This episode get spaced out with Retro Experts Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck and Trista "The Video Vixen" Perez as they both show off their mad Sci-Fi flick knowledge as they link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references between the films. The listener always wins as they learn more about the films they love, or find new retro films to love. The Hidden, Alien Nation, Death Race 2000, Stargate, Supernova, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Running Man, Impulse, Galaxy of Terror, Real Genius, Red Planet and Demolition Man are featured.
This episode Sing Along with Retro Experts Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck and Trista "The Video Vixen" Perez as they both show off their mad Movie Musical knowledge as they link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references between the films. The listener always wins as they learn more about the films they love, or find new retro films to love. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Velvet Goldmine, Moulin Rouge, Evita, Absolute Beginners, Shock Treatment, The Cotton Club, Car Wash, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Wiz, The Duke is Tops and Sparkle are featured.
This episode Retro Experts Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck and Trista "The Video Vixen" Perez pay tribute to CANNON PICTURES, the studio Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus created back in the 80s and 90s. During their heyday they produced the films with the most What the Fuck moments in film history, whether they were schlocky strange films or prestige flicks that slipped through the cracks. Both show off their mad movie trivia skills as they link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references between the films. The listener always wins as they learn more about the films they love, or find new retro films to love. The Last American Virgin, Lifeforce, Bloodsport, Breakin', Over The Top, Runaway Train, Going Bananas, Penitentary III, Ninja III:The Domination and Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype are featured.
This episode Retro Experts Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck and Trista "The Video Vixen" Perez give out their 1st Annual Golan Globuses. These Anti-Oscars are given to the movies and performances that try so hard to be bad they are masterpieces, just like Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus of Cannon Films fame used to do back in their 80s and 90s heyday. Both show off their mad movie trivia skills as they link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references between the films. The listener always wins as they learn more about the films they love, or find new retro films to love. Defiance, The Pirate Movie, Just One of the Guys, Angel Heart, Bugsy Malone, Blue Lagoon, Summer Lovers, The Hotel New Hampshire, Two Moon Junction, Modern Girls and Your Friends and Neighbors are featured.
This episode pits Retro Experts Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck and Trista "The Video Vixen" Perez against each other with movies respesenting the Six Deadly Sins. They spar every episode in a six degree retro battle. Both show off their mad movie trivia skills as they link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references between the films. The listener always wins as they learn more about the films they love, or find new retro films to love. Lolita, Night of the Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Wall Street, Cape Fear, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Other, Thelma and Louise, To Kill a Mockingbird, True Romance, The Swimmer and others are featured.
This episode pits Retro Expert Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck welcomes Trista "The Video Vixen" Perez as on official permanent co-host for their MEGA Holiday Film Spectacular. They will still spar every episode in a six degree retro battle. Both show off their mad movie trivia skills as they link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references between the films. The listener always wins as they learn more about the films they love, or find new retro films to love. Pee Wee's and the Star Wars Christmas Specials, A Christmas Carol, American Psycho, Better Off Dead, Batman Returns, Diner, Home For the Holidays, Jingle All the Way, The Last Temptation of Christ, Less Than Zero, Planes Trains and Automobiles and others are featured.
This episode pits Retro Expert Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck against Trista "The Video Vixen" Perez in a six degree battle of Grindhouse movies of the 70s and 80s. Both show off their mad movie trivia skills as they link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references between the films. The listener always wins as they learn more about the films they love, or find new retro films to love. Vigilante, Invasion of the Bee Girls, Frankenhooker, The Baby, Ms. 45, Messiah of Evil, Fear City, The Thing With Two Heads, Alligator, Frogs, Street Trach, The Legacy and others are featured.
This episode pits Retro Expert Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck against Neil "The Hollywood Hitman" Daly in a six degree battle of the Coming of Age Flicks from the 80s and 90s. Both show off their cinema trivia skills as they link the star, directors, producer or any other pop culture references between them. The listener always wins as they learn more about the movies they love, or find new ones to love. THE BREAKFAST CLUB, SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN, SIXTEEN CANDLES, HEAVEN HELP US, HEATHERS, MANNEQUIN, CLASS, PUMP UP THE VOLUME and many more are presented.
This episode pits Retro Expert Greg "The Movie Maniac" Reifsteck against Trista "The Video Vixen" Perez in a six degree battle of the Cult movies. Both show off their mad movie trivia skills as they link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references between the films. The listener always wins as they learn more about the films they love, or find new retro films to love. A Clockwork Orange, Streets of Fire, The Jerk, Get Crazy, Rock'N'Roll High School, Stripes, Scarface, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Ed Wood, Summer School and others are featured.
PART TWO- The historic Performance of THE REVOLUTION at PAISLEY PARK Reviewed. All LIVE from PRINCE CELEBRATION 2017 in Minneapolis and Chanhassen, Minnesota, your host Retro Expert and Prince Fanatic GREG REIFSTECK welcomes Prince Historian and Expert JESSE HASKELL to the podcast to recap their visit to the PRINCE CELEBRATION 2017 they attended. Reviews of the panel with Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Brown Mark, Bobby Z and Dr. Fink. May U Live 2 See the Dawn.
PART ONE of TWO- LIVE from PRINCE CELEBRATION 2017 in Minneapolis and Chanhassen, Minnesota, your host Retro Expert and Prince Fanatic GREG REIFSTECK welcomes Prince Historian and Expert JESSE HASKELL to the podcast to recap their visit to the PRINCE CELEBRATION 2017 they attended. Reviews of performances of The Time, New Power Generation, 3rd Eye Girl and George Clinton and Parliment Funkadelic, as well as recaps of the many celebrity panels, and finally the First Avenue Block Party and Purple Dance Parties as well as the Jesse Johnson performance at Bunker's.
Debut episode pits host Greg Reifsteck against guest Sarah Tarpey, to see if they can link 80s comedy classics like Caddyshack and The Princess Bride to 90s TV shows like Sports Night and Frasier. As they discuss the shows through casual conversation, they try to link the actors, directors, producers or any other pop culture references from the subjects. Who will win? Listen and find out. The real winning is in the learning new retro knowledge. Play along as a party game on your own as you listen, to see if you can link six degrees of retro before our contestants.
GREG REIFSTECK'S COMEDY NOSTALGIA SHOW revisits the greatest sports films in movie history. Along with Greg is writer LOUIE PRADT remembering such baseball classics as FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME, THE ROOKIE & FIELD OF DREAMS along with other unorthodox sports films as TIN CUP, LET IT RIDE and DODGEBALL and many more.
GREG REIFSTECK'S COMEDY NOSTALGIA SHOW revisits the greatest sports films in movie history. Aliong with Greg is writer LOUIE PRADT remembering such classics as RUDY, SLAP SHOT, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, HOOSIERS, LUCAS and many more. Be sure to visit REIFSTECKREVISITS.COM for galleries of these sports flicks and more.
GREG REIFSTECK'S COMEDY NOSTALGIA SHOW celebrates the life of DAVID BOWIE and the many personas he took on during his prolific music and movie career. Along with Greg are KYMMY FAULHABER and JONNY FORSE talking about when they first listened to ZIGGY STARDUST or THE THIN WHITE DUKE. They also discuss the many other characters this brilliant man played that taught them to embrace their unique and different side because that's what makes us all special.
GREG REIFSTECK'S COMEDY NOSTALGIA SHOW pits the superheroes BATMAN and SUPERMAN against their retro selves. Are their past versions better than ZACK SNYDER'S messy modern monstrosity that is BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE? Greg discusses this with movie fanatics PHILIP BARRETT and PHILIP PATAG as we go through the years of great superohero films.
THIS WEEK: Guest MANIACS SARAH TARPEY and ANTHONY ALFONSO join Host GREG REIFSTECK as they cover the H.P. LOVECRAFT FILM FESTIVAL. Greg discusses with Sarah his love of the Gothic Horror author's influence on the films of STUART GORDON as well as the movie culture at large. Sarah interviews festival co-director and filmmaker AARON VANEK (aaronvanek.com), as well as filmmaker Michael Mileham (The Jungle of Jules Levine, @filmsprout) and filmmaker/ puppeteer Darren Way (From Beyond short, dangerouspuppets.com). GREG REIFSTECK and PHILIP BARRETT are the MOVIE MANIACS, bringing filmgoers into a new age of film criticism. Their enjoyment and passion for cinema drives them to help you get the most joy out of your movie viewing experiences. Just when you thought you had movies all figured out, these obssessed film critics and experts will show you something about them you never thought of.
Are you a CRUISE JUNKIE! If you aren't after this episode you will become one thanks to COMEDIAN GREG REIFSTECK's high seas hijinks. Everyone needs to get away from it all, and what better way to do so than to turn off that cell phone, get away from your job and the TV, and PARTY on a floating city. A Carnival Cruise! GREG experiences everything from REAL Wild Animals in Ensenada, Mexico, Trivia contests, Awesome Musical Shows, Being adopted by a Greek Family, Hilarious Comedians, Hairy Chest Contests and MUCH MORE! He does this all, of course, getting lit off of his ass thanks to the CHEERS drinking program. So come join Greg on an adventure you'll never forget, and you won't need any dramamine to enjoy it. Pour that drink and listen!
Remember when you would talk about a movie back in the '80s and nobody had heard of it? COMEDIAN GREG REIFSTECK goes back again (like a Back to the Future sequel) to remember these CULT MOVIES that only a handful of your friends had seen and cherished, but the mainstream somehow never embraced. His guest again this week is steampunk author WENDY L. CALLAHAN (wendylcallahan.com) who is also a movie geek. They will each throw down with their TOP 10 films that eventually gained notoriety thanks to home video and the internet, but back in the day were merely a blip on the box office radar. Films include THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI, CLUE, STUDENT BODIES, ANGEL, USED CARS, KRULL, XANADU, HOWARD THE DUCK, LABYRINTH and many more
Remember when you would talk about a movie back in the '80s and nobody had heard of it? COMEDIAN GREG REIFSTECK goes back to remember these CULT MOVIES that only a handful of your friends had seen and cherished, but the mainstream somehow never embraced. His guest this week is steampunk author WENDY L. CALLAHAN (wendylcallahan.com) who is also a movie geek. They will each throw down with their TOP 10 films that eventually gained notoriety thanks to home video and the internet, but back in the day were merely a blip on the box office radar. Films include THE PIRATE MOVIE, STREETS OF FIRE, TIME BANDITS, NIGHT OF THE COMET, BUCKAROO BANZAI, MY CHAUFFER and many more