Film Freaks Forever!

Because you asked us for it, in this episode your Film Freaks share their personal five favorite films of all time. As Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton explain, lists like this can be fluid, but they put on their FFF Thinking Caps and came up with their picks.

Everyone from Ingrid Bergman to Sidney Lumet to Hitchcock to Robert Mitchum are discussed. Engrossing backstories and powerful audio clips are shared as these intriguing films cover six different decades.

Come join us for a fun and fascinating podcast from your Film Freaks.

Today's episode is sponsored by:

• Libro.fm (FILMFREAKSFOREVER) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership
• The Writer's Bone Podcast Network

Come join your Film Freaks, Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan, as they discuss some of their favorite animated feature films. Like all FFF! episodes, it's packed with fun and fascinating trivia and back stories, plus you'll learn some engrossing facts about such legendary animation giants like Walt Disney, Hiyao Miyazaki, Brad Bird, etc. Everyone from Snow White to the Iron Giant to Forky are discussed and many, many more.

So if you love animation as much as the Film Freaks do, come listen to the latest lively, entertaining episode of Film Freaks Forever!

Today's episode is sponsored by:

• Libro.fm (FILMFREAKSFOREVER) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership
• The Writer's Bone Podcast Network

Just in time for Halloween, your ghoulish hosts share with you six of their favorite fright flicks from the 1940s. Horror movies got their second wind in this decade and your Film Freaks discuss some classics and some underrated gems. Everyone from Val Lewton to Boris Karloff to Ray Milland to Lon Chaney Jr. are featured, as well as all the behind the scenes crew who help make the movie magic.

So listen..if you dare. Chew on your candy corn as werewolves, satanists, vampires, and ghosts surround you! Oh, and Happy Halloween!

Today's episode is sponsored by:

• Libro.fm (FILMFREAKSFOREVER) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership
• The Writer's Bone Podcast Network

In this fun, fascinating episode your Film Freaks are back from the wilds of Canada and happy to bring you an in-depth look at the big giant monster movie genre.

We take you through the very early days to the 1953 classic "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," the first giant creature awakened by man and boy is he cranky movie. Quick to follow was the Japanese classic "Gojira" and the Americanized version "Godzilla: King of the Monsters." That was the beginning of one of the most impressive film franchises ever!

Interesting and hilarious sound clips from all the films—everything from "Gorgo" to "The Crater Lake Monster" to "Cloverfield." Some of the talent we discuss include Ray Harryhausen, Raymond Burr, Anne Hathaway, J.J. Abrams, Jason Sudekis, and dozens more. Come along as we stomp through cities, take you by the hand, and save your life from being crushed by a large rubbery foot.

Today's episode is sponsored by:

• Libro.fm (FILMFREAKSFOREVER) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership
• Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount

Your Film Freaks invite you to enjoy the latest podcast—where we shine a spotlight on this unique niche—singers who tried to be film actors. And there are a'plenty!

Now some absolutely proved they were more than capable—with a few even winning Oscars—like Frank Sinatra and Cher. But so many others quickly showed that standing in front of a microphone isn't the same as standing in front of a movie camera and emoting. We will take you through many fun and fascinating examples where it worked and when it really didn't. (We also have some fun when successful actors tried cutting albums.) We will take the listener through everyone from Roy Orbison to Glen Campbell to Christina Aguilera to the Red-Headed Stranger himself, the one and only Willie Nelson.

Come join us for some more Film Freaks Forever! fun with your hosts, Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton.

Today's episode is sponsored by:

• Libro.fm (FILMFREAKSFOREVER) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership
• Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount

In the latest episode, the Film Freaks discuss the fascinating phenomenon of movies that bombed at the box office on their initial release and then later found adoring audiences and now are acclaimed classics. Films from "The Princess Bride" to "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Brazil" to "Heathers" have suffered this way. Phoef Sutton and Mark Jordan Legan focus on four films that are now beloved classics that certainly laid a box office egg back in the day. These films cover the 1930s, the 1950s, and then a fascinating year in cinema, 1999.

Everyone from Brad Pitt, Howard Hawks, Katherine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Jennifer Aniston, Tony Curtis, and David Fincher are part of the fascinating group of talent discussed and analyzed. So come give Film Freaks Forever! a listen and enjoy another engaging and compelling episode full of fun facts and captivating cinema discussion.

Please note: This podcast contains clips with some strong language.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm (promo code FILMFREAKSFOREVER) and Film Movement Plus (promo code PODCAST).

Way before streaming services came along and could easily show "limited series" like "The Queen's Gambit," "Godless," or "Mare of Easttown," broadcast television back in the day excitedly came up with a new special way to present longer programs. Thus, the mini-series exploded in the 1970s and was a popular form of television entertainment for decades.

Social phenomenon like "Roots" were hugely popular, as was "The Thorn Birds," but your Film Freaks highlight four terrific TV mini-series that helped set the mold and deliver fabulous entertainment you could enjoy from the comfort of your very own home. These programs helped make stars of performers like Anthony Hopkins, Meryl Streep, Jane Seymour, etc. Everything from the Frankenstein monster to feuding brothers to war criminals on trial to a powerful look at the Holocaust of World War II. Other actors discussed include Nick Nolte, Leslie Caron, Ed Asner, Michael Moriarty, Sir John Gielgud, Agnes Moorhead, and many more.

So come join the Film Freaks as they discuss the history of this successful genre and shine a light on four of the best mini-series ever made for television.

Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

The Film Freaks are back! And they are here to turn you onto some of the best, underrated gritty flicks from that crazy decade…the 1970s, man!

A time of social change, bell bottoms, and lava lamps! Plus, the country was dealing with the Vietnam War, Watergate, the oil crisis, and rising costs of Hamburger Helper! Six terrific movies are discussed—most of them have sort of slipped under the radar, but still pack quite a punch and definitely influenced future filmmakers. Directors, writers, and performers like Dustin Hoffman, Tuesday Weld, Nick Nolte, Don Siegel, Elmore Leonard, Charles Bronson, Teresa Russell, and Harry Dean Stanton are part of the mix.

So crack open a can of Tab, grab some Pop Rocks and settle into your bean bag chair to enjoy this trip through the wild, weird 1970s and enjoy the Film Freaks discussing and diving deep into these six entertaining gems!

Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast.

Early in this new year of 2021, some truly great talents have passed away and we were particularly moved and yet pleased to see the incredibly long lives and distinguished careers of four favorite performers—Cicely Tyson, Hal Holbrook, Cloris Leachman, and Christopher Plummer.

All lived into their 90s and worked right up to the end, and along the way created some memorable and iconic characters, both onstage and in front of the camera. They won Oscars, Tonys, and Emmys. They played everybody from Mark Twain to Leo Tolstoy to Coretta Scott King. We take you through their amazing careers and discuss everything from "Sounder" to "That Certain Summer" to "Young Frankenstein" to "Knives Out" and so many other plays, films, and television series in between.

Come join us and toast these terrific thespians and learns few fascinating things about their lives and careers.

2020 was a dumpster fire in so many ways, so we figured everyone could use a good laugh. So, in Episode #30 of Film Freaks Forever!, we shine a light on six of our favorite film comedies. Hilarious movies that are guaranteed to make you chuckle, guffaw, belly laugh, chortle, roll in the aisles…you get the idea.

We take you from the 1930's through the 1960's/1970's, into the new millennium, and then we end with a very recent comedy from 2019. Everyone from W.C. Fields to Carole Lombard to Peter Cook to Elaine May to Eugene Levy to Kaitlyn Dever are discussed with many other cohorts of comedy.

We hope you enjoy the latest edition of Film Freaks Forever! Take care and happy 2021!