Shane Talks

This week, Shane and Jason take a look at the directing career of Steven Spielberg.  They start with his summer action/adventure films and then try to break down his Winter Oscar Attempt films.  They wrap up the episode taking a look at some of the big franchises he has been involved with as a producer.  From animated kid's shows, to time travel franchises, to musical tv dramas - th...

Shane and Jason are back with the theme of "Just the Two of Us" while they take a stroll down the Blockbuster Career of Will Smith.  They take a look at his summer blockbusters and compare them to his Holiday Oscar Attempts.  The guys break down the domestic and international box office grosses to see how the rest of the world reacts to Big Willie's box office choices.

This episodes concludes The Snow Trilogy!  We've had Brandon Simpson on with us the past two episodes, and tonight we wrap things up by discussing the rest of the Comic Book Films and Franchises.  We talk about the X-Men films, Superman and Batman films, The DCEU and we run down 60 other comic book films from the past forty years.  Jason shows off his autographed X-Men posters and s...

Brandon Simpson joins Jason and Shane for a second week in a row, this time to discuss the Marvel TV shows.  From ABC to Hulu and Fox to Disney+, we talk about the good seasons and the bad seasons, and the shows that just didn't translate properly.  We end up looking at the future of Marvel on Disney+ and talk about the shows we are most excited about.

Giant-Sized Annual Exclusive Three Phase Limited Issue #1!!! This week, Shane and Jason are joined by Brandon Simpson to take a look at the entire MCU Timeline.  The guys talk about their favorites and their bottom tier films, they also address the characters that they love and hate - and Jason and Brandon correct a lot of Shane's timeline/film errors.  They wrap up the episode showing o...

Episode 39!  It ends in "9" - so we are going back to 1999 to check out what TV shows were on the air that air.  Shane and Maier are joined by Jason Richardson, and they discuss the shows that started in 1999, ended in 1999, and what the most popular shows on the Community Poll were.

May the Fourth Be With You!!! Jason L. Maier and Shane M. White got up early on this special holiday to chat about their plans for the day, discuss a "Star Wars" themed IPA (I Find Your Lack of HOPS Disturbing) from Taft's Brewing, nerd-out over the second season of "The Mandalorian", and then they look at the future Disney+ "Star Wars" Series we are going to be getting over the next few years. Ha...

In 2009, Troy Myers posted a blog that included 17 questions from Josh Horowitz about film.  Troy, Jason, and I weren't the only ones who answered those questions.  In this BONUS episode, I chat with John Peddie and Zach Proctor about their answers then, and now.

In 2009, Troy Myers posted a blog with a series of seventeen questions related to film.  This week, Shane and Jason welcome Troy to the podcast to go back and look at all of our answers from 2009, and then discuss if our feelings and answers have changed since then.  Troy also re-casts the film "Cool Runnings" as "Cool Rappings" by replacing each of the cast members with a rapper.

Thirty-seven!  My friends recorded THIRTY-SEVEN podcasts!!! In a row? This week, Jason and Shane recorded a quick episode to take a quick look at some of the newest trailers that have been released in the last few weeks.  Then, they get into another debate over watching films in theatres, with the public, or at home in privacy.

This week, Shane and Jason discuss over one hundred different animated television shows, and gives their opinions on the ones that they remember.  They look at four different community poll results, and discuss community suggestions that they aren't even familiar with.  It's a childhood journey of nostalgia.

This week, Shane and Jason look at a Community Poll for people's favorite Duos in film.  They go through the Top Nine votes, look at some of the best community suggestions, and then discuss some surprises in the voting.

WARNING:  Poor Audio Quality in this video. Shane bought a new camera, and in his excitement, forgot to disable the second audio recording device.  This resulted in Jason's audio being doubled with a sleight delay.  After a few de-reverb filters, Shane was able to lessen the annoyance - but its still pretty bad.  With no other way to save the audio, Shane didn't want to scrap t...

Cowabunga!!!  It's Pizza Party Time!!! When we want to do a LONG episode, we call in Brandon Yotter to join us!  Brandon brings his knowledge of the Ninja Turtles, and we go one some fun and nostalgic tangents about our childhood toys.  We look at the comics, the cartoons, and the movies, and compare all the various incarnations of these Party Dudes.

Jason and Shane are joined by Jason Richardson, so that three dudes can talk about a genre aimed at women.  The guys look through the Community Poll for their Top Ten Rom-Coms.  They also discuss some honorable mentions, what they watched this week, and then they go down a rabbit-hole of debate over if certain films are considered Rom-Coms, or not.

This week, Shane and Jason take a look at Hollywood Basketball Films.  The guys look over the movies that got the most votes on the community poll, they look at a few different documentaries, and they talk about some real life basketball players.  They put the full court pressure on the topic of basketball being represented in films.

Shane and Jason go through the entire "Die Hard" Franchise, talking about the good, the bad, and the order the community ranked the films from best to worst.  Tangents include talking about John McTiernan's career, the best action movie stars, and reel-to-reel movie projectors.

Shane and Jason are joined by Jason Richardson this week to discuss the MTV Movie Awards for the films of 1999, and then they run down the 99 Most Requested Videos from TRL in 1999.  There's a lot of nostalgia to digest this week.

Shane and Jason take a look at various Time Loop films and discuss what works and doesn't work with each film.

Shane and Jason take a look at the Top Ten most popular Time Travel movies, based on the Community Poll.  They explain what they do and don't like about each of these films, and discuss when they break time travel rules.

Shane and Jason are joined by Evan Miller and Jason Richardson to discuss their favorite pieces of entertainment from 2020, as well as some extra properties suggested by the community.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!! Shane and Jason conclude the dumpster fire year of 2020 by looking at holiday movies, TV specials, and sitcom episodes.  They debate various relationships in "Love Actually" and discuss their Virtual LiveStream Holiday Concerts their families attended this year.

In this holiday episode, Shane and Jason take a look at the career of screenwriter Shane Black and the Christmas touches he has put in his films.   Shane attempts to compare "Lethal Weapon" to "It's a Wonderful Life" and then compares "Iron Man 3" to "A Christmas Carol".  It's some good holiday fun this week!   They also discuss the GoFundMe for: Save West Bank Cafe and Laurie Beech...

Shane gives Jason some time off, and he goes solo to discuss the origins of the Shane Day holiday.  Shane goes through the photos he was able to track down and tells some stories from some of the best years of Shane Days.   Shane also goes on some tangents talking about the Bell's beer he is drinking this week, and then tells the story of his journey to Beer #1500 on ShaneDrinksBeer.com.

This week, Shane and Jason met up in person at a real movie theatre, to channel Siskel and Ebert while they discuss their filmmaking careers.  The two of them go back to 2000, and chronologically go through the nineteen projects they created over the course of six years.  They name drop some of their film-making friends and discuss various actors and actresses they worked with.  The...