Shane Talks

It's Sex Week '99 as Shane looks at three films with various levels of sexual content - all released on the same weekend.  First up is the rom-com "200 Cigarettes" with an all-star cast.  Followed by the drama "The Other Sister".  Finally, Nicholas Cage infiltrates the porn industry while looking into the validity of a snuff film in "8MM".

Shane takes a look at the three films released this week. First up, is the much-hated black comedy “Jawbreaker” which features a cast that Shane loves. Followed by, one of the rare biopics that Shane actually enjoys: “October Sky”. Finally, Shane ends things with the beloved Mike Judge comedy “Office Space”.

Jon Owens joins Shane and Jason this week, so that he can promote his upcoming performance as King Triton in "The Little Mermaid". But, before the guys get to that project; they all take a long trip down memory lane through their four years of high school together and the various stage plays and musicals that Jon was in with either Shane or Jason. There is also lengthy discussions about Jon and Jason's experiences with Central Sound.

It's the weekend before Valentine's Day - this year and in 1999 - and we have three films to discuss that were released right before the holiday. First up is the kid's film "My Favorite Martian", second is the teen rom-com "Blast from the Past", and finally Shane talks a lot about the first Nicholas Sparks film adaptation, "Message in a Bottle".

Jason kicks Shane off the show again, so that he can bring on passionate group of people who love musical movies.  Joining Jason this week is Samantha Northart, Chris Schneider, and Chris Meek.  The group talks about their favorite film adaptations, the films that got it wrong, and the results of voting on the Facebook Community Poll.  

This week, Shane takes a look two completely different films that were both released on February 5th, 1999.  First up is the Sarah Michelle Gellar led romantic-comedy that just goes too far trying to be magical.  Shane looks at the cast and what doesn't work in the film.  Then, Shane discusses his enjoyment of the Pre-"John Wick" revenge thriller "Payback" and the all-star cast of the film.

Shane wraps up the January releases with one of his favorite teen rom-coms: "She's All That".  Shane tells some stories abut employee screenings, and then dives into discussing the massive cast of teenagers who make up this special film.  Shane wraps up the episode talking about the soundtrack to the film.

Shane and Jason welcome their first guest of 2022 to the podcast: Micah Scott Winters. Micah wrote the music for the intro video that now runs before every episode of the show. The guys reminisce about their times working together on the GemInI Films projects, they also discuss Micah's old band Rebuilt, as well as his inspirations of writing music. Finally, Micah takes the shortened Horowitz Questionnaire.

This week, Shane takes a look at what he considers the worst week of 1999 releases. Shane explains that Hollywood tends to dump bad films at the beginning of a year, and then Shane transitions into discussing the book Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by Brian Raftery, then he goes into his thoughts on the Sharon Stone film "Gloria" and the British Comedy-Drama  "Still Crazy".

Shane and Jason take a look at the community question that Jason posted in the Facebook Group, where he asks people which films they believed should have never had any sequels made. The guys look at a list created by the community, and discuss their feelings on those films and their franchises.