Film Streak

The streak takes a deep dive into the career of one of cinema’s greatest screen actors, Gene Hackman, including a list of top 10 personal favorites and a selection of films across four decades, including French Connection II (1975), The Domino Principle (1977), Eureka (1983), Uncommon Valor (1983), Target (1985), The Package (1989), Company Business (1991), Heist (2001) and Welcome to Mooseport (2...

The streak tries to find the words on which is better between the original or the remake. This episode: Speak No Evil (2022) and Speak No Evil (2024) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

It’s December and the streak is gathering up all the scraps from 2024, including documentaries, sequels, thrillers and oddballs that were Movie Pass, Movie Crash (2024), The Blue Angels (2024), Civil War (2024), Joker: Folie a Deux (2024), Twisters (2024), Trap (2024), Subservience (2024), Transformers One (2024) and Gladiator II (2024). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

Like Caine in Kung Fu, the streak travels across the landscape in search of healing, strength and even some laughs in Wild (2014), A Walk in the Woods (2015), Wildlike (2016), The Dark Divide (2020) and Tracks (2013). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

It’s almost some sort of Ocean’s reunion but paired up as reluctant partners-in-crime with George Clooney and Brad Pitt in Wolfs (2024) and Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in The Instigators (2024). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

The streak harkens back to eras past in Ti West’s prequel/sequel films featuring dynamic titular performances from Mia Goth in Pearl (2022) and Maxxxine (2024). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

The streak catches up with special guest Pedro Rivas from Houston Latino Film Festival to talk about all things undead, including the documentary Birth of the Living Dead (2013), followed by a remake rewind of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead (1985) and Day of the Dead (2008). After that, we dig up more looks at the formerly living with Handling the Undead (2024), One Cut of the Dead (2017), Dia...

The streak catches up with legendary filmmaker Dario Argento in the new documentary Dario Argento: Panico (2023), followed by classic giallo films The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), Tenebrae (1982) and Inferno (1980). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

The streak opens up a puzzle box of delights and horrors with Pinhead and the gang in Hellraiser (1987), Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996), Hellraiser: Inferno (2000), Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002), Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005), Hellraiser: Deader (2005), Hellraiser: Revelations (2011), Hellraiser: Judgment (2018) and Hellraiser...

The streak checks out the stories within stories and found footage in The Visit (2015), I Saw the TV Glow (2024), The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) and Late Night with the Devil (2023). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

We’re kicking off October with the horrors and emptiness of space in I.S.S. (2023), Dark Star (1974), Galaxy of Terror (1981), Rubikon (2022), Apollo 18 (2011), The Last Days on Mars (2013) and Aniara (2018). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

It’s all about taking the hits and getting back up again in The Fall Guy (2024) and the work of 87North in the Peacock docu-series Action (2024) showcasing stunt performers in the film industry. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

The streak has reached 500 films! What better way to celebrate that poke at the sensitivities of modern day audiences, including disclaimers, spoilers and the highly provocative experience of watching Blink Twice (2024). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

The streak watches what happens when somebody decided that making all crime legal for one night was a good idea in The Purge (2013), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Purge: Election Year (2016), The First Purge (2018) and The Forever Purge (2021). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

A look at this summer’s selection of ruffians, villains, miscreants and monsters from A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), Alien: Romulus (2024), Borderlands (2024), Horizon: Chapter 1 (2024) and The Bikeriders (2024). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visi...

The streak explores the roles of 21st century genre queen Maika Monroe, starting with a stroll back to a decade ago with It Follows (2014) and the more recent releases Villains (2019), Watcher (2022), God Is a Bullet (2023) and Longlegs (2024). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

The streak heads back to the wastelands for a string of post-apocalyptic features from filmmaker Cirio Santiago including Stryker (1983), Wheels of Fire (1985), Equalizer 2000 (1987), The Sisterhood (1988) and Dune Warriors (1991), followed by a recent retread of this familiar territory in Future World (2018). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...

The streak takes up arms to find out which is better between the original or the remake. This episode: Red Dawn (1984) and Red Dawn (2012). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

After watching the documentary De Palma (2019), the streak circles back to check out some overlooked work from years past: Sisters (1972), Obsession (1976), The Fury (1978), Snake Eyes (1998), Passion (2015) and Domino (2019). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

The streak gives the old bones a workout with Stallone, Statham and the packed roster of action stars from the past in The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), The Expendables 3 (2014) and The Expendables 4 (2023). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

This episode turns to films about filmmaking with documentaries on directors De Palma (2015), Alan J Pakula: Going for Truth (2019), and the innovators of the film sound industry in Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

Recent prequels exploring the makings of the dystopian Panem in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) and the motorized Wasteland in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

The streak finds some very hurt people looking to hurt people in the recent revenge action-thrillers The Beekeeper (2024), Monkey Man (2024) and Silent Night (2023). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

Thanks to the recent Brats (2024), the streak rewinds back to the 1980s for a fresh look at Pretty in Pink (1986), St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Fresh Horses (1988). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe

A double feature of recent comedies from writer-director-actors Jake Johnson in Self Reliance (2024) and Charlie Day in Fool's Paradise (2023) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit filmstreak.substack.com/subscribe