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Critic, author, and screenwriter Stephen Rebello stops by the Shamequarters for a chat with Allan about Elia Kazan's ON THE WATERFRONT (1954).
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Not one, not two, but THREE new episodes of Cinema Shame within a week! Prepare your earholes for the end of an era. "Comic Guy" Mike Sterling, owner of Sterling Silver Comics has now watched Ridley Scott's 1982 masterpiece of sci-noir Blade Runner.Â
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Happy Halloween! James and Allan tackle their terror and confront their respective greatest Dario Argento shame: Deep Red (1975) and Inferno (1980). They talk about the giallo, Argento's style (and substance), and recast The Three Mothers Trilogy as a musical.
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James throws out his first Cinema Solo, a audio essay about The Natural and Field of Dreams and how the magic of movies changes as we grow more cynical about the existence of everyday miracles.
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Music industry insider and Fritz Media mogul Jen Fritz confessed to never having seen the most important movie musical about the music business - Robert Altman's Nashville (1975) - and we immediately offered a spot on the show to explain herself, and, of course, watch the movie.
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"Bad" movie aficionado Chuck Dowling (Watercooler Films) soars into the Shamequarters to first-time watch Cannon Films' SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE! Can James and Allan survive this threat to humankind? Tune in to find out which one of them cracks first!
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Ken Reid of the TV Guidance Counselor podcast joins Allan and James in the Shamequarters to first time watch not one--but TWO! movies about Vietnam vets unleashing PTSD on a bunch of small-minded assholes.Â
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James opens the Cinema Shamequarters to a lineup of special guests to talk about the screen legacy of the "French monument" Alain Delon. This super-sized episode features Jen Johans, Will Slater, Greg Sahadachny, Eric Langberg, and Will McKinley.Â
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Allan's first Cinema Solo spins an audio essay about the IMDB, The Saddest Website on the Internet, by way the disparate Hollywood stories of Helen Wood and Scott Baio.Â
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James and Allan have a dream, and "bad" movie guru Paul Frieteg-Fey drops into the Shamequarters to tell them their dream will certainly definitely come true. And it does. The end. This episode is all about Hamid Khan's up-and-coming dance disasterpiece DANCE GODDESS (1987).
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James and Allan strut around the Shamequarters in tasteful one-pieces -- inspired by former Miss Universe Canada contestant (turned radio personality) Angela Valiant's tales of pomp and pageantry -- before discussing Angela's first time watch of the underseen and totally irreverent dark comedy DROP DEAD GORGEOUS.Â
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