Bucky’s Basement Podcast

Watching Dawn, The Heavy Cleaner - Fast Pitch Ep 40 - Bucky's Basement

Welcome back to Bucky’s Basement.
This week on Fast Pitch, the Sack giveth…
“Watching Dawn, The Heavy Cleaner.”
 
Yeah. Let that one marinate.
 
With only 15 minutes each to build a full movie — complete with Cast, Tagline, and Movie Marriage — what direction will the guys take?
 
 
Is sci-fi in the cards? What about an origin story? Or something closer to home, ripped from the headlines? Or something so unhinged it legally shouldn’t exist?
 
Mum’s the word. You’ll have to listen to find out.
Three pitches.
One bizarre title.
Zero preparation.
 
Always unique. Always fresh. In 15 minutes or less.
Only on Bucky’s Basement.

Bangkok Dangerous - Casting Cage Ep 43 - Bucky's Basement Podcast

Nobody said every job would be clean.
 
This week on Casting Cage, we're diving headfirst into the neon-soaked streets of Thailand with Nicolas Cage's 2008 action thriller, 'Bangkok Dangerous'. A seasoned assassin. One last job. A city full of bad decisions. You know how this goes.
 
We do our best to find the silver lining in this remake of the Thai cult classic — brought back to life by the original directors, the Pang Brothers — and honestly? There's more to work with than you might expect. There's action. There's suspense. There are some deeply questionable choices and enough deadpan acting to make you wonder if the real danger was the emotional range we lost along the way.
 
So join us as we explore the seedy underbelly of Bangkok, hunt for the heart beneath the hitman, and ask the question nobody else is brave enough to ask: was this one last job worth it?
 
Be careful out there. You know Bangkok Dangerous.
 
Because nobody does Cage like we do.
Only on Bucky's Basement.
 
 

Don't Rico Astroids - Fast Pitch Ep 39 - Bucky's Basement Podcast

This week on Bucky’s Basement, Fast Pitch pulls the title Don’t Rico Asteroids from the Sack—and the Sack, as usual, shows no mercy.
Undeterred, the boys rise to the challenge with three wildly different interpretations: a futuristic sci-fi parable about classism and moral responsibility, an alien invasion orchestrated by a bottom-feeding film producer, and an unexpectedly earnest origin story for the classic arcade game Asteroids.
Same title. Three movies. Zero dignity.
Always unique. Always fresh. In 15 minutes or less.
Only on Bucky’s Basement.

National Treasure 2 - Casting Cage Ep 42 - Bucky's Basement Podcast

This week, Bucky’s Basement dusts off another Casting Cage episode with 2007’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets, a sequel that proves American history has even more secret compartments than previously disclosed.
Nic Cage returns as Benjamin Gates, this time chasing the mythical City of Gold, Cibola, while reuniting with his whiny daddy (Jon Voight), his ex (Diane Kruger), his trusty sidekick (Justin Bartha), and racing against a lazy treasure hunting Ed Harris. Add in Helen Mirren as Cage’s hot mom as a bonus.
 
We unpack granddaddy-vs-granddaddy dynamics, questionable treasure hunting ethics, and the glossy, carbon-copy soul of late-2000s Hollywood blockbusters. Is it absurd? Absolutely. Is it watchable? Check our ratings.
 
Because nobody does Cage like we do.
Only on Bucky’s Basement.

Searching What? - Fast Pitch Ep 38 - Bucky's Basement Podcast

This week the guys reach into the sack and pull out the title: Searching What?
 
Fifteen minutes.
One title.
No prep.
 
They’ve got to come up with a movie pitch — complete with cast, tagline, and Movie Marriage, before the clock runs out.
 
Will it go full-blown sci-fi?  Absolutely.
 
Will there be a woman with a questionable, sordid past? You better believe it.
 
Will it somehow spiral into a revisionist history of an obscure Roman Polanski film?🤮
…Regrettably, yes.(and F**K that guy)
 
It’s a pressure cooker of imagination and absolute nonsense.
 
Same title. Three completely different movies. Zero dignity.
 
Always unique. Always fresh. In 15 minutes or less.
 
Only on Bucky’s Basement. 

Next - Casting Cage Ep 41 - Bucky's Basement Podcast

This week on Casting Cage, we crack open the 2007 Nicolas Cage thriller Next — the movie where Nic plays a clairvoyant who can glimpse the future… but mostly uses that power to avoid danger, dodge the FBI, and aggressively pursue Jessica Biel.
 
The government wants his gift to stop a catastrophic terrorist attack.
Nic Cage wants a quiet life, a breakfast martini, and to get laid.
Naturally, things spiral.
 
 Bonus twist: We welcome real-life medium Bonnie Page to the show!
We sit down for an independent interview to compare actual psychic abilities with Hollywood clairvoyance — and get her honest take on how Next handles the supernatural.
 
 We continue our mission of rating every Nicolas Cage movie in chronological order, because nobody does Cage like we do.
 
Only on Bucky’s Basement.
 
Also, check out Bonnie Page @ https://www.bonniepagemedium.com/

We Back! Almost. - Bucky's Basement Season 3 Intro

WE BACK!!!!! KINDA!!!!  
Bucky, Oldboy, and Juicebox got back in the studio to make sure we remembered how to do this whole podcast thing.  We'll be back next week with a new episode of Casting Cage.  In the meantime, enjoy us being us.  

Sharon Simpleton: The Truffle Pauper - Fast Pitch Ep 37 Feat. Little Mikey Colefax

This week in the basement, we’re rolling out the Fast Pitch welcome mat to our guest straight from the Mile High City — songwriter, creative mind, and manager of the New Orleans style brass band Brothers of Brass Little Mikey Colefax!
Mikey and the guys step up to the mic with some truly original concepts for the movie title  Sharon Simpleton: The Truffle Pauper — a title as wild as the pitch's that follow. Expect hallucinating actors, the Truffle Mafia, specially trained guinea pigs, and a re-imagining of what really went down in the factory of everyone's favorite candy maker.  
It’s fresh. It’s ridiculous. It’s basement-born cinema at its finest.
Always unique. Always fresh. In 15 minutes or less — only on Bucky’s Basement.
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Ghost Rider Featuring The Old Guard Podcast - Casting Cage Ep 40 - Bucky's Basement Podcast

This week, the dudes saddle up with fellow podcasters Wally Analog and Rowls Royce from The Old Guard to tackle the fiery chaos of 2007’s Ghost Rider! With a cast packed full of legends—Nic Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda, and... Wes Bentley(?)—there’s plenty of hellfire to dissect.
From devilish deals to barely death defying bike stunts, the crew breaks down the cast, plot, and gloriously over-the-top visuals of this pre-MCU wild ride. And The Old Guard jump right into our favorite segments; Tagline, Movie Marriage, and our notorious 3 Tiered Ratings, bringing their own killer spin to the chaos.
Great guests + a divisive movie = an unforgettable Casting Cage Episode 40.Because nobody does Cage like we do.Only on Bucky’s Basement.

Hanging with The Old Guard - Bucky's Basement Podcast

This week we're excited to have the guys from "The Old Guard" podcast sit down with us for a Casting Cage episode this week.  But before we bring you that, we decided to sit down with Rowls and Wally and get a little background on who they are and how this collaboration came about.  Enjoy!