It's Christmas time at The Cine-Files and we are visiting one of John's all time favorite holiday movies, Richard Donner's 1988 comedy Scrooged, Starring Bill Murray, and Karen Allen. This is a funny, irreverant, inventive movie with a great performance by Murray and one of the most moving speaches of any holiday film.

The great Scott Mantz returns to The Cine-Files to discuss what he calls, "The Citizen Kane of Rock Movies", The Beatles A Hard Day's Night. John, Steve and Scott are all huge Beatles Fans and they have a great time discussing their favorite band's best movie.

This week on The Cine-Files we continue our exploration of Michael Mann’s 1995, crime thriller, Heat.

Pacino! Deniro! Kilmer! Heat Need we say more.

Paul Verhoven's 1987 film, Robocop is violent, funny, political, satirical and completely unique. John and Steve have a great time digging into it in this week's Cine-Files

This week on The Cine-Files we conclude our epic exploration of Stephen Spielberg's groundbreaking film, Jurassic Park with special guest Perri Nemiroff.

This week on The Cine-Fiels we are joined by critic, pundit and Jurassica Park expert Perri Nemiroff to an adventure 65 Million Years in the Making, Stephen Spielberg's Jurassic Park.

This week on The Cine-Files Steve and John dig in to a movie that spawned a genre, John Carpenter's horror masterpiece, Halloween staring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance.

The thing about great films is that you can never quite get to the bottom of them. Steve and John both love Unforgiven but they have very different perspectives on its meaning and the true character of Will Munny.

The thing about great films is that you can never quite get to the bottom of them. Steve and John both love Unforgiven but they have very different perspectives on its meaning and the true character of Will Munny.

This week on The Cine-Files we explore one of the greatest westerns of all time, Clint Eastwood's 1992, classic, Unforgiven, starring himself, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris. 

In 1972, John Boorman, John Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beaty and Ronnie Cox, went out on river in rural Georgia to make a movie based on James Dickey's best selling Novels, Deliverance. The result is one of the most profound, complex and disturbing movies of the Seventies.

Actor, Writer and Terminator expert, Shannon McClung returns to The Cine-Files to discuss the seminal Terminator 2: Judgement Day. This is a great movie and we have a great time talking about it. 

This week on The Cine-Files we continue our exploration of George Stevens' 1956 classic, Giant, starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean.

George Stevens' 1956 film, Giant, isn't just a big powerful epic about Texas and it's not just the last film James Dean ever made. It's also film about family, wealth, race and the changes that come slowly over time. There's a good reason this one of John's favorite filmes and we have a great conversation about it.

In honor of the great, fantastic, amazing and unparralled Aretha Franklin, John and Steve go back to John Landis' 1980 comedy The Blues Brothers. For it's scale, it's style, and above all it's music, The Blues Brothers is truly unlike any other film ever made.

This week on The Cine-Files, John and Steve explore John Ford's powerful, and still very relvant, 1940 classic, The Grapes of Wrath. Based on the pulitizer prize winning novel by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath stars Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell and John Carradine in the story of The Joad Family's harrowing pilgrimage to California.

 

This week on The Cine-Files, we welcome, from The Top Ten Show, Matt Knost, to discuss the 1988, buddy comedy, Midnight Run starring Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin. This is a fantastic movie and we have a great time talking about it.

John Hughes' 1985 film, The Breakfast Club was a seminal movie for young people growing up in the 80's. It's portrayal of teenagers was honest, heartfelt, surprising, challening and very funny (and it still makes Steve cry every time he watches it) 

 

 

In Part 2 of their exploration of Fight Club, Steve and John go deep into the psychology, humor, history and controversy of this incredible film.  

This week on The Cine-Files Steve and John get lost in the world of one of the most groundbreaking and controversial films of the 90's, David Fincher's 1999 film, Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt, Ed Norton and Helena Bonham Carter.

 

This week on The Cine-Files we are thrilled to welcome The Hollywood Reporter's editor at large and host of KCRW's The Business to discuss James L. Brooks 1987 film, Broadcast news, starring Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks and William Hurt.  

I hope you Cine-Files feel the need for speed becuase we're flying into The Danger Zone for 1986's Tony Scott classic, Top Gun. This movie changed Hollywood forever, wolidifying the Simpson/Bruckheimer empire, establishing Tony Scott as a director and confirming Tom Cruise as one of the greatest movie stars of all time.

With The Incredibles II Playing in Theaters now, what better time to go back 14 years and break down a movie which is, not only one of the greatest animated films of all time, but one of the greatest Super Hero flms as well. And, of course, who better to discuss The Incredibles with than our favorite Animation Writer/Producer Michael Vogel.

In part 2 of our exploration of Stanley Kubrick's enigmatic masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, John Rocha, Steve Morris and special guest Scott Mantz struggle with their interpretations of one of the most compelling and unique science fiction films ever made. 

This week on The Cine-Files we are joined by one of our favorite guests, the great Scott Mantz, to explore one of the most, profound, visionary and enigmatic films of all time, Stanley Kubrick's 1968 classic , 2001: A Space Odyssey. This is an amazing conversation and one that you, absolutely, should not miss. 

This week on The Cine-Files we return to Ancient Rome and the battle ground of the Coloseum to watch our hero, Maximus, confront charriots, tigers and finally the enemy he has sworn revenge on, the Emperor, Comodus.  

This week on The Cine-Files we begin our exploration of Ridley Scott's Academy Award winning film, Gladiator. Seriously, did you really think we could tackle this epic in just one episode? 

This week on The Cine-Files, we continue our discussion of Martin Scorsese's 1976 Masterpiece. Taxi Driver.

This week on The Cine-Files John and Steve explore the dark, disturbing world in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.

This week on The Cine-Files we go deep (seriously deep) into the world of Chasing Amy with special guest, Sasha Pearl Raver. And let's be very clear on this... This episode of might warrant an NC-17 rating for language, sexual content and conversation that could be considered offensive by a lot of people. (It also happens to be a whole lot of fun)

In honor of the upcoming YouTube Red series, Cobra Kai, The Cine-Files has decided to go back to 1984 to meet one of the greatest Senseis of all time, Mr. Miyagi in the original Karate Kid.

The Dude Abides.

In ACt 2 of Ben Hur we see not only one of the greatest action sequences ever filmmed, a spectacular chariot race, but also a profound story of loss and redemption.

This Week on The Cine-Files we celebrate Easter by exploring one of John's favorite films, the 1959 William Wyler epic Ben Hur, starring Charleton Heston. This is a great movie in every sense of the word, with huge set pieces, big themes, incredible action sequences and powerful performances from the entire cast. Winner of 11 academy awards, including best picture, Ben Hur is a staple in any cinephile's collection.

This week on The Cine-Files, John takes the reins of the show and guides Steve on a deep exploration into one of the greatest sports films ever made, Hoosiers, Starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper.

This week on The Cine-Files we conclude our epic exploration of Lawrence of Arabia with special guest Rachel Cushing.

This week on The Cine-Files we continue our discussion of Lawrence of Arabia with special guest Rachel Cushing.

This week on The Cine-Files we begin our epic journey into one of the greatest films ever made. David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, pracitically defines the term, "epic". With breathtaking cinematography, a gorgeous score, brilliant script and incredible performances, Lawrence of Arabia is simply unlike any other film ever made. We are joined on this discussion by editor, Schmowdown competitor and deep thinker Rachel Cushing who love this film as much as we do.

This week on The Cine-Files we are joined by one of our favorite guests, Michael Vogel, to discuss one of his favorite movies, The Birdcage, starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Diane Weist and Hank Azaria in one of the funniest movies of all time.

This week on The Cine-Files we continue our journey into Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight with special guest, DC All Access Jason Inman.

When we asked our fans which movie from 2008 they wanted us to explore the answer that came back was absolutely overwheling, Christopher Nolan's second Batman film, The Dark Knight starring Christian Bale and the amazing Heath Ledger in an absoutely shattering performance. DC All Acces' Jason Inman joins us for the exploration of this amazing film.

This week on The Cine-Files we are joined by improv comedian Kathrynn Cobbs to discuss her favorite film and one of our top Patreon Picks Big Trouble in Little China.

To finish out the "Month of Kane", The Cine-Files is doing their first ever commentary track. Just start yor Blu-Ray, DVD, VHS, Laserdisc or itunes download, synch it up with the podcast and you will get to hear Steve and John talk through the whole movie. (is that a good thing?)

This week on The Cine-Files we explore the second half of Citizen Kane and discuss William Randolph Hearsts attempt to destroy every copy of the film before it can be released.

It Begins. Steve and John's Epic analyses of what many believe to be the greatest film of all time, Citizen Kane.

As the first episode in our "Month of Kane", John and Steve spend a whole episode discussing the brilliant, frustrating and endlessly fascinating, Orson Welles. From his far from humble beginnings through his triumphs on radio and Broadway to the vagabond artist he became, Orson Welles, always makes for good stories, even if you're not quite sure you can believe them.