TV & Film
Grrrr! This episode is about man becoming a savage beast...although in slightly different circumstances. You can download the podcast here by right-clicking on that link and choosing "save as", or you can use the convenient player located below:The first film in this mini-episode is a ground-breaking comedic horror film from John Landis (a departure from him, having just directed Animal House and The Blues Brothers) which features still-stunning make-up effects by Rick Baker. Lucky for Rick, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences just created a Best Make-Up award after the upheaval surrounding the collective diss directed at The Elephant Man a year earlier. The werewolf transformation scene is still the highlight of this film from 1981 and it is part of our new series where we select an Oscar winning film to discuss.That's some Oscar-winning makeup work there, y'all.Murderball is a documentary about quadraplegic rugby. But really it's about the courage and tenacity of disabled men and how they really are just living their lives like everyone else. This multi-award winning film is part of our other new category where we review a documentary of our choosing. Murderball won the Audience Award at Sundance and we think it needs a wider audience. Cheers!This sport is not for the namby-pamby milquetoast types, no sir!