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Andy and Sean are joined once again by the queen of The Mummy (1999), the fantastic Em, host of the wonderful Verbal Diorama to discuss The Mummy and Bubba Ho-Tep. The timings for this week are:The Mummy: (6:30)Bubba Hotep: (50:47)Next week's theme will be Foolish characters that aren't all that foolish. Follow Em and Verbal Diorama everywhere as @verbaldiorama. Follow us on social media:Instagram...

Whilst Sean suffered with Covid-19, he and Andy explore films trapped in singular rooms with 2002's Panic Room - with it's 'soupy' score - and 2015's Room. The timings for this week are:Panic Room: (02:35)Room: (27:53)Next week's theme will be Egyptian Mummy's attack with the fantastic Em from Verbal Diorama joining. Follow us on social media:Instagram: frametoframepodTwitter: frametoframepodLette...

This week we examine films set in 90s video rental shops with two oddly similar but very different films. First we look at a film from "The R-Rated Howard Hawks" Kevin Smith's debut in Clerks and Cheryl Dunye's landmark The Watermelon Woman. The timings for this week are:Clerks: (3:58)The Watermelon Woman: (31:00)Next week's theme will be films set primarily in one room. Follow us on social media:...

This week the boys examine Anchorman actors turning serious with Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction and Steve Carell in Little Miss Sunshine. Expect talk of Monty Python and Nietzsche - naturally. The timings for this week are:Stranger Than Fiction: (3:14)Little Miss Sunshine: (24:05)Next week's theme will be 90s films set in video stores. Follow us on social media:Instagram: frametoframepodTwi...

In an all singing-all dancing episode this week, we discuss reverse engineered musicals (or its full title: comedy films turned into stage musicals adapted into musical films). The films this week are the 2005 adaptation of The Producers and the 2007 adaptation of Hairspray. The timings for this week are:The Producers: (1:55)Hairspray: (26:29)Next week's theme will be Anchorman actors moving away...

Andy and Sean examine acting performances that steal entire films in less than 10 minutes by looking at True Romance and A History of Violence. Following the sad passing of William Hurt, we pivoted to A History of Violence on short notice to highlight such a fantastic career and in particular, a great performance. The timings for this week are:True Romance: (4:22)A History of Violence: (34:05)Next...

Andy and Sean examine two films inspired by the Michael Mann classic Heat. These are the towering comic book adaptation, The Dark Knight and the Ben Affleck helmed The Town. The timings for this week are:The Dark Knight (4:53)The Town: (35:55)Next week's theme will be actors stealing films with less than 5 minutes screen timeFollow us on social media:Instagram: @frametoframepodTwitter: @frametofra...

Andy and Sean look at films set in ski resorts which bring them to two very different films. Hot Tub Time Machine and Force Majeure show just how different one setting can be depicted. The timings for this week are:Hot Tub Time Machine: (2:48)Force Majeure: (26:26)Next week's theme will be films inspired by Heat (1995).Follow us on social media:Instagram: frametoframepodTwitter: frametoframepodLet...

Andy and Sean are joined by the wonderful Ellen Keld to discuss badass movie Ellen's in the films Alien and The Quick and the Dead. Wide ranging chats about two very different films with two amazing central performances of powerful, strong female characters. The timings for this week are:Alien: (2:20)The Quick and The Dead: (38:51)Next week's theme will be films set in ski resorts. Find Ellen on s...

This week, Andy and Sean explore two 1990s blockbusters that are notoriously bad and ask the question, are they? They look at Mad Max in the Sea in Waterworld and Batman 66 meets broadway in Batman and Robin. The timings for this week are:Waterworld: (2:40)Batman and Robin: (29:22)Next week we will be joined by friend of the show, the amazing Ellen Keld to discuss badass movie Ellens. Follow us on...

In this Black History Month, Andy and Sean are joined by Academy Watch and Pretty Fly's Bo Nicholson to discuss a Father and Son in Spike Lee civil rights films. These films being Malcolm X and BlacKkKlansman. The timings for this week are:Malcolm X: (2:52)BlacKkKlansman: (39:15)Next week's theme will be Festive Films That Aren't Festive. Find Bo on Academy Watch, Pretty Fly: A 90s Nostalgia Podca...

Andy and Sean explore one of the most important body's in the British film industry by celebrating BBC films. The films today are Shane Meadows' A Room for Romeo Brass and Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake. Two very powerful films that evoke powerful feelings and emotions from their audiences. Also in this episode, we sing the praises of the Bristol institution, The Watershed cinema. The timings for thi...

Join Andy and Sean each week as they discuss 2 seemingly unconnected films and look for a theme. A proud part of the We Made This Network. Follow us on social media:Instagram: frametoframepodTwitter: frametoframepodLetterboxd: frametoframeFacebook: Frame to FrameEmail: frame.to.frame250@gmail.comFollow our network:Twitter: @wmadethisInstagram: @wemadethisnetworkFacebook: @wemadethisWebsite: www.we...

Andy and Sean are joined by film journalist extraordinaire and basketball fan Amon Warmann to discuss active basketball players in films. This week they dig into the Spike Lee joint He Got Game starring Denzel Washington and then-Milwaukee Buck Ray Allen and the Kyrie Irving-led spin off from Pepsi adverts, Uncle Drew. The timings for this week are:He Got Game: (6:44)Uncle Drew: (37:26)Next week's...

Andy and Sean explore horror film remakes that supercede their originals by looking at the 1982's The Thing and 1986's The Fly. The timings for this week are:The Thing: (2:33)The Fly: (27:38)Next week's theme will be active basketball players in films with Amon Warmann, contributing editor and monthly columnist for Empire Magazine, co-host of Fade to Black amongst a plethora of other roles. Follow...

Andy and Sean explore the highest rated films on the IMDb 250 that that haven't seen with number 40, City Lights for Sean and the, rather embarrassingly number 3 The Godfather Part II for Andy. They also pay tribute to some of the recently departed titans of cinema, Peter Bogdanovich and Sidney Poitier. The timings for this week are:City Lights: (3:14)The Godfather Part II: (29:00)Next week's them...

Andy and Sean explore a few of their favourite films from 2021 and discuss 2021 in cinema. The timings for this week are:Top 10 Lists: (1:19)Summer of Soul: (13:50)Pig: (23:18)Next week's theme will be the highest ranked films on the IMDb 250 that we have not seen. Follow us on social media:Instagram: frametoframepodTwitter: frametoframepodLetterboxd: frametoframeFacebook: Frame to FrameEmail: fra...

In the most festive week of the year, where better to look than films that confuse sleigh and slay in Christmas horror films Black Christmas and Dead End. Two very different approaches with one being a true all time classic of the horror and slasher genre. The timings for this week are:Black Christmas: (2:12)Dead End: (28:19)Next week's theme will be festive action films. Follow us on social media...

Andy and Sean explore the stories behind holidays in (the controversially named) Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and Klaus. Enjoy the discussions on the nature of Christmas films, Agatha Christie and walking through graveyards, yes, really. The timings for this week are:The Nightmare Before Christmas: (6:19)Klaus: (29:32)Next week's theme will be putting the slay in sleigh. Follow us o...

Andy and Sean examine missing gloves in festive films aka the only connection we could find between Carol and Little Women. Two very female-led films with festive themes throughout. The timings for this week are:Carol: (1:59)Little Women: (27:06)Next week's theme will be stories behind the holidays. Follow us on social media:Instagram: frametoframepodTwitter: frametoframepodLetterboxd: frametofram...

Andy and Sean decided to get the pre-Christmas cathartic anger out by choosing films that made them angry. Sean would like to ruin the illusion here of distancing these feelings from Shrek. The most combative episode in a while, they both explain why they feel the way they feel. The timings for this week are:Shrek: (1:55)The Emoji Movie: (29:14)Next week's theme will be Festive Films That Aren't F...

Andy and Sean are joined by a very special guest this week. Discussing films with the lead character named Baby, Em from the fantastic Verbal Diorama joins to dissect Dirty Dancing and Baby Driver. The timings for this week are:Dirty Dancing: (7:28)Baby Driver: (35:08)Next week's theme will be Films that actively made us angry. Follow us on social media:Instagram: @frametoframepodTwitter: @frameto...

Andy and Sean examine gender fluid films from the early 1980s this week in a theme suggested by Dana from our We Made This sister podcast To Buy, To Let, To Murder which looked at the films of Dressed to Kill and Victor/Victoria. The timings for this week are:Dressed to Kill: (2:02)Victor/Victoria: (27:30)Next week's theme will be films where the lead character is named Baby. Follow us on social m...

This week, we dig into directors turned actors where we examine David Cronenberg's performance in the 1990 film Nightbreed as well as Jon Faverau in his palette cleansing yet mouthwatering 2014 film, Chef. The timings for this week are:Nightbreed: (4:11)Chef: (25:36)Next week's theme will be transvestism in the early 80s with special guest Dana from To Buy, To Let, To Murder. Follow us on social m...

This week, Andy and Sean are joined by We Made This's Pick a Disc host Matt Latham to discuss his theme of switched at birth films. The films were the Jackie Chan twin action-comedy Twin Dragons and the Eric Idle penned farce Splitting Heirs. You can find Matt every 2 weeks on Pick a Disc which can be found on the We Made This network here: https://wemadethisnetwork.com/category/podcasts/music-pod...