Popcorn 'N Roses

Subject:CINEMA #107 - "Directors' Chair: Close Encounters Of The Spielberg Kind"

TC and Kim take a look at the career of Steven Spielberg!

We touch on every film that Mr Spielberg has directed over the course of his career, as well as his early television work. Plus, all the usual fun stuff - The Callback, The Bonehead of the Week, Dancing With The Stars coverage, and a dip into the E-mail Bag!

Don't forget - Subject:CINEMA's Reel LIVE! This evening at 6:00 PM ET from BlogTalkRadio.com! You can get the call-in number by clicking the "Reel LIVE!" Button on the sidebar!

Next week - two shows about racing - cars and horses!

See you then!

Subject:CINEMA #71 - Directors' Chair #4 - The Kiwi Connection - The Films of Peter Jackson

This week, we delve into the world that is Peter Jackson, from his beginnings through his epic retelling of King Kong, and what's in store for the future!

The Show:  A look at all of Jackson's work from his first film through King Kong. Plus our usual antics - Callback, Bonehead Of The Week, our Hero Heat trivia contest winnner, and reviews of War and 3:10 To Yuma!

THIS WEEK'S NOTES:

Watch for full notes on Monday!

Subject:CINEMA #45 - Directors' Chair #3 - Good EEEEVENING! The Films of Alfred Hitchcock

This week, we salute one of filmdom's greatest...the legendary Alfred Hitchcock. We've been trying to do this one for almost six months, and if I say so myself, I think it's turned out to be one of the best shows we've ever done. Because of time constraints, we are only doing six of our favorite films by Hitch, but we think you'll like what we've done...

THE SHOW (Times may be slightly off due to Podshow insertions):
Segment 1 (1:30) - An overview of Hitch's remarkable career as well as his personal life
Segment 2 (18:57) - Rebecca; North By Northwest
Segment 3 (35:49) - Rear Window; The Birds
Segment 4 (55:20) - The usual stuff, this weeks' trivia contest, e-mail, Bonehead of the Week
Between segments 4 and 5 (1:15:35) - guest movie reviewer Rob CollIer reviews "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Segment 5 (1:19:00) - Psycho ; Family Plot

THIS WEEK'S NOTES:

Welcome to our new listeners! Whereever you've come from, we're glad to see you!  Please drop a line and introduce yourselves.

Speaking of which...e-mail, voice mail, and hotline calls are how we keep in touch with our listeners. Our e-mail segments are always fun to do, but we can't do them if you don't write!  So if you want to hear your name on the air, you have to do your part too...heh heh heh...

Thanks to "The Pit" for the great Hitchcock sound clips!  They have a wonderful horror wav file archive, and it was most useful in our production this week!

Quick note - I missed a goof in segment one - it's about 5 seconds long, and it's me asking Kim to redo one of her statements - sorry I missed it, but sometimes, these little things happen...I'll be more careful next time, I promise....DON'T HURT ME!!! :-)

Just for s**ts and giggles, don't forget to support our choice of champion for Dancing With The Stars, Apolo Anton Ohno. You can vote 10 times per phone line, as well as 10 more times online, each Monday evening (calls) or all day Tuesday (online). Apolo's vote number is 1-800-868-3411 and votes are free! The phone line is open in your timezone from the beginning of the show until 30 minutes after the conclusion...

We'll have a TON of Hitchcock movies in our new SuperStore, which will debut in about two weeks. And don't forget the upcoming swag shop either. Both will debut around April 15 or so. And don't forget that within the next few days, Popcorn N Roses and Subject:CINEMA will be MERGING into one site, featuring more great stuff than ever before!

NEXT WEEK: Here's The Easter Rabbit, Hooray!

For Subject:CINEMA, I'm TC Kirkham. Be There. Aloha.

Subject:CINEMA #34 - Directors' Chair #2 - The Genius of Akira Kurosawa

This week, Kim and TC take a look at the man called The Greatest Filmmaker of the 20th Century, Akira Kurosawa.

The Show (times may be slightly later due to Podshow insertions)
Segment 1 (:30) A brief bio of Kurosawa; comparing the relationship between Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune to that of Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski
Segment 2 (19:20) What might have been if Kurosawa had remained director of Tora! Tora! Tora!; looks at Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, Yojimbo
Segment 3 (40:20) Kurosawa's Shakespere takes - Throne Of Blood, The Bad Sleep Well, Ran
Segment 4 (53:55) Podtrac survey; the new site; E-mail; Trivia Challenge; a brand new feature, Bonehead Of The Week
Segment 5 (1:14:45) Kurosawa's work with Mifune; his influence on Western films; books about Kurosawa

THIS WEEK'S NOTES

Kim and I are NOT Kurosawa experts or fanatics; this is our attempt to give props to one of the great geniuses of the film industry. As usual, craziness ensues at times, and we hope you take it as it's meant - as our tribute to a directing legend.

If you haven't noticed, the site continues to get better and better, and we hope you'll utilize the contact pad below to write or voicemail us, to pass the word about the show to your friends, to visit the other sites we have for the show, and also to vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg.

The "Marquee Mix" special edition of our recent favorite movie hits show will NOT be heard tonight as we mentioned in the show - we've decided to push it back a couple more weeks and premiere it when the new Marquee Mix site premieres. Watch for more information!

BOOKS ABOUT KUROSAWA

Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema (Asia-Pacific.)

The Warriors' Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Third Edition, Expanded and Updated

The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune

BOOKS BY KUROSAWA

Something Like An Autobiography

RESEARCH MATERIALS

Wikipedia

IMDB

FEATURED FILMS ON THIS SHOW:

Seven Samurai

Ran

Throne of Blood

Yojimbo

The Bad Sleep Well

Rashomon

Other Kurosawa Classics

CLIP OF THE WEEK

Welcome to this new feature! Every week we'll be featuring a different film-oriented clip - be it scene, trailer, or interview!

TC's number one Rising Star of 2006, Michael Angarano, had his latest movie, "Snow Angels" make it's world premiere on Friday, January 19 at the Sundance Film Festival. In this clip, Michael talks a little about how he prepared for his role as "Arthur Parkinson". Video courtesy of Larry Richman. NEXT WEEK: Two shows next week: Subject:CINEMA #35 - X Marks The Spot Wednesday January 24 Subject:CINEMA #36 - To Be Announced  Saturday January 27

Subject:CINEMA #8 - Director's Chair #1 - Snoochie Boochie Noochies! The Films Of Kevin Smith

In honor of the recent release of Smith's long-awaited "Clerks 2", Kim and TC take an indepth look at Smith's career on film.

The Show
Segment 1 (:30) - Intro; Clerks
Segment 2 (17:20) - Mallrats; Chasing Amy; Dogma
Segment 3 (39:32) - Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back; Jersey Girl and why we didn't watch it; Clerks - The Animated Series
Segment 4 (56:10) - Upcoming shows, E-mail, promoing Popcorn N Roses & Marquee Mix, poll results, trivia contest,trivia winner, donations, the new toolbar
Segment 5 (1:19:20) - Review of Clerks 2

Side Note - Kim discovered an error when listening to the show this week...in Segment Five, when talking about Jay's "Silence Of The Lambs" parody, Kim inadvertently said "Buffalo Bob". She of course meant "Buffalo Bill" - blame it on severe heat problems - the studio we have does NOT have air conditioning and it was around 95 degrees when we recorded the show...even with the two fans that you can hear on the show in the background....to quote our favorite Mythbuster, Jamie Hyneman..."Ah, Whoops!"...)

The Films Of Kevin Smith
Clerks (1994)
Mallrats (1996)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Dogma (1999)
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Jersey Girl (2004)
Clerks 2 (2006)

Kevin's TV Show
Clerks - The Animated Series