Deep Dive Movie Reviews

By: Steve Hackman
  • Summary

  • What happens when an American and an Englishman meet up over drinks to discuss movies? Join James Marsh (the Brit) and Steve Hackman (the Yank) as they do deep dive reviews on the latest releases at the box office and streaming services. James is a film critic for the South China Morning Post and Radio Television Hong Kong and Steve, he just knows a bunch of obscure movie trivia that he's never managed to leverage into anything useful...until now!
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Episodes
  • Every Best Picture - Marty (1955) - Academy Award Winners Series
    Oct 26 2024
    Sara Greenfield, host of the "Talk Classic To Me" podcast joins James & Steve as they unpack their mutual love and affection for the 1955 Best Picture, "Marty" More on Sara can be found here:https://www.sara-greenfield.com/talk-... Check out the "Talk Classic To Me" podcast on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0q74OKC... ** Deep Dive Movie Reviews contain spoilers ** 0:00 -Introduction 3:59 - Intro with Sara Greenfield 6:30 - The mutual love for movie classics 9:12 - Why Sara loves “Marty” 10:39 - Paddy Chayefsky 12:32 - The emotional stakes in “Marty” 20:53 - Perspectives on changing values from 1955 29:08 - The first time Sara saw “Marty” 35:37 - Betsy Blair 36:29 - Marty at the 28th Academy Awards 47:50 - Ernest Borgnine COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER UNDER SECTION 107 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT 1976 Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
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    53 mins
  • Psycho (1960) - Halloween SPOOKtacular Series
    Oct 26 2024

    We kick off our 2024 Halloween "SPOOKtacular" series with Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic "Psycho"

    ** DEEP DIVE MOVIE REVIEWS CONTAIN SPOILERS **

    0:00 -Introduction

    0:49 - Steve had NEVER seen “Psycho”

    6:15 - Anthony Perkins

    11:37 - The real life murder “Psycho” was inspired by

    15:57 - Too much “mansplaining”?

    24:20 - “Psycho” and it’s relation to “Spellbound”

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    29 mins
  • Every Best Picture - On the Waterfront (1954) with Mike Hostench - Academy Award Winners Series
    Oct 25 2024

    Producer, writer and festival impresario Mike Hostench joins us from Madrid as we unpack the 1954 Marlon Brando classic "On the Waterfront"

    0:00 - Introduction

    1:10 - Getting to know our guest Mike Hostench

    4:30 - Why Mike chose “On the Waterfront” to review with us

    6:20 - On the Waterfront’s Christian imagery

    7:50 - Mike explains why he considers the film “noir”

    16:20 - Karl Malden

    20:32 - Leonard Bernstein’s score

    22:54 - Elia Kazan

    43:21 - "On the Waterfront" at the Academy Awards

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    59 mins

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