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Subject:CINEMA #198 - Directors' Chair: Not Just A Valley Girl - The Films Of Martha Coolidge"

TC and Kim focus a Directors' Chair analysis on our first female director, Martha Coolidge!

Plus: the Bonehead Of The Week (meep),  the latest happenings on the PNR Pipeline (meep), a new Kung Fu Theater (meep), your e-mail (meep) and our review of BIG MAN JAPAN (MEEP!) !

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Subject:CINEMA is celebrating its 200th show NEXT WEEKEND and we want our loyal listeners to be a part of it!  Between now and November 20th, please take a moment to record a quick audio message with your name, your location, and why you listen to S:C every week! We want to include our fans on the show, and if you don't send it in, you won't hear yourself!  So send us a quick audio message to use on our 200th show at subjectcinema@popcornnroses.com or by leaving us a voicemail on our TOLL FREE Hotline at 1-888-214-9311! And be a part of our 200th episode Celebration on Sunday, November 22nd!

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NEXT WEEK:

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21 2009
SUBJECT:CINEMA #199 - "Flashback FORWARD: Child Stars!"
We'll each pick our top ten child stars of the pre-1970 and post-1970 film eras!

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2009
SUBJECT:CINEMA #200 - "OMG! We're 200 shows old!"

Remember, you can find the complete calendar of upcoming shows on our websites! Our BRAND NEW Google Calendar is available on our main site, and you can add us to your Google Calendar as well! And as always, even more complete show notes are available on our website at http://popcornnroses.com and http://subjectcinema.com !

  
Keep tuned in throughout the week at PNR for the latest news and commentary, and we'll see you with another brand new edition of S:C in six days!

Subject:CINEMA #175 - "Beach Blanket Blowout!"

OMG - What a week! This week's feature - Beach Movies!  We're cutting our feature segment a little short this week because we have so much to do that it couldn't be contained in our usual 2 hour format.

Also this week - complete coverage and tributes to Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson; this weeks' Bonehead Of The Week (Roger Friedman, take note!); our "Star Wars" segment returns with Perez Hilton vs The Media; TC has a HUGE MeaCulpa, along with the announcement of Subject:CINE-CARES; we FINALLY get back to your wonderful EMails; Kung Fu  Theater looks at "Drunken Master" and "Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo"; and finally a review of the new Jack Black/Michael Cera "comedy"(?) "Year One"

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BREAKING NEWS...as we were getting ready to load this weeks show, we've suffered another loss...tv pitchman and star of the Discovery Channel series "Pitchman" Billy Mays has died...he was 50. We'll have coverage on a future edition of Subject:CINEMA.

Also, July 5-12, the RadioTC Song Of The Day will pay tribute to the King Of Pop and share personal musical memories of Michael Jackson. For more info, check out http://radiotc.com!

ODDZ AND ENDZ...

POPCORN N ROSES...
Is continuing to evolve with each passing day - new areas are coming on line, new sites are being prepped, and always great stuff going on. Don't forget to drop by every chance you get for the latest news, commentary, and great podcasts! And watch for the debut of three brand new features in the next week to ten days or so...you'll LOVE 'em!

OUR NEWEST PODCAST IS ONLINE!
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DON'T MISS...
 "Cine-Bytes with TC Kirkham" ! This brand new blog from TC will feature a different movie every day, 24/7/365!  The entries will vary - some will be reviews, some will be personal observations, some behind the scenes stories - but TC hopes you'll love them just the same. Check it out at http://popcornnroses.typepad.com/cinebytes_with_tc_kirkham/

INDIE FILM SPOTLIGHT...
is here every day for all the latest indie film news and views, the latest festival info, and a whole lot more. Larry Richman and TC Kirkham bring you the best news and views blogs on indie films. Don't miss a minute of the great features!  http://indiefilmspotlight.com

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is available every Sunday evening around 8 PM ET, and Kim goes NUTS with her observations on the world, her weekly reviews of SUPERNATURAL and CSI, and more, including book reviews, fan fiction reviews and great podsafe music!  Check it out at http://platinumrosesgarden.com!

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NEXT WEEK-

Yep, you're right...It's that time of year again...

SATURDAY, JULY 4 2009
SUBJECT:CINEMA #176 - "The 4th Annual "To Rise And Fall In L.A." -  The 2009 Rising Stars List!
Join us as we announce our annual list of PNR's choices for the hottest rising stars you should keep your eyes on. We've got quite a track record over the past three years, and we hope this year's show will be full of winners again!

Remember, you can find the complete calendar of upcoming shows on our websites! Our BRAND NEW Google Calendar is available on our main site, and you can add us to your Google Calendar as well!  
Keep tuned in throughout the week at PNR for the latest news and commentary, and we'll see you with another brand new edition of S:C next Saturday!

Subject:CINEMA #150 - "The Snow Above, The Snow Below - The Arctic And Antarctic In The Movies!"

We're going to the ends of the earth this week, as TC and Kim tackle movies set in the Arctic and the Antarctic!

We'll also talk a bit about the Midnight Sun Film Festival,  plus the latest news in Cinema Subjects, the latest PNR Networks news, coverage of the 2009 Golden Globe awards, a wrap up from the second stop of the inaugural Winter Dew Tour, and complete reviews of "My Bloody Valentine 3-d" and "Shaun White: Don't Look Down"!


ODDZ AND ENDS...

For more information on the Midnight Sun Film Festival, check out their website at http://msfilmfestival.fi!

YOU'VE GOT JUST ONE MORE DAY...

To enter the "Henry Poole Is Here" DVD Giveaway! Click the graphic in the AdBlaster on the right side of our main page and enter today -we've got two copies to give away to our listeners and readers! And don't forget - "Henry Poole Is Here" hits DVD this Tuesday, January 20th!  Enter TODAY - contest ends Monday at 11:59 PM. Winners will be announced next weekend on Subject:CINEMA!

THE BRAND NEW POPCORN N ROSES...
Is on the air! Well, more specifically, it's online. The new site still has a few bugs here and there, and the subsites aren't completely finished yet, but over the next 30 days, things will fall into place. Please visit http://popcornnroses.com and http://subjectcinema.com for complete show notes on this episode, and come back for the latest in entertainment news, reviews, and pop culture observations every DAY!  And please please PLEASE...if you have problems with any area of the site, or for some reason cannot get to the feed for S:C let us know!

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SUNDANCE COVERAGE

IFS' Larry Richman is in Park City for this week and is providing several reports a day on the ongoing Sundance Film Festival over at our sister site, IndieFilmSpotlight.com!  Don't forget to check out the latest news from the biggest festival of the winter!

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JOIN THE RESOLUTION REVOLUTION!

A couple weeks ago, we did our 2009 Resolution Revolution show, and we're still waiting for YOUR Resolution movie lists! Pick 3 to 5 movies you've never seen and put them on your must see list, and send the list to us at subjectcinema@popcornnroses.com. We'll post your list up on our Resolution Revolution page, and also post, read, or play your review of the films you've chosen once you've seen them!  Get involved, join the Resolution Revolution NOW!

NEXT WEEK - it's our first Double Play weekend of 2009!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 2009 - Subject:CINEMA #151 - "CITYSCAPES: Shake Rattle And Roll - Los Angeles And Vicinity In The Movies!"
Join us as we focus another Cityscapes show on the LA Basin!

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25 2009 -  Subject:CINEMA #152 - "Superbowl Tailgate Party! Football In The Movies!"
Join us for a look at football in the movies, as well as some great tailgating party tips, and more!

And coming up in Feburary...as suggested by a number of our loyal listeners...February Sweeps! A whole MONTH of Subject:CINEMA devoted to the SMALL screen - we'll take a look at our top 20 TV shows in several genres, as well as the explosion of cable TV since the 1970s, and a whole show devoted to Classic Nickelodeon!

A complete calendar of upcoming shows can be found on our websites!
   
Keep tuned in throughout the week at PNR for the latest news and commentary, and we'll see you with another brand new edition of S:C next Saturday!

The double bill from HELL...

As I ended last night, I mentioned that Kim and I were going to check out a couple DVD's as there was nothing on TV last night...

First, it was time to watch the other painful DVD she purchased the other day. As you know by now, we're both gluttons for the bad movies.  So when she found a twin pack at Borders (I think) offering King Kong Vs Godzilla and King Kong Escapes, she couldn't resist.

Surprisingly, unlike KKvG, which is unwatchable as a whole, King Kong Escapes is actually pretty watchable, as a MST-type victim.  It's effects are less than perfect, the villain is cartoony (does the BBC know Japan has their own Dr. Who?), the heroes (for lack of a more precise description...perhaps 'dullards' would suffice) were bland, but it was a lot of fun making fun of the movie, making bad jokes, bad references to the TARDIS, and more...it was a good way to kill a couple of hours.

After watching this piece of cinematic dreck, Kim decided she didn't want to watch another movie and went online so I dug into my latest Netflix arrivals, and pulled out another movie.

I've been using my Netflix account to get movies I should have seen but never did, things recommended by other people or other sites (about 1/3 of my queue is filled with movies recommended at one time or another by Filmspotting, another  podcast I listen to), or movies I've read about somewhere.

Last nights choice was one I remember reading about somewhere, about what a brilliant film it was for it's particular genre...but I'll be DAMNED if I can remember WHERE I read something about it. I THOUGHT it was Kevin Murphy's book, but I couldn't find it in there...so maybe it was from Filmspotting or from one of my other books, but the praise it got for it's technique, well, I thought I'd better take a look at it, to see what all the fuss was about...

So I went from King Kong Escapes straight into the Nazi propaganda film Triumph Of The Will.

Like I said, the double bill from hell.

Made by filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, it was coverage of the 1935 Nuremberg Nazi Party rallies, the one where Adolf Hitler solidified his power as the German Fuhrer. It's supposed to be a masterpiece of propaganda, and it is, I suppose...

I watched it with the commentary track on, from Dr. Anthony Santoro, and it made things make a lot more sense. It is easy to see, watching this film, why Hitler captivated the hearts and minds of the German people.

Just don't ask me to sit through it again. Fascinating as it was, it was rather a disappointment after the buildup that whatever I had read had given it. It plays like a bunch of old-time newsreels, and although well made, and strikingly photographed, it's still Hitler and his Nazis...never a good thing.

Hopefully, I'll be on to brighter and more positive things as the next few days pass...