Nostalgiahhh - Cult Films, TV and Media

Roger Crow spent 45 years wanting to interview Glynis Barber, and in this edition he finally got his chance. The actress talks about Blake’s 7, Dempsey and Makepeace, staying healthy, and her new play Death on the Nile, which is touring the UK until the end of the May, including the Grand Opera House, York. deathonthenileplay.comIncidental music: Alan Crow

Happy New Year, and welcome to the latest edition of the podcast in which Roger Crow takes a look at new movies and classic cult offerings from yesteryear. In this week’s episode, your host chats to producer Jonathan Sothcott about his new movie starring Martin Kemp, Doctor Plague. Roger also looks back to the early 1980s and some of those cult movies which boasted great soundtracks, from The Jazz Singer (1980) to Xanadu, Two of a Kind, Staying Alive, and Streets of Fire. Doctor Plague is released in the UK on January 12.

As the third Avatar movie continues to bust the proverbial block, Roger Crow assesses The Way of Water and new film Fire and Ash, as well as basking in the bioluminescent glow of James Cameron’s career. Happy new year all.

Roger Crow has been a bit obsessed with Moonraker since 1979, and he’s willing to discuss it with anyone who will listen. In this case, writer and film producer Jonathan Sothcott, writer Tony Greenway and podcaster ‘Shameful’ Steve Noble.So strap yourselves in for a breakdown of the highlights, the ‘midlights’’, and the other stuff.Plus, in a bonus supporting feature, Rog and Steve assess Fantastic Four: First Steps, one of the comic book conversions of the year.Moonraker is available on streaming platforms like Amazon Prime, or you can naturally buy it on iTunes or on physical media - DVD, Blu-ray, 4K (probably) - but not Betamax or 1983 Laserdisc.

Tony Greenway and Roger Crow pay tribute to Rob Reiner, one of Hollywood’s best-loved and now much-missed actors and directors who blazed a trail in the eighties with This Is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally. He also scored 1990s hits with the likes of Misery, A Few Good Men, and The American President. One of a few good men in Tinseltown whose movies went to 11.

What happens when you ask Nation Radio’s Alex Duffy; Shogun film producer Jonathan Sothcott; Spitting Image vocal legend Steve Nallon; film producer Rosie Fellner; comedy icon Bernie Clifton, Hammer scream queen Judy Matheson, and movie director Sam Clemens about their favourite Christmas movies? Podcast magic, that’s what. Roger Crow chats with all of the above, and a few other guest stars, in the new Nostalgiahhh pod.Alex Duffy can be heard weekdays on the Nation Radio breakfast show. https://www.nationplayer.com/nation-radio-yorkshire/Jonathan Sothcott//Shogun's new movie, Doctor Plague (with Martin Kemp) is released in January.Steve Nallon's Ghost Stories is out now in paperback, as is Bernie Clifton's autobiography, From Crackerjack to Vegas.Sam Clemens' movie The Drowned, and Rosie Fellner's movie The Uninvited are available on all good streaming platforms.Tony and Betsy Greenway's vlog Bonding with Dad can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmSDcwpLO8Steve Noble can be heard in the Bristol Cult Film Society Cult Film Podcast Podcast.