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Challengers (2024)
Living for the Cinema - May 03, 2024 01:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsFrom Oscar-nominated Italian director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) comes a erotically charged drama about....tennis. At its core is a love triangle among three aspiring professional tennis players played by Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist. We follow all three characters over a...
MAD MAX FURY ROAD (2015) - "LIVING FOR THE MAX" SERIES
Living for the Cinema - April 29, 2024 23:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWelcome to the Living for the Max series. Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibso...
Mad Max Fury Road (2015) - "Living For The Max" Series
Living for the Cinema - April 29, 2024 23:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWelcome to the Living for the Max series. Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibso...
THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974)
Living for the Cinema - April 26, 2024 02:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsFifty years ago saw the release of what ended up being one of the more iconic conspiracy thrillers of the 1970's even though it wasn't really a commercial hit upon initial release. Directed by Alan J. Pakula who would go on to direct the even more iconic All The President's Men a couple of year...
The Parallax View (1974)
Living for the Cinema - April 26, 2024 02:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsFifty years ago saw the release of what ended up being one of the more iconic conspiracy thrillers of the 1970's even though it wasn't really a commercial hit upon initial release. Directed by Alan J. Pakula who would go on to direct the even more iconic All The President's Men a couple of year...
Man On Fire (2004)
Living for the Cinema - April 23, 2024 04:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsDenzel Washington stars in this intense drama/thriller as Creasey, a sad, alcoholic ex-CIA assassin who finds a new purpose in life as he forms a special friendship with the precocious Pita played by Dakota Fanning. Pita is the daughter of a Mexican industrialist played by Marc Antony who has h...
MAN ON FIRE (2004)
Living for the Cinema - April 23, 2024 04:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsDenzel Washington stars in this intense drama/thriller as Creasey, a sad, alcoholic ex-CIA assassin who finds a new purpose in life as he forms a special friendship with the precocious Pita played by Dakota Fanning. Pita is the daughter of a Mexican industrialist played by Marc Antony who has h...
Sudden Death (1995)
Living for the Cinema - April 19, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe original Die Hard released in 1988 remains one of THE most influential movies of all time as it pretty much set the template for dozens and dozens of action films to follow....just over eight years after it was first released, this was the first one to transport that core story to an ice hoc...
SUDDEN DEATH (1995)
Living for the Cinema - April 19, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThe original Die Hard released in 1988 remains one of THE most influential movies of all time as it pretty much set the template for dozens and dozens of action films to follow....just over eight years after it was first released, this was the first one to transport that core story to an ice hoc...
Civil War (2024)
Living for the Cinema - April 16, 2024 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsHAPPY 300TH EPISODE - Thanks to all listeners and subscribers for your continued support!!! :) The acclaimed writer/director of Ex Machina and Annihilation has returned to deliver his largest production yet, a dystopian war drama taking place in a possible future where the USA (no longer) is n...
CIVIL WAR (2024) - 300th EPISODE!!!!
Living for the Cinema - April 16, 2024 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsHAPPY 300TH EPISODE - Thanks to all listeners and subscribers for your continued support!!! :) The acclaimed writer/director of Ex Machina and Annihilation has returned to deliver his largest production yet, a dystopian war drama taking place in a possible future where the USA (no longer) is n...
CIVIL WAR (2024) - 300th Episode!!!
Living for the Cinema - April 16, 2024 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsHAPPY 300TH EPISODE - Thanks to all listeners and subscribers for your continued support!!! :) The acclaimed writer/director of Ex Machina and Annihilation has returned to deliver his largest production yet, a dystopian war drama taking place in a possible future where the USA (no longer) is n...
MONKEY MAN (2024)
Living for the Cinema - April 12, 2024 04:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsDev Patel, the Oscar-nominated star of acclaimed films such as Slumdog Millionaire and Lion, has become the latest Hollywood actor to take his career in a new direction.....by directing this propulsive revenge action thriller taking place in a fictional city within India modeled on Mumbai. Pate...
Monkey Man (2024)
Living for the Cinema - April 12, 2024 04:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsDev Patel, the Oscar-nominated star of acclaimed films such as Slumdog Millionaire and Lion, has become the latest Hollywood actor to take his career in a new direction.....by directing this propulsive revenge action thriller taking place in a fictional city within India modeled on Mumbai. Pate...
The Crow (1994)
Living for the Cinema - April 08, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsBack in the early days of the comic book movies, it was rare to see one released to theaters which was not only financially successful but also generally beloved by fans. There were the Batman films....and then everything else including The Rocketeer, The Shadow, and Dick Tracy. But just under...
THE CROW (1994)
Living for the Cinema - April 08, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsBack in the early days of the comic book movies, it was rare to see one released to theaters which was not only financially successful but also generally beloved by fans. There were the Batman films....and then everything else including The Rocketeer, The Shadow, and Dick Tracy. But just under...
Road House (1989 & 2024)
Living for the Cinema - April 05, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThirty-five years ago this May, we first saw the release of a relatively small action drama starring then movie star Patrick Swayze as THE Greatest Bouncer/Cooler around who has been hired to clean up a troubled roadside bar in Missouri named the Double Deuce. The character's name was Dalton an...
ROAD HOUSE (1989) & ROAD HOUSE (2024)
Living for the Cinema - April 05, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThirty-five years ago this May, we first saw the release of a relatively small action drama starring then movie star Patrick Swayze as THE Greatest Bouncer/Cooler around who has been hired to clean up a troubled roadside bar in Missouri named the Double Deuce. The character's name was Dalton an...
Blood Simple (1984)
Living for the Cinema - April 02, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsEvery major filmmaker has to start somewhere....and this Neo-Noir thriller was the feature filmmaking debut for Joel and Ethan Coen forty years ago. Yes the same brothers who have delivered many memorable films since then including Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, Inside Llewe...
BLOOD SIMPLE (1984)
Living for the Cinema - April 02, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsEvery major filmmaker has to start somewhere....and this Neo-Noir thriller was the feature filmmaking debut for Joel and Ethan Coen forty years ago. Yes the same brothers who have delivered many memorable films since then including Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, Inside Llewe...
MAJOR LEAGUE (1989)
Living for the Cinema - March 29, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsAs we approach Baseball Opening Day 2024, what better way to celebrate than to revisit one of the more beloved baseball films of the 1980's, a comedy with heart focusing on a true underdog franchise, the Cleveland Indians? Directed by David S. Ward, the story focuses on one Cinderella season fo...
Major League (1989)
Living for the Cinema - March 29, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsAs we approach Baseball Opening Day 2024, what better way to celebrate than to revisit one of the more beloved baseball films of the 1980's, a comedy with heart focusing on a true underdog franchise, the Cleveland Indians? Directed by David S. Ward, the story focuses on one Cinderella season fo...
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) - "LIVING FOR THE MAX" SERIES
Living for the Cinema - March 25, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWelcome to the Living for the Max series. Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibso...
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - "Living For The Max" Series
Living for the Cinema - March 25, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWelcome to the Living for the Max series. Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibso...
STREETS OF FIRE (1984)
Living for the Cinema - March 22, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWhat happens when a top-flight director (Walter Hill - 48 Hours, The Driver) decides to to spearhead a new original story blending various genres including gritty crime drama, rock musical, and star-crossed love story....also setting it within an unrecognizable urban setting and time period? We...
Streets of Fire (1984)
Living for the Cinema - March 22, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWhat happens when a top-flight director (Walter Hill - 48 Hours, The Driver) decides to to spearhead a new original story blending various genres including gritty crime drama, rock musical, and star-crossed love story....also setting it within an unrecognizable urban setting and time period? We...
Go (1999)
Living for the Cinema - March 19, 2024 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsOf all of the dozens of post-Pulp Fiction imitators to be released throughout the 1990's, this might be one of the more memorable ones even though it opened roughly 25 years ago to middling box office. It director Doug Liman's follow-up to his seminal indie gem of just three years - Swingers - ...
State of Grace (1990)
Living for the Cinema - March 15, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsIn the lead-up to St. Patrick's Day, what better time to celebrate than to revisit what is considered by some to be a modern crime drama classic focusing on the Irish mafia? Directed by Phil Joanou (Three O'Clock High), this story focuses on Terry (Sean Penn) who has recently moved back to the ...
Uncut Gems (2019)
Living for the Cinema - March 12, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsWhat better way to celebrate March Madness than to revisit a basketball movie which actually isn't a basketball movie but does still feature lots of basketball.....sorta? :) Benny and Josh Safdie followed up their breakout success of a couple of years prior - the extremely tense urban thriller G...
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Living for the Cinema - March 08, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsThis is the story of a bored suburban housewife Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) who finds herself drawn to reading personal ads and becomes especially interested in those featuring a mysterious woman named Susan (Madonna) who she ends up sorta stalking. And through a series of unfortunate events, Rob...
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