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Mazan Movie Club

Let's be honest... a Movie Club is way more fun than a book club (except for credits & subtitles NO READING!). Join in as we discuss, dissect & debate the IMDB Top Rated movies. AFI's top movies and those films generally regarded as the best ever. Check out and chime in on social media--we will include your critique or comments in the show. It's a club! For cinephiles and regular movie lovers alike. We want your opinions on the movies and their place on the IMDB list. Hosted by Emmy-Winning Writer & Comedian Steve Mazan
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Dec 26, 2019

Host Comedian Steve Mazan watches Cagney's turn against type in 1942's "Yankee Doodle Dandy" with co-host Denise. The Irish Critic chimes in with her views and a story too.

Was Cagney a tough guy or a dancer?

How true is this BioPic?

Is the film as cocky as Cohan?

Is Cohan's influence still felt today?

What's your favorite song?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club. 

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Dec 18, 2019

Playwright and Comic Leif Olson-Cormack joins host Steve Mazan to discuss Howard Hawk's screwball comedy from 1938 starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. 

Was Cary Grant an underrated comic actor?

Is this ironically the most attractive Hepburn was onscreen?

Did Grant's character make the right choice?

Did we need the leopard, let alone two?

What does it have to do with "Friends"?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

"Bringing Up Baby" on IMDb

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Dec 12, 2019

Comedy Impresario Rich Davis joins host Steve Mazan to rewatch and discuss George Roy Hill's genre busting Western from 1969.

Is this the perfect Screenplay?

Is this the first real buddy picture?

Did we deserve more Newman and Redford?

Was that a bike ride a metaphor?

Should the Ken Burns Effect be called the George Roy Hill?

How many movie have stolen from this?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.

"Butch Cassidy..." on IMDb

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Dec 3, 2019

Host Steve Mazan interviews Freeway Farrell (yep that's his real name) about Robert Altman's "MASH" from 1970... one of Freeway's favs.

Could the movie be made today?

Could the song be made today?

How groundbreaking was this filmmaking?

Was Altman ahead of his time?

Did the TV show overshadow this?

What's with the football game?

All these questions and more get answered on this weeks Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

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Nov 27, 2019

Comedian Murray Valeriano has never seen this Gene Hackman Oscar Winner so he watches it with Host Steve Mazan and they discuss it all. 

Is Popeye a good cop?

Is this the greatest car chase on film?

What's up with Poughkeepsie?

Did we get enough Roy Scheider?

How great is the sound?

What's up with the ambiguous ending?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's podcast. 

"The French Connection" on IMDb

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Nov 22, 2019

Comedian Garrett Clark joins host Steve Mazan to discuss John Huston's reteaming with Bogart from 1948. Garrett's girlfriend chimes in too!

Is Bogart good looking?

Are there any more Humphrey's?

Do Canadians talk differently?

Is this Huston or Bogart's best?

Is the acting good or bad?

Do we need badges?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's podcast.

"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" on IMDb

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Nov 13, 2019

Katelyn Reimer LOOOOOOVES Titanic! So Hosts Steve & Denise Mazan give it a rewatch and discuss it all. Plus how it changed one comic's life and the Irish Critic.

Was there enough room for Jack on the flotsam?

Did Jack & Rose's romance CAUSE the wreck?

Did Steve make a Heart of the Ocean at home?

Did the Titanic crew know Port & Starboard?

Is this what Hollywood does best?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

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Nov 7, 2019

Host Steve Mazan watches this week's film for the first time with fellow virgin Denise Mazan. The Irish Critic chimes in too with her love for this Bette Davis classic.

Is it gonna be a bumpy night or a bumpy ride?

Was Bette Davis attractive?

Was Joseph L. Mankiewicz a better writer or director?

How may all-time great lines are in here?

Were the men not cast as well as the women?

Was David imitating herself or someone else?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

"All About Eve" on IMDb

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Oct 31, 2019

Recorded LIVE on the GIs of Comedy Tour... host Steve Mazan interviews fellow comics Jose Sarduy & Les Jennings after a fresh viewing of Trumbo and Kubrick's "Spartacus"

Is this Trumbo, Kubrick or Douglas's movie?

Does Kirk's Clef need it's own movie?

Is everyone gay?

Is the Ethiopian the real hero?

Did Jean Simmons get her own camera and lighting?

All these questions and a lot more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club. 

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Oct 23, 2019

The biggest movie of all time hits the club and Host Comedian Steve Mazan interviews a first-time viewer AND a life-long fan. Denise Mazan and The Irish Critic who lists "Gone With the Wind" as her favorite.

Should we root for Scarlett? 

Is this the first Feminist film?

What does "you need to be kissed" really mean?

Will Rhett end up giving a damn again?

Should horses be banned from Tara?

Has a director had a better year than Fleming?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.

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Oct 15, 2019

Comedian Mark Nadeau joins host and Corporate Comic Steve Mazan to watch and discuss "It Happened One Night" from 1934. Recorded in San Anselmo, Lucas' home when he wrote his classics. 

Is this Capra at his best?

Does every Romantic Comedy steal from this?

What does Bugs Bunny have to do with it?

Is anyone likable? 

Why no kiss?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.

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Oct 8, 2019

The Irish Critic joins host Steve Mazan to discuss one of the great teams in movie history... Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers. It's their only appearance on the AFI or IMDb list 1936's "Swing Time"

Is this the best dancing ever put on film?

Was this the beginning of George Stevens fantastic directing career?

Why was "Cossack" a slur?

How come jumping freight trains looks so fun in films?

Is the real legacy of the film the song it introduced?

Was Astaire better in this or as Claymation?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.

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Oct 3, 2019

Comic Joe Dungan joins host Steve Mazan to discuss the four Marx Brothers last movie at Paramount "Duck Soup"

Is this their best film?

Did Zeppo get the biggest laugh?

Are the Marx Bros like Led Zeppelin or Salvador Dali?

Is losing the musical souls a good thing?

What's it all got to do with "Blues Brothers" & "Risky Business"?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

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Sep 26, 2019

David Lean's masterpiece jumps into the club and Host Seve Mazan gives it a fresh watch and discussion with fellow Veterans/comedians James P. Connolly and Mike James. 

Is the film epic OR just the running time?

Why were the enlisted men happy Guinness didn't have to work?

Is it better to be crammed in a box alone or with 8 guys?

Is love really all we need?

Can Holden act?

Are you whistling the song in your head right now?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.

"Bridge on the River Kwai" on IMDb

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Sep 18, 2019

Host Steve Mazan takes a trip with fellow comic James Uloth to discuss everything "Easy Rider" form 1969.

Was Dennis Hopper one of the great Actor/Directors?

Could Rip Torn have played the Nicholson character?

What do The Beatles have to do with it?

Why did the blow it?

Is it boring or Genius?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.

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Sep 11, 2019

Host Steve Mazan gathers a group to watch and talk "Tootsie" from Sydney Pollack in 1982. The group includes some Boomers Julie Reimers and Cathy Murata plus a Millennial for a fresh take, returning guest Calvin Murata. 

Is this #metoo before #metoo?

Is the script funny or is the acting?

Who's got the best line?

Is Jessica Lange as beautiful as anyone at the end?

How great is the soundtrack?

Is there one minor mis-step in an otherwise perfect movie?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

Sep 4, 2019

Rick Ramos is back! It's to discuss what he says is the greatest silent movie of them all. "The General" from 1926. Buster Keaton's personal favorite of his own films too. Host Steve Mazan and Rick discuss it all. 

Should we start getting used to people on their phones in theaters?

As a movie lover do we owe it to the younger generation to introduce them to the classics?

How in the hell did Buster Keaton make this movie 90 years ago?

What's it got to do with Jackie Chan?

Did Buster break his neck on this film and not know it?

Why is he a Confederate soldier?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

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Aug 28, 2019

Host & Comedian Steve Mazan is joined by Actor and first time silent movie viewer Matt McDonald. Past guest John Zander calls in with his huge enjoyment of this week's film from 1927 "Sunrise"

Was this a silent film or just not a "talkie"?

Would you take a romantic photo with someone on the day they tried to kill you?

How come dogs know so much?

Did Titanic and E.T. steal from this?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

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Aug 21, 2019

Liza. Fosse. Basil Exposition! It's "Cabaret" the Oscar winner from 1972 on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. The Irish Critic Jackie Mazan joins host Comedian Steve Mazan for an extended stay this week. 

How groundbreaking was this in 1972?

Does Joel Grey steal this movie?

How great a year was 1972 or films?

Was Fosse the genius...or his wife?

Did we get a Judy Garland easter egg?

What do Prince and Spider-Man have to do with it all?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's episode. 

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Aug 13, 2019

Host Steve Mazan interviews Comedian Calvin Murata about his first silent film experience: "The Gold Rush" with Charlie Chaplin. 

Do millennial know Charlie Chaplin?

How many films did this inspire?

Did Chaplin steal the famous bread roll dance?

Was Chaplin the original Woody Allen/Polanski offscreen?

Is this The Tramp's best?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

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Aug 8, 2019

Steve interviews comedians Mark Pitta & Calvin Murata in an undisclosed (but very cool) location, about the Cold War thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" from 1962

Was it really pulled from distribution?

Is it as timely today as it was then?

Who's the better Frank--Enheimer or Sinatra

Why did they remake this?

Was Lansbury ever young?

Is a nagging wife brainwashing?

Is EVERYONE in this movie an agent?

How many crazy theories does Steve have?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

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Jul 31, 2019

Kevin Costner's directorial debut wins a bunch of Oscars with the help of our guest's family! Writer Phil White returns to discuss "Dances with Wolves" with Host & Comedian Steve Mazan.

Did this deserve to beat "Good Fellas"?

Was that 1860's or 1980's hair?

How many times did Steve tear up?

Has this film been unjustly unappreciated?

Is there a better directorial debut from an actor?

How happy do the swirling Orion stars make you?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie club podcast. You can put that in your book.

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Jul 22, 2019

Fargo? You Betcha! Film maker John Zander joins host Steve Mazan to talk about the Coen Brother's 1996 multiple Oscar nominee.

Is Marge the greatest film heroine of all time?

Should this have been called "No Country for Pregnant Women"

How much Fargo is in here?

Is it based on a true story & does that matter?

Did Kubrick, Rutger Hauer and Porky Pig influence this movie?

All these questions and everything "Fargo" on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.

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Jul 16, 2019

Comedian Tom Smith joins host Steve Mazan to dissect Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet's "Network" from 1976.

Is UBS a joke?

Was Dunaway's character pro or anti-feminist?

What does "Sunset Blvd" have to do with all?

Was Robert Duvall ever a teenager?

Is Chayefsky a modern-day Nostradamus?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.

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Jul 9, 2019

Sylvester Stallone's breakthrough hits the podcast and Comedian Steve Mazan and co-host Denise Mazan give it a fresh watch. Plus boxing expert Chris Strait chimes in.  

Is this the greatest sports film of all-time?

Is this the greatest film of all-time?

Could the "first kiss" scene be filmed today?

Is there a more recognizable gesture from a film?

Is there a movie-going experience like a Rocky movie?

All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast. 

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