The Good, The Bad, and The Sequel

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Ghoulies Go To College” and this week I am chatting with Cinematographer Rohn Schmidt.  Rohn talked to me about how a hidden door in his shop class helped him find his future career in Hollywood.  Rohn had stories about working for Roger Corman, working on Ghoulies Go To College, The Shield, The Mist, Scott Bakula, and more.  Plus Rohn told me the difference between director of photography and cinematographer. Such a fun chat. Links mentioned in this episode: Rohn's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773180/ Rohn's website http://www.rohnschmidt.com/index.php Next up is "Ghoulies Go To College". It's free on Tubi. It's got Kane Hodder, talking Ghoulies, a young Matthew Lillard, and more. Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, exes, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

This week we are discussing "The Hangover Part III" and this is the conclusion to one of the funniest comedy franchises ever that elevated the 3 actors to stardom, individually in their own way. This movie needed to figure out a way to finish a franchise, which is hard to do, but they perfectly had some great callbacks to the first two films and introduced John Goodman as the villain. We discussed Alan's love for Phil, "Fluffers, Buffers, and Farters", Chow becoming an action star, and so much more. This is a video review you can watch at sequelsonly.com/hangover3 The next sequel that will be discussed next is  "Ghoulies Go to College " in honor of college spring break.  This movie had me interviewing the Director of Photography Ronn Schmidt.  Ronn's early credits include this Ghoulies sequel and some Roger Corman classics like "Brain Dead".  Ronn is most known for his work on the 1st season of "The Shield" and "The Mist", but his credits are full of some great projects.  I loved Ronn's origin story and also so amazing that former guest Steven Poster is part of Ronn's journey. Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, exes, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

The next sequel we are reviewing is "The Hangover Part III” and this week I am chatting with Actress Sondra Currie who plays "Linda" in all three of the Hangover movies.  Sondra is born and raised in Los Angeles, Sondra grew up in a "show business family." As the daughter of actress, Marie Harmon (Gunsmoke/The El Paso Kid) from a young age Sondra knew she wanted to be a performer.  Sondra talked about making her dream happen, working with John Wayne, her "Slice 'em, dice 'em" movies, guest-starring roles on every big TV show, how she met her husband, and so much more.  Sondra was a blast to chat with and I know you will love her. Links mentioned in this episode:  Sondra's IMDb http://www.sondracurrie.com/ Sondra's website http://www.sondracurrie.com/ Next up is "The Hangover Part III". It's free on HBO MAX, which was so much to break down because I never saw it.  I honestly only remembered the 1st scene and that's it.   Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, exes, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

This week we are discussing "Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur" and this is the first movie that truly was a head-scratcher, but was so much fun to discuss.  This movie had a cast with Monique Parent, Mark Ruffalo, David Naughton, and more.  We tried to figure out the plot of the movie at the same time we discussed my love of Julio's character, the mirror bleeding, is hooking up with a ghost cheating, and more.   This is a video review you can watch at sequelsonly.com/mirrormirror3 The next sequel that will be discussed next is  "Hangover 3" in honor of Mardi Gras.  This sequel had me interviewing "Linda" aka Alan's mom played by the talented Sondra Currie.  Sondra talked about how she broke into the industry and how she made it happen for herself, then we talked about her what she called “Slice em dice em” movies from the ’70s like Policewoman, Jessi’s Girls, Fugitive Lovers, and more.  Plus she guest-starred on pretty much every amazing show in the 70s and 80s and had some fun stories to tell.  Her sister is runaways founder Cherie Currie.  Great chat. Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur” and this week I am chatting with Actress Monique Parent who was in so much that I watched during my childhood.  Monique talked about her journey from a small town in California to uprooting her and her cat to move to LA, landing a lead role in her 1st audition, her new movie on Lifetime Movie Network "Killer Ambition", and more.  Such a fun chat. This is a video interview you can watch at sequelsonly.com/moniqueparent Links mentioned in this episode: Monique's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661293/ Monique's Website uniquemonique.com Monique's youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdUicXOtV5eqfuDSEVMRmA Next up is "Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur". It's free on Plex TV and also I will be putting a best-of clip together on our Twitter. Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

This week we are discussing "Mechanic: Resurrection" and we couldn't do it without our action sequel expert Andrew Powers.  We talked about Statham having the name Arthur Bishop, Malaysian prisons, the Jessica Alba twist we wanted, the unlimited amount of Blackberries, and lots more.   Andrew throughout the review was breaking plates and glasses in the rage room he owns in New Brunswick, NJ. Check it out at https://www.breakstuffnj.com/ This is a video review you can watch at sequelsonly.com/mechanic2 The next sequel that will be discussed next is  "Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur" free on Plex TV. This is our first romantic sorta movie, I don't know, but it has a great cast starring Billy Drago, David Naughton, Mark Ruffalo, and it got me the chance to interview Actress Monique Parent who was in so many B-movies I loved growing up. We talked about how she started her career after growing up in a small town, B-movies, Jim Wynorski, her youtube channel, her new Lifetime movie "Killer Ambition", and more. Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Mechanic Resurrection" and this week I was lucky to chat with an actor and stuntman who was on the other of the globe, Brahim Chab.  Brahim grew up outside of Paris and knew as a teen that he wanted to have a career in film.  Brahim's favorites were Van Damme, Jackie Chan, and Jason Statham and he eventually worked with them all.  Brahim talks about a decision he made to stay in a foreign land to pursue his dream and it was so inspiring.  Great chat. This is a video interview you can watch at sequelsonly.com/brahimchab Links mentioned in this episode: Brahim's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3100183/ Next up is "Mechanic: Resurrection". This is our first Jason Statham sequel so it should be rad! Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

This week we are discussing our 73rd sequel and 200th episode, "Freddy vs Jason".  It took 15 years after Rob Hedden tried to make it happen, but we finally got the two horror legends going head to head.  We discussed the idea of a buddy cop movie titled "Freddy and Jason", the amazing real estate agent who keeps selling the Krueger house, the superhuman strength of Jason, Not Jay Mewes and Not Billy Bob, and lots more.   This is a video review you can watch at sequelsonly.com/freddyvsjason The next sequel that will be discussed next is "Mechanic: Ressurection,"   Statham, Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, and our action sequel expert Andrew Powers will be back to help us break it all down.  For this one, we chatted with stuntman and actor Brahim Chab.  Brahim had some great stories about taking the leap from France to pursue his dream plus how he came to double JCVD plus lots more.  Great chat with someone who is on the other side of the globe. Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk! Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Freddy vs Jason" and this week I am so lucky to pick the brain of "Jason Voorhees" himself from it, actor and stuntman Ken Kirzinger. Ken talked about how he got interested in becoming a stuntman, working in Vancouver during the filming boom in the 80s, Jason Takes Manhattan, Gunsmoke, and more.  Ken had some legendary stories and I was so grateful he shared them with me.  This is a video interview you can watch at sequelsonly.com/kenkirzinger Links mentioned in this episode: Ken's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457090/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 The book Ken plugged for a fan https://www.amazon.com/Rusty-Blade-Love-Shaina-Keibler-ebook/dp/B09BSPY46Z Next up is our 200th episode and we are talking "Freddy vs Jason". This sequel has two legendary slashers going toe to toe filled with some epic Freddy one-liners, terrible adults, a cornfield rave, and more.  Grab your Everclear and join us.  Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

This week we are discussing "Batman Forever", which is the perfect way to kick off 2022.  Carrey, Lee Jones, Kilmer, Kidman, O'Donnell, and more fill out this star-studded cast.  This is more comic book looking than its predecessors, but a lot of fun to break down.  We discussed some of the "almost" casting decisions if anyone can turn on the bat signal, Commissioner Gordon being the worst, the Riddler's odd change throughout the movie, and so much more.  We had guest reviewer Shorror join us to analyze this Batty sequel. This is a video review you can watch at sequelsonly.com/BatmanForever The next sequel will be our 200th sequel and we are covering a sequel with 2 horror icons, Freddy Vs Jason.  I was lucky enough to interview Jason himself, Ken Kirzinger who is a legend in the stunt world.  He also was the stunt coordinator for Jason takes Manhattan and actually was the cook that Jason killed in the NY diner scene.  Ken has done everything from stunt driving to a gun spinner, hell he even was a stand-in for John Lithgow in a movie.  Great stories about starting in the stunt industry just as filming started to boom in Vancouver, Canada.  Great chat. Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk! Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Batman Forever" and this week we are talking with Special FX Artist Eddie Yang.  Eddie's story is so inspirational because after falling in love with makeup effects as a kid, he knew what he wanted to do and made it happen.  Eddie was such a fan of Rick Baker after seeing "American Werewolf in London", then years later worked for him and with him and are still friends to this day.  I also loved hearing about how the industry and Eddie himself transitioned once computers came into play.  Great chat. This is a video interview you can watch at sequelsonly.com/eddieyang Links mentioned in this episode: Eddie's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945980/?ref_=nmmi_mi_nm Eddie's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eddieyangofficial/ Deity Creative  http://www.deitycreative.com/ Next up is "Batman Forever". This sequel catches a lot of flack from people, but I remember loving it.  Hell, I had all the McDonald glasses from it.  Can't wait to talk about it and all the fun behind-the-scenes stories I found (and Jamie heard). Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

This week we are discussing "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", which is the greatest Christmas sequel ever.  We discussed if this movie involves a "Vacation", Jamie's friends in high places, Clark's odd pool fantasy, Eddie being Eddie, the career of a food additive expert, and more.  This is our last sequel of 2021, so thank you for listening and 2022 is going to be epic! This is a video review you can watch at sequelsonly.com/ChristmasVacation The next sequel we are reviewing is "Batman Forever" with a pretty epic cast to follow up "Batman Returns.  I interviewed special fx artist Eddie Yang who was a sculptor and painting on this one, but this is one of many EPIC credits that Eddie has.  Others include Predator, Gremlins 2, Return of the Swamp Thing, Avatar, and so much more.  Eddie’s story about just dropping into local effect studios at the age of 16 is one you will love, plus how he connected with and started working with Rick Baker is a goodie too.  Plus Eddie remembers the late great (and former guest) Tim Lawrence who gave Eddie one of his first jobs.  Amazing chat. Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk! Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly

Happy Holidays! The next sequel we are reviewing is "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and this week we are talking with Actress Miriam Flynn.  Miriam is most known for her role as "Cousin Catherine" in the "Vacation" Franchise, but her voice acting credits show that you have heard her voice over the years on all your favorite cartoons.  Miriam talked about her improv days at "Second City", how she landed "Cousin Catherine", voice acting, and so much more.  Great chat.  Links mentioned in this episode: Miriam's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283565/ Miriam's late husband's movie is "The Space Between" starring Kelsey Grammer and Paris Jackson Next up is our Christmas sequel, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." This is a movie you have seen before but watch again as we discuss this classic. Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!

This week we are discussing "Rocky V", which was a drama filmed movie where Rocky doesn't throw a punch until 80 minutes in. We discussed Rocky's brain injury and loss of money causing him to speak as he did in Rocky 1/2, his kid's future in Art, Paulie being Paulie, George Washington Duke!, and so much more.  This movie was a lot of fun to break down with our Munchie expert and now 4-time guest review Nick. This is a video review you can watch at sequelsonly.com/Rocky5 The next sequel is our Christmas sequel and we are doing THE greatest Christmas sequel of all time "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation".  We can't wait to discuss Cousin Eddie, the house full of in-laws, and the neighbors who weren't wrong. And for such an epic movie like this, we interviewed "Cousin Catherine", Actress Miriam Flynn.  Miriam talked about how she went from Ohio to Second City in Chicago to starring in a sitcom right out of the gate.  Miriam wrote on the Tim Conway Show, has a ton of epic voice credits, and has some great stories to tell.  Great chat Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk! Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly

The next sequel we are reviewing is "Rocky V" and this week we are talking with Cinematographer Steven Poster.  Steven fell in love with still photography at a young age and had the perfect neighbor move in next door at a young age to help him on his journey.  Steven worked on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner, Strange Brew, Rocky V, Donnie Darko, and so much more.  Steven's journey is one you will love because there are so many pivotal moments that worked out in his favor and it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.  Great chat.  Links mentioned in this episode:  Steven's IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692925/  Del Close Doc "For Madmen Only" is on Hulu https://www.hulu.com/movie/for-madmen-only-the-stories-of-del-close-9edf8a7e-2ba6-43a3-906d-882250a9c70f  Next week we are discussing "Rocky V" and our "Munchie" expert Nick is back for the 4th time, he honestly gets the best movies (eye roll).  This is a low point in the franchise, but it was still a blast to discuss.  Find it on HBO Max or anywhere else. Follow us on all social media @sequelsonly and our website is sequelsonly.com Review, rate, and share us with your friends, enemies, neighbors, ex's, and even that annoying supermarket clerk!