Old V. Gold

An initial discussion of the darkness of Santa Claus leads naturally to a January podcast about 1986's "Big Trouble in Little China," a comic epic stage-fighting romp from title-preceding director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell - who may or may not actually be the hero of this quietly subversive little piece. OK, maybe not "quietly," because there's plenty of splosions, and we guess about $11 million worth of lightning. And Kim Cattrall is there being feisty.