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John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland talk at length about their admiration and appreciation for one of America's unique comedic talents, Theo Von.  They discuss his appeal and persona as well as the release of his first movie, BUSBOYS with David Spade. What is his magic?  Is Theo an idiot savant of comedy?  Clearly John and Frankie had way too much fun recording this episode of the Leftover...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland share information and opinions about the current state of the movie industry in this far ranging discussion.  Covering topics such as the Paramount and Netflix attempt to buy Warner Brothers and how that can affect  creators and the public alike. As the conversation continues they ended up tallking about the closure of JJ Abrams Los Angeles offices and h...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland host the 950 KPRC Movie Show every Sunday night at 8:05pm.  This week's show included our movie news bites which we call the Quick Draw.  The new movie THE DRAMA  starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya. was reviewed by both John and Frankie.  They were in agreement it was a well made, well written film and that it captured how quirky and unpredictable lif...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland co-host a show that includes not only the latest movie news and latest releases but also focuses on one of the most monumental movies of all time, Ben Hur (1959), directed by William Wyler and starring Charleton Heston.  This nearly four hour epic has stood the test of time and is the stuff of Hollywood legend.  Listen to two  knowledgable film fans disc...

John Wesley Downey has the box office numbers fom this past weekends and does a countdown from number 10 to number one.  John offers context and analysis on how the various movies performed.  This podcast includes a brief look ahead at the upcoming released for the weekend of April 10 to 12.  Frankie Westmoreland returns to this segment next week.

When John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland recorded their Easter Movie Show radio broadcast and podcast, as usual, they went over their time limit.  But they still had more to say!  This time on the subject of the big new trend of micro dramas and vertical videos, entertainment content to be consumered on phones in a bite size one minute format.  How big can it get?  Will mainstream Hollywoo...

In the weekly ritual of recording the Movie Show for 950 KPRC John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland have discovered they almost always exceed the formatted time limit and enjoy talking about a wide range of subjects including but not limited to movies, music, acting, performing, creativity and more.  Rather than discard these ramblings we think it is more fun to offer these segments up for y...

John Wesley 'Downey and Frankie Westmoreland count down the top ten movies at the box office this past weekend and provide commntary on the movie's potential, creative quality and genre populairty.  Why iis the horror genre so popular?  And why did Netflix just hit it's subscribers with big increaes.  Let's talk inside baseball about the film industry.

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoerland co-host the Movie Show on 950 KPRC for March 29. The spotlight is on the much anticipated PROJECT HAIl MARY PASS, READY OR NOT HERE I COME Part 2 and our classic feature NORTH BY NORTHWEST starring Cary Grant. Directed by aLFRED hITCHOCK.  An additional bonus segment called "Leftovers" will be added very soon.  This segment does not air on the radio sow,...

This segment opens up with John mentioned today March 22n is the 50 th anniversary of the very first day of shooting on the original Star Wars movie.  George Lucas began shooting in the Tunisiian desert.  And the movid industry would never be the same. John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland then go on to discuss the upcoming and highly anticipated Ryan Golsing movie, PROJECT HAIL MARY. We als...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland present another hour of great radio and podcasting with the latest information on what's happening in the movie world, reviews of the newest releases including Reminders of Him and Undertone, plus a tribute segment to the jOHN FORD CLASSIC the quiet man in honor of St. Patrick's Day. iNCLUDES 21 MINUTES OF MATERIAL NOT AIRED ON THE RADIO SHOW.

J ohn Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland unbox the box office results for the weekend  of March 20-22, 2026.  Project Hail Mary was number one at the box office in it's first weeks, and it's prospects look good to become a major success over the coming months.  Also doing well are Hoppers, Scream 7 and more. And don't forget to listen to John and Frankie every Sunday night on the Movie Shwo fr...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland supply you with comprehensive coverage and candid opinioins about the 2026 Oscars from the telecast itself, to the various controversies and personalities and in their opinions, the validity of the voters choices for Oscars. A fun look at Hollywood's most prominent tradition from a couple of passionate film fans who aren't afraid to speak the truth.  Enj...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland discuss the domestic box office results from March 13th through the 15th. The animated Pixar movie Hoppers was number one as expected but it's high price tag of 150 million dollars mean it could face a long road to profitability. In this podcast John and Frankie discuss how "comparables" - using current box office figures to predict performance of future...

Full of information, reviews, commentary and movie trivia, this is the extended edition of the 950  KPRC MOVIE SHOW that aired on Oscar night.  Hosted and produced by John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland, it's filled this 86 minutes with enough information to satisfy any movie geek hungry for opinions and information. Some of the movies discussed are The Bride!, Bride of Frankkenstein, Hopp...

John Wesley Downey reviews domestic box office figures from the weekend of March 6 to 8. HOPPERS the new animated beaver movies from Disney was number one and John takes the listner up to the number twelve slot. Additionally, John talks about several projects in progress in Hollywood including KING CONAN, BAYWATCH reboot, TINKERBELL and more.

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland talk about the results from this weekend (which includes John's birthday) and endlessly jabber about what it all means for Hollywood and the future of Western Civilisation.  Well, not really, but they do go off on a lot of interesting tangents and gossip and guesses as to why a movie performed well or poorly.  We end up discussing Scream 7, Glen Powell a...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland review TRAIN DREAMS, a movie nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Original Song.  The movie stars Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones.   Plot. The film recounts the 80 years of the life of Robert Grainier around Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Arriving in the area on the Great Northern Railway as an o...

John Wesley Downey and Frankie Westmoreland of the True Film Fan podcast (and the 950 KPRC Radio show) discuss the effectiveness of filmmakers Christopher Nolan and James Cameron's big budget movies.  Do they only connect with audiences through spectacle and special effects or is there an emotional component to their storytelling.  Other projects such as Big Fish, True Lies and The Prestige also b...

This week John Wesley Downey interviews Tim Thomson, an independent filmmaker, film editor and post production supervisor, and creative artist. Tim is also active in supporting and doing design work in the local theater community, including the Catastrophic Theater.  The podcast takes a turn this week toward less mainstream filmmaking and a fun ride it was.  Turns out VHS films from the 80s and 90...

THE TEAM John Wesley Downey, Frankie Westmoreland and Bret Gipson are the multi-generational contributors to the TRUE FILM PODCAST. From Gen Z to Gen X to the Baby Boomers, we give you a wide sampling of critical opinion.  What does the trio have in common?  They are all passionate movie nerds who share the same love of movies, from the silent era classics to the latest movies playing at the box o...

Minecraft is a super popular vidoogame that has long been a favorite of video gamers world wide.  But the  movie version has debuted to huge tickets sales at theaters all over the world.  While it does star Jack Black and Jason Momoa and was directed by Jared Hess (Nacho Libre, Napoleon Dynamiite) it's not the stars or the director that's the appeal.  It's the Minecraft brand. To explain this phen...

On October 21, 2021, at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in  Bonanza City, New Mexico , cinematographer  Halyna Hutchins  was fatally shot and director  Joel Souza  was injured on the set of the film  Rust  when a live round was discharged from a  prop revolver  that actor  Alec Baldwin was using. - Wikipedia This film set tragedy ignited a discussion in the world of film and video production on the handli...

in this lengthy, in depth interview host John Wesley Downey interviews documentary filmmaker Mike McGuff about his movie RUNAWAY RADIO which focuses on Houston's rock station KLOL which for decades was Houston's feisty, unvonventional radio rogue complee with a cast of distinctive personalities who brokes the rules and gained a loyal audience.  Stevens and Pruett, Colonel St. James, Dayna Steele,...

He voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in the Lion King.  He appeared in over 80 movies including Field of Dreams, Conan\, The Hunt for Red October, Dr. Strangelove, Coming to America and more.  He had a Broadway career too.  He won all lthe big show biz awards, Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy.  The podcast contains an interesting story about how James Earl Jones' family will benefit financial...