Shane Talks

"Damn the Man. Save the Empire!" Shane is joined by Chris Schneider to take a look at the amazing film "Empire Records" and all of the 90s glory that was captured. From amazing performances, to the soundtrack, to the real life inspirations and how relatable the film was to a generation that grew up working retail jobs. There's so much to discuss, but we're "Open un...

Shane and Mark get together to wander through the hedge maze of the film, "Club Dread". While listening to Coconut Pete's music, they try to avoid Machete Pete, and save Jenny and Penelope, while using their FBI Serial Killer Investigation skills to get to the bottom of why this film is so much and enjoyable to quote and talk about.

Shane and Annette get together to discuss the question: Can men and women be friends without sex getting in the way? More specifically, they get together to discuss how Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron's film handles this topic. In the wake of Reiner's murder, Shane and Annette take some extra time to look at his career and the genius of his storytelling.

Shane gets Sergio Avalos to join him, so that they can share their love for the horror genre, and discuss one of Wes Craven's great masterpieces. They look at the legacy this film left on the franchise, as well as discussing how it influenced other films in the genre.

"Talk About it with a Bud" that would be our tagline here. For the second episode of Season 2, Shane turned to his longtime collaborator, Troy Myers to come on and talk about a film that will surprise no one: "Dazed and Confused". The guys get into Troy's love for the film, his history with the film, as well as taking a look at a very stacked cast of 90s actors.

Shane Talks is back for a second season, with a new format. For the first guest, Shane is reunited with the greatest co-host in the history of podcasting: Jason L. Maier, who chose Joss Whedon's 2005 sci-fi film "Serenity" to discuss. The guys discuss their love of the "Firefly" Universe, as well as the cast, and a discussion of Jason's pursuit to get the film's pos...

It's time to say good-bye, as this journey comes to an end. Shane and Jason look back over the evolution of the podcast and invite back multiple guests for some final interviews. Everyone contributes to the Shane Talks: Motion Picture Soundtrack Mix Tape. The guys say good bye to some friends and family they have lost over the years. There's a lot of nostalgia for a show that became all about nost...

It’s the penultimate episode of Shane Talks. Since it’s the 98th episode, Shane organizes a Class of 1998 Reunion, for the guys to go down memory lane from their senior year of high school. From the films that were released, to the shows that were on television, to the biggest albums released, to the pop culture events that happened. It's a collection of nostalgic stories.

There’s one final thing to talk about, when it comes to the amazing movies of 1999, and that’s what films were recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences when the 72nd Oscars were held on March 26th, 2000. Shane takes a look at the nominees and discusses if he agrees with the winners.

Shane and Troy get together to test out a potential new short format for a podcast. Today, they discuss "Anora". From their differences on how they viewed the first act of the film, to the film's presence at the Oscars, and Sean Baker's speeches.

Shane has very passionate negative feelings about remakes in Hollywood, but after a text from Brandon Yotter and a Facebook Memory from 2020, Shane thinks its time to discuss remakes and reboots in depth. Brandon joins Shane and Jason to talk about these topics, as well as bad movies or franchises that actually deserve to be remade. Troy stops by to discuss his favorite films of 2024, and to give...

With a run time that rivals "Inland Empire"... Shane Talks is back! It's time to bring in the Miller Brothers, so that Shane and Jason can discuss and debate a list of films that Shane thinks are terrible, but other people seem to enjoy. Troy joins Shane for a conversation about David Lynch, the legacy he has had on both of them, and their shared sadness over his passing.

1999 is over, and Shane admits that 2000 is an abysmal year compared to what we just went through. However, Shane is able to find a number of films that he feels like continued the amazing content we got in 1999. Shane addresses that small number of quality films that he loves from 2000 in this hangover episode.

1999 comes to a close with one final Oscar-hopeful film being released after Christmas and before the New Year. Denzel Washington plays a boxer wrongfully convicted of murder, and Shane examines why his previous opinion might have been wrong, but he still didn't care for the film, aside from Denzel's performance.

It’s Christmas Day in 1999! Once you were done opening presents and eating food, Hollywood had three very solid and enjoyable options for you to choose from at the cinema. Matt Damon was a liar, Tom Cruise was a sexist, and Tim Allen was a fictional space captain.

It’s the Wednesday before Christmas, and Shane takes a look at the two films released today. “Man on the Moon” is one of the rare biopics that Shane doesn’t hate – while “Any Given Sunday” is an American Football film that Shane just despises all around, especially for how he sees himself represented in Willie Beamen.

There was an odd Tuesday release in December of 1999, when "Girl, Interrupted" hit theatres right before Christmas. Shane takes a looks at the amazing cast, then admits that he didn't watch the film until 2000, before he finally does a little self-reflection on how the lead character really reminds of him of one of his close friends.

Getting closer to Christmas in 1999, and it’s time to get some family friendly films out into the cinemas. Robin Williams takes us on the 200 year journey of a robot becoming human, and Michael J. Fox voices a mouse in the middle of an all-star cast of voices and actors.

The Holiday Season is in full effect in 1999, and we’ve got a wide range of genres to discuss this weekend. From the arthouse to a bad comedy, from a western to a supernatural prison drama. There was a lot of options for the movie-goers this weekend, and Tobey Maguire went mainstream and arthouse in the same weekend.

Shane gets straight to the point in this holiday-hangover-arthouse entry. He avoids too many tangents, and gets straight to the point about two lesser known and barely remembered films from 1999. Shane breaks down all the parts of “The End of the Affair” that draws him to the film, and then he goes off on a tangent about how he never liked Woody Allen films, until he moved his plots to Europe.

It's Thanksgiving Weekend in 1999, and there were two films that were both released at the box office. First up is the clear favorite from the weekend, and one of the most rare kinds of films: A sequel that is better than the original. Then Arnold goes to war against The Devil.

Shane takes a look at the two films release on Jason Maier's 19th birthday in 1999. He takes a look at how both "Sleepy Hollow" and "The World is Not Enough" had terrible scripts, and while one of them was able to at least look visually brilliant, the other tried to use too much suspension of disbelief to make the film enjoyable. 

Shane breezes through discussing “Pokemon”, “The Messenger” and “Anywhere But Here” so that he can focus the majority of his time to telling stories about Kevin Smith’s film “Dogma”, and how a super-secret screening of the film almost cost Shane his job at the time.

What if Spike Lee wrote “The Breakfast Club”?  Shane believes we would get something along the lines of “Light It Up”.  An eclectic collection of high school students find themselves in a situation that spirals out of control, while also being a great character study on teenagers.

Shane goes very far off-topic with his tangents this week, and doesn’t stick to his traditional format, and instead uses this episode to pay tribute to Dave Maier, who recently passed away. Shane relates his love of films in 1999 with being Dave Maier’s employee at General Cinemas Clearwater.