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Front Row Classics is taking another look at a holiday staplee 1942's Holiday Inn. This joyous musical is perfect for any time of year. But. it's especially fitting to view during the Christmas season. Brandon is joined by Kevin Hart and Jacqueline Keysear. Kevin is currently directing a production of Holiday Inn at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, IL. Jacqueline, whom our listener...

Feeling like you didn't get enough leftovers from Turkey Day? Well have no fear because we've got the latest episode of #FullDisclosure breaking down the new horror film sensation #Thanksgiving. Ryan Lootens and Steve Sykes return to spoil everything in what many are calling the new horror classic in the vein of the greatest slasher films of all time. SPOILERS FOLLOW! After a Black Friday riot end...

Happy Thanksgiving from Front Row Classics. We're celebrating Noirvember with the Czar of Noir himself, Eddie Muller. Eddie has penned a new children's book, "Kid Noir: Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey". The book is a charming introduction to the world of classics film for younger kids. Brandon and Eddie discuss the inspiration behind the book and importance of introducing classi...

November 22 will be the 60th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American History. President John F. Kennedy's assassination has long been the subject of discussion and debate. Brandon Davis (Front Row Classics) and Lou Hare (Guilty Pleasures) are marking this anniversary by discussing one of the most talked about movies of the last generation, Oliver Stone's JFK. This 1991 film boasts one o...

Front Row Classics is taking a look at one of the great film epics, George Stevens' Giant. This 1956 film still resonates with its themes of family, changing times and race relations. Tristan Tapscott joins Brandon to discuss the legendary production. The two take a look at the fine performances from Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean. The film would mark Dean's final screen appearance b...

The next episode of Beyond The Mouse is one for the history books...... but which history are we talking about exactly? We're jumping through time and timelines to talk to the Head Writer for the hit Marvel Cinematic Universe series  Loki  on Disney+, Eric Martin. Martin is known as a fantastic writer on  Heels  and fellow time travel adventure  Rick and Morty . In this interview we talk all thing...

Front Row Classics is celebrating Veterans Day with one of the greatest home front dramas of Word War II. We're taking a look at Since You Went Away from 1944. This stellar production from David O. Selznick is a warm and sentimental story of a family's struggle to keep the home fires burning. Jessica Pickens joins Brandon to discuss this landmark film which features an all-star cast including Clau...

We're closing in on the holiday season, which means it will soon be time to enjoy our favorite Christmas movies once again. Brandon is thrilled to welcome back, author/film historian, Jeremy Arnold. Jeremy recently penned "Christmas in the Movies (Revised & Expanded Edition) : 35 Classics to Celebrate the Season". The book offers more than 70 pages of new content to Jeremy's previous 'Christmas Mo...

Our last pod of #MonsterCast is a doozy and we've been anxiously awaiting releasing it. What better time than Halloween to bring back the creepiest show on the Network! Don't call it comeback....... except it IS! You've been asking and Sara and Jeremy RETURN with a brand new episode of #AreYouAfraidOfThePodcast.  For the comeback episode they're picking up right where they left off in Season 4 of...

We're nearing the end of #MonsterCast and as such HAVE to give you the definite rankings of ALL 21 FILMS in Hulu's #BiteSizeHalloween short film festival. The season 3 crop of films has some truly creepy and some incredibly unique and striking films and Sara and Jeremy take the time to give you the rundown on every single one of them. Enjoy! BITE SIZE HALLOWEEN  is available NOW on Hulu. Don't for...

We're continuing MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're concluding our series by talking with director Zoey Martinson about her film #Incomplete. This film is near the top of our list for the entire festival. It's creepy, well-executed and has a deeper meaning that you can really dive into. HIGH RECOMMEND. A man under hou...

#MonsterCast rolls right along towards it's conclusion but not before getting one more offering from the crazy folks over at #Flashback. For their final offering of the creepy season, they're taking a look at a true gem of the late 80s, #TheGate. Two young boys accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good...

We're continuing MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Brandon Espy about his film #MrCrocket. This is one of our top picks from the festival and has the extra creepy factor of redefining something from our childhoods for terror. A hyperactive young boy pushes his mom over the edge by continuously p...

#MonsterCast continues with a truly fantastic offering from the crew over at Super GG Radio. For their 2023 #SpookySession, they're taking a look at Telltale Games' innovative take on the "choose your own adventure" style of gaming with their adaptation of the graphic novel and TV hit  The Walking Dead . This game has a style all its own not only in animation but in the way it lays out its decisio...

We're continuing MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with directors Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum about their film Ride or Die . This one is a truly original concept that is execture to perfection. It's literally "ride-or-die" for newly licensed teen driver Jemma and her friends. RIDE OR DIE  is available NOW o...

We're continuing MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Natalie Metzger about her film Sleep Study . This film is a fantastic slow build to an insane finish which made it one of our absoute FAVORITES of the entire festival. A restless new mother confronts a dangerous terror whenever she tries to slee...

#MonsterCast spotlights are continuing and we're back on the franchise train! This year, and in honor of the truly fantastic 3rd season of the USA & Sci-Fi series, we're breaking down the entire #ChildsPlay franchise. Spanning 7 feature films and a remake in 2019, this franchise features one of the most iconic horror characters of all time, Chucky the killer Good Guy doll. Equal parts terrifying,...

We're continuing MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Robin Takao D'Oench about his film Trespassers . This is an old school throwback to the fake-out style of horror and the results are impressive and creepy. In their old family home, a woman and her young son are attacked by invaders who are unaw...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Samantha Aldana about her film #Angels. This film is very unique in how it deals with ideas of illness and faith in a sci-fi horror framework. A farmer caring for her dying mother has her prayers answered from above. ANGELS  is available NOW o...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Michael Schwartz about his film #Snatched. This film has some fascinating metaphors at play and boasts the star-power of Emmy-winner Tatiana Maslany. After coming out as gay, a 15-year-old boy must fight for his life when his parents react wit...

We've got the second film in our Halloween double-feature this week. Brandon and Emmett Stanton discuss one of the most influential films on the horror genre, Cat People. We discuss how this unlikely B movie from producer Val Lewton, set trends that have resonated for years with horror filmmakers. While both Brandon and Emmett agree that Cat People may not be a great movie, there are certainly gre...

Happy Halloween from Front Row Classics! We're celebrating the 90th anniversary of James Whale's The Invisible Man. Brandon is joined by Dominic Cellini this week to pay tribute to this landmark entry in the Universal Monster Movie canon. Alongside the groundbreaking special effects, The Invisible Man marked the American film debut of the incomparable Claude Rains.

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Jon K. Jones about his film #Fracture. This film is a very different offering and plays with themes of reality and deals with the most terrifying prison of all: your own mind. Is Marcus really an astronaut working on a remote planet, or an ins...

#MonsterCast  rolls right along with a very special interview. We recently got to sit down with the creators of the StokerVerse, Chris McAuley and Dacre Stoker. Dacre is an author and the great grand-nephew of the legendary Bram Stoker and Chris is an incredible artist and colorist that has worked on some of the biggest properties in comics. Together they created the StokerVerse, which has expande...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with directors Coral Amiga and Nicole Hartley about their film #Bug. Coral and Nicole are wonderful actors in front of the camera and equally adept behind it crafting a truly creepy and cutting commentary piece. A frustrated mother forces her misbehaving da...