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OSCARS season may be over, but The Cine-Files aka Steve Morris and John Rocha are still celebrating it in their new series THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS where they revisit a Best Picture nominee in every episode. Today, they revisit and discuss THE ZONE OF INTEREST from director JONATHAN GLAZER. Loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, the film focuses on the life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hö...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha add a new wrinkle to their SEASON OF MARTIN SCORSESE with this discussion on Hollywood's relationship with Religion on Film. This is a discussion that both of them felt they needed to have before diving into their breakdown and discussion on THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST which will commence next week. We hope you enjoy this discuss...

OSCARS season may be over, but The Cine-Files aka Steve Morris and John Rocha are still celebrating it in their new series THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS where they revisit a Best Picture nominee in every episode. Today, they revisiit and discuss ANATOMY OF A FALL from director JUSTINE TRIET and starring Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Samuel Theis, and Milo Machado-Graner. The film stars Sandra Hüller as a...

SHŌGUN, a brand new series based on the James Clavell novel, dropped its sixth episode "Ladies of the Willow World" on FX and HULU. The series stars HIROYUKI SONADA, COSMO JARVIS, and ANNA SAWAI. Lady Ochiba returns to Osaka in order to accelerate the Regents' campaign against Toranaga. In Ajiro, Toranaga tests Mariko's loyalty to his cause. The Outlaw John Rocha is joined by his T...

On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris revisit BACK TO SCHOOL from 1986 starring RODNEY DANGERFIELD, SALLY KELLERMAN, BURT YOUNG and ROBERT DOWNEY JR.. A 80s comedy classic that took Dangerfield to the next level of fame and made him a household name. John and Steve discuss the film, their favorite scenes, its impact on comedy movies of the 80s and its legacy.  I...

OSCARS season may be over, but The Cine-Files aka Steve Morris and John Rocha are still celebrating it in their new series THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS where they revisit a Best Picture nominee in every episode. Today, they discuss they revisiit and discuss PAST LIVES, the directorial debut from writer/director CELINE SONG starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro. The film follows two childhood frie...

OSCARS season may be over, but The Cine-Files aka Steve Morris and John Rocha are still celebrating it in their new series THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS where they revisit a Best Picture nominee from Martin Scorsese starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons and more. Real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal as Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation, tries t...

SHOGUN, a brand new series based on the James Clavell novel, dropped its fifth episode "Broken to the Fist" on FX and HULU. The series stars HIROYUKI SONADA, COSMO JARVIS, and ANNA SAWAI. Blackthorne and Mariko struggle to contain the secret that could get them both killed. Yabushige searches for the spy who has betrayed his intentions to Lord Toranaga. The Outlaw John Rocha is joined by h...

OSCARS season may be over, but The Cine-Files aka Steve Morris and John Rocha are still celebrating it in their new series THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS where they revisit a Best Picture nominee in every episode. Today, they discuss the film that won the peoples Oscar in BARBIE. The billion dollar juggernaut and one half of the Barbenheimer craze from director Greta Gerwig starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Go...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their SEASON OF MARTIN SCORSESE with Part 3 of their deep dive in Raging Bull, the 1980 Best Picture nominee. Considered one of the greatest boxing films and Scorsese films of all time, this movie stars Robert De Niro as true life boxer Jake LaMotta who battles his demons and unleashes his paranoia, insecurities and violent je...

It's OSCARS season and The Cine-Files aka Steve Morris and John Rocha are celebrating it by launching a special series titled THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS where they revisit one Best Picture nominee a day. Today, they discuss AMERICAN FICTION, the film that won the 2024 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay from writer/first time director Cord Jefferson starring Jeffrey Wright in a Best Actor nominated...

SHOGUN, a brand new series based on the James Clavell novel, dropped its first two episodes on FX and HULU. The series stars HIROYUKI SONADA, COSMO JARVIS, and ANNA SAWAI. Blackthorne and Mariko test their new alliance as they train Toranaga's gun regiment for war. Yabushige must navigate his past promises to Ishido when an old friend comes to the village. The Outlaw John Rocha is joined by hi...

It's OSCARS season and The Cine-Files aka Steve Morris and John Rocha are celebrating it by launching a special series titled THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS where they revisit one Best Picture nominee a day. Today, they discuss the film that won the 2024 OSCAR for BEST PICTURE...OPPENHEIMER. From Best Director winner CHRISTOPHER NOLAN starring CILLIAN MURPHY, ROBERT DOWNEY JR, EMILY BLUNT, FLORENCE PU...

It's OSCARS season and The Cine-Files aka Steve Morris and John Rocha are celebrating it by launching a special series titled THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS where they revisit one Best Picture nominee a day. Today, they discuss THE HOLDOVERS from director ALEXANDER PAYNE starring PAUL GIAMATTI, DOMiNIC SESSA, DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH. It's nominated for 5 Academy Awards and is streaming now on Pea...

It's OSCARS season and The Cine-Files are celebrating it by launching a special series titled THE TEN DAYS OF OSCARS. Starting today, Steve Morris and John Rocha will review every Best Picture nominee from this year's Oscars. They kick it off today with their Spoiler Review of MAESTRO from writer/director and star Bradley Cooper detailing the relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Feli...

SHOGUN, a brand new series based on the James Clavell novel, dropped its first two episodes on FX and HULU. The series stars HIROYUKI SONADA, COSMO JARVIS, and ANNA SAWAI. After Blackthorne survives a brazen assassination attempt, Toranaga realizes he must ferry his allies out of Osaka or risk certain defeat. The Outlaw John Rocha is joined by his The Cine-Files cohost Steve Morris who is steeped...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their SEASON OF MARTIN SCORSESE with Part 2 of their deep dive in Raging Bull, the 1980 Best Picture nominee. Considered one of the greatest boxing films and Scorsese films of all time, this movie stars Robert De Niro as true life boxer Jake LaMotta who battles his demons and unleashes his paranoia, insecurities and violent je...

SHOGUN, a brand new series based on the James Clavell novel, dropped its first two episodes on FX and HULU. The series stars HIROYUKI SONADA, COSMO JARVIS, and ANNA SAWAI. Set in the 17th Century, John Blackthorne, a sailor who rises from outsider to samurai, while being used as a pawn in Japanese leader Toranaga's struggle to reach the top of the ruling chain, or Shogun. The Cine-Files' J...

(Originally Released May 11th, 2018) On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha add onto their Season of Scorsese by rereleasing their discussion on Taxi Driver with a brand new intro. The film that piur Martin Scorsese on the map features a career defining performance from Robert De Niro as the unhinged Travis Bickle who is an unhinged Vietnam vet who explores the seedy underw...

(Originally Released May 4th, 2018) On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha add onto their Season of Scorsese by rereleasing their discussion on Taxi Driver with a brand new intro. The film that piur Martin Scorsese on the map features a career defining performance from Robert De Niro as the unhinged Travis Bickle who is an unhinged Vietnam vet who explores the seedy underwo...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their SEASON OF MARTIN SCORSESE with Part 1 of their deep dive in Raging Bull, the 1980 Best Picture nominee. Considered one of the greatest boxing films and Scorsese films of all time, this movie stars Robert De Niro as true life boxer Jake LaMotta who battles his demons and unleashes his paranoia, insecurities and violent je...

On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris revisit Martin Scorsese's THE COLOR OF MONEY from 1986. The sequel to The Hustler sees the return of Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson, but this time he's teaching a new breed of hustler in Tom Cruise's Vincent Lauria who is aided by his partner Carmen played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. The films also feature...

The Cine-Files' Steve Morris and John Rocha bring you a special watchalong episode of Rocky III in honor of the great Carl Weathers who passed away just a few days ago. This is one of our favorite films and one that we felt really showed the magnetic charm of Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed. In the film, Apollo steps in after Clubber Lang (Mr. T) has destroyed Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone),...

John Rocha and Steve Morris return to the world of Henry Hill and the Mafia as things fall apart in part three of their exploration of Martin Scorsese's organized crime masterpiece, Goodfellas. At this point, all the romance of the gangster life is gone as the distrust, greed, violence and drug induced paranoia gains momentum towards a tragic end.   If you haven't seen this incredible film...

The Cine-Files' Steve Morris and John Rocha finish their 7 Days of Love journey today as they celebrate Valentine's Day with the re-release of their episode on Disney's Beauty and the Beast with special guest The Geek Buddies' Michael Vogel! One of the most beloved films from the second golden age of Disney that achieved that rare feat of being the first animated film to be nominat...