Forgotten Cinema

The Mikes are assembling their crew and about to pull of the biggest heist in NASCAR history on this episode of Forgotten Cinema!

This week Mike Butler and Mike Field are discussing the 2017 Steven Soderbergh film, Logan Lucky, starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Seth McFarlane and Katie Holmes.

The Mikes love this charming "Ocean's 7/11" from the characters like Joe Bang, played by a Daniel Craig, clearly having a blast as an "in-car-cer-ated" demolitions expert, to Tatum and Driver's Logan brothers, off to pull off a huge heist during one of NASCAR's busiest races and break their families unlucky curse. This film is a great watch for any film fan, especially if you like a good heist film.

So grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits to the left and right of you, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema. 

Mike Field and Mike Butler encounter their most 80's title sequence yet as they discuss the 1986 film Ruthless People, starring Danny Devito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, and Bill Pullman in his first film role

Join the Mikes as they discuss how this film might be the most 80's of 80's films, from design, to cinematography and everything else. Every character is introduced perfectly; within the first minute or so with that character you know everything you need to know about them. Devito and Midler play their terrible characters perfectly and Reinhold and Slater are extremely watchable and hilarious and the bumbling kidnappers. This film deserves to share the pedestal normally reserved for other films of the 80s.

So grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits to the left and right of you, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema. 

This time Field picks the troubled picture!

You heard that right! In this episode of Forgotten Cinema, Mike Field and Mike Butler are discussing the 1990 Alan Alda directed comedy Betsy's Wedding, starring Molly Ringwald, Joe Pesci, Madeline Kahn, Anthony LaPaglia, Catherine O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, and of course...Alan Alda in a film that Alan Alda had such a bad time making that he never directed again!

The Mikes break down why the film doesn't work, and it is incidentally the best part of the film...the characters. Every character is well written and fleshed out, with their own plot and character journey. The only problem with this is that there are about half a dozen characters going through their own plot within this two-hour feature that is seemingly supposed to center around Alda's character and his daughter's wedding. This creates an unfocused film where you never get enough of any character and plot points are rushed through, ignored, or wasted. That being said he film features some fantastic performances throughout and has some pretty great lines of dialogue and moments. Oh, and hey! Burt Young is in this film!

So grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits to the left and right of you, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema. 

The Mikes are headed to the "Farm" with Colin Farrell to see if they have what it takes to be a CIA spy...or secret patsy for Al Pacino. Whatever pays better obviously. It's the 2003 spy thriller The Recruit on this episode of Forgotten Cinema.

Listen in as Mike Butler and Mike Field discuss this film, directed by Roger Donaldson, that seems to have been made at least partly as a response to the 9/11 attacks. Butler will talk about the scenes on the farm, the intrigue, and the set up while Field will talk about hating the opening credits. They'll also go over the acting styles of Farrell and Pacino in the film and how the film could have been a much better and more focused film had they stuck to keeping the story based on the CIA training base that half the movie revolves around.

So grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits to the left and right of you, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema. 

The Mikes are getting two large fries, two large Cokes, and two cheeseburgers...wait...just one; Mike Field is a vegetarian, as they sit down to discuss the 2016 film, The Founder, starring Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonalds.

Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they talk about Michael Keaton's tremendous performance, playing someone who is equal parts hard and easy to root for. They'll also talk about the differences between reality and what you see in the biopic as well as the quick breezy pace of the script and the direction by John Lee Hancock, who also paints this film with a nice vibrant color palate.

So grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits to the left and right of you, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema. 

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Mike Field and Mike Butler have hit their heads in the library and are now imaging book creatures talking to them. It's the living nightmare of 1994's live action/animated film, The Pagemaster, starring Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd, with the voice talent of Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg.

Listen in as the Mikes discuss the WGA drama that surrounded this film upon its release as the creator of the story and original script fought to receive credit. Also listen to Mike Field not like this film, as Butler expected. This is a film steeped in the early '90's; an animated film that was not made by the Disney goliath, where the animation may not be up to par with the likes of Alladin. It is also possible that cuts were made to some parts of the story, as an entire character used in the promotion of the film was cut out. The film, however, is short, gets its messages across, and might be a good watch for children that skew younger.

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The Mike's are taking a look at what makes Paul Newman such an amazing actor again by taking a look at the 1994 film Nobody's Fool, directed by Robert Benton and also starring Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, and Melanie Griffith.

Listen in as Mike Butler and Mike Field discuss the ease and understatement of Paul Newman's acting. It's so real and so under the radar that it becomes underrated and under talked about because it's just so natural. The Mikes will also discuss the film's themes of responsibility and how Newman's character of Sully has taken on more and more responsibilities throughout the town as he's gotten older to make up for the responsibility of raising his son (played by Dylan Walsh), who he walked out on as a child. The themes of the film are great, the dialogue is fantastic, the supporting cast is amazing, and although this is a character piece about responsibility and growing up, there is a surprising amount of humor to the film and a breeziness to it as well.

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The Mikes are driving recklessly up a snowy mountain with Danny Glover and Jared Leto on this episode of Forgotten Cinema as they discuss the 1997 film Switchback; also starring Dennis Quaid as the FBI Agent out to stop one of them...but it's so obviously Danny Glover that it's silly.

That's right! Mike Butler and Mike Field have thoughts! While they both enjoy this film, it is absolutely riddled with plot holes, story elements that shouldn't be there, or choices that make zero sense. The story in and of itself is good and the acting, especially the acting and chemistry with Glover and Leto, is great. Field and Butler just can't get over the inconsistencies and the way things could have been done better. The Mikes aren't surprised this is a box office flop or that it is a forgotten film, but it's a decent 90's thriller that might just scratch an itch.

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The Mikes are traveling back to 1992 to watch a film, based on a play about putting on a play. The meta is alive and kicking with this one! It's Noises Off on this episode of Forgotten Cinema.

Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they discuss this hilarious film with a star studded cast; Michael Caine, Carol Burnet, John Ritter, Christopher Reeve and more. Butler who had never heard of this film or play before talks about how fun, but difficult it would be to perform this play as both Mikes admire all of the actors in this film; especially Burnet and Ritter. The Mikes also figure that it could be the meta-ness of it all; the film of a play within a play that keeps this film forgotten, but something that would be much more appreciated today.

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Red means stop, green means go, yellow means go very, very fast.

That's right! The Mikes are talking about the 1984 film, Starman, starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen; directed by...John Carpenter?!

Mike Field and Mike Butler discuss how the failure of Carpenter's The Thing (yes it was considered a bomb, not THE bomb back then) caused him to believe that he had to direct this sci-fi love story to prove to studios that he was still a viable director. While both Mikes agree that Carpenter had nothing to prove, the results on screen are awesome. This film is filled to the brim with heart and warmth, most of it stemming from it's amazing leads in both Bridges and Allen. And while they are some of the standouts about this film, there is a lot to love about it.

So grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits to the left and right of you, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema. 

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