The MCU kicks it into gear as we look at the last half of the Marvel world from Guardians of the Galaxy to INFINITY WAR! Spoilers abound!
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Read MoreMARVEL Madness - Part 1
The MCU has taken up a huge place in modern cinema, this week hosts dive into the first half a decade of Marvel Superhero Movies from Iron Man to The Winter Soldier
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Read MoreAway Message
We are off fighting giant monsters made entirely of movie magic. Be back soon.
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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 MoreVideo Game Movies
It's a quicktime event! Quick press XX and Y! Or not. Hosts are talking Video Game Movies this week! Why are they always so bad? Are there any good ones? We're joined this week by fellow filmmaker and Video Game nerd Connor McLennan.
Is the new Tomb Raider any good? We get pretty divisive this week over that, Uwe Boll, Resident Evil and much, much more!
Links:
Uwe Boll's Blubberella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO5wGCO3olw
Upcoming Video Game Movies - http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/games-to-films/26784/31-videogames-heading-to-the-movies
Super Mario Brothers Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtMZKYnLg5c
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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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Read MoreB-Movies with TIM BYRNES
No, not the Animated Jerry Seinfeld movie. Hosts this week and special guest TIM BYRNES of Scenestr and Comedy Commentary Cinema talk about the history and development of the schlock, the terror, the awful, the wonderful B-grade cinema. From Lloyd Kaufman to Birdemic, the so bad it’s good level of filmmaking and, of course, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, all get a thorough and in-depth discussion that leads from felching to James Cameron and everything in between.
Links:
Comedy Commentary Cinema: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCommentaryCinema/
The Tingler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MZBn4wsLPQ
Lieutenant Jangles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xANgoGOfMYQ
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Read MoreWhat the F**k is a Cinematographer? with Cinematographer Patrick Coe
Best Boys? Grips? Gaffers? This week our hosts venture to the camera department with special guest and Cinematographer: Patrick Coe. Looking at things like lighting, lenses, Steadicams, our hosts dive into what the ins and outs of what the most technical job in filmmaking requires and gush about Roger Deakins, Darkest Hour and Black Wrap. Shane and Patrick also reminisce on forging their working relationship while making Red Curtain Hell, Shane’s first feature as a director.
Red Curtain Hell (use the promo code PICTURERANGERS to get 20% off now!)
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redcurtainhell
Patrick:
https://patrickcoe.myportfolio.com/
https://www.instagram.com/patrick.coe/
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Read MoreTop 10 Films of 2017
It’s a super double sized Episode!
Who doesn’t love lists? Our hosts and guest Zane C Weber tell us their favorite films of the year gone by, and what a year! With masterpieces like Dunkirk, Get Out and Baby Driver…. But there were also some stinkers. Hosts dish on their most hated movies and revel in loathing for Alien Covenant. With the awards season so crowded, who will come out on top as the best movie of the year?
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Doctors and Terrorists: Typecasting with actor Mansoor Noor
Whitewashing casts is a hot-button topic, so in natural white-person form, our hosts Shane, Charnstar and Josh grill an actor of Color, Mansoor Noor (Cleverman, Rake, Project Eden) on what his experiences are as a Middle Eastern Actor, and have him think of solutions and strategies for filmmakers to create a more inclusive industry (because it’s *totally* his job to fix it #sarcasm).
Hosts also dive into Acting as a whole, and what is needed to maintain a career, and what the relationships are between the actor, the script, and the director.
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Read MoreWhat the F**k does a Director Do?
We kick off with a 20-minute rant about STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI before moving on to our main topic:
He’s the big man, the head honcho, but what is a director really? Zane C Weber guests on this episode where we dive into the responsibilities and job specifics of the guy who yells “and… ACTION!”
How does directing change between film, TV and even theatre? Why do good directors make bad movies? Can a bad director make a good movie? How do you learn to be a director?
All this and more this week on the Mighty Motion Picture Rangers!
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