Missing Frames: Catching up with Cinema

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Carley Cooper returns to continue educating Shawn in the ways of Marilyn Monroe. This time around, they watch The Seven Year Itch, another classic comedy and the first of two collaborations between Monroe and writer/director Billy Wilder. Not only do they discuss the film (and whether or not it lives up to Wilder and Monroe's second collaboration Some Like It Hot), they discuss Monroe's troubled career and why she was far more clever than some people gave her credit for.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Carley Cooper

Shawn, Brad and Aaron join forces once again to take on yet another franchise. This time, they've watched all four Jaws movies and have reunited to discuss their (potentially shocking) opinions and ratings.

Be sure to check out the Missing Frames episode of Jaws, featuring Tony Black.

Also be sure to check out Brad and Aaron's Rest.In.Pictures podcast, in addition to Brad's other podcasts ITMODcast and the Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Brad Gullickson
Aaron Prescott

Tricia Aurand of the Lessons from the Screenplay team returns to Missing Frames to introduce Shawn to West Side Story. This seminal 1961 musical, co-directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, won the Academy Award for Best Picture and paved the way for an entire decade of cinematic musical adaptations. Not only had Shawn never seen the film, he knew next to nothing about its story or its characters.

Join Shawn and Tricia as they discuss whether or not the film still holds up today, their favorite song and dance numbers and whether they're looking forward to the upcoming Steven Spielberg remake.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Tricia Aurand

Shawn catches up with Natalie Metzger, the producer behind such films as Thunder Road, Greener Grass and the upcoming features The Werewolf, Werewolves Within and The Beta Test. Natalie discusses the unique challenges presented by COVID-19 and how her productions have been able to work around them. She also discusses her new short film Immortal, co-written and co-directed by Robert Allaire.

Learn more about Natalie and her amazing work at rarefatal.com.

Darren Moser returns to Missing Frames to introduce Shawn to the seminal science fiction classic Forbidden Planet, starring Leslie Nielsen and Robby the Robot, directed by Fred M. Wilcox. This landmark film paved the way for big budget sci-fi, proving that the material, if taken seriously, could result in a high quality effort. But does it still hold up by today's standards?

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Darren Moser

This week, Richie Pepio returns to Missing Frames for his first viewing of Alfred Hitchcock's seminal classic Vertigo. But what happens when you know a film is widely considered a classic and a masterpiece, but it just doesn't click with you? Despite multiple viewings of the film, Shawn has struggled to embrace Vertigo. Did this viewing serve as a breakthrough for him? And what did Richie think of the film? Did it live up to its heralded status? Tune in to find out!

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Richie Pepio

Carley Cooper returns to Missing Frames for her first viewing of Jonathan Lynn's 1985 comedy Clue. While the film was a box office dud, in the years since its release it has become something of a cult classic, but does its reputation hold up for someone who's never seen it before?

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Carley Cooper

Brad Gullickson returns to Missing Frames to help Shawn celebrate the 80th episode. This time around, they watch one of Shawn's favorite films, The Seventh Seal. Brad has never seen it before. In fact, Brad has never seen a single Ingmar Bergman movie. Will this classic live up to its glowing reputation in Brad's eyes? Shawn and Brad also discuss why Bergman is one of the great horror film directors as well as why The Seventh Seal is way funnier than its reputation would suggest.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Brad Gullickson

Alex Calleros of the Lessons from the Screenplay team joins Shawn for a viewing of Martin Scorsese's breakthrough classic Taxi Driver. Alex and Shawn discuss their opinions on Scorsese's filmography, why Taxi Driver is Shawn's favorite Scorsese film and whether or not the film still holds up today.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Alex Calleros

Tony Black watches Steven Spielberg's landmark blockbuster Jaws for the first time. As a massive Spielberg fan, will this rise to the top of Tony's favorites or sink to the lowest depths? One thing's for certain: the water puns and analogies will flow aplenty in this episode.

Also be sure to check out the We Made This family of podcasts at wemadethispod.com.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
AJ Black