Mark's Movies

Let's get going on this classic film noire starring Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson. What a good movie. Wow. Seriously. Pardon the lack of verbosity here--it's been a difficult week. Extra-dimensional activities and all that.

Interview with Angelica Huston:

Roman Polanski

Those are the links. Chinatown is the movie. Thanks for listening!

Twitter: @coolmarkd

Mark was a guest last week on Play Comics

Mark also wrote a Medium post on using WNYC's audiogram generator https://link.medium.com/op73SX4WqW

Forget it, Mark, it's podcast episode description town.

It's been wild. It's been nuts. It's been crazy. It's been insane. Mark is guesting on Play Comics (playcomics.com) TODAY the 28 of April 2019. Timecop. Jean Claude Van Damme. The Muscles from Brussels. Check it out.

It hasn't been awful, though, but this episode originally was. I cut about 75% of it down to what you'll hear here but this is ultimately just a setup for Chinatown. Definitely watch Chinatown if you haven't already. Any discussion is a spoiler.

As always you can tweet @coolmarkd

Get on the QT and strictly Hush Hush with Mark while hitting up this stellar period crime drama Produced, Directed, and screenplay co-written by Curtis Hanson called L.A. Confidential.

This movie is deep Jacques Custaeu-style and it's got layers like a Scottish ogre in a swamp. I forgot to mention some stuff in the show like:

The Blu-ray on Amazon can be had for $5 USD which is wild. Go ahead and grab it at https://www.amazon.com/L-Confidential-Blu-ray-James-Cromwell/dp/B010GJM750/ref=sr_1_2 (not an affiliate link).

I did get that rain sound for $5--I didn't make it. But I did write that piano part that doesn't quite fit with this movie because it is 1. not a film noire and 2. features the trumpet heavily as opposed to a piano or electric piano. Feels pretty bad, tbh.

A day late and a dollar short. Life, uh, finds a way (to kick Mark in the ass). A lot of stuff has happened that is personal in nature but here we are with Season 2 Episode 2 and Gone in 60 Seconds. For being extra rushed it's actually extra long!

Check out Nic Cage being awesome but really check out the unsung heroes. Check out the things you overlooked. Check out these carssss.

You can always tweet @coolmarkd for feedback. That sound effect was $5 worth of sound design--ILM eat your heart out. I also didn't include the album art in the file--let's see if that works out.

Mark is going to go through 2002's Men In Black II--sequel to the bangin Men In Black starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. This is a movie that follows big footsteps and has otherworldy themes and is a franchise that is maybe favored among the movies that Mark has seen.

It was really a hastily put together episode--not gonna lie--but it it was still super fun. Men In Black II is a movie that has a lot to give to the observant viewer and Mark goes through it with a fine-toothed comb (WE AINT FOUND S***).

As always you can contact Mark via twitter @coolmarkd and see other episodes of Mark's Movie Collection on iTunes (Apple Podcasts), Google Play (Google Podcasts), Stitcher, Tunein, Podbean, and usually wherever podcasts are found due to their inclusion in the previous directories. They're also available on scummbags.com

Hey Mark finally gets to watch 300!!!!

But he has a bit of a warm take. This take was kept in the microwave for a while and then nuked for 15 seconds. Again, age and perspective maybe change how a movie is received. Not all the way--but definitely some.

This is just an intraseason short episode, though. Drop some feedback on twitter @coolmarkd and thanks for listening.

Thinking about it now... were there any Greek actors in this movie?

And we continue Mark's #1 all-time favorite movie. This movie is that cool and is that deep and subsequently has so much to talk about! This is movie is #62 on the AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies list.

Additionally Mark is going to be on the SUNSHINE SUMMIT 2019! The Sunshine Summit, hosted by Sunshine and PowerCuts' Heather Welch. Mark will be appearing live March 12th at 8PM EST (March 13th 1PM NZT). You can see all of the info at SunshineSummit.live !

This episode of Mark's Movie Collection goes way into the characters and the plot of the movie. If you haven't seen the movie yet please watch it first. If the first episode wasn't a spoiler this one definitely is.

American Graffiti is the 1973 film by George Lucas that may, in fact, have changed the way that movies were made. Aside from being one of the most profitable movies based on budget-versus-return this is also the origin of a very standard modern movie style and the origin of a fairly normal style of movie soundtrack. It's got cars, antics, and really poignant coming-of-age points.

Check American Graffiti out! It isn't streaming anywhere but it is rentable or purchasable on the big services and you can also pick up a DVD or Blu-ray copy. Watching this movie before listening to this podcast is definitely recommended. 

And we have reached Mark's #1 all-time favorite movie. Is it too soon? He thinks not because there are so many other movies in the collection that are great. This movie is #62 on the AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies list.

American Graffiti is the 1973 film by George Lucas that may, in fact, have changed the way that movies were made. Aside from being one of the most profitable movies based on budget-versus-return this is also the origin of a very standard modern movie style and the origin of a fairly normal style of movie soundtrack. It's got cars, antics, and really poignant coming-of-age points.

Additionally Mark is going to be on the SUNSHINE SUMMIT 2019! The Sunshine Summit, hosted by Sunshine and PowerCuts' Heather Welch. Mark will be appearing live March 12th at 8PM EST (March 13th 1PM NZT). You can see all of the info at SunshineSummit.live !

Check American Graffiti out! It isn't streaming anywhere but it is rentable or purchasable on the big services and you can also pick up a DVD or Blu-ray copy. Watching this movie before listening to this podcast is definitely recommended. 

Do you like car chases and spy stuff? If so you'll like Ronin. Probably. I like Ronin. I love Ronin. Ronin is my #3 favorite movie. There are car chases. And spy-like stuff. Heist-like stuff, too. You like heists, right? Don't give me that face--I know you like heists. Spies doing heists? That's even better.

I have the Ronin DVD but I watched it on Starz. It's available for rent in a bunch of places. Tweet @coolmarkd and let me know what you thought.

Additionally Mark is going to be on theSUNSHINE SUMMIT 2019! The Sunshine Summit, hosted by Sunshine and PowerCuts' Heather Welch. Mark will be appearing live March 12th at 8PM EST (March 13th 1PM NZT). You can see all of the info at SunshineSummit.live!

Do you like mysteries? If so you'll like Brick. I like Brick. I love Brick. Brick is my #3 favorite movie ever and we're counting down from 3 -> 1 to close out Season 1 of Mark's Movie Collection. You really should watch the movie before listening.

Brick is on Netflix right now and might be on other services. If you buy Brick on DVD you get some really really good commentary tracks with the lovely and wonderful Rian Johnson. He's not messing around--this is deep cut commentary and he's in this movie game to win this movie game. Johnson goes hard in the paint. There isn't a whole lot of extra stuff because this was actually a very small independent production. But it's so good.

Tweet @coolmarkd to let me know what you thought.

Additionally Mark is going to be on theSUNSHINE SUMMIT 2019! The Sunshine Summit, hosted by Sunshine and PowerCuts' Heather Welch. Mark will be appearing live March 12th at 8PM EST (March 13th 1PM NZT). You can see all of the info at SunshineSummit.live!