We're back! Join us on a trip to the optimistic days of the early 80s as we discuss the extremely bizarre but highly charming sci-fi comedy THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION

THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION
RELEASED: August 10, 1984
DIRECTED BY: W.D. Richter
STARRING: Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum
BUDGET: $17m
BOX OFFICE: $6.3m
ESTIMATED LOSS: Total

NEXT EPISODE: We'll be back in January as we start our 2025 Year-In-Review

0:00 Intro
2:55 Show & tell
9:36 This week's movie

This week we cover our first, and definitely not our last, Guy Ritchie movie with 2015's throwback spy action comedy THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
RELEASED: August 14, 2015
DIRECTED BY: Guy Ritchie
STARRING: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Debicki
BUDGET: $84m
BOX OFFICE: $110m
ESTIMATED LOSS: $80m

NEXT EPISODE: We get real weird and real 80s with THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION.

0:00 Intro
2:52 Show & tell
9:08 This week's movie

We wrap up another successful Blastober with the final film from horror master Clive Barker: it's an interesting mix of cosmic horror and noir, 1995's LORD OF ILLUSIONS

LORD OF ILLUSIONS
RELEASED: August 25, 1995
DIRECTED BY: Clive Barker
STARRING: Scott Bakula, Famke Jannsen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel von Bargen
BUDGET: $11M
BOX OFFICE: $13.3M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M

NEXT EPISODE: We're done with the scaries for now and getting into espionage with 2015's Guy Ritchie spy jaunt THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

SHOW NOTES
Swann's fake mustache
https://imgur.com/a/CeeBt7a

0:00 Intro
3:44 Show & tell
9:00 This week's movie