What happens when two staunch republicans get together and make a Christmas Movie! You get a warning from the FBI that it is a Communist plot. And you get one of the best Christmas Movies, if not, one of the best movies ever made in It's a Wonderful Life.

Listen in as we spin the yarn on this movie as we discuss this great film along with the situation around it's TV rights, the first ever movie released in disc format, Jimmy Stewarts military Career, the Spanish Flue, vaccines, and the largest star you've probably never heard of.

The 35mm Podcast reviews movies each week based on an arbitrary monthly theme!

It's a Wonderful Life (1946), starring: James Steward, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Gloria Grahame, Henry Travers, and Lillian Randolph.  Directed by Frank Crapra.

What happens when a bunch of miserable people live in a community and force Christmas season on each other?  You get Christmas with the Kranks!  

Listen as we wonder why some people are involved in this movie, go off on tangents about studio logos, how dissimilar our relationships are, and just how much of a dead bedroom the main characters are in.

The 35mm Podcast reviews movies each week based on an arbitrary monthly theme!  

Christmas with the Kranks (2004), starring: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Julia Gonzalo, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Tom Poston, Caroline Rhea, Felicity Huffman, Kevin Chamberlin, and Vernee Watson-Johnson.  Directed by Joe Roth.

On this week's episode, It's Mariah (and Muppet!) SZN!  We start the holiday season here at the 35MM podcast with The Muppet Christmas Carol!

Listen in as Matt and Tracey discuss the soul soaking that retail does to Christmas, perils of living in a 19th century city, Michael Caine making a conscious choice to interact with the Muppets seriously, where the split between Sesame Street and Muppets is, how often a Christmas Carol is adapted, plus much more. 

Every month, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme we make up.

The Muppets Christmas Carol (1992).  Starring: Michael Caine, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Beaker, Bunson, with Gonzo and Rizzo as the Greek Chorus.  Directed by Brian Henson.

On this week's episode and wrapping up feel good month...we look at the phenomenal Pixar film UP!

Or the movie that asked "how quick will it be before you cry and have an existential crisis in the theater?" Listen to Matt argue about why this should have been a serious contender for Best Picture, why our friend hated Hellboy, and more as we conclude feel good month!

Every month, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme we make up.

UP (2009).  Starring: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, and Delroy Lindo.  Directed by Pete Docter.

It is Thanksgiving week and we are working our way through our feel good month with this Thanksgiving classic.  It's Planes, Trains, and Automobiles! 

This classic brought memories of Tracey and Matt's times travelling together, US infrastructure compared to the rest of the world, Tracey's problems with how slow they it seems they travel, and Nixon speech writer Ben Stein.

Check out the new 4K version with almost 3 hours of footage.  

Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), starring: John Candy, Steve Martin, Laila Robins, Kevin Bacon, and Edie McClurg.  Dir. by John Hughes

Still in feel good month, we look at a movie set in the future year of 2020.  It's Real Steel! Full of past and present Marvel actors, this movie takes the classic Richard Matheson short story and then asks "what if this was Rocky on nuclear energy and has big Transformers vibes?"  

Tonally shifting every 20 minutes, we find out just how much Charlie isn't good at this parenting thing in a movie that probably could have been 30 minutes shorter.

Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.

Real Steel (2011), starring: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, James Rebhorn, Olga Fonda, Karl Yune, and Dakota Goyo.  Dir. by Shawn Levy

The Halloween spookiness has ended.  Living in fear for the month that we have had here at 35MM podcast has got us looking to the brighter side of life and seeking out those particular comfort movies that make us happy.  We begin this turn towards the light with the 1988 classic Coming to America.

This classic brought riveting conversation ranging from the Tragedy on the Twilight Zone movie set to the inspiration into the characters and opulence of King Jaffe Joffer, the early attempts at Marvel super heroes, sneakerhead culture, our preferred movie going experience, and much much more.

Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.

Coming to America (1988), starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Samuel L. Jackson, and Louie Anderson, and a young Cuba Gooding, Jr.  Directed by John Landis.

Happy Halloween!  What happens when you bring a TV to the woods and there's no reception on the rabbit ears? You get attacked by Deadites!!!  Wrapping up Spooktacular Month, it's The Evil Dead!

A cult classic, listen as we talk about how great Bruce Campbell is and always will be, a riveting discussion on braunschweiger, Scotty's disregard for saftey down a dirt road, and some confusion over Cheryl and Shelly.  

Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.

The Evil Dead (1981), starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, and a whole bunch of Fake Shemps.  Directed by Sam Raimi.

The 35MM Spooktacular Spooktober continues on as "city authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living!"

Our 2nd cult classic in a row, listen in as we talk about head injuries in movies, local haunted houses and cemeteries, watching tv using old antenna's, how this movie forced changes to the MPAA ratings and film copyright laws, and race issues in America during this movies release.

Every week, The 35mm Podcast explores movies based around a theme.

The Night of the Living Dead (1968), starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, Kyra Schon, George Kosana, and Bill Hinzmann.  Directed by George A. Romero.

Quote from Anthrax - Fight em' til you can't.

Just in time for Halloween Ends because of random happenstance *wink*,  we roll along Spooktacular month with where it all started...Halloween (1978)!  A fantastic director, score, and cast gives us one of horror's staples!

Listen as Matt and Tracey discuss how they made a great movie on a $300,000 budget, a skunk big enough to take out a dog, and promiscuous teens who aren't paying attention to Michael Myers.  Also hear how Matt can't stop bringing up Halloween Kills because of the details.

The 35mm Podcast is a weekly podcast delving into movies surrounding a theme each month.

Halloween (1978) stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, P.J. Soles, Nancy Kyles, and Charles Syphers.  Directed by John Carpenter.