Missing Frames: Catching up with Cinema

With Tim Burton's remake released this weekend, Shawn's wife Sarah decides to show him the original Dumbo for the first time. Along the way, they discuss Shawn's struggles with enjoying Disney animated movies and also venture out to see Burton's version.

FAIR WARNING: We totally forgot to throw up a SPOILER tag when we started talking about the 2019 Dumbo. Beware!

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Sarah Eastridge

First time Missing Framer Christine Rigby introduces Shawn to David Cronenberg's nightmarish cult classic Videodrome. To make things as meta as possible, Shawn and Christine decided to rent the film from Atlanta's magnificent video rental store Videodrome. Join the pair as they take a walk through Cronenberg's impressive filmography, discuss Videodrome's many disturbing themes and examine Shawn's complicated feelings about the film.

Also, happy 76th birthday to Mr. Cronenberg! Long live the new flesh.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Christine Rigby

Shawn Eastridge and Matthew Schott had what they thought was a great idea for a Missing Frames episode. Why not celebrate the release of Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel by going back and watching the FIRST female-led superhero movie?

Only they made a terrible, terrible mistake.

Join Shawn and Matt as they break down Supergirl, examining the plot to try and figure out exactly what went wrong and why the film ended up being a major step backwards for both feminism and superhero movies in general.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Matthew Schott

Carley Cooper returns to Missing Frames to school Shawn in the ways of Marilyn Monroe. Some Like It Hot has been dubbed by many as the best comedy of all time, but will it live up to Shawn's expectations?

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Carley Cooper

Just in time to COMPLETELY miss Valentine's Day/Week, Shawn and his wife Sarah sit down to watch one of Sarah's favorite romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle. Will Shawn be won over by the impeccable charms of Nora Ephron, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan? Tune in to find out!

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Sarah Eastridge

John Mills (Aggressive Negotiations, RetroPerspective) returns to Missing Frames to show Shawn one of his favorite films: The Wild Bunch. Along the way, they discuss how Shawn fell in love with the Western genre (spoiler alert: the video game Red Dead Redemption may or may not have had something to do with it), the film's controversial release and reception and whether or not it still holds up today.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
John Mills

Shawn has never been a big Tim Burton fan, but Brad Gullickson and Aaron Prescott of Rest.In.Pictures Podcast are determined to change his mind with Ed Wood. Will Shawn appreciate this zany classic or will he remain firmly in the anti-Burton camp? Only one way to find out...PULL THE STRING!

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Brad Gullickson
Aaron Prescott

There can be only one.

...or, you know, two or three or four with a TV show thrown in for good measure.

After discovering Lee Hutchison had betrayed his Scottish heritage by never seeing Highlander, Dallas King was determined to amend this atrocity ASAP. The Filibuster/A24 Project co-hosts join Shawn to discuss Shawn and Lee's first viewing of the 1986 cult classic. Tune in to find out if the film lives up to its reputation, or if it left Shawn and Lee feeling decapitated.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Lee Hutchison
Dallas King

Missing Frames kicks off the new year with one of Stanley Kubrick's early triumphs Paths of Glory. Joining Shawn for this episode is returning guest Daniel Rainer, a self-professed Kubrick fanatic who has also never seen this classic film. Does it hold up to Kubrick's other works or is it best left in the pre-Dr. Strangelove era? Tune in to find out.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Daniel Rainer

On December 15, 1978, Superman was released in theaters, paving the way for a new film genre and legitimizing superheroes in general. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of this classic, Shawn shows it to self-professed Superman agnostic T.C. Padgett. The pair discusses T.C.'s reaction to his first viewing, whether or not it changed his opinions on Superman and why the Man of Steel seems to be such a tough character to adapt in this day and age.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
T.C. Padgett