True Film Fan
A weekly deep dive for passionate film fans, including reviews, interviews and commentary on film topics.
Episodes
To explain this phenomena, John Wesley Downey brings in ...
This film set tragedy ignited a discussion in the world of film and video production on the handling of guns on sets as well as raising questions...
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, Outlaw Dave, Crash and more along wi...
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 financially from Jones amazing voice, long a...
This podcasts focuses on The Wizard of Odd, American film director Tim Burton,
the filmmaker who launched the modern era super hero blockbuster with Batman
in 1989, has created such memorable characters as Edward Scissorhands and
Jack Skellington in his Halloween/Christmas stop motion animated classic
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, and brought the Broadway musical
SWEENEY TODD to cinematic form. Prolific, creative and practically his...
Cinephile Rob Saucedo is already well known to movie fans in Texas for his 13 year tenure as Manager, booker and creative director at the popular upscale Alamo Drafthouse Theater chain.
Now Rob has taken on a new challenge. When the effects of covid shut down the legendary
Ricer Oaks theater, passionate Houston film fans were devastated. This landmark venue had been playing movies in Houston since November 1939. It appeared it wou...
Memorial Day is when we remember and pay tribute to those who have served and sacrificed in the U.S. military in order for us to be free. In the film world, no movie does that better than SAVING PRIVATE RYAN .
Director Steven Spielberg has said he made Schindler's List for his m other and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN for his father. His father Arnold served in India and the Pacific in World War II in the Signal Corps. The film puts...
achievements in movie hitosry, the epic LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. Get the basics
on this landmark film and it's incredible influence on today's filmmakers such as
Steven Spielberg. Listen to the podcast and use the share button to ciculate it
among your fellow film fans.
John Wesley Dow...
made called "The Hunt for Gollum." You'll never guess who directs it.
It's a few years away, but the irony is, a bunch of fans already did this
years ago. Huh? Listen to the podcast for all the details from your host
John Wesley Downey as well as a glimpse into the EXCITING future of the
True Film Fan FULL LENGTH episodes coming this summer that will delight
every se...
box office results, which include a movie from 1999 (!), the Star Wars
prequel the Phantom Meance due to the May Fourth Be with You weekend.
Ryan Gosling is # 1 but did the movie cost too much?
We'll salute to a fan favorite Bernard Hilll RIP who played iconic roles in
Lord of the Rings (Theoden) and Titanic (The Captain).
John will alert you ...
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