Back Look Cinema: the Podcast
@backlookcinema.bsky.social
Zo Richardson invites guests on to talk about the movies of yesteryear from the 70's 80's and 90's. We talk about the creators, our favorite parts of the movie and that sweet, sweet trivia. Catch us biweekly on Mondays. www.backlookcinema.com
Happy New Year! It's been a challenge for many people for various reasons. Hopefully, we will come together and put right what once went wrong. There's a little of Sam Beckett in all of us!!!
January 1, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Happy New Year! It's been a challenge for many people for various reasons. Hopefully, we will come together and put right what once went wrong. There's a little of Sam Beckett in all of us!!!
Most people know that Jim Carrey became everybody's problem because of how much he hated the makeup he had to wear for How The Grinch Stole Christmas, but did you know that Mariah Carey wrote one of the songs for this film? Find out more this episode!
#Christmas #HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas
#Christmas #HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas
December 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Most people know that Jim Carrey became everybody's problem because of how much he hated the makeup he had to wear for How The Grinch Stole Christmas, but did you know that Mariah Carey wrote one of the songs for this film? Find out more this episode!
#Christmas #HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas
#Christmas #HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas
The scene with Dark Helmet playing with his dolls wasn't scripted. It was envisioned by Mel Brooks and improvised by Rick Moranis. #Spaceballs
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The scene with Dark Helmet playing with his dolls wasn't scripted. It was envisioned by Mel Brooks and improvised by Rick Moranis. #Spaceballs
White sky. First snow.
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
White sky. First snow.
Did You Know: Carrie Fisher complained to George Lucas that her costumes in the Star Wars franchise weren't feminine enough. This let to the beloved metal bikini. #StarWars
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Did You Know: Carrie Fisher complained to George Lucas that her costumes in the Star Wars franchise weren't feminine enough. This let to the beloved metal bikini. #StarWars
Did you know: Mark Hamill had to bang his head 16 times on the ceiling of Yoda's hut before director Irvin Kershner was satisfied and that, @mystreamingbubble, Jenn, is back to share her memories of Empire?!? #StarWars
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Did you know: Mark Hamill had to bang his head 16 times on the ceiling of Yoda's hut before director Irvin Kershner was satisfied and that, @mystreamingbubble, Jenn, is back to share her memories of Empire?!? #StarWars
And now it's time for our time honored tradition of our annual viewing of the Star Wars Holiday Special. What do you mean that you don't watch it every year? This week I consider why this isn't anybody's favorite holiday special. #TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
And now it's time for our time honored tradition of our annual viewing of the Star Wars Holiday Special. What do you mean that you don't watch it every year? This week I consider why this isn't anybody's favorite holiday special. #TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial
I'm covering a series of Star Wars movies this month and, along with that, it seems that the oft forgotten gem: #HardwareWars should be recognized! May the Farce be with you!!!
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I'm covering a series of Star Wars movies this month and, along with that, it seems that the oft forgotten gem: #HardwareWars should be recognized! May the Farce be with you!!!
We've reached 200 EPISODES!!! Huge thanks to Rod & Karen from TBGWT!
By the way, George Lucas showed an early cut of #StarWars to his director friends. All of them, including Brian De Palma predicted failure. Only Stephen Spielberg thought that it would blow the doors off the box office!
By the way, George Lucas showed an early cut of #StarWars to his director friends. All of them, including Brian De Palma predicted failure. Only Stephen Spielberg thought that it would blow the doors off the box office!
November 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
We've reached 200 EPISODES!!! Huge thanks to Rod & Karen from TBGWT!
By the way, George Lucas showed an early cut of #StarWars to his director friends. All of them, including Brian De Palma predicted failure. Only Stephen Spielberg thought that it would blow the doors off the box office!
By the way, George Lucas showed an early cut of #StarWars to his director friends. All of them, including Brian De Palma predicted failure. Only Stephen Spielberg thought that it would blow the doors off the box office!
Producer Dino De Laurentiis hated the werewolf design, but he was overruled by director Daniel Attias and writer Stephen King.King's. #SilverBullet is a great entry point for the wee tikes just getting into horror!
#happyhalloween #happyallsaintsday #happyallsoulsday #felizdiadelosmuertos
#happyhalloween #happyallsaintsday #happyallsoulsday #felizdiadelosmuertos
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Producer Dino De Laurentiis hated the werewolf design, but he was overruled by director Daniel Attias and writer Stephen King.King's. #SilverBullet is a great entry point for the wee tikes just getting into horror!
#happyhalloween #happyallsaintsday #happyallsoulsday #felizdiadelosmuertos
#happyhalloween #happyallsaintsday #happyallsoulsday #felizdiadelosmuertos
#ChristopherWalken at cloves of raw garlic before he walked on the set. He didn't say why, but it is suspected that he did it to make his co-stars uncomfortable. He's playing the rebellious Angel of Death in the 1995 cult classic #TheProphecy after all.
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
#ChristopherWalken at cloves of raw garlic before he walked on the set. He didn't say why, but it is suspected that he did it to make his co-stars uncomfortable. He's playing the rebellious Angel of Death in the 1995 cult classic #TheProphecy after all.
One of the things that I forgot to mention when I recorded this episode was the fantastic musical score by Danny Elfman. Without exaggeration I believe that the #Beetlejuice soundtrack was one of the best compositions of music for a film ever written and performed!
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
One of the things that I forgot to mention when I recorded this episode was the fantastic musical score by Danny Elfman. Without exaggeration I believe that the #Beetlejuice soundtrack was one of the best compositions of music for a film ever written and performed!
The house that Ritchie Valens buys his mother in the movie La Bamba is across the street from the real house that the real Ritchie Valens bought his mother in real life.
#LouDiamondPhillips #LaBamba
#LouDiamondPhillips #LaBamba
September 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The house that Ritchie Valens buys his mother in the movie La Bamba is across the street from the real house that the real Ritchie Valens bought his mother in real life.
#LouDiamondPhillips #LaBamba
#LouDiamondPhillips #LaBamba
The raptors in #JurassicPark were not accurate because, at the start of filming, there were no known velociraptors that were as large as the ones featured in the film. During filming, a new 10 ft. tall species was discovered in Utah: the utahraptor.
September 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The raptors in #JurassicPark were not accurate because, at the start of filming, there were no known velociraptors that were as large as the ones featured in the film. During filming, a new 10 ft. tall species was discovered in Utah: the utahraptor.
IT'S A DISASTER! #Arnageddon is out today! Find out why Steve Bushemi took the role of Rockhound and why Bruce Willis refused to work with Michael Bay after this Blockbuster.
July 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
IT'S A DISASTER! #Arnageddon is out today! Find out why Steve Bushemi took the role of Rockhound and why Bruce Willis refused to work with Michael Bay after this Blockbuster.
FLASH! AAAHHHHH-aaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!
#FlashGordon
#FlashGordon
July 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
FLASH! AAAHHHHH-aaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!
#FlashGordon
#FlashGordon
Ironically, Eddie Murphy had to be in the best shape of his life to carry around the heavy fat suit that he wore as #TheNuttyProfessor
June 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ironically, Eddie Murphy had to be in the best shape of his life to carry around the heavy fat suit that he wore as #TheNuttyProfessor
On #AmericanNinja, Steve James believed that the star, Michael Dudikoff, was anxious about working with Steve because Steve was a martial arts expert and Michael didn't know any martial arts, like, at all, and didn't want to be shown up on film. This made for a very tense filming environment.
June 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
On #AmericanNinja, Steve James believed that the star, Michael Dudikoff, was anxious about working with Steve because Steve was a martial arts expert and Michael didn't know any martial arts, like, at all, and didn't want to be shown up on film. This made for a very tense filming environment.
This Monday I'm covering #Lionheart, as it's known in the U.S., but it's also known in various parts of the world as Wrong Bet, A.W.O.L.: Absent Without Leave, Leon, and Full Contact. #jeanclaudevandamme
June 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This Monday I'm covering #Lionheart, as it's known in the U.S., but it's also known in various parts of the world as Wrong Bet, A.W.O.L.: Absent Without Leave, Leon, and Full Contact. #jeanclaudevandamme
Presenting Wednesday Friday Addams. her name comes from the poem "Monday's Child" meant to teach the kiddies the days of the week. "Wednesday's child is full of woe" Her middle name is because she was born on Friday the 13th. #TheAddamsFamily
June 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Presenting Wednesday Friday Addams. her name comes from the poem "Monday's Child" meant to teach the kiddies the days of the week. "Wednesday's child is full of woe" Her middle name is because she was born on Friday the 13th. #TheAddamsFamily
Fun Fact: Fred Ward, who played Remo, did most of his own stunts, including hanging from the Wonder Wheel on Coney Island. Ward was multi-skilled having served in the U.S. Air Force, competed as a boxer, and worked as a lumberjack!
#RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins
#RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins
May 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fun Fact: Fred Ward, who played Remo, did most of his own stunts, including hanging from the Wonder Wheel on Coney Island. Ward was multi-skilled having served in the U.S. Air Force, competed as a boxer, and worked as a lumberjack!
#RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins
#RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins
The 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines was very loosely inspired by the real-life rescue mission of Capt. Scott “Basher 52” O’Grady by the U.S. Marines. On 6/2/1995 Capt. O’Grady was shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina. He survived for 6 days, avoiding the enemy, before his rescue. #BehindEnemyLines
May 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines was very loosely inspired by the real-life rescue mission of Capt. Scott “Basher 52” O’Grady by the U.S. Marines. On 6/2/1995 Capt. O’Grady was shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina. He survived for 6 days, avoiding the enemy, before his rescue. #BehindEnemyLines
In #StrangeDays Lenny Nero's 1997 Mercedes-Benz S500 was a prototype loaned to the production by the manufacturer nearly three years before it would debut in showrooms.
April 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In #StrangeDays Lenny Nero's 1997 Mercedes-Benz S500 was a prototype loaned to the production by the manufacturer nearly three years before it would debut in showrooms.
Juliet Lewis did her own vocals in the movie #StrangeDays. That's right, folks; it wasn't dubbed over by another singer. Impressive! Check out our new episode out now!
April 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Juliet Lewis did her own vocals in the movie #StrangeDays. That's right, folks; it wasn't dubbed over by another singer. Impressive! Check out our new episode out now!