Cinemallennials

Cinemallennials

By Dave LewisTV & Film
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Cinemallennials episodes

  • The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    On today’s episode of Cinemallennials, I’ll be talking with Lars Henriks, a director, actor, and host of the Lars Henriks Podcast International who picked a film that really needs no introduction, The Wizard of Oz (1939).
    From its storied production history to its long list of changes in its illustrious who’s who of writing and directing departments, featuring names like, Victor Fleming, George Cukor, King Vidor, and Herman J. Mankiewicz, The Wizard of Oz has long been considered one of the greatest films of all time. The Wizard of Oz’s legacy is probably one of the most, if not the most widely recognizable not only was its writing and directing nearly perfect, but its casting, musical composition, set design and costuming all have  influenced the world of filmmaking ever since the film was released in 1939.
    The Wizard of Oz follows the story of a girl from Kansas, Dorothy and her little dog Toto. After feeling underappreciated on her aunt and uncle’s farm, Dorothy decides to run away. She then bumps into a traveling magician who convinces her to return home due to an impending tornado. After getting home, she is soon  knocked out by a flying window pane. When she wakes up, Dorothy steps into a new world. A world full of magic and whimsy where she is regarded as a both a hero and a villain for killing the Wicked Witch of the East. The witch’s sister, The Wicked Witch of the West swears revenge on Dorothy and vows to prevent her from returning home. Now stranded and being hunted in this strange land, Dorothy takes the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City in order to seek the advice from Oz, the great and powerful, an all knowing Wizard. While on her way, she encounters a scarecrow, a tin man and a cowardly lion who are also looking for the Wizard. Teaming together, the fellowship travel to the Emerald City, but the road won’t be easy as the Wicked Witch of the West, her flying monkeys and other cronies are hot on their trail.  So sit back, relax, and we're off to see the wizard!
    You can purchase The Wizard of Oz here.
    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the  birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today.
    Website: https://dlewmoviereview.com/
    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/
    Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview
    Instagram: @cinemallennials
    1 hr 15 min
  • Planet of the Apes (1968)

    On today's episode of Cinemallennials I talked with my cousin Devon about the 1968 science fiction classic, Planet of the Apes, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, and Kim Hunter.

    Planet of the Apes follows the story of a crew of astronauts that crash land on a planet 300 million light years into the future where their perception of both man and ape are reversed, the simians are intelligent and are the conquerors of the world where man is primitive and enslaved. Confronted with this discovery after being hunted by the apes, one of the astronauts Taylor becomes enslaved and has caught the eye of both an animal psychologist, Dr. Zira and her archeologist fiancée Cornelius who claims that apes evolved from man. Upon the discovery of this hypothesized missing link, the chief scientist and defender of the ape faith, Dr. Zaius does all that he can to exterminate Taylor in order to protect the dark knowledge only he knows.

    From featuring themes like racial supremacy to the balance of faith and science, Planet of the Apes is truly not only a hard Science-Fiction classic, but it is still extremely relevant for our world today.


    You can purchase Planet of the Apes here.


    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are  introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the  birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to  the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their  films still influence our world today.

    Website: https://dlewmoviereview.com/

    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/

    Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview

    Instagram: @dlew88

    59 min
  • The Great Escape (1963)
    On today's episode of Cinemallennials I talked with James Wilson about the 1963 World War II film, The Great Escape directed by John Sturges and starring both British and Hollywood legends Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson, and Donald Pleasance.
    The Great Escape follows the story of a group of allied prisoners during World War II who are hell-bent on escaping from Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner of war camp. After previous attempts unfortunately failed, two master escapees, Captain Virgil Hilts and Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett enter into the camp and devise a most dangerous and daring escape plan, dig tunnels underneath the very ground the camp stands on in order to plunge the Nazi regime into a period of chaos distracting them from their evil campaign of hateful death and destruction. So, sit back, relax, and always make sure to stay in character when you’re trying to escape from a Nazi prisoner of war camp.
    You can purchase The Great Escape here
    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers, their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today.
    Website: https://dlewmoviereview.com/
    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/
    Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview
    Instagram: @cinemallennials
    37 min
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
    On this episode of Cinemallennials, I talked with Oisín Ó Ruacháinn about Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 allegorical masterpiece, The Seventh Seal, a personal favorite of mine and is often considered to be one of the all-time greatest films ever made.
    The Seventh Seal launched Bergman’s reputation as a world-class director, ushered in a new era of the American movie-going experience allowing art house and international film to become more widely exposed, it launched the career of Max Von Sydow who you know from The Exorcist, Minority Report, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Game of Thrones, and Skyrim. Finally, The Seventh Seal proved that film could be a wildly successful and popular vessel for philosophical themes like what is the meaning of life across a wide audience.
    The Seventh Seal follows the story of Antonius Block, a knight that has just returned to his native Sweden after 10 years on Crusade. As he aims to leave the rocky beach he and his squire land on, he is welcomed home by Death although initially, Block says he isn’t afraid, as death’s black cloak comes closer he admits his fear and challenges Death to a game of chess in order to stay alive and perform one last meaningful deed before the end. So sit back, relax, and don’t challenge death to a board game.
    You can buy The Seventh Seal here
    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today.
    Website: https://dlewmoviereview.com/
    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/
    Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview
    Instagram: @cinemallennials
    1 hr 1 min
  • Shane (1953)
    Hello, my name is Dave Lewis and I am the host of Cinemallennials, a podcast where myself and another millennial watch a classic film that we haven’t seen before ranging from the early 1900s to the late 1960s and discuss its significance and relevance in our world today.
    On today’s episode, I talked with Andreas Babiolakis, creator of FilmsFatale.com about the 1953 western Shane starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, and Brandon De Wilde directed by the great George Stevens who directed Giant, A Place in the Sun, The Diary of Anne Frank, and The Greatest Story Ever Told.
    Shane follows the story of a mysterious man named Shane who rides into the lives of humble homesteaders Joe, Marion, and their son Joey on the vast plains of Wyoming. Joey is immediately fascinated with the man and his ornamented gun belt thinking he must be this great hero that is until his mother tells him not to get too attached. Shane thinks he has a found a paradise until he is thrust into an ongoing war between the homesteaders and the local cattle baron, Ryker, and his gang. Shane feels he must act in order to protect the family he has fallen in love with and to redeem himself. So sit back, relax and “Come Back Shane!”
    You can purchase Shane here
    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their  films still influence our world today.
    Website: https://dlewmoviereview.com/
    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/
    Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview
    Instagram: @cinemallennials
    51 min
  • The Great Dictator (1940)
    On today’s episode, I am joined by Logan and Brayden from the Absolutely Gobsmacked Podcast who picked Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 satiric triumph, The Great Dictator.
    Charlie Chaplin is one of the most recognizable, and most important comedians of all time. By the late 1930s however, he had still not made the transition to sound causing critics to doubt the comedian’s future. As Nationalism and Fascism were out for all to see with the rise of Italy’s Benito Mussolini and with the similarly mustachioed Adolf Hitler and his Nazi thugs Chaplin chose to be a voice for the voiceless by wielding his comedy and humanist ideals against the world’s evil and intolerant. From his depiction of Hitler’s ridiculous mannerisms and hypocrisy to the now-viral sensation that is often called The Greatest Speech Ever, The Great Dictator was the first and is now the last laugh in face of Adolf Hitler and his current wannabees.
    The Great Dictator follows the story of a Jewish barber who develops amnesia after a plane crash during the last days of WWI. Over the next twenty years, while the barber is sheltered in a mental hospital, his countrymen turn their eye to evil as they give their beloved country of Tomainia over to the anti-Semitic fascist dictator Adenoid Hynkel who looks exactly like the Jewish barber. After being persecuted by Hynkel and his cronies, our barber soon has his memory restored, begins to rebel, and maybe the only one in the world that can stop Hynkel’s agenda of hate. So sit back, relax, and become a little more absent-minded.
    You can purchase The Great Dictator here
    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today.
    Website: dlewmoviereview.com/
    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/
    Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview
    Instagram: @cinemallennials
    50 min
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
    Hello, my name is Dave Lewis and I am the host of Cinemallennials, a podcast where myself and another millennial watch a classic film that we haven’t seen before ranging from the early 1900s to the late 1960s and discuss its significance and relevance in our world today.
    On today’s episode, I talked with Mary Jo Hernandez about the 1959 comedy, Some Like it Hot, directed by Hollywood legend Billy Wilder who wrote and directed films like Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, and The Apartment.
    Some Like it Hot starring Marylin Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon follows the story of Joe and Jerry, who just witnessed the famous St. Valentine Day’s Massacre and are on the run from gangster Spats Columbo. The lads have a brilliant idea in order to escape the windy city, the lads disguise themselves as women in order to join an all-girls band that’s on its way to Florida. Once they are accepted into the band, both Joe and Jerry go gaga over the band’s singer, Sugar Kane. Like the lads, Sugar also changes her identity to get what she wants when she meets the heir to the Shell Oil empire. From themes like faking it until you make it to the acceptance of new identities, Some Like it Hot is a hilarious but meaningful romp. So, sit back relax, and don’t be like most of the guys trying to pick up women in this movie.
    You can purchase Some Like it Hot here.
    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today.
    Website: dlewmoviereview.com/
    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/
    Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview
    Instagram: @cinemallennials
    27 min
  • Godzilla (1954)
    On today’s episode, I talked with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind, her YouTube channel where she explores Hollywood history, women in film, and general film studies. Izzy picked the original 1954 Godzilla just in time for the newest chapter in the longest-running franchise in film history, Godzilla vs. Kong that comes out today internationally and on March 31st here in the United States.
    Godzilla follows the story of a massive jurassic beast called Godzilla that has been reawakened by recent nuclear H-bomb testing. Enraged by its rude awakening, Godzilla wreaks havoc on Japan. As another nuclear threat faces Japan nine years after the carnage dealt at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, both politicians and scientists bicker on how to approach the monster with its nuclear fallout breath. Do they study its resistance to the bombs or do they neutralize the threat outright, but the most complex of all these questions remains if it absorbed the colossal power of nuclear weapons how can it be killed? In order to find out, sit back, relax, and don’t get breathed on!
    You can purchase Godzilla here.
    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today.
    Website: https://dlewmoviereview.com/
    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/
    Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview
    Instagram: @cinemallennials
    47 min
  • Paths of Glory (1957)

    On today’s episode, I talked with Nick Reed about the 1957 anti-war film, Paths of Glory, directed by the great Stanley Kubrick. Based on real-life events, Paths of Glory stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, who is ordered by his pompous, and overambitious commanding officer, played by George Macready to lead a suicide mission. 


    After the attack fails, Colonel Dax is then forced to defend his men against accusations of cowardice and betrayal which could ultimately lead to their deaths. 


    From the dehumanization of soldiers to the absurdity of the upper-class immunity of war consequences and its romanticizations of battle, Paths of Glory explores the effects war has on everyone involved, from overeager blood-stained general to innocent barmaids. So sit back, relax, and confront the reality of humanity’s greatest failures.  You can purchase Paths of Glory here. 


    Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. 


    Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today. 


    Website: dlewmoviereview.com/ 

    Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/ Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview Instagram: @cinemallennials

    38 min
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958)

    On today’s episode, I talked with Nolan Ryan, yes you heard that right and no its not that Nolan Ryan, but we talked about legendary Japanese director, Akria Kurosawa’s 1958 epic, The Hidden Fortress. 


    If you’re in any way interested in film, you’ve heard of those kinds of films that did alright in the era in which they were born but would go on to inspire major blockbusters that were released much later, The Hidden Fortress is one of these films as depending on who you ask, has either inspired one of the biggest blockbusters in history, or the film’s director directly lifted from it and that film is Star Wars. 


    The Hidden Fortress follows the accidental adventure of two peasants, Tahei and Matashichi who stumble onto a large cache of gold that was hidden by the recently defeated Akisuki clan. They decide to split the gold until a mysterious man begins to follow them, uncovers their plot, all while hiding a secret of his own, a fiery princess who longs to restore her clan and reunite with her people, if only there was a way to pass through enemy lines undetected and thus begins our adventure. So sit back, relax, and throw everything into the fire. 


    You can purchase The Hidden Fortress here


     Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. 


    Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers,  their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today. 


    Website: dlewmoviereview.com/ Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/ Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview Instagram: @cinemallennials

    54 min

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Hosted by Dave Lewis, Cinemallennials is a podcast where he and another millennial watch a classic film that they haven’t seen before ranging from the early 1900s to the late 1960s and discuss its…