Shane Talks

This week, for the first time EVER - Jason and Shane are physically together - in the same room!  In the Sun King Fishers Tap Room, the guys sit down to discuss bars and bar scenes in films and television.  The podcast was born from the fact that Shane and Jason were not able to talk about movies together every single day; so it was very nice to finally be back face to face.  It was...

On October 19th, Shane M. White and Jason Richardson did a Twitch Watch Party for the film "Halloween".  A few people popped in and out of the chat, but no one commented - so it literally turned into an Audio Commentary for the film.  In the first few minutes, Shane counts down and tells you when to hit PLAY on your copy, and then talks you through the first few title cards to make sure...

2020 has been a terrible year for the film exhibition industry.  In this episode, Jason and Shane look at all the films that skipped cinemas and were released on various home video formats.  They go down the small list of New Releases we got between March and September, and give their opinions on the films that they did see.

This week, Jason L. Maier and Shane are joined by Ryan Smith to discuss the films that won Golden Raspberry Awards for the year of 1999.  They look at the terrible nominees, then they look at Shane's list of films that were even worse than some of the film that were nominated.  Shane gets upset about the nominations that "Big Daddy" received, and the guys go off on tangents about actors...

September 30, 2005 saw the theatrical release of the film "Serenity", a continuation of the cancelled television series "Firefly".  On the fifteenth anniversary, Shane and Jason look back over the entire series, how badly Fox ruined the broadcast, and how beloved the characters became and were able to finish their story in a feature film.  There are guest interviews with Big Mike Owens,...

This week, Jason and Shane look at about forty films that are all Rated R.  The majority of the films were mentioned by members of the community as films they say before they were seventeen.  They discuss their memories of seeing the films and how they feel about showing them to their kids, and at what age they would consider it okay.  It's also an interesting look back on what earn...

Shane and Jason asked for people to take screenshots of movies they loved on Rotten Tomatoes, that got less than 25% from the critics reviews.  There are some gems in this group - amazing movies that obviously critics were not ready for.  There are also some really, really bad movies - that the critics were right about, but people still really enjoy.  Shane drinks some Sun King beer...

This week, Shane is joined by Jason L. Maier and Evan Miller to discuss Jay and Silent Bob and their evolution through Kevin Smith's films.  Then, they tangent off to talk about the non Jay and Silent Bob films in Kevin's career.

This week, Shane and Jason look over the entire career of Ben Affleck, going through every one of his acting roles as well as discussing the four films that he has directed.  Shane discusses his current obsession with finding a copy of "Going All the Way" and how Shane watched an old Ben Affleck film for the first time this week, after it was recommended by Jae Hampton. In a new section at th...

Shane put up a poll on the Shane Talks Facebook Group, asking everyone to vote for as many ghosts as they enjoyed in films.  On this episode, Shane and Jason take a look at the thirteen ghosts who got the best votes.  The also tangent off on some of the ghosts they realized were missing from the poll, as well as addressing the sad reality of Jeffery Jones and how some of his best films a...

In this episode, Shane is joined by Jason L. Maier and Jason Richardson, as they dive into a post Jason Richardson made on the Shane Talks Facebook page, that started a long conversation about favorite directors.  The three of them break down seventeen top directors lists, and debate their good films versus their bad films, and how they feel about various directors' careers.

On this episode, Shane is joined by his regular co-host Jason L. Maier and Evan Miller to discuss how "Scream" changed the horror genre in the 90s, and then discuss the film that followed and their attempts to capture the magic of "Scream".  Some tangents include classic horror, horror remakes, and the different genres of horror.  

Shane M. White and Jason L. Maier go over twenty-eight Top Ten Lists that were submitted by members of Shane Talks Facebook Group.  The discuss the films that they are surprised to see on various lists, and also do a little psychoanalysis of some lists.  In the end, they tally up the total votes to come up with a Community Top Ten List.

So, here is the shtick: Every episode that ends in “9” - I’m going back to 1999 with the focus on a different topic. This week, I threw on a Shiny Shirt and spiked my hair up like the lead singer of Smash Mouth so that we could talk about Soundtracks in 1999. I am joined by Jason Maier, Jason Richardson, J Hampton, and Ryan Smith for their thoughts and opinions on some of the best music in the mov...

THE OCHO Bonus Segment, where Evan Miller joins Shane to discuss his All-Time Favorite sports film, "The Mighty Ducks".  They also hit on some aspects of the sequels, and then discuss how terrible the Disney+ Sequel series sounds.

THE OCHO Bonus Segment, where Jason Richardson joins Shane to discuss his All-Time Favorite sports film, "Fever Pitch".  Shane is devastated when he learns that Jason is talking about the 2005 American version, and not the 1997 British version.

Dave Maier joins Shane to discuss his favorite sports film, "The Sandlot".

Jason L. Maier joins Shane to discuss his favorite sports film, "Major League".

Welcome to THE OCHO!  Shane picks his eight favorite sports films and discusses them with Jason L. Maier.  From obvious choices like "Field of Dreams" and "Hoosiers" to some more obscure choices like "Mystery, Alaska" and "Airborne".  Jason gives his thoughts and opinions on Shane's choices, and then Shane takes a look at the Rotten Tomatoes scores for his eight favorite sports film...

In this extremely long episode, Shane is joined by Jason L. Maier and his "Bond Aficionado" Brandon Yotter to discuss all things James Bond.  Starting with the original TV episode of "Casino Royale", to every film and actor, to Bond Theories and the franchises which took their influence from James Bond.

In this short episode, Shane polls his friends on their favorite candies to eat when they go out to the movie theatre.

Shane and Jason L. Maier take a backseat to Jason Richardson this week, and allow him to share all of the DVDs and Blu-rays he has picked up at the WalMart Five Dollar Bin.  Shane and Jason then retort with their willingness to spend their own five dollars on that film.  An episode that was supposed to make fun of Jason Richardson's collection, actually turned out to show how many great...

It's STAR WARS DAY!  More correctly, it was on the night we recorded this episode.  To celebrate the Nerd Holiday, Shane was joined by Jason L. Maier, Dave Maier, Andrew Maier, Jae Hampton, Samir Samoris, and Chris Meek.  They discuss each of the trilogies, their first "Star Wars" memories, theatrical experiences, and flaws in the franchise.  Samir and Chris also show off some...

For the third time, Shane is joined by Jason L. Maier, Jason Richardson and Chris Ward to talk about film trilogies.  Classics, Action/Adventure and Comic Books get the majority of the screen time this week, and much like "Return of the King", this episode just doesn't know when to end.

In this episode, Shane is joined by Jason L. Maier, Jason Richardson, and Chris Ward returning from Episode I, and has added Dave Maier and Brandon Simpson to this second episode where all things Sequels are discussed.  From sequels that turned out better than their first film, to sequels that were mediocre, to sequels that should have never happened - it's all covered.  Join us as we le...