Joan Crawford, John Huston, Orson Welles: All names you'd associate with that pretty golden statue they hand out every year around this time. But not every choice these greats have made has been one to land them an Oscar. Remember their roles in Trog, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, and Transformers? They wish you didn't...

Movies mentioned in this video:
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Battle for the Planet of the Apes
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes
• Chinatown
• Jaws
• The Poseidon Adventure
• Tentacles
• The Thing With Two Heads
• Transformers: The Movie
• Trog

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Kevin Maher heads to New York Comic Con to interview Fanboys director Kyle Newman, actor Dan Fogler and co-writer Dan Pulick on the movie's opening weekend. Find out why Trekkers will like the movie, whether or not George Lucas has a sense of humor and what title executive producer Harvey Weinstein insisted people call him during the production.

Movies mentioned in this video:
• Fanboys

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Deep in the heart of Brooklyn lies a small band of citizens focused on the preservation of the human race -- in literature. Kevin Maher weighs stories of survival with the members of a post-apocalyptic scifi book club. Find out how these experts judge movies like I Am Legend and Children of Men against their source material, and whether they think Viggo Mortensen has the wherewithal to walk The Road.

Movies mentioned in this video:
• Children of Men
• I Am Legend
• Quintet
• The Road
• Waterworld

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David Bowie fans rejoice -- a Labyrinth sing-a-long screening could be coming to a movie theater near you. Kevin Maher attends one in New York City where fans don the movie's makeup and costumes, regale each other with Labyrinth trivia and of course, belt "Magic Dance" to their hearts' content.

Movies mentioned in this video:
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
• Captain EO
• The Dark Crystal
• The Hobbit
• The Hunger
• Labyrinth
• The Man Who Fell to Earth
• The Neverending Story
• Purple Rain
• Return to Oz
• Willow

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The Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne explains his rock band's psychedelic scifi b-movie Christmas on Mars, which has been described as The Wizard of Oz meets Eraserhead. Be warned: While some flicks go down best with popcorn and soda, for this one Coyne advises mushrooms and Red Bull.

Movies mentioned in this video:
• The Wizard of Oz
• Eraserhead
• Easy Rider
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

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With over 100 dramatizations to speak of, Frankenstein is one of Hollywood's most beloved creations. But like the beast himself, some of the movies that borrow his name are, well, freaky. From Frankenstein Island (deemed the worst Frankenstein movie ever made) to Blackenstein, take a tour of the most terrifically terrible Frankenstein flicks. 

Movies mentioned in this video:
• Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
• Blackenstein
• Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
• Frankenstein Island
• Frankenstein Conquers the World

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Did you love Little Shop of Horrors? How about Beastmaster, Godzilla or Logan's Run? Chances are, if you loved the original, you ended up banging your head against the wall when you saw these terrible attempts at turning them into television shows.

Movies mentioned in this video:
• The Beastmaster
• Godzilla
• Little Shop of Horrors
• Logan's Run
• The Wizard of Oz

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If The Dude can do it, Master Control Program can do it too. Kevin Maher heads to Lebowski Fest to rally Jeff Bridges supporters behind his latest endeavor: Tron Fest. What better way for the family to celebrate Disney's classic CGI flick than to reminisce with a group of drunk, overweight bowler hippies?

Movies mentioned in this video:
• The Big Lebowski
• Tron

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Barbarella and Blade Runner aren't just scifi classics -- they're potent intergalactic potables. Kevin Maher reveals the recipes for beverages inspired by some of your favorite scifi films. Who would've guessed that King Kong was so kid-friendly, or that Darth Vader's dark powers were fueled with Jagermeister?

Movies mentioned in this video:
• Barbarella
• Blade Runner
• King Kong (1976)
• Soylent Green
• Star Wars

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Kevin Maher responds to popular demand with a second Hungry Actors episode... but this time it's a quiz! See how well you know the early careers of Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Hilary Swank.

Movies mentioned in this video include:

• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Away From Her
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
• Explorers
• Mr. Woodcock
• My Boyfriend's Back
• The Next Karate Kid
• Sling Blade
• The Sweet Hereafter

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