Cinema Drive

What do you do when a movie's message is so important that it demands an out-of-the-box approach to its story structure? This week's films changed the game and broke the format for non-fiction filmmaking, to great effect. Cinema Drive reflects on the crucial impact of these messages and the creative, entertaining movies delivering them.

The Deep Question: Which cinematic post-apocalyptic world are you most suited to survive in?


This Week's Features:
The Big Short (2015)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Bombshell (2019)

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JK1973 asks Jason and Ryan to face off about the latest Russo brothers thriller.

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In this Power of Cinema episode, Jason and Ryan are zooming in to the minutiae of movies - small moments with big impact. These seemingly insignificant details are not necessarily essential to a film's success, but they can enhance it in surprising and unique ways.

The Deep Question: Who would win, Bruce Lee or Jet Li?


This Week's Features:
Apollo 13 (1995)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Fight Club (1999)
The Godfather (1972)
Interstellar (2014)
Jaws (1975)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Prisoners (2013)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Spectre (2015)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
White Christmas (1954)

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Mr. Holland's Opus has a movie emergency, and this is the moment that Jason and Ryan have been training for.

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Remakes are more than the low-hanging fruit of Hollywood's franchise dependency; they're either a banal carbon copy of what came before OR they're an incredible opportunity to revise and revitalize the source material. Jason and Ryan present a recipe for success, and analyze what key ingredients lesser remakes are missing.

The Deep Question: What is a dead or suffering film franchise that deserves a solid reboot/new entry?


This Week's Features:
Batman Begins (2005)
Casino Royale (2006)
The Crow (1994)
Highlander (1986)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Point Break (1991)
Point Break (2015)
Red Dawn (1984)
Red Dawn (2012)
Robocop (1987)
Robocop (2014)
The Rocketeer (1991)
Star Trek (2009)
Total Recall (1990)
Total Recall (2012)
The Warriors (1979)

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Robert Radford (No, not Redford) buzzes the show with a question about flawed films.

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In this third entry, Jason and Ryan reveal more of their top cinematic hits, the movies behind the passion of Cinema Drive.

The Deep Question: What is Bastian's mother's name in The NeverEnding Story (1984)?


This Week's Features:
Heat (1995)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Tuff Turf (1985)

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Natalie wonders how the guys are feeling about the upcoming adventure movie known as Indiana Jones and the Quest to End a Franchise.

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More than just another Spidey flick, No Way Home cements itself as a thoughtful blockbuster by way of character study and surgical integration of external narratives. The Marvel Cinematic Universe blasts through multiple walls and wall-crawlers, weaves a tangled web of disparate plot drivers, and somehow delivers a gripping action movie with heavy emotional stakes and fulfilling finishes - in breathtaking fashion.

Jason and Ryan marvel at the rousing success of a film that should've lost its way, been a total mess, and careened off the edge - and instead became one of the best superhero movies, decades in the making.

The Deep Question: What is your favorite John Singleton movie?


This Week's Features:
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Four Brothers (2005)
Spider-Man (2002
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

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Li$a R. wonders about movies that never got a sequel - that maybe should have?

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