True Film Fan

By KTRH (KTRH-AM)

A weekly deep dive for passionate film fans, including reviews, interviews and commentary on film topics.... more

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The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.

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April 18, 2026 The Leftovers April 17 WE LOVE THEO VON segment
John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland talk at length about their admiration and appreciation for one of America's unique comedic talents, Theo Von. They discuss his appeal and persona as well as the release of his first movie, BUSBOYS with David Spade. What is his magic? Is Theo an idiot savant of comedy? Clearly John and Frankie had way too much fun recording this episode of the Leftovers but that's what it's all about. Thanks for listgening.
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53min
April 14, 2026 The Leftovers BONUS CONTENT for April 12 John and Frankie after show discussion
John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland share information and opinions about the current state of the movie industry in this far ranging discussion. Covering topics such as the Paramount and Netflix attempt to buy Warner Brothers and how that can affect creators and the public alike. As the conversation continues they ended up tallking about the closure of JJ Abrams Los Angeles offices and his dimming career, his November movie the Great Beyond, the fragile ecosystem of Hollywood and the struggle for employment, the entire release schedule of movies for the first half of this year, the train wreck of the Star Wars franchise at Disney, the Mortal Kombat movie, on and on and on we go! Listen to two of the most informed and opinionated film geeks of all time freestyle riff on the curent state of the movie industry and have a ew laughs along the way.
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54min
April 13, 2026 The 950 KPRC Movie Show for Aoril 12, 2026 with John and Frankie
John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland host the 950 KPRC Movie Show every Sunday night at 8:05pm. This week's show included our movie news bites which we call the Quick Draw. The new movie THE DRAMA starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya. was reviewed by both John and Frankie. They were in agreement it was a well made, well written film and that it captured how quirky and unpredictable life can be. Both comedic and dramatic, both John and Frankie approved. For our weekly classic film, we looked at the classic ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST from 1975.
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40min
April 12, 2026 The 950 KPRC Easter Movie Show for April 5, 2026
John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland co-host a show that includes not only the latest movie news and latest releases but also focuses on one of the most monumental movies of all time, Ben Hur (1959), directed by William Wyler and starring Charleton Heston. This nearly four hour epic has stood the test of time and is the stuff of Hollywood legend. Listen to two knowledgable film fans discuss this magnificent achievement with their usual enthusiasm for film quality. We also talk extensively about one of this year's biggest hits Project Hail Mary.
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40min
April 09, 2026 Unboxing the Box Office for the weekend of April 3 -5 A TRUE FILM FAN UPDATE
John Wesley Downey has the box office numbers fom this past weekends and does a countdown from number 10 to number one. John offers context and analysis on how the various movies performed. This podcast includes a brief look ahead at the upcoming released for the weekend of April 10 to 12. Frankie Westmoreland returns to this segment next week.
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18min
April 06, 2026 The Leftovers A TRUE FILM FAN BONUS SEGMENT Micro Dramas amd Vertical Video and are Videogames the new super hero trend?
When John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland recorded their Easter Movie Show radio broadcast and podcast, as usual, they went over their time limit. But they still had more to say! This time on the subject of the big new trend of micro dramas and vertical videos, entertainment content to be consumered on phones in a bite size one minute format. How big can it get? Will mainstream Hollywood take it over and corrupt these new avenues of creativity?

Frankie and John also discussed Minecraft as a possible bellwether for the future of feature films. It's huge commercial success combined with the success of such movies as the Super Mario franchise could start a trend to replace the burned out superhero genre. Its a possibility. Give us a listen.
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20min
April 06, 2026 The Leftovers A BONUS SEGMENT John and Frankie talk about art and movies and music and connections
In the weekly ritual of recording the Movie Show for 950 KPRC John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland have discovered they almost always exceed the formatted time limit and enjoy talking about a wide range of subjects including but not limited to movies, music, acting, performing, creativity and more. Rather than discard these ramblings we think it is more fun to offer these segments up for your consideration as part of our ongoing exploration of the relationship betwen artists, creatiivety and the audience. This is a leftover from our March 29th radio show/podcast recording.
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32min
April 01, 2026 Unboxing the Box Office for March 27 throuogh 29 for True Film Fans plus Netflix raises streaming fees
John Wesley 'Downey and Frankie Westmoreland count down the top ten movies at the box office this past weekend and provide commntary on the movie's potential, creative quality and genre populairty. Why iis the horror genre so popular? And why did Netflix just hit it's subscribers with big increaes. Let's talk inside baseball about the film industry.
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1h 6min
March 31, 2026 The 950 KPRC Movie Show for March 29 (deluxe edition) with John and Frankie
John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoerland co-host the Movie Show on 950 KPRC for March 29. The spotlight is on the much anticipated PROJECT HAIl MARY PASS, READY OR NOT HERE I COME Part 2 and our classic feature NORTH BY NORTHWEST starring Cary Grant.
Directed by aLFRED hITCHOCK.

An additional bonus segment called "Leftovers" will be added very soon. This segment does not air on the radio sow, and is strictly for podcast listeners.,
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1h
March 31, 2026 STAR WARS ANNIVERSAY noted and opening segment of March 22nd 950 KPRC Movie Show
This segment opens up with John mentioned today March 22n is the 50 th anniversary of the very first day of shooting on the original Star Wars movie. George Lucas began shooting in the Tunisiian desert. And the movid industry would never be the same.

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland then go on to discuss the upcoming and highly anticipated Ryan Golsing movie, PROJECT HAIL MARY. We also discuss Steven Spielberg speaking at South by Southwest talking about his upcoming film DISCLOURE and our first look at a John Ford classic, the Quiet Man from 1952.

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10min

FAQs about True Film Fan:

How many episodes does True Film Fan have?

The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.