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On this week's episode, we review the ultimate gothic horror classic, Tod Browning's Dracula from 1931!
In this episode, we reminisce about the way we view gothic horror as well as the way Matt and Tracey viewed movies back in the day. We also learn about a couple of different versions of this iconic classic! Starring Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan. Directed by Tod Browning.
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On this week's episode, we review Alone in The Dark! Yay...
Internal narration from Christian Slater plus awkward dialogue and god-awful effects with what we can make out to be a plot? We have quite the treat to share with all of you as we near Halloween!
Alone in The Dark (2005) starring Christian Slater, Tara Reid, and Stephen Dorff. Directed by Uwe Boll.
On this week's episode, we review Wes Craven's horror classic Scream!
We talk about Errol Flynn's corpse joke, Matt accuses Alex of stealing his notes, and former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette!
Every month, The 35mm Podcast reviews films around an arbitrary theme we made up. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
Scream (1996). Starring Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, and Skeet Ulrich. Directed by Wes Craven.
Opening our 2nd annual Spooktacular Month, we start with sequelitis and Ghostbusters 2!
This week, we talk about Columbia's issues with this movie, Dana's abrupt career change, and our personal songs that make us positive.
Every month, The 35mm Podcast picks a theme and we review movies around that.
Ghostbusters 2 (1989). Starring Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, and Sigourney Weaver. Directed by Ivan Reitman.
On this week's episode of The 35mm Podcast, we talk about the 1994 classic (?) Street Fighter!
We talk about the bad Street Fighter game, JCVD's habits, and many tangents like a discussion on Thunder in Paradise (because we were not feeling this movie)! All that and more!
Every week, The 35mm Podcast reviews a movie based around an arbitrary theme we make up.
Street Fighter (1994). Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Kylie Minogue, and Wes Studi. Directed by Stephen de Souza.
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On this week's show, we discuss 1994's The Shadow starring Alec Baldwin!Is it good? You be the judge, but we don't think so. Listen as Matt discusses nightmares related to this movie, the very little character development, and how Tracey will fit into the cabbie role with how he drives.Every week, The 35mm Podcast reviews a movie based around an arbitrary film. The Shadow (1994). Starring: Alec Baldwin, Jone Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, and Tim Curry. Directed by Russell Mulcahy.
On this week's show, Tracey and Matt introduce Julia as the 3rd member of the 35mm team after a hiatus while we review Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse!We talk about the Kingpin's white wall that Tracey has at home, how the movie revolutionized animation, complain about some other comic book movies, and Matt's quest to make velcro shoes popular. Each week, the three of us review a movie (loosely) based around a theme.Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse (2018), starring Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman.
The year 2022 has come to an end and the year 2023 officially kicks off! Join us as we kick in the New Year paying tribute to one of Matt's favorite Movie holidays with the New Years Comedy Cure for the month of January. Many of these movies we will be doing appeared on the TBS channel on New Years days many many moons ago. Our first movie we will be covering is the classic time travel movie, Back to the Future.
Listen in as we discuss not only the first movie, but bounce around across the entire trilogy to some degree while also discussing reusing calendars, residual checks on large movies, our choices if we had a time machine available to us, and how our local theater rips about 2 mins from this movie for their cheezy opening montage before movies..
Each month, The 35mm Podcast views movies around a theme we make up as we go along.
Back to the Future (1985), starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, and the DeLorean . Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Happy New Year! On this SPECIAL episode, we decided to do a commentary track on the 1983 film Trading Places to ring in the new year and new theme.
We hope you enjoy!
There is a prompt to start the movie to follow along with the commentary.
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Wrapping up Christmas Month a day after the holiday, it's Ernest Saves Christmas!
Starring one of Kentucky's greats, listen as we talk about how The Santa Clauses basically rips this Ernest movie plot beat for beat, the joys of pre-9/11 airports, and the problematic issues in an otherwise feel good movie.
Each month, The 35mm Podcast views movies around a theme we make up as we go along.
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988), starring: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Noelle Parker, Oliver Clark, Gailard Sartain, and Billie Bird. Directed by John Cherry.
What happens when two staunch republicans get together and make a Christmas Movie! You get a warning from the FBI that it is a Communist plot. And you get one of the best Christmas Movies, if not, one of the best movies ever made in It's a Wonderful Life.
Listen in as we spin the yarn on this movie as we discuss this great film along with the situation around it's TV rights, the first ever movie released in disc format, Jimmy Stewarts military Career, the Spanish Flue, vaccines, and the largest star you've probably never heard of.
The 35mm Podcast reviews movies each week based on an arbitrary monthly theme!
It's a Wonderful Life (1946), starring: James Steward, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Gloria Grahame, Henry Travers, and Lillian Randolph. Directed by Frank Crapra.
What happens when a bunch of miserable people live in a community and force Christmas season on each other? You get Christmas with the Kranks!
Listen as we wonder why some people are involved in this movie, go off on tangents about studio logos, how dissimilar our relationships are, and just how much of a dead bedroom the main characters are in.
The 35mm Podcast reviews movies each week based on an arbitrary monthly theme!
Christmas with the Kranks (2004), starring: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Julia Gonzalo, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Tom Poston, Caroline Rhea, Felicity Huffman, Kevin Chamberlin, and Vernee Watson-Johnson. Directed by Joe Roth.
On this week's episode, It's Mariah (and Muppet!) SZN! We start the holiday season here at the 35MM podcast with The Muppet Christmas Carol!
Listen in as Matt and Tracey discuss the soul soaking that retail does to Christmas, perils of living in a 19th century city, Michael Caine making a conscious choice to interact with the Muppets seriously, where the split between Sesame Street and Muppets is, how often a Christmas Carol is adapted, plus much more.
Every month, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme we make up.
The Muppets Christmas Carol (1992). Starring: Michael Caine, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Beaker, Bunson, with Gonzo and Rizzo as the Greek Chorus. Directed by Brian Henson.
On this week's episode and wrapping up feel good month...we look at the phenomenal Pixar film UP!
Or the movie that asked "how quick will it be before you cry and have an existential crisis in the theater?" Listen to Matt argue about why this should have been a serious contender for Best Picture, why our friend hated Hellboy, and more as we conclude feel good month!
Every month, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme we make up.
UP (2009). Starring: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, and Delroy Lindo. Directed by Pete Docter.
It is Thanksgiving week and we are working our way through our feel good month with this Thanksgiving classic. It's Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!
This classic brought memories of Tracey and Matt's times travelling together, US infrastructure compared to the rest of the world, Tracey's problems with how slow they it seems they travel, and Nixon speech writer Ben Stein.
Check out the new 4K version with almost 3 hours of footage.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), starring: John Candy, Steve Martin, Laila Robins, Kevin Bacon, and Edie McClurg. Dir. by John Hughes
Still in feel good month, we look at a movie set in the future year of 2020. It's Real Steel! Full of past and present Marvel actors, this movie takes the classic Richard Matheson short story and then asks "what if this was Rocky on nuclear energy and has big Transformers vibes?"
Tonally shifting every 20 minutes, we find out just how much Charlie isn't good at this parenting thing in a movie that probably could have been 30 minutes shorter.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.
Real Steel (2011), starring: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, James Rebhorn, Olga Fonda, Karl Yune, and Dakota Goyo. Dir. by Shawn Levy
The Halloween spookiness has ended. Living in fear for the month that we have had here at 35MM podcast has got us looking to the brighter side of life and seeking out those particular comfort movies that make us happy. We begin this turn towards the light with the 1988 classic Coming to America.
This classic brought riveting conversation ranging from the Tragedy on the Twilight Zone movie set to the inspiration into the characters and opulence of King Jaffe Joffer, the early attempts at Marvel super heroes, sneakerhead culture, our preferred movie going experience, and much much more.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.
Coming to America (1988), starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Samuel L. Jackson, and Louie Anderson, and a young Cuba Gooding, Jr. Directed by John Landis.
Happy Halloween! What happens when you bring a TV to the woods and there's no reception on the rabbit ears? You get attacked by Deadites!!! Wrapping up Spooktacular Month, it's The Evil Dead!
A cult classic, listen as we talk about how great Bruce Campbell is and always will be, a riveting discussion on braunschweiger, Scotty's disregard for saftey down a dirt road, and some confusion over Cheryl and Shelly.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.
The Evil Dead (1981), starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, and a whole bunch of Fake Shemps. Directed by Sam Raimi.
The 35MM Spooktacular Spooktober continues on as "city authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living!"
Our 2nd cult classic in a row, listen in as we talk about head injuries in movies, local haunted houses and cemeteries, watching tv using old antenna's, how this movie forced changes to the MPAA ratings and film copyright laws, and race issues in America during this movies release.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.
The Night of the Living Dead (1968), starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, Kyra Schon, George Kosana, and Bill Hinzmann. Directed by George A. Romero.
Quote from Anthrax - Fight em' til you can't.
Just in time for Halloween Ends because of random happenstance wink, we roll along Spooktacular month with where it all started...Halloween (1978)! A fantastic director, score, and cast gives us one of horror's staples!
Listen as Matt and Tracey discuss how they made a great movie on a $300,000 budget, a skunk big enough to take out a dog, and promiscuous teens who aren't paying attention to Michael Myers. Also hear how Matt can't stop bringing up Halloween Kills because of the details.
The 35mm Podcast is a weekly podcast delving into movies surrounding a theme each month.
Halloween (1978) stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, P.J. Soles, Nancy Kyles, and Charles Syphers. Directed by John Carpenter.
We continue our Spooktacular month! This week we delve into an old black and white movie with the 1948 classic Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein . It's a classic. Was this movie the Avengers almost 60 years before the Avengers movie released? Listen as Tracey & Matt talk about Universal Monster Movies, classic humor that doesn't feel like its old or dated, the legacy of some of comedy's greatest duos, and how drastically styles have changed over the years.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores a movie based on a theme like action, Christmas, or whatever we make up for that month and discuss it.
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, and Jane Randolph. Directed by Charles Barton.
It's October, so that means it's Spooktacular month! This week we delve into a very 80s movie with the 1984 classic Ghostbusters. It's full of 80s too. A man that shouldn't be around students or women, ectojizz, and the precursor to quiet quitting! Listen as Tracey & Matt talk about Ecto-1 cars, our undying loyalty to Gozer, and how we would never live in NYC given all the catastrophe in the city in movies.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores a movie based on a theme like action, Christmas, or whatever we make up for that month and discuss it.
Ghostbusters (1984) stars: Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, and William Atherton. Directed by Ivan Reitman.
On this week's episode, Tracey & Matt continue with the second half of their examination of The Godfather Part I.
Listen in as we take a good look at Michaels continued rise within the family, and how the conflict between the families plays out.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores a movie based on a theme like action, Christmas, or whatever we make up for that month and discuss it.
The Godfather (1972) stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire, John Cazale, and Al Martino. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
On this week's episode, Tracey & Matt switch it up and look at one of the greatest movies ever with The Godfather Part I. Well, at least the first half. In a first, this will extend two episodes so we do Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece justice!
Listen in as we take a good look at Michael Corleone accept his role in the family and why the police captain should have been paying attention to his surroundings instead of chowing down on veal.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores a movie based on a theme like action, Christmas, or whatever we make up for that month and discuss it.
The Godfather (1972) stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire, John Cazale, and Al Martino. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
On this week's episode, Tracey & Matt wrap up Six Degrees month with National Lampoon's Vacation! It's got everything: road trips, sight gags, problematic scenes that Harold Ramis disavowed, video game commentary, and an iconic movie car! The Vacation series had to start somewhere and it's to Wally World!
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores a movie based on a theme like action, Christmas, or whatever we make up for that month and discusses it.
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, John Candy, Dana Barron, Anthony Michael Hall, Eddie Bracken, and Christie Brinkley
On this not-so-very-special-Labor-Day-episode, Tracey & Matt are still going through movies that connected to the previous episode with Six Degrees Month (and a half) with Man of the House! In this slightly extended episode, we try very hard to avoid discussing this actual movie and you'll realize why soon enough. Listen as we see the rise of one star and the decline of another while discussing topical things such as Encanto, HBO Max, and more! It's a mid-90s Disney live action movie that they barely acknowledge now, so what you see is what you get.
Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores a movie based on a theme like action, Christmas, or whatever we make up and discusses it.
Man of the House (1995) stars: Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, George Wendt, Art LeFleur, David Shiner, and Chief Leonard George. Directed by James Orr.
This week, we keep on truckin' through Six Degrees month and a half with The Hunted! Matt & Tracey explore combat survival when Benicio del Toro turns into John Rambo and has to fight Tommy Lee Jones, who has the uncanny ability to commune with nature. And Tommy Lee gets PAID for this role. Although they tease a romantic angle with Connie Nielsen, we don't have time for that!
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The Hunted (2003) stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn, José Zúñiga, Ron Canada, Mark Pellegrino, and Jenna Boyd. Directed by William Friedkin.
We're halfway through Six Degrees Month (and a half)! This week Matt & Tracey tackle the really unnecessary remake of The Wolfman (2010). Is Emily Blunt trying to run away from this movie? Is Anthony Hopkins needing a paycheck? Could the producers give CG artists a little more time to do a better job? All signs point to "yes."
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The Wolfman (2010) stars: Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Geraldine Chaplin, and Art Malik.
This week, Six Degrees of Movies keeps rolling along through Tom Hanks with Tom Tykwer and The Wachowski's Cloud Atlas. In our first EXTENDED episode, listen as Matt & Tracey talk about a very convoluted timeline that requires a Little Orphan Annie secret decoder ring to keep up with (BESURETODRINKYOUROVALTINE). Were there better choice that could have been made in this movie? Absolutely. Did this movie make Matt go bald from spending 5 hours watching it? Also yes.
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Cloud Atlas stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Whishaw, Jim Sturgess, Jim Broadbent, Doona Bae, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Keith David, James D'Arcy, and David Gyasi. Directed by Tom Tykwer and The Wachowskis.
We're starting Six Degrees of Movies month with a solid opening act! It's the 1999 hit The Green Mile! Listen as Tracey & Matt explore how John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan in his breakout role) not only has the power to cure ailments, but also increases sex drive. This amazing film has several themes, such as 1930s south and what some people would do if they came across Jesus in modern days.
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The Green Mile stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter, Graham Greene, Barry Pepper, Jeffrey DeMunn, Patricia Clarkson, William Sadler, and Harry Dean Stanton with Gary Sinise. Directed by Frank Darabont.
This week, Matt & Tracey conclude ACTION Month with the spy comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service.Does Tracey know 80s music (spoiler alert: no...he does not)? Why didn't Samuel L. Jackson ever become the One-Armed King of the Raptors in Jurassic Park? While we wonder about that, we definitely know telecommunication companies won't let him get away with this villainy. Everything isn't perfect in this movie, but we have a lot of fun with it and talk about getting the perfect suit for the perfect occasion!
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Kingsman: The Secret Service stars: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Sophie Cookson, Mark Hamill, Sofia Boutella, Edward Holcroft, and Michael Caine. Directed by Matthew Vaughn.
ACTION month is still underway with the 2021 hit Nobody! Matt and Tracey navigate through a former auditor-turned-factory manager's miserable existence until he John Wicks his way through the Russian mob because of a kitty cat bracelet, with a bonus homage to the 22 Short Films about Springfield!
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Nobody stars: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Ironside, RZA, and Aleksei Serebryakov. Directed by Ilya Naishuller.
On this week's episode, Matt and Tracey navigate through our second week of ACTION MONTH with the Zack Snyder adaption of 300. Why did historians get upset with a movie based on a graphic novel? Why did Gerard Butler turn down Lena Headey even briefly to talk politics? Why was there even a politics subplot in a Big Meaty Men movie? All this and more!
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300 stars: Gerard Butler, David Wenham, Lena Headey, Dominic West, Vincent regan, Andrew Tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, and Michael Fassbender. Directed by Zack Snyder.
Our journey begins as heroes Matt Thomas and Tracey Newport find themselves in a dystopian world of today envisioned in the 1980s. Their only hope is the Apex star of the 80's, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Will they survive or will they fall prey in their running of The Running Man.