Cinema Shame

I invited some friends to come on the Cinema Shame Podcast to celebrate the life and work of Burt Reynolds. In the first of two episodes dedicated to the Bandit, my guests and I talk about White Lightning, Gator, Smokey and the Bandit, Semi-Tough and Starting Over and just about everything in between. The river of Burt love runs deep. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - never misses an opportunity to champion underappreciated Burt Reynolds. Owns Burt's album, Ask Me What I Am, on vinyl. Kerry Fristoe (@echidnabot) - Movie blogger (prowlerneedsajump.wordpress.com/) and fabulous Twitter personality. Christian Devine (@chris_divine) - screenwriter and award winning video game writer. Trucker movie aficionado. Credits Smokey and the Bandit with his writing career.  Carrie Rickey (@CarrieRickey) - Film critic and columnist. Village Voice, Film Comment, Mademoiselle, Philadelphia Enquirer. Frequent contributor to NPR, MSNBC and CNN.    Clips Contained

An episode that began as an aside to the Rocky episodes grew into a lengthy conversation about how The Bad News Bears demands relevancy in 2018, which grew into an even longer conversation about the Bad News Bears sequels, pre-ordained judgment of said sequels, and the mistreatment of classic cinema in a modern era that prefers to scrub clean the unfortunate realities of prior generations.  Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Played baseball into college when his stubborn streak (and a bad elbow) derailed his plans. A kid on his little league team dug himself a hole in right field and sang Christmas carols during the game.  Will McKinley (@willmckinley) - writer for Sony’s getTV network and a self-proclaimed Old Movie Weirdo. willmckinley.com   Clips Contained in this Podcast: Georges Bizet – Carmen  The Bad News Bears (1976) Trailer  The Bad News Bears (2005) Trailer  The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) Trailer The Bad News Bears Go

A very special on-location episode: Raquel Stecher, Jessica Pickens and James talk about our most anticipated first-time watches from the 2018 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. We move on to tank tops, golden age Hollywood dinner parties, and attempt to eliminate "classics" we'd like to see taken down a peg while elevating something else that deserves more attention.  Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Attended his fourth TCMFF in 2018.  Raquel Stecher (@raquelstecher) - Blogs about classic film at outofthepastblog.com. Jessica Pickens (@hollywoodcomet) - Blogs about classic film (especially musicals!) at cometoverhollywood.com.   Clips Contained in this Podcast: "TCM Intro" (circa 1995) Tina Turner in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Robert Osborne and Alec Baldwin introduce Fail Safe. Ben Mankiewicz introduces Grand Prix. Trailer for Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song NCAA March Madness Theme Paul Newman in The Sting De

Kristen Lopez confesses her dirty little secret to the world. She was a film writer and pop culture commentator that had not seen Citizen Kane. She joins James to confess and correct her shame. In this 90-minute conversation Kristen and James exorcise some demons and confront Citizen Kane's place in film history, film criticism and popular culture. Is it possible to truly appreciate Citizen Kane without a proper cinematic education?  Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - First discovered Orson Welles by watching Transformers: The Movie.  Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) - Film writer and pop culture commentator. She also runs the Citizen Dame and Ticklish Business podcasts.  Music Contained in this Podcast: "Sinfonietta for String Orchestra, Prelude" - Bernard Herrman "Xanadu" - Olivia Newton-John & E.L.O. Supplementary Links: Kristen's List of Shame on Letterboxd Citizen Kane (BFI Classics), Laura Mulvey Citizen Kane: A Filmmakers Journey, Harl

Raquel Stecher once again joins James on the podcast to complete their conversation about the Rocky series with bits and baubles about Rocky IV, Rocky V, and Rocky Balboa. How much of a role does nostalgia play in the enjoyment of the Rocky films? And does that even matter when sitting down to enjoy a film franchise? As we weave our way through the decline of Rocky, we talk Dolph Lundgren's unholy bench press, the inexplicable creative decisions behind Rocky V, and the sweet and sentimental coda to the franchise. We play the inaugural "Hot Minute of Cinema Shame" game and wax romantic about training montages. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio   CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Host, 80's nostalgist with a Rocky IV soundtrack constantly spinning in his head. Raquel Stecher (@QuelleLove) - Classic movie blogger, workout and training aficionado.   Music Contained in this Podcast: "Living in America" - James Brown "Hearts on Fire" - John Cafferty "Redemption" - Bill Conti "Go For

David aka "the Cinemonster" joins James to discuss his monstrous creation, the Hooptober Horror Movie Challenge on Letterboxd.com. Our host and guest then give birth to a pair of "baby Hooptober" lists to demonstrate the ever-growing social media phenomenon and give a few horror viewing recommendations to populate your own Hooptober lists.  Cinema Shame's Halloween Special also flips the Shame script and places our host in the hot seat for his first viewing of Friday the 13th Parts 1 and 2 for a conversation and analyzes how a horror-loving child of the 1980's somehow avoided the grandaddy (or at least the Great Uncle) of the modern American slasher genre. The conversation then turns to the historical origins of the slasher within film, literature and contemporary popular culture.    CREDITS:   Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Host, lover of horror and crazy cinema challenges. David the Cinemonster (@ElCinemonster) - Horror lover, expert and Cinema Shame's resident Dr. Frankenstein.    M

In our first ever series Shame!, Raquel Stecher (@quellelove) steps into the ring to tackle the entire six-film ROCKY series. In the first of two very special episodes, Raquel and James (@007hertzrumble, as always) discuss ROCKY I-III and in doing so gush over gooey love stories, sweaty workout montages and surf-laden bromances. As a fitness guru herself, Raquel goes as far to question the effectiveness of Rocky's training methods. This episode boasts perspectives on Rocky about which even Sly Stallone never dreamed.   CREDITS:   Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Host, lover of crazy cinema challenges. Raquel Stecher (@quellelove) - Classic movie blogger at outofthepastblog.com, fitness guru, cocktail aficionado.   Music Contained in this Podcast: "Gonna Fly Now" - Bill Conti "Know How" - Young M.C.  "Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor   Supplementary Materials: Tin Cup (1996, Ron Shelton) The Set-Up (1949, Robert Wise)        Recorded in September 2017.  Copyrights are owned by the artists and

Greg Sahadachny (@mistergreggles) atones for his sins against classic comedy by watching not only one, but two Marx Brothers films -- Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera. Along the way to redemption, we also discuss the Marx Brothers entire showbiz career from vaudeville to their final films together at United Artists, the history of cinematic comedy, perils of intellectualism, and the fate of modern cinematic funnymen like Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler. Later on, Will McKinley (@WillMcKinley) answers our call to the Old Movie Weirdo Hotline to discuss his childhood connection to the Marxes (and scrambled pornography).      CREDITS:   Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Host, longtime Marx Brothers fan. Greg Sahadachny (@mistergreggles) - Podcaster extraordinaire. Credits include The Debatable Podcast.  Will McKinley (@willmckinley) - Switchboard operator of the Old Movie Weirdo Hotline   Music Contained in this Podcast:   "Everyone Says I Love You" - written by Bert Kalmer, Harry Ruby "Cosi-C

Will McKinley (@willmckinley) stops by the Shamequarters after first-time watching Police Academy to discuss the erosion of slapstick comedy and consider the factors that led to Police Academy becoming an American phenomenon in 1984 and beyond.    CREDITS:   Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - host Will McKinley (@willmckinley) - writer for Sony’s getTV network and a self-proclaimed Old Movie Weirdo. willmckinley.com   Music Contained in this Podcast: Police Academy March - Robert Folk El Bimbo - Jean-Marc Dompierre   Originally recorded on March 1, 2017. Copyrights are owned by the artists and their labels. Zero dollars are made from this podcast.