted calf in the fire, disparage capitalism and tuck into Frank Capra’s 1946 Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life…and drink! It’s a holiday to remember! It’s also time to think about what it might be like to be murdered by Jimmy Stewart, who thought a retractable gymnasium floor was a good idea, Cornflake snow and Christian side hugs (among many other things)! Please enjoy responsibly and have a lovely, festive holiday! 

Merry Christmas movie house! Merry Christmas vape shop!

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It's that time of the year again! - Festive Holiday Christmas Movies Season! And here we are with one of two fabulous Christmas themed films for you to gather round the yule log with! Join Alex, Josie and Darren as we slip on our 1970s best holiday attire, snuggle under the mistletoe, pour some spiked nog and dig into 1978's Canadian Crime Caper Christmas Classic, The Silent Partner...and drink! Some sweet bonus content includes, cheery Canadian money, no budget for bras, tortuous Christmas music and what's a Cabbagetown! Hope you enjoy this responsibly! Tis the season. 

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Won’t you please join Duncan, Alex and Darren as we sit down, pop a few cold ones and slash our way through Russell Mulcahy’s 1986, bizzarro swords and trench coat epic Highlander…and drink! There can be only one! But that’s not all! Duncan provides a geography/history lesson on the castles of Scotland, Darren appreciates the little things – comfortable footwear, cold sores and a good nights sleep, soul-crushing sequels and was everyone on New York city listening to Queen in 1986? So, hike up your kilt, enjoy some candy and raise a sword to Highlander! Please enjoy responsibly.

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In this episode of the Black Dog Video After Dark Podcast, we got the band back together (Dylan, Darren and old Alex!) to sit down, enjoy a few cold ones and yak about Philip Kaufman's 1978 masterpiece of terror and paranoia, Invasion of the Body Snatchers...and drink. It's our second of two Shocktober classics to celebrate the best month of the year. Also included are such diversions as Darren apologizing to Art Hindle for an unwarranted sleight many years ago, what to do if your woman is poached (or is it pouched), where does one get a nifty Leonard Nimoy psychiatrist finger-glove, and are today's MAGA actually pod people? So sit back, pop a frosty one and dig in! And, as always, please enjoy responsibly. 

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Buckle up for a wild ride as Dylan, Duncan and Darren (3-D!) take you on a scary journey into the world of John Carpenter’s 1983, car that’s a jerk movie, Christine! Is she really Bad to the Bone? You know the answer. What I bet you didn’t know the answer to is what it takes to make a bee merkin! Or is John Carpenter really Canadian and should he be on our money? Or what’s the best nickname for a bully; Woozy, Felchy, Poochy or Munchie? Or what is a Slanket? Also, what are the possibilities of a bio-engineered car centaur? These and many other questions may or may not be answered on the latest edition of the Black Dog Video After Dark Podcast! Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Lots of things happening at Vancouver's fabulous Rio Theatre in this fine month of October, including the Vancouver International Film Festival and a little something called The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Tune in and check out! 

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Dylan and Darren are joined by local radio and voice-over legend, Martin Strong, as we enjoy a couple of pops and lovely chat about one Charles Robert Redford, his career as a movie star, director, producer and environmentalist and his star-studded, 1992 techno/thriller/comedy extravaganza, Sneakers! But that's not all - dig into such sweet bonus content as, ghosts playing baseball, classic hacker tropes, our love for Stephen Tobolowsky and what movies were like in pre-fascist America. Tune in, drop out and turn onto the Black Dog After Dark podcast! Please enjoy responsibly. 

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In this very special episode of the Black Dog Video After Dark podcast we thought that we'd try something a little different! Instead of reviewing one film, we thought we'd do one year! We picked the year 1999 as it was a particularly excellent year for movies. So we each grabbed our top 9 films from that year (also recorded on the 9th day of the 9th month - woah) to chat about. In addition to this fun, you get to enjoy Dylan's Ethel Merman/Tragically Hip impersonation as well as his tales of his own personal fight club. Duncan either forgot what year we were doing or what movie he liked. Good times to be found here! Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Who doesn't love a good (bad) 'when animals attack' movie? We sure do! The proof is in this pudding right here! Join Duncan, Darren and special guest, Sam Dulmage, as we venture into the forest for a gander at the environmental disaster epic, Day of the Animals! Also, enjoy our rundown of 1970s stock movie characters and Duncan's uncanny owl impersonations. We ask the questions, just how old is that 12 year-old and is this film an allegory for the Vietnam war? And of course, a shirtless Leslie Nielson fights a bear! Please enjoy responsibly! 

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Duncan and Darren welcome Sr Programmer for the Rio Theatre, Rachel Fox, to the program to discuss all the fabulous entertainment that will be on display at Vancouver's own Rio Theatre for the month of September. Tune in and get your butts down there for good times guaranteed! 

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Join Darren as he welcomes Amanda and Josie back to the podshow to have a couple of pops and discuss Martin Scorsese's 1985 lost in New York, wonderfully weird comedy, After Hours! Not only that but we tackle such important issues as why is AI doing art instead of menial jobs, how long can a person stay awake, how to get an nickname in the army and Darren struggles with common idioms. Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Please join the gang from the Black Dog Video After Dark Podcast as we preview what's up and coming for the month of August at Vancouver's fabulous Rio Theatre! Lots of great movies and live performances to let you in on. Also check in periodically with the Rio's calendar on their website as they're always adding more amazing things! 

See you at the Rio!

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Before history! Beyond imagination! It’s 1981’s Clash of the Titans! Please join Dylan, Duncan and me, Darren (3-D!) as we enjoy a few cold ones to wash down the dusty, smoky palate of this star-studded relic featuring the outstanding stop-motion work of one Ray Harryhausen! Also on the menu, Medusa guest spots, the Pat Roach fan club (no, not that Pat Roach!), Dylan sustains an injury, perhaps he has angered the gods? Find out on the latest episode of the Black Dog Video After Dark Podcast! 

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Please welcome Dylan, Duncan and Darren into your ears as we sit down, have a couple of drinks and discuss 1984's un-classifiable star-studded, weirdo, wonder-extravaganza that is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! Not only that but you can enjoy Duncan's impersonations of John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd and Benito Mussolini! Tell us what your "John" name might be! Find out all you need to know about slug sex and more! Please enjoy responsibly.

*note* Rowdy Roddy Piper was not in the film Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo. Darren mixed him up with Howard Hessman, as one is wont to do. 

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Join Dylan and Duncan as they welcome back to the show local funny fellow, Paul Anthony (Darren was away on a secret mission that he chose to accept), as they dig into the woefully under-seen Canadian comedy classic, The Wrong Guy! Bonus content includes; who is Boyd Banks and can you please stop saying Boyd Banks, the Colm Feore fan club and Dylan loses his marbles trying to think of a Canadian movie set in Canada. Enjoy responsibly and Happy Canada Day!

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Join Dylan and Darren as they welcome Jeff the Barber back to the show to enjoy a couple of cold ones and discuss Alex Cox's 1984 punk rock classic Repo Man! What is the repo code? Who was the Cookie Crisp Wizard? Can Dylan decide if he likes or dislikes the movie? What are the greatest swearing overdubs of all-time? Why didn't Pretty in Pink hook up with Ducky? All these, plus many other questions will or may be answered in this hilarious episode of the Black Dog After Dark Podcast!

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Join Dylan, Duncan and Darren as we have a few pops and tuck into the 1975 dystopian roller-skating and motorcycle carnage classic, Rollerball! Enjoy Duncan’s in-depth history of roller derby, movie posters and Bob Ross! Find out which one of us didn’t care that much for the film (hint, it’s not the guy wearing the Rollerball T-shirt!) **note** we recorded this episode a few weeks back but then Darren went on vacation and Dylan enrolled himself in a Zeppelin piloting course, so apologies for the delay in getting this one posted (also a few things have changed in the real world since recording this, can you guess what they might be?). Please enjoy responsibly. 

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Dylan, Darren and Duncan have a drink and spiral into the unique psychological horror of Jacob's Ladder... and drink. Digressions include LSD trips, Tim vs Toms Robbins and the US Postal Service. 

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Darren, Duncan and Dylan "straighten the rug" and discuss 1984's surreal comedy masterpiece Top Secret!... and drink. We take a look back on the diverse career of Val Kilmer. 

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Duncan, Josie and Darren drink and travel to darkest Romania to take up residence in The Keep, Michael Mann's forgotten horror/sc-fi demon vs Nazi misfire from 1983...and drink. 

 Will Josie's dablings in alchemy help save us? Are there bathrooms in The Keep? Are you up for a mortal experience in the tantric sex realm? These questions and others may or may not be answered in this edition of the Black Dog After Dark Podcast!

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Darren and Dylan are joined by Marty McFly expert Adam Pateman to drink a Pepsi Perfect and discuss Back To The Future Part II...and drink. Digressions include the 80's, the time travel causation loops (Dylan is obsessed) how many Biffs is too many Biffs? RIP George McFly, died March 15, 1973...

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Darren is joined by Duncan Shields and Alex Chisholm to enjoy some whale watching, have a couple of drinks and discuss the 1977 Jaws-inspired nonsense that is Orca. Listen in as we learn all sorts of things Orca (plus bonus knowledge)! We also discuss the joy of animal attack films and we revel in Alex's inspired Richard Harris/Jay Hamburger tribute. Enjoy!

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Darren is joined by Josie and Amanda to drink some fresh, warm red wine and discuss the 1994 star-studded suck fest Interview With The Vampire... and drink. Digressions include recipes for rat, vampire bathrooms and how stinky is Brad Pitt? 

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It's a sombre episode as Duncan, Darren and Dylan drink and celebrate the master himself, David Lynch. RIP, oh strange one. 

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Dylan, Darren and Duncan raise a glass of bubbly to the films of the year. The good, the great and the grating.... and drink.

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Darren, Josie and Dylan raise a tipple of holiday cheer and unwrap Ben Affleck's Christmas crime caper Reindeer Games... and drink. Is this movie terrible? How terrible is it? Merry Christmas everybody! Ho ho ho?

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Dylan, Darren and Duncan drink and discuss 1990's brain-bending action flick Total Recall... and drink. Digressions include mutants, first dates and Darren still can't pronounce Paul Verhoeven's name.
 
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Dylan, Darren and some brave volunteers had a drink and watched 5 Final Destination movies in one sitting... and drank. We raised over $1000.00 for the Vancouver Food Bank! Well done you!

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Dylan and Darren are joined by Jeff (who wrote our theme music!) to drink and discuss the 80's vampire classic The Lost Boys... and drink. Digressions include old skool wrestlers, video store memories and murder cities.
 
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Darren, Dylan & Alex drink and get creepy with 1979's horror classic(?) The Amityville Horror... and drink. Digressions include Dartmouth NS, cigars are gross and the pros and cons of living in a murder house.

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Special guest Paul Anthony joins Dylan and Darren to drink and discuss Dennis Hopper's Vancouver-centric punk tribute Out of the Blue... and drink. Digressions include vanishing Vancouver, greasy spoons and the pros and cons of working at the dump.

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Dylan and Darren drink and discuss 1996's cow-flinging windy disaster flick Twister... and drink. We also discuss present-day blockbuster Twisters. Digressions include Dylan's dislike for theatre seats, Darren's boss 80's clothes and Tornado Alley vs Nightmare Alley. Please enjoy responsibly. 

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