Author: Nicholas Abouhamad
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A Brief History of How Raekwon Came to Love Star Wars
Hey Everyone, Its one of your faithful co-hosts Raekwon and I am going to speak about my experience with Star Wars. So, if you are an avid listener of the show then you know that all three of us are fans of Star Wars. It was not always like that for me though. In fact,…
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The Woes of Trying to Watch Scrubs in 2020.
Scrubs ,oh scrubs. Scrubs, you TV show… I love you but I hate watching you…
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We Have Star Wars At Home | Battle Beyond The Stars
A “Modestly Priced” Sci-fi B-Movie… Battle Beyond the Stars is a 1980 space opera/sci-fi film that was produced by Roger Corman, the fabled king of b-movie, exploitation and independent filmmaking, at a modest budget of $2,000,000 USD. Isn’t that a weird thing to say? “A modest budget of two million buckeroos.” Believe me, it is…
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M.O.P. Episode 44: Gaslighting Mike (The Addams Family Reunion)
The latest episode of The Media Obscura Podcast is out now on your favorite podcast player! This weeks episode follows Nick and Raekwon as they check out/discuss The Addams Family Reunion, a straight-to-video pilot for a new Addams Family movie that was produced by Saban Entertainment. The movie follows the Addams as they scramble to…
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Mixtape Obscura Volume 1: An introduction to rhythmic ceremonies
Remember mixtapes? Weren’t those sick? Something happened when digital music took over, people stopped making mixtapes. At least, I think something happened. I grew up in the digital age of music and wouldn’t know, honestly. But I have seen a ton of 80s and indie movies so I know that the art of the mixtape…
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Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (Review)
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop is a 2011 documentary following the legendary late night host as a mounts his 2010 Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour, after being ousted from The Tonight Show in favor of Jay Leno. And wow, what a movie. I know that I should technically try to stay impartial towards…
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Episode 43: The Duran Duran (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark)
The latest episode of The Media Obscura Podcast is out now on your favorite podcast player! It has Nick and Mike checking out Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, the 1988 feature that finds Elvira dealing with her worst enemy yet… Suburbia! Nick and Mike also imagine the reading of Nick’s will as a Deal-Or-No-Deal-esque gameshow…
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Who exactly IS Elvira?
In preparation for our Elvira: Mistress of the Dark themed episode of the podcast, I decided to draw up this handy little retrospective about America’s favorite horror hostess. If you’re left jonzing for some more info about the iconic TV horror hostess, be sure to check out some of the sources for this article, which…
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