Reels of Cinema

It's a Martin Scorsese-Robert De Niro-Joe Pesci two-fer with 1980's Raging Bull and 1990's Goodfellas! Special guest Chris of The Cinematic Traveler Podcast joins me for a look at these two highlights in the filmographies of this trio of collaborators. Plus, poll results, entertainment news, behind-the-scenes fun facts, the cooking segment Cinemunch, and interactive listener trivia! Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Ba...

What happens two actors rightfully deemed Hollywood royalty each tackles a role of an aging rock musician who has some serious family fences to mend? If you're Pacino, you get a Golden Globe nod, and if you're Streep, you get Rick Springfield in your band. 2015 brought on Danny Collins and Ricki and the Flash, both fictional but inspired by real-life rock singers. Plus, poll results, entertainment news, behind-the-scenes fun facts, the cooking segment Cinemunch, and interactive listener trivi...

Greenwich Village, 1961. The folk music scene. The fictional Llewyn Davis in the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis and the real-life icon Bob Dylan in James Mangold's A Complete Unknown. Two great films that explore the ups and downs in the lives of these two musical artists and folk singers on the verge of a turning point in society. Plus, poll results, entertainment news, behind-the-scenes fun facts, the cooking segment Cinemunch, and interactive listener trivia! Creative Commons — Attribu...

Celebrate Mother's Day with this pair of films about mother-daughter dynamics in both comedic and dramatic ways! Sally Field and Julia Roberts are the magnolias of Louisiana, while America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros have curves in Los Angeles. Plus, poll results, entertainment news, behind-the-scenes fun facts, the cooking segment Cinemunch, and interactive listener trivia! Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background ...

That most sacred of days for Star Wars fans, May the 4th, is peeking over the parapet, as is George Lucas's birthday on the 14th! An in-depth look at the first film to bring him mainstream success, American Graffiti, and the one that launched a career and a cultural phenomenon, Star Wars. Will Harrison Ford frame a door during the Star Wars auditions with Lucas in the room? Listen to find out. Plus, poll results, entertainment news, behind-the-scenes fun facts, the cooking segment Cinemunch, ...

When gangsters are afoot, seek out your sisters, as Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, and Whoopi Goldberg all learn in Nuns on the Run and Sister Act! An in-depth look at these two farcical comedies about unsavory characters in hiding by disguising themselves as nuns in a convent. Will their prayers be answered? Plus, poll results, entertainment news, behind-the-scenes fun facts, the cooking segment Cinemunch, and interactive listener trivia! Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC B...

Welcome to Reels of Cinema! In this premiere episode, it's an in-depth look at 1976's Rocky and 1984's The Karate Kid - plus, poll results, entertainment news, behind-the-scenes fun facts, the cooking segment Cinemunch, and interactive listener trivia! Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos @podcastbackgroundmusic www.youtube.com/@soundsareus2644 Logo: DaveyATalks