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Craft Disservices
by Just Enough Trope
The good "bad" movies of cinematic history
Episodes
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Episode 18: Superman III
This week, impressive computer magic can do anything as we hit the slopes (and the streets) to save the reputation of Superman III! Writer and podcaster Joe Mazel joins the show to talk about the probably not as bad as you remember third installment in the Christopher Reeve Superman franchise.…
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Episode 17: Constantine
This Halloween, Craft Disservices rises from the dead for a discussion about an early comic book film so underrated it's scary: 2005's "Constantine"! Film critic and author Darren Mooney of the Escapist joins the show to talk about the only recently remembered film adaptation of the classic…
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Episode 16: Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Come for the Disney name, stay for the treachery, death by misadventure, and rampant tobacco use . . . we're battening the hatches and diving to "Atlantis: The Lost Empire!" Blogger, podcaster, and critic Noel Thingvall joins the show to talk about the ambitious Disney film that failed to reach a...
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Episode 15: Space Jam
Everybody get up, it's time to slam as we do a real jam on 1996's “Space Jam"! Musician and podcaster Gooey Fame joins the show to talk about the classic basketball/Looney Tunes/Michael Jordan comeback film that launched 1000 Hot Topic t-shirts! His Airness has gone from dunkin' on faces to…
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Episode 14: Super Mario Bros.
We're done playing games this week as we jump into the first video game movie adaptation, 1993's “Super Mario Bros."! Author and returning guest Melissa “Frickin” Olson is back to talk about another ground-breaking film project swallowed by its own ambitions. Mario and Luigi Mario just want to…
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Episode 13: The Lady From Shanghai
Craft Disservices makes its belated return in style as we reflect on Orson Welles's 1948 noir classic "The Lady From Shanghai"! Writer and game designer Robin D. Laws joins the show to talk about another near-masterpiece from the iconoclastic actor/director. Michael O'Hara thought he knew about...
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Episode 12: Alien
It's our first pièce de résistance this week as we present a film whose merits were evident on its release, but the movie industry had to catch up before it was heralded as a classic. Just in time for Halloween, it's 1979's Alien! New York Times and USA Today Best-Selling Author and film critic...
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Cinema Crudités 2: M (1931)
Join us on a new series of shows that look at forgotten masterpieces of cinematic history! Fritz Lang is the Godfather of film noir, the police procedural, and the modern thriller, and M is the film that cemented his status as one of early cinema's greatest visionaries and innovators. A child...
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Episode 11: Nothing But Trouble
Grab a warm Hawaiian Punch and fix yourself up a couple of DOGS as Craft Disservices returns to go where Roger Ebert feared to tread . . . Valkenvania! Author and film critic Mark McPherson is back on the show and he's brought "Nothing But Trouble" with him! When four New York yuppies take a...
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Cinema Crudités 1: Medium Cool (1969)
Join us on a new series of shows that look at forgotten masterpieces of cinematic history! Haskell Wexler is arguably one of cinema's greatest cinematographers, but his debut feature, Medium Cool, is all but forgotten. Against the backdrop of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Medium Cool...
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Episode 10: Jupiter Ascending
Strap on your space rollerblades and get ready to wait in line at the DMV as Craft Disservices returns to explore a cult camp hit! Jacob Gulliver of Hot Chocolate Media is back on the show and he's brought the overlooked "Jupiter Ascending" with him! Jupiter Jones is a mild-mannered toilet…
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Episode 9: Exorcist II: The Heretic
Slip on the electrodes and get ready to synchronize with another notorious Hollywood head-scratcher! Alex Bledsoe, author of over 20 fantasy novels, joins the show for a look at the second-worst movie of all time, Exorcist II: The Heretic, aka E2TH! Linda Blair is back as Regan MacNeil, but this...
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Episode 8: The Travelling Executioner
Fire up the generator and dust off Ol' Reliable because we're back with an episode that will send you to a better place! John Edward Moret is the programmer for the Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis and he joins the show this week to sing the praises of a lost classic, The Travelling Executioner!…
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Episode 7: Last Action Hero
Grab your big gun and disregard the currently negative view of firearms regulation in the modern political climate and lock and load for a new episode! Author and returning guest Melissa "Frickin" Olson is back on the show to put the collar on Last Action Hero! We partner up on this episode to…
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Episode 6: Drop Dead Gorgeous
Take that hotdish out of the oven because it's time for a forgotten Midwestern classic! Co-host of the Just Enough Trope podcast Diane Blumenfeld joins the show this week as we strap on our tap shoes, don our Mount Rushmore hats, and smear Vasoline on our teeth for Drop Dead Gorgeous! We look at...
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Episode 5: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Hickory dickory your dock because it's time to rock out to The Adventures of Ford Fairlane! Writer, actor, and podcaster Sam Landman joins the show this week, as we wade into the septic masculinity of this 1990 headstone to Andrew Dice Clay's shtick and career . . . and we maybe find a watchable...
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Episode 4: The Island of Doctor Moreau
Put on your dog mask and sneak back onto the set of your own movie because it's time to watch The Island of Doctor Moreau! Blogger, podcaster, and theater manager Matt Gamble joins us this week as we examine this cautionary Hollywood tale of ego, excess, and eatin' the hand that feeds you. We…
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Episode 3: Congo
Strap on your Power Glove and spit out that sesame cake 'cause we're headed into Congo! Author Melissa F. Olson joins the safari as we explore this throwback, "lost world" movie, the "flop" that somehow made more in 1995 than Braveheart, Get Shorty, Heat, 12 Monkeys, and Bad Boys. BAD BOYS. On…
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Episode 2: Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever
The colon train keeps rolling along and then explodes this week as we shoot through Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever! Author and film critic Mark McPherson joins the show to look at the world's worst reviewed film, and we try to figure out the math on how many dead Canadians $70 million will buy you. In...
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Episode 1: Punisher: War Zone
Come take a listen to the only movie-related podcast on the internet, Craft Disservices! Our mission: to review the films that critics rejected but audiences embraced; be they prime rib or pulp, genre or general, we give films a fighting chance to entertain us. On our first episode, we enlist…
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The good "bad" movies of cinematic history
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Craft Disservices is created and hosted by Just Enough Trope.
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