True Film Fan

John welcomes Brian diStafano to the show to play the Deert Island Movie Show. If you were a guest, what three movies would you take if you knew you would be stuck on an island for five years? Brian is the father of one of John'svoice over students and a life long movie fanatic.

This podcast begins with John Wesley Downey doing a top ten countdown from last weekend's box office ranging from Resident Evil to Wildwood and more.  After John finishes with the number one movie, he spends time talking about Sir Patrick Stewart who passed away this week at the age of 86.  John honors his memory and also tells a funny story about Sir Patrick when he was in the 1984 David Lynch mo...

John Wesley Downey counTs down the top ten domestic box office (North American box office consisting of the United States and Canada) for the weekend of October 16 through the 18th..  The weekend held a divrse group of films ranging from animation, to a revenge thriller, to an Alaskan survival adventure, a conroversial documentary and a movie based on a vintage video game.  Plus a preview of a muc...

John Wesley Downey went and saw Digger twice to give it a shot at a fair review.  His conclusion as to the value of the movie is a very mixed bag.  Give it a listen.

True Film Fan host John Wesley Downey gives listeners of the podcast a sneak preview of the movies to be rleased domestically in North America October 16 to theh 18th.  Most notable among them WHALEFALL, about a scuba diver tribute in the stomach of a sperm whale that weighs 80 tons. 

Your True Film Fan host John Wesley Downey counts down from ten to one the domestic grosses of the top ten movies released in North America. from October 9 to 11.  Of particular note were the grosses of Digger, a disaster of epic proportions about a disaster of epic proportions, and the Brad Pitt adventure in Alaska which appears to have legs.

First John talks about many of the releases on the top ten list at the box office. Those movies include Daniel and the Firety Furnace, Practical Magic 2, Forgotten Island, Primetime starring Robert Pattinson and Heart of the Beast starring Brad Pitt and finally Resident Evil 6.  Lots of variety in this week's top 10. John then goes on to announce the top ten list at the domestic box office, beginn...

It's finally arrived in theaters.  A movie that took a very difficult journey to theatres.  It's the Looney Tunes feature film, Coyote vs. Acme.  It's incredibly ironic that a movie about corporate treachery had to battle corporate treachery!  Animator Justin Wilkins and host John Wesley Downey review the movie on 950 KPRC and we have loaded the segment here on to the podcast.  Enjoy.

In 1970 writer-director Mel Brooks made a movie called THE TWELVE CHAIRS starring Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom Deluise and Brooks himself in a small role. It got minimal distribution. It was released between 1968's THE PRODUCERS (for which Brooks won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay) and his mega hit BLAZING SADDLES.  But the TWELVE CHAIRS, about two men pursuing diamonds in the 1930s in the...

A bunch of terrified people running around getting eaten by dinosaurs.  Sounds like Jurassic Park right?  True, but it also describes The End of Oak Street directed by David Robert Mitchell.  And somehow he has managed to breath fresh life and entertainment value into what could have been a predictable film we've seen before.  John Wesley Downey tells you all about the cast, the music and the effe...

For over one hundred years Los Angeles and Hollywood have been the epicenter of the entertainment industy, movies, music and TV.  Studios, production companies, the big talent agencies, the guilds and unions all in one place.  But the times they are changing as Bob Dylan once said.  Now comes the astonishing news that the Paramount owners who trying to buy Warner Brothers studio are fed up with Ca...

True Film fan's John Wesley Downey reports on one of the most diversified, surprising and lucreative box office summers of a ll time in this special commentary.  John gives prespective and opinion on the various forces shaping box office attendance this summer with a particular emphasis on the variety available to audiences of all ages and tastes.

A sixteen year old girl, a Gen Alpha, tells John her three movie choices for if she was ever stranded on a desert island for a few years and could have three movies to watch.  The choices are sophisticated and far ranging.  A film fanatic since she was a little girl, Anna's Dad encouraged her interest in cinema.  If you'd like to be on in this segment of the 950 KPRC Movie Show and tell John your...

John Wesley Downey takes a look at this past weekend's dometic box office take achieved historic levels of success.  Spider Man Brand New Day and The Odyssey were the big winners but Toy Story 5 continues to earn big money as well.  

John Wesley Downey unboxes the box office for the weekend of July 24-26, with a countdown to a pretermined victor through sheer scale, The Odyssey from diirector Christopher Nolan. The movie stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya and many more bankdable names.  John has details on Ryan Golsing and Black Panther.  Subscribe and follow to receive our future podcasts.

Born in the Bronx borough of New York on July 26, 1928, today would have been Stanley's 98th birthday.  On this occasion John Wesley Downey pays tribute to his talent but acknowledges Kubrick's faults.  John gives a basic outline of Kubrick's life and career and recommends the listener watch STANLEY KUBRICK A LIFE IN PICTURES, a definitive documentary produced by Kubrick's family which honestly po...

On this episodee host John Wesley Downey talks about the Spielberg-Lucas 1981 action adventure movie that kicked off a five movie series that is now a part of cinematic history.  Starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen, with music by John Williams and special effects by the Lucasfilm company Industrial Light and Magic, audiences around the world fell in love with the archaeologist who traveled the...

John Wesley Downey unboxes the box office results domestically for the weekend of July 7 through the 10th, the passing of actor Sam Neill and a preview of Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY. round out this weeks abbreviated version of UNBOXING THE BOX OFFICE 

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.