The IT Trilogy

Yes, we’ve traveled in time and seen all three IT movies!... but really, Hosts look at three Horror movies: It (2017), It Comes At Night (2017) and It Follows (2014) to examine where modern horror is at in this day and age.

It (2017) - Trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUTdjf9rko

It Comes At Night - Trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YOYHCBQn9g

It Follows – Trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZYbOH0ujw

The VVitch – Trailer -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXmlf3Sefg

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B-Movies with TIM BYRNES

No, not the Animated Jerry Seinfeld movie. Hosts this week and special guest TIM BYRNES of Scenestr and Comedy Commentary Cinema talk about the history and development of the schlock, the terror, the awful, the wonderful B-grade cinema.  From Lloyd Kaufman to Birdemic, the so bad it’s good level of filmmaking and, of course, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, all get a thorough and in-depth discussion that leads from felching to James Cameron and everything in between.

Links:

Comedy Commentary Cinema:  https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCommentaryCinema/

The Tingler:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MZBn4wsLPQ

Lieutenant Jangles:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xANgoGOfMYQ

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What the F**k is a Cinematographer? with Cinematographer Patrick Coe

Best Boys? Grips? Gaffers? This week our hosts venture to the camera department with special guest and Cinematographer: Patrick Coe.  Looking at things like lighting, lenses, Steadicams, our hosts dive into what the ins and outs of what the most technical job in filmmaking requires and gush about Roger Deakins, Darkest Hour and Black Wrap.  Shane and Patrick also reminisce on forging their working relationship while making Red Curtain Hell, Shane’s first feature as a director.
 

Red Curtain Hell (use the promo code PICTURERANGERS to get 20% off now!)
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redcurtainhell

Patrick:
https://patrickcoe.myportfolio.com/

https://www.instagram.com/patrick.coe/

 

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Top 10 Films of 2017

It’s a super double sized Episode!

Who doesn’t love lists?  Our hosts and guest Zane C Weber tell us their favorite films of the year gone by, and what a year! With masterpieces like Dunkirk, Get Out and Baby Driver…. But there were also some stinkers.  Hosts dish on their most hated movies and revel in loathing for Alien Covenant.  With the awards season so crowded, who will come out on top as the best movie of the year?

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Doctors and Terrorists: Typecasting with actor Mansoor Noor

Whitewashing casts is a hot-button topic, so in natural white-person form, our hosts Shane, Charnstar and Josh grill an actor of Color, Mansoor Noor (Cleverman, Rake, Project Eden) on what his experiences are as a Middle Eastern Actor, and have him think of solutions and strategies for filmmakers to create a more inclusive industry (because it’s *totally* his job to fix it #sarcasm).
Hosts also dive into Acting as a whole, and what is needed to maintain a career, and what the relationships are between the actor, the script, and the director.

 

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What the F**k does a Director Do?

We kick off with a 20-minute rant about STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI before moving on to our main topic:

He’s the big man, the head honcho, but what is a director really?  Zane C Weber guests on this episode where we dive into the responsibilities and job specifics of the guy who yells “and… ACTION!”

How does directing change between film, TV and even theatre? Why do good directors make bad movies?  Can a bad director make a good movie? How do you learn to be a director?  
All this and more this week on the Mighty Motion Picture Rangers!

 

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A Very Corny Christmas

Is it already that time of year? And by that time, we mean when movies get extra super corny! Join Shane Anderson, Josh Grigg and Charnstar Anderson and special guest: Zane C. Weber as they dive into the Holiday Season and the Cinema of Christmas.  Is Christmas a genre? Is Die Hard a Christmas film?  Why is Santa fighting Nazis?  Listen to find out!
They round off with their Top 5 Christmas Movies.

A Mom For Christmas (trailer)

Santa Jr.

Mixed Nuts (trailer)

 

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Movies VS Television

Only the second episode and we're already fighting?  Movies or TV, which is better? Join Shane Anderson, Josh Grigg and Charnstar Anderson as they make the case for both as they discuss the effects of Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Binge-worthy TV and The rise of the superhero genre. They round this episode off with their Top 5 Movies based on TV shows.

"David Fincher: ‘Moviemaking is a rat f*ck, every day is a skirmish’"
 

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The Best You've Never Heard Of

This is the very first episode of the Mighty Motion Picture Rangers, you don't know us yet or this show, so what better way than to talk about great movies you've never heard of before?

Join Shane Anderson, Josh Grigg, and Charnstar Anderson as they introduce themselves and talk about some of their favorite films no one has heard of.  They push these films onto their friends, now they're pushing them onto you. They round off this episode with their Top 5 taken from the list of the 50 highest grossing movies of all time

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