Cinema Drive

Cinema Drive

By Jason West & Ryan TirenTV & Film
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Cinema Drive episodes

  • 218. The Lost Boys (1987) and Fright Night (1985): A Cinema Drive Halloween

    Jason and Ryan are wishing everyone a Happy Halloween in the best way they know how: with the treat - no tricks! - of an all-new Cinema Drive episode! Tune in for a spooktacular celebration of the best vampire double-feature ever as these lost boys host their very own fright night..."for real".

    The Deep Question: What's a movie that kept you up at night?


    This Week's Features:
    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    The Blair Witch Project (1999)
    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    Fright Night (1985)
    The Lost Boys (1987)
    Paranormal Activity (2007)
    The Shining (1980)

    Message Jason and Ryan

    55 min
  • 217. Thrills and Chills: The Merits and Missteps of Horror

    It's Spooky Season! Jason and Ryan tread the dark paths of horror films in this exploration of the opportunities and pratfalls of the genre. Join Cinema Drive for a thought-provoking dissection of movies that go against our human sensibilities.

    The Deep Question: What would Napoleon Dynamite be doing for a living in his 30s?


    This Week's Features:
    28 Days Later... (2002)
    Alien (1979)
    A Quiet Place (2018)
    Dawn of the Dead (1978)
    Day of the Dead (1985)
    The Evil Dead (1981)
    Freaky (2020)
    Get Out (2017)
    Halloween (1978)
    Halloween (2018)
    House aka Hausu (1977)
    The Invisible Man (2020)
    Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
    Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    Suspiria (1977)
    The Terminator (1984)
    The Thing (1982)
    Train to Busan (2016)

    Message Jason and Ryan

    57 min
  • 216. Melodrama and Magic: Back to School

    It's a Cinema Drive back to school special! Jason and Ryan wax nostalgic about the films that send them back to that melodramatic and yet magical time of life. So drop your backpack, grab a seat, and open your heart to these slices of high school experience - be they funny, angsty, heartfelt, dangerous, or life-affirming.

    The Deep Question: You can’t choose the original trilogy; which Star Wars movie would you save?


    This Week's Features:
    3:15: The Moment of Truth (1986)
    Better Off Dead (1985)
    Brick (2005)
    Clueless (1995)
    Dead Poets Society (1989)
    Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
    Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
    Heathers (1988)
    High School Musical (2006)
    Lucas (1986)
    Mean Girls (2004)
    My Bodyguard (1980)
    Pretty in Pink (1986)
    The Principal (1987)
    Sixteen Candles (1984)
    Three O’Clock High (1987)

    Message Jason and Ryan

    1 hr
  • 215. Engineering Entertainment: Christopher Nolan and Tenet (2020)
    Ryan and Jason have both seen Tenet (2020), but have never heard each other's perspective on the film - until now. Cinema Drive gives the deep dive treatment to the Nolan film to end all Nolan films in this look at his work and a time travel movie that broke the mold.

    The Deep Question: What is your favorite time travel concept?


    This Week’s Features:
    Batman Begins (2005)
    Dunkirk (2017)
    Inception (2010)
    Interstellar (2014)
    Memento (2000)
    Tenet (2020)



    Message Jason and Ryan

    1 hr
  • 214. Treasure, Romance, Adventure: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Romancing the Stone (1984)
    Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Romancing the Stone (1984) threw audiences into adventures and areas of the world they'd never experience for themselves. Captivating the imagination and thrilling in their fun, these 80s flicks became beloved classics that have only produced paler imitations decades later. What set these apart? Jason and Ryan have the answers in an all new Cinema Drive.

    The Deep Question: What's new in your movie news?


    This Week’s Features:
    Blade Runner (1982)
    Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
    The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
    The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
    Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    Romancing the Stone (1984)
    The War of the Roses (1989)



    Message Jason and Ryan

    56 min

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Cinema Drive is fueled by the films that spark in our souls. Our passion is exploring the power of film to engage, to transcend, and to endure. Each week, Ryan and Jason dig beneath the surface…