Best Vicky Aguero and Dan Domingues Podcasts (2025)

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Ballerina (Episode 212) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:31:55

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Hot Date is shaking things up again by choosing a recent date and a movie hot from theaters to discuss. Dipping into the John Wick universe, Dan and Vicky discuss Ballerina, the next film in the Keanu Reeves lead action franchise. Wick takes a back seat to Eve Macarro, played by Knives Out and Blonde star Ana de Armas. Eve is on a mission to avenge…

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Crossfire (Episode 211) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:27:44

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1947's Crossfire, directed by Edward Dmytryk, is based on the novel The Brick Foxhole by Richard Brooks. In Brooks' novel, a gay man is murdered by a soldier on leave but the film had to adhere to a Hays Code which didn't allow for depictions of homosexuality so anti-Jewish sentiment became the reason for the killing. Ironically, it was the film's …

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Top Ten Movie Adaptations (Episode 210) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:45:55

1M ago1:45:55

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Hot Date has reached it's next Top Ten episode and for this episode, Dan and Vicky pick their most favorite movie adaptations - films that started as books, plays, musicals, songs, even Twitter feeds! Your hosts also talk about what they've seen recently including Sinners, Drop, the new season of Black Mirror, Kevin Bacon starring horror show The B…

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Born Romantic (Episode 209) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:17:08

2M ago1:17:08

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2000's Born Romantic is a little seen British comedy about dating in the Y2k era. Chock a block with UK stars including Craig Ferguson, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, Adrian Lester, Olivia Williams, David Morrissey and Jane Horrocks, the film follows a group of lonely hearts finding love and laughter with a London salsa club as the center of the…

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The Monkey (Episode 208) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:20:18

2M ago1:20:18

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Based on the Stephen King short story, Oz Perkins The Monkey tells the story of a wind up toy monkey that haunts the lives of twin brothers Hal and Bill. Christian Convery plays the twins as teen boys and Theo James plays them as adults. Produced by James Wan, the film also stars Tatiana Maslany, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood and Perkins hims…

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The Rickshaw Man (Episode 207) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:21:09

3M ago1:21:09

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The Rickshaw Man, Hiroshi Inagaki's 1958 film about a gruff rickshaw driver who becomes the surrogate father to a boy who loses his father unexpectedly, is a remake of his own 1943 black and white film of the same name. The 1958 version won Inagaki the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival and was one of 20 films the director made with his …

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Six Souls (Episode 206) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:29:24

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Originally titled Shelter and produced independently in 2010 with Swedish filmmakers Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein co-directing, the Julianne Moore starring Six Souls, written by Identity's Michael Cooney, was eventually purchased by the Weinstein Company under their Radius banner. But the Weinsteins were in the midst of serious financial woes in 20…

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My New Gun (Episode 205) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:24:46

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Struggling to find a role that would break her from beautiful girlfriend, adoring wife parts, 1992's My New Gun gave Diane Lane her first starring vehicle. It was a role that got her noticed and some of the best reviews of her career. Supporting her were Stephen Collins, James LeGros, Maddie Corman, Tess Harper, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the t…

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Slither (Episode 204) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:27:17

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1973's Slither was the directorial debut of Howard Zieff (Private Benjamin, My Girl) and the screenwriting debut for W.D. Richter (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Big Trouble In Little China). In the freewheeling comedic thriller, James Caan goes on the road looking for a stash of embezzled money with Peter Boyle, Louise Lasser and Sally Kellerman …

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Clash By Night (Episode 203) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:17:02

6M ago1:17:02

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Of his time working with then burgeoning film actress Marilyn Monroe, Fritz Lang recalls a 26 year old who struggled with self esteem issues, set tardiness, and lack of preparation. On 1952's Clash By Night, adapted from the Clifford Odets play, Monroe drove the director to distraction but was surprisingly embraced by leading lady Barbara Stanwyck.…

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Paris Blues (Episode 202) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:19:28

6M ago1:19:28

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The couples paired up in Martin Ritt's 1961 musical drama Paris Blues were more than just smart casting. Real life married paramours Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward play Ram and Lillian, a jazz musician and the woman he falls in love with him. And Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll, real life lovers at the time, play Eddie and Connie. Carroll and P…

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Megan Is Missing (Episode 201) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:16:50

7M ago1:16:50

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Dan and Vicky discuss the found footage horror thriller Megan is Missing. The film, starring many first time actors and shot for under a week on a $35,000 budget, was the brain child of cinematographer Michael Goi. Goi was eager to make a cautionary tale on the dangers of online predators and so impressed Anchor Bay Films they gave the movie, shot …

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Top Ten Directorial Debuts (Episode 200) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 2:06:51

7M ago2:06:51

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Our 200th Episode! 200 episodes of Hot Dates and Hot Takes on some of the weirdest, most beautiful and just plain bad movies. We've covered Oscar Winners and Razzie Winners, blockbusters and indie films, classics and guilty pleasures. To celebrate this milestone, we've invited Alexandra Kopko from the Film Bros Podcast to discuss our favorite direc…

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Home Room (Episode 199) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:30:02

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The 2002 film Home Room imagines the unlikely friendship between two survivors of a school shooting - women from very different backgrounds united in tragedy. Busy Philipps and Erika Christensen play Alicia and Deanna respectively and Victor Garber is the police investigator hoping the two will help answer questions about the deceased shooter. With…

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Blood Oath (Episode 198) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:20:11

9M ago1:20:11

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The 1990 Australian film Blood Oath (aka Prisoners of the Sun) is the harrowing true to life story of the military tribunal put together on the Indonesian island of Ambon to investigate the mass killings of Australian soldiers in a Japanese POW camp. Leading the charge is Captain Cooper, played by stalwart Aussie actor Bryan Brown (FX, Cocktail, An…

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The Reckless Moment (Episode 197) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:25:48

9M ago1:25:48

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Joan Bennett and James Mason, in only his third US film, play blackmailee and blackmailer respectively in director Max Ophuls' The Reckless Moment - his tale of a harried housewife whose life is turned upside down when her daughter accidentally kills a cad boyfriend and Bennett tries to cover it up. After directing only five American films, German …

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J.D.'s Revenge (Episode 196) Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:30:03

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Shot on location in New Orleans, blaxploitation horror film J.D.'s Revenge was the introduction of two of the hardest working and respected Black actors in the business - Glynn Turman and Louis Gossett. Already established presences in lots of TV and film projects, J.D.'s Revenge gave them the opportunity to play leading roles. With able support fr…

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Experiment in Terror (Episode 195) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:22:51

10M ago1:22:51

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Shot on location in foggy San Francisco, Blake Edwards' Experiment in Terror was his follow up to Breakfast at Tiffany's - again engaging a young sophisticated city girl with a handsome leading man but this time in a very different context. Lee Remick plays Emily Sherwood, a bank teller menaced by a blackmailer and serial killer and Glenn Ford is t…

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Longlegs (Episode 194) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:24:54

11M ago1:24:54

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Hot Date is shaking things up for our latest episode. Instead of reaching back in history for a random date, Dan & Vicky stay in the present and discuss the serial killer thriller and recent release Longlegs, directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Maika Monroe, Nic Cage, Blair Underwood and Alicia Witt. Along with Longlegs, your hosts chat about s…

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The Inglorious Bastards (Episode 193) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:29:17

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After Italian producers balked at director Enzo Castellari's idea to remake The Dirty Dozen, he raised the money himself and hired American B-movie titans Bo Svenson and Fred Williamson to lead a group of military prisoners across Nazi German territory (really the backlots of Cinecitta and surrounding areas) on a trek to freedom into Switzerland. I…

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Pig (Episode 192) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:37:35

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Michael Sarnoski, director of the recent summer horror hit A Quiet Place: Day One, made his feature directorial debut with 2021's Pig starring Nicolas Cage and Alex Wolff. Pig is the story of a withdrawn farmer living in the Oregon woods with his trusted and lucrative truffle pig. When the pig is kidnapped, Cage's character embarks on a journey to …

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Three Guys Named Mike (Episode 191) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:16:41

1y ago1:16:41

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After winning the Oscar in 1948 for best actress in Johnny Belinda, Jane Wyman had her pick of projects and leading men. She chose the winning comedy Three Guys Named Mike in 1951 because of it's potential box office appeal and the chance to try her skills in a different genre. Her supporting cast of Mikes included Van Johnson, Howard Keel and Barr…

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Top Ten Movie Moms and Dads (Episode 190) Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:38:56

1y ago1:38:56

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Hot Date has reached another tenth episode and that means a Top Ten extravaganza of movie memories and memorable moments. This time Dan and Vicky discuss their favorite Moms and Dads from film across the ages. The mission was accepted differently by your co-hosts so you're getting an eclectic list of perfect and imperfect parents. Dan, of course, f…

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Revolver (Episode 189) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:20:35

1y ago1:20:35

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A star studded cast joins Guy Ritchie regular Jason Statham in Revolver, the British auteur's violent meditation on the Ego and revenge. Ray Liotta, Andre Benjamin, Mark Strong, Vincent Pastore and Francesca Annis are all members of warring crime syndicates with Statham as the ex-con caught in the center. Ritchie was ultimately unhappy with the the…

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Christmas Holiday (Episode 188) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:06:03

1y ago1:06:03

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In 1944's Christmas Holiday, Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly, both known for their achievements in musical comedies, were cast against type as a lounge singer with a sordid past and her abusive husband respectively. Audiences seemed to be ready for the change as Christmas Holiday, directed by stylist Robert Siodmak and based on a W. Somerset Maugham s…

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Paper Lion (Episode 187) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 49:48

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Alan Alda plays George Plimpton in Paper Lion, the 1968 film based on Plimpton's book of the same title. The book and film chronicle his attempt at joining the Detroit Lions during pre-season training for a story in Sports Illustrated. Several real life football players appear as themselves in the film inlcuding Alex Karras (who starred two more ti…

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Hammett (Episode 186) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:27:47

1y ago1:27:47

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When Francis Ford Coppola hired German auteur Wim Wenders to direct his first American film, little did he suspect the difficulty that film would have getting to screens. The movie was Hammett, a fictionalized account of the mystery writer Dasheill Hammett's second career as a private investigator. In real life, Hammett stuck to penning noirs but i…

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Stolen Face (Episode 185) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:18:07

1+ y ago1:18:07

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1952's Stolen Face was an early Hammer Films production. The British studio, which would later become synonymous with thrillers and horror films, also churned out it's fair share of melodramas and comedies. This film, about a heartbroken plastic surgeon who physically transforms a prisoner into the woman who jilted him, stars Lizabeth Scott, Paul H…

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No Escape (Episode 184) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:13:14

1+ y ago1:13:14

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Actor Ray Liotta was coming off crtitical acclaim for his star making turn in Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas and was looking for a vehicle that would turn him into a bonafide movie star. For others that path was paved by action movies so Liotta signed on to 1994's No Escape hoping it would catapult him to international acclaim. As the stoic, brooding…

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The Tamarind Seed (Episode 183) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:18:55

1+ y ago1:18:55

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1974's The Tamarind Seed was considered a departure for star Julie Andrews. After a break to raise her family, Andrews was looking for a role that would reintroduce her to audiences in a new light. As the 70's were rife with political and paranoid thrillers, she jumped at the chance to play Judith Farrow - a woman reeling from personal tragedy who …

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The Gorilla (Episode 182) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:16:39

1+ y ago1:16:39

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1939's horror comedy The Gorilla was meant to be another 20th Century Fox showcase for the talents of The Ritz Brothers - three Newark born and Brooklyn raised brothers snatched from vaudeville by the studio in hopes they would bring Marx Brothers or Three Stooges size audiences. The film, however, was plagued with false starts, lawsuits and bad bl…

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Saving Grace (Episode 181) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:19:25

1+ y ago1:19:25

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A very special episode of the Hot Date Podcast with Dan & Vicky. There's drama, there's tears, there's nausea inducing popcorn. And, oh yeah, a movie to discuss. This time it's 2000's Cornwall shot Saving Grace starring Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson in the charming tale of a woman on the verge of bankruptcy with a plan to save her home by growi…

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Top Ten Creepy Performances (Episode 180) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:37:54

1+ y ago1:37:54

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We've reached another tenth podcast which means Dan and Vicky give you their Top Ten! This time, your hosts are counting down to their favorite top ten creepy performances! Man, woman and children are eligible. Try and guess which actor appears on both lists, which actor has two performances highlighted. What made-for-TV film makes the list!? Have …

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Aenigma (Episode 179) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:13:48

1+ y ago1:13:48

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Italian horror director Lucio Fulci's 1988 Aenigma seems to have been inspired by films as varied as Carrie and Patrick, with a dash of Argento madness and 80's slasher thrown in for good measure. Shot in Serbia standing in for Boston, the film features make up effects by Guiseppe Ferrante, cinematography from Luigi Ciccarese and a score by Carlo M…

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Illusion Travels By Streetcar (Episode 178) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:06:43

1+ y ago1:06:43

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Take a trip on decommissioned Streetcar 133 in Luis Bunuel's surreal and sweet 1954 film Illusion Travels By Streetcar (La Ilusión Vaja en Tranvía). When two mechanics learn their favorite streetcar is being taken off the line for good, they take it for one last drunken joyride that turns into an existential examination of life in a big city. The f…

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Sleep, My Love (Episode 177) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:29:05

1+ y ago1:29:05

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1954's Sleep, My Love was an early directorial effort from German born emigre Douglas Sirk. Sirk would later become recognized as an auteur - by, of course, the French - for his work with melodramas (Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows). Sleep, My Love, starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche and Hazel Brooks, was his atte…

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Chilly Scenes of Winter (Episode 176) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:30:53

2y ago1:30:53

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Actors Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf, and Amy Robinson were looking for film projects for their fledgling production company and all agreed that Ann Beattie's novel Chilly Scenes of Winter was ripe for adaptation. Indie director Joan Micklin Silver came on board with John Heard and Mary Beth Hurt leading the cast. The film struggled at the box office…

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Year of the Dog (Episode 175) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:25:31

2y ago1:25:31

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Mike White's (White Lotus, Enlightened, Chuck and Buck) directorial debut Year of the Dog tells the story of Peggy Spade, a mild mannered people pleaser who's life is upended when she loses her dog Pencil in a poisoning accident. Or was it an accident? Molly Shannon plays Peggy with a strong supporting cast that includes Peter Saarsgard, John C. Re…

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Gunfight at the OK Corral (Episode 174) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:29:14

2y ago1:29:14

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Dan and Vicky head back to the old west for a Gunfight at the OK Corral. The 1957 film directed by John Sturges and starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas tells the oft told tale of the legendary, albeit short, gun battle between the Earps and the Clantons and the violence, greed and passions that lead up to it. In a wide ranging conversation, yo…

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Crimewave (Episode 173) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:22:21

2y ago1:22:21

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1985's Crimewave was the sophmore effort for Evil Dead director Sam Raimi, actor and producer Bruce Campbell and producer Bob Tapert. The film started as the script The XYZ Murders by Joel and Ethan Coen. Raimi and genre friendly production company Avco-Embassy agreed the script was a winner and started shooting on a 2.5 million dollar budget. And …

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Shock Corridor (Episode 172) Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:34:28

2y ago1:34:28

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1963's Shock Corridor was director/writer/provocateur Sam Fuller's depiction of the search for truth in a hostile society bent on obfuscating and distorting it. Set in a mental institution, Fuller's story of a Boston Globe journalist who gets himself committed to solve a murder gets at the hypocrisy and violence that can occur when that search butt…

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Watch On The Rhine (Episode 171) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:27:01

2y ago1:27:01

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At a time when there was considerable United States naivete and even support around Hitler's domination of Europe, Warner Bros. took the calculated risk of releasing the fervently antifascist 1943 film adaptation of Lillian Helman's Tony award winning play Watch on the Rhine. Aiding them in delivering the important message was outspoken liberal Bet…

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Top Ten Remakes (Episode 170) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:25:10

2y ago1:25:10

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We're back with another Top Ten! Every tenth show we try to pick a fun and engaging topic that'll yield a list of our favorite top tens. This time it's Top Ten remakes. Vicky's criteria was films that are better or just as good as the original. Dan didn't really stick to that criteria as you'll hear but the lists are eclectic, cover several genres …

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Pin (Episode 169) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:20:57

2y ago1:20:57

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Dan and Vicky discuss the 1998 Canadian psychological thriller Pin from writer/director Sandor Stern starring David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Quinn and the voice of Breaking Bad actor Jonathan Banks. Stern is most famous for penning The Amityville Horror from 1979. Your hosts discuss the cult favorite along with plenty of recently seen incl…

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The Double Life of Veronique (Episode 168) Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:15:40

2y ago1:15:40

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On Hot Date episode 168, Dan and Vicky discuss the French-Polish film The Double Life of Veronique starring Irene Jacob, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Dumas and Claude Duneton. This was the breakthrough film of Polish auteur KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI, who went on to make the acclaimed Color Trilogy and the Dekalog series. Your hosts also discuss dog sitting…

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Paid In Full (Episode 167) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:11:37

2+ y ago1:11:37

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Dan and Vicky discuss the randomly chosen 1950 melodrama Paid In Full starring Lizabeth Scott, Diana Lynn, Robert Cummings and Eve Arden. Your hosts also discuss some recently seen including Cocaine Bear, All Quiet on the Western Front, Top Gun: Maverick, and the series Fleischman is in Trouble and History of the World Part II. hotdatepod.com FB: H…

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Easy Come, Easy Go (Episode 166) Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:16:18

2+ y ago1:16:18

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Although stuntmen did most of the underwater work, Elvis Presley, cast as Navy frogman Ted Jackson, whose job it was to diffuse sunken mines, still had alot of scenes in and around water in 1967's Easy Come, Easy Go. This necessitated being clothed head to toe in scuba gear and getting wet occasionally - two things Elvis was not a fan of. Also appe…

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Crime Story (Episode 165) - Hot Date with Dan & Vicky 1:19:49

2+ y ago1:19:49

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Based on the true kidnapping story of wealthy Hong Kong businessman Teddy Wang, 1993's (although shot in 1993, it wasn't released in the US until 1996) Crime Story was an attempt by Jackie Chan to expand his dramatic acting range. Audiences, and Chan himself, were not completely happy with the results. The film didn't make much of a box office impr…

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The Corruption of Chris Miller (Episode 164) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:41:54

2+ y ago1:41:54

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Although produced in Spain, 1973's The Corruption of Chris Miller, has all the earmarks of a traditional Italian giallo - sexual tension in an isolated country house, bad dubbing and, most importantly, a black clad killer. The film is directed by J.A..Bardem, uncle of Oscar winner Javier Bardem. The lush cinematography is by Juan Gelpi and the gran…

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The Bribe (Episode 163) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky 1:19:37

2+ y ago1:19:37

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A starry cast brings 1949's The Bribe to life. Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price and John Hodiak are all on a fictitious Caribbean island together falling in love and scheming to steal leftover ammunition parts. This somewhat forgotten noir was written by Marguerite Roberts, whose career was put on hold when she was blackl…

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