Episodes

  • Encore! - Tribute 43: Tom Wilkinson
    Jun 20 2025

    Encore! To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Batman Begins, today we're revisiting a tribute for the incredibly versatile actor who could play a bad baddie to Christian Bale's first Batman and do the Full Monty with Robert Carlyle... it's Tom Wilkinson!

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!

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    29 mins
  • Encore! - Saturday Matinee With Brian Cox
    Jun 13 2025

    Encore! Today we're revisiting an episode with cinephile and massively brilliant actor Brian Cox, who joins Janet, John, (and Pen) for a deep dive into the most iconic gangster films that created the genre.

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Encore! - Episode 5: Yellow Brick Roads & Ruby Slippers
    Jun 7 2025

    Encore! Today we're revisiting a beloved and iconic film that took three directors and an army of screenwriters (18!) to get Dorothy to Oz. You’ll even find out how many pairs of ruby slippers still exist… To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!



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    44 mins
  • Episode 31: Move It Like You Mean It
    May 30 2025

    Damn Yankees (1958), Oklahoma (1955), and Chicago (2002). This week, Janet, John, (and Pen) explore three groundbreaking Broadway musicals to movies with a song in their hearts; One gave birth to the modern musical, another launched the greatest choreographer ever into the stratosphere and the other is the longest running musical ever on Broadway!

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Encore! - Tribute 45: Norman Lear
    May 23 2025

    Encore! Today we're revisiting our tribute episode for Norman Lear– a truly incredible screenwriter and producer who created or developed over 100 shows including All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Good Times.

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    32 mins
  • Hollywood Loves An Encore - Gene Kelly Style!
    May 23 2025

    He's always singin' and dancing... in the rain!

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    2 mins
  • Saturday Matinee With David Madden
    May 16 2025

    Welcome to another Saturday Matinee With Friends episode! This week Janet, John, (and Pen) sit down for a discussion with American media executive David Madden! After graduating from Harvard, Madden took part in theater before exploring the film industry and eventually becoming president of Fox Television Studios and executive at Paramount Pictures. A few of his legendary production credits include Runaway Bride (1999), The Shield (2002), Something the Lord Made (2004), The Shield (2002), The Americans (2013), Doctor Who (2005), Better Call Saul (2015), Killing Eve (2018) and many more!

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!

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    55 mins
  • Tribute 68: Roger Corman
    May 9 2025

    Welcome to another Cinema Sounds & Secrets Tribute episode! This week Janet, John, (and Pen) discuss the life and career of an incredible American film director, producer, and actor. Once called “The Pope of Pop Cinema” and “The King of Cult” this massive talent also assisted in jumpstarting many careers of the actors and directors we know and love… It's Roger Corman! While he was an innovator and pioneer in the world of independent film, Corman actually studied engineering at Stanford before discovering his passion for movies. Many of his films would go on to achieve cult following status including A Bucket of Blood (1959), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Intruder (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), The Wild Angels (1966), and The Trip (1967).

    To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!



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    33 mins