This week our hosts dive into cinematic depictions of Power, royal, and criminal.
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Read MoreThe Deer Hunter, Magnolia, Heat
Pace yourselves, we’re here for a while as our hosts look at some really long movies. A Minimum runtime of 2hrs 50 minutes was the requirement and we have made our picks!
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Read MoreInnerspace, High Life, Apollo 13
The great beyond, infinite darkness, cold comfort, our hosts venture into the Cinema of Space.
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Read MoreFrank, London Road, The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
Sing and dance to your heart’s content. This is certainly our jam this week as our hosts, back from Coronavirus isolation, dive into three very dirfferent films that each look at music in a different way.
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Read MoreTremors, Thelma & Louise, What's Up Doc?
It's CAR CHASE day for the rangers as they explore three films featuring that staple of filmmaking.
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Read MoreSequels & Prequels
It's a bird! It's a Plane! IT'S A FRANCHISE! This week hosts dive into the world of Sequels and Prequels and all manner of money grabbing antics! What makes a good sequel? What makes them bad? All this and more!
LINKS:
The Ten Commandments of Writing a Good Sequel
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/screencraft/the-ten-commandments-of-w_b_8235658.html
The Problem With Prequels
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/15326/the-problem-with-prequels
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Read MoreQueer Films
YAAAAAASSSSSSS We're finally getting to the gay stuff, and there was too much hetero so we invited guests Zane C Weber and Michael James form WTF did you make me watch podcast to talk all things gay films, gay tv, gay characters and why, as a cinema, the quality isn't always there...
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Read MoreShort Films
There is an art to the short, after all, that's where cinema started. This week we look at making short films, the pitfalls and the advantages and how we go about making our own short films.
The Heart of the World
Eagles are Turning People Into Horses: The Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1-Oep9uNwM
The DANIELS
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Netflix v Cannes
What makes a movie a movie? This week we discuss distribution from the cinema to the streaming service and everything in between, with Spielberg and the Cannes film festival both having their say, we thought we'd offer our opinions on the matter.
Spielberg on Netflix
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/steven-spielberg-netflix-movies-oscars-1202735959/
The Cannes and Netflix Battle
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/04/cannes-netflix-battle/558026/
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Read MoreThe Hero's Journey
It’s a swashbuckling, princess saving, dragon fighting adventure this week. Hosts delve into one of the most ancient and pervasive story forms in the history of humankind: The Hero’s Journey. Form Harry Potter, to Star Wars to little intimate dramas like Brooklyn, The Hero’s Journey is a wonderful tool for storytelling.
Links:
Joseph Campbell’s Mono-Myth
The Writer’s Journey
https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Writers-Journey-Christopher-Vogler/9781932907360
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Read MoreROM COM CON
Love is all around and in your earholes this week as our hosts dive into the world of the Romantic Comedy. We touch on the history of the genre, the best examples and the worst ones as we seek to find out if you can really put true love up on the big screen.
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Read MoreWho Needs Film School?
Tarantino never went to film school, but Scorsese did? This week hosts and guest Connor McLennan talk war stories and the ups and downs of academic institutions teaching creative crafts.
Also, Shane gushes about the new move Love, Simon and why representation matters to him personally.
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Read MoreDramatics!
HE CHEATED ON ME! LIFE IS FULL OF PAIN! I CAN’T GO ON! This week's hosts get dramatic as we talk about Dramas. Is Drama a genre? What is bad drama? How bad is Oscar Bait stuff and why does the Academy favor Dramas over every other genre? Why is Australia obsesses with the kitchen sink drama as a genre? This and much much more!
Plus Top 5 most overly-dramatic scenes in movies!
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Read MoreUnreal: Reality TV
Charnstar has been voted off the island and our hosts are joined by Zane C Weber to talk about REALITY TV: that hot mess of confessionals, drama, bitching, challenges, winners, and losers. How real is reality TV? Where did it come from? Are there any good reality shows? Also just how bad is the Bachelor?
Also , hear our Top 5 movies or shows set behind-the-scenes of the entertainment industry!
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Read MoreAdaptations
THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX dropped and Charnstar is ANGRY!
Welcome to this episode based on the board game of the tv show of the book of the song of the movie! Adaptations are everywhere and it seems like everything is based on something else. This week hosts dive into the world of IP, reboots, sequels, remakes and the weird and wonderful world of Charlie Kaufman’s Adaptation.
Links:
Meryl Streep Stoned in Adaptation
“Dramatize a Flower” from Adaptation
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Read MoreWomen First!
We for one welcome our new female overlords. Join us as hosts and special guests, screenwriters Ellen and Rachel as we talk about the seismic shift in gender politics going on in film and television at the moment, from me too, to Wonder Woman’s insane box office and to the horrors of the Handmaid’s Tale: this is a topic that needs to be talked about and talked about more often.
How Movies Teach Manhood (The Wizard of Oz TED talk) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueOqYebVhtc
A Movie For Women (By Men) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UBIeK74KYU
The Sexy Lamp Test - https://fanlore.org/wiki/Sexy_Lamp_Test
How to Change Hollywoods Harassment Culture - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jill-soloway-lena-waithe-offer-13-suggestions-how-change-hollywoods-harassment-culture-1060165
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Read MoreBeing on a Film Set
CUT! PRINT! CHECK THE GATE! You too can find out what all these terms are. This week, hosts dish on what it’s like being on a film set, horror stories, runaway egos and diva actors abound. If you’ve never been on a set, you may learn something, if you’ve been on a set and done the wrong thing, you’ll definitely learn something!
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Read More90's Kid Unite!
It’s flashback fri-thus-mon-whatever day! Join us as hosts dive into the world of Children's movies and TV shows. Were kids movies better back in the day or are they better now? Do YOU remember that show from the 90’s? And we all express just how influential Robin Williams was on all of us. Featuring guest host Zane C. Weber
Secret World of Alex Mack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DAORNCSkGc
Super Te - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouLJ-dP1Wps
The Animals of Farthing Woo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPz1Zy98bJw
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Read MoreElevator Pitch!
It’s all fun and games in this episode as our hosts play an exciting new card game made for movie fans! We forge an alliance between Werewolves and Vampires as they team up to fight Hitler and make Alternate history!
To win a free copy of the card game, like share and comment on our Facebook post (facebook.com/motionpicturerangers) and tell us a movie where they say the titular line!
Buy The Game: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/elevator-pitch-
The Game: http://tinstargames.weebly.com/elevator-pitch.html
Tin Star Games: http://tinstargames.weebly.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tinstargames/
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Read MoreThe IT Trilogy
Yes, we’ve traveled in time and seen all three IT movies!... but really, Hosts look at three Horror movies: It (2017), It Comes At Night (2017) and It Follows (2014) to examine where modern horror is at in this day and age.
It (2017) - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUTdjf9rko
It Comes At Night - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YOYHCBQn9g
It Follows – Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZYbOH0ujw
The VVitch – Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXmlf3Sefg
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