Secret Movie Club Podcast

SMC Pod #52: RUSHMORE & Wes Anderson

The Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) discuss writer/director Wes Anderson's sophomore breakout hit RUSHMORE and the Wes Anderson style in general. Connor and Craig see RUSHMORE as the pinnacle of Anderson's filmography while Daniel and Edwin see later works like THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL and THE DARJEELING LIMITED as peak Wes. What do you think? Also, Edwin is challenged for supporting UNDER SIEGE 2 while refusing to give THE FAST & FURIOUS 5 a chance. 

SMC Pod #10,000: Our Favorite Pre-23rd Century Films

Special Guest @dietjay, appearing for only the 2nd time in 205 years, joins the now immortal Secret Movie Club Team (Robot Connor Lloyd Crews, Emperor/Dictator Edwin Caesar Gomez, Diplomatic for centuries Daniel Ott, and borderline nervous breakdown exhausted Craig Hammill) as they look back on their favorite movies from 2199 and before. 

SMC Pod #51:Our 1 year anniversary! Hidden Movie Gems to Discover

The team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) celebrate one year of podcasting by selecting one hidden or cult movie gem each to recommend to you Secret Movie Clubbers.  Edwin passionately defends UNDER SIEGE II and ON DEADLY GROUND. Life after Covid is pondered. 

SMC Pod #50: 60's classic THE GRADUATE & key transition movies of American Cinema

SMC Pod #50: 60's classic THE GRADUATE & key transition movies of American Cinema

SPECIAL EPISODE FIFTY! Special Guests @camirinfarmer and @collinbaker of podcast @bonghitspod join the Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) to discuss Mike Nichol's 1967 classic THE GRADUATE starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman.  We talk about how empathetic Mrs. Robinson is despite her antagonism. Key American movies that signify transition points. And Edwin drops in, in between buying soundtracks at CD trader and preparing for a date. 

SMC Pod #49: TRUE ROMANCE & filmmaker hybrid movies

The Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, newest team member AJ Grier, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) discuss 1993's Quentin Tarantino penned, Tony Scott directed TRUE ROMANCE with an all-star cast of amazing character actors. We also discuss other fascinating filmmaker hybrid movies (like Steven Spielberg/Tobe Hooper Poltergeist or Brian De Palma/Oliver Stone Scarface, etc.) where two very strong authorial voices got together to produce a totally singular movie. Also AJ did a parody song that mashes up Baby Yoda and Billy Joel. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlxdoe8Zm_w

SMC Pod #48: Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID & the animation Renaissance

The Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) discusses Disney's return to the major leagues with 1989's THE LITTLE MERMAID and Disney's subsequent animation renaissance (BEAUTY & THE BEAST, ALADDIN, MULAN, TARZAN, etc). We discuss how key the music and songs are to the movies' success as well as how we all became more open to animation as cinema as we get more comfortable with our tastes in adulthood.  

SMC Pod #47: WILD AT HEART & David Lynch

Returning special Guest Brian Robert (@brirob9) and the Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) talk about David Lynch's early 90's lovers on the run Palm D'Or winning classic WILD AT HEART. Mr. Lynch as a filmmaker is also discussed. And several members share their love of his mid-90's undersung THE STRAIGHT STORY. 

SMC Pod #46: CASABLANCA & the classic romance film

The Secret Movie Club team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, Craig Hammill) discusses the 1942 all time American romance and self-sacrifice classic CASABLANCA starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart and directed by master classic moviemaker Michael Curtiz. Then we go round robin on other cinema classics that mean romance to us. 

SMC Pod #45: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, THE NOTEBOOK, Charlie Kaufmann, Alt vs Mainstream Romance

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott) have a surprisingly epic conversation on the 21st century alt romance classic ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's singular scripts, THE NOTEBOOK as a counter-example of a mainstream romance movie, and each team member suggests another great alt-romance movie to check out. 

SMC Pod #44: THE SHINING & Stanley Kubrick

Special guest, Brian Robert @brirob9, joins the SMC team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Craig Hammill, Daniel Ott) to discuss Stanley Kubrick's seminal horror classic THE SHINING. We get into Stephen King's ambivalent reaction to the movie, the making of the movie, and the bold decisions of world class filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.  We also dive in to whether a filmmaker can really take anything from Kubrick or if Kubrick's style is so singular it's impossible to really borrow from it without coming across as pure imitation.