Cult Of Muscle!!!!!!!!

One Melvin Gibson is the subject of this week's episode that ranges from religious fervor to racism and mutant babies to egg salad sensuality.  CD-R outdoes himself this week by programming a double of The Passion of the Christ and Dragged Across Concrete! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 37:10 The Passion of the Christ: 38:40 - 1:29:45 Dragged Across Concrete: 1:31:15 - END  

With the recent passing of Jan Michael Vincent, we dig deep into the catalog and greeted by the maniacal mastery of Sam Jones in our review of In Gold We Trust!  Charlie Hunnam also comes back to the show and no belt buckle is safe ande he's joined by Batman, the Viper, Apocalypse, and one of the Mercer boys in our review of Triple Frontier! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 1:01:40 In Gold We Trust: 1:03:10 - 1:44:00 Triple Frontier: 1:45:30 - END  

Love makes fools of us all.  Bad wigs, too many cats, getting stabbed in a bathhouse.  Happens to us all.  This week Luke Perry gets freaky with Ashley Judd in Normal Life and Robert Mitchum finds out what an oyabun is in The Yakuza! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 43:00 Normal Life: 44:30 - 1:21:30 The Yakuza: 1:23:00 - END

Two supercops from across the globe dish out their very special brand of justice in this week's episode.  In this episode we review Romano Kristoff's vigilante ninja escapades in Double Edge and then George Pan Andreas shows the world what a passion project looks like in The Crime Killer! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 1:02:20 Road House 2: 1:03:45 - 1:37:45 Angel of Death: 1:39:05 - END  

CD-R had an itch that needed to be scratched and the only relief is Jake Busey and Chris Mitchum!  This week we review Angel of Death(aka Commando Mengele) and Road House 2: Last Call!! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:44:55 Road House 2: 46:25 - 1:26:50 Angel of Death: 1:28:20 - END

Two genres near and dear to Jake's heart, virtual reality and early PM Entertainment are well represented in this week's episode.  First up is one of the earliest films in the PM/City Lights canon and that's Dance or Die.  We follow that up with the Kevin J O'Connor show in Virtuosity! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:28:25 Dance or Die: 30:05 - 1:09:50 Virtuosity: 1:11:20 - END

Passion projects were never more misguided, misogynist, or macho than this week's pairing.  First up is Stephen Norrington's middle finger to the film industry and good music in The Last Minute.  Then Duke Mitchell throws his nuts on the table in Massacre Mafia Style! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:53:10 The Last Minute: 55:05 - 1:30:45 Massacre Mafia Style: 1:32:15 - END

From Hades to Shadaloo, the pecs are greased and the biceps are flexed!  This week Mario Bava sends is unto the underworld so Hercules can toss rocks in Hercules in the Haunted World and JCVD leads an ensemble of hapless fools in Street Fighter! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:25:00 Hercules in the Haunted World: 25:00 - 50:10 Street Fighter: 51:40 - END

This week we're back to our regularly scheduled programming.  That just happens to include Dermot Mulroney and Space Jesus.  This of course means reviews of Bright Angel and Alien Warrior! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:47:35 Bright Angel: 49:05 - 1:25:40 Alien Warrior: 1:27:10 - END

For our year in review show, not only do we bring Cody back on, but we also bring the GIRTHY episode length with it!  Our annual tradition continues with a top 20 films of 2018 list, the top 5 wors films of 2018, and our top 20 first time watches of 2018. Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Top 20 of 2018: 0:00:0 - 2:32:00 Top 5 Worst of 2018 and Top 20 First Time Watches: 2:33:30 - END

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY EPISODES OF FRUITLESS JUVENILE STUPIDITY!  To celebrate the occasion, James Cameron shows us love and Edward Furlong pierces our ears and Arnie brings joy in our reviews of Terminator and Terminator 2! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:52:30 Terminator: 54:35 - 1:46:20 Terminator 2: 1:48:00 - END

An episode that was 249 recordings in the making, an episode where we FINALLY cover the Sylvester Stallone masterpiece EYE SEE YOU.  Oh we also cover some Johnnie To movie called Election.  So we talks about some stuff. Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:41:55 Eye See You: 43:30 - 1:32:00 Election: 1:33:30 - END

2019 starts off right with a couple white dudes with a lot on their mind.  William H Macy writes the incel playbook with David Mamet in Edmond and Lars Von Trier thinks Matt Dillon is a suitable representation of his artistic career in The House That Jack Built! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:40:40 Edmond: 42:10 - 1:24:30 The House That Jack Built: 1:26:00 - END  

The toxic masculinity and pastel colors ooze out of this week's episode as we dig into Mark Wahlberg's family of pretty dudes in Four Brothers and Warren Beatty shows naked Madonna to a lot of children in Dick Tracy! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:27:55 Four Brothers: 29:15 - 1:08:40 Dick Tracy: 1:10:10 - END  

Between best buds and crippled villains, this week's episode covers the spectrum of 90s genre cliches.  First up is a review of the Christopher Lambert/Mario Van Peebles adventurer Gunmen and Andy Garcia gets all romantic on our asses in Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:35:50 Gunmen: 37:20 - 1:11:05 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead: 1:12:35 - END  

This week is brought to you by the finest minds of Nu Image and Joel Silver.  The full power of dtv madness is ushered in with Martin Kove and David Keith's facial hair in Judge and Jury and then we got more crimes against facial hair and multi-monitor setups in Swordfish! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:39:10 Swordfish: 40:40 - 1:22:40 Judge and Jury: 1:24:10 - END  

This week we have Joe Piscopo and Vincent Price in a movie together.  And Wings Hauser and George Kennedy in a movie together.  And screaming chicken anuses.  Maybe.  This week we review Dead Heat and Nightmare at Noon! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:44:35 Dead Heat: 46:05 - 1:23:00 Nightmare at Noon: 1:24:30 - END  

Just in time for turkey day we got two big scoops of manliness this week with an ill-fated reappraisal of Michael Bay's The Island and Steve James busting out his duster against Reb's vocal agonies in Street Hunter! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:35:10 Q&A: 36:40 - 1:14:10 The Great Silence: 1:15:40 - END  

Fyvush Finkel and Klaus Kinski couldn't be denied anymore!  This week Sidney Lumet unleashes Nick Nolte's mustache in Q&A and the BOOCH gets his shine on the cult in our review of The Great Silence! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:38:00 Q&A: 39:30 - 1:25:10 The Great Silence: 1:26:40 - END

This week we get back into the swing of things with a couple bangers out of Southeast Asia.  We review the new film from Filipino director Erik Matti called Buy Bust and Timo brings Iko to the Netflix screens in The Night Comes For Us! Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle tumblr: cultofmuscle.tumblr.com Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop   Lifting: 0:00:0 - 0:59:00 Buy Bust: 1:00:30 - 1:38:40 The Night Comes For Us: 1:40:10 - END