The time has come to get your entertainment on for the week ahead, and what better way to prepare than with the latest podcast... From The Basement. Not a question, a statement. The Basement Boys bring you several reviews of the latest -- and not so latest -- releases to make your viewing choices easier, chief among them the Tom Clancy adaptation Without Remorse. Starring Michael B. Jorden, and based on the popular Clancy character John Clark, this Amazon Original promised big-budget thrills and chills. Does the flick deliver? How accurate of an adaptation is it? Stick with us! And stick around, True Believer, as Shawn tackles Netflix's Shadow and Bone and the 2019 documentary Unnatural Selection. Meanwhile, Jason celebrates the 50th anniversary of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, and takes in two classic action flicks: Sylvester Stallone's First Blood and Gene Hackman's Uncommon Valor. What's the connection between these retro flicks? Stick with... Already said it. My...

The time has come once again to get your weekend entertainment on, and what better way to prepare than with the latest broadcast... From The Basement. You guessed it; not a question, a statement. The Basement Boys bring you several reviews of the latest -- and some not so latest -- releases to make your viewing choices easier, chief among them the Tom Clancy adaptation, Without Remorse. Starring Michael B. Jorden, and based on the popular Clancy character John Clark, this Amazon Original promised big-budget thrills and chills. Does the flick deliver? How accurate of an adaptation is it? Stick with us! And stick around, True Believer, as Shawn tackles Netflix's Shadow and Bone and the 2019 documentary Unnatural Selection. Meanwhile, Jason celebrates the 50th anniversary of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, and takes in two classic action flicks: Sylvester Stallone's First Blood and Gene Hackman's Uncommon Valor. What's the connection between these retro flicks? Stick wit...

Halloween might have been Saturday night, but we're still celebrating here at From The Basement with this, the podcast version of our annual Halloween Spooktacluar. This year, Jason and Shawn welcome filmmaker Brian Avenet-Bradley, the writer and co-director of the indie horror hit -- and Basement fave -- Echoes of Fear ! Brian discusses the real-life scares he and his wife/filmmaking partner Lo Avenet-Bradley experienced in their home, and how these provided a good portion of the Echoes of Fear script. Just how much the haunted-house thriller is based on real life? Stick with us! And stick around, as The Basement Boys welcome back Dusan Magdolen of the Kamloops Film Society to update listeners on November's programming at the Paramount Theatre. And Mike S provides one last horror-themed review in the form of The Last Broadcast, and early found-footage movie Brian has a surprise connection to. You get to hear it all too, for the low price of free, by pushing play on the player ...

It's the night before Halloween, and those cool cats at From The Basement have a pre-Halloween treat for listeners to the mighty Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops. That's right, it's time for Jason and Shawn's annual Halloween Spooktacular, and they've brought someone who knows a thing or two about scaring people into the studio this eve. Brian Avenet-Bradley (pictured above with actress and past-Basement guest Trista Robinson) wrote and co-directed the brilliant indie horror flick Echoes of Fear . And tonight he shares the creepy stories that prompted him to write this acclaimed chiller. That's right, the haunted-house thriller was inspired by events that really happened to Brian and his wife/filmmaking partner Lo Avenet-Bradley, and you're going to hear them tonight. What are they? Stick with us! And don't you dare touch that dial, as The Basement Boys welcome back Dusan Magdolen of the Kamloops Film Society as he provides a rundown on what films will screen at...

The Basement Boys are back! And they've once again conquered the Radio NL 610 AM airwaves on Friday night -- and again Sunday morning -- and now proudly present the fruit of their labours to you, Constant Listener. That's right, it's the podcast version of From The Basement's Season 2 premiere, direct from the radio to your ear holes! Didn't hear Jason and Shawn's thoughts on the new Shudder horror offering Scare Me? That's here. Ditto Jason's two bits and change on Netflix's Enola Holmes and Ratched, and Shawn's much-promised foray into the Bourne franchise. He also took in the new true-crime series American Murder: The Family Next Door, and Jason caught up with CBS's supernatural series Evil and Star Trek: Discovery. What'd they think of all this? Stick with us! And stick around, as The Kamloops Film Society's Dusan Magdolen joins us to talk the local cinema scene for October, Mike S returns with a new horror-themed review, and ther...

The time is now. And by now, we mean it's time to kick off From The Basement's much anticipated second season on the mighty Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops! What are Jason and Shawn doing to celebrate? They've got a bit of catching up to do after their three-week break from all things entertainment. So they're putting a bunch of movies old and new on the chopping block, including recent releases Scare Me and Enola Holmes, and favourites like the Bourne franchise. They're also checking out the local movie scene, welcoming back Dusan Magdolen of the Kamloops Film Society for the skinny on what's going on at the Paramount Theatre during the month of October. Plus Mike S makes his triumphant return to the airwaves with a horror-themed review to tie into From The Basement's annual Halloween Day by Day celebration. When do all y'all get to hear it? Right after the nightly 6 o'clock news of course! This episode repeats at 6 A.M. Sunday, and then the podcast versio...

The headline says it all; From The Basement returns to the mighty Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops this Friday for another season of radio that's so awesome, you'll be awesomed out by its awesomeness! And what have Jason and Shawn got for you this week? How about a whole bunch of catching up to do when it comes to what's worth watching at home, as the global pandemic keeps many folks out of the movie theatre. The Basement Boys review a slew of stuff, including Enola Holmes, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, the Netflix series Ratched, and the new Shudder entry Scare Me. PLUS they welcome back Mike S, who begins a series of horror reviews that tie into the Halloween Day by Day festivities here on the website. Add a guest appearance by Dusan Magdolen of the Kamloops Film Society, for an update on what's going on at the local Paramount Theatre through October, and you've got yourself a radio show. You get to hear it all starting at 6:05 in the P.M. this Friday, Oct. 9, and only on...

It was a lively show this past Saturday morning, and if you didn't get to hear it, now sweat (but you really could've tuned in). We proudly present to you this, the latest podcast From The Basement. Not only do Jason and Shawn review a bunch of new movies to make your viewing selection easier, they also welcome Dusan Magdolen of the Kamloops Film Society to discuss movie watching heading into the fall. What have The Basement Boys watched this week? They take on Open 24 Hours, the latest horror offering from writer/director Padraig Reynolds. Does this update on the slasher genre deliver the gory goods? Is Vanessa Grasse's character really crazy? Or is a mad killer actually on the loose? Stick with us! And stick around as Shawn checks out Netflix's Project Power starring Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Jason tackles Greg Lamberson's latest, Widow's Point with Craig Sheffer, the Shudder sensation Host, and the horror/Western The Pale Door. As for Dus...

Hockey continues to dominate the Radio NL 610 AM airwaves, but there's still time for those fine purveyors of film de cinema to work their audio magic. From The Basement returns once again to pleasure your ear holes with a slew of new reviews, and an update on the local movie scene. First up: the movies! Jason and Shawn provide a feature review on Padraig Reynolds's latest effort, the slasher flick Open 24 Hours. This one stars Vanessa Grasse in a twisted tale at an all-night gas station. Does it deliver the spooky -- and let's face it, gruesome -- goods? Stick with us! And stick with us you shall, as The Basement Boys take on the latest Netflix original Project Power starring Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the ghost story Widow's Point from genre vet Greg Lamberson, and the horror/Western The Pale Door... all so you don't have to! But wait, local movie fans, Kamloops Film Society executive director Dusan Magdolen checks off a bucket-list item by comin...

Back in 2012, Jason and Shawn and From The Basement created the Dark Fest genre festival for The Kamloops Film Society, which continues to go strong today. Now, in 2020, the society's executive director Dusan Magdolen brings things full circle by joining The Basement Boys on this week's episode of From The Basement! Dusan has been a strong supporter of the show for years, but the opportunity to bring him on didn't present itself until this week. And Dusan is going to update listeners, and local cinephiles, on what the society has in store for the popular Twin Rivers Drive-In and Paramount Theatre heading into fall, and how they intend to make movie viewing safe during this pandemic. This will be a fun and informative chat for movie fans local and elsewhere. And you'll hear it Saturday morning at 10 A.M., and only on Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops! Stick with us!

Yes, many have reviewed, re-reviewed, and written at length about John Carpenter's classic hybrid of sci-fi and horror. Hell, we've done so here on this site. But having had the pleasure of catching The Thing on the big screen this past weekend, I felt it wise to chime in once again. This was the first time I'd watched the movie on the big screen, and it was the old Cinema 1 at our Paramount Theatre too. An old-school theatre to catch an old-school movie! And it was pretty much a packed house. I've seen The Thing countless time, and knew the scares were coming. But it didn't take long to get caught up in the crowd. Soon we were all jumping in sync with the jolts as they happened. We laughed at the few moments of comic relief, and the film received applause at its conclusion. It was seeing it again for the first time. As for The Thing itself; Rob Bottin's practical effects haven't aged a day. In fact, they're still more convincing than the CGI w...

This past weekend I had the pleasure of seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark in a movie theatre for the first time in 38 years. And I watched it in the exact cinema where I saw it as a nine-year-old boy. It was a wonderful nostalgia trip, and a great opportunity to catch one of my favourites on the big screen. It was during the famous truck chase, where Indiana Jones crawls beneath a moving vehicle, that I was struck with a sense of wonder: what I was watching was real! That was Harrison Ford, and a stuntman, on the front of a moving vehicle, then sliding/crawling beneath it. No computer-aided effects; just real people risking it all to make a movie. There are special effects in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but a large part of it is old-fashioned moviemaking and stunt work. As was also the case with classics like Lethal Weapon, The Terminator and it's brilliant sequel, and countless others. Watching the faces of moviegoers as they lapped up Raiders (many were too young to have seen i...

So few films are a unique experience these days, and so few stick in my mind like The Lighthouse. It's an unsettling, haunting decent into madness that takes hold of you. It strands you on the island with these two, and puts you through the same emotional ringer. You laugh at their drunkenness, suffer through their work, and questions everything as their reality slips away. This entire film is carried by the powerhouse performances of Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. In the hands of weaker actors, their characters would come off as stereotypes. Instead, we get two multi-layered individuals; each with a world of secrets behind their eyes. This grim tale from the past is as hypnotic as it is uncomfortable. It's far from a typical "horror" film, but you won't forget it. Another winner from The Witch director Robert Eggers. The Lighthouse is a Good. The Lighthouse plays tonight at the Paramount, and is presented by Drunk in a Graveyard and Kamloops Film S...

The wait is over, the time is now, and so it begins; From The Basement takes to prime-time radio today at 6:05 p.m., only on Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops! And what do Jason and Shawn have in store for listeners this eve? A bunch of stuff that's guaranteed to make the 22 minutes and change fly by at lightning speed. It'll be a good listen, we promise you that. For one, they review the upcoming horror flick Animal Among Us starring Christian Oliver and Larisa Oleynik, which comes out Nov. 19. Is this just another kids-go-into-the-woods-kids-get-dead campground slasher? Or do the filmmakers offer something a little different? Stick with us! Don't touch that dial, there's more! Jay has checked out some of the Apple TV Plus offerings and has a few words to say about them. Meanwhile, Shawn took in the recent Trash Wrestling event at Moccasin Square Gardens and wants more people to attend in the future. Throw in a rundown of what's worth watching on the big and small...

Drugs, drugs, drugs... which are good? Which are bad? That's right, the Basement Boys are talking narcotics this week. Narcotics on Sesame Street, as word hit the Interwebs the long-running children's TV show will be addressing the controversial subject of opioid addiction. Being the fine, upstanding citizens they are, Jason and Shawn -- and their live-stream viewers -- debate which Muppet is the dealer, and even put some money down on the subject. Socially responsible? Not really... But this episode isn't all crack and cracking jokes; Jason and Shawn get down to the business of reviewing movies, and they've got a creepy one on the chopping block called Echoes of Fear, which begins a theatrical run Oct. 16. Is this flick, which stars the beautiful and talented Trista Robinson, a worthy seasonal watch? Stick with us! And stick around for a new review by Mike S, and this morning's segment from the mighty Radio NL 610 AM Morning News -- including a shout out ...

I must confess, I've never been much of a Jim Jarmusch fan... which made me a bit of a pariah during my film school days. It's nothing personal, but my tastes swing away from artsy and more toward Joe Six Pack when it comes to movies and filmmaking. However, when Jarmusch decided to make a zombie comedy starring Bill Murray and Kylo Ren, I was sold. And thankfully the Kamloops Film Society and our horror-podcast brother and sister  Drunk In A Graveyard brought The Dead Don't Die to our hometown this weekend. Suffice to say, I went and watched. Glad I did too, as The Dead Don't Die is just the kind of gonzo fun I was looking for. In fact, I may have found my movie of the year! The flick is a riff on moviemaking and society and the zombie genre. Jarmusch has as much to say about people and the world we've created as he does film. And he breaks the fourth wall time and time again, which made me laugh Homer Simpson like on more than one occasion. His cast is...