Preceding Film

Heath and Drew talk about the star power Ashley Judd and Harrison Ford bring to Double Jeopardy and The Fugitive on this week's episode of Preceding Film.

Drew and Heath feel the need for speed on this week's Preceding Film as they discuss the two installments in the Top Gun film franchise.

First Wes! Heath and Drew are joined by Wes Anderson correspondent Lora Taylor to discuss the auteur's specific style within The Grand Budapest Hotel and his other work. Plus, they discuss a direct influence on his film: best picture winner Grand Hotel (1932) directed by Edmund Goulding.

Heath and Drew dive into the cautionary tale that is Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street along with a movie Scorsese himself called, "One of the greatest American movies," Sweet Smell of Success directed by Alexander Mackendrick.

First Tarantino on Preceding Film! Jonah joins Drew and Heath to talk about Quentin Tarantino's World War II masterpiece Inglourious Basterds . QT being a lover of cinema, Basterds is his homage to old war movies, one of which is Brian G. Hutton's Where Eagles Dare . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Heath and Drew discuss the musical compositions from Hans Zimmer. We begin with his latest work in the Dune franchise and go all the way back to the beginning with his first film he composed for:  My Beautiful Laundrette .

Bonus episode! As Drew and Kate Watzke prepare to vacation in Boston, Drew realizes just how many movies set in Boston Preceding Film has reviewed. We'd love to hear from you! Contact us at precedingfilm@gmail.com

On this week's Preceding Film, Drew and Heath discuss Arkansas Cinema directed by Arkansans. Want to hit us up? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Alternate title for this week's episode could be "Movies Your Father Has Fond Memories For". Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

In Preceding Film's historic first MEGA EPISODE, Heath and Drew discuss as much as they can about all things Spider-Man movies... but that's not all. Drew sits down with Spider-Man expert Brian Finley to talk more about the films.

We discuss the Coen Brothers two ventures into rural Texas with No Country For Old Men and Blood Simple . Want to get ahold of us? Email us at precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew and Heath discuss a franchise near and dear to their hearts. Twisters and Twister provides an informative snapshot into how Hollywood has evolved over the years, and the boys discuss it. Interested in contacting us? Email us at precedingfilm@gmail.com

You have homage, pastiche, satire, tribute and in extreme cases- complete and utter rip offs that feel more like a McDonald's commercial than an actual movie. It's Mac and Me and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial on this week's Preceding Film. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com.

Damien Chazelle has credited Martin Scorsese's  Raging Bull as direct inspiration for his debut film,  Whiplash . In this week's Preceding Film, Heath and Drew discuss the violence and obsession found in both best picture nominated films. Contact us at precedingfilm@gmail.com

There was a time before Peter Jackson when people believed you couldn't adapt J.R.R. Tolkein's beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy. We discuss the first installment in the beloved LOTR trilogy along with Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film The Lord of the Rings.

Heath and Drew talk about why and how a movie as wacky as Back to the Future works as well as it does, along with the godfather of time travel movies-  The Time Machine  (1960).

Drew and Heath dive into two Clint Eastwood directed (and starring) Westerns this week on Preceding Film. Join the guys as they try to analyze the deconstruction of The West in 1992 Best Picture Winner Unforgiven along with the heroic myth making in Pale Rider . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew and Heath discuss last week's Academy Awards ceremony, diving into the preceding year of film.

Drew did the research this week. He powered through the 75 pages of Joseph Conrad's 1899 classic novella Heart of Darkness to prepare for this week's discussion of two movies based off the text. Heath contributed in a smaller but no less important way: by providing Ad Astra on Blu-ray.

In this week's episode, Heath and Drew have a serious discussion about Looney Tunes playing basketball with NBA players. Plus, GOAT debate.

First Scorsese! Drew and Heath are joined by Jonah Wilcox to talk about Martin Scrorsese's 2006 Best Picture Winning film "The Departed." They talk about the performances, Scorsese's style and how it stacks up as a remake to the Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs". After that, Tab joins Heath to discuss his top five Scorsese films.

Drew and Heath are joined by Mack Stevens to talk about Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011) and the influences Walter Hill's The Driver (1978) had on it. Want to contact us? Email us at precedingfilm@gmail.com

In an episode of a movie podcast where Drew and Heath dive into a conversation about journalistic integrity in both Spotlight and All the President's Men, they start the show off by firing unsubstantiated hot takes about the Luka Dončić to LA trade.

Drew and Heath couldn't meet up this week, so Heath begins the episode by talking about an upcoming promotion Preceding Film will put on. Then, Drew finishes the episode by giving a personal review of a recent movie he's watched.

Drew and Heath venture out into snowy mountainous landscape to pod about frontier movies in -25 degree weather.