Episode 334 – Eric Roberts is the Man – Violet (2025) (/w Mike X Nichols)

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What’s THIS? A returning episode of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN with guest Mike X Nichols joining us to talk about all the latest Eric Roberts news as well as an odd AI-centered thriller from 2025 called VIOLET with a WILD backstory that is way more interesting than the film itself? IT’S TRUE! We talk about celebrity chefs, the SPIN cycle, mockbusters, stop motion, and so, SO much more before breaking down the unbelievable story behind VIOLET, which – despite being about the AI takeover of the world – features a ton of AI-generated content! WILD STUFF. CHECK IT OUT!

You can check out VIOLET on Tubi right here: https://tubitv.com/movies/100053936/violet

Follow the great Mike X. Nichols on BlueSky here: https://bsky.app/profile/mikexnichols.bsky.social and his Letterboxd right here: https://letterboxd.com/mikexnichols/

Some of the resources referred to in this episode:

Eric Roberts Says Bob Fosse Made Him Spend the Night in the Real ‘Star 80’ Murder Apartment
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/eric-roberts-bob-fosse-star-80-murder-apartment-1236569194/

The trailer for MOCKBUSTER

Eric Roberts, Sam Humphrey & Misty Lee Star in Catya Plate’s Stop-Motion Fantasy ‘Alma’
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/eric-roberts-sam-humphrey-misty-lee-star-in-catya-plates-stop-motion-fantasy-alma/

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Episode 333 – Further Reeding – The Trap (1966)

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Bundle up tight because Further Reeding is heading deep into the unforgiving 19th-century Canadian wilderness with Oliver Reed at his absolute gruffest (and most outrageously accented) as Jean La Bête, a wild fur trapper who rolls into town and casually purchases a mute orphan girl, played by Rita Tushingham, to be his wilderness wife in 1966’s THE TRAP. Can the pair survive the wilderness and each other? ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!

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Episode 332 – Wild in the Streets – Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)

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This week on Wild in the Streets, Doug and Liam are familiarizing themselves with Er Monnezza (aka Garbage Can), Tomas Milian’s foul mouthed criminal with a heart of.. uh.. gold who teams up with Claudio Cassinelli’s hard-nosed cop to track down a kidnapped little girl being held hostage by the evil Henry Silva in 1976’s FREE HAND FOR A TOUGH COP (aka TOUGH COP). Grab some J&B and grab a brick because on this episode we’re out for BLOOD!

Here’s the article on J&B Scotch mentioned in the episode:

https://punchdrink.com/articles/j-b-scotch-whisky-bottle-movies/

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Episode 331 – Serpent’s Path: The Films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot (1996) & Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble (1996)

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SERPENT’S PATH: THE FILMS OF KIYOSHI KUROSAWA returns, and we dive into the third and fourth entries of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s crime-comedy V-cinema series: Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot (1996) (Katte ni shiyagare!! Ôgon keikaku) and Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble (1996) (Katte ni shiyagare!! Gyakuten keikaku). Once again we follow low-level criminals Yûji (Sho Aikawa) and Kôsaku (Kôyô Maeda) as they find a treasure map(!), win big at the track, get in trouble with yakuza (of course) and maybe, just maybe, learn a little about themselves. Or not! We look at how Kurosawa’s style is developing, where he’s moving to in his career, and look forward to some VERY interesting developments. CHECK IT OUT!

Our major sources for this episode are:

This Tom Mes interview with Kurosawa from Midnight Eye:

http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/kiyoshi-kurosawa-3/#:~:text=It%20was%20based%20on%20a,I%20actually%20made%20this%20film.

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