Cinema Drive

Cinema Drive Classics presents:

What does it look like for musicals to make the transition from stage to screen, or for movies to transform from film to performance? What impact is lost or gained in the translation? In each case a sacrifice is made, and Jason and Ryan analyze and discuss the implications.

The Deep Question: What two franchises would you merge in a movie?


This Week's Features:
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Hamilton (2020)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
Les Miserables (2012)
The Music Man (1962)
Oklahoma! (1955)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

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Season 6 is tied up with a great big bow but fear not: a Cinema Drive Classic awaits under your tree!

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What's a Christmas without Christmas movies?! ...Well, still pretty meaningful it turns out, but the right films can fill your holidays with holly jolly joy and cheer! 

What do Christmas movies mean for seasonal celebrating? What do you look for in these cozy yuletide flicks? Jason and Ryan cap off Season 6 with their 150th Cinema Drive episode!!

The Deep Question: What movies are on your Christmas wish list?


This Week's Features:
Everything

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Jason and Ryan double down on a couple of recent releases.

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James Cameron pushed himself, his cast, and his crew to the very edge of The Abyss (1989), simultaneously daring the deep just as his story would. The filmmaking process was legendary, but this is the Cameron film that many movie maniacs might miss! Cinema Drive grabs you by the hand and plunges in to take you on a journey, nay, an adventure that is still the director's best "ocean movie" of all time!

The Deep Question: Other than Dune Part Two (2024), what was the best new movie you saw this year?


This Week's Features:
The Abyss (1989)

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Gideon knows all about Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and vegan powers!

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It's the DAY OF THE NINJA and Cinema Drive does the hard-hitting research for you to determine one of the most popular ninja films of all time! Honestly shell heads, this one appeared on so many ninja film lists that it was the perfect opportunity for Jason and Ryan to reflect on a childhood thrill. That's right, they're celebrating the Day of the Ninja on December 5 with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)!

This one's been a long time coming, and it's a genuine joy to look at why this film remains as the peak moment of the franchise, and how it married a dark realism with a sense of fun.

The Deep Question: Who's an actor whose death you are going to genuinely grieve?


This Week's Features:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

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What have Jason and Ryan been getting into?! This is your chance to find out!

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It's Thanksgiving and Jason and Ryan are grateful for YOU! They're also giving thanks for the greatest Thanksgiving film of all, Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)! They continue the John Hughes/John Candy vibes with this immortal comedy that has more to offer than just laughs.

The Deep Question: You've just won a life-size replica of an Alien, a Predator, or a Terminator! Which do you choose?


This Week's Features:
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

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Los Angeles, California points out the zany silliness of the 90s.

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