Story Screen Presents

Here on Cookin' w/ Quentin, Mike Burdge, Jack Kolodziejski and Robby Anderson (as well as the occasional lucky guest) tackle the filmography of Quentin Tarantino, along the way stopping to develop some thematically inspired food for each installment.

This time around it's the 1993 Tony Scott joint, True Romance, based on an early screenplay Tarantino sold in order to finance his debut, Reservoir Dogs. The boys are joined by fellow Elvis lover, Tim Kelly, and proceed to break into the idea of Tarantino's eccentricities through another director's eyes, as well as the nature of good and bad when it comes to some of QT's lesser discussed characters.

(See full recipe for the True Romance inspired (So Cool) Vegan Egg Rolls, as well as the sauces and vegan lo mein, at our Vimeo page---->(https://vimeo.com/311494960)

The bois went out into the dangerous world of the Transformers Expanded Universe, and they're good buddy Jeremy Kolodziejski went along for the ride. Hear what they have to say about the latest installment into this loathsome, desperate franchise, and how things might be looking a little up with the addition of charm and heart into the root of characters.

Host Mike Burdge sits down to discuss with a glass of egg nog with bourbon, and a glorious cheese pizza, the true meaning of Christmas and the Holiday season by reminiscing about the classic Dr. Seuss tale, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, its 1966 cartoon adaptation, and the Ron Howard remake starring Jim Carrey. Subjects of loneliness, cheerful banter, being merry, gift giving and traveling ensue, as our precious host ponders what it is that makes the holiday season so divisive when talking about DIE HARD?

Dem bois Jack and Robby get at it yet again in the latest installment in the HOT TAKES franchise! This time, our lovable heroes return from their theater going adventures where they watched the eagerly awaited, animated, multi-verse showcase that is SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE. We all know by now that Story Screen is loaded with big Spidey-Fans, so just how good is this thing and when are they gonna make another one???

Resident N3RD5 Robby and Jack just played through the latest release from Playdead, INSIDE. They'd like to talk about it, and you can listen!

Mike Burdge and Robby Anderson sit down to discuss the junior effort of Kevin Smith, CHASING AMY, and the crazy sexual politics that may or may not have been aggressively ahead of the curve for the time. They also talk about his earlier career of breaking into the Hollywood system with heart, talent, and dick jokes, while drinking way, way, WAY too much whiskey. Enjoy!

Jack and Robby are joined by guest Diana DiMuro to talk all about Steve McQueen's latest venture into more populace, pulpy content, with his deadly violent and extremely dramatic heist-revenge flick, WIDOWS.

Here on COOKIN' W/ QUENTIN, Mike Burdge, Jack Kolodziejski and Robby Anderson tackle the filmography of Quentin Tarantino, along the way stopping to develop some thematically inspired food for each installment.

First up is the 1992 directorial debut, RESERVOIR DOGS, which found Tarantino's signature style exploding onto the screen with the talent and confidence of a veteran and salted director. Opening up the conversation to the artists biography, history and tastes, your three hosts dive into the little indie-darling-that-could that inarguably paved the way for his more ambitious work for the next 25 years.

See video and full recipe for the RESERVOIR DOGS inspired RED APPLE PORK TACOS, along with Mike's world famous vegan mexican-style rice, at our Vimeo page --->(https://vimeo.com/304428074)

Robby sits down with guests Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge to talk about the latest Oscar-worthy tearjerker, BOY ERASED. Religion, sexuality, gay conversion therapy, 1st generation iPods... Nothing is sacred in their discussion of what really makes this plunge into realistic tragedy tick.

Host Mike Burdge is joined by Bernadette Gorman-White, Stamper and Reeya Banerjee to discuss a slew of romance films that feature a wildly original and different take on the typical depiction of women falling in love in film, including EVER AFTER, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, CLUELESS and DIRTY DANCING. They also drink more than a few Bloody Mary's, briefly touch on James Bond (duh), discuss patriarchy, and talk about VHS tapes, all while Mike starts to celebrate his "stay-cation" (read: momentarily reclaiming his sanity).