Story Screen Presents

Mike Burdge sits down with his arch-nemesis, the enigmatic Scotty Arnold, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Heathers, the movie that changed a lot of us by accident one innocent afternoon on TNT. While chatting about the film itself, they also cover the many adaptations and inspirations the film produced, as well as some.... *checks notes*.... "slippery" content that maybe wasn't great for 1988...

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Bernadette Gorman-White hops on to discuss the national controversy of that NOT being Jenny at the Oscars, Tarantino announcing the plot of his "last" film, Roger Deakins dropp...

Bernadette Gorman-White leads the conversation with guests Robby Anderson, Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge to chat about the latest HBO sensation to sweep the nation: the television adaptation of The Last of Us. Robby and Mike discuss changes and comparisons to the game, while Bernadette and Diana bring fresh takes on the show and story. Listen on....

Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge take a trip to King Land with director Mike Flanagan's two feature film Stephen King adaptations: Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep. And they both rip hard. Listen on....

Mike Burdge, Bernadette Gorman-White, Diana DiMuro and Robby Anderson discuss their hopes and predictions for the winners of the 95th Oscars. From Austin Butler being cursed to forever say "Mama" to the animated short that drove all of them insane, it's an episode to remember that slaps in the good way. Listen on....

It's here. The one you've all been waiting for! On this episode of The Pattinson Stuff, Bernadette Gorman-White and Mike Burdge brave the cold chill of Forks, Washington, watching all 5 Twilight movies in their continued quest through the filmography of Robert "Eddie Cullen" Pattinson. The takes are spicy, the bits are plenty and holy hell is BDP2 a wild lil "movie." Listen on....

Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge take a trip to the Quantumverse to chat about the latest Marvel joint to drop. Big energy in this one guys, we promise. Listen on....

Bernadette and Mike continue their journey through the filmography of Toni Collette, this time focusing in on her rise to fame and international breakthroughs in the late 90s, with Emma, Clockwatchers, The Boys, 8 1/2 Women and Velvet Goldmine. Listen on....

Mike Burdge and Robby Anderson explore the Resident Evil franchise and all its gloriously horrific offerings of sequels, adaptations, remakes and more. Thump thump. Thump thump. Listen on....

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Diana DiMuro hops on to discuss a narrative change in the upcoming Avatar sequels, and a certain Anaheim bubs talking like he was born in Mississippi in the 1930's, as well as...

Mike Burdge, Diana DiMuro, Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson chat about some of their favorite films of 2022, including The Batman, We're All Going to the World's Fair, The Fabelmans, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Aftersun, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, TÁR, The Banshees of Inisherin and more! Listen on....

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Mike Burdge and Diana DiMuro tackle two more earlier horror works of writer/director Mike Flanagan: the seemingly cursed Before I Wake, and the home-invasion-with-a-twist, Hush. Topics include Flanagan's Easter Eggs to other films, his relationship with Jason Blum, Thomas Jane's hair and the badassery that is the very existence of Kate Siegel. Listen on....

In this episode, Reeya Banerjee joins host Bernadette Gorman-White to chat about the latest (and penultimate) season of the Netflix sensation, The Crown. Along the way, they recount where they left off with Season 4, dive into the setbacks in Season 5 while slowly convincing each other that maybe this season had more forethought than what they may have initially perceived, and finally comment on t...

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Mike Burdge hops on to discuss the latest shake ups with Warner Bros and HBO Max (aka Shitstorm City), as well as a few other stories, including a surprise review of one of the...

Robby Anderson is joined by guests Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge to chat about a lil film called Avatar: The Way of Water. Points of discussion include just how much this film rocks, gripes they had with certain choices, the undeniable power of Big Jim Cameron, what made the original Avatar so special and America's new official sweetie-pie and teen-hearthrob: Spider. Listen on....

Robby Anderson and Diana DiMuro chat about Violent Night, which is a play on the classic holiday term, Silent Night, because it's an action movie with Santa! Along the way way they chat about all the fun X-Mas themed kills, David Harbour being a pretty a good Santa, should this movie be more R or PG-13 rated, as well as discuss their favorite films and shows to watch around the holidays. Listen on...

In this episode, Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson talk about the nature of Star Wars storytelling, which SW properties they really enjoy, how Tony Gilroy and crew threw fan expectations out the window, the possibilities for season 2, and just how good Andor is. Listen on....

Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge discuss the latest project from writer/director Mike Flanagan: Netflix's The Midnight Club. Topics of discussion include the fresh cast, returning FlanaVerse favorites, the nature of death and hope and the director's collaborative nature in both the writing room and on the set. Listen on....

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Tim Irwin guests to discuss the recent hiring of some new gun(n)s over in the DCEUHQ, as well as a few other stories. You can find those stories, and their sourced articles, li...

Robby Anderson and Mike Burdge sit down for the big chat on the latest Marvel chapter, and more importantly the latest Ryan Coogler flick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Along the way, they discuss the massively insane difficulties this film faced, what this whole story means for the MCU moving into Phase 5, how much they both want to sleep with Namor and, you guessed it, they talk about THAT end...

On the latest episode of Hot Takes, Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson chat about Martin McDonagh's latest film, The Banshees of Inisherin, as well as his filmography in general. Along the way, they also discuss going through friendship break-ups, whether or not the film's story exists in our physical world or if it might lend itself to mysticism (and whether that even matters), and they g...

In this first episode of our new monthly series, Freakin' Out with Flanagan, co-hosts Diana DiMuro and Mike Burdge take a look at two of Mike Flanagan's earlier works which clearly lay the foundation for the types of stories and scares the director would be become so iconic for: Oculus and Oujia: Origin of Evil. Listen on....

Story Screen Reports is our team REACTING to the top 5 film, television and entertainment news stories of the month. Join us as we dissect and comb through everything from upcoming releases to studio drama. On this episode, Bernadette Gorman-White guests to discuss the long-awaited reveal of Chris Pratt's Mario voice, as well as a few other stories. You can find those stories, and their sourced ar...

Bernadette Gorman-White and Robby Anderson take one last trip to Haddonfield with Halloween Ends, where they discuss the thematic through-line in David Gordon Green's trilogy, subverting audience expectations in trailers, the merits of doubling down on storytelling, and if there's room for a new Halloween after this ending. And get ready, folks, because people REALLY don't like this movie... but w...