Friday, March 31, 2017

Watching With Strangers - Episode 10: WILLOW (1988)

After a week off, Kevin and I are back with the big episode 10 of WATCHING WITH STRANGERS! This week, we tackle the 1988 Ron Howard directed cult classic WILLOWA much maligned flick by critics, we make the case for why WILLOW is more of a misunderstood masterpiece than a blatant ripoff of better fantasy fare from the 70s and 80s. I struggle with this week’s 6 degrees of Fred Dekker and Kevin just can’t seem to get enough of Val Kilmer, shirtless. Download the podcast FREE on iTunes, Stitcher and PocketCast... or, listen directly here.

Monday, March 20, 2017

"Pop Chaos" Acrylic Paint on Cardboard Jigsaw Puzzle

"Pop Chaos" Acrylic Paint on Cardboard Jigsaw Puzzle

This one took me several months to complete, randomly selected individual pieces from a bag and hand-painting each one with it's own abstract image to finally be combined at the end. It was a risky project, as I intentionally did not plan out how they would all go together, instead numbering the backs so I knew how the puzzle was meant to fit together and painting at random. I would only know how everything fit together once it was completed.

Friday, March 17, 2017

Watching With Strangers - Episode 9: BLIND FURY (1989)

WATCHING WITH STRANGERS returns with episode number 9! This week Kevin and I talk about the 1989 Rutger Hauer action comedy BLIND FURY! I definitely like this flick a lot more than Kevin does, which leads to some very interesting back and forth in which Travis schools Kevin about the source material that BLIND FURY is based on, and the two movie nerds geek out about the absolutely dreadful martial arts movie GYMKATA (which shares its writer with BLIND FURY.) Download the podcast FREE on iTunes, Stitcher and PocketCast... or, listen directly here.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Watching With Strangers - Episode 8: OUT FOR JUSTICE (1991)

It’s time to take a trip back to the 90s this week on WATCHING WITH STRANGERS as Kevin and I hit the mean streets of Brooklyn, New York in our review of the Steven Segal/William Forsythe classic OUT FOR JUSTICE! We swap crazy stories about ole Steve and lovingly send up the career of one of the more eccentric man-movie action heroes of that bygone era. If you’re a fan of the 80s/90s action hero genre, you’re not gonna want to miss this one! Download the podcast for FREE on iTunes, Stitcher and PocketCast... or, listen directly here.

Friday, March 3, 2017

Watching With Strangers - Episode 7: A BOY AND HIS DOG (1975)

We’ve got a weird one for you this week, gang! Watching With Strangers returns for the first week of March 2017 with a review of the Harlan Ellison classic A BOY AND HIS DOGIf you haven’t seen this Don Johnson flick and you love weird movies, you’re definitely missing out! As far as post-apocalyptic movies go, this one is totally bonkers. Not in a nonsensical action sort of way, more like bat-shit crazy storytelling. Download the podcast for FREE on iTunes, Stitcher and PocketCast... or, listen directly here.