Switch The Envelope

On this episode we’re taking our TPS reports across the 8th Dimension as Jeff and Cory welcome Actor/Writer/Producers Curtis Andersen (Pearl Harbor) and Rene Bordelon (Fun Sized Horror: Volume One). They discuss their journeys as indie creators on the stage and screen both big and small, as well as what inspires them to be their most creative selves. Then they join Jeff and Cory for a roundtable discussion about their favorite Indie film gems. They all learn a bit about each other while exploring lesser known films that often show us perspectives and worlds the major studio films rarely touch on. It truly was a wonderful chat with these two, and we hope you enjoy it as much as Jeff and Cory had recording it.

On this episode Jeff and Cory share some of the worst life advice they’ve learned from some of their favorite films. Sure anyone can see the well intentioned moral of a story, but sometimes it is the unintentional bad life tips that really stick with you. Join our hosts as they find the terrible life lessons buried in The Karate Kid, The Goonies, Die Hard, and more.

On this episode Jeff and Cory help out some busy celebrities by answering fan comments on social media. After a dip into the Celebrity Mail Bag, Cory turns the tables on our resident game master, Jeff, and challenges him to a new game he calls Wait! That Won An Oscar? Jeff puts on his game face as he tries to answer questions about movies you would’nt expect to hold the honorable title of Oscar Winner. Play along at home with Jeff and see if you can out play our trivia maestro!

Best Underrated Actors

Worry not Switches, Mr. Goldblum is fine and well, but like the other actors on our list of Best Underrated Actors, sometimes they meet the editing room floor. This is the case this week as there were so many truly underrated actors to celebrate that we just couldn’t fit them all in! Join us with Jeff, Cory, and even some of your suggestions for professional make believers that are worth more than their weight in the gold that Hollywood just won’t give them…yet!

Editor’s note: The original voice of Shaggy in Scooby Doo was Casey Kasem not Dick Clark. Cory is dumb.

There are many tools in a filmmaker’s cinematic arsenal that help them manipulate the emotions of an audience. Most of them are deliberate ploys meant to pull at the emotions of an audience. Every filmmaker conducts their manipulation in tandem with an audience who knows they are being deceived, but it is the filmmaker’s  responsibility to cause the audience to suspend their disbelief in the name of entertainment. There is one trick, however, that is more subtle, and its effect more subconscious, and nearly every filmmaker you love has used this technique to manipulate you. Feeling a little uneasy? That’s the result we’re looking for as we take a sideways look at the Dutch Angle Camera Tilt on this episode of Cinnovations!

On this episode Jeff and Cory welcome actor Jack Seavor McDonald, who plays Eric Perkins on the hit Netflix hit show Never Have I Ever! They chat about Jacks time on the sets of various hit tv shows as well as how fun it has been to be apart of a great show on Netflix. After they pitch a great idea for an Eric focused spin-off Tik Tok series, Jack sticks around to play Switch the Envelope the game. Cory and Jack go head to head snuggling to answer Jeff’s questions about 90s Movies. the final scores may be low, but the level of fun is high. Enjoy!

Summer is in full swing, Switches, so you know what that means? No, not sun and sand. Its the season of Summer Blockbusters! Since 1975, movie studios have been rolling out their marquee money-grabbing films into air conditioned theaters to get people to trade in their beach towels for theater seats. On this episode, Jeff and Cory go head to head with their top ten favorite Summer Blockbuster films. Jeff makes some really solid choices, while Cory has a hard time following the rules. Find us on our social media to tell us who you thought had a more definitive list!

1940 Best Actor Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of our episode with Classic film documentarian and Creator of The Secret History of Hollywood, Adam Roche. Jeff, Cory, & Adam work their way through grading the Best Actor performances from the 1940. Together, they grimace through some performances and champion others, while Adam adds his wonderfully encyclopedic knowledge of film from the golden era. Will Robert Donat hold onto his statue? Will Clark Gable transcend time to claim what was rightfully his? Is Jimmy Stewarts exasperated performance enough?Will Mickey Rooney surprise us all with an upset victory? Spoiler alert on the last one, he does not.

1940 Best Actor Part 1

On this episode hosts Jeff and Cory welcome Adam Roche, creator of the podcasts The Secret History of Hollywood and Attaboy Clarence. In this part 1 installment, Adam graciously sits down with our hosts to chat about his journey from full time chef and part time podcaster to his new found roll as movie producer! He shares all about what it takes to produce his long form docu-pods and discusses the early stages of turning them into feature films. Perhaps a future podcaster will create a wonderful long form docu-pod about how his podcast inspired his many films that then inspired future filmmakers. Stay tuned for Part 2, where Adam will help Jeff and Cory decide who really deserved to win Best Actor at the 1940 Academy Awards.

On this episode Jeff & Cory welcome YouTuber and movie loving cartoon penguin, Pentex, to the show to discuss their latest viral video essay that definitively proves that Michael Bay’s The Rock is indeed a Bond film. They break down the fan theory, his process, and try to find even the smallest hole in an other wise water tight presentation. After the an depth look at Alcatraz-Bond, including the discovery of The Rock’s unlikely Bond Girl, our hosts pitch a few fan theories of their own.