Music has a way to anchor itself in a moment that sticks with us long past that first listen. On this episode of The Cine-Men, hosts Darryl Mansel and Douglas Davidson explore their favorite songs through cinema history. Frankly, narrowing… Read More ›
Elements of Madness contributor Thomas Manning spoke with The King of Staten Island co-writer/producer Dave Sirus. Over the course of their 12-minute conversation, they discuss Dave’s process of writing, his relationship with Pete Davidson, and his contributions to the film…. Read More ›
Each summer Poprika Podcast Network founder Darryl Mansel dedicates one week in the month of June to a different fandom. For the 2020 edition of Fandom Month, Darryl scheduled programming spotlighting the areas of Alcohol, Television, Film, and Music. In… Read More ›
While everyone continues to debate the best time and place to return to theaters, The Cine-Men elect to discuss a different question: what films most make you think of Summer? What films bring about a coolness, a sense of care-free… Read More ›
Top Gun: Maverick may not been hitting theaters this summer, but that won’t stop Douglas and Darryl from digging into the entire Tom Cruise catalog to identify out favorite films. Considering he’s been making movies since 1981, narrowing the field… Read More ›
Episode 30 of The Cine-Men dares to travel through time to examine films taking place outside of the time in which they were filmed. That’s right, we’re discussing our favorite period films! To make things extra special, Douglas and Darryl… Read More ›
We’ve got something really special for everyone on this, the 29th episode of The Cine-Men. This time around, co-hosts Douglas and Darryl are joined by Adam Frazier to discuss their favorite cult films. That doesn’t sound special for you? Frazier… Read More ›
In this brief minisode, hosts Darryl Mansel and Douglas Davidson discuss the challenges that cinema currently faces: theater closures, shifting release dates, and a focus on VOD. If you missed of the last 27 episodes, you can jump right on… Read More ›
If you’re heard of Wrestlemania, the World Cup, the Super Bowl, the Masters, and the World Series, but none of them could prepare you for Test Your Might’s special episode: Most Stable at the Table. Consisting of a four-man round… Read More ›
Episode 23 of The Cine-Men is not only the penultimate show of 2019, but it’s also the second half of our “Films of the 2010s” show. That’s right – we pick right up with our favorite singular films of 2015-2019…. Read More ›
After an unexpected hiatus The Cine-Men return to discuss their favorite films of the decade! Not content to do this within one show, your hosts Darryl Mansel and Douglas Davidson are discussing 2010-2014 on this episode and then coming back… Read More ›
Not only is Halloween right around the corner, but we’re almost at the end of the decade! In this brand-spanking new episode of The Cine-Men, hosts Darryl and Douglas dig into their favorite horror films of the last ten years…. Read More ›
After the online dust-up around the potential The Princess Bride remake, Darryl and I decided to dive into our favorite remakes films. If you need the reminder, this show’s challenges are: J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls and Alex Lehmann’s Paddelton. Per usual, Douglas gets… Read More ›
It’s been a few weeks since the last episode dropped, so we made sure to make it particularly entertaining. We decided to dive into our favorite heist films, a harder topic to explore than I expected, whereas Darryl took to… Read More ›
Before a brief hiatus of recording begins, hosts Darryl and Douglas bring on their first ever guest, Charlotte local and director Chris Baker, so that we can have a bit more credibility to discuss some of our favorite director/actor combinations…. Read More ›
EoM Founder Douglas Davidson had the absolutely pleasure of joining fellow NCFCA member and Picture Lock Radio host Kevin Sampson on his June 28th broadcast to discuss some of their favorite BBQ scenes in cinema ahead of the Fourth of July. May… Read More ›
With Avengers: Endgame coming ever closer, The Cine-Men return to discuss their top three favorite comic book films. Never one to focus on any one thing, we also dig into the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of… Read More ›
Kevin Sampson, founder of Picture Lock Show, invited EoM founder Douglas Davidson to join him for a discussion of their most anticipated and least anticipated films of Spring 2019. Are there any here which surprise you? Which films are you… Read More ›
For the last show in 2018, hosts Darryl Mansel and Douglas Davidson dig into a topic that’s easy for some, harder for others: if you could watch any film you’ve seen as if it were the first time, which would… Read More ›
No matter what holiday you celebrate, November through December offers a bevy of films to scratch that holiday itch. But what about the movies that take place during the holidays, but have almost nothing to do with them? Hosts Darryl… Read More ›