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It's the final day of the year AND the final episode! That's right, for our very last installment of the podcast, we're giving you the classic Top 10 end of year list, with returning guest PETER GRAY here to help send us off!
What were your favourite films of the year? The Invisible Man? Wonder Woman 1984? Nomadland? How will our list stand up next to the Oscars? Listen and find out.
Thanks to all our listeners over the years! Hopefully we'll be back in your ear buds someday soon, we'll see you down the road!
It's hard hitting news this week! Journalism is on the table and boy do we have some firecracker films, this week, hosts talk about 3 sizzling films ripped from the headlines!
Zodiac (2007) dir. David Fincher Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chloe Sevigny
Robert Graysmith, a cartoonist by profession, finds himself obsessively thinking about the Zodiac killer. He uses his puzzle-solving abilities to get closer to revealing the identity of the killer.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNncHPl1UXg
Network (1976) dir. Sidney Lumet Starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden, Ned Beatty
Veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he's being put out to pasture, and he's none too happy about it. After threatening to shoot himself on live television, instead he launches into an angry televised rant, which turns out to be a huge ratings boost for the UBS network. This stunt allows ambitious producer Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) to develop even more outrageous programming, a concept that she takes to unsettling extremes.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSGvqQHpjs
All The President's Men (1976) dir. Alan J Pakula Starring RObert Redford, Dustin Hoffmann
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC3YFyah_Yg
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It's the taboo topic of POLITICS, this week we have returning guest PETER GRAY to talk about 3 very different films about Politics
- THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) dir. Brian De Palma, starring: Robert DeNiro, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery
"Despite Prohibition in the USA, a mobster, Al Capone, continues his illicit liquor business. A federal agent, Eliot Ness, is assigned to expose Capone's illegal business and bring him to justice."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbzkK06MJjE
- THE CAMPAIGN (2012) dir. Jay Roach, starring: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.
"Cam Brady and Marty Huggins are political rivals who are running for the same seat and will stop at nothing to outdo each other during their campaigns."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omcm3VCVpag
- OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (2015) dir. David Gordon Green, starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Ann Dowd, Anthony Mackie
"Jane Bodine, a political consultant, is tasked with managing Pedro Castillo's campaign. She faces her biggest challenge in the form of Pat Candy, the consultant of her opposition."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZo_ILZhfk
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A Very Special Interview with Horror Author and filmmaker Aaron Dries. Writer of works like House of Sighs, The Fallen boys and Where the Dead Go To Die. Talking Horror, Queer Horror and much, much more!
We have a special interview with Horror Author and filmmaker Aaron Dries. Writer of works like House of Sighs, The Fallen Boys, A Place For Sinners, and Where the Dead Go To Die.
We cover all sorts of things like Writing Horror, Queer identity, Horror films, Covid19, the differences between writing for the page and writing for the screen, and even the Tippi Hedren Starring Lion rampage film "Roar"
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https://www.aarondries.com/
And his books are available wherever you get Books!
We recommend Booktopia if you're from Australia:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=aaron+dries&productType=917504
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This week our hosts dive into cinematic depictions of Power, royal, and criminal. Our three films are:
A PROPHET (2009) dir. Jacques Audiard, starring Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69ARbQt-Ko
SECRET HONOR (1984) dir. Robert Altman, starring Philip Baker Hall
ELIZABETH (1998) dir. Shakhar Kapur,, starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, David Attenborough, Daniel Craig
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikwDzecY7F8
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Creature Feature fare abounds as hosts dive into three films that will make your skin crawl. Your hosts look at:
CRITTERS (1986)
dir. Stephen Herek, starring Dee Wallace, M. Emmett Walsh, Scott Grimes, Billy Zane
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3YGz-u2Ts
THE RUINS (2008)
dir. Carter Smith, starring Shawn Ashmore, Jonathan Tucker
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3JKmTK70Mc
THE RITUAL (2017) dir. David Bruckner, starring Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfugwq2uoa0
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Pace yourselves, we’re here for a while as our hosts look at some really long movies. A Minimum runtime of 2hrs 50 minutes was the requirement and we have made our picks!
THE DEER HUNTER (1978) Dir. Michael Cimino, starring Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Cazale.
An Oscar Winning Best Picture, Set in the backdrop of the US-Vietnam war, three friends who join the army to fight in Vietnam are later captured by the enemy forces. They manage to escape but are soon separated and imprisoned again.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXoFhOvvOjI
MAGNOLIA (1999) Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards, Phllip Baker Hall
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnamcFv_N9Q
HEAT (1995) Dir. Michael Mann, starrign Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Natalie Portman
Lieutenant Hanna, a detective, decides to catch a highly intelligent seasonal criminal who has vowed to pull off one last robbery before he retires for good.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14oNcFxiVaQ
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The great beyond, infinite darkness, cold comfort, our hosts venture into the Cinema of Space. Three very different films this week that look at space and it's meaning in very unique ways:
INNERSPACE (1987) Dir. Joe Dante, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan.
"When Tuck volunteers to be miniaturised and put into the body of a lab rabbit, he is accidentally injected into a hypochondriac. A group of industrial spies are after the both of them."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQDIosuZuo
HIGH LIFE (2018) Dir. Claire Denis, starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth
"Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. They must now rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtOwfo1ypOw
APOLLO 13 (1995) Dir. Ron Howard, starring Tom hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris
"Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert of the Apollo 13 moon mission find themselves stranded when their spacecraft gets damaged. NASA must now find a way to bring them back before it is too late."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtEIMC58sZo
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Sing and dance to your heart’s content. This is certainly our jam this week as our hosts, back from Coronavirus isolation, dive into three very different films that each look at music in a different way.
FRANK (2014) Dir. Lenny Abrahamson, starring Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal
"A young aspiring musician finds himself far out of his element after he joins an eccentric pop group led by the enigmatic Frank, who wears a giant fake head. As the band prepare to record their debut album, their personal issues generate tension."
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A7iVIg_ry8
LONDON ROAD (2015) Dir. Rufus Norris, starring Olivia Coleman, Tom Hardy, and the original West End Cast.
`London Road' a Verbatim Musical that documents the events that occurred in 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich, Suffolk, was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBMYeG7pMM
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) Dir. Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo.
A Franch Sung through musical about Genevieve, who is pregnant from Guy, a mere motor mechanic, and is pressurized by her mother to marry the wealthy Roland, who is ready to accept and raise her child. Will Genevieve accept the proposal?
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imCOi7pqKh0
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Welcome to misery! The team is looking at Feel Bad Films, so grab that tub of chocolate and a box of tissues and brace yourselves as we look at:
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBwzN4v1vA0
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? (1969) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-sWMXspNA
Starring: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Gig Young
Directed by Sydney Pollack
BLUE VALENTINE (2010) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0NChcdQfQ
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams
Directed by Derek Cianfrance
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It's TIME to talk about TIME!!! Today we tackle the mysterios and ever present ticking clock in three different films!
PREDESTINATION (2914) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FcK_UiVV40
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook
Directed by The Spierig Brothers
ABOUT TIME (2013) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7A810duHvw
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Domnhall Gleeson
Directed By Richard Curtis
YEARS & YEARS (2019) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY41jhIP_xI
Starring: Emma Thompson, Russell Tovey, Rory Kinnear
Created By Russell T Davies
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It's CAR CHASE day for the rangers as they explore three films featuring that staple of filmmaking.
Tremors (1990) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJfZvXdiTE
Starring: Kevin Bacon
Directed by Ron Underwood
Thelma & Louise (1991) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iBFmKlO4BY
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Brad Pitt, Harvey Keitel
Directed by Ridley Scott
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Starring: Barbara Streisand, Ruan O'Neil, Madeline Kahn
Directed by Peter Bogdanovitch
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It's here! They're back! Find out what our Rangers thought of this years films.
Irishman vs Marriage story! Did we join the Bong Hive? What movie is so brutal Charnstar will probably not see it?
The rangers make their top 10 lists and honorable mentions alongside regular guest Zane C Weber
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Hey Guys, we're taking a break to recharge and focus on some filmmaking projects so that we have more stories to tell you and more people to bring on for an interview!
Stay Tuned and have a listen to our back catalogue if you want to catch up!
Also we highly recommend the other brilliant shows on our network available wherever you get your podcasts and also thatsnotcanon.com
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It's Sketch Time! or Skit TIme??? What is the difference between the two? We go into that and more! Special Guests Cheeky Moon are sketch comedy creators who join us to talk about the art of Sketch Comedy.
LINKS:
Cheeky Moon on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZSeUJhAOnOnRUnCTydJSAA
Cheeky Moon on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/CheekyMoon/
The Grapist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yt0b_QBP_A
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This week we interview another Film Festival Producer about what it takes to get in and what film festivals are looking for!
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LINKS:
Event Tickets
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/brisbane-backyard-film-festival-2019-tickets-56675848990?aff=eac2
BBFF Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/BrisbaneBackyardFilmFestival/
Submissions (closes 28th April 2019)
https://filmfreeway.com/BBFF
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We are joined by another first time feature filmmaker! Britt Kynde had her debut as writer/director and star of CURSED! The guys chat to her about the trials and triumphs of going it alone and how to make a feature film on no money.
LINKS:
Cursed on Vimeo On Demand
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/cursed
Grade one Productions
https://www.facebook.com/gradeoneproductions/
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Things get self-referential as we dive into movies within movies, stories about stories and filmmakers depicting filmmakers! What do we mean when we say meta? When is it parody and when is it serious drama and we make sure to demolish the 4th wall while we're at it!
LINKS:
A Beginner's Guide to Meta Films
https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/08/a-beginners-guide-to-meta-films/
Adaptation, Robert McKee Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVqxD8PNq8
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It's the newest Commentary! This time the guys give their thoughts on the animated classic(?) Bionicle Mask of Light based on the Lego property.
LINKS:
The Making Of Bionicle The Mask Of Light:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osp5bmv42EM
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YES.... AND we're doing a brand new episode and throwing out the rundown! This week we wanted to talk about improvising in film and decided to improvise the episode too!
Guest Zane C Weber joins us to talk about the values and shortcomings of improv in film and TV.
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It's an Epic Movie! It's a Date Movie! It's... another bad parody??!! (we're looking at you Meet The Spartans) we dive into the (lost?) art of the parody this week and how random references, do not, a joke, make.
LINKS:
Underwater Bar Fight from Top Secret!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRi-a8hPh0
Top 10 Movie Spoofs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHoBR2XpXwg
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It's the big debate, which is a purer form of cinema? The rangers divided into the technicalities of both,their limitations, how David Fincher uses invisible CGI, why Guillermo del Toro loves practical monsters and many many more!
LINKS:
DAVID FINCHER CGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QChWIFi8fOY
THE THING 2011 Practical effects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyOu3j7CtoE
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Have you always dreamed of making a feature film, but don't know where to start? You're in luck! Today the guys interviewed the first of several first-time feature filmmakers about their experiences and lessons learne dso you can have the motivation to make one yourself! This week we had Stewart Tyrrell who's in the middle of shooting "Brisbane" a romantic comedy set in and around Queensland's capital city.
Brisbane The Movie on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Brisbane-the-Movie-2195824787334795/
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Reboots, Remakes, Reimaginings, what do they all mean? We dive into the meanings of all these terms and ask, how many reboots is too many reboots and are we in peak A Star is Born universe?
Shane Recommends: Delusions in Modern Primitivsm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aonX3DVxBEA
Josh Recommends: Night Owls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbDLqRDMAMI
Charnstar Recommends: The Tick Season 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCX9O61-O0Y
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We need a 6ft nerdy type! But do it like you're climbing a mountain! This week we're taking the casting couch for a spin and talking about the casting process with guest Kyle McCallion from Friends of Atticus!
LINKS
Tchucango Entertainment
https://www.facebook.com/tchucangoent/
Leading Lady Parts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDHNbjGivo
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It's time to look at another under-appreciated talent! This time it's the Angel himself, BEN FOESTER! You'll know him from X-Men 3 and Warcraft, but have you seen all his cinematic Deep Cuts?
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It's time to look to the future!!! What movies and TV shows are our hosts excited for! What is overhyped? Listen to find out!
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What's this episode about you ask?... it's gonna be legen.... wait for it...
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Dary!
Was that suspenseful? This week we dive into what we can learn from Mystery and suspense and how it applies to our own work as well as others'.
LINKS:
Hitchcock on Mystery and Suspense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xs111uH9ss
Harry Potter: How JK Rowling writes Mystery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Y0NFHNhgg
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No, not the ark filled with the power of God, it's Arcs as in CHARACTER ARCS! We're talking how and why character need arcs in narrative films. What it says about the themes and how we each approach character arcs in our own work.
LINKS:
Writing Character Without Arcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot02hMJ6Hkk
Ghostbusters: A Movie About Nothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OB3279Vt8Y
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It's the episode you've all been waiting for! What a year it's been! Will our choices match with the Oscars? or even Your own favourite films? Listen and find out!
LINKS:
Shane on Letterboxd
https://letterboxd.com/2wenty4frames/
Josh on Letterboxd
https://letterboxd.com/thatsundancekid/
Charnstar on Letterboxd
https://letterboxd.com/charnstar/
Zane on Letterboxd
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It's the time of the year for TOP lists, and this week: hosts present their favourite and the BEST Television shows of 2018, from Haunted Houses to Puberty, Female Stand ups to murdered lawyers, it's definitely been a hell of a year for Television!
LINKS
2018 in Television
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_in_American_television
NY Times Best Shows of 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/arts/television/the-best-tv-shows.html
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OUR FIRST COMMENTARY! Watch along with us as we witness the gloriously awful Geostorm!
Geostorm on Netflix:
https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80185871
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Jingle Bells, Santa KILLS! Things go a bit evil this Christmas as we dive into the Darker side of Holiday cinema. From gems like Silent Night Deadly Night to Christmas Evil we ask, what does it take to fuck with the joy of the holidays?
LINKS:
17 Dark AF Christmas Movies
https://www.moviefone.com/photos/christmas-movies-that-are-dark-af/
Shane Black and the Christmas Action Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdutj-VHW0c
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WE GOTTA DEFUSE THE BOMB!.... The Bomb of this episode... in a good way? I think I'm mixing metaphors here,but the point is we're looking at the thriller this wee, spies, turncoats, ticking clocks and panic rooms galore!
LINKS:
Thriller Sub-Genres
https://kathrineroid.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/list-of-thriller-subgenres/
Single Location Thrillers
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/single-location-thrillers/27043/15-greatest-single-location-thrillers-of-the-last-decade
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This week we chat to Mary Duong and Rhiannon Steffenson about how they and their cast and crew pulled together to create the LGBTQ+ web series "Two Weeks" right here in Brisbane!
We go through the writing process, shooting, post production, marketing and they let us in on all the ups and downs and lessons learned and they have some great advice for anyone who wants to make their own series!
LINKS:
Two Weeks on YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvnOFKl1E2L76O9w60PqC2w
Two Weeks on FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/twoweekstv/
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Can you believe it's been a year already? This week we ask YOU what have you been watching and our Correspondent on the ground Josh, talks with Supanova attendees about their favourite shows and movies at the moment. Then we chat about ourselves, our film projects and future plans for the Podcast.
LINKS
Red Curtain Hell
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redcurtainhell
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Heeeeeeey, how you doin? Bazinga! We're entering through a door to a round of applause... cue the canned laughter! It's the sitcom everybody, that staple of television since it's inception with I Love Lucy all the way to shows that push the definition like Veep and The Good Place.
LINKS:
The Hidden Sitcom Formula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvHRAy4YdbA
Get A Life - A Cult Classic
https://tv.avclub.com/co-creator-david-mirkin-walks-us-through-cult-classic-g-1798233698
Jokes Per Minute
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/jokes-per-minute-sitcom-ratings-link/382734/
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This week is rather Lyrical! Guest Alex Smith from the podcast My Songs Suck! joins us to talk about the use of songs in movies and TV, the difference between a music movie and a musical, diegetic and non-diegetic and why Sister Act is the best film ever.
LINKS
Your Man Alex Smith on Bandcamp
https://yourmanalexsmith.bandcamp.com/
Your Man Alex Smith on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4eksDAYjFTGClVCkUoAOtC
Diegetic vs Non Diegetic movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd0kQLD7JS8
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Things get GORY this week! Charnstar and Josh are away, so guest Sebastian Briguglio and Zane C Weber join us to talk about violence in cinema, it's impacts and how much further can we push it?
LINKS:
APOSTLE TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1JdWOqc9Q8
CryptTV
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJ6Dn01AqjvFVN2EiK72Ag
SALO - The Most Banned Film Ever
https://www.reneebrack.com/SALO-AN-ESSAY-ON-THE-MOST-BANNED-FILM-EVER/
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Why should the kids get all the cartoons? From Rick and Morty to Bojack Horseman, the Rangers dive into the world of animation for adults, from it's history, through to the explosion following the rise of The Simpsons.
LINKS
History of the Simpsons
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8791379/The-Simpsons-history-of-the-series.html
10 Animated Films for Adults
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/critics-picks-10-best-animated-919190
Inside the rise of Animated Comedy
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bojack-horseman-rick-morty-inside-rise-animated-comedy-1143286
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The Night he came home! And we sat through 10 of these damn films!!! That's right, we're taking a trip to Haddonfield to hear a bunch of teenagers scream about the booyman... and then it becomes runes, and people are dead, but then they're not... it's all confusing.
Join us for our LIVE STREAM review of the new Halloween starring Jaime Lee Curtis tonight on the 25th of October, on our faceboook page: https://www.facebook.com/MotionPictureRangers/
LINKS:
The Halloween Timeline Explained
https://comicbook.com/horror/2018/06/10/halloween-movies-timeline-explained/
Jake Gyllenhaal's link to the new HALLOWEEN
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/jake-gyllenhaal-convinced-jamie-lee-curtis-to-do-the-new-halloween-movie-2018-10?r=UK&IR=T
Halloween 6: Producer's Cut vs Theatrical Cut
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2014/09/30/collins-crypt-halloween-6-producers-cut-vs-theatrical-cut
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IT'S A NEW EPISODE BITCH! Time to go to Springwood and fight Freddy! From the 1984 classic to the New Nightmare to the terrible Remake! We look at it, warts, burns and all!
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We're doing this episode for you DAMIEN!!!
This week we look at the demonic child, the antichrist, the 1976 original to the much derided 2006 remake! We get satanic with The Omen franchise.
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Stick Around!... we're Kicking off Octoberlooking at the PREDATOR frnachise, from the jungle to a weird futuristic LA that's not all that futuristic, we take a look at the Ugly Motherfucker who has graced the screen for the last 30 or so years.
LINKS:
Van Damme as THE PREDATOR
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/predator/32595/when-jean-claude-van-damme-played-predator
The Predator - Behind The Scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiQhDu_TJKU
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Hey... you there! Filmmaker! Wanna know all the HOT TIPS about film festivals? Well we have a treat for you!
Special Guest Dr Tess Van Hemert with a PhD in Film Festivals to tell you all about it!
LINKS:
Film Festival Secrets
http://filmfestivalsecrets.com/
Film Freeway
https://filmfreeway.com/festivals
The Film Festival Project
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6516306/
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You talkin' to me? Well of course you are! We've had sound in movies since 1927, so how do you craft great dialogue? We dive into that and much more this week!
Links
Hollywood's 100 Favourite Lines of Dialogue
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-movie-quotes-hollywoods-top-867142
William Monahan on Writing Great Dialogue
https://www.fastcompany.com/1682092/oscar-winner-william-monahan-on-how-to-write-unforgettable-dialogue
"He's Right Behind Me" A Supercut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vECzPHbn0Bo
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We're a Plane Podcast now! JK, it's time to talk about TV in more depth, what is a Pilot, what is the creation of a TV show like and what are the writing challenges that come with writing the 1st episode of a show?
LINKS:
How a TV Show is Made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8aW1Ae6gcI
Writing, Selling and Producing a TV PIlot Spec
https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/mickey-fisher-on-writing-selling-and-producing-a-tv-pilot-spec-script-part-1-7d25914b7fc8?gi=bc1852b80044
Good Shows ruined by Bad Pilots
http://www.hollywood.com/tv/good-tv-shows-bad-pilots-57272667/
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It's the SHOWDOWN of the century! We bring a Film Critic on and we duke it out for the championship... well not so much duke it out as have a lively and well-mannered discussion on the relationship of the filmmaker and the film critic.
LINKS:
Peter Gray on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ratedPDG
David Ehrlich & director of a film he HATED
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/anders-walter-i-kill-giants-interview-1201942590/
Scorsese on Rottentomatoes and mother!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-scorsese-rotten-tomatoes-box-office-obsession-why-mother-was-misjudged-guest-column-1047286
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We'll be back next week with "Critics vs Filmmakers"! Stay tuned!
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It's the showdown of the century, Tom Cruise vs Phillip Seymor Hoffman... no it's not Mission Impossible 3, it's a discussion on the movie star vs the actor, what's the difference? can someone be both? What's a character actor? All that and more this week!
LINKS
Rita hayworth and Orson Welles (You Must Remember This)
http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/2015/2/3/star-wars-episode-v-rita-hayworth-and-orson-welles-ymrt-31
AFI's 100 Years 100 Stars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251566/
Character Actors you can't name
https://www.cinemablend.com/new/15-Famous-Character-Actors-We-Bet-You-Can-t-Name-43508.html
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It's an ALL OUT FILM SCHOOL WAR!!!! Not Really, it's a film festival! Brisbane is home to the Simply Shorts Film Festival and this year the theme is Film School Fallout! We had festival Director and Curator Scott Young on to talk to us about the festival and what audiences and filmmakers can expect!
LINKS
Event Tickets
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/film-school-fallout-tickets-48552083589
Festival Submissions
https://filmfreeway.com/SimplyShorts
Simply Shorts on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/simplyshorts/
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Calling all filmmakers! Do you hate sleeping? Do you love racing a clock? Then compete in the 48-hour Film Project! This week we have guest Matt Grehan who runs the Brisbane and Melbourne 48hr Film Project on to talk about the competition, why it's fun and our hosts tell wild stories from their own experiences competing in the competition!
48hr Film Project Brisbane
http://www.48hourfilm.com/brisbane-au
"The Boy next Door" - Audience Choice winner Brisbane 2016
https://vimeo.com/187157457
Debonair Fox on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/user/DebonairFox
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Whether you know her from The Addams Family or Caspar, Christina Ricci is that Big-eyed child actor who's been steadily working for the last 30-odd year, but she doesn't get quite the credit she deserves... what makes an underrated actor?
LINKS
Black Snake Moan Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Z7Cf9IDGw
Christina Ricci Interview (Aged 9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjfblhaDr5w&t=175s
Christina Ricci on Dealing with Fame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OqSkfp45TQ&
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IN A WORLD... where podcasters talk about movies... two men... will dive deep... into this topic!
We're talking about Movie Trailers this week! Only In theatres!
LINKS
Aliens Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaUXuY3U4Ag
Cloud Atlas Extended Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6be25sIaehM
Bad Times at the El Royale Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQmOaJciI7Q
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Once more out of the coffin, the guys bring you a dive into the world of new horror film! Hereditary is dividing audiences, are we in for a new era of scares? listen to find out!
LINKS:
Filmmaker IQ: History of Movie Blood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izNg7s3vQOE
HEREDITARY, behind the scenes
https://concreteplayground.com/wellington/arts-entertainment/behind-the-scenes-of-2018s-scariest-film-with-hereditary-director-ari-aster/
The Blumhouse Business model
https://deadline.com/2015/05/blumhouse-panel-produced-by-conference-1201435034/
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This week we get into the think of it as, with Shane still away living his best life, Charnstar, Josh, and special guest Zane discuss their favourite action films of the 70's and 80's and why this period is considered the Golden Age of Action Movies.
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While the cat is away the the mice will play!
So while Shane is off making movies, the rangers get together with local expert Jeff Hughes to talk about Red Curtain Hell, his debut feature!
RED CURTAIN HELL
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redcurtainhell
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This week it's all of the gushings as Shane, Charnstar and guest Zane discuss their favorite filmmakers in depth, why they love them and how they have influenced their work as filmmakers/directors.
LINKS:
Tarantino's Top 10 Rules for Sucess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXSh3p6THv0
Guillermo Del Toro Masterclass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjR5bT5YYU0&
John McTiernan on Cinematic Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgW4vcwZTww
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It's a bird! It's a Plane! IT'S A FRANCHISE! This week hosts dive into the world of Sequels and Prequels and all manner of money grabbing antics! What makes a good sequel? What makes them bad? All this and more!
LINKS:
The Ten Commandments of Writing a Good Sequel
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/screencraft/the-ten-commandments-of-w_b_8235658.html
The Problem With Prequels
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/15326/the-problem-with-prequels
YAAAAAASSSSSSS We're finally getting to the gay stuff, and there was too much hetero so we invited guests Zane C Weber and Michael James form WTF did you make me watch podcast to talk all things gay films, gay tv, gay characters and why, as a cinema, the quality isn't always there...
LINKS:
Michael's Podcast
https://www.facebook.com/WTFdidyoumakemewatch/
Michael's Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/michaeljamesamaze/
Happy Endings: Max Looks for his Gay Identity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GemREnKvY1o
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We're pitching a sequel today! A new format we're trying out, Charnstar takes us on his ideal Sequel to the 1993 adaptation of the Super Mario Bros, with twists and turns and post-credits scenes you won't believe!
LINKS:
Super Mario Bros Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtMZKYnLg5c
Super Mario Bros 2 Comic:
http://www.smbthecomic.com
RED CURTAIN HELL
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redcurtainhell
There is an art to the short, after all, that's where cinema started. This week we look at making short films, the pitfalls and the advantages and how we go about making our own short films.
The Heart of the World
https://vimeo.com/115997353
Eagles are Turning People Into Horses: The Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1-Oep9uNwM
The DANIELS
http://www.danieldaniel.us/
What makes a movie a movie? This week we discuss distribution from the cinema to the streaming service and everything in between, with Spielberg and the Cannes film festival both having their say, we thought we'd offer our opinions on the matter.
Spielberg on Netflix
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/steven-spielberg-netflix-movies-oscars-1202735959/
The Cannes and Netflix Battle
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/04/cannes-netflix-battle/558026/
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In which we talk about the end of all things... or just the ends of movies... but all things sound so much more dramatic...
From happily ever afters, cliffhangers, tragedies and the ending of inception, hosts dive into the art and craft of making that final shot, word or moment play out on the screen.
Movies with Twist Endings
https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-with-twist-endings/anncasano
The Worst Movie Endings
https://bestlifeonline.com/worst-movie-endings/
The MCU kicks it into gear as we look at the last half of the Marvel world from Guardians of the Galaxy to INFINITY WAR! Spoilers abound!
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The MCU has taken up a huge place in modern cinema, this week hosts dive into the first half a decade of Marvel Superhero Movies from Iron Man to The Winter Soldier
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We are off fighting giant monsters made entirely of movie magic. Be back soon.
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It’s a swashbuckling, princess saving, dragon fighting adventure this week. Hosts delve into one of the most ancient and pervasive story forms in the history of humankind: The Hero’s Journey. Form Harry Potter, to Star Wars to little intimate dramas like Brooklyn, The Hero’s Journey is a wonderful tool for storytelling.
Links:
Joseph Campbell’s Mono-Myth
http://www.movieoutline.com/articles/the-hero-journey-mythic-structure-of-joseph-campbell-monomyth.html
The Writer’s Journey
https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Writers-Journey-Christopher-Vogler/9781932907360
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Love is all around and in your earholes this week as our hosts dive into the world of the Romantic Comedy. We touch on the history of the genre, the best examples and the worst ones as we seek to find out if you can really put true love up on the big screen.
Links:
Happy Endings – Rom Com Con
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH3FUQEwYaE
Where did all the Romantic Comedies Go?
http://variety.com/2017/film/columns/the-big-sick-where-did-all-the-romantic-comedies-go-1202506882/
Say A Little Prayer – My Best Friend’s Wedding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-J4xYOxJ9w
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Tarantino never went to film school, but Scorsese did? This week hosts and guest Connor McLennan talk war stories and the ups and downs of academic institutions teaching creative crafts.
Also, Shane gushes about the new move Love, Simon and why representation matters to him personally.
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It's a quicktime event! Quick press XX and Y! Or not. Hosts are talking Video Game Movies this week! Why are they always so bad? Are there any good ones? We're joined this week by fellow filmmaker and Video Game nerd Connor McLennan.
Is the new Tomb Raider any good? We get pretty divisive this week over that, Uwe Boll, Resident Evil and much, much more!
Links:
Uwe Boll's Blubberella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO5wGCO3olw
Upcoming Video Game Movies - http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/games-to-films/26784/31-videogames-heading-to-the-movies
Super Mario Brothers Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtMZKYnLg5c
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HE CHEATED ON ME! LIFE IS FULL OF PAIN! I CAN’T GO ON! This week's hosts get dramatic as we talk about Dramas. Is Drama a genre? What is bad drama? How bad is Oscar Bait stuff and why does the Academy favor Dramas over every other genre? Why is Australia obsesses with the kitchen sink drama as a genre? This and much much more!
Plus Top 5 most overly-dramatic scenes in movies!
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Charnstar has been voted off the island and our hosts are joined by Zane C Weber to talk about REALITY TV: that hot mess of confessionals, drama, bitching, challenges, winners, and losers. How real is reality TV? Where did it come from? Are there any good reality shows? Also just how bad is the Bachelor?
Also , hear our Top 5 movies or shows set behind-the-scenes of the entertainment industry!
Links:
Joe Schmo Show
Burning Love (Bachelor Parody)
UnReal Season 3
The Kid Stays In The Picture
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THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX dropped and Charnstar is ANGRY!
Welcome to this episode based on the board game of the tv show of the book of the song of the movie! Adaptations are everywhere and it seems like everything is based on something else. This week hosts dive into the world of IP, reboots, sequels, remakes and the weird and wonderful world of Charlie Kaufman’s Adaptation.
Links:
The Howling
The Howling 4
Meryl Streep Stoned in Adaptation
“Dramatize a Flower” from Adaptation
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We for one welcome our new female overlords. Join us as hosts and special guests, screenwriters Ellen and Rachel as we talk about the seismic shift in gender politics going on in film and television at the moment, from me too, to Wonder Woman’s insane box office and to the horrors of the Handmaid’s Tale: this is a topic that needs to be talked about and talked about more often.
How Movies Teach Manhood (The Wizard of Oz TED talk) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueOqYebVhtc
A Movie For Women (By Men) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UBIeK74KYU
The Sexy Lamp Test - https://fanlore.org/wiki/Sexy_Lamp_Test
How to Change Hollywoods Harassment Culture - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jill-soloway-lena-waithe-offer-13-suggestions-how-change-hollywoods-harassment-culture-1060165
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CUT! PRINT! CHECK THE GATE! You too can find out what all these terms are. This week, hosts dish on what it’s like being on a film set, horror stories, runaway egos and diva actors abound. If you’ve never been on a set, you may learn something, if you’ve been on a set and done the wrong thing, you’ll definitely learn something!
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It’s flashback fri-thus-mon-whatever day! Join us as hosts dive into the world of Children's movies and TV shows. Were kids movies better back in the day or are they better now? Do YOU remember that show from the 90’s? And we all express just how influential Robin Williams was on all of us. Featuring guest host Zane C. Weber
Secret World of Alex Mack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DAORNCSkGc
Super Te - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouLJ-dP1Wps
The Animals of Farthing Woo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPz1Zy98bJw
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It’s all fun and games in this episode as our hosts play an exciting new card game made for movie fans! We forge an alliance between Werewolves and Vampires as they team up to fight Hitler and make Alternate history!
To win a free copy of the card game, like share and comment on our Facebook post (facebook.com/motionpicturerangers) and tell us a movie where they say the titular line!
Buy The Game: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/elevator-pitch-
The Game: http://tinstargames.weebly.com/elevator-pitch.html
Tin Star Games: http://tinstargames.weebly.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tinstargames/
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Yes, we’ve traveled in time and seen all three IT movies!... but really, Hosts look at three Horror movies: It (2017), It Comes At Night (2017) and It Follows (2014) to examine where modern horror is at in this day and age.
It (2017) - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUTdjf9rko
It Comes At Night - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YOYHCBQn9g
It Follows – Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZYbOH0ujw
The VVitch – Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXmlf3Sefg
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No, not the Animated Jerry Seinfeld movie. Hosts this week and special guest TIM BYRNES of Scenestr and Comedy Commentary Cinema talk about the history and development of the schlock, the terror, the awful, the wonderful B-grade cinema. From Lloyd Kaufman to Birdemic, the so bad it’s good level of filmmaking and, of course, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, all get a thorough and in-depth discussion that leads from felching to James Cameron and everything in between.
Links:
Comedy Commentary Cinema: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCommentaryCinema/
The Tingler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MZBn4wsLPQ
Lieutenant Jangles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xANgoGOfMYQ
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Best Boys? Grips? Gaffers? This week our hosts venture to the camera department with special guest and Cinematographer: Patrick Coe. Looking at things like lighting, lenses, Steadicams, our hosts dive into what the ins and outs of what the most technical job in filmmaking requires and gush about Roger Deakins, Darkest Hour and Black Wrap. Shane and Patrick also reminisce on forging their working relationship while making Red Curtain Hell, Shane’s first feature as a director.
Red Curtain Hell (use the promo code PICTURERANGERS to get 20% off now!)
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redcurtainhell
Patrick:
https://patrickcoe.myportfolio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/patrick.coe/
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It’s a super double sized Episode!
Who doesn’t love lists? Our hosts and guest Zane C Weber tell us their favorite films of the year gone by, and what a year! With masterpieces like Dunkirk, Get Out and Baby Driver…. But there were also some stinkers. Hosts dish on their most hated movies and revel in loathing for Alien Covenant. With the awards season so crowded, who will come out on top as the best movie of the year?
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Whitewashing casts is a hot-button topic, so in natural white-person form, our hosts Shane, Charnstar and Josh grill an actor of Color, Mansoor Noor (Cleverman, Rake, Project Eden) on what his experiences are as a Middle Eastern Actor, and have him think of solutions and strategies for filmmakers to create a more inclusive industry (because it’s totally his job to fix it #sarcasm).
Hosts also dive into Acting as a whole, and what is needed to maintain a career, and what the relationships are between the actor, the script, and the director.
Mansoor:
https://twitter.com/themansoorshow
https://www.instagram.com/mansooraphoto/
The O.C. with people of Colour
https://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/15/unfair-ugly-views-orange-county-through-a-muslim-american-lens-and-its-not-the-o-c/
F.R.I.E.N.D.S with Black Actors by Jay Z.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCSh48OlvMo
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We kick off with a 20-minute rant about STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI before moving on to our main topic:
He’s the big man, the head honcho, but what is a director really? Zane C Weber guests on this episode where we dive into the responsibilities and job specifics of the guy who yells “and… ACTION!”
How does directing change between film, TV and even theatre? Why do good directors make bad movies? Can a bad director make a good movie? How do you learn to be a director?
All this and more this week on the Mighty Motion Picture Rangers!
A snippet of the Pan’s Labyrinth Commentary which Shane recommends!
And a snippet from The Shawshank Redemption Commentary!
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Is it already that time of year? And by that time, we mean when movies get extra super corny! Join Shane Anderson, Josh Grigg and Charnstar Anderson and special guest: Zane C. Weber as they dive into the Holiday Season and the Cinema of Christmas. Is Christmas a genre? Is Die Hard a Christmas film? Why is Santa fighting Nazis? Listen to find out!
They round off with their Top 5 Christmas Movies.
A Mom For Christmas (trailer)
Santa Jr.
Mixed Nuts (trailer)
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Only the second episode and we're already fighting? Movies or TV, which is better? Join Shane Anderson, Josh Grigg and Charnstar Anderson as they make the case for both as they discuss the effects of Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Binge-worthy TV and The rise of the superhero genre. They round this episode off with their Top 5 Movies based on TV shows.
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This is the very first episode of the Mighty Motion Picture Rangers, you don't know us yet or this show, so what better way than to talk about great movies you've never heard of before?
Join Shane Anderson, Josh Grigg, and Charnstar Anderson as they introduce themselves and talk about some of their favorite films no one has heard of. They push these films onto their friends, now they're pushing them onto you. They round off this episode with their Top 5 taken from the list of the 50 highest grossing movies of all time
Shane's Picks:
Get over It, Hamlet 2, Razzle Dazzle
Josh's Picks:
Mr. Right, Sing Street, Creep
Charnstar's Picks:
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Hercules Returns, Caffeine
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