Comedian Jacob Sirof joins Steve Mazan to discuss #13 on IMDb "The Empire Strikes Back" and destroys all the conventional wisdom on the entire saga.
Is this better than the original?
Is there a Wampa on Hoth that goes by the name "Lefty"?
Was Lucas making it up as he went along?
Could Han Solo be selected for the Supreme Court?
What's up Yoda's ass beside's Frank Oz?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
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Comedian Calvin Murata brings back his opinionated style to discuss one of his all-time favorites. Denise is back too...or is she? It all might be in Steve's dream as we discuss "Inception" from 2010.
Is this Hollywood at its best?
Is this one of the most original movies ever?
Is there such thing as a bad Michael Caine impression?
Who doesn't like Marion Cotillard?
Does that top stop spinning?
What is Christopher Nolan smoking?
All these questions and a whole lot more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
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Renae "Frodo" Tornatore joins Steve on the Mazan Movie Club to discuss the finale of the LOTR trilogy and how she got that nickname.
Is this the best trilogy of all time?
Is there a music teacher in Mordor?
Did it deserve all the Oscars?
How many endings are there?
Did the Eye of Sauron need an optometrist?
Do Elves retire?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club
Paul Douglas Moomjean & Lee Levine join Steve Mazan to discuss the 2nd installment of Peter Jackson's unfilmable trilogy.
Is Helms Deep the greatest battle scene on film?
Is Gollum one of the best characters ever?
Can that Orc in the back hear the speech?
What does this have to do with 2 Girls and a cup?
All these questions and a whole lot more get answered on this week's Mazan Club
"LOTR: The Two Towers" on IMDb
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Childhood friend Aaron Kecker joins host Steve Mazan to discuss the one that kicked off the LOTR trilogy---and some of the others. They also discuss their childhood trips to the cinema and how scary movies dominated their adolescence.
How did something that couldn't be filmed end up so good?
Is it too long or too short?
How fast is Gandalf?
Is Gandalf Obi Wan with a funny hat?
Is Frodo a hero or a whiner?
Is this racial, political, environmental, scientific or all of them?
Were you scared?
All these questions and Mordor (see what I did there?) get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
"LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring" on IMDb
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Paul Morrissey and Jack Nicholson are both back on the podcast. One in person. It's the Milos Forman Oscar bulldozer "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest from 1975.
How is this different from the book?
Was Jack Nicholson ever better?
Why wasn't Scatman Crothers in every movie?
Would this get the same title today?
Are drugs good or badd?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on IMDB
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Rick Ramos & Denise Mazan finish their borrowed DVD war before Steve settles them down to discuss all things "Goodfellas"
Is this Scorsese's best?
Is this the mob's best film?
Is there any plot?
Is Tommy funny?
Is there too much pantomime for a podcast?
All these questions and a lot more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
Cornelius Burroughs is back and discussing a Live Action film for the first time from the IMDb list. Steve Mazan and Denise talk all about 1999's "The Matrix" with him.
How trendsetting is this film?
Is it rated to high OR too low?
How hot was Trinity?
What the hell is Keanu's deal?
Is there something biblical going on here?
Should this now get credit as a female directed movie?
All these questions and a whole lot more get answered on this week's episode.
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The highest ranking foreign film on the IMDb list is from Japan and it's this week's film. At #19 it's Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" from 1954. Rick Ramos and Tony DiJamco return to the club to watch and discuss this influential masterpiece.
Is there a director that wasn't influenced by this?
How long did it take them to shoot?
Which Samurai was Martin Short in the American version?
Did Rick return Denise's "Lars & the Real Girl" DVD?
Who influenced Kurosawa?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
Thank God for subtitles! Single language reviewer and host Steve Mazan combines forces with first time viewer The Irish Critic to give "City of God" the once over.
How much does this owe to "Good Fellas"
Are there any redeeming characters?
How can these real people be better actors than half of Hollywood?
How has this director not done more?
What's this got to do with Muppets?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club!
Steve revisits one of the great moviegoing experiences of his life...and apparently everyone else's. Star Wars geek comedian Jeff Capri talks about it all, Murray Valeriano jumps in with a fan theory, and screenwriter David Studebaker gives us a cameo.
Did Chewbacca invent the participation ribbon?
What does this have to do with women's Soccer?
Does Lucas get the final say on everything?
Are there roosters on Tatooine?
All these questions and a lot more get covered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
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Comedian Lang Parker is back to talk her second film with a number title. Joining in on the fun is The Irish Critic LIVE and Denise & Steve Mazan. David Fincher's "Se7en" gets the MMC treatment.
Is this the sickest mainstream movie ever?
Was Brad Pitt the right choice for the film?
Does anyone not want Gwyneth's head in a box?
Could Somerset be the mastermind?
What's the recipe for that spaghetti?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
Comedian Ralph Figueroa profiles his way back onto the podcast to talk about one of his favorite films, Jonathan Demme's 1991 Genre busting, Oscar winning classic. Denise and The Irish Critic are such a pain Steve almost gives them the hose.
Was Jodie Foster the right choice?
Is the title stupid OR great?
Did it need the "The"?
Is Buffalo Bill still thinking with his tucked dick?
How many films or TV shows did this inspire?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club
It's a wonderful podcast as Steve's childhood friend and film fan John Ramsell joins the club to discuss Halloween AND Christmas, specifically Capra's classic.
Is George Bailey the citizen we all should be?
How hot is Donna Reed?
Who thought suicide, child abuse and cops shooting at unarmed citizens was great for a Christmas film?
Do we deserve a sequel where Potter gets his?
All these questions and a lot more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
"It's a Wonderful Life" on IMDB
Roberto Benigni's Oscar winning "Life is Beautiful" hits the podcast and Steve is joined by Denise Mazan and The Irish Critic to discuss it all...in English...without subtitles. Them, not the film.
Does it cross a line to have a comedy set in a concentration camp?
What does Benigni have that Robin Williams & Jerry Lewis don't?
How many times does popcorn get in your eye during this movie?
How recognizable would your mom be after a concentration camp?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
We round up the usual Mazan Movie Club members to discuss the biggest twist in film history. Plus comedian Mike Brody joins in to share his thoughts on Kevin Spacey's breakout role that won him an Oscar.
Who had the biggest breakout, Spacey, Singer or Del Toro?
Did anyone figure this out on the first viewing?
When did Keyser Soze play for the Clubs?
How many Baldwins are there really?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's podcast.
Anime fan Cornelius Burroughs returns to discuss what has been called the greatest animated film of ALL time. The IMDb list seems to agree. It's Hayao Miyazaki 2nd appearance on the list with "Spirited Away" from 2001.
Is this better than anything Disney or Pixar ever did?
What the hell is happening in this movie?
Is it all a nightmare or is just intended to induce them?
Is this the coolest thing bratty teenagers ever inspired?
Are those Americans?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
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Spielberg won his second Best Director Oscar for this week's film "Saving Private Ryan"...War film aficionado & Comedian Tracy Barkley joins us to talk about why this is among the best. Plus Andy Beningo calls in to say it's one of the best films period!
Why do so many war films feel like two films in one?
Was this film another victim of Weinstein?
How did co-host Denise get so tough?
Did Spielberg get too sappy again?
Was Tom Hanks a jerk in his final breath?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
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Dustin Wood jumps back into the club with a film he'd somehow never seen before, Luc Besson's "Leon: The Professional" from that great year of cinema 1994. Denise and the Irish Critic join Steve to cover it all.
Did Gary Oldman go too far?
Did Luc Besson go too far?
Did Natalie Portman's parents go too far?
Did Danny Aiello not go far enough?
Did the plant go too far outside?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
"Leon: The Professional" on IMDb
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Denise is back on the podcast to review a film she's never seen, Frank Darabont's second swing at Stephen King: "The Green Mile"...plus the Irish Critic!
How was Michael Clark Duncan the only person Oscar nominated for this film?
Is this the most faithful adaptation of a King book?
How did it take Sam Rockwell another 20years to win an Oscar?
Was this the best chubby Tom Hanks role?
Would you sit in a fake electric chair?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's episode of the Mazan Movie Club.
Christopher Nolan is once again back on the Mazan Movie Club with 2014's "Interstellar". Steve talks to The Irish Critic about it. The last sci-fi movie he made her watch was "2001" and that didn't end well.
Is this Nolan's most humanity-laden film?
Can Michael Caine read anything and sound great?
Is Murphy's Law the one thing they got wrong?
Did McConaughey's daughter blow him off?
Is Anne Hathaway on another planet a happy ending?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
What's more shocking...the curb scene OR Ed Norton winning that basketball game and dunking?
Who edited this movie?
Was black & white a little hacky?
Who is better, Norton OR the supporting cast?
Did Derek go backwards after the ending of the film
Steve and guest Calvin Murata answer all these questions and more in this week's episode. Plus The Irish Critic and lots of great porn titles.
Coincidentally "Psycho" comes up on the list on the same week as Mother's Day. Steve embraces that by having his mom as the guest. She discusses seeing Hitchcock's first horror film in the theater and what it was like then.
Was Hitchcock gory for his time?
Why didn't The Irish Critic shower before this movie?
How did anyone keep the secrets when this came off?
Did Hitchcock slut shame?
Will that psychologist ever shut up?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
Rick Ramos returns to the club to discuss his favorite western. The Irish Critic leaves a nasty voicemail. And Mae West makes an appearance.
How good of a villian is Henry Fonda?
Does Bronson make the harmonica look tough?
Who knew Jason Robards was a badass?
Can someone oil that windmill?
Is Morricone recycling?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.
"Once Upon a Time in the West" on IMDb
Host Steve Mazan watches this for the first time and sees why it's so many filmmaker's favorite film.
Was there anything Chaplin couldn't do?
Did Charlie have a thing for blind women?
What does this have to do with Bruce Springsteen?
Did Einstein have a theory on this film?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club.