We're back! On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark record a commentary track for the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock classic: NORTH BY NORTHWEST, accompanied by other movie discussions. To skip right to the commentary, go to the 30:10 mark. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

Taking a look at Quentin Tarantino's 2009 modern classic INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

Taking a look at Quentin Tarantino's 2009 modern classic INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

When CIA operative Felix Leiter is left for dead by vicious drug kingpin, Sanchez, James Bond makes it his personal vendetta to take him down… going so far as becoming a rogue agent.Links:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adolfojacosta/ Substack: https://adolfoacosta.substack.comTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adolfojacostaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEssential...Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kOLC5r...Linktree: https://linktr.ee/adolfoacostaWebsite:...

When CIA operative Felix Leiter is left for dead by vicious drug kingpin, Sanchez, James Bond makes it his personal vendetta to take him down… going so far as becoming a rogue agent.Links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adolfojacosta/  Substack: https://adolfoacosta.substack.comTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adolfojacostaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEssential...Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kOLC5r...Linktree: https://linktr.ee/adolfoacostaWebsite:...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION We're back! After an unplanned hiatus, we are back on your podcast app of choice. On this week's adventure Adolfo and Mark discuss John Ford's THE GRAPES OF WRATH.On Today's Show: * Mark’s Hollywood Journey * Mark wins an Oscar! * Walt Disney Archives * How to properly hold an Oscar * The glory days of VHS * “A Very Special Epsidoe” * The heaviness of The Grapes of Wrath * Watching the movie instead of reading the book for school * The differences between the movie and the...

We're back! After an unplanned hiatus, we are back on your podcast app of choice. On this week's adventure Adolfo and Mark discuss John Ford's THE GRAPES OF WRATH.On Today's Show:Mark’s Hollywood JourneyMark wins an Oscar!Walt Disney ArchivesHow to properly hold an OscarThe glory days of VHS“A Very Special Epsidoe”The heaviness of The Grapes of WrathWatching the movie instead of reading the book for schoolThe differences between the movie and the novelQuick turnaround from the novel’s...

Are you the podcast whose coming was foretold to me? On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark play Podcast Hosts of Christmas Past as they look at the long history of screen adaptations of Charles Dickens' immortal classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL!  Movies discussed include: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938), SCROOGE (1951), SCROOGE (1970), SCROOGED (1988), THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992) and many more!

On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark discuss the wonderful weirdness of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)

On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark return to discuss the 1953 Academy Award winning FROM HERE TO ETERNITY!

Better late than never! On today's podcast adventure, our long-delayed Christmas episode is out, as we review THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER. We also spend some time discussing the careers of the late Peter Bogdonavich and Ivan Reitman.

Life finds a way...  On today’s prehistoric adventure, join us as we discuss the 1993 blockbuster JURASSIC PARK!

Happy Halloween! On today’s terrifying adventure, no one can hear us scream as we discuss the 1979 Ridley Scott classic ALIEN (1979)!Films Referenced:A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)BANANAS (1971)PHANTASM (1979)POSSESSION (1981)CANNIBAL FEROX (1981)POLTERGEIST (1982)FLASHDANCE (1983)GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)DUNE (1984)PRETTY IN PINK (1986)ALIENS (1986)HELLRAISER (1987)GHOST (1990)ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)ALIEN3 (1992)PULP FICTION (1994)CLERKS...

We're walkin' here!!! On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark examine the 1969 Academy Award Best Picture winner: MIDNIGHT COWBOY.

Happy Halloween! Midnight Cowboy has been delayed, so please enjoy this special episode: 31 Essential Films to watch this Halloween! From PSYCHO to THE WITCH and all monsters in between, this episode will give you a wicked watchlist for the spookiest time of year.YOUTUBE:youtube.com/adolfojacostaSOCIAL MEDIATWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Sportsguy515FACEBOOK: facebook.com/TheEssentialFilmsSOCIAL MEDIATWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Sportsguy515FACEBOOK:...

On today’s adventure, we celebrate the life and career of Richard Donner.Films Discussed:X-15 (1961)THE TWILIGHT ZONE: “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (TV Episode, 1963)THE OMEN (1976)SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)SUPERMAN II (1981)THE GOONIES (1985)THE GOONIES ARE GOOD ENOUGH (Music Video, 1985)LADYHAWKE (1985)LETHAL WEAPON (1987)THE LOST BOYS (1987)SCROOGED (1988)LETHAL WEAPON 2 (1989)TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone (1989) (TV Episode) TALES FROM THE CRYPT: The Ventriloquist's...

On today’s adventure, Adolfo & Mark will take "No Prisoners!" as they discuss the David Lean Academy Award-winning LAWRENCE OF ARABIA!

Never you mind honey. On today’s Podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark head to Anarene, Texas to look into the lives and loves of its local citizens in Peter Bogdonavich’s coming of age classic, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. Plus: Adolfo and Mark discuss the recent AMC stock bonanza. Films Referenced: RED RIVER (1948) THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949) FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950) WINCHESTER ‘73 (1950) KISS ME DEADLY (1955) HEAD (1968) TARGETS (1968) PLANET OF THE PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1968) BUTCH CASSIDY AND...

On this Bonus Features episode, we go further into Mark’s adventures into exploitation films. NOTE: Bonus Features episodes are raw and unedited, with little production. Films Referenced: THE BIG GUNDOWN (1966) THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS (1966) MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE (1966) NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970) THE CAT O’NINE TAILS (1971) BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) DEEP RED (1975) TAXI DRIVER (1976) ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976) DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) I SPIT ON YOUR...

On this Bonus Features episode, we discuss how HBO MAX and Warner Media are radically changing the industry by releasing the entire 2021 slate on HBO MAX as well as theaters. Is this the future of movies? Plus Mark discusses his adventures into exploitation films in the month of December. And some Criterion and blu-ray talk to top it off. NOTE: Bonus Features episodes are raw and unedited, with little production. Films Referenced: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN (1956) DR. NO (1962) THE GREAT ESCAPE...

MERRY CHRISTMAS! On today’s adventure, we celebrate Christmas with Dudley, Henry and Julia as we discuss the 1947 holiday classic, THE BISHOP’S WIFE! We go into the original cast of the film, who was originally supposed to play the angel, the initial box office failure (and how the studios sought to fix that), guaranteed Christmas royalties, Hallmark Christmas movies, Christmas classics, the wacky trailer, and much more! Films Referenced: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) THE EXORCIST...

On today's adventure, Adolfo & Mark discuss the 1974 noir thriller, CHINATOWN.

On today’s adventure, we celebrate the life and career of Sir Sean Connery. (There are some audio issues in this episode. We apologize) Films Discussed The JAMES BOND Films (1962-1971) INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) THE ROCK (1996) THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990) HIGHLANDER (1986) MARNIE (1964) DRAGONHEART (1996) THE LONGEST DAY (1962) OUTLAND (1981) FIRST KNIGHT (1995) DARBY O’GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (1959) And Many Others LINKS: SOCIAL...

HEEEEERE'S ADOLFO AND MARK! Join Adolfo and Mark on today’s spooky adventure: Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING (1980) On this week’s show: Trick or Treating in times COVID Misguided contemporary reviews How Kubrick decided to do a horror movie Other actors considered for Jack Torrance The constant script changes Shelly Duval’s torture The impossible window Don’t build things on burial grounds Charles Grady or Delbert Grady? “The Shinning” All the best people. Minotaurs? The importance of the...