Optimism Vaccine

Optimism Vaccine’s panel of experts and idiots explore the dingy crevices between pop culture and forgotten trash in a never-ending quest to celebrate your guilty pleasures in the world of cinema and beyond.

https://optimismvaccine.com

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h15m. Bisher sind 344 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 18 days 8 hours 5 minutes

subscribe
share






episode 258: The Films of Russ Meyer (Yes Nut November - Part 2)


THIS WEEK: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), and Supervixens (1975)

We finally got to fulfill our lifelong dream of covering our favorite army combat cameraman turned campy sexploitation and softcore peddler, Russ Meyer. How many filmmakers can say they had a career making the finest big-boobed, square-jawed, action packed movies in the world AND got to collaborate with Roger "Erogenous" Ebert? There's only one, baby...


share








 November 9, 2023  1h12m
 
 

episode 257: Salacious Snuff and Hugh Grant Apologizing (Yes Nut November - Part 1)


THIS WEEK: Emanuelle in America (1977), Star Of David: Beautiful Girl Hunter (1979), Bitter Moon (1992)

VOTE ON THE NAME FOR THIS MONTH'S THEME

ANOTHER PATRON REQUEST EPISODE!

Theres no better way to kick off November than with a trio of movies that would get a more respectable podcast shamed and criticized into oblivion. Lucky for us, most people don't care about which films we cover and those who do hold us to the lowest of standards...


share








 November 2, 2023  1h3m
 
 

episode 256: The Films of Clive Barker (Shawntober 2023 - Part 4)


THIS WEEK: Hellraiser (1987), Nightbreed (1990), Lord of Illusions (1995)

Clive Barker is a British author, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his contributions to the horror and dark fantasy genres. While his primary claim to fame is as a novelist and short story writer, he also had a brief but impactful career as a film director.

Clive Barker made his directorial debut with "Hellraiser," a horror film based on his own novella "The Hellbound Heart...


share








 October 26, 2023  1h24m
 
 

episode 255: The Films of David DeCoteau (Shawntober 2023 - Part 3)


THIS WEEK: Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988), Nightmare Sisters (1988), Leeches! (2003)

Shawn Glinis has never seen a single David DeCoteau movie about shirtless hunks taking showers. We're doing our best to help him live a less shameful and embarrassing life...


share








 October 20, 2023  1h9m
 
 

episode 254: The Horror Films of Stephanie Rothman (Shawntober 2023 - Part 2)


THIS WEEK: Blood Bath (1966), The Velvet Vampire (1971)

Shawntober continues with Roger Corman protégé and criminally underrated New Hollywood auteur, Stephanie Rothman.

Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon


share








 October 13, 2023  57m
 
 

episode 253: The Films of Tim Ritter (Shawntober 2023 - Part 1)


THIS WEEK: Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness (1986), Killing Spree (1987), and Creep (1995)

Shawn Glinis is back for another OpBOOism VacSCREAM October. We're kicking things off this year with a look at regional horror filmmaker and reigning king of Florida gore, Tim Ritter. Join as as we look at his early slasher films, discuss the incomparable Asbestos Felt, and try to keep Miros from howling like a cartoon wolf every time Kathy Willets is on screen...


share








 October 5, 2023  1h30m
 
 

episode 252: Pod on Entebbe (Post-colonialism Gone Wild)


THIS WEEK: Dark of the Sun (1968), The Wilby Conspiracy (1975), Raid on Entebbe (1977)

Optimism Vaccine sets sail for the mother continent to talk sweat soaked colonizers, blood diamonds, Sidney Poitier and if Yaphet Kotto is a better Idi Amin than Idi Amin.

Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon


share








 September 29, 2023  1h16m
 
 

episode 251: Ringo in the 90s (The Films of Ringo Lam - Part 1)


THIS WEEK: Undeclared War (1990), Burning Paradise (1994), Full ALert (1997)

When people speak glowingly of the Hong Kong New Wave or the great Hong Kong action directors, Ringo Lam is usually the first auteur left on the cutting room floor. Yeah, you've seen City on Fire and know it's great, but some of Lam's greatest films were also his biggest critical and commercial failures.

Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon


share








 September 22, 2023  1h16m
 
 

episode 250: The Good, the Bad and the Tubi (Tubi Originals)


THIS WEEK: Bad Cat (2016), First Person Shooter (2022), Cinnamon (2023)

Brought to you by our patron poll, it's original films from the best damn streaming platform in the world. Will Tubi offer us the slick style of a Netflix production? Of course not. You will get a Turkish CGI Garfield that smokes and swears though so count your blessings.

Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon


share








 September 14, 2023  1h24m
 
 

episode 249: The Shape Cast


THIS WEEK: Cube (1997), Triangle (2009), Sphere (1998)

We're not naming names, but someone with a toddler's brain took too many edibles and thought it would be a great idea to talk about movies about shapes. Or at least movies with shapes in the name? When was the last time you thought about Dustin Hoffman's performance in Sphere? Yeah, we never had either. Anyway, SHAPE CAST.

Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon


share








 September 8, 2023  1h19m