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Happy Holidays everyone. The Cine-Files is doing one of the great classic Christmas movies of all time, Miracle on 34th St.

In honor of Star Wars Episode VIII The Last Jedi, The Cine-Files is joined again by animation writer/producer Michael Vogel to discuss what some believe to be the greatest Star Wars Film of all time, The Empire Strikes Back.

This week on The Cine-Files we welcome back Access Hollywood's Scott Mantz to discuss another of his favorite films, Stephen Spielberg's 1977 Masterpiece Close Encounters of The Third Kind.

Casablanca wasn't supposed to be anything special, just one of 50 films Warner Brothers produced that year but this small movie became one of the most beloved, quoted and revisited films of all time. Directed by Michael Curitz and starring Humpry Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains and a brilliant cast of supporting actors, Casablanca is a war story, a crime story, a love story and so much more. This year marks Casablanca's 75th anniversary and it is just as perfect a film today as it was the day it premiered.

It's Thanksgiving time on The Cine-Files and we thought we would discuss our favorite Thanksgiving movie of all times, the great, frustrating, funny and, in the end, deeply heartfelt Planes, Trains and Automobiles, directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin and John Candy.

This week on The Cine-Files John and Steve are joined by their good friend, Actor and writer Shannon McClung to discuss James Cameron's 1984 film The Terminator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In 1961 Director Stanley Kramer assembled an all star cast to tell the story of the Nuremberg Trials, an attempt to bring justice to one of the greatest crimes in history. It is a difficult complex, troubling and in the end deeply profound film.

This week on The Cine-Files Steve and John revisit one of the most beloved films of all time. Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride was a failure at the box office but it's warmth, sense of humor, fantastic action and amazing cast turned it into a treasured favorite on home video.

This week The Cine-files is thrilled to welcome actor, Joe Mantegna to discuss his all time favorite movie, The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn.

This Week on The Cine-Files, John and Steve enter the world of John Carpternter's The Thing. A cult classic and one of the greatest horror films of all time.

This week on The Cine-Files John and Steve discuss, perhaps, the greatest black comedy of all time, Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece. Dr. Strangelove.

This Week on The Cine-Files, Steve and John are joined by The Urban Barbarian, Dan Panosian to talk about one of his favorite films, Conan the Barbarian. Written by Oliver Stone and Directed by John MIlius, Conan changed everything, with brutal action sequences, a fantastic score and cinematography worthy of a Hollywood Epic, Conan is truly a groundbreaking film. Oh, and there is Arnold. We can't forget about him.

This week on The Cine-Files we ask you to choose the red pill and join us on a journey into one of the most groundbreaking action films of all time. John and Steve have great time talking about this one.

Jerry Lewis is an icon, comedian, director, humanitarian and we can't think of a better way to honor him than digging deep into one of his greatest films, 1963's The Nutty Professor

Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune and Yojimbo. Need we say more?

In honor of the great Sam Shepard, Steve, John and special guest Dave Rapp, explore Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff. Starring, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn and Fred Ward as America's first Astronauts. Funny, mystical, patriotic and adventurous, The Right Stuff, is movie unlike any other and we have a fantastic time discussing it.

In the Heat of the Night won best picture 50 years ago and it's just as topical today as it was in 1967. John and Steve have a great time talking about this classic starring Sydney Poitier and Rod Steiger.

In honor of the great Martin Landau, Steve and John dig deep (very deep) into the Woody Allen Masterpiece Crimes and Misdemeanors. (Warning! this conversation could mess with your head)

To celebrate it's 50th anniversary, John and Steve explore one of the original Testosterone filled adventure stories, The Dirty Dozen, starring Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown and a great ensemble cast.

In honor of Comicon this week, The Cine-Files is breaking it's rules to discuss the movie that launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 2008's Iron Man. We have a great time talking about it

This week on The Cine-Files we enter the wonderful, quirky world of Wes Anderson with his second film, Rushmore.

For our 54th episode John and Steve explore a film and a character that holds a very special place in both their hearts. Kind but dangerous, violent but gentle, uneducated but wise, Rocky is unlike any other character in film history.

There simply is no one, in the history of film, like Jackie Chan, who combines action, comedy and death defying stunts in a way that is uniquely his own and his 1985 film Police Story is as thrilling today as it was 32 years ago.

This week on The Cine-Files, Steve and Jon are joined by animator and actor Stephen B. Jones to discuss Sydney Pollack's thriller Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford.

This Week on The Cine-Files John and Steve go back to 1959 to explore one of the greatest comedies of all time, Some Like it Hot, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon and the legendary Marilyn Monroe

For our 50th episode we welcome back Access Hollywood's Scott Mantz to discuss his all time favorite film, Ridley Scott's 1982 masterpiece, Blade Runner. Trust me you don't want to miss it.

To celebrate he 40th anniversary of Star Wars, John and Steve welcome back their most frequent guest and Star Wars Fan Michael Vogel. This is a big one, folks. Let's hope the force is with them.

This week on The Cine-Files, Steve and John are joined by animation producer and writer Eric Rogers to discuss one of their all time favorites, Steven Spielberg's 1975 masterpiece, Jaws.

An Island, a boy a horse and one of the greatest races every run. This week on the Cine-Files Steve and John explore The Black Stallion, a beautiful classic for the whole family, produced by Francis Ford Coppola and directed by Carol Ballard.

When we recorded All The President's Men a few weeks ago, we knew it would be topical but we had no idea just how topical. With the firing of James Comey, more and more people are talking about watergate, the presidency and the power of the press. All the President's Men explores all these things and is as important a film today as it was 40 years ago.

This week The Cine-Files is joined by surprise guest, writer Dave Rapp, to discuss The Silence of the Lambs in honor of the great Jonathan Demme.

In honor of it's 50th anniversary, John and Steve explore the world of Mike Nichols' The Graduate starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katherine Ross.

In an absolutely EPIC Cine-File, John and Steve are joined by FX Movie Download's Sasha Perl Raver to discuss Quinten Tarrantino's groundbreaking, 1994 film, Pulp Fiction.

Up to now on The Cine-Files, John and Steve have only talked about films that both of them absolutely love. that's not true, however, when it comes to Armageddon. Of course, that didn't stop them from having a great time talking about it.

This week on The Cine-Files, John and Steve explore the groundbreaking French Connection which changed forever the way films are made and turned Gene Hackman into a star.

This week on The Cine-Files Steve and John are joined by voice over actor, Yuri Lowenthal to discuss the 1971 children's classic Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder.

This week on The Cine-Files John and Steve explore one of the great buddy movies of all time, 1987's Lethal Weapon directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.

John and Steve are joined by animation nerd Michael Vogel to discuss the 1991, ground breaking Disney, animation, Classic, Beauty and the Beast.

Steve and John travel back to 1936 to explore Modern Times and the world of the great, Charlie Chaplin.

In honor of Bill Paxton, John and Steve are joined by writer, producer, executive, Michael Vogel to Discuss James Cameron's groundbreaking action film Aliens.

With the help of Broadway Actress, Milena Govich and composer, David Cornue, John and Steve dig deep (very deep) into one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, West Side Story.

Star Trek, Mantz, Rocha, Wrath of Khan. Need we say more?

n honor of the great John Hurt, Steve and John explore Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece, Alien. With fantastic cast, brilliant cinematography and some of the most iconic designs in the history of film, Alien is a truly groundbreaking film.

This week we are joined by actor, Michael Grant Terry, to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 masterpiece Boogie Nights.

John Ford's 1956 classic, The Searchers, is, without question, one of the greatest westerns in the history of cinema. With breathtaking cinematography, complex themes and the greatest performance of John Wayne's life, The Searchers is absolutely stunning.

John and Steve put on the armor, mount their horses and do battle with arguably the greatest adaptation of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, Excalibur, directed by John Boorman

Steve and John are joined by Actress, Singer, Dancer and Musician Milena Govich to honor Debbie Reynolds and the movie that made her a star, Singing in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly and Donald O'Conner.

For their first film of 2017 Steve and John dig into a Coen Brothers Masterpiece, No Country for Old Men starring Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem.