Today we are talking about the 2017 film CHIPS written and directed by Dax Shepard. We give a little behind the scenes with Christi’s association with the California Highway Patrol, her dad having been one for a bit in the late 60s/early 70s. She also shares some of the citizen band culture that they were a part of in the early 70s.
Today we are looking back at the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit with Burt Reynolds and Sally Field. We talk about CB culture and my connection to it.
Today we are talking about The French Connection which was released in 1971 (A great year!!), directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman and Roy Schneider. It is a film about a pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. We discuss the laws that were broken and stretched during the making of this film. We discuss the racial implications and police brutality that occurred at the time of filming compared to our current climate.
e are talking about John Patrick Shanley’s Wild Mountain Thyme released last December. The film stars Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm and Christopher Walken. It is set on the Emerald Isle and is a tale about headstrong farmer, Rosemary (Emily Blunt) who has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony (Jaime Dornan). The only problem is that Anthony is fixated on inheriting his father’s land. Only his father (Christopher Walken) has other ideas of giving it to his American nephew (Jon Hamm)
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Today Mike and Christi cover Leap Year (2010). Amy Adams plays Anna Brady, who plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland, so she can propose to her boyfriend on a leap day. But what happens when she meets Declan along the way? We discuss if this film is considered a musical or not. Christi expresses her appreciation of the Guerrilla style filmmaking as seen in this film. We have a friendly debate over a mother’s intentions in dipping into her daughter’s piggy bank. Weigh in and tell us what you think.
one of his film classes. In Once a busker (a gent who plays his guitar in a public place hoping for pedestrians to chuck coins or low bills into his guitar case) meets a girl and their romance develops. The film is set against the backdrop of working class people trying to find small moments of joy while working to keep a roof over their head.
the lives that were effected by the Troubles in Ireland, even generations later. Dustin shares with us his writing influences, his directorial choices and how he approached casting the film. He talks about his approach to create a black and white film and how his cinematographer, Michael Hull approached lighting the set.
Today Mike and Christi flatter this beautiful, dramatic romance tale of high school sweethearts with a secret past.
Today Mike and Christi fawn over the film Plus One, this generations romantic comedy. It is a little more raunchy and a little more rowdy. Two friends who are tired of attending their friend’s wedding agree to be each other’s plus one. Alice (Maya Erskine) and Ben (Jack Quaid) are forced to rehearse toasts, purchase gifts and pay for hotel rooms as all of their friends are getting married.
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