Scott and Marty use a wide lens to capture a Broad bent in three of Sir Jim’s finest film outings. (NOTE: In 2002, Jim Broadbent actually declined a knighthood. But he’ll always be “Sir” in our hearts!) Core Connections: Bullets Over Broadway (1994, Dir. Woody Allen) Brooklyn (2015, Dir. John Crowley) Brazil (1985, Dir. Terry…
You don’t have to be an expert sleuth to find three excellent films featuring Sir Michael Caine. Even Scott and Marty could do it! Core Connections:Sleuth (1972, Dir. Joseph P. Mankewicz)Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988, Dir. Frank Oz)Youth (2015, Dir. Paolo Sorrentino) Connective Cameos:Austin Powers in GoldmemberAlfieEvil Under the SunThe GodfatherPsychoGet CarterA Hard Day’s NightRuthless PeopleMy…
Guest star and Hep-Cat Danielle Paradis leads feckless call-boys Marty and Scott on a romp through the beloved 60s (dark?) comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s and… two other… things. Core Connections: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961, Dir. Blake Edwards)Viva Zapata! (1952, Dir. Elia Kazan)A Comedy of Terrors (1963, Dir. Jacques Tourneur) Connective Cameos: Rogue One: A Star…
BOO! Or rather, CHEER for Cinematic Omniverse’s Hallowe’en special! SCREAM with joy along with Marty, Scott, and special GHOST – er, guest – Abbey Schwartz! Core Connections:House of 1,000 Corpses (2003, Dir. Rob Zombie)Spider Baby (1967, Dir. Jack Hill)Trilogy of Terror (1975, Dir. Dan Curtis) Connective Cameos:A Clockwork OrangeBeetlejuicePoltergeistThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreThe RingFriday the 13th The…
Kirsten Dunst: Permanently prepubescent bloodsucker, or time-hopping beauty queen?Also in this ep: Scott and Marty deliver their Box Office Gold and Box Office Poison pitches! Core Connections: Interview with the Vampire (1994, Dir. Neil Jordan)Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999, Dir. Michael Patrick Jann)The Power of the Dog (2021, Dir. Jane Campion) Connective Cameos: Bram Stoker’s DraculaNosferatuDraculaWhat…
Film frontiersmen Scott & Marty can spot the most character-istic of character actors — and even in a room full of Roberts, it’s Ryan every time. Core Connections: Crossfire (1974, Dir. Edward Dmytryk) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, Dir. John Sturges) The Iceman Cometh (1973, Dir. John Frankenheimer) Connective Cameos: Act of Violence Rashomon…
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Movie mavens Scott and Marty enter the (Radio)head of Stephen Tobolowsky, a character actor you’ll never forget… unless you have anterograde amnesia, that is. Have we already had this conversation? Core Connections: Mississippi Burning (1988, Dir. Alan Parker) The Grifters (1990, Dir. Stephen Frears) Memento (2000, Dir. Christopher Nolan) Connective Cameos: The Patsy Bad Lieutenant:…
In their most audacious act of interconnectedness yet, Marty and Scott travel from the Silent Age to the cusp of New Hollywood, on the trail of the moustachioed “Snub” Pollard. Core Connections: By the Sea (1915, Dir. Charlie Chaplin) Billy Blaze, Esq. (1919, Dir. Hal Roach) It’s a Gift (1923, Dir. Hugh Fay) Singin’ in…
Marty and Scott are doing the Lord’s work – and by “the Lord” they mean Franco Nero, aka Django Jesus. Join the crusade! Core Connections: Red River (1948, Dir. Howard Hawks) The Big Heat (1953, Dir. Fritz Lang) Django Unchained (2012, Dir. Quentin Tarantino) Connective Cameos: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid The Visitor aka Stridulum…
