Back Look Cinema: The Podcast

Alonzo Richardson
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Back Look Cinema invites you to revisit the cinematic treasures of yesteryear from the 70s, 80s, & 90s. Join us every other week as our host, Zo Richardson, welcomes a special guest to share their cherished memories of some of the greatest movies in history and delve into the legendary Hollywood lore that unfolded behind the camera.

  1. 2D AGO

    Ep. 215: Boyz n the Hood

    Zo went on a journey to one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of the 1990's - the South Central Los Angeles Crenshaw district. Though Zo wouldn't say that the place where he grew up was exactly safe, Crenshaw would make his hometown look like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Police helicopters seemed to be whirring above constantly. The sounds of police and ambulance sirens where stubbornly persistent. In this place the friends who Zo came to visit must find a way to survive: a young man bound for college, an aspiring professional football player, and a young man who just got out of prison whose highest aspiration is to see the next day and avoid of incarceration. Zo wonders if they will be able to achieve their goals or will they be eaten by the streets. These are the questions, trials and tribulations faced by the Boyz n the Hood.     Episode Chapters   00:04:12 Opening Credits for Boyz n the Hood Starring Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Nia Long 00:16:48 Favorite Parts of the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood 01:19:10 Trivia from the coming of age urban drama - Boyz n the Hood 01:25:04  Critics' Thoughts on John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood   John Singleton, 1991 on "Boyz n the Hood" - Out of the Archives Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: friends@backlookcinema.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

    1h 30m

  2. MAR 2

    Ep. 214: House Party

    Zo got a lot of invitations to parties when he was a teenager, but, one of the craziest parties that he went to was one that was put together by the most idealistic of teenagers while his parents wasn't home. Get a bunch of raunchy kids over to his house unsupervised? What could possibly go wrong? The teens might have to dodge racist police, avoid nasty school bullies, and ignore outspoken neighbors, but why let a few obstacles ruin a good time? If you, like Zo, had your invite why wouldn't you head over to Kid 'N Play's House Party?   Episode Chapters 00:04:42 Opening Credits for House Party Starring Christopher "Kid" Reid, Christopher "Play" Martin, Robin Harris, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell and A.J. Johnson 00:15:22 Favorite Parts of the 1990 film House Party 01:07:41 Trivia from the hip-hoop teen comedy - House Party 01:15:24  Critics' Thoughts on Reginald Hudlin's House Party Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: friends@backlookcinema.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

    1h 23m

  3. FEB 25

    Ep. 213: Soul Food

    Zo visits some friends in the Windy City and he gets an earful of family drama. He hears about the arguments the stress the abuse the infidelity. He hears about all of the many challenges that threaten to break up this otherwise loving family. the thing that holds them together is their Big Mama and her incredible Sunday dinners . . . but what would happen if anything ever happen to their Big Mama? Would there be anyone else in the family who could pic up the pieces and keep the family together. Would there be anyone there willing to cook the Soul Food?   Episode Chapters 00:03:54 Opening Credits for Soul Food Starring Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox and Nia Long 00:20:35 Favorite Parts of the 1997 film Soul Food   01:15:50 Trivia from the family drama - Soul Food 01:22:08 Critics' Thoughts on George Tillman, Jr's Soul Food Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: friends@backlookcinema.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

    1h 27m

  4. FEB 9

    Ep. 212: Beat Street

    Episode Chapters 00:04:24 Opening Credits for Beat Street Starring Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis Jon Chardiet, and Leon W. Grant 00:15:29 Favorite Parts of the 1984 film Beat Street 01:01:23 Trivia from the urban hip-hop classic - Beat Street 01:08:55 Critics' Thoughts on Stan Lathan's Beat Street Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: friends@backlookcinema.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

    1h 13m

  5. JAN 27

    Ep, 211: Akira

    Zo finds himself in a timeline where Tokyo was destroyed in WWIII and from its ashes rose a Neo Tokyo. It's a thriving civilization if not filled with chaos: teenage biker gangs, heavy police presence, an aggressive military complex, violent protests, and a group of people that the media are calling terrorists. Rumors abound that these terrorists are actually trying to prevent Japan from doing research on the most devastating weapons that the world could never imagine in its wildest post apocalyptic nightmares. It's the an innate ability within all humans that allows them to access the primordial power of the universe itself and granting the possessor of that power unparalleled psychic abilities. The rumors say that they had succeeded before, but that the scientists who were attempting to control the uncontrollable were predictively unable to manage the fruit of their foolish labor. In their effort to contain the power and prevent a catastrophic outcome they manage to seal this "fruit" away for all time.  In this case their "fruit" was a little boy with incredible psychic abilities. The population at large knows nothing of this, put there are those who speak of this impossible little boy. According to them this boy is destined to come back. His name is Akira . . . or so the rumors say.   Episode Chapters 00:04:24 Opening Credits for Akira Starring Cam Clarke, Jan Rabson and Lara Cody [1989 English Dub] 00:15:29 Favorite Parts of the 1988 film Akira   01:01:23 Trivia from the futuristic cyberpunk action anime - Akira 01:08:55 Critics' Thoughts on Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira     Vice Article: How 'Akira' Has Influenced Modern Culture Animation Obsessive Article: When Katsuhiro Otomo Learned   Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: friends@backlookcinema.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

    1h 10m

  6. JAN 21

    Ep. 210: Ghost in the Shell

    Zo, once again, finds himself in an alternate timeline. This particular time is not that dissimilar from his own time. The major difference being that it seems that everyone is a cyborg with most people having at least some form of complex computer or robotics grafted onto or within their biological bodies. The normalization of the cyborg gives rise to advanced cyborg bodies with the only organic element being their human brain. Can someone who is almost completely a robot have a soul?  Can an AI be so complex that it develops its own soul and, to that end, the right of self determination? Zo hears rumors of a government agency called Section 9 and an operative within that agency named Major Motoko Kusanagi who's on the verge of finding out if there can indeed be a Ghost in the Shell. Episode Chapters 00:04:24 Opening Credits for Ghost in the Shell Starring Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar and Tom Wyner [English Dub] 00:15:29 Favorite Parts of the 1995 film Ghost in the Shell  01:01:23 Trivia from the futuristic cyberpunk philosophical action anime - Ghost in the Shell  01:08:55 Critics' Thoughts on Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell  Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: friends@backlookcinema.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

    1h 13m

  7. JAN 12

    Ep. 209: Vampire Hunter D

    Zo is flung into the inconceivably distant future where he finds himself in the creepiest small town that he's ever found himself in. The town is stalked by demons and mutants and folks who live here have to be on their guard as they move about. A rancher named Doris finds out that there's more to worry about than common giant slugs and werewolves, because, as Zo had heard it, she's been confronted by a Noble. A Noble is what people in this distant time period sometimes call a vampire, and this particular Noble happens to be over 10,000 years old. It's good for Doris, then, that a mysterious stranger named D had come to town. A Vampire Hunter of extraordinary skill named D.   Episode Chapters 00:04:40 Opening Credits for Vampire Hunter D Starring Michael McConnohie, Barbara Goodson, and Jeff Winkless [1993 English Dub] 00:15:29 Favorite Parts of the 1985 film Vampire Hunter D 00:41:53 Trivia from the post apocalyptic horror anime - Vampire Hunter D 00:47:23 Critics' Thoughts on Toyoo Ashida's Vampire Hunter D   Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: friends@backlookcinema.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

    52 min

  8. JAN 6

    Killian’s Classics: Comparing three versions of the deadliest game: The Running Man - Ep. 208

    Zo examines the recent adaptation of a Stephen King novel: Edgar Wright's The Running Man (2025) starring Glen Powell and comparing this film to the novel as well as the much beloved 1987 adaptation of The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Paul Michael Glaser. What where the main differences? In what way was the new movie faithful to the novel? How do the different themes compare in these films and the novel? Find out in this episode; spoilers ahead!   Episode Chapters 02:12 Motivated Running 03:58 Richard Bachman 06:09 The Comparisons - Novel, Movie, Movie 10:24 The Running Man Ad 28:04 Critically Thinking About The Running Man Please leave a comment, suggestion or question on our social media:   Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links: Website: www.backlookcinema.com Email: friends@backlookcinema.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@backlookcinema Twitter: https://twitter.com/backlookcinema Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BackLookCinema Instagram: https://instagram.com/backlookcinema Threads: https://www.threads.net/@backlookcinema TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinema Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/backlookcinema Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/backlookcinema.bsky.social Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@backlookcinema Back Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com  Again, thanks for listening.

    34 min
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Back Look Cinema invites you to revisit the cinematic treasures of yesteryear from the 70s, 80s, & 90s. Join us every other week as our host, Zo Richardson, welcomes a special guest to share their cherished memories of some of the greatest movies in history and delve into the legendary Hollywood lore that unfolded behind the camera.

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  • Creator
    Alonzo Richardson
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    252
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2020-2026 Alonzo Richardson
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    Back Look Cinema: The Podcast