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John Wesley Downey does the top ten movie countdown on the domestic box office for June 26th to June 28th, talks about the movies  debuting this weekend and shares a  bonus story about meeting 100 year old Mel Brooks in the  late 70s.

John Wesley Downey devote much of the hour spotlighting the 1973 hit movie AMERIAN GRAFFITI, delving into the origins of t he George Lucas classic, the difficult journey it had to the screen, the casting and production and how it''s success gave Lucas the clout to set up Star Wars.  John also reviews the new DC MOVIE Supergirl.

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland interview one of the few female directors of photography in Texas, Kerianne Parker.  Kerianna is originally from New Jersey and moved to Texas where she met her husband, a film professor and began her career on a film set working her way up through the ranks from gript to gaffer to assistant camera to the coveted director of photography position.  John A...

Frankie Westmoreland hosts this week' s UNBOXING THE BOXING OFFICE counting down the top ten box office movies of this past weekend and delivering the latest Hollywood industry news items.  John Wesley Downey is out for the day due to family illness.

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland devote half an hour to discussion the movie sensation OBSESSION from director Curry Baker.  At first we look at the financial success of the film and then we discuss the film itself which delivers true horror to the audience within the confines of a highly unusual nature.

John Wesley Downe and Frankie Westmoreland have an in depth discussion about the current state and future of the Star Wars franchise, Lucasfilm and the first Star Wars film in seven years, The Mandalorian and Grogu.

John and Frankie talk about the movie industry news of the week, they review the movies PASSENGERS and I LOVE BOOSTERS and they discuss a classic movie from 1963 famous for the stop motion animation of Ray Harryhauen, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS.

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland discuss stop motion animatio and especially the 1963 classic film JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS featuring the work of Ray Harryhausen, one of the true masters of the art and craft of stop motion  We learned the movie itself is fairly good even not focusisng on the legendary special effects including the Harpies, Talos and the Skeletons.  A fun segment for cine...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland count down the top ten movies at theaters this past Memorial Day weekend and comment on many aspects of the industry.  We talk about why some movies are compettive in the marketplace and others fall by the wayside.  If you love discussing the movie industry in detail and anticipating trends and industry practices, this is the podcast for you.

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland review the long awaited MANDALORIAN AND GROGU feature from Lucasfilm and Disney.  Frankie reviews the new Guy Ritchie film In the Grey, and John watched THE SHEEP DETECTIVES starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Emma Thompson and Julia Louie-Dreyfuss.  All were great!  Give it a listen.

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland count down the top ten movies at the box office for the previous weekend and discuss the movies themselves, box office performance, the big hits like a Michael Jackson's bio, Super Mario, Project Hail Mary and many more.  Also discussed is the new film THE SHEEP DETECTIVES.  A free wheeling hour with two film geeks who love to talk movies.

This segment of Unboxing the Box Office is a little unusual in that the box office countdown is delayed until the end of the file while Frankie discuss controversies involving the state of Texas filing a lawsuit against Netflix, and other data controversies, as well as a discussion of the role of A.I. in moviemaking, editing and creativity.  Lots of discussion of relevant issues in today's film an...

John and Frankie talk about the Devil Wears Prada, both part one and two, Mortal Kombat 2, based on the popular videograme and the clasic William Friedkin film The French Connection.  A really great show with John Wesley Downey and Freddie Westmoreland.

Not only do we count down the top 10 movies at the box office from the previous weekend, we go off on all kinds of tangents about other movies, anime, independent features, low budget filmaking and much more.  This is far less structured than our terrestrial radio show so anything goes here!  Hope you enjoy it!~

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoeland review and discuss one of the all time great drug bust  movies ever made, THE FRENCH CONNECTION.  Winner of 5 Academy Awards including Best Director,  Picture and Actor.  William Friedkin's high energy fast paced movie still provides a jolt to viewers decades later due to it's rough edges, take no prisoners filmmaking style which resembles documentary fil...

Two big events on this edition of the Movie Show.  We review one of the biggest and most controversial movies of the year, MICHAEL, about the life, music and drama of superstar Michael Jackson.  And second, we play clips from our 90 minute interview with Star Wars legend Roger Christian who was critical to helping George Lucas develop Star Wars. While we could only play short portions on the show,...

Roger Christian was one of the first people hired by George Lucas to work on the original  Star Wars movie in 1976.  Already a veteran of the British Film Industry at a young age, he was assigned to be art director and set dresser for the film.  Many of the elements in the movie such as light sabers, robots, weapons and the Millenium Falcon fell to his department. On a very limited budget he was a...

Michael the Movie premiered to a spectacular 97 million dollars at the north American box office Amid endless controversy, reshoots and constant re-editing, the bio pic about one of the world's greatet entertainers is on everyone's minds and lips.  John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland go down the rabbit hole for over 45 minutes of discussion,, speculations and predictions about this movie w...

If you are looking at the title on this podcast and thinking this may be a dry podcast on boring financial statistics on box office performance, you could not be more wrong.  Sure, the information is here, but this episode in particular might be called John and Frankie Unleashed.  John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland laugh, reveal, tussle, report, ridicule, reminisce and revel in all kinds...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland do a deep dive into one of the greatest war films ever made.   29 year old Stanley Kubrick made the big time when Kirk Douglas agreed to star in his first internaional production, PATHS OF GLORY.  The black and white film focuses on injustice in the French military during World War II.  The French government banned the film's exhibition until 1972 due to...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland review two new movies at the box office, Lee Cronin's The Mummy and Theo Von's Busboys.  What did they think?  Listen and find out.  They also talk about declining theater attendance, Hollywood executives getting outrageous compensation, and much more. Finally, we devotge two full segments of the show to the 1957 class PARTHS OF GLORY, directed by Stanle...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland count down the top ten movies at the box office this past weekend. How did your favorite movie do?  How did the new movies do in their first weekend?  It's not dry stats, it's fun and John And Frankie throw in lots of opinion, commentary and  gossip   If you the world of movies and how they get  made, follow the podcast and hit autoload so that every one...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland talk about new developments with Avatar and more movie industry news stories in the first segment in The Qucik Draw, and then move on to Frankie's review of YOU, ME AND TUSCANY a rom com that was made in an attempt to revive the genre.  Did it work?  Listen to Frankie's review.  Then John and Frankie take a deep dive into a new faith based film called A...

Once a year, all the major studios and movie producers get together in Las Vegas with all the major theater chains to talk about theatrical movie distribution, the upcoming releases for the next uear, to show trailers and reels to promote future movies, to have the major executives from all the companies talk about their plans and often to have actors and directors on stage to talk about their fil...