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Hey hey all you Lasso fans! We're taking a slight turn today and bringing you a very special interview. On November 11th the 10th Annual Thundergong will take place at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City. This vital concert helps raised funds for Steps of Faith, which provides amputees with no or inadequate health insurance with prosthetics to drastically improve their lives. The concert is hosted b...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Carlo Ledesma about his film #TheKapre. This film is based on a well-known legend in the Phillipines that is essentially their version of Bigfoot. Two unsuspecting Americans awaken a large and legendary creature while camping in an enchanted P...

#MCUHQ is back and getting in on #MonsterCast fun with a #FullDisclosure breakdown of the MCU's forray into old school horror #WerewolfByNight. This film came out last Halloween and has quickly become one of the MCU's most loved properties. It combines old-school horror with the typical Marvel flair and makes for an exciting new character and world for our favorite heroes to interact with. Jeremy...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Conscian Morgan about his powerful seance film #Nzu. This film is very creepy and seamlessly blends in an important message at the same time. When a white civil servant visits his Nigerian girlfriend's family to ask for their blessing, he must...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Andrew Laurich about #LiveBait. This is the shortest film of the festival and in many ways the simplest but it still packs a pretty creepy punch. As a fisherman takes in a day on the lake, the roles of angler and bait appear to be eerily rever...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with writer and director Marcus Okami about his unsettling short #AloneWithHim. This film is a great example of using simple terror to unsettle the viewer. Trapped in a catastrophic car accident during a snowstorm, a pregnant woman struggles to free herself...

Let's take a slight break from the old horror and focus on something new! #MonsterCast continues with a #FullDisclosure breakdown of the new Amazon time travel slasher #TotallyKiller. This film has a lot of fun with the time travel narrative and wraps itself up in a nice slashed film bow just for all of us horror film fanatics! Ryan and Jeremy break it all down and then some! When the infamous "Sw...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with writer and director Nuhash Humayun about his striking film #ForeignersOnly. Taking a body-horror bent on the idea of race relations in Bangladesh makes this one of the most memorable entries of the entire series. In Bangladesh, a tannery worker searche...

Front Row Classics welcomes author Sarah Royal this week. Brandon and Sarah discuss her new book, "A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball". This charming and beautiful looking book presents a fresh, modern take on Lucille Ball by focusing on both her place in pop culture and American history. Among many topics, Brandon and Sarah discuss Ball's early life, pioneering stardom a...

We're continuing  #MonsterCast  with another director interview of last year's  #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with writer and director Luka Wilson about her short #Disposal. This film is a different flavor of horror and has a lot to say about how humans interact with each other. Tensions arise at a family party when a man discovers evidence of his wife's infidel...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Nikki Taylor Roberts. Her short #GoToBedRaymond is pure nightmare fuel for parents and, well, pretty much everyone and we talk about all of it! When your kid tells you there's someone in his room, you might want to listen. GO TO BED RAYMOND  i...

Recently Jeremy sat down with the star of the new film  Radical , Eugenio Derbez. Eugenio is a legend of Mexican film and television and was most notably seen in the Best Picture-winning  CODA  as music teacher Bernardo Villalobos and the Apple TV+ series  Acapulco . They talk about why Eugenio chose this story to bring to life, why the film is so important not only for education but for the Mexic...

We're continuing  #MonsterCast  with another director interview of last year's  #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with Writer/Director Eric Jungmann on his retro-futuristic film #Remote . Eric has been an actor for a long time and this short shows off a bright future behind the camera as well. Two young siblings make an extraterrestrial new friend, just as their fam...

No October is complete without a thorough viewing of horror master Mike Flanagan's work. Well the genius and the team at #Netflix have given us a brand new entry into his amazing pantheon of work and it might just be his best work yet. Jeremy & Sara sit down to give you a #FullDisclosure review of the new miniseries #TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher. Weaving the works of Edgar Allen Poe into a single narr...

HAPPY Friday the 13th everyone! What other episode could Sara and Jeremy do for their second #MonsterCast spotlight? But let's take a different path here and start a focus on horror remakes (is this even one of those?....) and talk about the Michael Bay-produced 2009 version of #FridayThe13th. This film is ALL OVER THE PLACE and features plenty of things to laugh and be terrified at. Join us as we...

Don't adjust those dials or jump into a panic! #MonsterCast has given us another great gift at the best time of year because... FLASHBACK IS BACK!!!! That's right everyone! You're favorite nostalgia crew has returned just in time to bring us a fundatmental question of all 90s childhoods: is #JurassicPark actually a horror film disguised as an adventure film?!?! Ryan, Jay & Erin break down the whol...

Front Row Classics is thrilled to welcome authors & film historians, David Fantle and Tom Johnson this week. Our two guests have penned a delightful and well-researched study of an underrated Hollywood musical gem.  "C'mon Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock" is a must-read for any classic film fan. The book chronicles the production history of this joyful film's troubled production history, cha...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with Writer/Director Andrew Rutter and his truly disturbing on SO MANY LEVELS short #TheHeritage . A man makes a gargantuan discovery when meeting his biological father for the first time. THE HERITAGE  is available NOW on Hulu. Don't forget to follow/reach...

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with Writer/Director Sam Max about their truly original take on the monster film with #Ticks . In the midst of a violent breakup, Jenny-a drifter-encounters a presence in the woods that causes them to turn against their partner. TICKS is available NOW on Hu...

It's that time of year again everyone! MONSTERCAST IS BACK! As such Jeremy & Sara are back with their 4 spotlight pods for the month. And they're kicking it off with a brand new film that has made quite an impression on audiences already; #TalkToMe. This film boasts an incredibly creepy atmosphere and some of the most striking visuals of the past decade. Sara and Jeremy break down the finer points...

Front Row Classics is taking a look at one of the most talked about films of the 20th century. We're celebrating the 60th anniversary of Cleopatra from 1963. Ryan Lootens and Erin McCabe from Front Row Flashbacks are joining Brandon to take a look as this gargantuan epic directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. We take a look at the strengths and flaws of a film that nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox. O...

We're continuing  #MonsterCast  with another director interview of last year's  #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with Actor/Director Michelle Krusiec (Netflix's Hollywood , The Invitation ) on her film #Nian . A Chinese American girl faces her racist bully with the help of the Nian, a mythological creature said to eat bad children. NIAN  is available NOW on Hulu.  ...

We're continuing  #MonsterCast  by bringing you the first of 22 (yeah that's right!) interviews with the directors of last year's  #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. We're starting off with actor, writer and director of the short Bad Rabbit , Rebekka Johnson. A timid woman finally stands up to her cruel, elderly mother with encouragement from a deranged new friend, Bad Rabbit. BAD RABBI...

We're taking a look at one of Alfred Hitchcock's most popular thrillers, Strangers on a Train. Brandon is joined by Emmett Stanton to discuss this heart-pounding and fun movie based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. This 1951 film has a wonderful cast including a powerhouse performance from Robert Walker as Bruno Anthony, one of Hitchcock's greatest villains. The host also discuss many of the gr...

Front Row Classics is pleased to welcome authors Paula Broussard and Lisa Royère to discuss their latest book, "Eleanor Powell: Born to Dance". The book chronicles Powell's life and work but is mostly is a testament to finding your personal gifts and nurturing them as best you can. Brandon, Paula and Lisa discuss some of Powell's expert skills as dancer and pay tribute to some of her greatest prod...