Forgotten Cinema

Mike Field and Mike Butler have hit their heads in the library and are now imaging book creatures talking to them. It's the living nightmare of 1994's live action/animated film, The Pagemaster , starring Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd, with the voice talent of Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg. Listen in as the Mikes discuss the WGA drama that surrounded this film upon its release as the...

The Mike's are taking a look at what makes Paul Newman such an amazing actor again by taking a look at the 1994 film Nobody's Fool , directed by Robert Benton and also starring Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, and Melanie Griffith. Listen in as Mike Butler and Mike Field discuss the ease and understatement of Paul Newman's acting. It's so real and so under the radar that it becomes underrated and unde...

The Mikes are driving recklessly up a snowy mountain with Danny Glover and Jared Leto on this episode of Forgotten Cinema as they discuss the 1997 film Switchback ; also starring Dennis Quaid as the FBI Agent out to stop one of them...but it's so obviously Danny Glover that it's silly. That's right! Mike Butler and Mike Field have thoughts! While they both enjoy this film, it is absolutely riddled...

The Mikes are traveling back to 1992 to watch a film, based on a play about putting on a play. The meta is alive and kicking with this one! It's Noises Off on this episode of Forgotten Cinema . Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they discuss this hilarious film with a star studded cast; Michael Caine, Carol Burnet, John Ritter, Christopher Reeve and more. Butler who had never heard of this film or...

Red means stop, green means go, yellow means go very, very fast. That's right! The Mikes are talking about the 1984 film, Starman, starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen; directed by...John Carpenter?! Mike Field and Mike Butler discuss how the failure of Carpenter's The Thing (yes it was considered a bomb, not THE bomb back then) caused him to believe that he had to direct this sci-fi love story t...

The Mike's are watching Christian Bale get thin. Like I mean...real thin. Gross thin. That's right, Mike Field and Mike Butler are talking about the 2004 film, The Machinist , starring Christian Bale and directed by Brad Anderson; where Bale being super gross thin is probably the only thing you know about this film! The Mikes talk about how marketing the film by showcasing only the ridiculous weig...

It's Jaws , but set in Africa, at the turn of the 20th century, and it's lions and Val Kilmer instead of Sharks and Roy Scheider...and forgotten? That's right it's the 1996 film, The Ghost and the Darkness ! Season 11 premieres with lions and blood and.....Michael Douglas!!! Mike Butler and Mike Field take a look at this film based on a true story where the most unbelievable parts are true!!! The...

Hey guys...you know what would be fun to do for a season finale and finale of the third annual Forgotten Horror? Let's Scare Jessica to Death !!! Get it? Because that's the movie that the Mikes are talking abou.....those boo's better be from ghosts!!! Mike Field and Mike Butler talk about the 1971 film, Let's Scare Jessica to Death , directed by John D. Hancock, who got the directing gig for Jaws...

Read any good books lately? No? The Mike's haven't either because they're too busy with their next Forgotten Horror film, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, starring Sam Neill. Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they discuss this 1994 horror film; part of Carpenter's self proclaimed Apocalypse trilogy. The Mikes will talk about how the concept for this film is its strongest point. A writer...

In Northern Alaska, Josh Hartnett is fighting vampires to protect his small town in 2007's 30 Days of Night , directed by David Slade. Listen in as Mike Field and Mike Butler discuss this action/horror film; both the good and the bad. The Mikes enjoy the action, the setting, and some of the actors in their roles, but film is plagued by other characters that seem wasted, generic, or just plain usel...

It's that time of year again! Time to get Spooky y'all!!!!! It's time for the third annual Forgotten Horror! On this first adventure in fear, the Mikes are discussing the 1987 John Carpenter film Prince of Darkness . Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they discuss the interesting way that the film attempts to blend science fiction and biblical horror. The Mikes also discuss the fantastic use of pr...

The Mikes are hunting for a serial killer in Soviet Russia on this episode of Forgotten Cinema as they discuss the 1995 film Citizen X , starring Stephen Rea and Donald Sutherland. An HBO film. You read that right; Mike Butler and Mike Field are doing a "TV" movie!!! Butler was hoodwinked I tells ya! Field tricked him! But the stigma of non-cinema releases aside, Butler believes this is one of the...

"My God! It's full of stars! That's right, the Mikes are taking on the sequel to what is widely considered one of the greatest movies ever made, 2010: The Year We Make Contact , which was directed, written, and filmed by Peter Hyams and starring Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, and Helen Mirren. Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they talk about how this film went up against in possible odds; not just...

You and the Mikes, you're gonna have a fight. Today. After school. Three o'clock. In the parking lot. You try and run, they're gonna track you down. You go to a teacher, it's only gonna get worse. You sneak home, they're gonna be under your bed. That's right! The Mikes are fighting you! No...wait. Correction. The Mikes are talking about the 1987 cult classic comedy Three O'Clock High , starring Ca...

"What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." Wait...we're not doing that one. Much to Field's chagrin. The Mikes are discussing the 1998 sequel to The Fugitive , the Stuart Baird directed US Marshals , starring Tommy Lee Jones returning as US Marshal Sam Gerard out to capt...

Hey...come here...come here. The Mikes are getting uncomfortable in this episode of Forgotten Cinema as they discuss the Jack Black/James Marsden film you didn't know existed; The D Train . Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they talk about how the film is filled with uncomfortable moments of both comedy and drama that makes Butler feel uncomfortable. That being said, both Mikes agree that this is...

The Mikes are taking on some assumed identities and running away from a crime they did indeed commit...but this time, they're taking the whole family!!! That's essentially the plot of this week's episode of Forgotten Cinema, as they discuss the 1988 Sidney Lumet film Running on Empty starring River Pheonix, Judd Hirsch, and Christine Lahti. Listen in as Mike Butler and Mike Field talk facts and th...

Is this a frying pan which I see before me? The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee! I have thee not and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal burger cooker sensible to feeling as to sight? Or art thou but a frying pan of the hunger, a false creation, proceeding from the burger-deprived stomach? Burgers? Macbeth? That's right. It's 2001's Scotland, PA ; an indie film that takes McD...

This week, the Mikes talk about the most recent movie on the show thus far, Bad Times at the El Royale , directed by Drew Goddard starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, and a whole lot more. To the east, you have Mike Butler; a man who loves this eccentric, slick, well acted original picture that enjoys its characters, tale, and atmosphere. To the west, there's Mike...

The Mikes are popping their collars, moving to New York, and climbing to the top of 1987 Wall Street while taking a look at the "oh so eighties" comedy starring Michael J Fox, The Secret of My Success . Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they discuss the eighties-ness of it all! From the style of the clothes to the style of the film itself; the use of montage and music, the ridiculousness of the s...

In this Spotlight compendium to their Titan AE episode, the Mikes are talking about some of their favorite animated films that are targeted at both kids and adults. Mike Field and Mike Butler talk about films that were not just animated films with a few jokes that go over a kid's head, but ones that are meant for the entire family, kids and adults to enjoy (at least) nearly equally. The Mikes list...

All good things must come to an end, and like the changing of the seasons, so must go our Forgotten Summer season. But first, the Mikes are blasting off into space, watching Earth blow up, and avoiding weird electric aliens as they search for the only ship that can save mankind in Don Bluth's 2000 animated adventure film Titan AE , starring the voice talent of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pull...

In this Spotlight compendium to their Layer Cake episode, the Mikes are talking British gangster films, both with and without an accent...just kidding....mostly... Mike Field and Mike Butler point out some awesome British gangster films that you should see and some that they want to see as well, while at the same time talking about what it is that makes a British gangster film different than their...

The Mikes are taking a journey across the pond on the penultimate episode of Forgotten Summer as they take a look at one of Mike Butler's favorite films; the Matthew Vaughn directed, Daniel Craig starring Layer Cake . Listen in as Mike Butler and Mike Field discuss this 2004 (2005 in the States) British gangster film and the first film directed by Vaughn; who was previously a producer on Guy Ritch...

In this Spotlight compendium to their Lone Star episode, the Mikes are talking about understated (and maybe underrated?) actor Chris Cooper! If you've seen movies in the last 25 years, you've certainly seen this actor in film; but Cooper brings to his role and internal and quiet power that makes you believe in his character so much, you almost forget that he is an actor playing a part. From Bourne...