About this podcast
Back Look Cinema invites you to revisit the cinematic treasures of yesteryear from the 70s, 80s, & 90s. Join us every other week as our host, Zo Richardson, welcomes a special guest to share their cherished memories of some of the greatest movies in history and delve into the legendary Hollywood lore that unfolded behind the camera.
Episodes
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- Ep. 234: Cape Fear · 1 h 0 min · Episode 234Zo finds himself in New Essex, North Carolina. It's a nice sleepy little town. It seems like it would be a nice place to live, but Zo has heard rumors of an ex-convict loose on…
- Ep. 233: Misery · 56 min · Episode 233Zo visits the cool, crisp air in the mountains of the tiny, cozy town of Silver Creek, Colorado. Usually, not much goes on, but this year there's a massive blizzard: phone lines…
- Ep. 232: Gattaca · 60 min · Episode 232Zo is flung into a future where the potential of your genetics determines your entire life. Your genetic code determines where you go to school, where you work, and how society…
- Ep. 231: Rapid Fire · 1 h 36 min · Episode 231Zo had once stayed in the windy city of Chicago in the late 80's. While he was there he heard wild rumors about a cop that had been chasing down a drug kingpin for over ten…
- Ep. 230: The Abyss · 1 h 44 min · Episode 230Zo somehow finds himself deep, deep under the surface of the ocean: near the Cayman Trough while America and the Soviet Union have their Cold War. He's aboard the most advanced…
- Ep. 229: Enemy at the Gates · 1 h 19 min · Episode 229Zo is in the wrong place at the wrong time: in the midst of Russia during an intense moment in World War II or, as the Russians would come to call it: The Great Patriotic War. In…
- Ep. 228: The Man in the Iron Mask · 55 min · Episode 228Zo is swept up in the excitement of 17th century France and by excitement that means constant war, the threat of public riots and persistent food shortages. Among all of this…
- Ep. 227: Glengarry Glen Ross · 1 h 26 min · Episode 227Zo gets a call from a man who's voice was familiar. The man had the demeanor of an old friend who was excited to talk to him. He wanted to catch up, sit down and talk about old…
- Ep. 226 Independence Day · 1 h 22 min · Episode 226Zo has had some bad days, but he'd never had days as bad as the end of the world! It started with a localized storm, next there was the largest aircraft he'd ever seen hovering…
- Ep. 225 Quigley Down Under · 55 min · Episode 225Zo somehow ended up in the wild west, but it's incredibly west and it's incredibly wild. At a port he notices there's a skirmish as people are disembarking a passenger ship. It's…
- Ep. 224 Masters of the Second Mortal Kombat Universe: Movie Reviews · 37 min · Episode 224Zo is back, baby! He's been places and he's seen some things: namely he's been to the theater and he's seen Masters of the Universe and Mortal Kombat 2. Are these films worth…
- Ep. 223: The Last Starfighter · 1 h 5 min · Episode 223Zo visits some old friends at a trailer park. It seems like a normal place with kids running amok, teenagers fooling around and senior citizens looking for someone to fix their…
- Ep. 222: The Secret of NIMH · 1 h 11 min · Episode 222Zo is on a research project that takes him to the National Institute of Mental Health and while there he discovered their secret program of animal experimentation on rats, mice…
- BONUS EPISODE 36: Mando, Grogu and God: A Double Feature Review · 26 minZo got a rare chance to see a couple of movies and he's going to give you his SPOILER FREE impressions of The Mandalorian and Grogu and Is God Is. These are two very different…
- Ep. 221: The Legend of Zorro · 1 h 18 min · Episode 221Zo is still roaming around the 1800's, and Zorro is very much active. He appears when the people, his people, cry out for his intervention. His people, the people of California…
- Ep. 220: The Mask of Zorro · 1 h 33 min · Episode 220Zo is transported into a time of change for Spanish California. It's a time of mystery, corruption, intrigue, romance and high adventure. It is a time when the common folk are…
- Ep. 219 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country · 2 h 6 min · Episode 219Zo impossibly finds himself on a futuristic space craft ostensibly designed for science and exploration, but for a space craft of peace, the U.S.S. Enterprise is sure loaded for…
- Masters of the Universe (1987) Presented by Not a Bomb Podcast. Ep. 218 · 2 h 14 min · Episode 218Zo is ravished by a horrible unknown raspatory ailment. It could be Covid, the flu, the cold or all three at once. In any case he was unable to record a show for this week…
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Feat. Christopher Jay from Saturday Morning Podcast) Ep. 217 · 2 h 33 min · Episode 217Zo and Chris (a special guest and host of the Saturday Morning Podcast) embark on a trek to the final frontier. They board the USS Enterprise, but, unbeknownst to them, they are…
- BONUS EPISODE 35: They Will Kill You Review · 12 minZo gives his impressions on this Spoiler Free review of They Will Kill You starring Zazie Beetz, Patricia Arquette and Myha'la and directed by Kirill Sokolov who also wrote the…
