Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan's favorite screenwriter has another film on the club...this time he directs too. It's "Love Actually" from 2003. Comedian Lawrence Thomas watches for the first time and discusses it with his daughter who is a big fan.
Why all the hate for this movie?
Who is the best actor in an all-star cast?
What other movies get nods in this one?
Was someone an angel?
Why is Steve Crying?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Braque Hildreth has seen "Die Hard" 40+ times. He joins Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan to discuss everything about this action Christmas(?) classic.
Was it always a Xmas movie?
Is it the best action movie ever?
Who steals the show in a a film of great performances?
Did John ever tell his wife he's sorry?
Is Tagaki a Scrooge to make his employees work Christmas Eve?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" comes to the movie club and Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan discusses it all with a former concert tour dancer Heidi Llovett.
Is this Cameron Crowe's best film?
Did Kate Hudson peak too early?
Who were these characters in real life?
Who was robbed at the Oscars?
What's the best line?
All these question and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan discusses 2011's under the radar inspirer "Warrior" with first time viewer (there's a lot of those) Comic Max Martin.
Is this one of the best sports films?
How has this not been seen by more?
Who's acting is best?
Did the right "hero" win?
Was Nick Nolte born to play this role?
What's the most American quality?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
Collegiate Athlete and Comic Grant Lyon joins Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan to discuss the Miracle on Ice film from 2004 "Miracle"
Is this Russel's best?
What's been dramatized?
Is director O'Connor racking up sports movie credentials?
Does this deserve a place amongst the great sports films?
What's it got to do with "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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Peter Weir's second film to grace the podcast, it's "Dead Poets Society" from 1989. Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan and Denise discuss it all.
Who was originally cast in the Robin Wiliams role?
Does any actor show empathy better than Robin?
What's it got to do with "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?"
How great is the supporting cast?
What is it about Ethan Hawke and Anne Hathaway?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan talks to fan of The Band and first time viewer Comic Lee Levine about "The Last Waltz" from Martin Scorsese.
Is THIS the best concert film?
Was any artist sober?
Who had the best performance?
Did Robbie Robertson orchestrate it all?
What was Neil Diamond doing there?
All these questions and a lot more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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The Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" 1984 concert film from Jonathan Demme comes to the club. Comedians Murray Valeriano & Garrett Clark join Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan to discuss it all.
Why such a big suit?
IS this the greatest concert film ever?
Was the drummer too casual?
Was running required to join the band?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan talks 1981's "The Evil Dead" with Steve Villeneuve a Director who has made a documentary about the fans of this horror franchise.
Was this Sam Raimi's calling card to Hollywood?
Could you see Bruce Campbell's magic here?
How troublesome were those shelves?
What do the Coen brothers have to do with it?
Can you be a tree-hugger after this?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Comedian Mark Pitta comes back to the MMC and joins host and Corporate Comic Steve Mazan to watch and talk about the silent horror classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" from 1920.
Is Tim Burton living this movie?
Has it even inspired a drinking game?
What's the creepiest scene?
Why are the German's so expressive?
What's it got to do with Scorsese?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
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Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan talks to returning guest Comic/Filmmaker Eric Toms about the silent classic vampire film "Nosferatu" from 1922.
Was there a horror film not influenced by this?
Has there been a creepier vampire?
Is there any doubt this was Dracula?
Could you carry your own coffin?
What's the vampire publishing company?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan is joined by The Irish Critic to watch & talk 1988's Best Picture and Highest Grossing film "Rain Man"
Was this Hoffman's best work?
Was Cruise robbed of Oscar consideration?
Did this bring Hans Zimmer to the forefront?
Was Charlie Babbit on the spectrum?
What do Bill Murray & Spielberg have to do with it all?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
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Host and Comedian Steve Mazan goes "Back to School" and then discusses it with fav returning guests Rick Ramos and Cal Murata.
Is this Rodney's best movie?
Does Rodney deserve more respect for his acting?
How bad is Rodney's son?
Was Robert Downey Jr. underused?
What's Alice Cooper got to do with it?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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What is Comedian Alex Elkin's damage? Why does he love 1989's "Heathers" so much? He discusses it with Host & Corporate Comic Steve Mazan.
Could this film be made today?
What if Slater channeled Christopher Walken?
Is this a cult classic?
Why didn't the writer and director do more?
Is this Winona and Slater's best?
All these question and more get answered on this episode of the Mazan Movie Club podcast.
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A man named LOVE joins Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan to discuss a film they both (but not everybody does) love... "Highlander" from 1986
Is this the epitome of a Cult Classic?
Did Connery ever play someone Scottish?
Why not more neck armor?
Is it well done? Or poorly done?
Who should remake this?
How can you get cast to grab breasts?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman teams up with Director Spike Jonze to create one of the most original and unique movies ever. "Being John Malkovich" from 1999. Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan discusses it with Heidi Llovet and the Irish Critic.
Is this Spike Jonze's best?
Is it Charlie Kaufman's best?
Should Malkovich have won an Oscar?
How is the fantastical so matter of fact?
What does it all mean? All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
This week Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan gets to talk about one of his favorite screenwriters who hit the big screen strong with the charming 1994 film "Four Weddings and a Funeral"
Could it be any more charming?
Has Hugh ever been better?
Has Andie MacDowell ever been worse?
Did it have any chance at the '94 Best Picture?
Does the author even write great titles?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
Comedian Danny Villapando joins Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan to discuss a banner movie from a banner year in film: "Election" from 1999.
Is this Reese Witherspoon's best?
Did this put Alexander Payne on the map?
What's Ed Rooney got to do with it?
Is Pepsi for losers?
Did this predict "cancel culture"?
Should Broderick have been driving a car in this?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast
Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan talks to comic Calvin Murata about his favorite film: 1984's "The Karate Kid"
Was Avildsen making "Rocky" for teens?
Did Pat Morita get robbed of an Oscar?
Was Elizabeth Shue the greatest HS GF on film?
Does this film quietly have one of the greatest plot twists ever?
How great is the soundtrack?
Was Miyagi terrible at his real job?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
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"Clue" a movie based on a board game hits the club (not one of the weapons). From 1985. Host Steve Mazan discusses it with co-host Denise and Comic Calvin Murata.
Which ending is the best?
Is this a cult-classic?
Can this be compared to "My Cousin Vinny"
Which gag is the best?
Is it hilarious or stupid? Or Both?
Did this get us "Knives Out"?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
Host and Comedian Steve Mazan is joined by Hollywood Insider Piper Moretti to discuss one of her favorite movies "The Birdcage" from '96.
Was this a comeback for Mike Nichols?
Was Azaria scene stealing from scene-stealers?
Who was miscast?
How much was improvised?
But do gay people like it?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
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Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan watches "The Naked Gun" with Sonja Frolek, Actor Matt McDonald and Comedian Garrett Clark and discusses everything about this laughfest.
Was there anyone better in a spoof than Leslie Nielsen?
What's the best gag?
Is this better than "Airplane"?
What happened to Priscilla?
Is it ok to assassinate a real leader in a film?
Is this an underrated trilogy?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
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Larry Cabrera Jr. Fell asleep in the theater when he saw "Donnie Brasco"... but it still became one of his favorites of all time. He joins Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan to discuss it all.
Who was cast more against type, Pacino or Depp?
Has there been a more empathetic film?
Film Crush: Madsen or Heche?
Why did Lefty leave the drawer open?
Was the diamond fuggazi?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
Host Steve Mazan has found someone who is a bigger fan of this movie than the Solitanos are fans of the Eagles. Comedian Jamie Ward joins us to discuss it all.
Is this a screwball comedy about Mental Illness?
Did David O. Russel have one of the great trifectas in film?
Did this film change our perceptions of Lawrence and Cooper?
Who is the best actor in a film of great performances?
Did the football announcer ruin it?
Would Jurassic Park stay open during the pandemic?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
Dennis Hopper creates a villain for the ages in 1986's "Blue Velvet" from the man who brought strange to the mainstream David Lynch.
Was Frank Booth Covid ready?
Who breathes harder Booth or Vader?
Is it all a dream?
What does all the red mean?
Did Rosselini pull a Sharon Stone a decade early?
Is Lynch one of the best Directors on history?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.