On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha revisit 1975's JAWS in honor of its 50th anniversary this year. Steve and John did an episode on this film years ago, but are ready to give it the FULL Cine-Files treatment here. Directed by legendary director Steven Spielberg, the film stars Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gray, and Murray Hamilton. Scheider stars as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Dreyfuss) and a profession...
Aug 15, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Season 9Ep. 443
On this bonus episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha honor the passing of NASA astronaut Jim Lovell with the rerelease of their episodes on APOLLO 13 with a new intro from Steve and John and their guest on this episode, animation writer and certified rocket scientist Dave Rapp. The guys discuss Jim Lovell's impact on their lives and the country's history and why the lessons of this mission and his actions still endure today. A decorated Naval Academy graduate, Lovell was a member...
Aug 12, 2025•3 hr 3 min
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris, John Rocha and writer, producer, and Geek Buddy Michael Vogel wrap up their deep dive into 1978's classic superhero film SUPERMAN with Part 3 of their discussion. We did this movie as our third episode of the show and we thought we'd give it the full, current Cine-Flies treatment in honor of James Gunn's SUPERMAN hitting theaters. The film is directed by Richard Donner and stars Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Marlon...
Aug 08, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 9Ep. 442
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris, John Rocha and writer, producer, and Geek Buddy Michael Vogel bring you Part 2 of their deep dive into 1978's classic superhero film SUPERMAN from director Richard Donner. We did this movie as our third episode of the show and we thought we'd give it the full, current Cine-Flies treatment in honor of James Gunn's SUPERMAN hitting theaters. The film stars Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman ...
Aug 01, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 9Ep. 441
On this special SAN DIEGO COMIC CON episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris go back in time to cast 10 heroes from the Marvel universe and 10 heroes from the DC Universe with actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Join us for this LIVE discussion and let us know! Plus, we answer all your questions, thoughts and comments on Streamlabs or SuperChat. #MARVEL #DC #SDCC #Film #MOVIES #TV Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles To supp...
Jul 28, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Season 9Ep. 440
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha welcome back writer, producer, and Geek Buddy Michael Vogel to revisit 1978's classic superhero film SUPERMAN from director Richard Donner. We did this movie as our third episode of the show and we thought we'd give it the full, current Cine-Flies treatment in honor of James Gunn's SUPERMAN hitting theaters. The film stars Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman with an incredible...
Jul 19, 2025•2 hr 21 min•Season 9Ep. 439
On this special crossover episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha share the audio from The Geek Buddies's Spoiler Review of James Gunn's SUPERMAN movie. Steve and John introduce the review and explain why this crossover event is happening and what more is coming from this Cine-Files and Geek Buddies crossover event. Sit back, relax and enjoy John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung's breakdown, analysis and review of 2025's SUPERMAN. Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at ...
Jul 15, 2025•2 hr 42 min
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha welcome back movie critic, pundit and massive STAR TREK fan, Scott Mantz, to finish their exploration of 1986's STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME. Directed by Leonard Nimoy, it is one of the most beloved Star Trek films with the original cast. The film picks up after the events of Star Trek III as the USS Enterprise crew is intent on returning home to Earth to face consequences for their actions. But they find the planet in grave danger ...
Jul 12, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Season 9Ep. 438
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha welcome back movie critic, pundit and massive STAR TREK fan, Scott Mantz, to join them for Part 2 of their exploration of 1986's STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME. Directed by Leonard Nimoy, it is one of the most beloved Star Trek films with the original cast. The film picks up after the events of Star Trek III as the USS Enterprise crew is intent on returning home to Earth to face consequences for their actions. But they find the planet...
Jul 06, 2025•54 min•Season 9Ep. 437
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha welcome back movie critic, pundit and massive STAR TREK fan, Scott Mantz, to join them for Part 2 of their exploration of 1986's STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME. Directed by Leonard Nimoy, it is one of the most beloved Star Trek films with the original cast. The film picks up after the events of Star Trek III as the USS Enterprise crew is intent on returning home to Earth to face consequences for their actions. But they find the planet...
Jul 05, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 9Ep. 437
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha welcome back movie critic, pundit and massive STAR TREK fan, Scott Mantz, to join them as they boldly go back to 1986 to begin their exploration of STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME. One of the most beloved Star Trek films with the original cast, the film picks up after the events of Star Trek III as the USS Enterprise crew is intent on returning home to Earth to face consequences for their actions. But they find the planet in grave dang...
Jun 28, 2025•2 hr 2 min•Season 9Ep. 436
On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris revisit Steven Spielberg's horror masterpiece JAWS on its 50th anniversary! The iconic film stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Ellen Gray. So many fantastic and fun celebrations are happening around this film. John and Steve are throwing their two cents on the film in this episode including how they view the movie now, the episode they did on this film and where they think this film belongs in film's ov...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 9Ep. 435
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha bring the USS Alabama into dock as they finish off their exploration of Tony Scott's 1995 submarine action thriller CRIMSON TIDE starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington. Written by Michael Schiffer and Richard P. Henrick (with an uncredited rewrite by Quentin Tarantino), it features a score from Hans Zimmer who won a Grammy for its theme. The film focuses on a clash of wills between the seasoned commanding officer of a U.S. nucle...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Season 9Ep. 436
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha return to the USS Alabama to resume their exploration of Tony Scott's 1995 submarine action thriller CRIMSON TIDE starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington. Written by Michael Schiffer and Richard P. Henrick (with an uncredited rewrite by Quentin Tarantino), it also features a score from Hans Zimmer who won a Grammy for its theme. The film focuses on a clash of wills between the seasoned commanding officer of a U.S. nuclear missile...
Jun 08, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 433
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha go back to 1995 to begin their exploration of Tony Scott's submarine action thriller CRIMSON TIDE starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington. Written by Michael Schiffer and Richard P. Henrick with an uncredited rewrite by Quentin Tarantino and score from Hans Zimmer who won a Grammy for its theme, the film focuses on a clash of wills between the seasoned commanding officer of a U.S. nuclear missile submarine (Hackman) and his new e...
May 31, 2025•2 hr 36 min•Season 9Ep. 432
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha wrap up their travel back to Phase 2 of the MCU to bring you Part 2 of their exploration of 2015's ANT-MAN from director Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Peña, David Dastmalchian, T.I., Bobby Cannavale, Abby Ryder Fortson, Anthony Mackie and Michelle Pfeiffer. A con artist named Scott Lang (Rudd) gets a shot at redemption when his mentor Hank Pym (Douglas) asks him to protect...
May 16, 2025•2 hr 9 min•Season 9Ep. 431
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha travel back to Phase 2 of the MCU to begin their exploration of 2015's ANT-MAN from director Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Peña, David Dastmalchian, T.I., Bobby Cannavale, Abby Ryder Fortson, Anthony Mackie and Michelle Pfeiffer. A con artist named Scott Lang (Rudd) gets a shot at redemption when his mentor Hank Pym (Douglas) asks him to protect a super-powered suit. Donni...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Season 9Ep. 430
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha end The Season of the Coen Brothers with Part 3 of their deep dive and exploration of FARGO. This modern black comedy crime classic that elevated the Coen brothers to A list level filmmakers. The film features Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman played by William H. Macy hires two dim-witted criminals in Steve Buscemi a...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 9Ep. 429
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue The Season of the Coen Brothers by rerelasing their episode on NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN with a brand new intro from the Steve and John. This film is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film from The Coen Brothers based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel. The film follows three main characters: Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), a Vietnam War veteran and welder who stumbles upon a large sum of money in the desert; Anton Chigurh (...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 24 min
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue The Season of the Coen Brothers by re-relasing their episode on THE BIG LEBOWSKI with a brand new intro from Steve and John. This film follows the life of Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity then learns that a millionaire, also named Jeffrey Lebowski, was the intended victim. The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is supposedly kidnapped and mil...
Apr 27, 2025•2 hr 5 min
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue The Season of the Coen Brothers with Part 2 of their deep dive and exploration of FARGO. This modern black comedy crime classic that elevated the Coen brothers to A list level filmmakers. The film features Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman played by William H. Macy hires two dim-witted criminals in Steve Busc...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 9Ep. 428
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue The Season of the Coen Brothers with Part 1 of their deep dive and exploration of FARGO. This modern black comedy crime classic that elevated the Coen brothers to A list level filmmakers. The film features Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman played by William H. Macy hires two dim-witted criminals in Steve Busc...
Apr 18, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Season 9Ep. 427
On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris offer up their retrospective and tribute to VAL KILMER. One of our most fascinating, compelling, charming, rebellious, frustrating, multi faceted and ultimately endearing actors who was such a part of the formidable years for so many of us passed away recently from pneumonia. At only 65, he left behind an incredible legacy of work in films from Top Gun to Willow to Tombstone to The Doors to Batman Forever to Heat to The Pr...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 9Ep. 426
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha RERELEASE their Part 2 of their episode on HEAT to honor the passing of Val Kilmer. Steve and John record a new intro discussion Kilmer's work in this Michael Mann modern classic and explore what he brought to his role of Chris and how he was able to stand out in a film starring Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. Sit back after our new introduction and enjoy Steve and John going scene by scene thru this movie and exploring the acting, dire...
Apr 12, 2025•1 hr 44 min
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha RERELEASE their Part 1 of their episode on HEAT to honor the passing of Val Kilmer. Steve and John record a new intro discussion Kilmer's work in this Michael Mann modern classic and explore what he brought to his role of Chris and how he was able to stand out in a film starring Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. Sit back after our new introduction and enjoy Steve and John going scene by scene thru this movie and exploring the acting, dire...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 43 min
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha RERELEASE their episode on WHEN WE WERE KINGS to honor the passing of the two time heavyweight champion of the world and of the greatest humans in GEORGE FOREMAN. Steve and John deliver a new intro for this episode discussing George Foreman's impact on their lives respectively and why his presence in this movie is so essential to appreciating Foreman's comeback later in life and his transformation into this beloved presence. Sit back...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 15 min
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha RERELEASE their episode on TOP GUN to honor the passing of Val Kilmer. Steve and John record a new intro discussion Kilmer's work in the movie and why he is an essential part of why this movie still works today and why his return in TOP GUN: MAVERICK was a perfect return for his Iceman character. Sit back after our new introduction and enjoy Steve and John going scene by scene thru this movie and exploring the acting, direction, the ...
Apr 07, 2025•2 hr 6 min
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue The Season of the Coen Brothers with Part 3 and the conclusion of their deep dive and exploration of MILLER'S CROSSING. This Irish gangster classic from 1990 is considered by many, including the Coens, to be one of their greatest films. Set in the 1920s this film features a stacked cast including Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marca Gay Harden, John Torturro, Steve Buscemi, J.E. Freeman and Jon Polito. Steve and John go thru ...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 9Ep. 425
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their Season of the Coen Brothers with Part 2 of their deep dive and exploration of MILLER'S CROSSING. This Irish gangster classic from 1990 is considered by many, including the Coens, to be one of their greatest films. Set in the 1920s this film features a stacked cast including Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marca Gay Harden, John Torturro, Steve Buscemi, J.E. Freeman and Jon Polito. Steve and John go thru the movie scene b...
Mar 28, 2025•2 hr 18 min•Season 9Ep. 424
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their Season of the Coen Brothers with Part 1 of their deep dive into their Irish gangster mob classic, MILLER'S CROSSING. This 1990 film is considered by many, including the Coens, as one of their greatest films with a stacked cast including Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marca Gay Harden, John Torturro, Steve Buscemi, J.E. Freeman and Jon Polito. The guys go thru the movie scene by scene to break down the direction, acting,...
Mar 21, 2025•2 hr 20 min•Season 9Ep. 423
