Fabulous Film & Friends
92 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA podcast for the true cineaste. This podcast examines the impact great or memorable films have on us both personally and culturally. If you've ever bonded with someone or joined a lively discussion circle based on your love of cinema, this is the podcast for you.
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Ep. # 80- The Best of John Schlesinger: Midnight Cowboy, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Day of the Locust
April 16, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBOn our 80th episode of Fabulous Film & Friends what better way to follow up a Road House podcast than by looking at the highlights of pioneering gay director John Schlesinger? We’re talking about 1969’s Midnight Cowboy starring Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Sylvia Miles, Bob Balaban and Barnard Hughes as well as 1971’s Sunday, Bloody Sunday starring Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murry Head and Dame Peggy Ashcroft topped off with 1975’s The Day of the Locust starrin...
Ep. #79 - Road House Showdown!
April 09, 2024 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re leaping head first into the bone-cracking, tooth-spitting, throat-ripping and monster-trucking action of the Road House movies! Both of them! That’s the original 1989 version directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliot, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara, Kevin Tighe, Marshall Teague, Julie Michaels, Red West, Kathleen Wilhoite and blink and you’ll miss him, Keith David. As compared to the 2024 remake directed by Doug Liman and s...
Ep. 78 - The LA Neo Noir Trio: The Big Lebowski, Inherent Vice, Under the Silver Lake
March 19, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re covering a trio of Neo Noir films set in the city of…where else? Los Angeles, as we discuss 1998’s The Big Lewbowski, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring the extraordinary Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, David Huddleston, John Tutturo, Ben Gazara, David Thewlis, Tara Reid, Peter Stormare, Leon Russom and Sam Elliot against 2014’s Inherent Vice directed by Paul Thomas Anderson starring Jo...
Ep. #77 - Dune Part 2
March 05, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends the wait is over and in an exciting change of pace, no negativity. We’re going to slaver and spaz all about 2024’s Dune Part 2 directed by Denis Villanueve and starring Timotheé Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgaard, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Lea Seydoux, Christopher Walken and (spoiler alert!) Anya Taylor-Joy. My guests today are David Johnson DMD and Roseanne Ca...
Ep. 76 - Killers of the Flower Moon
February 20, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends with the glow of our 75th episodeebbing, it’s time to pick up the empty champagne bottles, sweep the floor and go back to discussing one measly film, o’ but what a film it is: 2023’s Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, and a veritable host of craggy-faced old coots on the white end, and on the Native American end,...
Ep. #75: Australian Apocalypse: Walkabout, The Road Warrior, The Road
February 06, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we are pointing our compasses southward to the land of doom and gloom: Australia! Don’t be fooled by the likes of Paul Hogan, Yahoo Serious and Thor, underneath that loopy, whimsical Australian charm, lies an unparalleled grim and sober yet prophetic outlook about life on Earth as evidenced by 1971’s Walkabout directed by Nicholas Roeg, though full disclosure: he’s an Englishman who shepherded Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil and John Meillion...
Ep. 74 - The S. Craig Zahler Trilogy (so far)
January 16, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends I’m both chasing butterflies and swatting at hornets whilst forcing my friends to watch and analyze the films of director S. Craig Zahler a filmmaker who couldn’t have a more awkward professional name than if he had gone with "E. Marvin Bummington." But are his films worth discussing? We’re talking 2015’s Bone Tomahawk starring the mighty Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, David Arquette, Lili Simmons, Fred Melamed, Kathr...
Ep. 73- 2023 Year in Review
January 01, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBHappy New Year everyone, and as we begin another year of Fabulous Film and Friends we’re doing something no one else is doing at this time and looking back at the films of 2023, our 3rd such recap since this show’s inception. My guests are series regulars Roseanne Caputi and Alex Robertson, the only people I know who have the patience to sit through 2023’s bum crop of films. My favorite films of the year were: Asteroid City Godzilla Minus 1 Maestro Showing Up The Flash Found out wh...
Ep. 72 - Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1
December 31, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBOn this final week of 2023 we’re going run and run and run with Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in 2023’s Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part 1, one might even say Dead Reckoning Part Run directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Mr. Cruise, Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes, Esai Morales Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan, and Henry Czerny. My two guests are my right hand men on The Blockbuster Crew: Utah’s own David Johnso...
Ep. 71 - The John Carpenter/Kurt Russell Trilogy - Escape From New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China
December 12, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to analyze a trio of “cult classics” from the actor/director pairing of Kurt Russell and John Carpenter. Starting with 1981’s Escape From New York starring Mr. Russell, Donald Pleasance, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Season Hubley, on to 1982’s The Thing starring Russell, Donald Moffat, Keith David, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, T.K, Carter, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan and Wilford Br...
Ep. 70 - The Elmore Leonard Trilogy: Get Shorty, Jackie Brown & Out of Sight
November 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to groove to a tryptic of cool Elmore Leonard adaptations. Why? Because we’re that cool. We be talkin’ 1995’s Get Shorty directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta, Rene Russo, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandlafini, David Paymer and Bette Midler up against 1997’s Jackie Brown , directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Robert DeNiro, Bridget Fon...
Ep. 69- The Pope of Greenwich Village v. Midnight Run
November 16, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBWelcome to the 3rd Season kickoff of Fabulous Film and Friends where this week we’re going to pit a pair of beloved personal favorites from the 80’s against each other in an epic duel of characterization, star power and cinematic moxie. We’re talking about 1984’s The Pope of Greenwich Village directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Burt Young, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, Tony Musante, Jack Kehoe, and Geraldine Paige up against 1988’s Midnight Run directed ...
Ep. 68 - Oppenheimer v. Asteroid City
September 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we are going to delve into the obsessions of the auteur with this past Summer’s Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Alden Eherenreich, Casey Affleck, Tony Goldwin, and a whole host of blink and you’ll miss them celebrity walk-ons, the most since The Muppet Movie, as compared to Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, with his embarrassment of riches cast, Scarlett Joh...
Ep. 67 - Nefarious with Alex Robertson and Rev. Father Darrin Merlino
August 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we are going to discuss the 2023 film Nefarious, directed by Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi, Glenn Beck, Tom Ohmer, Daniel Martin Berkey and Reverend Father Darrin Merlino, who was also the Spiritual Advisor on the film and who just happens to be our special guest this week. We are also joined by series regular Gordon Alex Robertson, who is no stranger to the Good Book and Lovin’ the Lord! Having starr...
Ep. #66 - Battle of the Body Snatchers with George Young, Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson, DMD & Alex Robertson
July 19, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re concluding our look into the paranoid, dystopian lens of 70’s sci-fi by discussing three of the four versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. We’re talking the 1956 version directed by Don Siegel and starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Larry Gates and Sam Peckinpah in a cameo, comparing it to the 1978 version starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, and Leonard Nimoy along w...
Episode 65 - Sound of Freedom with David Johnson, DMD, Alex Robertson and Eva Muntean
July 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we're going to review and discuss 2023’s Sound of Freedom, directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, and starring Jim Caviezel, Bill Camp, Mira Sorvino, Eduardo Verástegui, Yessica Barrote Perryman, Kurt Fuller and Jose Zúñiga. My guest today are regulars, Alex Robertson, David Johnson, DMD. And in her first Triple F appearance, fearless women's and children's rights activist, movie lover and all around terrific person, Eva Muntean. Eva has a connec...
Ep. #64 - Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny
July 04, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re leaping onto the Indiana Jones bandwagon with a quick review of 2023’s non-Spielberg directed Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, helmed by James Mangold and starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelson, Antonio Banderas, Toby Jones, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook and John Rhys Davies. My guests today are two avowed Indy fans, David Johnson and George Young. The synopsis: Indiana Jones, now a lonely old divorcee liv...
Ep. #63: Spider-verse v. Snyder-verse- Across The Spider-verse v. The Flash
June 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends it’s Spider-verse vs. Snyder-verse as we’re boldly entering the portal of current comic book summer movie multiverses and discussing the latest animated Marvel feature Spider-Man, Across the Spider-verse featuring the voices of Shamiek Moore, Hailey Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Karan Soni, Daniel Kaluuya and Jason Schwartzman and we’re seeing how it stacks up against DC’s live action (but barely) The Flash starring Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, K...
Ep. # 62 - Westworld (1973) v. The Stepford Wives (1975)
June 13, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re maintaining course on our dark path down creepy 70’s sci fi as we explore two trailblazers in the world of robotics and AI: 1973’s Westworld starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Dick Van Patten, Steve Franken and Star Trek’s Majel Barrett up against 1975’s The Stepford Wives starring Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Tina Louise, Nanette Newman and a whole slew of middle aged men to prove that men can design women...
Ep. 61: Planet of the Apes v. Soylent Green - HESTON Battle!
May 30, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBWith the sugary Fruit Loops of Summer movie fare already upon us, this week on Fabulous Film & Friends we are going to fortify our intellectual palate with some meaty, heavy-duty late 60’s early/70’s sci fi and compare Franklin Schaffner’s 1968 masterpiece Planet of The Apes, starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison and James Whitmore with Richard Fleischer’s 1973 downbeat detective story Soylent Green also starring Mr. Heston, along with Edward...
Ep. #60 - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves vs. Fire and Ice
May 25, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends I’m taking the time on our special 60th episode to come clean and admit I was wrong. Joining me as witnesses to my admission of guilt are series regulars David Johnson D.M.D. and erstwhile screenwriting collaborator, camera assistant, film editor lifelong gamer and creator of an unfinished and unknown role playing game entitled Swords and Adventure! Kendrick D. Wright. Okay, here’s some context for this week's mea culpa. Nearly a year ago on t...
Ep. 59 - Little Women Death Battle
May 09, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBJust in time for Mother's Day, this week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re putting the brakes on the testosterone-fueled man vs. man combat of our last few episodes by diving headfirst into an intense congress of girl power and warmhearted thoughts and feelings as we pit the 1949, 1994 and 2019 versions of Little Women against each other in an uncompromising evaluation of cinematic depth and storytelling prowess. My guests this week are two world renowned guy- guys but respected girl movie...
Ep. 58 - Rocky III & V vs. Creed III
April 03, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re concluding our discussion of the Rocky/Creed franchise with a full discussion of not one, not two but three Rocky Sequels and spinoffs: 1982‘s Rocky III directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, along with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and in a star-making role, Mr. T. as well as 1990’s Rocky V, directed by John G. Advilson starring all the surviving Rocky regulars including Burgess Meredith with Boxer Tommy Morrison, Richard Gant, ...
Ep. 58 - Rocky III & V vs. Creed III with Alex Robertson & George Young
April 03, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re concluding our discussion of the Rocky/Creed franchise with a full discussion of not one, not two but three Rocky Sequels and spinoffs: 1982‘s Rocky III directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, along with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and in a star-making role, Mr. T. as well as 1990’s Rocky V, directed by John G. Advilson starring all the surviving Rocky regulars including Burgess Meredith with Boxer Tommy Morrison, Richard Gant, ...
Ep. 57 - Rocky IV v. Creed II with Alex Robertson
March 07, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re continuing our discussion of the Rocky/Creed franchise with an in-depth comparison of the two Russian-themed sequels in the series: 1985’s Rocky IV directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, along with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, Brigitte Neilsen and Dolph Lundgren with 2018’s Creed II, directed by Steven Caple Jr. and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Florian Munteanu, Brig...
Ep. 56 - Rocky v. Creed with Alex Robertson & Roseanne Caputi
February 22, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re giving it the “ole one-two” with a match- up between 1976’s classic, Oscar winning underdog boxer sensation Rocky directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith and its 2015 spin-off reboot, Creed, directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew and Graham McTavish. Joining me today are Alex Robe...
Ep. 55 - 2022: The Year in Review
January 07, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBHappy New Year, Fabulous Film Fans! Like a loud and well placed cherry bomb, we’re blasting into 2023 with a lively discussion of 2022's highlights and lowlights. The line up is a who’s who of past superstars and regulars including Dr. David Johnson, DMD, Roseanne Caputi and Alex Roberston, Kendrick Wright and George Young. In a sea of box checking mediocrities, the trick this year, once again, was finding films that made either the great or the worst list. Did we do it? Find out!
Ep. 54 - The Last of The Mohicans v. The New World with Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson, DMD and Alex Robertson
December 06, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBHappy Belated Thanksgiving, Fabulous Film Fans! We meant to get this talk in the can sooner but alas! External forces including the mighty Holiday itself prevented us from discussing two seminal works highlighting the struggles of early colonial Americans, with special emphasis on their relationships to the Native American tribes who either assisted or were rebuffed by them: we’re talking about Michael Mann’s 1992 actioner The Last of The Mohicans, starring Daniel Day Lewis, Madeline St...
Ep. 53 - Once Upon A Time in Hollywood v. Licorice Pizza with Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson and Dr. David J. Johnson DMD
December 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBIt’s another exciting match-up this week on Fabulous Film & Friends as we compare the works of two L.A. showbiz-loving poets cum grand masters with Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 magnum opus, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Margaret Qualley, Dakota Fanning, Mike Moh, a pre-Elvis Austin Butler, Kurt Russell, Al Pacino, and a whole host of familiar faces against Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza starring unknowns Alana...
Ep. 52 - Halloween "Spooktacular" - The Witch v. A Ghost Story with Alex Robertson, David Johnson, DMD & Roseanne Caputi
October 25, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends, we’re celebrating Halloween by following last episode’s duel between Robert Eggers’ The Northman and David Lowry’s The Green Knight by a looking at and comparing two low-budget genre creepfests from these two up-and-coming masters of modern cinema: 2015’s The Witch starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, and three unsung masters of terror Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson with 2017’s A Ghost Story starring Casey Affleck, R...
Ep. 51 - The Northman v. The Green Knight with David Johnson, DMD & Roseanne Caputi
October 09, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBOn this very special 51st episode of Fabulous Film & Friends we’re making good on our promise to pit 2022’s The Northman written and directed by Robert Eggers and starring Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Bjork and Willem Dafoe against 2021’s The Green Knight, written and directed by David Lowry and starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris and Ralph Ineson. My guests this week are series regulars Dr. David Johnson and ...
Ep. 50 - Jurassic World: Dominion with David Johnson, DMD
September 27, 2022 04:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBWelcome back to Fabulous Film & Friends after a seemingly endless break, which couldn’t be helped as this podcaster doesn’t pay the mortgage with podcasting dollars. It’s been nothing but work and more of it and no time for the finer things in life. Anyway, it’s our 50th episode and we had planned on something really special, a real barnburner between The Northman and The Green Knight, but alas! Due to the perplexing vagaries of the streaming service world, The Green Knight is only available...
Ep. 49 - The Battle of the Blade Runners
September 06, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBWelcome to the Season 2 opener of Fabulous Film and Friends where this week we will be throwing down with a Battle of the Blade Runners , as we compare Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci fi giant Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Darryl Hannah, William Sanderson, M. Emmet Walsh, Joanna Cassidy, Edward James Olmos, Brion James, Joe Turkel and James Hong with Denise Villenueve’s 2017 follow-up: Blade Runner 2049, starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana De Armas, Jared Leto,...
Ep. 48 - Coppola v. Scorsese Round 4 - Bram Stoker's Dracula v. The Last Temptation of Christ Part II
August 18, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBContinuing the discussion about Dracula v. Last Temptation of Christ with George Young, Alex Robertson and Roseanne Caputi.
Ep. 48 - Coppola v. Scorsese Round 4 - Bram Stoker's Dracula v. The Last Temptation of Christ Part II
August 18, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBContinuing the discussion about Dracula v. Last Temptation of Christ with George Young, Alex Robertson and Roseanne Caputi.
Ep. 47 - Coppola v. Scorsese Round 4: Bram Stoker's Dracula v. The Last Temptation of Christ Part 1 with Alex Robertson, Roseanne Caputi & George Young
July 24, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends it’s round four of the seemingly endless Coppola v. Scorsese Film Battle, where we shift gears downward with two problematic, others might say misunderstood, passion projects in both maestros’ respective canons, as we compare Martin Scorsese’s 1988 semi-Biblical epic The Last Temptation of Christ, starring Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Barry Miller, Andre Gregory, Irvin Kershner and David Bowie to Francis Ford Coppola’s take on Bram Stok...
Ep. 46 - Coppola v. Scorsese - Round 3: Apocalypse Now v. Raging Bull
July 16, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThis week the Round 3 bell rings loud on our Francis Ford Coppola vs. Martin Scorsese masters of cinema fight for the heavyweight crown of greatest American Filmmaker as we compare their two most extraordinary works, 1979’s Apocalypse Now starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishbourne, Albert Hall, Harrison Ford, G.D. Spradlin and Dennis Hopper, against 1980’s Raging Bull, starring Robert DeNiro, Cathy Moriarity, Joe Pesci, Nicholas Colasanto, There...
Ep. 46 - Coppola v. Scorsese - Round 3: Apocalypse Now v. Raging Bull
July 16, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThis week the Round 3 bell rings loud on our Francis Ford Coppola vs. Martin Scorsese masters of cinema fight for the heavyweight crown of greatest American Filmmaker as we compare their two most extraordinary works, 1979’s Apocalypse Now starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishbourne, Albert Hall, Harrison Ford, G.D. Spradlin and Dennis Hopper, against 1980’s Raging Bull, starring Robert DeNiro, Cathy Moriarity, Joe Pesci, Nicholas Colasanto, There...
Ep. 45 - Top Gun Maverick with The Ken and Dante Show Guys
July 10, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends I’m colluding with The Ken and Dante Show’s Kendrick Wright and Dante Oliviero as we discuss 2022’s Top Gun Maverick on their show. No synopsis this week, because that's not how Ken and Dante roll. Just know that Pete Maverick Mitchell, after 36 years, still is the best of the best and feels the need for speed. Is the film any good? Find out!
Ep. 44 - Top Gun with Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson and Mark Workhoven
July 03, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBWe’re jetting towards the celebration of our nation’s independence this week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’ve decided to discuss and dissect the film that started it all, 1986’s Top Gun starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerrit, Rick Rossovich, James Tolkan, John Stockwell and Tim Robbins. I’m your host Gino Caputi and joining me this week are series regulars Roseanne Caputi, Dr. David Johnson DMD and everybody’s favorite newshound Mark ...
Ep. 43 - Coppola v. Scorsese Mob Hits: Godfather v. Goodfellas Part II
June 21, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBContinuing the Godfather v. Goodfellas discussion.
Ep. 42 - Coppola v. Scorsese Mob Hits: The Godfather v. Goodfellas Part I
June 14, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBThis Week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re ringing the Round 2 bell of our Francis Ford Coppola vs. Martin Scorsese masters of cinema fight for the crown of greatest American Filmmaker as we compare Mob Epics 1972/74’s Godfathers I &II starring Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, Richard Castalleno, John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Michael V. Gazzo and Lee Strasberg to name but a few, to 1990’s Goodfellas, starring Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Lorrain Brac...
Ep. 41 - Coppola v. Scorsese: Iconic- The Conversation v. Taxi Driver Part II
June 10, 2022 18:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBResuming our talk about Coppola v. Scorsese's iconic films from the 70's. With Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson, Dante Oliviero and Kendrick Wright.
Ep. 41 - Coppola v. Scorsese: Iconic- The Conversation v. Taxi Driver Part II
June 10, 2022 18:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBResuming our talk about Coppola v. Scorsese's iconic films from the 70's. With Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson, Dante Oliviero and Kendrick Wright.
Ep. 40: Coppola v. Scorsese Round 1: The Conversation v. Taxi Driver Part 1 with Roseanne Caputi Alex Robertson, Kendrick Wright & Dante Oliviero
May 31, 2022 16:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBThis Week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re doing spectacularly new and exciting things to shake it all up as we discuss not one but two important films by two legendary grand masters of cinema in a head-to-head film matchup extravaganza. Previously I had ironically referred to this series as the“Death Battle” but considering recent events, including the passing of actor Ray Liotta, I think it’s best that we soberly call this Chapter One of the Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese...
Ep. 40: Coppola v Scorsese: Iconic- The Conversation v. Taxi Driver Part I
May 31, 2022 16:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBThis Week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re doing spectacularly new and exciting things to shake it all up as we discuss not one but two important films by two legendary grand masters of cinema in a head-to-head film matchup extravaganza. Previously I had ironically referred to this series as the“Death Battle” but considering recent events, including the passing of actor Ray Liotta, I think it’s best that we soberly call this Chapter One of the Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese...
Ep. 39 - The King of Comedy with Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson & Mark Workhoven
May 24, 2022 16:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBThis Week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re segueing from Todd Philips Joker back to one of its original “inspirations," 1983’s The King of Comedy directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert DeNiro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Dihanne Abbott and Ed Herlihy in what is easily my favorte Scorsese film. This podcast also serves as the prologue, a Hobbit to the Lord of the Rings in our epic five part Coppola Scorsese Death battle which will begin next week. My guests this week are f...
Ep. 38 - Joker Part II with Burton Brown, David Johnson D.M.D., Alex Robertson & Mark Workhoven
May 17, 2022 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBPicking up from Part 1 of our discussion of Todd Phillip's 2019 Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix.
Ep. 37 - Joker Part I with Burton Brown, David Johnson, D.M.D. Alex Robertson and Mark Workhoven
May 10, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBIt’s back to Gotham City this week on the Triple FFF as we follow up our review of Matt Reeves’ The Batman and discuss Todd Phillips’ 2019 gritty blockbuster Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix in his Oscar winning performance as the clown prince of crime, and co-starring Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy. Shea Wighham, Bill Camp, Brett Cullen and a whole host of other “Oh, that Guy.” supporting players. My guests this week are show regulars David Johnson, D.M.D., Burton Brown, Alex Ro...
Ep. 37 - Joker Part 1 with Burton Brown, David Johnson, D.M.D. Alex Robertson and Mark Workhoven
May 10, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBIt’s back to Gotham City this week on the Triple FFF as we follow up our review of Matt Reeves’ The Batman and discuss Todd Phillips’ 2019 gritty blockbuster Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix in his Oscar winning performance as the clown prince of crime, and co-starring Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy. Shea Wighham, Bill Camp, Brett Cullen and a whole host of other “Oh, that Guy.” supporting players. My guests this week are show regulars David Johnson, D.M.D., Burton Brown, Alex Ro...