web01.fireside.fm Sun, 03 May 2026 13:17:24 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Late to the Movies - Episodes Tagged with “Scifi” https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/tags/scifi Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Every week on Late to the Movies, Ben Holt and a revolving cast of friends talk about a movie that one of them hadn't seen before, and really should have by now. en-us episodic A podcast about the movies you really should have seen by now Bentley Holt Every week on Late to the Movies, Ben Holt and a revolving cast of friends talk about a movie that one of them hadn't seen before, and really should have by now. yes movies, movie, films, film, review, comedy Bentley Holt bentleyjholt@gmail.com Daybreakers https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/170-daybreakers c1c61678-174e-4b49-a3be-23555e8f2bf2 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt Sam Neilloween vamps it up with 2009's Daybreakers! Ben and Patrick discuss the surprisingly star-filled, surprisingly ambitious Spierig Brothers dystopian sci-fi/action/horror/thriller film. Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, AND Sam Neill. 1:01:17 yes Sam Neilloween vamps it up with 2009's_ Daybreakers_! Ben and Patrick discuss the surprisingly star-filled, surprisingly ambitious Spierig Brothers dystopian sci-fi/action/horror/thriller film. Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, AND Sam Neill. sam neill, halloween, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, scifi, horror, action, dystopian, Spierig Brothers, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe Sam Neilloween vamps it up with 2009's_ Daybreakers_! Ben and Patrick discuss the surprisingly star-filled, surprisingly ambitious Spierig Brothers dystopian sci-fi/action/horror/thriller film.

Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, AND Sam Neill.

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Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, AND Sam Neill.

]]> Event Horizon https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/169-event-horizon 127ced90-b982-47f1-8dc1-d97867a97233 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt Sam Neilloween blasts off to somewhere near Neptune with 1997's Event Horizon! Ben, Sam, and Vaz discuss Sam Neill's predictably full-send performance in the Paul W.S. Anderson... classic? Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, written by Philip Eisner, and starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson. 1:08:53 yes <p>Sam Neilloween blasts off to somewhere near Neptune with 1997's <em>Event Horizon</em>! Ben, Sam, and Vaz discuss Sam Neill's predictably full-send performance in the Paul W.S. Anderson... classic?</p> <p>Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, written by Philip Eisner, and starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson. </p> sam neill, halloween, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, scifi, horror, event horizon, space, black hole, Paul W. S. Anderson, Laurence Fishburne Sam Neilloween blasts off to somewhere near Neptune with 1997's Event Horizon! Ben, Sam, and Vaz discuss Sam Neill's predictably full-send performance in the Paul W.S. Anderson... classic?

Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, written by Philip Eisner, and starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson.

]]> Sam Neilloween blasts off to somewhere near Neptune with 1997's Event Horizon! Ben, Sam, and Vaz discuss Sam Neill's predictably full-send performance in the Paul W.S. Anderson... classic?

Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, written by Philip Eisner, and starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson.

]]> Possession https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/168-possession 18e48f1b-6553-4b94-b969-f3693c095571 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt Sam Neilloween continues with Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 cult-classic, Possession! This week finds our hero caught in a psychological domestic divorce horror opposite a Cannes Best Actress-winning performance from Isabelle Adjani. Ben, Cory, and Noah discuss the fully... committed? unhinged? performances and vague plot of Possession. Directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani. 52:34 yes <p>Sam Neilloween continues with Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 cult-classic, <em>Possession</em>! This week finds our hero caught in a psychological domestic divorce horror opposite a Cannes Best Actress-winning performance from Isabelle Adjani. Ben, Cory, and Noah discuss the fully... committed? unhinged? performances and vague plot of <em>Possession</em>.</p> <p>Directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani. </p> sam neill, halloween, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, scifi, horror, possession, divorce, Andrzej Żuławski, Isabelle Adjani Sam Neilloween continues with Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 cult-classic, Possession! This week finds our hero caught in a psychological domestic divorce horror opposite a Cannes Best Actress-winning performance from Isabelle Adjani. Ben, Cory, and Noah discuss the fully... committed? unhinged? performances and vague plot of Possession.

Directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani.

]]> Sam Neilloween continues with Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 cult-classic, Possession! This week finds our hero caught in a psychological domestic divorce horror opposite a Cannes Best Actress-winning performance from Isabelle Adjani. Ben, Cory, and Noah discuss the fully... committed? unhinged? performances and vague plot of Possession.

Directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani.

]]> Jurassic Park Re-Re-Release (Happy Sam Neilloween!) https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/167-jurassic-park-re-re-release efa352ac-9ed2-4c14-b325-1826d92b1a5c Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:15:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt This year's October theme is Sam Neilloween! We'll be going deep on one of the most underrated and fearless actors of modern cinema, watching only Sam Neill-starring films all month. First up: the re-re-release of our episode on Jurassic Park, originally released in July 2022. Ben, Greg, Kyle, Lyndsey, and Ray discuss Neill's biggest film, the 1993 Steven Spielberg blockbuster that set a new standard for special effects in film (and also has that weird laugh that Jeff Goldblum does). It's weird they never made any legacy sequels to this one! Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. 1:38:41 yes This year's October theme is Sam Neilloween! We'll be going deep on one of the most underrated and fearless actors of modern cinema, watching only Sam Neill-starring films all month. First up: the re-re-release of our episode on Jurassic Park, originally released in July 2022. Ben, Greg, Kyle, Lyndsey, and Ray discuss Neill's biggest film, the 1993 Steven Spielberg blockbuster that set a new standard for special effects in film (and also has that weird laugh that Jeff Goldblum does). It's weird they never made any legacy sequels to this one! Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. sam neill, halloween, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, scifi, horror, jurassic park, Steven Spielberg, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough This year's October theme is Sam Neilloween! We'll be going deep on one of the most underrated and fearless actors of modern cinema, watching only Sam Neill-starring films all month. First up: the re-re-release of our episode on Jurassic Park, originally released in July 2022. Ben, Greg, Kyle, Lyndsey, and Ray discuss Neill's biggest film, the 1993 Steven Spielberg blockbuster that set a new standard for special effects in film (and also has that weird laugh that Jeff Goldblum does). It's weird they never made any legacy sequels to this one!

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough.

]]> This year's October theme is Sam Neilloween! We'll be going deep on one of the most underrated and fearless actors of modern cinema, watching only Sam Neill-starring films all month. First up: the re-re-release of our episode on Jurassic Park, originally released in July 2022. Ben, Greg, Kyle, Lyndsey, and Ray discuss Neill's biggest film, the 1993 Steven Spielberg blockbuster that set a new standard for special effects in film (and also has that weird laugh that Jeff Goldblum does). It's weird they never made any legacy sequels to this one!

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough.

]]> 2001: A Space Odyssey https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/166-2001-a-space-odyssey dea9e613-15d5-4108-909b-8bcbd3ad9a84 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" reaches its epic conclusion with Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." Ben, Greg, Lindsey, Marshall, and Ray discuss this vision of 2001 from the perspective of 1968; one of the most referenced, parodied, discussed, dissected, and imitated films of all time. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain. 1:41:25 yes "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" reaches its epic conclusion with Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." Ben, Greg, Lindsey, Marshall, and Ray discuss this vision of 2001 from the perspective of 1968; one of the most referenced, parodied, discussed, dissected, and imitated films of all time. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain. future, past, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, scifi, epic, space, science fiction, 2001, a space odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" reaches its epic conclusion with Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." Ben, Greg, Lindsey, Marshall, and Ray discuss this vision of 2001 from the perspective of 1968; one of the most referenced, parodied, discussed, dissected, and imitated films of all time.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain.

]]> "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" reaches its epic conclusion with Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." Ben, Greg, Lindsey, Marshall, and Ray discuss this vision of 2001 from the perspective of 1968; one of the most referenced, parodied, discussed, dissected, and imitated films of all time.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain.

]]> Paprika https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/165-paprika 9504a2c4-a933-4437-8908-0a9728ae0d3d Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" leaves dystopian futures behind (finally) and delves into the surrealist dreamscape of Satoshi Kon's Paprika (2006)! Ben, Cory, and Noah join the dream parade to discuss the animated classic, set in 2006's near-future. Directed by Satoshi Kon, co-written by Satoski Kon and Seishi Minakami, and based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui. 46:32 yes "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" leaves dystopian futures behind (finally) and delves into the surrealist dreamscape of Satoshi Kon's Paprika (2006)! Ben, Cory, and Noah join the dream parade to discuss the animated classic, set in 2006's near-future. Directed by Satoshi Kon, co-written by Satoski Kon and Seishi Minakami, and based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui. future, past, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, scifi, thriller, surreal, anime, animated, paprika, satoshi kon, Yasutaka Tsutsui "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" leaves dystopian futures behind (finally) and delves into the surrealist dreamscape of Satoshi Kon's Paprika (2006)! Ben, Cory, and Noah join the dream parade to discuss the animated classic, set in 2006's near-future.

Directed by Satoshi Kon, co-written by Satoski Kon and Seishi Minakami, and based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui.

]]> "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" leaves dystopian futures behind (finally) and delves into the surrealist dreamscape of Satoshi Kon's Paprika (2006)! Ben, Cory, and Noah join the dream parade to discuss the animated classic, set in 2006's near-future.

Directed by Satoshi Kon, co-written by Satoski Kon and Seishi Minakami, and based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui.

]]> The Running Man https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/164-the-running-man 43d5fa1c-32e7-4d06-ac38-9d933a852414 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" continues with Paul Michael Glaser's 1987 vision of a dystopian 2019 - The Running Man! Ben and Anthony discuss the unapologetically dumb, one-liner filled, Schwarzenegger-starring, incredibly loose adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura. 52:47 yes "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" continues with Paul Michael Glaser's 1987 vision of a dystopian 2019 - The Running Man! Ben and Anthony discuss the unapologetically dumb, one-liner filled, Schwarzenegger-starring, incredibly loose adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura. future, past, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, scifi, action, dystopian, Paul Michael Glaser, Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Jesse Ventura "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" continues with Paul Michael Glaser's 1987 vision of a dystopian 2019 - The Running Man! Ben and Anthony discuss the unapologetically dumb, one-liner filled, Schwarzenegger-starring, incredibly loose adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name.

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura.

]]> "(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" continues with Paul Michael Glaser's 1987 vision of a dystopian 2019 - The Running Man! Ben and Anthony discuss the unapologetically dumb, one-liner filled, Schwarzenegger-starring, incredibly loose adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name.

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura.

]]> Johnny Mnemonic https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/163-johnny-mnemonic 41e19104-2cec-4360-9431-d612b9946284 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt Going Back to (Look at) the Future month continues with 1995's somewhat-reclaimed Johnny Mnemonic! Ben and Brady discuss the William Gibson-penned, Robert Longo-directed, Keanu Reeves-starring, notorious cyberpunk flop that predicted a 2021 that included a global pandemic... hmm! Directed by Robert Longo and written by William Gibson, adapting his own short story. Starring Keanu Reeves, Takeshi Kitano, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T and Dina Meyer. 1:00:12 yes Going Back to (Look at) the Future month continues with 1995's somewhat-reclaimed Johnny Mnemonic! Ben and Brady discuss the William Gibson-penned, Robert Longo-directed, Keanu Reeves-starring, notorious cyberpunk flop that predicted a 2021 that included a global pandemic... hmm! Directed by Robert Longo and written by William Gibson, adapting his own short story. Starring Keanu Reeves, Takeshi Kitano, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T and Dina Meyer. future, past, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, scifi, cyberpunk, Johnny Mnemonic, Robert Longo, William Gibson, Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T Going Back to (Look at) the Future month continues with 1995's somewhat-reclaimed Johnny Mnemonic! Ben and Brady discuss the William Gibson-penned, Robert Longo-directed, Keanu Reeves-starring, notorious cyberpunk flop that predicted a 2021 that included a global pandemic... hmm!

Directed by Robert Longo and written by William Gibson, adapting his own short story. Starring Keanu Reeves, Takeshi Kitano, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T and Dina Meyer.

]]> Going Back to (Look at) the Future month continues with 1995's somewhat-reclaimed Johnny Mnemonic! Ben and Brady discuss the William Gibson-penned, Robert Longo-directed, Keanu Reeves-starring, notorious cyberpunk flop that predicted a 2021 that included a global pandemic... hmm!

Directed by Robert Longo and written by William Gibson, adapting his own short story. Starring Keanu Reeves, Takeshi Kitano, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T and Dina Meyer.

]]> Predator 2 https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/162-predator-2 ca9a17d3-1af3-42c7-93fa-1f8c7dbec16f Mon, 02 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt New month, new theme... after spending last month looking at the past, in September we're "going back to (look at) the future!" That means we'll be talking about movies set in the future relative to film's release but in a year that has already happened in the real world. For instance: 1990's "Predator 2", set in near-future 1997 in Los Angeles. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz discuss the extremely sweaty, trash-strewn action of this non-Arnold sequel. Directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall. 1:15:43 yes New month, new theme... after spending last month looking at the past, in September we're "going back to (look at) the future!" That means we'll be talking about movies set in the future relative to film's release but in a year that has already happened in the real world. For instance: 1990's Predator 2, set in near-future 1997 in Los Angeles. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz discuss the extremely sweaty, trash-strewn action of this non-Arnold sequel. Directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall. future, past, movie, film, late to the movies, review, ben holt, horror, action, scifi, predator, predator 2, Stephen Hopkins, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Bill Paxton New month, new theme... after spending last month looking at the past, in September we're "going back to (look at) the future!" That means we'll be talking about movies set in the future relative to film's release but in a year that has already happened in the real world. For instance: 1990's Predator 2, set in near-future 1997 in Los Angeles. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz discuss the extremely sweaty, trash-strewn action of this non-Arnold sequel.

Directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall.

]]> New month, new theme... after spending last month looking at the past, in September we're "going back to (look at) the future!" That means we'll be talking about movies set in the future relative to film's release but in a year that has already happened in the real world. For instance: 1990's Predator 2, set in near-future 1997 in Los Angeles. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz discuss the extremely sweaty, trash-strewn action of this non-Arnold sequel.

Directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall.

]]> Blade Runner https://latetothemoviespod.fireside.fm/11-blade-runner 7eaa8ccb-f062-4b70-9bc9-f5a3e6d2f1c8 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0500 Bentley Holt full Bentley Holt Ben, Robbie, and Will (Ridley Scott's Tots) discuss the 1982 sci-fi noir Blade Runner. They answer life's biggest questions, such as: what does it mean to be human? Why is everything wet in L.A.? Does Harrison Ford enjoy acting at all? All that and more on Late to the Movies! 1:39:45 yes Ben, Robbie, and Will (Ridley Scott's Tots) discuss the 1982 sci-fi noir Blade Runner. They answer life's biggest questions, such as: what does it mean to be human? Why is everything wet in L.A.? Does Harrison Ford enjoy acting at all? All that and more on Late to the Movies! movie, film, scifi, cyberpunk, late to the movies, harrison ford, ridley scott, Blade runner Ben, Robbie, and Will (Ridley Scott's Tots) discuss the 1982 sci-fi noir Blade Runner. They answer life's biggest questions, such as: what does it mean to be human? Why is everything wet in L.A.? Does Harrison Ford enjoy acting at all? All that and more on Late to the Movies!

]]> Ben, Robbie, and Will (Ridley Scott's Tots) discuss the 1982 sci-fi noir Blade Runner. They answer life's biggest questions, such as: what does it mean to be human? Why is everything wet in L.A.? Does Harrison Ford enjoy acting at all? All that and more on Late to the Movies!

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