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Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 23: Happy Gilmore (1996) Part 1 of 2Welcome to Lights, Camera, Remake, where we ask the question “has Hollywood run out of ideas?”The 90s called, they want their sequels back.It’s time to rehash some funny movies y’all! Happy Gilmore 2 came out on Netflix 29 movies after the original film, and its time to relive some good times.We talked too long so now this golf-movie duo is going to be a two-parter. Happy Gilmore (1996):After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents...
2025-11-1958 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 22: Aladdin (1992) and Aladdin (2019)Take a magic carpet ride to Agrabah in this special video episode. This is another episode filmed at the Hairston Crossing Library, where we’re doing a live recording in front of the library’s Filmmaker’s Club to teach about podcasting.****Couldn't upload the video to Spotify for unknown reasons, so it will be up on Youtube by tomorrow! I will update here with a link.****Today's co-host is Martin Bennett, librarian and indie filmmaker. The Filmmakers Club offers monthly meetings for new and experienced filmmakers to develop...
2025-10-1543 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 21: Snow White (2025)Welcome to Lights, Camera, Remake, where we try to answer the question “has Hollywood has truly run out of ideas?”Did the most reviled movie of 2025 deserve all of the hate? Or only some hate? We’re looking at the infamous 2025 rendition of Snow White. Snow White (2025)A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs and a group of rebels to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen.Please excuse our sound in this episode, we filmed in an echoey space. ***On each episode we’ll look at...
2025-09-171h 10
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 20: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)Welcome to Lights, Camera, Remake, where we try to answer the question “ has Hollywood has truly run out of ideas?”How about those live action Disney remakes? Well before we get there, let’s start with the movie that started it all. Disney’s fame and box office domination included. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.Please excuse our sound in this episode, we filmed in an echoey spa...
2025-09-0446 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 19: Terminator 2 Judgment Day (1991) Part 2 of 2Erica’s back, baby. Welcome to Lights, Camera, Remake, where we try to answer the question “ Has Hollywood truly run out of ideas?”We're looking at the coolest action flick to take over a storm drain. There. I said it. We’re looking at the movies that started a franchise that has claimed $2 billion in the worldwide box office. All from an independent film on a small budget. Well, small ish. And if Harlan Ellison had anything to say about it, there might not have been a ton of sequels and a giant franchise...
2025-08-2152 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 18: The Terminator (1984) Part 1 of 2Erica’s back, baby. Welcome to Lights, Camera, Remake, where we try to answer the question “ has Hollywood has truly run out of ideas?”We’re looking at the movies that started a franchise that has claimed $2 billion in the worldwide box office. All from an independent film on a small budget. Well, small ish. And if Harlan Ellison had anything to say about it, there might not have been a ton of sequels and a giant franchise attached to this tech noir film.Terminator (1984)Arnold Schwarzenegger is unforgettable as an unstoppab...
2025-08-141h 09
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 17: Emma (1996) and Clueless (1995)"As if!"Today’s episode looks at two versions of a Jane Austen story. These are only 2 of the nearly 10 versions of the story that have appeared on the small screen, silver screen, and on stage in musicals. Emma is a story that survives the test of time, proving that being a busybody matchmaker is something that’s still relatable. Today I have a special guest who is one of the worker bees helping a film set run smoothly. Dorothy McConnell has worked as a set PA and an Office PA in Atlanta film productions, and h...
2025-07-161h 05
Lights, Camera, Remake!Bonus: A Superman RetrospectiveTalk about remakes!Superman is a character that has been portrayed by more than most. To date there have been 12 live action Supermen spanning from 1948 to 2025. Superman beats out Batman (11) and James Bond (7) for live action actors. In this bonus episode, Bridget tells Erica all about the history of Superman in live action films, from Kirk Alyn in the black and white serials of the 40s and 50s, to the latest gent to don Kent's glasses - David Corenswet. In the interest of time, we only discuss the live action film actors, but...
2025-07-1043 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 16: Dolittle (2020) Part 2 of 2It’s time to talk to the animals…again. Rated a whopping 15% by critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Robert Downey Jr. gives his take on the famous doctor while also ending up in uncomfortable positions.Bridget is joined by Assistant Locations Manager Charles Judson, who is just as flabbergasted as Bridget at a certain scene involving a dragon and a leek. Charles is also one of the fine folks running Film Impact Georgia, which has recently partnered with Seed & Spark and Trilith Studios to offer a film crowdfunding prize. Links below. Doli...
2025-07-0250 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 15: Doctor Dolittle (1967) Part 1 of 2It's time to talk to the animals in 1800s Puddleby-on-Marsh in England! Doctor Dolittle (1967):After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.In this two-parter. Bridget is joined by Assistant Locations Manager Charles Judson, who gives great insight into the locations disaster that was this 1967 film. Charles is also one of the fine folks running Film Impact Georgia, which has recently partnered with...
2025-06-251h 16
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 14: How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)It’s time to take flight with a beloved animated film about friendship, looking past differences, and sheep abuse. How to Train Your Dragon (2010):A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014):When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a bat...
2025-06-181h 08
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 13: Speed (1994) and Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)Welcome to Lights, Camera, Remake where we try to determine whether Hollywood has truly run out of ideas. Sometimes even $12 million isn’t enough to star in the “biggest piece of crap ever made” according to Sandra Bullock. It’s time to talk exploding buses, a flagrant disregard for physics, and why you need 14 buses to make this movie. Speed (1994)A young Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.Speed 2: Cruise Cont...
2025-05-211h 16
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 12: The Thing (1951/1982) with Actress/Director Tricia BuerkeWelcome to Lights, Camera, Remake where we try to determine whether Hollywood has truly run out of ideas. Sometimes you need an Antarctic research station to run into a shape shifting alien more than once. Special guest host Tricia Buerke joins Bridget today to talk scifi horror and discuss her upcoming film Should I Claim I Still Have Mind Powers? The Thing From Another World (1951)Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.The Thing (1982)
2025-05-1459 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 11: Video Special: The Parent Trap (1961) and (1998)Erica and Bridget are seeing double as they present a special in-person episode at the local library!See how the same story is told with a modern (or late 90s anyway) perspective and new technology. The Parent Trap (1961): Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.The Parent Trap (1998):Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their...
2025-05-0738 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 10: Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla Minus One (2023)Welcome to Lights, Camera, Remake, where we had strong feelings about some giant lizard movies. “If nuclear testing continues then someday, somewhere in the world another Godzilla may appear” - Prof. Tanabe, Godzilla. There are currently 38 Godzilla movies, with two more on the way. Godzilla (1954)After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.Godzilla: Minus One (2023):Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new c...
2025-04-301h 14
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 9: Lady Snowblood (1973) and Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)“People say you can’t wash away the mud of this world with pure white snow. You need asura snow, stained fiery red.”Lady Snowblood (1973) A young girl is raised to kill the criminals who destroyed her family. Lady Snowblood (1974) To avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, the vengeful swordswoman Lady Snowblood is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents.***On each episode we’ll look at a movie and its remake, or sometimes a movie and its sequel, to determine if Hollywo...
2025-04-231h 05
Top 8 Movies - The Movie List PodcastEpi 88 - Top 8 Film Sequels - Feat guests Bridget & Erica - Top 8 Movies Podcast - Movie List PodcastA movie list podcast featuring a top 8 lead list on a topic that Owen and Jess must reorder or add other movies to. Their mission is to make a better list than the lead lists which in this episode has been provided by Bridget LaMonica & Erica Strout from the 'Lights, Camera, Remake Podcast'. We take a look at sequels films. Will Owen, Jess or the lead lists be your favourite.What movies will hit top spot?. Where will 'Back to the Future', 'Aliens' and 'Kill Bill Volume 2' end up on the lists? Find out.Vote for your favourite...
2025-04-131h 09
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 8: Video Special - Return to Oz (1985)Just click your heels, and end up in one of many stories told in the Oz universe.Return to Oz (1985) a loose sequel that more closely reflects the books by L Frank Baum, Dorothy returns to Oz to find her friends turned to stone and comes up against another evil witch and the Nome King. ***On each episode we’ll look at a movie and its remake, or sometimes a movie and its sequel, to determine if Hollywood rehashed it for a reason or for a cash grab.Your Podcast hosts:
2025-02-2648 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 7: Video Special - The Wiz (1978)Just click your heels, and end up in one of many stories told in the Oz universe.This was a long one and a lot more editing so....we've broken it into two pieces! You'll see the second half next week. The Wiz (1978) an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz that reflects the African-American experience. Starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell and so many more. Return to Oz (1985) a loose sequel that more closely reflects the books by L Frank Baum, Dorothy returns to Oz to find her friends turned to stone a...
2025-02-1933 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 6: Galentines Special. The Wedding Singer (1998) and 50 First Dates (2004)In honor of Valentines (or, as we prefer,GALentines) we’re doing two rom-coms! But, these aren’t exactly remakes are they?It’s our podcast and we make the rules. This time we’re looking at a leading couple in the early 2000s who made several movies together. The movies areThe Wedding Singerand 50 First Dates, and our actors are Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. The Wedding Singer(1998) features wedding singer Robbie (Sandler) and a wedding reception waitress Julia (Barrymore) who are both engaged, but to the wrong people. 50 First Dates(2004) centers aro...
2025-02-121h 29
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 5: RoboCop (1987) and RoboCop (2014)He’s built for justice. Let’s analyze RoboCop.
RoboCop (1987) is a dystopian science fiction action film (say that five times fast) directed by Paul Verhoeven. The story revolves around Alex Murphy, a police officer who is critically injured on the job and re-enters the police force as the cyber-enhanced RoboCop. This film served as a commentary on corporate corruption.
RoboCop (2014) is literally the same movie but with modern VFX. The modern version is more of a film about vengeance. This one is a tad less political but the characterization of Murphy somehow feels more robot...
2025-02-051h 11
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 4: The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and You've Got Mail (1998)
Welcome! You’ve Got Mail!
But first, you had a Shop Around the Corner.
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) is an American romantic comedy-drama directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart. It was also originally based on the 1937 Hungarian play Parfumerie. In this film, co-workers Alfred and Klara are at odds with each other, but don’t know they’re actually each others “Dear Friend” and penpal.
You’ve Got Mail (1998) is an American romantic comedy directed by Nora Ephron. In this film, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan play Joe and K...
2025-01-2956 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 3: Weekend at Bernie's (1989) and Weekend at Bernie's 2 (1993)Who wants a beach vacation? It’s time for Weekend at Bernie’s (1989) and Weekend at Bernie’s II (1993).
It’s always best to avoid committing fraud with the corpse of your employer.
Larry and Richard (played by Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman) are two low level employees at an insurance agency who find their boss Bernie (Terry Kiser) dead in his Hamptons home. Instead of …you know, reporting it or anything, they proceed to carry him around and prop him up in ridiculous spots in order to pretend he’s still alive, all while the Mob is try...
2025-01-2255 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 2: The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and Little Shop of Horrors (1986)Bridget picked The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and Little Shop of Horrors (1986)!
Movie description: Down on his luck Seymour works at a rundown flower shop, but when he discovers a strange plant, he has the best opportunity to bring tons of business to the shop and win the heart of the girl he adores. Too bad the plant starts to wilt until he realizes the one thing the plant needs and demands to survive – is blood.
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) is a low budget comedy horror film directed by Roger Corman. The film was pro...
2025-01-1651 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Episode 1: Solaris (1972) and Solaris (2002)It’s our first episode, and Erica picked Solaris (1972) and Solaris (2002)!
Movie description: A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting the planet Solaris to investigate what has led to the crew to lose their minds.
Solaris (1972) was a book adaptation, but that also led to contention between the director of the film Andrei Tarkovsky and the book’s author Stanislav Lem. Some ideas work better in a literary medium, and some work better as a visual.
Andrei Tarkovsky: “If I can’t make a long boring film, I’ll shoot myself.”
Solaris (20...
2025-01-0849 min
Lights, Camera, Remake!Introduction to the Podcasters"There's just no originality anymore!"
Sequels, remakes, franchises. The old Hollywood adage for many years has been rinse, recycle and repeat. But is it always a bad thing? Our podcast looks to break it down and see if there's merit to many famous sequels and remakes.
On each episode we’ll look at a movie and its remake, or sometimes a movie and its sequel, to determine if Hollywood rehashed it for a reason or for a cash grab.
We start with an introduction to podcast hosts Erica Strout and Bridget LaMonica. We ta...
2025-01-0820 min
The MisFitNationThe Book Whisperer: Unleashing Transformations with Bridget Cook-BurchGet ready for a captivating episode of The MisFitNation Show as Rich LaMonica hosts "The Book Whisperer" herself, Bridget Cook-Burch. A New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, mentor, trainer, and powerhouse speaker, Bridget is celebrated for her riveting stories of transformation.Known as the CEO and Founder of YourInspiredStory.com and Inspired Legacy Publishing, Bridget has graced platforms like Oprah, Dateline, CNN, GMA, and more. She is not just an accomplished entrepreneur who once owned a multimillion-dollar trucking company, a phone book, and a PR agency, but also a co-founder and former...
2024-01-2537 min
Frame Up!Bridget La Monica, Steadicam OperatorEpisode 1 starts of with my good friend Bridget LaMonica, Steadicam operator and DP. This is her story!
2023-12-0341 min
Jettison PodJettison Pod Episode 18: She-Hulk: Attorney At Law S01E06This week on Jettison Pod, Vandy Beth Glenn and Bridget LaMonica discuss the sixth episode of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law's first and so far only season, "Just Jen." Show Notes: Bridget: Rick and Morty Season 6: Full Meta Jackrick Vandy Beth: Season 1 of the new Hulu seasons of Animaniacs Plugs: Bridget: Bitch Beer, soon to be a television show! Vandy Beth: The Jettison Pod Twitter feed And Patreon. Please help support this podcast financially!
2023-06-0633 min
Scranton TalksEp7: Chitchatting With Steadicam Extraordinaire Bridget LaMonicaBridget LaMonica is a cinematographer originally from Hamlin, Pennsylvania. Bridget attended East Stroudsburg University for Media Communication, and when her student loans simply weren’t high enough, went for an MFA in Film and Television at the Savannah College of Art & Design.Bridget spent a couple years as a newspaper reporter after grad school, then devoted herself to filmmaking full time and moved to Atlanta. Bridget has operated camera and Steadicam on a wide range of projects.Join Luz and Desiree for this inspiring and fun conversation!
2022-01-1838 min
Story Time with Mom and MeI want my 10 centsStories in this episode:
Ken tried to get me fired for being “unpleasant” by Reddit user SarahSmiles927
I’m reporting you! We know the owner! By Reddit user Jordank_1991
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2021-08-1838 min