Allan Mott joins Cinema Shame to discuss Joseph Losey's incredible disaster, Boom! (1968), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio / Spotify CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Currently seeking the Boom! soundtrack on vinyl. Allan Mott (@HouseofGlib) - Watched The Pirate Movie every weekend for a year. Music Contained in this Podcast: Preacher Boy - "Shamedown" Family Feud Theme John Barry - "Boom!" John Barry - "Pain Gone T...
Mar 13, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Dan Day, Jr. serves up a Shamedown of 6 Hammer Horror films you might not have seen. We talk about why Hammer Film's horror output endures in 2018 and why some folk have written the films off as more of "that Hammer garbage." Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Hammer aficionado. Dan Day, Jr. (@CushingLee) - Hammer Horror expert, movie blogger at The Hitless Wonder. Clips Contained in this Podcast: "Dracula" by James Bernard Martin...
Oct 30, 2018•2 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 13
I invited some more friends to come on the Cinema Shame Podcast to celebrate the life and work of Burt Reynolds. In the second of two episodes dedicated to the Bandit, my guests and I talk about The End , Stick , Heat , Switching Channels , Breaking In , and Boogie Nights . and just about everything in between. Despite the 80's being a tough decade both personally and professionally, Burt delivered a number of interesting performances in movies that are largely forgotten or just underappreciated...
Oct 03, 2018•1 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 12
I invited some friends to come on the Cinema Shame Podcast to celebrate the life and work of Burt Reynolds. In the first of two episodes dedicated to the Bandit, my guests and I talk about White Lightning , Gator , Smokey and the Bandit , Semi-Tough and Starting Over and just about everything in between. The river of Burt love runs deep. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - never misses an opportunity to champion underappreciated Bu...
Sep 26, 2018•2 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 11
An episode that began as an aside to the Rocky episodes grew into a lengthy conversation about how The Bad News Bears demands relevancy in 2018, which grew into an even longer conversation about the Bad News Bears sequels, pre-ordained judgment of said sequels, and the mistreatment of classic cinema in a modern era that prefers to scrub clean the unfortunate realities of prior generations. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - Played...
Aug 20, 2018•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 10
A very special on-location episode: Raquel Stecher, Jessica Pickens and James talk about our most anticipated first-time watches from the 2018 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. We move on to tank tops, golden age Hollywood dinner parties, and attempt to eliminate "classics" we'd like to see taken down a peg while elevating something else that deserves more attention. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) -...
May 02, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Kristen Lopez confesses her dirty little secret to the world. She was a film writer and pop culture commentator that had not seen Citizen Kane . She joins James to confess and correct her shame. In this 90-minute conversation Kristen and James exorcise some demons and confront Citizen Kane's place in film history, film criticism and popular culture. Is it possible to truly appreciate Citizen Kane without a proper cinematic education? Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking Heads: J...
Jan 12, 2018•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Raquel Stecher once again joins James on the podcast to complete their conversation about the Rocky series with bits and baubles about Rocky IV , Rocky V , and Rocky Balboa . How much of a role does nostalgia play in the enjoyment of the Rocky films? And does that even matter when sitting down to enjoy a film franchise? As we weave our way through the decline of Rocky, we talk Dolph Lundgren's unholy bench press, the inexplicable creative decisions behind Rocky V, and the sweet and sentimental c...
Nov 13, 2017•13 min•Season 2Ep. 3
David aka "the Cinemonster" joins James to discuss his monstrous creation, the Hooptober Horror Movie Challenge on Letterboxd.com. Our host and guest then give birth to a pair of "baby Hooptober" lists to demonstrate the ever-growing social media phenomenon and give a few horror viewing recommendations to populate your own Hooptober lists. Cinema Shame's Halloween Special also flips the Shame script and places our host in the hot seat for his first viewing of Friday the 13th Parts 1 and 2 for a ...
Oct 20, 2017•37 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In our first ever series Shame!, Raquel Stecher (@quellelove) steps into the ring to tackle the entire six-film ROCKY series. In the first of two very special episodes, Raquel and James (@007hertzrumble, as always) discuss ROCKY I-III and in doing so gush over gooey love stories, sweaty workout montages and surf-laden bromances. As a fitness guru herself, Raquel goes as far to question the effectiveness of Rocky's training methods. This episode boasts perspectives on Rocky about which even Sly S...
Oct 10, 2017•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Greg Sahadachny (@mistergreggles) atones for his sins against classic comedy by watching not only one, but two Marx Brothers films -- Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera . Along the way to redemption, we also discuss the Marx Brothers entire showbiz career from vaudeville to their final films together at United Artists, the history of cinematic comedy, perils of intellectualism, and the fate of modern cinematic funnymen like Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler. Later on, Will McKinley (@WillMcKinley) ans...
May 15, 2017•2 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Will McKinley (@willmckinley) stops by the Shamequarters after first-time watching Police Academy to discuss the erosion of slapstick comedy and consider the factors that led to Police Academy becoming an American phenomenon in 1984 and beyond. CREDITS: Talking Heads: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) - host Will McKinley (@willmckinley) - writer for Sony’s getTV network and a self-proclaimed Old Movie Weirdo. willmckinley.com Music Contained in this Podcast: Police Academy March - Robert Fo...
Mar 03, 2017•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
