Screen Cleaning

2020 hasn’t been a great year. Across the board really, but for movies included. So today Jeff and Cole are escaping to better times remembering some of the greatest years in Hollywood history. 1939 has the classics, 1975 thrilled us with blockbusters, and 1999 redefined genres. Individual actors have found their moment in specific years as well. Just this past Oscars Scarlett Johansson was nominated for two different performances (on top of turning in one of the most powerful performances in the biggest movie of all time, Avengers: Endgame). We'll look at other actors that had it all come together at the right time. It's only halfway done, but already looking forward to 2021 at the movies, here on Screen Cleaning.

Every week on the Screen Cleaning podcast Jeff Simpson and Cole Wissinger talk about good movies, TV, video games, music...but mainly movies. Sometimes in a rush to talk about everything, we don’t get to really spend time on some of our favorites. Today we are going to fix that. It’s our first induction ceremony for The Screen Cleaning Hall of Fame. Two good movies we’d be happy to display on the shelf and that we’re always excited to talk about. Welcome to the SC Family Spider-Man 2 & Lars and the Real Girl.

Every week on the Screen Cleaning podcast Jeff Simpson and Cole Wissinger talk about good movies, TV, video games, music...but mainly movies. Sometimes in a rush to talk about everything, we don’t get to really spend time on some of our favorites. Today we are going to fix that. It’s our first induction ceremony for The Screen Cleaning Hall of Fame. Two good movies we’d be happy to display on the shelf and that we’re always excited to talk about. Welcome to the SC Family Spider-Man 2 & Lars and the Real Girl.

What makes a great sequel anyway. You have to raise the stakes, have a more iconic setting, grow the cast (and bring in a few big name stars). Same adventure but BIGGER. At least that's what Hollywood seems to think. Today Jeff and Cole are talking about the rare sequels that surpass their originals. It can be anything from a slow starting franchise to a classic followed up by another amazing entry. And even if the movie wasn't great, sometimes the marketing is good enough to make a ton of money, and we'll take a look at some of the greatest taglines from not-so-great sequels.

Remakes need not apply, we already covered superior remakes in a previous episode. You can check it out at https://www.byuradio.org/episode/60d1cbae-d80a-4884-b9ce-cb084e4f82bf/screen-cleaning-superior-remakes.

Hoping this sequel lives up to the hype, on Screen Cleaning.

After a long absence Jeff and Cole finally got back to their happiest place on earth. Okay, so it's not quite Disneyland, but it sure was great to be eating popcorn and watching movies on the big screen again. But what movies are playing and how has the box office been doing this Summer? Jeff reviews the 2020 release he saw, Trolls: World Tour and Cole talks about some of the 80's classics that he has the chance to see for the first time in theaters. They also test your box office memories of Summer blockbusters of years past. The theaters may have been closed, but we've been with you every week on Screen Cleaning.

After a long absence Jeff and Cole finally got back to their happiest place on earth. Okay, so it's not quite Disneyland, but it sure was great to be eating popcorn and watching movies on the big screen again. But what movies are playing and how has the box office been doing this Summer? Jeff reviews the 2020 release he saw, Trolls: World Tour and Cole talks about some of the 80's classics that he has the chance to see for the first time in theaters. They also test your box office memories of Summer blockbusters of years past. The theaters may have been closed, but we've been with you every week on Screen Cleaning.

Yet another beloved juvenile fiction series has made its way to the big screen. Well, nothing is really on big screens now-a-days, but Kenneth Branagh's Artemis Fowl is streaming on Disney+ right now! The books already have a huge audience thanks to the characters and world building of author Eoin Colfer, and he's on the show to talk about his inspiration for the novels and seeing the setting come alive (20:04). Rod and Cole then talk about other YA book adaptations and their varied success rate. Based on the best selling novel by Jeffrey L. Simpson, it's Screen Cleaning.

Yet another beloved juvenile fiction series has made its way to the big screen. Well, nothing is really on big screens now-a-days, but Kenneth Branagh's Artemis Fowl is streaming on Disney+ right now! The books already have a huge audience thanks to the characters and world building of author Eoin Colfer, and he's on the show to talk about his inspiration for the novels and seeing the setting come alive (20:04). Rod and Cole then talk about other YA book adaptations and their varied success rate. Based on the best selling novel by Jeffrey L. Simpson, it's Screen Cleaning.

Steven Spielberg has one of the longest and most diverse IMDb pages of anyone working today. He has sparked a love of film in many. He has directed or produced his way to 14 Oscar Nominations. And he is the subject of the show today. Jeff and Cole are joined by Shawn O’Neill to take a deeper look at the films of one of our greatest living directors. It’ll be hard, but on Screen Cleaning we are usually too busy asking if we can, to worry about if we should.

Steven Spielberg has one of the longest and most diverse IMDb pages of anyone working today. He has sparked a love of film in many. He has directed or produced his way to 14 Oscar Nominations. And he is the subject of the show today. Jeff and Cole are joined by Shawn O’Neill to take a deeper look at the films of one of our greatest living directors. It’ll be hard, but on Screen Cleaning we are usually too busy asking if we can, to worry about if we should.