Showing posts with label AJ Black. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AJ Black. Show all posts

November 20, 2023

2023 Holiday Gift Guide!

The Holiday season can be challenging to find the perfect gift for the movie-lover in your life. The Projection Booth is here to help with a gift guide that supports some of the folks that have been on the show.

Movies


Books: Fiction


Books: Nonfiction

July 5, 2023

Episode 635: Face/Off (1997)

Episode 635: Face/Off (1997) Special Guests: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary
Guest Co-Hosts: Samm Deighan, AJ Black

In John Woo's Face/Off (1997), Sean Archer (John Travolta), a FBI Agent whose son was killed by his enemy, Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage ). Six years later Troy has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. and, after he’s accidentally put into a coma, Archer must put on Troy’s face in order to find where the bomb is at.

Samm Deighan and A.J. Black join Mike to discuss this landmark action film while screenwriters and talk about the long, strange history of the movie.

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Buy Face/Off on Blu-Ray

Music:
"Hangar Shootout (alternate)" - John Powell
"Man in the Mirror" - Ward Thomas

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December 21, 2022

Episode 602: The Man in the White Suit (1951)

Special Guest: Robert Sellers
Guest Co-Hosts: Mark Begley, A.J. Black

We’re looking at the 1951 film from Alexander Mackendrick, The Man in the White Suit. The film stars Alec Guiness as Sidney Stratton, an inventor who comes up with a fabric that will never wear out and never get dirty. He soon comes to the attention of both the bosses at the textile mills as well as the workers, and quickly learns that his good intentions are not appreciated in the least, with the possible exception of Daphne Birnley, his boss’s daughter.

A.J. Black and Mark Begley join Mike to discuss the film while Robert Sellers speaks about his book, The Secret Life of Ealing Studios: Britain's Favourite Film Studio.

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Buy The Man in the White Suit on Blu-Ray

Music:
"The White Suit Samba" - Jack Parnell & His Rhythm

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December 14, 2022

Episode 601: The Ninth Gate (1999)

Episode 601: The Ninth Gate  (1999) Guest Co-Hosts: Matthew Asprey Gear, A.J. Black

Noirvember and Shocktober meet on this episode as we discuss Roman Polanski's 1999 film The Ninth Gate. Based on the book The Club Dumas by , the film tells the tale of Dean Corso (Johnny Depp), a book detective who gets put on a case by the diabolical Boris Balkan (Frank Langella). He’s to compare three volumes of the same book, a tome which holds the secret of summoning the dark lord himself.

Matthew Asprey Gear and AJ Black join Mike to discuss Polanski, Satan, and the millennium.

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Bonus: Mike on Wake Up Heavy:

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Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy The Ninth Gate on Blu-Ray
Buy The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Music:
Original Soundtrack - Wojciech Kilar

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October 31, 2022

Special Report: The Dr. No Roundtable

On this special episode, Mike talks with a trio of authors about Sean Connery's first outing as James Bond, the 1962 feature Dr. No:

AJ Black, author of The Cinematic Connery: The Films of Sir Sean Connery

James Chapman, author of Dr. No: The First James Bond Film

Steven Jay Rubin, author of The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia

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Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Dr. No on DVD
Buy Dr. No by Ian Fleming

Music:
"Dr. No" - The Ventures

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July 13, 2022

Episode 579: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Special Guests: Alan Dean Foster, Jon Povill, Walter Koenig
Guest Co-Hosts: A.J. Black, Trevor Gumbel

Sci Fi July begins with the first entry in the Star Trek film franchise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). After a decade without a live-action version of Star Trek the crew reunite to embark on a very familiar mission: a Gene Roddenberry special where a god-like creature judges humanity to be lacking.

Our episode features interviews with story writer , associate producer Jon Povill, and actor Walter Koenig.

A.J. Black and Trevor Gumbel join Mike to discuss the unusual path to the big screen the film took as well as how it forges a link between "TOS" and "TNG".

Correction: It was Star Trek: Voyager that lead UPN, not Star Trek: The Next Generation (which was syndicated).

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More Alan Dean Foster:

Episode 78: Star Trek II

Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K
Buy The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Susan Sackett & Gene Roddenberry
Buy Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Walter Koenig Buy Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek by Walter Koenig
Buy These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 3 (1978-1980) by Marc Cushman
Buy Return to Tomorrow: The Filming of Star Trek - The Motion Picture by Preston Neal Jones
Buy Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Art and Visual Effects by Jeff Bond
Buy Star Trek, History and Us: Reflections of the Present and Past Throughout the Franchise by A.J. Black
Read about The Star Trek Happy Meal
Read about the differences between the versions of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Music:
All Music From Star Trek: The Motion Picture Original Soundtrack Remastered & Expanded by Jerry Goldsmith

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Star Trek: Legacy from Patrick Collins on Vimeo.