Vintage Cinema Rewind

Ahhhh what a year. New friends. New experiences. New movies! With 2024 ending with a whimper, not a bang, Blake and Michael gather together to share their Top 5 Movies of the 2020s! Can these two end the year finally agreeing on something? Or will they ring in 2025 by ringing each other's skulls?
 
 
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Vintage Cinema Rewind takes a slice out of your day. That's right, they're back with their Deep Dive on Tim Burton's fairy tale masterpiece: Edward Scissorhands! The community has turned on Michael for a crime he did not commit. Further misunderstandings cause him to retreat to his castle. Can Blake bridge the divide? Or are some people simply not cut out for polite society?
 
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So many questions crowd our skulls. Where does the snow come from? When did Avon change their business model? And when did Johnny Depp and Tim Burton first fall in love? That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is covering the iconic Edward Scissorhands! When Blake discovers Michael --an artificial human with blades instead of fingers--cowering in the attic of a Gothic cathedral, he decides to take him home? Can suburbia contain this sword-armed creature? Or will he fail to make the cut?
 
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One Scene to sell the movie: Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Edward Frightens Kim Scene (1/5) | Movieclips

Vintage Cinema Rewind is back, OR MY NAME AIN'T NATHAN ARIZONA. The plot continues to thicken (curdle?) in this Deep Dive of Vintage Cinema Rewind. Mike has decided that he's not cut out for fatherhood. But thanks to an untimely reveal by his (former) boss, his old buddies make off with Nathan Junior. With his marriage to Blake on the line, they speed off after their ill-gotten spawn. Can they recover Nathan Junior in time? Or will a mysterious bounty hunter only complicate things?
 
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Ahhhh, podcasting. These airwaves are a rocky place where Vintage Cinema Rewind can find no purchase. This week, Blake and Mike stick pantyhose over their heads, unholster their empty pistols, and prepare to tackle Raising Arizona--an underrated gem from the Coen Brothers! With the two of them unable to sire children, they decide to kidnap a newborn from a local magnate. But old buddies from Mike's past threaten their newfound domestic bliss. Can he adjust to fatherhood? Or will he succumb to the wildest chase scene of all time?
 
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One Scene to Sell the movie:
Blake: Raising Arizona (4/5) Movie CLIP - Picking up Diapers (1987) HD - YouTube
Michael: clinical vignette raising arizona infertility 1280 x 720

"Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back." Vintage Cinema Rewind charges into battle with their Deep Dive on Ridley Scott's Gladiator! The competition gets steeper for Blake, but the promise of vengeance keeps his senses and his blade sharp. As he conscripts Michael into a planned revolution, they take some time to discuss the set pieces, themes, and characterization that make this epic so memorable. Can a slave defy an emperor? Or is this one big thumbs down?
 
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind steps into the arena with Ridley Scott's 2000 masterpiece: Gladiator! When Roman general Blake angers the spurned son of the emperor, heads start rolling. He finds himself sold into slavery, where Michael decides to make a reluctant champion out of him. Can Blake avenge his family and set right what has gone so horribly wrong? Or will he end up fed to the tigers?
 
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One Scene to Sell the Movie:
Blake: Gladiator (2000) - The Battle Against Germania Scene | Movieclips
Michael: Gladiator (2000) - Are You Not Entertained? Scene | Movieclips

How did a trip to the cemetery to make sure no one desecrated Grandpa's corpse go so wrong? Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with their Deep Dive on Tobe Hooper's spine-chilling, toe-curling, forehead-smashing-with-a-hammer horror film: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre! When night falls and with the group scattered to parts unknown, Blake and Michael decide to go looking for their friends. Can they escape the butcher's clutches? Or will they be forced to endure the most unpleasant meal of their lives (save Thanksgiving with their extended families)?
 
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The podcast which you are about to listen to is an account of the tragedy starring two once-youths, in particular Blake and his strange friend, Michael. It is all the more tragic in that they were young (well. Youngish.) But, had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to discuss such a mad and macabre film that they were to see that day. That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre! When a trip down south leads Blake and Michael astray, can they escape with their skin still intact? Or will they end up part of some roadside barbecue?
 
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I have crossed oceans of time to find... a B- film podcast by two C+ hosts. Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with their Deep Dive on Bram Stoker's Dracula. Count Michael is still running afoul in the streets of London, stealing your blood and your girl. Blake manages to return home mostly unscathed, save for some new grey hairs. Can he, three suitors (don't ask), and a very eccentric Van Helsing stop the evil count in time? Or will we be subjected to many, many more strange sex scenes?
 
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"I never drink... wine." Vintage Cinema Rewind rings in the 2024 spooky season with Francis Ford Coppola's iconic vampire flick: Bram Stoker's Dracula! When Blake, a young law clerk, is sent to Transylvania to complete a job, he is welcomed into the arms of Count Michael--a strange old man with a stranger accent. As things turn weirder (and that's putting it mildly), can Blake escape with the blood in his veins? Or will he end up lost to the shadows?
 
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One Scene to sell the Movie
Michael: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1/8) Movie CLIP - Renunciation of God (1992) HD (youtube.com)
Blake: Bram Stoker's Dracula (7/8) Movie CLIP - Rats (1992) HD - YouTube

"I know I made a promise, but I didn't see this coming. I didn't count on being happy." Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with their Deep Dive on Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. The noose is tightening around our favourite vigilante's throat. The Phantasm is still at large. The police are out for Batman's pointy ears. An old love is sticking a knife in his heart. And a certain jabbering Clown Prince of Crime might just have sauntered into the picture. To help him cope, Blake and Michael discuss the movie's film noir ambience, the iconic Shirley Walker score, and the explosive ending. Can Batman clear his name? Or is this one promise he can't keep?
 
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It's Michael's birthday on Vintage Cinema Rewind! To celebrate his impending senility, they decided to cover one of his favourite films: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm! As a mysterious new cloaked figure begins picking off gangsters, the citizens of Gotham blame the rising pile of corpses on their resident Caped Crusader. Can Batman unravel this mystery while also dealing with the machinations of an old flame? More importantly, is this an overlooked masterpiece? Or something for the bats?
 
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One Scene to Sell the Movie: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (5/10) Movie CLIP - Batman Begins (1993) HD (youtube.com)

Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call. Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with a Deep Dive on Ingmar Bergman's soulful meditation on life, death, and adultery: The Seventh Seal. Michael's chess game with Death continues. Yet despite a valiant assault, the Reaper's black hand continues to close in around him. To distract himself, he and Blake fall in with a troupe of actors and discuss the film's heady themes, tragicomic tone, and descent into despair. Can Michael uncover any mysteries of the universe before the game concludes? Or has the victor already been decided?
 
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We must make an idol of our fear, and call it God. That's right, Vintage Cinema Rewind is back with Ingmar Bergman's 1957 masterpiece: The Seventh Seal! Blake and Michael have returned from the Crusades to their Black Plague-ravaged homeland, and they are not having it. But after a long night of drinking worthy of a Todd Phillips movie, Michael encounters Death himself and challenges him to a game of chess. Can he outwit the Grim Reaper long enough to find significance in his miserable, meaningless life? Or is Death himself hiding no answers?
 
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One Scene to sell the movie:
Blake: The Seventh Seal - The knight meets Death [English sub] (youtube.com)
Michael: The seventh seal: confession to death scene (youtube.com)

Prepare to punch some raw meat! This week, Vintage Cinema Rewind continues with their Deep Dive of the Sylvester Stallone classic: Rocky! As the title bout approaches, Blake and Michael run themselves ragged all across Philadelphia. But is all this training enough to defeat the Count of Monte Fisto? As they wait for their shot at Apollo Creed, the discuss the complicated relationships between characters, the difficult production process, and perhaps the even more inspiring story unfolding behind the scenes. 

The gloves are off on Vintage Cinema Rewind's long-anticipated review of Sylvester Stallone's star-making role: Rocky! It's a tale as old as time: a down-on-his-luck loan shark slash jobbing boxer gets a shot at the Heavyweight Champion of the World. As the prizefight looms, Blake and Michael take some time to examine the film's timeless themes, memorable performances, and iconic score. Can they go the distance? Or will they just end up punch-drunk?
 
 
One Scene to Sell the movie:
Blake: Rocky (8/10) Movie CLIP - Training Montage (1976) HD (youtube.com)
Michael: Rocky (3/10) Movie CLIP - Pain and Experience (1976) HD (youtube.com)

In space, no one can hear you scream. Again. That's right, this week Vintage Cinema Rewind takes to the stars in Alien: Romulus--Fede Álvarez's latest entry in the iconic franchise. Can Blake and Michael escape the penal mining colony of Jackson's Star? Or will investigating a derelict space station searching for cryopods spell (extremely) certain doom?

Everybody should have one talent, what's yours? Things continue to deteriorate on Vintage Cinema Rewind's Deep Dive on The Talented Mr. Ripley. After a particularly traumatizing boating incident, Michael has now assumed Blake's identity in Italy. But as old faces promise new complications, he decides to occupy himself by analyzing the film's incredible performances and heady themes. Can Michael get away with his crimes? Or does he have more signatures to forge?
 
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This week's episode goes international. Join Vintage Cinema Rewind as they lounge around sunny Italy in Anthony Minghella's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley! Idle rich prettyboy Blake has decided to waste his inheritance, so his father has sent the conniving conman Michael overseas to convince him to return home. But as their relationship takes on some strange dimensions, can they reach some sort of arrangement? Or will an incident with an oar spell their doom?
 
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One Scene to sell the movie: The Talented Mr Ripley - Tu Vuò Fa' L' Americano (youtube.com)