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BACK 2 THE BALCONY
by Antonio Palacios and Justin Henson
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert - two titans of cinematic review. Sometimes right, sometimes wrong - but always captivating. Your hosts Antonio Palacios (host of THE CULTWORTHY CINEMA PODACST) and Justin Henson ( host of THE MOVIE WIRE PODCAST) - are here to take you BACK TO THE BALCONY!! Each week we will discuss a film from the 70's, 80's and 90's in order to determine where we stand with the critique of this infamous television duo. Be sure to tune in each week - don't forget to like, rate and subscribe to our show! Visit THE CULTWORTHY: https://thecultworthy.com/ Visit THE MOVIE WIRE: https://www.themoviewire.com/
Episodes
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#142 -IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS!
This week we cover the John Carpenter horror classic - IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS! The third and final chapter in John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy (along with THE THING and PRINCE OF DARKNESS), IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS is the only film out of those three that remains divisive among audiences. We...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#141 - CAT'S EYE!
This week we discuss the 1985 horror anthology film - CAT'S EYE! Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who’s forced by his...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#140 - DEATH BECOMES HER!
This week we cover the special effects classic - DEATH BECOMES HER! When a novelist loses her man to a movie star and former friend, she winds up in a psychiatric hospital. Years later, she returns home to confront the now-married couple, looking radiant. Her ex-husband's new wife wants to know…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#139 - THE GOOD SON!
This week we cover the cult classic - THE GOOD SON! Mark (Elijah Wood), a young boy who loses his mother, must stay with his extended family while his father is away on business. Mark becomes acquainted with his cousin Henry (Macaulay Culkin). However, the extent of Henry's depravity becomes…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#138- THE SISKEL AND EBERT QUIZ SHOW!
This week we bring back the SISKEL AND EBERT QUIZ SHOW! It's my turn to quiz JUSTIN - I bring a handful of clips from the tv show and he gets to guess what film they are reviewing! How did he do?? SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Visit thecultworthy.com Visit https://www.themoviewire.com Video:...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#137- BOOGIE NIGHTS!
This week we cover PTA's sophomore film - BOOGIE NIGHTS! In the San Fernando Valley in 1977, teenage busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) gets discovered by porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), who transforms him into adult-film sensation Dirk Diggler. Brought into a supportive circle of...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#136 - STAR TREK GENERATIONS!
This week we cover the first installment of the "next generation" of Star Trek Films! In the 23rd century, the Starship Enterprise is dispatched to the scene of a giant energy field about to engulf two ships. Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) averts calamity, but is exposed to the field and presumed...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#135 - PREDATOR!
This week we cover the action/sci fi classic -PREDATOR! Dutch, a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when Dutch and his team, which includes weapons expert Blain and CIA agent George, land in Central America,...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#134 - BLACK RAIN!
This week we cover the Ridley Scott thriller BLACK RAIN. New York City policemen Nick (Michael Douglas) and Charlie (Andy Garcia) witness a murder in a bar and quickly apprehend the assailant. The killer, named Sato (Yusaku Matsuda), is a member of Japan's infamous Yakuza mob, and Nick and…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#133 - SPECIES!
This week we take on the sci-fi flick SPECIES. When government scientist Xavier Fitch (Ben Kingsley) intercepts a space transmission containing the genetic sequence for an alien life form, he uses it to produce "Sil" (Natasha Henstridge) -- a gorgeous alien-human hybrid. As Fitch's team grows...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#132 - SISKEL AND EBERT'S MISSING PIECES!
This week we look at some films that either were never covered by Gene and Roger, or due to licensing rights - are not available online. We discuss films by Wes Craven, George Romero, as well as cult classics that didn't get the respect they deserved. Hear our take on the film and on the critique...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#131 - KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE!
THIS WEEK we are joined by Michael of THE SCREEN NERDS PODCAST to discuss the anime classic - KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE! In this anime feature, 13-year-old Kiki moves to a seaside town with her talking cat, Jiji, to spend a year alone, in accordance with her village's tradition for witches in...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#130 - EXIT TO EDEN!
This week we cover the box office bomb - EXIT TO EDEN. Photographer Elliot Slater (Paul Mercurio) has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar (Stuart Wilson). When Elliot leaves for a private vacation on an S&M island, he is followed by Omar; Omar's partner…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#129 - BODY DOUBLE!
This week we cover the 1984 DePalma classic BODY DOUBLE! After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#128 - CLIFFHANGER!
This week we cover the 1993 action classic - CLIFFHANGER! A former mountain rescuer is pitted against a group of criminals who have lost their $100 million stash during a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. After being persuaded to help rescue a group of stranded hikers, he discovers that they…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#127 - FATHER'S DAY DOUBLE BILL!
This week we celebrate FATHER'S DAY by reviewing a double bill of "Dad Movies" - with FOLKS (1992) and DAD (1989). Hear our take on the films and on the critiques of SISKEL AND EBERT! SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Visit thecultworthy.com Visit https://www.themoviewire.com Video:...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#126- SUPER MARIO BROS!
This week we are discussing the misunderstood classic - SUPER MARIO BROS! Brooklyn plumbers Mario and Luigi get the shock of their lives when they discover a parallel world populated by the intelligent descendants of dinosaurs. It seems they weren't destroyed by a meteor millions of years ago but...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#125- LIFE WITH MIKEY!
This week we cover the Michael J Fox comedy - LIFE WITH MIKEY. He’s a talent agent. She’s a thief. Looks like they’ve already got something in common. Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#124- LITTLE VOICE!
This week we cover the 1998 film, LITTLE VOICE! A shy girl rarely ventures outside her bedroom and when her mother's boyfriend, a corrupt local promoter, spots her talent for mimicking famous singers, she is swept away by his promises of fame and fortune. However, the local hoodlums have other...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#123- U TURN!
A drifter chooses to stop in the wrong town when his beloved Mustang develops engine trouble. Things seem to pick up when sultry Grace McKenna asks him home to help fix her curtains - until her husband Jake finds out. Jake then asks Cooper to kill Grace, but she has her own plans for Jake.…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#122 - BLUE VELVET!
This week we discuss the subversive thriller - BLUE VELVET! College student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home after his father has a stroke. When he discovers a severed ear in an abandoned field, Beaumont teams up with detective's daughter Sandy Williams (Laura Dern) to solve the...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#121 - HOWARD THE DUCK!
This week we tackle the 80's bomb - HOWARD THE DUCK! Howard the Duck is suddenly beamed from Duckworld, a planet of intelligent ducks with arms and legs, to Earth, where he lands in Cleveland. There he saves rocker Beverly from thugs and forms a friendship with her. She introduces him to Phil…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#120 - OVER THE TOP!
This week we cover the classic arm-wrestling drama - OVER THE TOP! A tale in which a truck driver with a lucrative sideline in arm-wrestling takes his estranged 12-year-old son on the road after the boy's mother falls seriously ill. The trucker is beginning to reach out to the boy as the pair…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#119- LIFE STINKS!
This week we cover Mel Brook's - LIFE STINKS! Affluent and arrogant businessman Goddard Bolt (Mel Brooks), feuding with rival Vance Crasswell (Jeffrey Tambor) over a land deal, makes a bet with Crasswell that he has the wits and street smarts to live penniless and anonymous on the rough streets…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#118- OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY!
This week on the show - we cover the 1991 comedy, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. Larry the Liquidator Garfield (Danny DeVito) is a corporate raider, deconstructing companies and selling off the parts for a profit. His new target is a small-town cable company that employs the majority of the town's...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#117 - DICK TRACY!
THIS WEEK we cover the 1990 blockbuster film DICK TRACY! Hard-boiled detective Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) is searching for evidence that proves Alphonse Big Boy Caprice is the city's most dangerous crime boss. He may have found the key to unraveling the crime lord's illegal empire in Breathless...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#116- THE LAST STARFIGHTER!
This week we cover the 80's scif-fi classic, THE LAST STARFIGHTER!! After finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, everyday teenager Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) meets the game's designer, Centauri (Robert Preston) -- who reveals that he created Starfighter as a...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#115- GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH!!
This week we cover the 1990 classic. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH! The magical collectibles store that Gizmo calls home has just been destroyed, and the tiny monster finds his way into a newly erected skyscraper. Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) and his bride-to-be, Kate (Phoebe Cates), who have...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#114- VIRTUOSITY!!
This week we cover the 1995 sci-fi thriller - VIRTUOSITY! A former cop who has been imprisoned for murdering the psychopath who killed his family, Parker Barnes (Denzel Washington) is recruited to test out a new virtual-reality program where the goal is to apprehend a computer-generated being...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#113- STARSHIP TROOPERS!
This week we discuss the 1997 sci-fi action flick STARSHIP TROOPERS! In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time before the war... A Mobile...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#112- OUTBREAK!
This week we cover 1995's OUTBREAK! A dangerous airborne virus threatens civilization in this tense thriller. After an African monkey carrying a lethal virus is smuggled into the U.S., an outbreak occurs in a California town. To control the spread of the disease, a team of doctors is brought in...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#111- HOOP DREAMS!
This week on the show - we are covering the film HOOP DREAMS with special guest: MICHAEL BURGETT of the SCREEN NERDS PODCAST! Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester,...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#110 - FAR FROM HOME: THE ADVENTURES OF YELLOWDOG!
This week we cover the 1995 adventure classic - FAR FROM HOME: THE ADVENTURES OF YELLOW DOG. While sailing off the shore of British Columbia, John McCormick (Bruce Davison), his son, Angus (Jesse Bradford), and the boy's Labrador retriever, Yellow, encounter severe weather. When Angus and Jesse…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#109 - THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS!
This week we cover the 1989 film - THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS. Milo is one lucky cat. He’s got nine lives and a best friend. When Milo the cat and Otis the dog are separated, they each set off on an adventurous and often perilous quest across mountains, plains, and snow-covered lands to...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#108 - HOME ALONE 3!
This week we cover the 1997 film HOME ALONE 3! When an inept group of criminals tries to get a stolen top-secret computer chip through airport security, it ends up in a toy car in the luggage of the elderly Mrs. Hess (Marian Seldes). Unable to promptly retrieve the chip, the felons follow Hess…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#107 - RATED K FOR KIDS, BY KIDS!
This week we cover Siskel an Ebert's appearance on the Nickelodeon program - RATED K FOR KIDS, BY KIDS. Running in the latter half of the 1980's , the show featured film reviews done by kids - and in this very special episode they were joined by ROGER AND GENE! Check it out! SUBSCRIBE TODAY!…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#106- ALASKA!
This week we cover the 1996 adventure film - ALASKA! Jake Barnes moves his daughter and son to Alaska and earns money by ferrying supplies to locations throughout the state. His daughter loves it, but her brother doesn't, and he can't wait to leave. However, they join forces to look for their...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#105 - A TRIBUTE TO ROB REINER
This week we take a break from movie reviews and pay tribute to the late, great Rob Reiner. We discuss his films that were released during the time of Siskel and Ebert's TV run, as well as the critiques given. We Miss You Rob! SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Visit thecultworthy.com Visit...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#104- SEASON 2 AWARDS SHOW!
This week we continue our annual tradition of awarding our favorite and least favorite films, performers, directors and critiques of season 2! Thanks to all our listeners and supporters for another great year! See you in season 3! SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Visit thecultworthy.com Visit...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#103 - TRAPPED IN PARADISE!
This week we cover the cult classic - TRAPPED IN PARADISE! Fresh out of prison, Alvin (Dana Carvey) and Dave Firpo (Jon Lovitz) pull their brother Bill (Nicolas Cage) back into a life of crime. But the siblings' foolproof bank heist takes a tailspin when Alvin gets lost in the getaway car. That's...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#102 - BETTER OFF DEAD!
This week we tackle the review of Siskel and Ebert on the film BETTER OFF DEAD. Lane Meyer (John Cusack) is a teen with a peculiar family and a bizarre fixation with his girlfriend, Beth (Amanda Wyss). When Beth dumps Lane, he decides to kill himself, making bumbling attempts at suicide. Outside…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#101 - THE REF!
This week we tackle the holiday classic - THE REF! Denis Leary plays an unfortunate cat burglar, who is abandonded by his partner in the middle of a heist and is forced to take an irritating Connecticut couple (Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis) hostage. He soon finds that he got more than he bargained...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#100 - 100TH EPISODE! THE HOUSE OF YES
This week we celebrate our 100th episode by appreciating our fans (and our critics) before we get into the critique of the 1997 film THE HOUSE OF YES! Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn’t expecting him to bring a friend — and she’s even more...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#99 - DIRTY DANCING!
This week we tackle the 80's classic DIRTY DANCING! Baby (Jennifer Grey) is one listless summer away from the Peace Corps. Hoping to enjoy her youth while it lasts, she's disappointed when her summer plans deposit her at a sleepy resort in the Catskills with her parents. Her luck turns around,...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#98 - WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN!
This week we cover the 1991 Disney film - WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN. Thrilled by a performance she sees at a fair, Sonora (Gabrielle Anwar) tries to land a spot as a daredevil who rides horses off of high dives. With the help of Al Carver (Michael Schoeffling), whose father runs the show…
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#97 - MIMIC!
This week we tackle the 1997 film MIMIC. When a cockroach-spread plague threatens to decimate the child population of New York City, evolutionary biologist Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) and her research associates rig up a species of "Judas" bugs and introduce them into the environment, where they...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#96- THE SISKEL AND EBERT QUIZ SHOW!
This week we bring back the SISKEL AND EBERT QUIZ SHOW! It's Justin's turn to quiz me - he brings a handful of clips from the tv show and I get to guess what film they are reviewing! How did I do?? SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Visit thecultworthy.com Visit https://www.themoviewire.com Video:...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#95- MONKEY SHINES!
This week we take on George A Romero's MONKEY SHINES! Athlete Allan (Jason Beghe) becomes quadriplegic after a horrific traffic accident. His friend Geoffrey (John Pankow), who is conducting experiments with monkeys, offers Allan a well-trained monkey named Ella to keep him company and raise his...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#94- CRITTERS!
This week we cover the 1986 sci-fi classic CRITTERS! When strange fuzzy creatures from outer space arrive on a farm, the Brown family -- Jay (Billy Green Bush), Helen (Dee Wallace-Stone), their daughter, April (Nadine Van Der Velde), and their son, Brad (Scott Grimes) -- must fend off the...
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BACK 2 THE BALCONY EP#93- FALLEN!
This week we cover the 1998 horror/thriller FALLEN! After witnessing the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese (Elias Koteas), whom he arrested, police detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington), and his partner, Jonesy (John Goodman), are soon investigating another murderer whose mode of…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert - two titans of cinematic review. Sometimes right, sometimes wrong - but always captivating. Your hosts Antonio Palacios (host of THE CULTWORTHY CINEMA PODACST) and Justin Henson ( host of THE MOVIE WIRE PODCAST) - are here to take you BACK TO THE BALCONY!! Each week we will discuss a film from the 70's, 80's and 90's in order to determine where we stand with the critique of this infamous television duo. Be sure to tune in each week - don't forget to like, rate and subscribe to our show!
Visit THE CULTWORTHY: https://thecultworthy.com/
Visit THE MOVIE WIRE: https://www.themoviewire.com/
HOSTED BY
Antonio Palacios and Justin Henson
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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert - two titans of cinematic review. Sometimes right, sometimes wrong - but always captivating. Your hosts Antonio Palacios (host of THE CULTWORTHY CINEMA PODACST) and Justin Henson ( host of THE MOVIE WIRE PODCAST) - are here to take you BACK TO THE BALCONY!! Each week we...
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