New Podcast: Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
Spoiler Alert! This podcast discusses many key elements of Batman: The Killing Joke.
The Killing Joke, published in 1988, was a hit among comic fans but when Tim Burton praised the Alan Moore penned comic while doing press for Batman in 1989 it went mainstream. Now, almost twenty-five years later, Moore’s story of the Joker giving Commissioner Gordon one bad day continues to be analyzed, discussed, and cited as one of the best examples of the superhero comic.
Now, inspired by Now Playing Podcast’s Batman movie retrospective series, the dynamic duo of Arnie and Jakob continue reviewing these seminal Batman stories, Arnie having never read the story before this review, and Jakob a long time fan.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN037.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells saw the future of modern warfare when he imagined meteor showers bringing bellicose Martian tripods down upon unsuspecting Victorian England.
Stuart In LA has known The War of the Worlds through its many offshoots – the infamous 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast, the 1953 Hollywood disaster movie, the 1980’s syndicated TV show, and the Tom Cruise/Steven Spielberg remake currently being reviewed for special donors at NowPlayingPodcast.com. But he’s never read the 19th Century original novel until now. Listen and find out if he thinks the source material still stands as a pillar of the science fiction genre.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN036.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
Spoiler Alert! This podcast discusses many key elements of Batman: Year One and Batman: Year Two.
After DC had a Crisis on Infinite Earths it was time to revisit and revamp the origins of many of their core superheroes, including the Batman. Written by Frank Miller one year after his acclaimed The Dark Knight Returns series, Year One looks at both Batman and Commissioner Gordon during their first year fighting crime in Gotham City. This arc provided a grounded take on the Batman origin, and would inspire the movies Batman Begins and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, as well as having its own feature-length direct-to-DVD movie adaptation.
Now, inspired by Now Playing Podcast’s Batman movie retrospective series, the dynamic duo of Arnie and Jakob continue reviewing these seminal Batman stories, Arnie having never read the series before this review, and Jakob a long time fan of the series. And they also take a brief look at the follow-up comic series, Batman: Year Two
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN035.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet by William Kotzwinkle
Steven Spielberg swore he’d never film a follow-up to his most popular and personal work – the 1982 sci-fi fantasy E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. But in 1985, the director did grant children’s author William Kotzwinkle approval to publish an account of what happened to the adorable alien being after he left Elliott on Earth. As a companion to the current NowPlayingPodcast.com special donation podcast, Stuart In LA reviews E.T: THE BOOK OF THE GREEN PLANET and takes in the wonders of a never-before-depicted home world. Will Stuart be over the moon about getting a second adventure with his childhood idol, or does a failure to “be good” earn the sequel a glowing middle finger? Listen and find out!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN034.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Spoiler Alert! This podcast discusses many key elements of The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight Strikes Again.
Batman was a campy comic character best known for his 1960s TV series and the Batdance until 1986 when Frank Miller reinvented the character in The Dark Knight Returns, a 4-issue limited comic series telling the tale of an older, retired Batman in an alternate version of the DC universe. Now, inspired by Now Playing Podcast’s Batman movie retrospective series, the dynamic duo of Arnie and Jakob review this seminal comic series, Arnie having never read the series before this review, and Jakob a long time fan of the series. And they also take a brief look at Frank Miller’s sequel comic series, The Dark Knight Strikes Back.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN033.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Aliens: Female War
As a companion to the current NowPlayingPodcast.com ALIEN
donation drive, Stuart In LA takes fans of the franchise into the
extended universe of the comic books and novels that serve as an
alternative sequel to the James Cameron film ALIENS.
Now Ripley will get her revenge as the series concludes in a four
issue color comic book entitled EARTH WAR, later novelized as FEMALE
WAR. Will the plan to capture a telepathic alien Super Queen lead to
the extinction of all xenomorphs on Earth? And how exactly did our
sci-fi heroine get home after diving into the lead works of ALIEN 3?
Listen and find out!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN032.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Aliens: Nightmare Asylum by Steve Perry
As a companion to the current NowPlayingPodcast.com ALIEN donation drive, Stuart In LA takes fans of the franchise into the extended universe of the comic books and novels that serve as an alternative sequel to the James Cameron film ALIENS.The retrospective continues with second installment NIGHTMARE ASYLUM – a four issue color comic book later adapted into a novel by Steve Perry. Hicks and Newt escape an Earth overrun by aliens only to find themselves enlisted in an experimental military outfit where xenomorphs are bred to be super soldiers. Plus Ripley returns to the series with her own ideas on winning the war. Listen to Stuart sound off about all of this and more!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN031.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Aliens: Earth Hive by Steve Perry
As
a companion to the current NowPlayingPodcast.com ALIEN donation drive,
Stuart In LA takes fans of the franchise into the extended
universe of the comic books and novels that serve as an alternative sequel
to the James Cameron film
ALIENS.
The retrospective kicks
off with graphic novel ALIENS: OUTBREAK and prose
novel ALIENS: EARTH HIVE – companion works that chronicle the way HR Geiger’s fearsome extra-terrestrial overruns a
planet. Have the authors and illustrators conceived of a more
deserving destiny for Hicks and Newt in print than they received on
film? And what does the series look like without Ripley? Join Stuart now to find
out!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN030.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: My Incredible Life as the Hulk by Lou Ferrigno
Despite three feature films and fifty years of comics, to many people the words “The Incredible Hulk” recall a vivid memory of Lou Ferrigno fully made up in green body paint. The role that made the bodybuilder famous, The Hulk has always been a part of Ferrigno’s life. As a young child, Ferrigno was inspired to bodybuild by the Hulk in comics, and in the Marvel movies Ferrigno provides the voice of the green giant. But in 2003, to tie into his cameo appearance in Ang Lee’s Hulk film, Ferrigno’s autobiography tells of how he got the role of Hulk, retelling tales from all five seasons and the three reunion movies, and his life after Hulk.
Listen to Arnie’s review of Lou’s autobiography now, then head to to hear Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob review all of the Incredible Hulk movies, including Ferrigno’s TV movies!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN029.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Hannibal Rising
Prepare the Chianti and fava beans. Books and Nachos is having a month long meal with author Thomas Harris and his seminal creation Dr. Hannibal Lecter. As a companion podcast to the current movie review series over at NowPlayingPodcast.com, Stuart In LA is cracking the spines on the four novels that inspired the five films to feature the caged cannibal.
The 2006 novel Hannibal Rising delves into the memory palace of Lecter’s mind to unlock the secret traumas that drive his thirst for vengeance and human flesh. Can this blunt little tool dissect our favorite serial killer, or will the prequel leave a bad taste in readers’ mouths? Join Stuart for the final conversation in this series to find out!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN028.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Hannibal
Prepare the Chianti and fava beans. Books and Nachos is having a month long meal with author Thomas Harris and his seminal creation Dr. Hannibal Lecter. As a companion podcast to the current movie review series over at NowPlayingPodcast.com, Stuart In LA is cracking the spines on the four novels that inspired the five films to feature the caged cannibal.
It took more than a decade for writer Thomas Harris to cook up Hannibal – the sprawling 1999 novel that finds Lecter evading capture in Italy to reunite with disillusioned FBI agent Clarice Starling in America. Does our notorious antihero get his just desserts, or is this unconventional love story too hard to swallow? Join Stuart now to find out!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN027.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Who Goes There?
SomeTHING awoke in our collective imagination when science fiction writer John W Campbell posed the question “Who Goes There?” in his 1938 novella about a chameleon space invader discovered beneath the Antarctic ice. The classic tale of intergalactic deception has paranoid themes and horrific imagery that continues to replicate on film: The Thing From Another World (1951), John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), and today’s new The Thing prequel.
As a companion to the current NowPlayingPodcast.com donation drive movie review series, Stuart In LA performs an autopsy on this unique literary specimen to try and provide a satisfying answer to Campbell’s eternal query: Who Goes There?
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN026.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Silence of the Lambs
Prepare the Chianti and fava beans. Books and Nachos is having a month long meal with author Thomas Harris and his seminal creation Dr. Hannibal Lecter. As a companion podcast to the current movie review series over at NowPlayingPodcast.com, Stuart In LA is cracking the spines on the four novels that inspired the five films to feature the caged cannibal.
Before he was winning Oscars and chewing up the silver screen, Hannibal Lecter appeared in the 1988 novel The Silence of The Lambs to help a female FBI trainee catch a woman-skinning psycho. Join Stuart as he ponders the ways a woman’s touch changes our notorious antihero, even as he hatches his bloody escape plan.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN025.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Red Dragon
Prepare the Chianti and fava beans. Books and Nachos is having a month long meal with author Thomas Harris and his seminal creation Dr. Hannibal Lecter. As a companion podcast to the current movie review series over at NowPlayingPodcast.com, Stuart In LA is cracking the spines on the four novels that inspired the five films to feature the caged cannibal.
Our first course of Lecter is Red Dragon, the 1981 crime novel that introduced the iconic serial killer to the world and serves as the source material for both the 1986 Michael Mann film MANHUNTER and 2002 Brett Ratner effort RED DRAGON. Join Stuart as he gets inside Lecter’s head to analyze what makes the psycho shrink pit an idolizing new mass murderer against the profiler who put him behind bars.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN024.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Jaws The Revenge by Hank Searls
Under the best of circumstances, novelizations of films add a bit of depth to a screenplay, but anyone who’s seen the film Jaws: The Revenge knows these are not the best of circumstances. As a companion to Now Playing’s Jaws Movie Review podcast series, Stuart in L.A. is here to review the novelization of this much-maligned film. While author Hank Searls certainly had an unenviable task turning this screenplay about a shark seeing revenge against the Brody family, was his conversion from script to prose a positive one, or did it go belly up? Join Stuart as he details this novel’s differences from the film, and describes if it’s better or worse!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN023.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Healers and Hunters (WARS: The Battle of Phobos – Earthers, Part 1 of 3) by Nathan P. Butler
In 2004 Decipher Trading Cards launched the WARS Card Game, a game based on their previous Star Wars TCG. With a background story written in part by Michael Stackpole and John Howe, WARS was immediately embraced by gamers, yet not successful enough to continue making card sets beyond 2005.
However the story behind the WARS universe continues now with this first Novella, Healers and Hunters by Nathan P. Butler.
As most people have likely never heard of WARS, is it a worthy read? Listen as Arnie fills in the uninitiated on the WARS universe and reviews this book.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN022.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Jaws by Peter Benchley
You’ve seen the movie, but have you read the bestselling book of Jaws? While many things are similar, the differences may surprise you! In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of the Jaws movies, Stuart is back on Books & Nachos exploring the source material that inspired the original summer blockbuster movie!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN021.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: The Adjustment Team
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at “The Adjustment Team”, the short story from 1954 that inspired the Matt Damon/Emily Blunt romance THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN020.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: The Golden Man
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at “The Golden Man”, the short story from 1953 that inspired the Nicholas Cage action thriller NEXT.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN019.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at “A Scanner Darkly”, the 1977 novel that inspired the psychedelic Keanu Reeves/Richard Linklater animation movie.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN018.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Paycheck by Philip K Dick
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at “Paycheck”, the short story from 1953 that inspired the Ben Affleck/John Woo action movie.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN017.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Minority Report by Philip K Dick
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at “The Minority Report”, the 1956 novella that inspired the Tom Cruise/Steven Spielberg blockbuster.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN016.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Impostor by Philip K Dick
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at “Impostor”, the 1953 short story that inspired a Gary Sinise/Vincent D’Onofrio action-mystery.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN015.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Second Variety by Philip K Dick
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at “Second Variety”, the 1953 novella that inspired the Peter Weller midnight movie SCREAMERS.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN014.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”, the short story from 1966 that inspired the Arnold Schwartzeneggar/Paul Verhoeven action movie TOTAL RECALL.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN013.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
In partnership with Now Playing’s retrospective of all Philip K Dick screen adaptations, Books & Nachos explores the source material that inspired the movies and transformed the science fiction genre for a whole generation of readers.
This week Stuart takes a look at seminal 1968 novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, the dystopian detective novel that gave birth to the Harrison Ford/Ridley Scott classic BLADE RUNNER.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN012.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: An Interview with David Morrell
Finishing our series looking back at the Rambo novels and novelizations, Arnie sits down with author David Morrell. Morrell wrote First Blood over a decade before Stallone embodied the character onscreen, and then Morrell returned to Rambo by novelizing the screenplays for the first two film sequels.
Now David Morrell opens up about why he chose to adapt someone else’s story for his character, his thoughts on the films and the Rambo cartoon series, and tell us about how Rambo has influenced his career.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN011.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Rambo 3 by David Morrell
This week on Books & Nachos, we look at Rambo 3, written by David Morrell, author of the original Rambo novel First Blood. The film was a financial disappointment and almost killed the Rambo film franchise, but was the book our worst literary nightmare, or could Morrell save this plotline from the torture? Listen to find out! Then come back to booksandnachos.com next week as Arnie sits down with David Morrell to discuss all three Rambo novels!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN010.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Rambo – First Blood Part 2 by David Morrell
Rambo made his first appearance in 1972 in David Morrell’s novel First Blood, which was then adapted into a film. The film was a huge success, and so a sequel was made written by James Cameron and Sylvester Stallone. As movie novelizations are big business a novel was commissioned. None of this is shocking until you look closely at the cover–Rambo’s original creator, David Morrell, returned to write the novelization of his character in a story in which he had no input. This is a very unique situation, and since our partner podcast Now Playing is reviewing all the Rambo films we felt this movie novelization would be worth a look. Listen to find out if we were right!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN009.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: First Blood by David Morell
Books & Nachos’ sister podcast, Now Playing, is spending November reviewing all of the Rambo films, so Books & Nachos decided to look back at Rambo’s origin in David Morell’s 1972 classic novel First Blood. How does the book compare to the legend? Listen to Arnie’s review to find out, then come back later this month as Arnie interviews David Morell about Rambo!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN008.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: George Lucas’s Blockbusting edited by Alex Ben Block and Lucy Autrey Wilson
George Lucas’s Blockbusting may sound like a book chronicling George Lucas’ rise to box office dominance, first through his Star Wars films, and then through Indiana Jones and the other movies he’s been a part of; however, this book is actually a cultural and financial look at movies through history, including what Lucas and the editors deemed the 300 “Blockbuster” movies from 1913 through 2005. On this episode of Books & Nachos, Arnie interviews Alex Ben Block to discuss how the included films were selected, and then reviews this book to see if it deserves a place on your bookshelf!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN007.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Under the Dome by Stephen King
Stephen King’s latest work, Under the Dome, is his third longest novel to date, bested in page count only by his classic works The Stand and It. Does this new novel, about a small Maine town cut off from the rest of the world by an unseen force, meet the standards of those books? Listen to find out in this totally spoiler-free review! (Note: There is a spoiler-ish conversation AFTER the review regarding one of the book’s larger plot twists but you will have plenty of warning so you can listen to the review and still remain totally spoiler-free).
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN006.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead by Steve Perry
Indiana Jones is back! With the revival of the Indiana Jones franchise in 2008 with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, now the original novelized adventures of Indy continue as well with Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead. Taking place between the 3rd and 4th Indiana Jones movies we get to see our hero back in action. But as Crystal Skull did not appease many fans of the franchise, will the book fare better? Listen to our review, and find out how you can win a copy of Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN005.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: No Doors No Windows by Joe Schreiber
It’s a house that has no right angles, walls meeting floors at curves, and may just be haunted in Joe Screiber’s latest horror novel “No Doors No Windows.” Books and Nachos will tell you if this book will have you clawing the walls in fear.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN004.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Infected by Scott Sigler
Avid podcaster Scott Sigler has become a novelist. Now his novels are the subject of a podcast. Is that recursive, ironic, or just a coincidence? Either way, here we review his 2008 novel Infected, which began as the podcast novel Infection in 2006. With Halloween around the corner, is this the answer to your need for scares? We’ll tell you on Books and Nachos!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN003.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: Iron Man: Femmes Fatales by Robert Greenberger
He Is…IRON MAN. This novelized version of the Marvel Comics superhero pits him against international terrorist group HYDRA headed by the mysterious Madame Hydra. With the success of the 2008 film this book is sure to get some attention, and we review it for you here on Books and Nachos!
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN002.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
New Podcast: A Walk Through the Book of Matthew Youth Style
On this episode, we review the devotional guide A Walk Through the Book of Matthew Youth Style by Pastor Jamie Estes, including an interview with the author.
Listen Now: http://www.booksandnachos.com/Podcasts/BN001.MP3
Category: Arts & Literature
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