Pulling Focus

So much can happen between shows! This week we discuss, with little enthusiasm, the 2021 OSCARS and while Mick enjoyed the new format he and Brian both feel they got some of the winners wrong. What’s an annual OSCARS show without a rant?

Mick’s channel, The Scene Snobs, held their inaugural Snobbie Awards for independent podcasts of all genres. Make sure to visit thescenesnobs.com and see the winners. Maybe your show will get nominated next year and you could win your very on Snobbie Award!

Skyline’s new co-director Billy Ray was in town this past week to get a feel for the landscape and orientate himself with Winchester. Billy and Brian had a great time dreaming up new ideas for Skyline in 2021 and beyond! We even went to Dinosaurland. If you know, you know.

Brian and Mick discuss our latest watches including Mortal Kombat, Stowaway, Spontaneous and more.

Finally, in the last minutes of the show Brian issued a challenge to Mick. Before the next show we both have to shoot and edit some footage, share it with each other and we’re going to discuss it on the next show. Can’t wait to do something creative again. You’re invited to join in. Shoot a VERY short film and share it with us at [email protected] and maybe we’ll be giving you a call to join us on the show!

Make sure to visit Mick over at The Scene Snobs and Brian at Skyline Indie Film Fest. Please like, share, subscribe and review we really appreciate it!

Brian and Mick took a hot minute off without skipping a show. That’s how dedicated we are! But wow, were we feeling rusty! While we were away Brian took a break from movies and binged all of Battlestar Galactica. All of it. Mick took some time off from the mic and enjoyed The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Ramping up into our chatfest this week we talk about the Netflix doc Seaspiracy and go down a rabbit hole of commercial fishing, plastic and general ocean abuse. Next Brian hates My Fair Lady and Mick can’t believe it. So we battle it out over which is better, Sound of Music or My Fair Lady.

We both really liked Godzilla v King Kong and that leads us to discuss Michael Bay and somehow to our favorite rom-com meet cutes.

Make sure to visit Mick over at The Scene Snobs and Brian at Skyline Indie Film Fest. Please like, share, subscribe and review we really appreciate it!

This week we have stunt performer Geoff Scovell! Geoff does stunts on some great shows like 12 Monkeys, The Boys, The Strain, SEE, X-Men and much, much more. Geoff gives us insight on how stunts are created and performed safely. Mick and I learned so much about the life of stunt performers. The craft and the art of doubling famous talent. And how a well thought out stunt can bring so much to a shoot, save money, and of course, make the stars look great.

Thanks Geoff for coming on the show and we hope you’ll come back after season 3 of The Boys and walk us through it, stunt by stunt!

Follow Geoff on Instagram and Twitter at @GeoffScovell for behind the scenes clips on some of your favorite shows! #oscarsforstuntperformers

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* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5, 2022

* Ep 62: Filmmaker Showcase #2 with Hyten Davidson, Al Julian, Aslak Danbolt, and Frank Mosley & Hugo De SousaAugust 29, 2022

* Ep 61: Filmmaker Showcase: Thom Hilton, Kevin Keck & Brandon Evans, Kamari Bright,

We’re bringing it back home to Virginia this week. Joe Duca is joining us today on the show. Joe is a Virginian living in L.A. Any chance we get to support local filmmakers is a good day in our book!

His latest film, Her Name Was Jo, was, in large part, shot in Virginia along the Shenandoah River. Her Name Was Jo is about an industrious little girl named Josephine who heads out to find her real father when things break down at home.

Through her journey across the country, Joe contends with trains, meth heads, unexpected deaths, a lost baby, and ultimately her own wounds. The film has been described by Wide as being in the vein of “Beasts of The Southern Wild” and “Winter’s Bone.”Elsa Keslassy, Variety

Her Name Was Joe premieres 7PM Saturday March 20, 2021 at the Alamo Drafthouse Winchester, available on VOD April 6, 2021. Live Q&A with Joe following the film. Your favorite podcast hosts, Mick and Brian will be there for the festivities with the cast and crew, make sure to stop in and say hi!

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Don’t Miss Out

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5, 2022

* Ep 62: Filmmaker Showcase #2 with Hyten Davidson, Al Julian, Aslak Danbolt, and Frank Mosley & Hugo De SousaAugust 29, 2022

Michael Pare’. There is nothing to say except WE INTERVIEWED MICHAEL PARE’! Star of dozens of films, recognizable character actor from dozens more. Michael Pare’ is a handsome charmer who tells it like it is. This interview was an absolute delight for Mick and Brian.

Michael covers so much in such a short amount of time. From working with director Uwe Boll, to sharing some insight on two great 80s flicks, Eddie and the Cruisers and Streets of Fire. There’s even an anecdote from when The Warriors was filming in his neighborhood.

Make sure to check out his latest film THE PENTHOUSE, available April 13, 2021 on demand and DVD. His incredible body of work is available on every streaming premium channel you can think of. Check out his work, you won’t be disappointed.

After Michael left, Mick and I gush a little, we’re not ashamed, but then we got down to the business of helping Brady, a cute little pug from the Scene Snobs family who needs eye surgery. You can visit the go fund me account and help save Brady! There’s also going to be an 8-hour telethon to help raise money for Brady, details on The Scene Snob’s facebook page.

Skyline is calling for screeners! What’s a screener, you ask? Well, if you can watch 8-10 hours of indie films and provide critical feedback and a recommendation then you are a screener! If you’re interested in screening submission for the 9th Annual Skyline Indie Film Fest let us know! Email [email protected] and let’s get this conversation started.

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* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

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Hello all you Focus Pullers, thanks for joining us! This week Mick and Brian discuss how an increase in the federal minimum wage could impact theaters, the paltry amount of spec scripts sold last year (and the previous decade), and our love for a little film called The Warriors.

Notable tangents include Donald Glover, Michael Pare and trying a new tag line on for size; Pulling Focus, Show It To Your Ears!

Mick issued a movie challenge and you’re invited to play along. Watch Bowfinger and Barton Fink before our next episode, then message us at PFPShow on Twitter or InstaGram if you want to join us in the discussion. Easy peasy and it should be fun.

We’re also floating an idea for a new show but this one features you, the filmmakers out there. If you have a short film you want to share, send us a link to the file on Vimeo or YouTube. Maybe we’ll feature it on our new show!

Catch Mick over at The Scene Snobs Channel and visit Skyline Indie Film Fest for all your festival news.

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Don’t Miss Out

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5, 2022

What happens when you delay recording because one host is under the weather? In this case the host doesn’t prepare! That would be me, Brian. But somehow we pulled a show from thin air. We laughed a lot and got pretty serious about the stock market (this truly is a film podcast, I swear) there at the end.

Take this ride with us as we discuss not being prepared and get good naturedly critical about ourselves and the show. There’s a segment where I don’t remove the “uhs” and “ums” and I leave in the dog barks just to demonstrate how the show goes from raw to polished. We laugh, you will, too.

Brian has been watching a lot of new films and that includes a lot of period pieces. Mick posed the question of period correct language; should it be softened in these enlightened times or should it reflect reality? You can follow Brian’s list on Letterboxd.

The tangent this week is the meme stock debacle that happened over the last week of January. We love it! Stay strong nerds and eat the rich!

Mick has new shows joining him on the Scene Snobs channels and teases with some big COMING SOON news that he can’t quite share details on just yet.

Catch Mick over at The Scene Snobs Channel and visit Skyline Indie Film Fest for all your festival news.

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Don’t Miss Out

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5...

It’s the first episode of year two for Pulling Focus! Thanks for joining us on the ride!

This week we try to stay on our topic of political films. As usual, we have a fun trip down the tangent highway. We ultimately bring it back around to our chosen topic of choice, why we watch and what constitutes the genre. Is it top level government? Is it workplace politics? Is it historical? Factual? We talk about it all.

Netflix’s announcement of 70 new films this year didn’t escape us either. What is the Academy going to do? They’ll have to recognize these films in a year when hardly anything went out for theatrical exhibition. Won’t they?

So many of the new films coming out on the streamers, in theaters and even in the submission pool for Skyline are pandemic or lockdown based. How long will this global phenomena impact the subject of film media?

Turns out we love Forest Whitaker. You should, too!

Make sure to like, subscribe and rate Pulling Focus Podcast Show anywhere you get your podcasts. It really helps and we’ll love you forever for it!

Catch Mick over at The Scene Snobs Channel and visit Skyline Indie Film Fest for all your festival news.

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Don’t Miss Out

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5, 2022

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We can’t wait to say hit the bricks to 2020, the absolute worst year in generations! But even though last year was terrible we did have a few good to great-ish things happen. Including, miraculously, making Pulling Focus for a whole year (almost).

This episode we talk about shows so good they’re untouchable. Can you remake M*A*S*H? The answer is no. Just no, you can’t. Is there quality entertainment on YouTube? Comparable to network or cable television? Those scripted shows are out there but the reality type programming that ruined MTV is pretty damn good on YouTube. And you can make it as varied and custom as you dare. Shows we recommend include Cinema Therapy, The Crafsman Show, and Millenial Movie Monday and Cinemassacre for your viewing pleasure.

Wonder Woman 1984. That happened. Moving on.

Finally Mick and Brian talk about directors. Are you a director hound? Is anything that Spielberg does going to be something you will definitely see? What about Soderbergh? Greengrass? How about Ridley Scott? Or are you more free spirited and let the zeitgeist guide you to the theater? Has a director ever let you down? Be honest!

We’re looking forward to stepping up our game as soon as we can. 2021 is the year of Pulling Focus! Make sure you visit The Scene Snobs.com and Skyline Indie Film Fest on all social media, we can’t wait to chat you to death!

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Don’t Miss Out

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai,

Episode 25 Begins with a loose list of our favorite films from 2020 including COSMOS, FATMAN, a bunch of Skyline titles and more from the streaming platforms. Because, well, the studios didn’t have a lot for us this year, did they?

We stray from films to triggers in films that hit us right in the heartstrings. Some are just too sweet. Some are too sad. One is just a non-starter for Mick. Can you guess what it is?

Finally Mick and Brian shared with each other some of their early projects. Two bad movies. Two great experiences!

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Don’t Miss Out

* Ep 64: Filmmaker Showcase #4 – Anil Dhokai, Kai Brown, Kelly Campbell, Mike Madigan, and Barry ThornburgSeptember 7, 2022

* Ep 63: Filmmaker Showcase #3 with Jack Gordon, R. Jay Molina, Dina Laura & Giulia Aguiar, and Cory Mason & Derek PattersonSeptember 5, 2022

* Ep 62: Filmmaker Showcase #2 with Hyten Davidson, Al Julian, Aslak Danbolt, and Frank Mosley & Hugo De SousaAugust 29, 2022

* Ep 61: Filmmaker Showcase: Thom Hilton, Kevin Keck & Brandon Evans, Kamari Bright, and Rodney StringfellowAugust 23, 2022

* Ep 60: Special Guest Jeremy Berger, Documentary Filmmaker of HOOPTIES!August 15, 2022

* Ep 59: Special Guests Sashia Dumont Robinson & Paul Robinson