EPISODE · Feb 21, 2025 · 1H 13M
Monkey Shines (1988)
from Everything Actioncast · host Zach Sheets
This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris experience an Experiment In Fear and discuss 1988's Monkey Shines as a new evil monkey hits theaters with The Monkey.Directed by the great George A. Romero, Monkey Shines stars Jason Beghe as Allan Mann, a track star and law student. After being hit by a truck while on a morning run, Allan is left paralyzed from the neck down and in the care of an uncaring nurse and his overbearing mother. His friend Geoffrey offers him Ella, a Capuchin monkey, to act as a service animal, but Geoffrey's ulterior motives are to see if his experiments with injecting human brain tissue into Ella have any effect. Ella and Allan start to develop a telekinetic bond that sees Ella begin to act on Allan's darkest impulses, including murdering people. Zach and Chris try to figure out the toy monkey marketing campaign, why helper monkeys are no longer used in homes, Allan's insane "You slime" monologue to Ella, sleazy Stanley Tucci, and more.You can watch Monkey Shines on PlutoTV, MGM+, and Fubo. Next week, with Reacher back for a third season on Prime Video, we're rewatching the first adaptation of Lee Child's ass-kicking hero, 2012's Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise.We want to hear your comments and feedback. Send them all to [email protected]. Also, let us know your suggestions for movies for us to discuss.Also, subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, & Spotify.Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Bluesky (everythingaction.bsky.social), Threads (@everything.action) and Instagram (@everything.action).
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This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris experience an Experiment In Fear and discuss 1988's Monkey Shines as a new evil monkey hits theaters with The Monkey. Directed by the great George A. Romero, Monkey Shines stars Jason Beghe as Allan Mann, a track star and law student. After being hit by a truck while on a morning run, Allan is left paralyzed from the neck down and in the care of an uncaring nurse and his overbearing mother. His friend Geoffrey offers him Ella, a Capuchin monkey, to act as a service animal, but Geoffrey's ulterior motives are to see if his experiments with injecting human brain tissue into Ella have any effect. Ella and Allan start to develop a telekinetic bond that sees Ella begin to act on Allan's darkest impulses, including murdering people. Zach and Chris try to figure out the toy monkey marketing campaign, why helper monkeys are no longer used in homes, Allan's insane "You slime" monologue to Ella, sleazy Stanley Tucci, and more. You can watch Monkey Shines on PlutoTV, MGM+, and Fubo. Next week, with Reacher back for a third season on Prime Video, we're rewatching the first adaptation of Lee Child's ass-kicking hero, 2012's Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise. We want to hear your comments and feedback. Send them all to [email protected]. Also, let us know your suggestions for movies for us to discuss. Also, subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-actioncast/id368044198?ls=1&mt=2)], Amazon Music, [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9f9a5ed7-32c4-4a81-8b70-8df6c7a59c70/Everything-Actioncast]& Spotify [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9f9a5ed7-32c4-4a81-8b70-8df6c7a59c70/Everything-Actioncast]. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction [https://www.twitter.com/evaction]), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action [https://www.facebook.com/everything.action]), Bluesky (everythingaction.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/everythingaction.bsky.social]), Threads (@everything.action [https://www.threads.net/@everything.action]) and Instagram (@everything.action [https://www.instagram.com/everything.action/]).
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