CFQ Laserblast Podcast 2:20.2: Drive Angry, Stanley Kubrick, Twilight Zone

Drive Angry 3D
You can keep track of Milton's Mayhem with the interactive features on the DRIVE ANGRY Blu-ray disc.

Looking for new horror, fantasy, and science fiction films on home video? Then look no farther than this week’s Cinefantastique Laserblast Podcast, in which Lawrence French, Dan Persons, and Steve Biodrowski run down the latest releases on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD: DRIVE ANGRY, TRUEBLOOD: THE COMPLETE THRID SEASON, SGU: STARGATE UNIVERSE – THE COMPLETE FINAL SEASON, STANLEY KUBRICK: LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION, STANLEY KUBRICK: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION, CAT O’NINE TAILS. Also this week: news of the upcoming Blu-ray release of THE TWILIGHT ZONE’s fifth season, including 20 new audio commentaries not available on previous DVD releases.


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Gregg Araki on Kaboom: Fantasy Film Podcast

Waiting for the End of the World: (l to r) Juno Temple, Thomas Dekker, and Haley Bennett in KABOOM.
Waiting for the End of the World: (l to r) Juno Temple, Thomas Dekker, and Haley Bennett in KABOOM.

His previous film, SMILEY FACE, seems to have perked director Gregg Araki up considerably. There’s a fatality to his newest, KABOOM — dealing with the imminent end of the world and all that — but there’s also an antic attitude to it that pulls the proceedings away from the darkness. Granted, when your story is about an “ambisexual” (that’s the way the notes put it) college freshman (Thomas Dekker) who’s getting premonitions of an impending apocalypse in between bouts of sex and copious drug use — all while his best friend (Haley Bennett) is being stalked by a jealous witch and his surfer-cute roommate (Chris Zylka) is sending out decidedly mixed signals — it’s hard to keep a (forgive us) straight face. This may be another of Araki’s doomed generations, but they’re not gonna mope around about it.
Click on the player to hear my interview with Gregg.

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