Exploding Helicopter
The world’s only podcast celebrating films where helicopters explode.
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 162
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 142: The Gauntlet
“You wouldn’t hit a lady would ya?”Over a near 20-year period Clint Eastwood was one of the most popular box office stars in American cinema. On this episode we take a look at a film from Old Squint’…
00:36:55 |
Mon 01 Jan 2024
Episode 141: Narrow Margin
“She was as easy to crack as a raw egg.”On this episode we take a look at one of the most important exploding helicopter scenes in film history. But before we do that, we discuss Narrow Margin (1990)…
00:36:13 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
Episode 140: The Island
“Wow – that tongue thing is amazing.”On this episode we take a look at Michael Bay’s The Island (2005).We discuss how well the inventor of ‘Bayhem’ handles a film which attempts an exploration of phi…
00:41:45 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
Episode 139: The Sentinel
“Have you received adequate training for your profession?”On this show we’re taking a look at the Michael Douglas noughties comeback THE SENTINEL (2006).After a three year absence from acting everyon…
00:47:41 |
Sun 01 Oct 2023
Episode 138: Bulletproof
“You may be bulletproof – but you’re not love proof.” On this show we take a look at the cult Eighties action film BULLETPROOF (1987). We’re joined by Matt Poirier from the DTV Connoisseur to discuss…
00:46:30 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
Episode 137: Black Sunday
“Now – just blink for yes – or die for no.”Over a 40-year career John Frankenheimer earned himself a reputation as one of Hollywood’s foremost directors of action and suspense films. Here we're joine…
00:49:10 |
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Episode 136: Assault On Paradise
“The rich must pay or the rich will die.” On the new Exploding Helicopter we’re joined by Doug Tilley from Cinema Smorgasbord to look at a very strange film: ASSAULT IN PARADISE (1977).We try to deci…
00:43:48 |
Sat 01 Jul 2023
Episode 135: Under Siege
“Mother goose, mother goose, the quails are in the nest.”We take a look at the maritime-themed spin on Die Hard that briefly turned Steven Seagal into an A-list action movie star: UNDER SIEGE (1992).…
00:46:22 |
Thu 01 Jun 2023
Episode 134: Small Soldiers
“What are you worried about? They’re only toys.” On this episode we’re reviewing Joe Dante’s SMALL SOLDEIRS (1998).We discuss this surprisingly dark kids flick, subversive messaging and, of course, t…
00:35:07 |
Mon 01 May 2023
Episode 133: Swamp Thing
“Some of the men say it’s one of those abdominal snowmen.” On this episode of Exploding Air Boat we take a look at one of the classics of the propeller assisted water transport genre, SWAMP THING (19…
00:27:36 |
Sat 01 Apr 2023
Episode 132: Skyfire
“Only a lunatic would build a world class resort on a ticking time bomb of molten earth.” On this show we do the deep dive on the shallowest volcano movie ever made, SKYFIRE (2019).We’re joined by d…
00:41:18 |
Wed 01 Mar 2023
Episode 131: The Final Countdown
”Somebody - for some reason - wants us to believe that we’re back in 1941.” On this show we spiral backwards through the time tunnel to review THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (1980).We discuss time paradoxes, ma…
00:38:26 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
Episode 130: Soldier Boyz
“Where’s the Sixties music dude?”On this show we take a look at the insane genre mash-up SOLDIER BOYZ (1995) – a film that attempts to fuse a prison movie, a teen drama with a ‘back to Vietnam rescue…
00:54:04 |
Sun 01 Jan 2023
Episode 129: Evasive Action
“You wait – my travel agent is going to hear about this.” On this episode we take a look at EVASIVE ACTION (1998) a film which tries to recreate the magic of Con Air, but this time on a train. Jay Cl…
00:37:22 |
Thu 01 Dec 2022
Episode 128: Shadow Conspiracy
“Did your date lose the handcuff key?”On this episode we don our tin foil hats to review the conspiracy thriller SHADOW CONSPIRACY (1997).We’re joined by Nick Rehak to discuss conspicuous hitmen, the…
00:38:23 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
Episode 127: Godzilla (2014)
“They call him GORR-Z-YAH!” After punishing ourselves by reviewing Roland Emmerich’s 1998 version, we turn our attentions to the Gareth Edwards helmed reboot, remake, re-quel GODZILLA (2014).Big G su…
00:33:24 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
Episode 126: Black Hawk Down
“It’s all in the grind Sizemore.” On this show we’re taking a look at Ridley Scott’s war epic BLACK HAWN DOWN (2001). As the events the film depict fade from memory, how does it play today? What poin…
00:37:50 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Episode 125: Firepower (1979)
“What’s going on here? I’m lost.”On this show we review Michael Winner’s FIREPOWER (1979). A film where the plot is almost as bonkers as the cast. We’re joined by Nick Rehak to try and work out what …
00:37:20 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
Episode 124: High Ice
“Never blame a mountain for what it does.” On this episode we take a look at one of the last films of the Seventies disaster movie cycle, the rock climbing catastrophe HIGH ICE (1980).Joining us to d…
Fri 01 Jul 2022
Episode 123: Samurai Commando: Mission 1549
“The past is attacking us.” If you’ve ever wondered what a film that pitted soldiers from 16th century feudal Japan would fare against the military technology of the 21st century would look like, the…
00:34:18 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
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