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Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 114 - 2025 Year END ReviewSend us a textHappy New Year everyone ! And welcome to the 5th Annual Year End Review here at the triple FFF. We have a ginormous, star-studded show for you with an all star panel consisting of a who’s who of series regulars Alex Robertson, Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson, Kendrick Wright and all the way from El Paso, Joe Field! Welcome everyone. We’re just going to get right into it. So right off the bat, 2025 is the year that didn’t make up for the doldrums of 2024 and the pandemic years so we saw...
2026-01-111h 07
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #112 - The TRIUMPHS of Robert Redford: Downhill Racer, Jeremiah Johnson, 3 Days of the CondorSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re going to pay tribute to the late, great Robert Reford and analyze just why this Hollywood icon belonged on the top of Mt. Olympus long before vanity, sanctimony and crass commercialism ruined his artistry. In other words, before he tarnished his legacy with offensive tripe like The Legend of Bagger Vance, the execrable Indecent Proposal and most especially by appearing as a generic schmoe bad guy #5 in Marvel movies, he was literally the undisputed KING of the Hollywood Hil...
2025-11-231h 18
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #111 - SEASON 5 PREMIERE! One Battle After Another & Barbie - When Good Directors GO BADSend us a textWelcome to the launch of our epic 5th season on Fabulous Film & Friends! This is the big one! The one that everyone will be talking about for years to come. Why? Because this is the episode where I finally get to trash the Barbie movie as we dive into the idea of “When Good Directors Go Bad.”Inspired by the recent release of 2025’s Paul Thomas Anderson/ Leonardo DiCaprio domestic terror extravaganza One Battle After Another which also stars Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Chase I...
2025-10-081h 31
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #110 - SEASON 4 FINALE! What Is the DEAL with Richard Lester? A Hard Day's Night, The Three & Four Musketeers, Superman IIISend us a textOn our season finale to our 4th blockbuster year in the podcast space, we’re going to answer the burning question on everyone’s mind these days: What’s the deal with Richard Lester? In order to find the answer, we’re digging into the notable works from his four decades in show business, starting with 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night starring John Lennon Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr aka the Beatles along with Wilfred Brambell, Norman Rossington, John Junkin and Victor Spinetti then onto 1973 &74’s...
2025-09-021h 26
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 107 - The Phoenician Scheme: The GREATEST of them ALL!Send us a textOn our 107th podcast, we here at the Triple FFF thought we’d try to once again attempt relevance and discuss a current big release, this time Wes Anderson’s 2025 father-daughter high stakes business and espionage caper The Phoenician Scheme starring Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Scarlet Johansson, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright, Rupert Friend and Benedict Cumberbatch. As well as Mr. Anderson’s troupe of good-natured bit players and walk ons which includes Bill Murray, F. Murray Abraham, Wilem Dafoe and now Charlotte Gainsb...
2025-06-131h 10
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #106 - 1970's Car Caper SHOWDOWN!: Vanishing Point v. Gone in 60 Seconds v. Dirty Mary, Crazy LarrySend us a textWas there ever an era in cinema history when the obsession with cars, speed, and outrunning the law—whether you were a hick, a hippie, or a world-weary urbanite—captured the public’s imagination more than in the early 1970s?That’s what we aim to ponder on this, our 106th episode of the Triple FFF as we discuss not one, not 2 but THREE POWERHOUSE mainstream movies of muscle-car mayhem starting with 1971’s Vanishing Point directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring Barry Newman, Dean Jagger, Paul Koslo, Severn Darden, An...
2025-06-041h 08
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 104 - The GREAT ITALIAN ODYSSEYS: Ulysses (1954) v. The Return (2024)Send us a textWe’re gargling out the taste of comic book fare on our 104th episode yet still swimming the turbulent oceans of their inspiration, the source of their epic power and mystery: Homer’s Odyssey!Yes we’re going to compare and contrast two versions of the Odyssey as seen through the eyes of Italian filmmakers starting with 1954’s Ulysses directed by Mario Camerini and starring Kirk Douglas, Silvana Magano and Anthony Quinn up against 2024’s The Return directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette B...
2025-05-261h 01
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #101- How BAD Could They BE? Joker: Folie á Deux v. Kraven The HunterSend us a textIt’s Episode 101 and while we’re gearing up to charge full speed ahead, we’re going to take a quick look back at the halcyon days of the fall/winter of 2024 when two earth-shattering comic book movie bombs were unleashed on the cinema going public. We’re talking Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie a Deux starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beets and Brendan Gleeson up against JC Chandor’s – who are we kidding? Marvel/Sony’s Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, Russell Crow, Ariana Debos...
2025-04-091h 08
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 100 - The TOP 3 Comedies of ALL TIME- This is Spinal Tap, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Raising ArizonaSend us a textWelcome to the monumental 100th Episode of Fabulous Film and Friends where we are going to discuss the TOP 3 Comedies of ALL TIME in this podcast host’s estimation. We’re talking about 1984’s Spinal Tap directed by Rob Reiner, starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Tony Hendra, June Chadwick and Bruno Kirby then 1985’s Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, starring Paul Ruebens, Elizabeth Daly, Mark Holton, Jan Hooks, Diane Salinger, Morgan Fairchild and James Brolin topped off with 1987’s Raising Arizona Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter, John...
2025-04-061h 50
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 99 - ALL the Captain Americas! (including Brave New World)Send us a textHello Loyal Film Fans, we’re busting out, shields first, with our 99th episode and wanted to do something both timely and topical so we’re going to look at Marvel’s Captain America films replete with the newly released Captain America Brave New World. I’m your host Gino Caputi and I am joined by Joe Field, author, hypnotherapist and comic book store royalty, named after his Uncle Joe who owns Flying Colors Comics in Concord California. https://www.flyingcolorscomics.com/Welcome back Joe!Before we celebrate...
2025-02-191h 18
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #97 - Christmas MASH-UP!: Nosferatu v. A Complete UnknownSend us a textWelcome to our FFF Christmas mash-up where we are going to look at the two important titles released on the 25th of December in the year of Our Lord 2024: Nosferatu, directed by Robert Eggers and starring Lily Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Bill Skarsgard, and Willem Dafoe up against A Complete Unknown directed by James “Walk the Line/Ford Vs. Ferrari” Mangold and starring Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Maria Barbaro, Dan Fogler, and the one two punch of craggy, Oakie-faced Narcos Alums: Boyd Holbrook and Scoot...
2025-01-021h 51
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #95 - The BEST of the Coen Brothers: No Country for Old Men & Inside Llewyn DavisSend us a textWelcome back to another blockbuster episode of Fabulous Film & Friends, our 95th to be precise, and I do apologize for the delay in production. But kids, I’m a working man and if you want a more reliable and steady stream of FFF episodes, be sure to like and subscribe to the channel on Youtube or Buzzsprout, et al. And by all means tell your friends about us! So! This week! We’re going to make up for lost time and come out swinging to face not one but two of Joel a...
2024-12-082h 04
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #94 - King of the CORN! Somewhere in Time v. TitanicSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends it’s time to embrace our inner sap as we compare two seminal historically-themed weepie romances that have managed to endure, despite being laden with copious amounts of kettle corn, enough to fill two silos full really: 1980’s Somewhere in Time, written by Richard Matheson directed by Jeannot Szwarc starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer against 1997’s Titanic written and directed by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, David Warner, Francis Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton and Kathy B...
2024-10-241h 23
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 93 - Megalopolis! F--- YEAH!Send us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re taking on the monumental challenge of dissecting Francis Ford Coppola’s sprawling, controversial and somewhat divisive 2024 opus, Megalopolis starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LeBeouf, John Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Grace Vanderwaal , Kathryn Hunter, and Dustin Hoffman. Plus, as a bonus James Remar, and D.B. Sweeney in essentially featured background roles.I’m your host Gino Caputi and joining me this week are two of my sturdy and stalwart fellow film snobs, who had th...
2024-10-071h 49
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #92 - Thriller-AMA!! North by Northwest v. CharadeSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to back to the late 1950’s early 1960’s when men smoked heavily, recklessly enjoyed sophisticated cocktails and liked their women the way they wore their suits: skinny and tight! A time when spies and cold wars were the talk of the town, and all the cool cats admired two preeminent and influential thrillers. We’re talking 1959’s North by Northwest directed by the Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock and starring Carey Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Ne...
2024-10-051h 08
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 91 - ALL the FREAKIN' ALIEN movies!Send us a textAs we blast off into our 4th Season here at Fabulous Film and Friends, and with the recent release of Alien Romulus, we thought it only fitting to take a look at ALL the Alien movies, minus the execrable Alien v. Predator films, starting with 1979's Alien directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphett Koto, John Hurt, Veronica Cartright and Ian Holm followed by 1986's Aliens, directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver again, joined by Michael...
2024-09-091h 19
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 90 - Season 3 FINALE! Wildcat!Send us a textOn this 90th episode and Season 3 finale of Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to dig into 2024’s Wildcat, centering around the life and works of Great American Author Flannery O’ Connor and directed by Ethan Hawke, starring the director’s daughter Maya Hawke, Laura Linney, Phililip Ettinger, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, Rafael Casal, Alessandro Nivola Christine Dye, Vincent D’Onofrio and Liam Neeson. I’m your host Gino Caputi and joining me this week to try and unpack all of this literary and cinematic heaviness are Lit major and...
2024-08-201h 33
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #89: Tombstone v. Wyatt EarpSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends it’s the moment all yall cowpokes been watin’ fer. We’re biting the bullet and comparing the two star-studded “Gunfight at the OK Corral” epics, pitting 1993’s Tombstone directed by George Pan Cosmatos starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliot, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Stephen Lang, Dana Delany, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Joanna Pacula Michael Rooker, Thomas Hayden Church, Jason Priestly, Billy Zane, Billy Bob Thornton, Charleton Heston and Robert Mitchum against 1994’s Wyatt Earp directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin...
2024-08-061h 02
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 88 - The Deadpool TrilogySend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’ve jumped on that bandwagon and got a full fledged case of Deadpool-mania!That means we’re going to discuss all three of Ryan Reynolds happy little R-rated capers which started in 2016 with Deadpool directed by Tim Miller, starring Ryan Reynolds, TJ Miller Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapicic, Ed Skrein, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni and Gina Carano. Then continued with 2018’s Deadpool 2, directed by David Lietch and starring pretty much the same cast minus Skrein and Carano with the addition of Josh Brolin, Zazie B...
2024-07-3052 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 87 - Sci Fi 1996 - ID4 v. Star Trek: First ContactSend us a textOn our 87th episode we’re looking back at the year 1996, a simpler time when humanity came together and made big hits out of unsophisticated and unabashedly emotional sci-fi adventures. We’re talking Independence Day directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Mary McDonnell, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Brent Spiner, Vivica A. Fox and Randy Quaid and Star Trek First Contact directed by Jonathan Frakes and starring Patrick Stewart, Frakes, Brent Spiner, Levar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, Alfr...
2024-07-281h 03
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #86 - Horizon: An American Saga Part 1Send us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re giving our first impressions of Kevin Costner’s Horizon An American Saga Part 1. The actor/director headlines the production along with Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Luke Wilson, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Will Patton, Abbey Lee, Jena Malone, Tatanka Means, James Russo, John Beavers, Jamie Cambpell, Michael Angarano, Dale Dickey and Jeff FaheyI’m Gino Caputi and joining me this week is Roseanne Caputi, my kid sister and my good friend, actor, photographer, gunslinger Gordon Alex Robertson. ...
2024-07-0247 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 85 - The Three "R's" of the 80's: Repo Man, River's Edge & RobocopSend us a textOn this 85th episode of Fabulous Film and Friends we are going to connect the dots between three seminal cautionary tales from the 80’s: 1984’s Repo Man directed by Alex Cox and starring Emelio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Olivia Barash, Jennifer Balgobin, Dick Rude, Tracey Walter, Sy Richardson, Vonetta McGee, Richard Foronjy, Tom Finnegan, Eddie Velez, Del Zamora, Zander Schloss, Fox Harris and Jimmy Buffet. Then 1987’s River’s Edge directed by Tim Hunter starring Keanu Reeves, Crispin Clover, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, Joshua John Miller, Josh Richman...
2024-06-181h 29
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #84- Sci-fi 1994: Stargate v. Star Trek GenerationsSend us a textOn this episode of Fabulous Film and Friends we are looking back at two middling, lackluster sci-fi adventures from 1994 that have mysteriously stood the test of time: Stargate, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Kurt Russell, James Spader, John Diehl, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors, Erick Avari, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, Leon Rippey, French Stewart, and Djimon Hounsou, which was released in October of ‘94 then Star Trek: Generations which was released a month later, was directed by David Carson and starred Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Levar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Si...
2024-06-111h 06
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 83 - ALL the Mad Max movies including FuriosaSend us a textOn our 83rd episode of Fabulous Film & Friends we’re driving headfirst into the maelstrom as we discuss ALL of director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic Mad Max movies including the newly released Furiosa. What’s that you say? Didn’t you just review The Road Warrior on your recent Australian Apocalypse podcast? True enough! But! We glossed over an important ingredient in the film’s success and we’re going to make amends as we break down all the Mad Maxes. I’m joined t...
2024-05-281h 31
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 82 - The Sofia Coppola Lonely Celebrity Trio: Lost in Translation, Somewhere, PriscillaSend us a textOn this 82nd episode of Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to discuss the finer points of being a misunderstood celebrity sequestered in first-rate hostelries as we discuss three of director Sofia Coppola’s notable tales of privileged isolation: 2003’s Lost in Translation starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johannsson, Anna Faris, Fumihiro Hayashi and Giovanni Ribisi along with 2010’s Somewhere starring Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius, Ellie Kemper, Michelle Monaghan, and in an uncredited cameo, Alden Ehrenreich topped off with 2023’s Priscilla starring Callie Spaeny, Jacob Elord...
2024-05-211h 26
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 80- The Best of John Schlesinger: Midnight Cowboy, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Day of the LocustSend us a textOn our 80th episode of Fabulous Film & Friends what better way to follow up a Road House podcast than by looking at the highlights of pioneering gay director John Schlesinger? We’re talking about 1969’s Midnight Cowboy starring Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Sylvia Miles, Bob Balaban and Barnard Hughes as well as 1971’s Sunday, Bloody Sunday starring Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murry Head and Dame Peggy Ashcroft topped off with 1975’s The Day of the Locust starring William Atherton, Donald S...
2024-04-161h 09
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #79 - Road House Showdown!Send us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re leaping head first into the bone-cracking, tooth-spitting, throat-ripping and monster-trucking action of the Road House movies! Both of them! That’s the original 1989 version directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliot, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara, Kevin Tighe, Marshall Teague, Julie Michaels, Red West, Kathleen Wilhoite and blink and you’ll miss him, Keith David. As compared to the 2024 remake directed by Doug Liman and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams, Post Malone...
2024-04-0957 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 78 - The LA Neo Noir Trio: The Big Lebowski, Inherent Vice, Under the Silver LakeSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re covering a trio of Neo Noir films set in the city of…where else? Los Angeles, as we discuss 1998’s The Big Lewbowski, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring the extraordinary Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, David Huddleston, John Tutturo, Ben Gazara, David Thewlis, Tara Reid, Peter Stormare, Leon Russom and Sam Elliot against 2014’s Inherent Vice directed by Paul Thomas Anderson starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Watersto...
2024-03-191h 24
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #77 - Dune Part 2Send us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends the wait is over and in an exciting change of pace, no negativity. We’re going to slaver and spaz all about 2024’s Dune Part 2 directed by Denis Villanueve and starring Timotheé Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgaard, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Charlotte Rampling, Lea Seydoux, Christopher Walken and (spoiler alert!) Anya Taylor-Joy. My guests today are David Johnson DMD and Roseanne Caputi. Series regular and good friend Alex Robertson is sitting this one...
2024-03-051h 21
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 76 - Killers of the Flower MoonSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends with the glow of our 75th episodeebbing, it’s time to pick up the empty champagne bottles, sweep the floor and go back to discussing one measly film, o’ but what a film it is: 2023’s Killers of the Flower Moon, directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, and a veritable host of craggy-faced old coots on the white end, and on the Native American end, a who’s who of O...
2024-02-201h 21
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #75: Australian Apocalypse: Walkabout, The Road Warrior, The RoadSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we are pointing our compasses southward to the land of doom and gloom:Australia! Don’t be fooled by the likes of Paul Hogan, Yahoo Serious and Thor, underneath that loopy, whimsical Australian charm, lies an unparalleled grim and sober yet prophetic outlook about life on Earth as evidenced by 1971’s Walkabout directed by Nicholas Roeg, though full disclosure: he’s an Englishman who shepherded Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil and John Meillion to cinematic prominence, then 1982’s The...
2024-02-061h 29
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 74 - The S. Craig Zahler Trilogy (so far)Send us a text This week on Fabulous Film and Friends I’m both chasing butterflies and swatting at hornets whilst forcing my friends to watch and analyze the films of director S. Craig Zahler a filmmaker who couldn’t have a more awkward professional name than if he had gone with "E. Marvin Bummington." But are his films worth discussing? We’re talking 2015’s Bone Tomahawk starring the mighty Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, David Arquette, Lili Simmons, Fred Melamed, Kathryn Morris, Geno Segers and in a pair...
2024-01-161h 22
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 73- 2023 Year in ReviewSend us a textHappy New Year everyone, and as we begin another year of Fabulous Film and Friends we’re doing something no one else is doing at this time and looking back at the films of 2023, our 3rd such recap since this show’s inception. My guests are series regulars Roseanne Caputi and Alex Robertson, the only people I know who have the patience to sit through 2023’s bum crop of films. My favorite films of the year were:Asteroid CityGodzilla Minus 1Maestr...
2024-01-011h 24
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 71 - The John Carpenter/Kurt Russell Trilogy - Escape From New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little ChinaSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to analyze a trio of “cult classics” from the actor/director pairing of Kurt Russell and John Carpenter. Starting with 1981’s Escape From New York starring Mr. Russell, Donald Pleasance, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Season Hubley, on to 1982’s The Thing starring Russell, Donald Moffat, Keith David, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, T.K, Carter, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan and Wilford Brimley, And finally 1986’s Big Trouble in Little China starring Rus...
2023-12-121h 29
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 70 - The Elmore Leonard Trilogy: Get Shorty, Jackie Brown & Out of SightSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to groove to a tryptic of cool Elmore Leonard adaptations. Why? Because we’re that cool. We be talkin’ 1995’s Get Shorty directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta, Rene Russo, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandlafini, David Paymer and Bette Midler up against 1997’s Jackie Brown , directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Robert DeNiro, Bridget Fonda, Michael Bowen and Michael Keaton, capped off with 1998’...
2023-11-281h 34
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 69- The Pope of Greenwich Village v. Midnight RunSend us a textWelcome to the 3rd Season kickoff of Fabulous Film and Friends where this week we’re going to pit a pair of beloved personal favorites from the 80’s against each other in an epic duel of characterization, star power and cinematic moxie. We’re talking about 1984’s The Pope of Greenwich Village directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Burt Young, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, Tony Musante, Jack Kehoe, and Geraldine Paige up against 1988’s Midnight Run directed by Martin Brest and starring Robert DeNiro, Charles Grodin, Yaphett Koto, John Ashton, Joe...
2023-11-161h 17
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 68 - Oppenheimer v. Asteroid CitySend us a text This week on Fabulous Film & Friends we are going to delve into the obsessions of the auteur with this past Summer’s Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Alden Eherenreich, Casey Affleck, Tony Goldwin, and a whole host of blink and you’ll miss them celebrity walk-ons, the most since The Muppet Movie, as compared to Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, with his embarrassment of riches cast, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, Adrian Brody, Edward No...
2023-09-111h 35
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #66 - Battle of the Body Snatchers with George Young, Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson, DMD & Alex RobertsonSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re concluding our look into the paranoid, dystopian lens of 70’s sci-fi by discussing three of the four versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. We’re talking the 1956 version directed by Don Siegel and starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Larry Gates and Sam Peckinpah in a cameo, comparing it to the 1978 version starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, and Leonard Nimoy along with both Don Siegel and Kevin McCarthy in cameos, as well as the 1993 version...
2023-07-191h 30
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 62 - Westworld (1973) v. The Stepford Wives (1975)Send us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re maintaining course on our dark path down creepy 70’s sci fi as we explore two trailblazers in the world of robotics and AI: 1973’s Westworld starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Dick Van Patten, Steve Franken and Star Trek’s Majel Barrett up against 1975’s The Stepford Wives starring Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Tina Louise, Nanette Newman and a whole slew of middle aged men to prove that men can design women better than anybody. My guests today are seri...
2023-06-131h 13
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 61: Planet of the Apes v. Soylent Green - HESTON Battle!Send us a text With the sugary Fruit Loops of Summer movie fare already upon us, this week on Fabulous Film & Friends we are going to fortify our intellectual palate with some meaty, heavy-duty late 60’s early/70’s sci fi and compare Franklin Schaffner’s 1968 masterpiece Planet of The Apes, starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison and James Whitmore with Richard Fleischer’s 1973 downbeat detective story Soylent Green also starring Mr. Heston, along with Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Brock Peters, Chuck Connors and Dick Van Patten in a role he was bor...
2023-05-301h 39
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #60 - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves vs. Fire and IceSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends I’m taking the time on our special 60th episode to come clean and admit I was wrong. Joining me as witnesses to my admission of guilt are series regulars David Johnson D.M.D. and erstwhile screenwriting collaborator, camera assistant, film editor lifelong gamer and creator of an unfinished and unknown role playing game entitled Swords and Adventure! Kendrick D. Wright. Okay, here’s some context for this week's mea culpa. Nearly a year ago on the Fabulous...
2023-05-2558 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 59 - Little Women Death BattleSend us a textJust in time for Mother's Day, this week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re putting the brakes on the testosterone-fueled man vs. man combat of our last few episodes by diving headfirst into an intense congress of girl power and warmhearted thoughts and feelings as we pit the 1949, 1994 and 2019 versions of Little Women against each other in an uncompromising evaluation of cinematic depth and storytelling prowess.My guests this week are two world renowned guy- guys but respected girl movie lovers in their own right: Dr. David Johnson, DMD and Go...
2023-05-091h 30
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 58 - Rocky III & V vs. Creed III with Alex Robertson & George YoungSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re concluding our discussion of the Rocky/Creed franchise with a full discussion of not one, not two but three Rocky Sequels and spinoffs: 1982‘s Rocky III directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, along with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and in a star-making role, Mr. T. as well as 1990’s Rocky V, directed by John G. Advilson starring all the surviving Rocky regulars including Burgess Meredith with Boxer Tommy Morrison, Richard Gant, and Stallone’s son Sage in supporting roles double-teaming against 2023’s Creed III, d...
2023-04-031h 38
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 57 - Rocky IV v. Creed II with Alex RobertsonSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re continuing our discussion of the Rocky/Creed franchise with an in-depth comparison of the two Russian-themed sequels in the series: 1985’s Rocky IV directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, along with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, Brigitte Neilsen and Dolph Lundgren with 2018’s Creed II, directed by Steven Caple Jr. and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Florian Munteanu, Brigitte Nielsen and Dolph Lundgren. I’m joined by a man who can well-relate to long winters, b...
2023-03-071h 13
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 56 - Rocky v. Creed with Alex Robertson & Roseanne CaputiSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re giving it the “ole one-two” with a match- up between 1976’s classic, Oscar winning underdog boxer sensation Rocky directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith and its 2015 spin-off reboot, Creed, directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew and Graham McTavish. Joining me today are Alex Robertson, no stranger to pugilism he, and my sister Roseanne. Don’t be fooled by her Engli...
2023-02-221h 24
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 55 - 2022: The Year in ReviewSend us a textHappy New Year, Fabulous Film Fans! Like a loud and well placed cherry bomb, we’re blasting into 2023 with a lively discussion of 2022's highlights and lowlights. The line up is a who’s who of past superstars and regulars including Dr. David Johnson, DMD, Roseanne Caputi and Alex Roberston, Kendrick Wright and George Young. In a sea of box checking mediocrities, the trick this year, once again, was finding films that made either the great or the worst list.Did we do it?Find
2023-01-071h 26
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 54 - The Last of The Mohicans v. The New World with Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson, DMD and Alex RobertsonSend us a textHappy Belated Thanksgiving, Fabulous Film Fans! We meant to get this talk in the can sooner but alas! External forces including the mighty Holiday itself prevented us from discussing two seminal works highlighting the struggles of early colonial Americans, with special emphasis on their relationships to the Native American tribes who either assisted or were rebuffed by them: we’re talking about Michael Mann’s 1992 actioner The Last of The Mohicans, starring Daniel Day Lewis, Madeline Stowe, Wes Studi, Russell Means, Jodhi May, Eric Schweig and Steven Waddington compared to Ter...
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Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 53 - Once Upon A Time in Hollywood v. Licorice Pizza with Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson and Dr. David J. Johnson DMDSend us a textIt’s another exciting match-up this week on Fabulous Film & Friends as we compare the works of two L.A. showbiz-loving poets cum grand masters with Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 magnum opus, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Margaret Qualley, Dakota Fanning, Mike Moh, a pre-Elvis Austin Butler, Kurt Russell, Al Pacino, and a whole host of familiar faces against Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza starring unknowns Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman with big time help from Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits...
2022-12-011h 46
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 52 - Halloween "Spooktacular" - The Witch v. A Ghost Story with Alex Robertson, David Johnson, DMD & Roseanne CaputiSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends, we’re celebrating Halloween by following last episode’s duel between Robert Eggers’ The Northman and David Lowry’s The Green Knight by a looking at and comparing two low-budget genre creepfests from these two up-and-coming masters of modern cinema: 2015’s The Witch starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, and three unsung masters of terror Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson with 2017’s A Ghost Story starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and Will Oldham. My guests this week are series regulars Dr. David Johnson...
2022-10-251h 50
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 51 - The Northman v. The Green Knight with David Johnson, DMD & Roseanne CaputiSend us a textOn this very special 51st episode of Fabulous Film & Friends we’re making good on our promise to pit 2022’s The Northman written and directed by Robert Eggers and starring Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Bjork and Willem Dafoe against 2021’s The Green Knight, written and directed by David Lowry and starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris and Ralph Ineson. My guests this week are series regulars Dr. David Johnson and Roseanne Caputi. Welcome back to you both. The synop...
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Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 50 - Jurassic World: Dominion with David Johnson, DMDSend us a textWelcome back to Fabulous Film & Friends after a seemingly endless break, which couldn’t be helped as this podcaster doesn’t pay the mortgage with podcasting dollars. It’s been nothing but work and more of it and no time for the finer things in life. Anyway, it’s our 50th episode and we had planned on something really special, a real barnburner between The Northman and The Green Knight, but alas! Due to the perplexing vagaries of the streaming service world, The Green Knight is only available as a purchase on Amazon and unav...
2022-09-2750 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 49 - The Battle of the Blade RunnersSend us a textWelcome to the Season 2 opener of Fabulous Film and Friends where this week we will be throwing down with a Battle of the Blade Runners , as we compare Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci fi giant Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Darryl Hannah, William Sanderson, M. Emmet Walsh, Joanna Cassidy, Edward James Olmos, Brion James, Joe Turkel and James Hong with Denise Villenueve’s 2017 follow-up: Blade Runner 2049, starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana De Armas, Jared Leto, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, , Mackenzie Davis, Dave Bautista, Edward James Olmos and Sean Young. ...
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Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 48 - Coppola v. Scorsese Round 4 - Bram Stoker's Dracula v. The Last Temptation of Christ Part IISend us a textContinuing the discussion about Dracula v. Last Temptation of Christ with George Young, Alex Robertson and Roseanne Caputi.
2022-08-1842 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 47 - Coppola v. Scorsese Round 4: Bram Stoker's Dracula v. The Last Temptation of Christ Part 1 with Alex Robertson, Roseanne Caputi & George YoungSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends it’s round four of the seemingly endless Coppola v. Scorsese Film Battle, where we shift gears downward with two problematic, others might say misunderstood, passion projects in both maestros’ respective canons, as we compare Martin Scorsese’s 1988 semi-Biblical epic The Last Temptation of Christ, starring Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Barry Miller, Andre Gregory, Irvin Kershner and David Bowie to Francis Ford Coppola’s take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, released in 1992 and starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Cary Elwes, Richard E. Grant, Bi...
2022-07-2451 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 46 - Coppola v. Scorsese - Round 3: Apocalypse Now v. Raging BullSend us a textThis week the Round 3 bell rings loud on our Francis Ford Coppola vs. Martin Scorsese masters of cinema fight for the heavyweight crown of greatest American Filmmaker as we compare their two most extraordinary works, 1979’s Apocalypse Now starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishbourne, Albert Hall, Harrison Ford, G.D. Spradlin and Dennis Hopper, against 1980’s Raging Bull, starring Robert DeNiro, Cathy Moriarity, Joe Pesci, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Frank Vincent and Charles Scorsese. Joining me this week are series regulars Roseanne Caputi, from the Ken and Da...
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Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 45 - Top Gun Maverick with The Ken and Dante Show GuysSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends I’m colluding with The Ken and Dante Show’s Kendrick Wright and Dante Oliviero as we discuss 2022’s Top Gun Maverick on their show. No synopsis this week, because that's not how Ken and Dante roll.Just know that Pete Maverick Mitchell, after 36 years, still is the best of the best and feels the need for speed. Is the film any good? Find out!
2022-07-1042 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 44 - Top Gun with Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson and Mark WorkhovenSend us a text We’re jetting towards the celebration of our nation’s independence this week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’ve decided to discuss and dissect the film that started it all, 1986’s Top Gun starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerrit, Rick Rossovich, James Tolkan, John Stockwell and Tim Robbins. I’m your host Gino Caputi and joining me this week are series regulars Roseanne Caputi, Dr. David Johnson DMD and everybody’s favorite newshound Mark Nicholas Workhoven. And now the synop...
2022-07-0330 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 43 - Coppola v. Scorsese Mob Hits: Godfather v. Goodfellas Part IISend us a textContinuing the Godfather v. Goodfellas discussion.
2022-06-2151 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 42 - Coppola v. Scorsese Mob Hits: The Godfather v. Goodfellas Part ISend us a textThis Week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re ringing the Round 2 bell of our Francis Ford Coppola vs. Martin Scorsese masters of cinema fight for the crown of greatest American Filmmaker as we compare Mob Epics 1972/74’s Godfathers I &II starring Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, Richard Castalleno, John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Michael V. Gazzo and Lee Strasberg to name but a few, to 1990’s Goodfellas, starring Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Lorrain Bracco, and Paul Sorvino. Joining me once again in my Steadi...
2022-06-1447 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 41 - Coppola v. Scorsese: Iconic- The Conversation v. Taxi Driver Part IISend us a textResuming our talk about Coppola v. Scorsese's iconic films from the 70's. With Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson, Dante Oliviero and Kendrick Wright.
2022-06-1049 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 40: Coppola v Scorsese: Iconic- The Conversation v. Taxi Driver Part ISend us a textThis Week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re doing spectacularly new and exciting things to shake it all up as we discuss not one but two important films by two legendary grand masters of cinema in a head-to-head film matchup extravaganza. Previously I had ironically referred to this series as the“Death Battle” but considering recent events, including the passing of actor Ray Liotta, I think it’s best that we soberly call this Chapter One of the Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese Masterworks series: Comparing, Contrasting and Awardin...
2022-05-3148 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 39 - The King of Comedy with Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson & Mark WorkhovenSend us a textThis Week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re segueing from Todd Philips Joker back to one of its original “inspirations," 1983’s The King of Comedy directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert DeNiro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Dihanne Abbott and Ed Herlihy in what is easily my favorte Scorsese film.This podcast also serves as the prologue, a Hobbit to the Lord of the Rings in our epic five part Coppola Scorsese Death battle which will begin next week. My guests this week are funnyman in his own right Al...
2022-05-2446 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 38 - Joker Part II with Burton Brown, David Johnson D.M.D., Alex Robertson & Mark WorkhovenSend us a textPicking up from Part 1 of our discussion of Todd Phillip's 2019 Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix.
2022-05-1735 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 37 - Joker Part I with Burton Brown, David Johnson, D.M.D. Alex Robertson and Mark WorkhovenSend us a textIt’s back to Gotham City this week on the Triple FFF as we follow up our review of Matt Reeves’ The Batman and discuss Todd Phillips’ 2019 gritty blockbuster Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix in his Oscar winning performance as the clown prince of crime, and co-starring Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy. Shea Wighham, Bill Camp, Brett Cullen and a whole host of other “Oh, that Guy.” supporting players.My guests this week are show regulars David Johnson, D.M.D., Burton Brown, Alex Robertson and making his first Fabul...
2022-05-1042 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 36 - The Batman with Alex Robertson, Roseanne Caputi & David Johnson, DMDSend us a textThis week on the Triple FFF we’re busting out of the 50’s and landing squarely in the present day to discuss 2022’s The Batman directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Dano, Jon Tuturro and an unrecognizable and surprisingly good Colin Farrell. My guests this week are Roseanne Caputi and David Johnson and the crown prince of criminally underutilized talent, Gordon Alex Robertson! And now the Bat-synopsis The Batman is the 8th cinematic incarnation of the Batm...
2022-05-0340 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 35 - The Big Country with Roseanne Caputi & Burton BrownSend us a textWe’re back in the Old West again this week on Fabulous Film & Friends to discuss William Wyler’s 1958 Technorama Masterpiece The Big Country, starring Gregory Peck, Charleton Heston, Carroll Baker, Jean Simmons, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors and Burl Ives in an Oscar winning role. My guests today are Roseanne Caputi and Burton Brown.And now the synopsis:A tale of two rival Texas cattle barons, the Big Countrty pits Major Henry Terrell against Rufus Hannessy, whose anger towards each other reaches a boliling point after Terrell’s future...
2022-04-2646 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 34 - Picnic with Alex Robertson and Roseanne CaputiSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends our run of great 1955 films comes to an abrupt and awkward end as we discuss Picnic, a time capsule dramatic weepie directed by Joshua Logan and starring everyone’s favorite red-eyed, clenched jawed everyman, William Holden, a nearly diffused and dowdy Kim Novak, skinny and young Cliff Robertson, a suitably wild eyed Rosiland Russell and an always dependable Arthur O’Connell. My guests today are Roseanne Caputi and Alex Robertson. And now the synopsis: Based on the Pul...
2022-04-2142 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 33 - The Night of The Hunter with Roseanne Caputi and Alex RobertsonSend us a textWe’re going back in time to 1955 once again with Charles Laughton’s supreme tale of spine-tingling suspense: The Night of The Hunter starring the incomparable Robert Mitchum as Reverend Harry Powell and co-starring Shelly Winters, The First Lady of American Cinema Lillian Gish, a young, pre-Mission Impossible Peter Graves and child actors Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce . I’m joined by my dedicated devotees in extraordinary exhibitions of film snobbery Roseanne Caputi and Gordon Alex Robertson. Welcome to you both!And now the synopsis:Loosely based o...
2022-04-1246 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsDueling West Side Stories Rumble - Part IISend us a textContinuing where last week's West Side Story Comparison left off. Who wins the rumble?Find out!
2022-03-2945 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 31 - Dueling West Side Stories Rumble Part ISend us a textIn this first part of 2, it's an all out rumble on Fabulous Film and Friends, as we compare and contrast the two visions of the classic musical West Side Story—the 1961 version directed by Star Trek The Motion Picture’s Robert Wise and the 2021 version directed by Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull’s Steven Spielberg. The first version starred Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn. And the update stars Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez and Mike Faist. I’m joine...
2022-03-2244 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 30 - Atonement with Roseanne CaputiSend us a textOn this 30th episode of Fabulous Film and Friends, my sister and I are going to discuss the 2007 romantic war drama Atonement, directed by Joe Wright and starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightly, Saorsie Ronan, Benecict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai, Brenda Blethlyn, Harriet Walter and Vanessa Redgrave in what is arguably one of the finest war films ever made, second only to Apocalypse Now.The synopsis:Briony Tallis is a fanciful and precocious girl of 13, skilled at writing plays and stomping about on her family’s palacial English estate in 1936, meddling in...
2022-03-1544 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 29 - Marty with Alex Robertson, Burton Brown & Roseanne CaputiSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends, we’re going to pay homage to the noble everyman by discussing the 1955 drama Marty directed by Delbert Mann, written by Paddy Chayefsky and startring Ernest Borgine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Karen Steele, Esther Minciotti and Sergeant Carter himself, Frank Sutton. Like all of us around the world for the past few weeks, I’m worried about the fate of the people of the Ukraine and for the future of this planet but hopeful in the idea that the goodness and righteousness that ca...
2022-03-0843 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 28 - True Lies with George Young, Burton Brown and Alex RobertsonSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re back to full on chip munching, beer swilling, fist-bumping battle mode as we take on James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1994 Marital strife/Spies Fighing Evil Terrorists Action Comedy Extravaganza True Lies. For this movie fan’s money the absolute BEST, most accomplished escapist guns and explosions movie ever produced, easily outdoing James Bond at its own game and making Bond look like a plodding duffer in the bargain. I’m joined today by a man of action in his own right, p...
2022-02-2245 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #27 - The Love Bug with SUPERFAN Alex RobertsonSend us a textBecause you demanded it!! Disney's The Love Bug! This week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re following our discussion about the violent and gruesome Braveheart with the equally violent and twisted 1968 Disney gutbuster, The Love Bug and starring Dean Jones, Michelle Lee, Buddy Hackett, David Tomlinson and Sacramento’s own Benson Fong. I’m joined by my good friend Gordon Alex Robertson today on this Superbowl weekend who would only do the show if we discussed this film, one of his childhood favorites. Before we hit the...
2022-02-1540 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #26 - Braveheart with Burton Brown, David Johnson, DMD, Roseanne Caputi & Alex RobertsonSend us a textWe’re keeping the spirit of 1995 alive on this week’s Fabulous Film and Friends where we will be following up our discussion about Ron Howard’s Oscar nominated historical drama Apollo 13, with Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning historical drama Braveheart starring himself in the title role as The Hammer of The Scots, William Wallace, and co-starring Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau, Catherine McCormack, Angus McFeydan, Brendan Gleeson, David O’ Hara and the inimitable Brian Cox. Returning to the panel once again, my good pal, IT Specialist and Hamish to my William Wallace, Burt...
2022-02-1044 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #25 - Apollo 13 with Kendrick Wright, Burton Brown, Roseanne Caputi & Alex RobertsonSend us a textIt’s back to the cosmos again on this week’s Fabulous Film and Friends where we will be analyzing Ron Howard’s triumphant 1995 historical drama Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan, the mighty Ed Harris, and a whole battalion of bespectacled bit players in one of the most effective films of its ilk. Returning to the panel once again, the screaming, desk-pounding emotional half of The Ken and Dante Show Youtube Channel, the Incredible Kendrick Wright. An IT specialist...
2022-02-0145 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 24 - Star Trek The Motion Picture with Kendrick Wright & Dante Oliviero and Burton Brown & Bob GitzenSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re transporting you into our largest, swankiest and most epic discussion panel yet, taking two full shows to dig deep into 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture, directed by Robert Wise, Produced by Gene Roddenberry, creator of the late 1960’s TV show from which The Motion Picture’s premise originated, and starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForrest Kelley, Stephen Collins, a strikingly bald Persis Khambatta as well as the rest of the TV crew in what was and still is one of the most unusual, hotly co...
2022-01-2545 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 23 - The Power of The Dog RoundtableSend us a textHeigh- Ho, western fans! This week on Fabulous Film and friends we’re going to circle back and discuss Jane Campion’s 2021 comeback effort and Oscar frontrunner, The Power of The Dog starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee. It was mentioned on our year in review last week as a top film, but no time was spent hunkering down on its finer points. I’m yer host Gino Caputi and joining me on this conceptual cattle drive is my sister and unabashed Jane Campion lover Roseanne...
2022-01-1844 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 22 - 2021: A Year in ReviewSend us a textOn this week’s Fabulous Film and Friends we’re going to look back at the year that was in motion pictures, 2021! I and my panel had a challenge: We had to scrape together not ten but a measly five films from last year that were worth seeing and may stand the test of time. Could we do it??? I’m guessing no! Joining me on my panel of film loving regulars is my sister Ros...
2022-01-1144 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 21 - Spider-Man No Way Home with Roseanne Caputi & KidsSend us a textA happy and healthy 2022 to all of you Fabulous Film Loving Friends out there! We’re ringing in the New Year by pandering to the masses and discussing the latest and biggest Marvel blockbuster to date, 2021’s Spider-Man No Way Home, directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland as everyone’s favorite wisecracking wallcrawler. Joining me today are two of the stalwart members of Disney/Marvel’s key demographic, my 11 year old nephew Raphael and my son Marco. And serving in the role of the exasperated, disheartened chaperone, my sister Roseanne Cap...
2022-01-0443 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 20 - Rushmore with Grant Ellis and Roseanne CaputiSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film and Friends we’re fully embracing our inner ironic film geek by discussing one of our favorite Wes Anderson films, the 1998 Bill Murray Jason Schwartzman/Olivia Williams romantic and philosophical charmer, Rushmore, the film that put Mr. Anderson on the map and marked a career resurgence for Bill Murray. I’m Gino Caputi, your host and joining me is Eastern Oregon’s original hipster, my sister Roseanne Caputi, who wore a suit and tie to prom back when that meant something and here for his first Triple...
2021-12-2845 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 19 - Die Hard with Burton Brown and Alex RobertsonSend us a textHo! Ho! Ho! And a very Merry Christmas to you from all of us at Fabulous Film and Friends! With our yuletide spirit in maximum overdrive we’re going to spread the Holiday Cheer by discussing everyone’s favorite Christmas movie, the 1988 Bruce Willis/ John McTiernan action extravaganza, Die Hard! Joining me on my panel of red-blooded, steak-eating, cigar chomping, gun toting manly men are the tech titan from Salt Lake City, Burton Brown and standing tall with me in America’s number one blue state, Gordon Alex Robertson. Before we...
2021-12-2144 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 18 - Pale Rider with Actor Jeffrey WeissmanSend us a textIt’s westward ho! This week on Fabulous Film & Friends, as we discuss Clint Eastwood’s 1985 Guns, Gold, Ghosts and God spectacular Pale Rider, which was a return to form for Mr. Eastwood in the mid-80’s when the Western genre was considered on the way out. My guest is Jeffrey Weissman who acted in the film as Teddy Conway, one of the gentle, kind-hearted gold mining brothers in the story.Mr. Weissman is the founder of the Bay Area Professional Actors Studio and a 48-year stage, film and televis...
2021-12-1444 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. # 17 - La Bamba with Vance PiperSend us a textIt’s Rock N’ Roll week on Fabulous Film & Friends, and we’re going to bop our way through the 1987 Lou Diamond Phillips starring Luis Valdez directed low budget sleeper hit La Bamba! My guest is Cinematographer and Camera guru Vance Piper returning once again after his riveting first podcast on Triple FFF where we talked about the making of The Terminator. La Bamba, like the Terminator, was another Adam Greenberg lensed production and Vance served as his 1st Assistant Camera. Before we hit the dance floor, The synopsis:La...
2021-12-0742 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #16 - The Outsiders with Alex Robertson & Roseanne CaputiSend us a textOn this week’s Fabulous Film and Friends we are going to show that we’re tough enough when discussing Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 cult classic The Outsiders. Starring a veritable Who’s Who of 80’s leading men and one woman, Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Emelio Estevez, Rob Lowe, dreamy Leif Garrett and the token female, future Oscar nominee Diane Lane. If the movie had made ten years later, it would’ve cost upward of $100 million dollars in salaries. Why are we discussing thi...
2021-11-3041 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #15 - Sicario with Matthew Turvey and David Johnson, DMDSend us a textIt’s a Star Wars prequel-style Jedi double team on this week’s Fabulous Film & Friends, where two like minded movie fans will team up against a solo dissenter in an epic duel over the worthiness of the 2015 Denis Villeneuve drug cartel potboiler SicarioMy tag-team partner is David Johnson DMD, and joining us in the opposite corner for his first stint on Triple F is, is our old pal from our High School Matthew Turvey. Matt is a film, music and literature lover, Barnes and Noble Manager, the las...
2021-11-2342 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #14- Star 80 with George Young and Roseanne CaputiSend us a textOn this week’s Fabulous Film & Friends, we’re doing round two of "Face Your Fears" where we pluck up the courage to view a film that we've been hemming and hawing about watching, this time yet another Eric Roberts vehicle, Bob Fosse’s 1983 controversial biographical drama, Star 80. Joining me once again on this crazy quest to confront our apprehensions and anxieties is the Pauline Kael of the Oregon Prairie, my sister Roseanne Caputi. And back again for more is Time Blinked author, prolific production manager and 80’s Broadway and...
2021-11-1643 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #13 - Predator with Alex Robertson and David Johnson, DMDSend us a textIt’s a Guy-guy’s episode this week on Fabulous Film & Friends, where we tackle the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger/John McTiernan sci-fi action movie staple Predator! Joining me in this online man cave is none other than the crossfit crown filler, Salt Lake City’s own David Johnson, DMD, and in the left square weighing in at a lean, donut, pie and booze free 200 lbs, the undisputed champion of snarling vitriol against moral evil as well as chatty kids and their indulgent parents in the church pews behind him, GORDON ALEX ROBE...
2021-11-0945 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #12 - The Nutty Professor with the Wacky RoundtableSend us a textOn this week’s episode of Fabulous Film & Friends, the regular crew is all back to dissect and probe the often-misunderstood genius of Jerry Lewis with his seminal 1963 masterwork, The Nutty Professor, which he co-wrote, directed and starred in alongside a very easy on the eyes, Stella Stevens. Back once again for their invaluable insights on the matter are instructors and intellects in their own right: Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson DMD, and of course, funnyman GORDON ALEX ROBERTSON!Before we explore the finer points: a synopsis! The Nutty...
2021-11-0244 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 11 - Runaway Train with Alex Robertson and Roseanne CaputiSend us a textIt’s “Face Your Fears Week” on this blazingly fast-paced, pulse-pounding, edge of your seat, thrilling segment of Fabulous Film & Friends where my sister Roseanne and I are going to watch a film that we’ve been putting off since it came out in 1985, Andrei Konchalovsky’s Runaway Train starring Jon Voight and Eric Roberts. Joining me again are teacher, thinker, anti-horseplay activist and action movie nut, Roseanne Caputi. And later in the segment for color commentary is the toughest, surliest, most pugnacious performer this side of the Russian River, GORDON ALEX ROBERTS...
2021-10-2642 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 10 - Punch Drunk Love with Nyna Caputi, Roseanne Caputi, David Johnson and Alex RobertsonSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends my wife is joining us at the roundtable to talk about the hilarious and whimsical Adam Sandler/Paul Thomas Anderson 2002 collaboration Punch Drunk Love. Nyna Pais Caputi, my muse, my best friend, wife and soul mate, is gracing us for the first time with her presence because Punch Drunk Love was the first official date we went on after meeting in New York in person after a ten-month, transcontinental online courtship. We were pioneers in the whole internet dating scene and seeing this fil...
2021-10-1945 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 9: Hail Caesar! Roundtable with Alex Robertson, David Johnson, DMD and Roseanne CaputiSend us a textOn this week’s Fabulous Film & Friends our roundtable will be completing the second part of a matched set we started with last episode’s discussion of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Hudsucker Proxy, as we review their other lavish, 1950’s-set extravaganza, 2016’s Hail Caesar!. Returning for this thrilling follow up is a name over 200 podcast listeners trust, my younger sister Roseanne Caputi. Then there’s the most doggedly truth-seeking pediatric dentist ever to set up shop in Salt Lake City, David Johnson, DMD. And back again in the...
2021-10-1245 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 8 - The Hudsucker Proxy Roundtable with Alex Robertson, David Johnson, DMD, and Roseanne CaputiSend us a textThis week on Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to start in on the work of The Philosopher Kings of modern Cinema, Joel and Ethan Coen, beginning with one of their seemingly lesser and lesser-known efforts, 1994’s The Hudsucker Proxy. Once again I’m joined by my younger sister Roseanne Caputi, Teacher, Tough Talking Career Gal, one of the boys, and easily as big a Coen Bros fan as I am. Then there’s Salt Lake City’s leading pediatric dentist, all around deep thinker and film lover, David Jo...
2021-10-0544 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #7 - Star Trek V Roundtable with Burton Brown, David Johnson, DMD, and Roseanne CaputiSend us a textOn this week's action packed episode of Fabulous Film & Friends I finally come clean and admit that the reason I probably started this podcast is so I could add my voice to the already mountain-high logpile of fanboys slavering and spazzing about STAR TREK! My number one sci-fi love. I’m joined by familiar voices Roseanne Caputi, my kid sister, who was dragged to the theater on nearly all of the screenings of the Star Trek movies, to say nothing of having to endure countless hours of replays on our home vhs p...
2021-09-2844 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #6- The Matrix Reloaded with Ami Zins, Former Oakland Film CommissionerSend us a textOn today’s exciting edition of Fabulous Film & Friends I’m talk with former Oakland Film Commissioner Ami Zins about The Matrix Reloaded, the blockbuster sequel to the 1999 genre busting, era-defining sci fi mind-bender, The Matrix. I met Ami during the carefree days of the summer of 2000 on a an indie feature entitled Haiku Tunnel, the very first project I worked on as an intern after taking the dive from the workaday grind into the extraordinary, intoxicating world of film. We were filming in Oakland City Hal...
2021-09-2144 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. #5: 2001: A Space Odyssey with Bob Gitzen, Sound MixerSend us a textOn this week's edition of Fabulous Film & Friends I talk with my friend Bob Gitzen about Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1968 sci fi existential meditation 2001: A Space Odyssey. Robert “Bob” Gitzen who is a production sound mixer, sci fi lover and all-around deep thinker, in fact he was at one-point a seminarian. And he’s also an inventive genius who created and patented The Antser, which is a clever and ecological way to remove pesky ants from your pet’s food dishes or your home garbage containers. If you have ants around the house...
2021-09-1447 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEpisode #4 - The Natural With George Young, Author of Time BlinkedSend us a textOn this episode of Fabulous Film & Friends I talk with George Young, author of the forthcoming novel Time Blinked, about Robert Redford & Barry Levinson’s seminal 1984 love letter to baseball, The Natural , based on the novel by Bernard Malamud. The multi-talented Mr. Young, whose exciting and varied career includes working as a professional dancer and then as an in-demand line producer for motion pictures television and commercials, has now added published author to his long list of accomplishments. I’ve known George for almost 20 years, when he took a chance on a very...
2021-09-0742 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEpisode #3 - Rambo III with David Johnson D.M.D.Send us a textOn this episode of Fabulous Film & Friends we’re going to do a deep-dive, as corporate folks love to say, into the mentality and megalomania of late 80’s Sylvester Stallone as evidenced by his 1988 rippling deltoids and rocket launcher extravaganza, Rambo III. I’m joined by David Johnson, D.M.D. He’s a Salt Lake City Area Dentist Supreme and a Crossfit Animal, which is why I asked him to join me today as we revisit this benchmark film in our movie going lives. Dave and I have been friend...
2021-08-3141 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEpisode #2- Sense & Sensibility with Roseanne CaputiSend us a textToday I'm joined by my kid sister Roseanne Caputi, who is a teacher in Eastern Oregon and holds a Masters Degree in English Literature from Oregon State University. We thought it only fitting that we discuss Ang Lee & Emma Thompson’s superlative 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility, for out money the all-time-all-time champ in the realm of English tea and fancy-dress romances.
2021-08-2439 min
Fabulous Film & FriendsEp. 1 - The Terminator with Vance PiperSend us a textVance Piper is a revered and respected San Francisco Bay Area Film & Television Director of Photography, Camera Operator, and Assistant Camera. One of the nicest people I’ve ever worked with, our paths crossed in the early oughts on several commercials and independent films, but I didn’t consider him a true friend until 2017 when I was shocked that he not only agreed to work with me on one of my low budget video projects, but actually seemed to enjoy it and didn’t complain about the low rent catering.In this epis...
2021-08-1744 min