Movie Reviews and Serious Nonsense
Movie Reviews and Serious Nonsense, a Podcast from the Alternate Universe with your hosts Greg Dyro and Tom Burka.They love to talk about movies and speak with the creators of some of your favorite forms of entertainment. If you have a great idea for an interview they would love to hear about that person. If you have a favorite movie or streaming show real or not yet imagined they would love to hear about it as well. Please leave us a message on our website.https://alternateearthcinema.space/
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 42
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Murderbot
“Murderbot: The anti-hero you never knew you needed—and the robot you definitely don’t want mad at you.”
Hey, it’s Greg Dyro and Tom Burka, your guides through the wild and weird world o…
Saturday Night with Hopper Stone
In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to sit down with Hopper Stone, the unit still photographer from the iconic movie Saturday Night, to talk about those frantic, caffeine-fueled final 90…
Put some SUGAR on
In this episode, Greg and Tom dive into the Apple TV+ show “SUGAR,” starring Colin Farrell, Kirby, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, and James Cromwell.
Join us as we follow pr…
The FALLOUT episode
In this episode of our podcast, Tom and Greg dive deep into the highly anticipated Amazon Prime series, “Fallout,” which draws its inspiration from the iconic video game franchise of th…
Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull or Dial of Destiny
Join hosts Greg and Tom as they welcome back special guest John Stanisci for an exciting episode dedicated to the legendary adventurer, Indiana Jones. In this episode, the trio dives de…
Donnie Norden: More Stories of Hollywood Trespassing
Tom and Greg go for a sequel of sorts with our second interview with Donnie Norden Phantom of the Backlots.
Some of Donnie's own words to describe his adventures
From that first time I p…
Steve Bingen: Hollywood Behind the Lens
About his new book with Marc Wanamaker "Hollywood Behind the Lens: Treasures from the Bison Archive
Steven Bingen is an author, archivist, historian, and cont…
Past Hits & Future Flicks
Join Greg and Tom for a lively discussion on our podcast, where we dive into movies from the past and exciting upcoming films. In this episode, we explore potential cinematic adaptation…
"Fantastic Voyage" and today's "Fall Out"
Step into the immersive world of cinematic wonder with Greg and Tom in this captivating episode of Movie Reviews and Serious Nonsense. Join them as they embark on a thrilling exploratio…
3 Body Problem
Greg and Tom discuss the new NETFLIX series 3 Body Problem.
We talk about the series and our impressions of the production. Along with some other invaluable nonsense like Tom's reading …
2024 Award Season
In this episode, we delve into the Hollywood Award season. Greg ventures to Hollywood for the Publicists awards while Tom observes from New York. Our conversation spans topics such as D…
The Hollywood Writers Strike
Tom and Greg talk about the Hollywood Writers Strike with their guest Ron Barbagallo who lives a stone's throw away from Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank
We did not write this episode in s…
Streaming TV shows and Awards season
Greg and Tom discuss some recent streaming TV shows and the awards season.
- We discuss Tim Russ and his appearance on "Star Trek Picard" as well as our friend Ron Barbagallo.
- Joel Silver …
Under Appreciated Gems
Today Greg and Tom will be talking about some under appreciated gems that we've recently watched. We talk about poker face, which is on Peacock and the Reluctant Traveler, which is on …
Tom Cruise: Is he the greatest Action Movie Star today?
In this episode Greg and Tom talk with the multi talented John Stanisci and discuss the film Top Gun: Maverick and the possibility that Tom Cruise is the greatest action movie star of a…
Steve Bingen: The MGM Effect and The 50 MGM Films That Transformed Hollywood
Greg and Tom interview Steve Bingen Studio Archivist and Hollywood Historian about his two new books. (available on Amazon)
The MGM Effect: How a Hollywood Studio Changed the World
50 M…
Our Watch List
Tom and Greg talk about what they are watching or what they have in their Que on streaming TV right now.
Along with a new "AI" intro to the show. (the robot apocalypse will have its o…
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi Wan Kenobi (the series)
Greg and Tom talk about the first 5 episodes of the Disney Obi Wan Kenobi series on Disney+
Spoiler warning: If you have not watched the series we do reveal th…
Thunderbirds Are Go: An interview with Justin T. Lee from Gazelle Automations
Greg and Tom interview Justin T. Lee from Gazelle Automations. Justin is the creator of the Star Trek The Next Generation animated sequence in the style of the Star Trek the Animated Se…
Star Trek: The Animated Series Rememberng the early 70's
In this episode Greg and Tom talk about Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS), originally airing as Star Trek and as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenb…