It's another holiday episode of  Forgotten Cinema !!! And this time the Mikes are looking at the 2000 film  The Family Man starring Nicholas Cage and Tea Léoni. Join Field and Butler as they discuss the use of theme over substance and story and how Hollywood's view of the "real world" might taint the way that Jack Campbell's story is told. So grab your sugar plums and egg-nog, please notice the elves at the front and rear of the sleigh, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema .  Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!

The Mikes are taking Forgotten Cinema international for the holidays and trying not to upset the elves as they discuss the 2010 Finnish film,  Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale . Field and Butler talk about how more foreign films should always be watched by American audiences. They examine the father-son relationship at the heart of the film, compare it to the popular short films this was based on, and talk about the setting and plot of this very unique sci-fi, horror, dark-comedy, holiday film. So grab your paukkumaissi and sooda, please notice that the exits are located at the etuosa and takaosa of the auditorium, and rentoutua for  Forgotten Cinema . Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!

The Mikes are going to have a "ruff" time with this one as Forgotten Cinema looks at the 2008 Disney animated film, Bolt , starring John Travolta and Miley Cyrus. Join them as they discuss why this film is for dog lovers. Field lets us know that another up-and-coming young actress had already recorded all of the dialogue for the role of Penny, before Miley was signed on to replace her. And even before the movie became Bolt, it was an entirely different film altogether. Also the Mikes do a lot of talking about dogs.  Sorry cat people...they all have dog complexes anyway. (See the movie) So grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits at the front and rear of the auditorium, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema . Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!

Oh, the weather outside is frightful and the fire is...not going to stop Krampus from collecting his victims! The Mikes ignore Omi's advice and check out Santa's evil other half in the 2015 film, Krampus , directed by Michael Dougherty. Mike Butler and Mike Field throw out some interesting facts about the making of the film, talk about how awkward and uncomfortable scenes in films can only go far before alienating your audience, and gush over the practical effects and the Joe Dante-esque feel of the film. So grab your candy cane and hot cocoa, please notice the winter wonderland at the front and rear of the sleigh, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema .  Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!

"Forget it Mike, it's Forgotten Cinema ." That's right, you guessed it!  That cleverly edited famous film quote can only mean that this episode is going to focus on the Jack Nicholson film where he plays Jake Gittes.  No, not that Jack Nicholson film where he plays Jake Gittes, the other one. Never heard of it? Well, I guess you came to the right place! The Mikes discuss the Jack Nicholson directed, Jack Nicholson vehicle, The Two Jakes ; the sequel to the cinema classic, Chinatown , released in 1990.  Field and Butler attempt to figure out why Nicholson plays Jake as a completely different character type. The Mikes also contemplate how splitting his concentration between acting and directing might have caused Nicholson to make some questionable style choices and if the film would have been better off without relying so much on connecting to Chinatown. So grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits at the front and rear of the auditorium, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema .  Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!

Special guest and YouTuber Russ Lyman join Mike Butler and (reluctantly) Mike Field to the NetherRealm to discuss the 1995 EarthRealm film, Mortal Kombat , directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and based on one of the most popular video game franchises of all time. In a world replete with terrible video game movies,  Mortal Kombat is...one of them.  Listen as both Butler and Russ defend its so-bad-its-good parts against Field's hatred of all things this movie. They'll discuss the merits of overacting in a film such as this, the terrible effects, and how the fight sequences could have been improved.  Butler will defend the fantastic set pieces and his love of the Goro animatronic, but lament the poor lighting. Field will hate it all. There is only one thing that all three can agree on...that theme song still frickin' slaps! So grab your quarters and joystick, please notice the special moves list on front and rear of the auditorium, and settle down for MORTAL KOMBAT!!!! I mean.... Forgotten Cinema . And be sure to check out, like and subscribe to all of Russ Lyman's awesome videos on YouTube , and catch him on his social media platforms as well!   Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!

The Mikes take a look at TriCoast Worldwide's new documentary  Maserati: 100 Years Against All Odds , directed by Philip Selkirk, in a special bonus episode (and possible spin-off pilot) we're calling, Forgotten Cinema: Now Showing . Mike Butler and Mike Field share their opinions on what they enjoyed from this documentary about the Italian car maker, what they thought could have been expanded upon or maybe didn't need to be. Maserati: 100 Years Against All Odds  is available on Amazon Prime , Fandango Now , and Vimeo On Demand . Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!

What happened to you old Nickelodeon Gak? Find out on this episode of Forgotten Cinema as the Mikes take on the 1988 remake of The Blob , starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith. Field and Butler talk about their love of the practical effects in this remake of the 1958 horror classic of the same name . The Mikes also discuss how the proliferation of slasher flicks in the 80s killed any hopes of success that a sci-fi alien horror remake might have had back then. Kevin Dillon's mullet is also mentioned more than once. So grab your popcorn, and soda, please notice the exits at the front and rear of the auditorium, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema . This episode was recommended by cinematographer (and director of The Usher ) and friend of the Mikes, Adrian Peng Correia. Thanks Adrian! Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review! (Here's a link to the article referenced in the cast about the special effects company responsible for the effects in the movie)

Mike Butler and Mike Field have survived Forgotten Horror and begin this third season of Forgotten Cinema with a Coen Brothers film and their very first guest!  Andrew Morgan from the awesome podcast, The Nomcast! Andrew and the Mikes are talking Burn After Reading , starring John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Brad Pitt...the list goes on and on.  Our three podcasters discuss what draws such talent to the likes of the Joel and Ethan Coen.  The amount of detail put into their scripts, the use of vignettes in telling many of their stories.  The Mikes and Andrew also ruminate on why this film, despite the great cast and how funny it is, doesn't get put on the pedestal that most Coen Brothers films do. So grab your popcorn, and soda, please notice the exits at the front and rear of the auditorium, and settle down for Forgotten Cinema . And be sure to check out Andrew Morgan at The Nomcast, available wherever podcasts are available! Listen below. You can also find Forgotten Cinema here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!

Hey guys...looking for a pick up game? The Mikes are creepin' on you vampire style as they wind down Forgotten Horror with the 2011 remake of Fright Night starring Anton Yelchin, Collin Farrell and David Tennant. Listen in as Field and Butler sink their teeth into why they believe this film is forgotten, thoughts on why the writing and actors, especially Tennant's Peter Vincent, make this a horror film worth revisiting.  The Mikes also drop some fun facts about the making of the film, from the prevalent shark motif to a certain legendary director who may have helped out a bit. So grab your wooden stake and garlic knots, please notice the coffins to the front and rear of the mausoleum and prepare your eternal soul for  Forgotten Horror ! Listen below. You can also find us here: Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Stitcher • Google Play • TuneIn • iHeart Radio Overcast • Pocket Casts • Castro • Castbox • Podchaser Subscribe! Rate! Review!