Friday night has come and gone, and with it the latest successful broadcast From The Basement on the mighty Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops. But fear not, as there's this -- the podcast version of last night's show! And we've got even more of our interview with veteran actor Marshal Hilton! How much more? Like the full 25-minute chat between Jason and Marshal. They cover everything from Marshal's latest film, A Clear Shot, and working with the legendary Mario Van Peebles, to his role in the Bigfoot flick Primal Rage. Jason and Marshal cover a lot of ground, and it's a great conversation for movie fans. Stick with us, though, as Jason and Shawn have a bunch of reviews for your ear holes. The Dynamic Duo have seen Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried's latest, You Should Have Left, as well as The Courier starring Olga Kurylenko and Gary Oldman. Plus Shawn caught up with Keanu Reeves in Replicas. But that's not all! There aren't any movies to see this summer,...

A couple of months back we interviewed veteran genre actor Marshal Hilton about his work on the great indie horror flick Echoes of Fear. At the time, we invited Marshal to return any time he had a new project to promote. A week later, it was announced his latest film, A Clear Shot, would be released. So it only made sense to have him come back ASAP. Marshal will indeed be in The Basement when Jason and Shawn take over the Radio NL 610 AM airwaves tonight at 6:05. And he talks A Clear Shot, working with legendary actor/director Mario Van Peebles, and how historically accurate the film -- which is based on the largest hostage incident in U.S. history -- is. It's a great talk with a great man. But that's not all. With no summer movies to see in theatres, The Basement Boys riff on their Top 5 favourite summer movies of all time. What are they, and why do they make the list? Stick with us! And stick around for reviews of the just-released-on-VOD You Should Have Left starri...

Back in 1999, screenwriter David Koepp partnered with actor Kevin Bacon to make Koepp's directorial debut, Stir of Echoes. The film was lost amidst the horror crazes that were The Blair Witch Project and The Sixth Sense, and didn't receive the recognition many fans believe it deserves. Not so now. Stir of Echoes is regarded as a modern genre classic, and a damn fine adaptation of Richard Matheson's story. So there was, at least on my part, some serious expectations for the writer/director and star's latest team up, You Should Have Left. Sadly, what we end up with is a film that's fine while you watch it, but easily forgotten once the credits roll. You Should Have Left is efficiently made and full of atmosphere, but light on scares. In fact, it's not scary at all. And once you figure out what's going on, you're left underwhelmed. Bacon plays a wealthy banker who is married to a successful, and much younger, actress. The couple, along with their da...

I've always wanted to revisit Tremors (1990), as it gave me vivid nightmares as a kid. Watching it now, I had a completely different reaction. Tremors is a good 'ole fashioned monster romp with some fun characters and fun monsters. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward's performances are a bit goofy at times, but still relatable. That relatability really helps us adjust to the creatures, with the two of them learning about the worms as we do. Those worms are some excellent monsters, brought to life with stellar practical effects. I also love how the threat of the worms keeps getting ramped up. Just when our characters think it's safe, the warms learn and a new challenge arises. All in all, this was a blast to revisit, and it's a solid flick. Definitely check it out, because it's a Good.

The summer of 1999 was a hell of a good one for horror. We got The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, Stigmata, Deep Blue Sea, The Haunting (well, maybe not The Haunting) and Lake Placid. Oh, and Stir of Echoes, of course. See, that's the sad thing about David Koepp's little masterpiece; it keeps getting forgotten amongst the better known releases of that fateful summer, but it is a little masterpiece.  The film is a perfect exercise in slow-burn tension that doesn't rely on special effects, but focuses on a compelling mystery, creepy visuals, and an old-fashioned ghost story. And it was based on a tale by the late, great Richard Matheson, which is always cause for celebration. Kevin Bacon and Kathryn Erbe hold the film together as a blue collar couple. Bacon is hypnotized by Erbe's sister, played by the always reliable Illeana Douglas, and becomes "more open minded," which puts him in touch with the spirit of a dead girl who very much want...

"Today's a good day to die" Pretty great line to set up a movie where all of the characters are seemingly obsessed with the idea of death, and what may, or may not come next once your brain shuts down, and your heart quits beating. I think it's fair to say we've all been curious about death at one point or another but most of us wouldn't go to the length that the med students in this flick go to gain some answers.

Hell-o. It seems like I haven't watched a movie for ages. Why the hell would I start with this one!? I've always been intrigued by movies that tackle "afterlife" scenarios. Call it a life (or death) curiosity, I'm sure we all have, especially as we age and our mortality becomes more and more evident. But what did I think of this flick? Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds offer an interesting pairing.  Bridges is a diverse, well rounded actor and Reynolds is type cast into his usual pretentious, witty (barely), "same old" persona as every other movie he's in. The poster looks like it would be a better fit in the 80's and to be honest, the movie may have done better there, too. While kind of cool, in terms of the CGI, the story was dull, the chemistry was bland or off and Jeff Bridges spoke as though he had rocks in his mouth. Barely understandable at the best of times. I really don't think this movie worked for me. It just tattered ar...

Which, upon first glance, looks like just another serial-killer-on-the-loose movie, only with high-class talent like Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy and Maggie Grace. Surprise, surprise . . . it's a TV series! Scheduled to premiere next season on Fox, this dark drama centres on a diabolical serial killer (Purefoy) who uses technology to create a cult of serial killers, and the FBI agent (Bacon) who finds himself in the middle of it. Grace plays one of Purefoy's would-be victims. If this were a movie, I'd say been there, done that. As a TV series, I'm intrigued. I don't know how much mileage they can get out of the idea, but I'd been willing to tune in for a few weeks and give it a chance. And Williamson, who wrote three of the four Scream films and I Know What You Did Last Summer, certainly knows the material. No word yet on exactly when the show will premiere, but we'll keep you posted. Give the preview a peep and sound off if you please.

Super Shawn: Sat down with Anthony Michael Bosa to watch Super. We weren't expecting anything fantastic. In reality we were thinking it would be much like Defendor: fooled by previews, yet again. And, based on the people involved in this movie, my expectations were low. So that helped the enjoyment level for me. I actually was quite amazed the places this movie went. Kudos to them. A lot of the circumstances and situations were amusingly uncomfortable without being criminal. That I liked. I liked this movie a lot and I hated this movie a lot. It wasn't uber emotional either way...it was mostly bland feeling .Yet it was still entertaining enough to pay attention to. That said, I MUST give this movie a Bad. Jason: Where do I even begin with Super? On the one hand it's a balls out black comedy about super heroes. On the other it has something to say about life and how we need to live it. But the laughs and messages are mixed into a cold, morally confused story that c...

School's back in and the nights are getting cooler, which can only mean one thing -- the summer specials are coming to a close. And we figured there's no better way to wrap them up than to make fun of some super heroes, especially after the glut of comic-book movies that came out these last five months. Super comes from the twisted mind of James Gunn, who made Slither a couple of years back. It stars Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page as a couple of very real world super heroes who tackle a local drug dealer, played by Kevin Bacon. There's a been a few dark super hero comedies lately, including Kick Ass and Defendor. But how does this mix of brutal violence, black humour, satire and gritty reality fair compared to the rest? Stick with us! The September Special lands Sunday morning on iTunes, Facebook , podOmatic and right here on the blog. The summer specials are stripped down versions of the radio show. Just a review and some lively banter. Jason and Shawn will be back...