Welcome to Pulling Focus. Pulling Focus brings you the best conversations and discussions about movies and filmmaking including new, undistributed independent films from around the corner and around the world.
Just two mugs getting to know each other Brian and Mick are back Pulling Focus on the Oscars, streaming versus theatrical, renaming Birds of Prey, 8k mirror less cameras and a vertical format feature film out of Russia.
Starfish, Trailers That Spoil and TWC Legacy - Brian and Mick are back Pulling Focus on a little film called Starfish, trailers that spoil the movie, TWC's legacy, Speilberg and Iger and much, much more.
Mick and Brian discuss major festival cancellations due to COVID19, supporting local businesses, finding support for your indie film project, Max von Sydow and lots more.
Mick and Brian get together remotely (pardon the audio) to discuss Netflix Party, celebrities singing and working from home, Davinci Resolve, being woke (or not) and much, much more.
Mick and Brian are still recording remotely and all that comes along with that is in this episode. But choosing to look ahead, join us as we discuss the films and shows we've been watching, the difference between a bad movie and an.
Brian and Mick are back again remotely with the latest of Pulling Focus. We can't wait to get back into the studio together but we're still remotely podcasting the show because we are highly responsible adults.
Mick and Brian are back again to discuss coping without theaters during quarantine. You can't binge enough, cook enough, sleep enough to fill the void that going out to the theater fills. But we must power through..
This week Pulling Focus has our first guest interviews. Brian and Mick have a great chat with the sibling writer/director team Elliot and Zander Weaver. Joining us from their library in Birmingham, UK and they are delightful.
Brian and Mick go deep into script reading, script doctoring and delve into outlines and treatments finally landing in the television spec writing world.
In light of the blatant brutality committed against Black and Brown Americans daily in the U.S., civil unrest from people of all colors continues to make the voice of the people heard. You will not treat our people this way any more.
This week Mick and Brian go hard on some of their favorite movies to watch with their fathers and about great movie dads. Some you'll find obvious but you might find a few that are a surprise.
This week Mick and Brian go into great detail about the selection process for Skyline Indie Film Fest and the hell it is to choose what's in and what's out. The pressure is real, my friends.
Our second interview on Pulling Focus is with writer, director, producer Gavin Michael Booth. We discuss the film he co-wrote and directed, the very unique Last Call.
Karate and Kung Fu movies come up and how they inspired us to get into all kinds of trouble as kids. Hong Kong cinema and martial arts in Black Cinema make an appearance as we discuss some of our favorite hard to find fight films.
We make a course corrections and pay our respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and how important it is to VOTE. So make sure you're registered, find out your voting early rules
Jack comes in hot with taking a stage name to match Mick, describing how you can only get a good cheesesteak in Philadelphia and diners. Small talk aside this episode is practically a master class in directing and filmmaking in general.
It is a full on chat fest with Mick and Brian. We discuss horror hosts, Tim Burton developing The Addams Family live action TV show with a little fan-casting from Mick and Brian.
The country was in the midst of the 2020 Presidential Election. The counting of ballots was taking forever. So we have to go on about that for a while. Then we got into the meat of what we intended to discuss. Cult Classic Movies.
Today Mick and Brian recount the fun we had at the Galaxy Quest screening and compare GQ to other uplifting comedic movies. We've seen some new stuff including FATMAN with Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Mel Gibson.
We begin with a loose list of our favorite films from 2020 including COSMOS, FATMAN, a bunch of Skyline titles and more from the streaming platforms. Because, well, the studios didn't have a lot for us this year, did they?
We can't wait to say hit the bricks to 2020, the absolute worst year in generations. But even though last year was terrible we did have a few good to great-ish things happen.
This week we try to stay on our topic of political films but, as usual, we have a fun trip down the tangent highway. We ultimately bring it back around to our chosen topic of choice, why we watch and what constitutes the genre.
In this case the host doesn't prepare. That would be me, Brian. But somehow we pulled a show from thin air. We laughed a lot and got pretty serious about the stock market (this truly is a film podcast, I swear) there at the end.
This week Mick and Brian discuss how an increase in the federal minimum wage could impact theaters, the paltry amount of spec scripts sold last year (and the previous decade), our love for a little film called The Warriors.
There is nothing to say except WE INTERVIEWED MICHAEL PARE'. Star of dozens of films, recognizable character actor from dozens more. Michael Pare' is a handsome charmer who tells it like it is.
We're bringing it back home to Virginia this week. Joe Duca is joining us today on the show. Joe is a Virginian living in L.A. Any chance we get to support local filmmakers is a good day in our book.
Geoff does stunts on some great shows like 12 Monkeys, The Boys, The Strain, SEE, X-Men and much, much more. Geoff gives us insight on how stunts are created, performed safely. Mick and I learned so much about the life of stunt performers.
Brian and Mick took a hot minute off without skipping a show. But wow, were we feeling rusty. Brian binged all of Battlestar Galactica. All of it. Mick took some time off from the mic and enjoyed The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
So much can happen between shows. This week we discuss, with little enthusiasm, the 2021 OSCARS and while Mick enjoyed the new format he and Brian both feel they got some of the winners wrong. What's an annual OSCARS show without a rant?
This week Mick and Brian talk revenge. Spurred onward by new releases such as NOBODY, WITHOUT REMORSE and PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN we walk the path of avengers, seekers of justice and some plain ole bad guys doing what bad guys do.
Brian likes Army of the Dead, Mick and Brian both love Letterkenny, the trailer for Edgar Wright's Last Night In SOHO looks amazing and Kevin Spacey is working in Italy.
Mick catches Brian up on the happenings at Carolina Film Fest, celeb sightings and Casey, the other Scene Snob, missed connections. Our friend and podcast guest Jack Sholder..
We eventually get to the crux of the show discussing writer's rooms, writers and all the ways a script can be changed if it along the chain from writer final edit. Make sure to visit Mick over at The Scene Snobs and Brian.
I don't know how we have a filmmaking podcast and take so long to get into the film talk. Alas, we've done it again. We start with celebrity hall passes and crushes then we get personal about dating style.
Mick and Brian are just two buddies talking about movies. Today Brian learns about Tony Scott's filmography, Mick loved CANDYMAN, we both go on about MARVEL phases 1-3 and finally we talk a bit about movies as time capsules.
Mick and Brian have something in common. We love NIC CAGE. We spend this show loving on some Nic Cage. We welcome back Brendan Fraser to the screen, joyously and more.