It's "The Color Purple" from 1985 on this week's podcast. Steven Spielberg directing from an adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Host and Corporate Comic Steve Mazan discusses it all with The Irish Critic.
Do we forget how great Whoopi was?
Did this get robbed at the Oscars?
Was Danny Glover as transformative as Deniro?
Was Lionel Richie happy or sad?
Why didn't we get more Margaret Avery?
How much did you cry?
All these questions and more get answered on ths week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
This one hits close to home... Host, Comedian and Submariner Steve Mazan discusses "The Hunt for Red October" with fellow comic Ronnie Bullard.
Is this McTiernan's best?
Was Baldwin the best Jack Ryan?
How accurate to sub life is this?
How many great actors are in this?
Was that language switch clever?!
All these questions and more are answered on this episode of the Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Romance comes to the Mazan Movie Club! Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the bestseller "The Bridges of Madison County" and the Irish Critic joins host and coprporate comedian Steve Mazan to discuss it all.
Is Meryl somehow still underrated?
Was Clint the right choice?
Is Clint a great director...al the time?
Did we need the framing device?
Does the watching experience change with age?
All these questions and more get answered ont hsi week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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Michael Mann has another film on the club with 04's "Collateral" and filmmaker Eric Toms is here to discuss it all with host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is this one of Cruise's best?
Is this a "lost" film?
Was Foxx great or just serviceable?
Were there mutiple coyotes?
How great is the foreshadowing in the script?
All these questions and more get answered on thsi week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
"Dirty Harry' comes to the MMC and Host and comedian Steve Mazan discuss it all with comic Mark Gee.
Did this change cop films forever?
Did this change real cops forever?
Eastwood as director or actor?
DOes SF shine in this?
Does the villian need more credit?
Amy Heckerling has another teen romantic comedy on the club. This time it's "Clueless" from 1995. Comedians Jeff Capri, Louis Johnson and Alex Elkin join host & corporate comic Steve Mazan to discuss it all.
Is this Heckerling's best?
Was Silverstone ever better?
Did you see Brittany Murphy taking off as a star after this?
Does Paul Rudd look the same?
Does this deserve mention in best Jane Austen adaptations?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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Sidney Lumet has another film on the club. This time 1973's "Serpico". Comic ALex Elkin is here to discuss it all with Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is this dated?
Did Frank Serpico change the world?
Was the problem in the editing?
Would you have acted in the same manner as Frank?
Are things better today?
All these questions and more get answered ont this week's Mazan Movie Club.
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Michael Mann's "Thief" from 1981 comes to the club and Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan talks to himself all about it.
Is this just half of "Heat"?
Is this Caan's best?
Did we deserve more Tangerine Dream?
Where did Frank go?
Is this underseen?
All these questions and more get answered on thsi week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
We add "The Sandlot" from 1993 to our debate of the greatest baseball movies ever. Comedian Danno Carter joins Host & Corporate Comic Steve Mazan to discuss it all.
Is this the greatest baseball movie ever?
Does everyomne have a Wendy Peffercorn?
Is The Beast a good actor?
How is James Earl Jones like Costner?
Is the director a one-hit wonder?
All these questions and more get answered on thsi week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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We get a "not so Romantic" Comedy this week from 2009 it's "(500) Days of Summer" and first time viewer Comedian Lawrence Thomas is here to discuss it all with Host and Corporate Comic Steve Mazan.
Is Summer likeable?
Is this still hopeful?
Is every movie with a spontaneous dance scene great?
Are there too many allusions to other films?
Is Zooey blind?
All these questions and more get answered ont this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Blake Edward's direction of Truman Capote's novel "Breakfast at Tiffany's" comes to the podcast and The Irish Critic is here to discuss ot all with Host and Corporate Comic Steve Mazan.
Is this one of the great films?
Does Rooney's portrayal ruin it?
How great is Mancini?
What's different from the book?
Is she banging guys or not?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
It's Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's second film on the podcast "Hot Fuzz" from 2007. Filmmmaker Eric Toms is back to discuss it all with Host and Corporate Comic Steve Mazan.
Is this the best of the Cornetto Trilogy?
Who is the best British actor in a supporting role?
Can you see why Dalton was cast as Bond?
What's the best gag?
Is the greater good...great?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.
This movie is NOT in 3-d, but your face is! It's Martha Coolidge's "Valley Girl" from 1983 and Comic Tina Gallo is here to discuss it all with Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is this a guilty pleasure?
Is Nicolas Cage good looking?
Was Deborah Foreman the shining star here?
Were there really girls talking like this?
Is the soundtrack one of the best ever?
All these questions and more get answered onthsi week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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It stings the nostrils. Comedian Frank Lucero Jons Host and Corporate Comic Steve Mazan to discuss all the laughs and glory of "Anchorman: The legend of Run Burgundy."
Is this one of the funniest movies ever?
Is this the best Adam McKay/Ferrel collaboration?
What's the best quote in a movie full of 'em?
Is this the greatest modern gathering of comics in cameos?
Do you really love lamp?
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's "Shaun of the Dead" comes to the club. Comic Nic Lanier and Chase Brockett are here to discuss all the details with Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is this Edgar & Penn's best collaboaration?
Is it a comedy with horror or horror with comedy?
Is it one of the best zombie movies?
Is this a perfect movie?
What's it got to do with Christopher Walken?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
By Grabthar's Hammer we got Comic Robert Mac to come discuss 1999's "Galaxy Quest" with Host and COrporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is this the best "Star Trek" movie?
Does Tim Allen win you over?
Is this the best ensemble?
Is it a parody?
What's it got to do with Reading Rainbow?
Was Harold Ramis wrong?
All thse questions and more gt answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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We get another Rob Reiner film on the club and Comic Russ Nagel is here to discuss everything "When Harry Met Sally" with Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is Rob Reiner quietly one of the great directors?
Does this have one of the top lines in all of film?
Can men & women be friends?
Is this a Woody Allen movie in disguise?
Are Harry & Sally together 10yrs later?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
The magical baseball fantasy "Field of Dreams" comes to the club. Comics Joey Medina and Tim Homayoon discuss it all with Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is this the best sporrts movie ever?
Is anyone miscast?
Is one of the main characters a ghost?
Who IS the voice?
All these questions and ore get answered ont his week's Mazna Movie Club Film Podcast.
Penny Marshall's love story to baseball "A League of Their Own" comes to the club and ladies Denise Mazan and The Irish Critic join us to discuss all the charm and laughs. And Crying.
IS there crying in baseball?
Is this Marshall's best work?
Were Lovitz and Hanks robbed of noms?
Is this Madonna's best role? Song?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Is this the best western ever made?
Who really directed it?
Did Val Kilmer get robbed?
Is this one of the great casts assembled?
What's the best line?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
The Mike Judge cult classic "Office Space" comes to the club and comic Calvin Murata gives us a fresh millemnial take with Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is this Mike Judge's best film?
Did Judge get robbed on the budget?
Why has it become a cult classic?
Who is the best supporting character?
Is the radio too loud?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
Is it a comedy?
Does Hoffman's make-up work?
Who shines brightest in the supporting cast?
Was Faye underused?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
A big ensemble comedy deserves a big ensemble episode. Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan interviews Al Romero and J Ryan about Stanley Kramer's "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"
Who shines brightest?
Was Kramer a good comedic director?
Who is missing?
Does Dick Shawn steal the movie?
What's it got to do with In'n Out?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
It's 2010's "The Town" from double duty man Ben Affleck. Comic Tommy Savitt watches and discusses it all with Host and Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is Affleck a better director or actor?
Has Jeremy Renner ever been better?
Where'd they get the masks?
Was the love story believable enough?
Is this one of the great Heist flicks?
Should they have robbed Yankee Stadium?
All these questions and more get answered ont this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.
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Comic Mark Christopher gives "Top Gun" a fresh watch and discusses it with host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan.
Is this a guilty pleasure?
Was Tony Scott better than we thought?
Is this one of the most quotable films ever?
Is it gay?
Are there better choreographed flight or fight scenes than this?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast.