Host, entertainment journalist and film critic Grae Drake joins Frank Mackay on this episode of The Frank Mackay Show! 

The Frank MacKay Show - Grae Drake

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 2/27/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Quiet White people in Florida??

THE QUIET ONES dramatizes a 2008 heist-- the biggest and most spectacular in Danish history-- by a multinational group of ambitious criminals, led by a struggling boxer willing to risk losing his family and everything that matters to him. Zooming in with us is director Frederik Louis Hviid.

From 2017:  In a budget motel near Disney World, the sometimes-disruptive behavior of a resident 6-year-old causes concern for her single mother and the sympathetic motel manager. Director/co-writer Sean Baker (TANGERINE & current Academy Award nominee for ANORA) takes us into THE FLORIDA PROJECT.  

From 2014:  The racial satire DEAR WHITE PEOPLE follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where controversy breaks out over a popular but offensive Black-face party thrown by White students. It also became a hit Netflix series, and we chat about the film with its writer/director, Justin Simien (BAD HAIR).  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿EX-HUSBANDS; MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE; ﻿LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY; ﻿AMADEUS [4K][Warner Home Video]; ﻿DELICATESSEN [4K][Severin Films]; ANTIVIRAL [4K][Severin Films]; SEPTEMBER 5 [Paramount Home Video]; HARD TRUTHS [Decal Releasing] and THE ORDER [Vertical Entertainment].

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This week's featured soundtrack: THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR (music by Hannes De Maeyer) [Silva Screen Records]

THE QUIET ONES + SEAN BAKER + JUSTIN SIMIEN + NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 2-27-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 3/6/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Two new to blu & one from the vault!

SEPTEMBER 5 recounts the Munich massacre: the terrorist attack which occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Germany from the perspective of the ABC Sports crew and their coverage of the events as they were unfolding in real-time. Co-writer-director Tim Fehlbaum & actor John Magaro talk about their powerful docudrama.

Set in London, Mike Leigh's drama HARD TRUTHS follows the plight of a severely-depressed, hyper-sensitive middle-aged woman named Pansy and her relationship with her family: her perpetually-jovial sister Chantelle and her exasperated husband and son. We sit down with lead actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste and one of the best performances of 2024!  

From 2004:  Bumbling "user-friendly" candidate Dicky Pilager is in the midst of a Colorado gubernatorial campaign when-- surprise!-- a corpse turns up while filming an environmental political ad. A journalist-turned-detective does some digging and reveals complex connections to layers of corruption and family entanglements. Iconic indie writer/director John Sayles tells us about his comedy-drama SILVER CITY.  

Then, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿LAST BREATH; ﻿RIFF RAFF; ﻿THE RULE OF JENNY PEN; ﻿RED ONE [4K][Warner Home Video] and DOCUMENTARY NOW: THE COMPLETE SERIES [Mill Creek Entertainment].

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This week's featured soundtrack: LAST BREATH (music by Paul Leonard-Morgan) [Filmtrax Ltd]


JOHN MAGARO + MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE + JOHN SAYLES + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (3-6-25) CELLULOID DREAMS

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 3/13/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Things aren't looking bright!

It's been a while since we've had a new rock opera, and O'DESSA gives us a title character who, armed with a magic guitar, travels to a dystopian city ruled by a tyrannical game show host to fulfill an old prophecy. While there, she falls hard for her true love, but the infatuation soon turns into a rescue mission. Writer/director Geremy Jasper (PATTI CAKE$) zooms in to elucidate on his hero's journey.

From 2020:  In 1945, soon after atomic bombs exploded over Japan, two Hollywood studios were preparing big-budget films about the invention and use of that revolutionary new weapon. It was MGM that released THE BEGINNING OR THE END, a sort-of docudrama which covered the events leading from the U.S.'s initial reaction to the Nazis' own work to the project's terrible culmination at Hiroshima.  With his book, THE BEGINNING OR THE END: HOW HOLLYWOOD-- AND AMERICA-- LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB, author (and our sole guest) Greg Mitchell dives deep into studio meeting rooms, laboratories and military camps to tell the real story behind the celluloid one, detailing how what studio chief Louis B. Mayer called a "most important story" turned into a watered-down, stagey piece of Hollywood propaganda. 

Then, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿﻿MICKEY 17; THERE'S STILL TOMORROW; IN THE LOST LANDS; SEVEN VEILS; THERE IS ANOTHER WAY; ﻿THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE and NOVOCAINE.

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This week's featured soundtrack: THE SOUND OF MUSIC (music by Rodgers and Hammerstein) [Twentieth Century Fox Film Scores]


GEREMY JASPER (O'DESSA) + GREG MITCHELL (THE BEGINNING OR THE END) + ALL NEW MOVIE REVIEWS (3-13-25) CELLULOID DREAMS

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews discusses JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX with news anchor PAT THURSTON on KCBS Radio (106.9 FM/740 AM) 10-5-24

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES w/News Anchor PAT THURSTON on KCBS Radio (106.9 FM/740 AM) 10-5-24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews CONCLAVE and VENOM; THE LAST DANCE with news anchor PAT THURSTON on KCBS Radio (106.9/740 AM) 10-26-24

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES w/News Anchor PAT THURSTON on KCBS Radio (106.9/740 AM) 10-26-24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA reviews GLADIATOR II and WICKED with news anchor PAT THURSTON on KCBS Radio (106.9/740AM) 11-24-24

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with News Anchor PAT THURSTON on KCBS Radio (106.9/740 AM) 11-24-24

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (2-28-25) YOU TUBE --  #LastBreath (** 1/2) + #SuperboysOfMalegaon (***) + #MyDeadFriendZoe (***) + #LizaATrulyTerrificAbsolutelyTrueStory (*** 1/2) + #Marty1955 (****) 

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (You Tube) 2-28-25

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (3-7-25) YOU TUBE -- #Mickey17 (**) + #TheRuleOfJennyPen (***) + #HouseOfDavid(***) +  #TheSoundOfMusic1965 (****)

Film Critic TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (3-7-25) YOU TUBE

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW host TIM SIKA talks MOVIES with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE! (3-7-25) YOU TUBE -- #Novocaine (** 1/2) + #Odessa (*** 1/2) + #TheDayTheEarthBlewUp(***) +  #BlackBag (*** 1/2) + #Adolescence (****) + #DrZhivago1965 (****)

Film Critic TIM SIKA reviews the new movies with KIM MCCALLISTER on THE AFTER PARTY LIVE (3-14-25) YOU TUBE

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