Today we are talking about Postcards from the Edge written by Carrie Fisher starring Meryl Streep and Shirley McClaine. It kicks off our month dedicated to moms. This mother and daughter pair deal with their relationship in the middle of all of the Hollywood chaos.
Today we are talking break down the film Baby Boom from 1987 starring Diane Keaton. It’s a throwback but let us know what you think. Have a happy Memorial Day weekend everyone.
2012 film follows Annie and Yul as he tries to get her to a job interview while avoiding the law. As per usual we discuss the cinematography, writing, sets, casting, costuming. Join us for some Dax and Kristen fun. Also discussed, why carrier pigeons are a good alternative to social media.
Today we are talking about the 2012 film, The Guilt Trip staring Seth Rogan and Barbara Streisand about a mother and son road trip while they learn a little more about one another. This Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) film was produced by Lorne Michaels and Seth’s production partner Evan Goldberg. The tagline of this film is “Get ready for one Mother of a road trip”. The editors of the film are Dana E. Glauberman and Pricilla Nedd-Friendly. My apologies for assuming that you were male. The future is female.
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)
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.
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