I Read Movies Podcast Archive: Recent Episodes
Paxton Holley
An archive of the first 50 episodes of the I Read Movies podcast. Look for new episodes on Cult Film Club.
Pax reminds listeners that new episodes of the show are showing up on the Cult Film Club feed. And he gives you a preview of next week's episode, Batman & Robin (1997) by Michael Jan Friedman.
In this transitional episode before IRM's debut on the Cult Film Club feed, I go over the novelization to the fourth Christopher Reeve Superman movie.
For the final episode of IRM on this feed before it moves over to Cult Film Club, I'm closing the loop on my coverage of the Skywalker Saga novelizations with Star Wars the Force Awakens by the original Star Wars novelizer, Alan Dean Foster.
This month I'm talking about the novelizations of Stephen Sommers' 1999 adventure blockbuster The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
This is the 50th episode of I Read Movies and to celebrate, I'm going to do a double feature! I'll be covering Back to the Future Parts 2 and 3 in one giant episode!
On this episode I dig into the 1990 UK novelization of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Cowabunga, Dudes!
On this episode Pax dives deep into the 1995 novelization for Batman Forever by Peter David. Lot's to unpack from this Bat Cave!
On this episode I talk about the novelization to the pilot episode of The A-Team, Mexican Slayride. Written by Charles Heath.
It's a few days before April 1st so on this episode I'm looking at the novelization for the movie April Fool's Day from 1986 by Jeff Rovin.
In this episode I'm covering the 1984 novelization to The Last Starfighter by Alan Dean Foster.
In this special IRM Appendix episode I look at the differences between the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie The Running Man and the Stephen King novel it was based on.
This is a repost of a special episode of I Read Movies that I did for Cult Film Club. I'm talking about the movie novelization of Highlander by Gary Killworth.
For this episode Pax is talking about the novelization to the Ron Howard/George Lucas fantasy film, Willow from 1988, starring Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer.
Finishing out Fall Into Horror, this month I'm looking at the novelization of the sixth Friday the 13th movie from 1986 by Simon Hawke.
For the 4th annual IRM Halloween episode I am covering one of the holy grails of novelizations, John Carpenter's Halloween by Curtis Richards. Lots of extra information about the nature of Michael Myers.
This month begins IRM's Fall into Horror series with the 1985 horror comedy classic, Fright Night.
To finish out IRM's Hack the Summer, in this episode I cover the 1992 novelization to Sneakers.
Continuing IRM's Hack the Summer, this month I'm covering the novelization of Hackers by David Bischoff.
Hack the Summer!
In this episode I cover the 1983 novelization to WarGames by David Bischoff.
It's the 15th anniversary of the third Star Wars prequel, Revenge of the Sith! So in this episode I break down the novelization to that movie by Matthew Stover.
In this episode I walk you through the brand new novelization of Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson. Does it add any context to the movie? What questions does it answer?
On this episode I cover my second TV novelization, which is the sequel to my last TV novelization. Knight Rider Trust Doesn't Rust by Glen Larson novelizes the Knight Rider episode with KARR, KITT's evil twin!
On this episode I take a deep dive into The Goonies novelization featuring lots of extra stuff including a giant squid and LEECHES!
For my December episode I'm covering the second Star Wars prequel novelization by fantasy writer RA Salvatore.
The I Read Movies Halloween episode features a look at the 1984 novelization of Ghostbusters by Richard Mueller.
In my second SWAMPtember celebration episode I cover the Swamp Thing sequel, Return of Swamp Thing from 1989 written by comic book vet, Peter David.
It's the second anniversary of I Read Movies! So this month is SWAMPtember! And I'm covering the novelization of the 1982 Wes Craven movie, Swamp Thing, co-written by David Houston and the co-creator of Swamp Thing, Len Wein.
To finish out the summer, and the Jaws franchise, in this episode I cover the Jaws 2 novelization by Hank Searls.
In this special Shark Week Appendix episode I talk about the original 1974 Jaws novel by Peter Benchley and how it's different from the movie.
This month I'm covering the novelization of the first Batman sequel, Batman Returns, from 1992.
On this episode of I Read Movies I talk about the novelization to the 1989 Batman movie which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month.
This month I am celebrating the 20th anniversary of Star Wars Episode I by covering the novelization by Terry Brooks.
This month I'm covering the novelization to the first two episodes of Knight Rider, by the show's creator, Glen A Larson.
On this episode I talk about the novelization of Jean Claude Van Damme's 1994 sci-fi thriller, Timecop.
Delving deep into the 1982 E.T. novelization which includes lots of extra scenes and characters. I also talk about the novelization's sequel, Book of the Green Planet, from 1985.
For the I Read Movies Holiday episode I'm covering the novelization to Lethal Weapon by Joel Norst. There's a lot of differences to cover here, listen, enjoy and Happy Holidays!
In this episode I finish out the original Star Wars trilogy with the Empire Strikes Back novelization by Donald Glut.
The final episode of my Halloween episode trilogy. I talk about the novelization to the third Nightmare on Elm Street movie which is based on Wes Craven's original script and features many different story elements. I also talk about the short story in the novelization telling us Freddy's origin.
For the second part of my Halloween episode trilogy, I'm talking about the novelization to A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge.
For Halloween I'm covering the first three A Nightmare on Elm Street novelizations by Jeffrey Cooper. Here's the first one.
This month's episode I cover the novelization to the 1987 Joel Schumacher teen vampire classic, The Lost Boys, and I'm joined by special guest Noel Thingvall.
This month is the 30th anniversary of Shark Week. In celebration this month on I Read Movies I'm covering the 1987 novelization to the third Jaws sequel, Jaws the Revenge. Sharks, voodoo, drug running and elderly dating...OH MY!
In this short Appendix episode I talk about the novel that created Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, and Eddie Valiant and was the basis for the 1988 movie.
For the 30th anniversary of the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit I cover the novelization by Martin Noble.
This month is the 35th anniversary of Return of the Jedi! Plus, we are getting a new Star Wars movie!
In this episode of I Read Movies I am joined by Kay from the Fan Girl Blog to talk about the recent Star Wars The Last Jedi novelization.
In this episode I cover the 1986 novelization to the movie Labyrinth starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connely.
In this episode I'm joined by my first guest, Shawn Robare, to talk about the crazy weird novelization to Gremlins (1984).
In the first of a shorter episode format that I'm calling an Appendix episode, I talk about the direct sequel to the original Star Wars movie novelization, Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978), by the very same author.
In this episode of I Read Movies I go back to where one of the biggest franchises of all time began. The 1976 novelization of the original Star Wars movie.
On this episode of I Read Movies Pax discusses the novelization to the movie Predator (1987) for the movie's 30th anniversary.
This week I talk about the novelization to the 1996 supernatural thriller The Frighteners by Peter Jackson and starring Michael J Fox.
I round out the original Indiana Jones trilogy by talking about the novelization to The Last Crusade by Rob MacGregor.
On this episode I am continuing my look at the original Indiana Jones trilogy of novelizations with Temple of Doom.
I discuss the differences in the Raiders of the Lost Ark novelization by Campbell Black.