Forgotten Cinema

Season 5: Audience Choice....begins!!!!!

This episode was brought to us by Forgotten Cinema fan Zach Goodridge!

Mike Butler and Mike Field travel 60's Europe during the midst of the Cold War to meet another dynamic duo who may actual bicker more than them in this episode of Forgotten Cinema.

The Mikes look at the 2015 Guy Ritchie action film, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, and Alicia Vikander. They'll discuss the great chemistry and dialogue between Cavill and Hammer, Ritchie's very unique directing style, using the 60's setting to create a very classic cool spy theme, and hopes for a sequel.

We thank Zach for choosing this film and being a fan.

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We know what all of you are thinking:

Each and every episode of Forgotten Cinema is always a flawless masterpiece of the Podcastian Arts (copyright pending), however, this isn't always the truth. Sometimes Mike Field and Mike Butler...mess up.

*Pause for gasps*

So, in honor of all the Mikes' birthdays this month (both the show's and their own), Forgotten Cinema (not so) proudly presents....

FORGOTTEN CINEMA BLOOPERS YEAR 1!!!

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Excuse me, I ordered the large podcast? Hello!!!

That's right! The Mikes are taking a trip to San Francisco 1993, where apparently coffee shop poet is a real job, in So I Married an Axe Murderer, starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis.

Mike Butler and Mike Field discuss what went on during the making of this movie; from script changes and fights over story credit, to rumored issues of a difficult to work with Myers. The Mikes also take a look at how the jokes may work, but the story falls short as well as why this movie seems to have been forgotten.

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The Mikes find themselves in the Great Depression, running from our serial killer preacher step-father in the penultimate season 4 episode of Forgotten Cinema.

Mike Butler and Mike Field break down the 1955 forgotten classic, "The Night of the Hunter" directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum.

The Mikes discuss what makes this picture such an influence on so many films that came after it. Butler and Field will also break down some fun facts about the production of the film and the filmmaking techniques that they used. They then talk about how and why, despite the film being regarded as one of the most influential films of all time NOW, it was seen as too experimental for critics and audiences at the time and took decades to finally be recognized.

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Hi-ho Silver! Awaayyyyy!!!!

The Mikes are headed west on this episode of Forgotten Cinema to explore The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Listen in as Field valiantly defends this film from its haters as Butler attacks him with some general reasons that audiences didn't connect with this film; from its length to its inconsistent tone. The Mikes will also talk about how well the comedy works in this film and how mob mentality can affect an audience's view of a film before they even get a chance to see it.

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Forgotten Cinema tackles a film with Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier, River Pheonix, Dan Akroyd, and James Earl Jones....

...wait...this is "forgotten" cinema, right?

Sneakers, released in 1992 and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, is a terrific heist film starring the stars listed above and then some. Mike Butler and Mike Field discuss the fun dynamic between the great cast, the interesting character of Kingsley's "Cosmo," as well as some of the not so great moments that are a bit far fetched (to Butler anyway). The Mikes also try to figure out why Sneakers is now more or less a forgotten film.

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How does she know you podcast? How does she know.....it's Forgotten Cinema!

That's right, the manly Mikes from Forgotten Cinema are tackling the most testosterone driven film they've ever done before...Disney's Enchanted, starring Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey.

Mike Field and Mike Butler discuss why this mega hit film seems to have been all but forgotten by its creator. They discuss the deconstruction of Disney princesses that the film explores as well as the acting, the music, and why male film lovers should give romantic comedies more of a chance.

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It's our 50th Episode!!!!

Time to celebrate with some Michael J. Fox vs Grim Reaper action!

That's right, Forgotten Cinema tackles the 1996 cult hit, The Frighteners on this episode. Listen to Mike Field and Mike Butler discuss how this film is a culmination of Peter Jackson's previous films. The Mikes also talk about how great both Michael J Fox and Jeffrey Combs are in this film and how the special effects hold up almost 24 years later.

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The Mikes get duped by femme fatales and crooked politicians in 1940s Los Angeles in this episode of Forgotten Cinema.

Mike Field and Mike Butler tackle the 1995 Denzel Washington film, Devil in a Blue Dress, based on the Easy Rawlins novels by Walter Mosley. The Mike's discuss crime noir tropes, Don Cheadle's character, 1940's Los Angeles, and how Easy Rawlins is a unique take on the oft done 1940's private eye.

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The Mike's get groovy in this episode of Forgotten Cinema as they gush over one of their top 10 films of the last decade, The Nice Guys.

Mike Field and Mike Butler discuss why this mystery, action, comedy by writer-director Shane Black deserved more credit and acclaim than it received. They talk about the chemistry between stars Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe; as well as how their characters are the impetus to move along the very mystery that they are trying to solve. They also spend some time commending the excellent dialogue in this infinitely quotable film.

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