Legends Podcast

Here we discuss Entertainment Legends, and Legendary entertainment. Cult, Classic, New, Old, Original, Sequels, Reboot, Remake, Web, TV, Comic, Video Games and more, for better or worse. Come listen to a rotating cast of hosts (including some special guests) as we comment on our favorite entertainment.

Legends Podcast is a member of the GonnaGeek Podcast Network but is not owned by GonnaGeek.

Legends Podcast #529; Raiders of the Lost Ark (40th Anniversary)

Forty years ago, Indiana Jones swung onto movie theater screens with his first epic adventure hot on the heels of some nasty Nazis in search of the Ark of the Covenant. Created by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman, and brought to life by screenwriter Lawren

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Legends Podcast #528; Excalibur (40th Anniversary)

Forty years ago, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table got the blockbuster treatment with John Boorman’s 1981 production retelling the classic tales. Starring Nigel Terry as Arthur and Nicol Williamson as Merlin, the film also features Gabriel

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Legends Podcast #527; The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Animated Movies)

Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who produced the Academy Award-winning (and Legends fan favorite) animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, teamed up with director Mike Rianda on a family road trip movie about the end of the world for Sony Pictures Ani

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Legends Podcast #526; Nomadland (Oscar Winners)

Director Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win Best Director at the Academy Awards this year with her 2020 film starring Frances McDormand. Based on Jessica Bruder’s non-fiction book exploring the lives of van-dwelling transient Americans i

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Legends Podcast #525; Without Remorse (Action Movies)

Author Tom Clancy ruled the ‘80s and ‘90s with his military espionage thrillers, starting with 1984’s The Hunt for Red October, producing seventeen bestsellers and selling over 100 million copies in his lifetime, and spawning multiple motion picture

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Legends Podcast #524; Another Round (Oscar Winners)

Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, perhap best known for co-founding the Dogme 95 filmmaking movement with fellow director Lars von Trier, is also famous for his intensely intimate character studies within ensemble casts. His latest film follows that tren

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Legends Podcast #523; Mortal Kombat 2021 (Video Game Movies)

This player-versus-player video game hit arcades almost thirty years ago, and it quickly became infamous for its graphic violence, including bloody signature kill moves called Fatalities. While it’s gotten the big screen treatment before, most notably i

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Legends Podcast #522; The Boys in the Band (Gaypril)

Playwright Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band opened in 1968 as an Off-Broadway production with a limited engagement – just five curtain calls. However, the show’s popularity led to a change in venue to a larger theater where it ran for 1,001 performance

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Legends Podcast #521; But I’m a Cheerleader (Gaypril)

Director Jamie Babbit made her feature debut in 1999 after she found success at Sundance with her short film Sleeping Beauties. Starring Natasha Lyonne as a high school cheerleader sent to conversion therapy camp, the film also features Clea DuVall and Me

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Legends Podcast #520; Brokeback Mountain (Gaypril)

Director Ang Lee had already achieved international success when he took the helm of an adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story that was co-written by Lonesome Dove author Larry McMurty. Starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as two cowboys who carry

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