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Episode #3: Fandango
The making of this post-grad road trip film is one of those cinema Cinderella stories.
Jul 13
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Joe Valdez
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June 2026
Episode #2: Tremors
On the Video Days podcast, I head into the Nevada desert in 1990, where two handymen, a seismologist, and a pair of trigger-happy survivalists face off…
Jun 25
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Joe Valdez
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Video Days Now In Your Ears
Video Days is now a podcast, streaming free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more.
Jun 11
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Joe Valdez
3
April 2026
The Cotton Club
Breathless excursion into Jazz Age Harlem blends theater and bloodshed
Apr 28
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Joe Valdez
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The Outsiders
Restless youth captured in gorgeous adaptation of Young Adult novel
Apr 21
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Joe Valdez
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One From the Heart
Vegas lounge act with magic and Tom Waits music burdened by dull excess
Apr 14
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Joe Valdez
3
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Gripping documentary of a wife following her artist husband onto the ledge
Apr 7
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Joe Valdez
March 2026
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
A star is born with Arnold in splashy, crowd-pleasing spectacle
Mar 31
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Joe Valdez
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Krull
Enjoyable swashbuckling space fantasy a mixed bag of RPG dice
Mar 24
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Joe Valdez
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Willow
Val Kilmer & Joanne Whalley as swashbuckling power couple in contrived fantasy
Mar 17
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Joe Valdez
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Legend (1985)
Visually spectacular, textually poor faerie tale improved by director's cut
Mar 13
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Joe Valdez
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Highlander (1986)
Worst movie to ever launch a franchise gets halfway to greatness
Mar 3
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Joe Valdez
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