About this podcast
Short movie reviews from the last 50+ years by Geoff Gershon. https://livingforthecinema.com/
Episodes
The newest 50 of 552 episodes
- CASINO ROYALE (2006) · 23 min · Season 6 Episode 46Twenty years ago, this started the first of five films starring Daniel Craig as the FIRST blond-haired James Bond - it was a soft reboot for the popular character and also the…
- Black Hawk Down (2001) · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 45Based upon a real tragic incident which occured in 1993, this is the story of several US special forces which were sent into Mogadishu to help destabilize the leadership of local…
- V for Vendetta (2006) · 24 min · Season 6 Episode 44Remember, Remember the Fifth of November..... Based upon the acclaimed 1982 graphic novel anthology written by Alan Moore, this highly influential tale of revenge and revolution…
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 43This was the directorial debut of the late, great Penny Marshall (Big, A League of Their Own, Awakenings) and it stars (in only her second on-screen acting role) Oscar-winner…
- Blue Velvet (1986) · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 42Considered by many to be his best film overall, this was the late, great David Lynch's (Mulholland Drive, Wild At Heart, Twin Peaks) follow-up to the massive flop which was his…
- You Can See Everything (2026) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 41Accclaimed creators Nathan Fielder (The Curse, The Rehearsal) and Lance Oppenheim (Primetime, Ren Fair) have collaborated to direct this now highly-buzzed about documentary about…
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006) · 16 min · Season 6 Episode 40Set in Spain during World War II, this is the moving story of a young girl named Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) who is sent along with her pregnant mother (Ariadna Gil) to live with her…
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 40Based (loosely) upon real events, this is the incredible story of an incident which occurred in 1896 on a railroad construction site in Africa run by the British Empire. Two…
- Scream (1996) · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 39Someone's Taken Their Love of Scary Movies One Step Too Far..... It has been almost one year since high-school student Sydney (Neve Campbell) had to deal with the aftermath of…
- Digger (2026) · 15 min · Season 6 Episode 38Digger Rockwell (Oscar-nominee Tom Cruise) is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world who runs a lucrative oil company which has been digging for oill in the…
- Green Room (2016) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 37A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing something they shouldn't have at a bar run by Neo-Nazi skinheads.....and those skinheads are lead by Sir Patrick…
- Carrie (1976) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 36Based upon one of the earliest novels from Stephen King, this is the tragic story of Carrie White (Oscar-winner Sissy Spacek) who's a troubled teenage girl struggling to fit in…
- Ricochet (1991) · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 35Nick Styles (Oscar-winner Denzel Washington) is a hot shot LAPD cop-turned-Assistant DA who took off after publicly nabbing a murderous criminal named Earl Talbot Blake…
- Resident Evil (2026) · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 34Based upon the long-popular video game, acclaimed directed Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) has brough his own vision of this beloved property to the big screen. The focus this…
- Set It Off (1996) · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 33Four young women who are also long-time friends (Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise) living in Los Angeles find themselves increasingly desperate to…
- Big Night (1996) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 32Co-directed by Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada, Spotlight) and Campbell Scott (Singles, Roger Dodger), this acclaimed culinary dramedy also co-stars both of them alongside a…
- About Last Night (1986) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 31Danny (Emmy-nominee Rob Lowe) and Debbie (Oscar-nominee Demi Moore) are two young Chicagoans who meet at their favorite bar, start to date, move in together....and eventually…
- Toy Soldiers (1991) · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 30A group of troublemaking teenage boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school. That's the official IMDB description and pretty much all you…
- Onslaught (2026) · 16 min · Season 6 Episode 29This is the story of a divorced, burnt out ex-army sniper-now- superintendent (Adria Arjona) of a remote trailer park in the deserts of New Mexico who has her young daughter…
- Citizen Kane (1941) · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 28Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Oscar-winner Orson Welles) dies alone in his extravagant mansion named Xanadu, speaking a single word: "Rosebud." In an…
- Nine To Five (1980) · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 27Rest In Peace to the legendary Dolly Parton. (1946 to 1986) In honor of he recent tragic passing, what better way to remember her than to review this '80's comedy classic, which…
- Taxi Driver 50th Anniversary Re-Release (1976) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 27In honor of its recent 50h Anniversary, here is our newly remastered (with additional content) review of one of The Most Influential Films of the 1970's..... What can be said…
- Point Break 35th Anniversary Re-Release (1991) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 26In honor of its recent 35th Anniversary, here is our newly remastered (with additional content) review of one of The Most Beloved Action Films of the '90's! This is the tale of…
- Dead Again (1991) · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 25Just a year after he received his first two Oscar nominations for both starring in and directing Henry V, Oscar-winner writer/director Kenneth Branagh (Belfast, Thor, Murder on…
- Manhunter (1986) · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 24MANN WEEK continues....(Michael Mann that is) Forty years ago, Oscar-nominated legend Michael Mann (Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, Collateral) wrote and directed this adaptation…
- Miami Vice: Director's Cut (2006) · 22 min · Season 6 Episode 23Welcome to MANN WEEK!!! Based upon the hit '80's TV show of the same name co-created by Oscar-nominated writer/director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans)…
- Body Heat (1981) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 22Ned Racine (Oscar-winner William Hurt) is a handsome, sleazy lawyer and Matty Walker (Oscar-nominee Kathleen Turner in her big screen debut) is the alluring wife of a wealthy…
- The Fly (1986) · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 21Forty years ago this summer, genre master David Cronenberg (Videodrome, Eastern Promises, The Dead Zone, Dead Ringers) directed this remake of the 1958 cult classic of the same…
- The Odyssey (2026) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 20NOLAN WEEK continues.... Adapted from the legendary tale written by Homer, this is the epic tale of one man's treacherous journey home after leading a war effort which has left…
- The Dark Knight (2008) · 24 min · Season 6 Episode 19Welcome to NOLAN WEEK! Before reviewing his latest big budget opus (The Odyssey), let's revisit the beloved superhero sequel which helped push Oscar-winning writer/director…
- Big Trouble In Little China (1986) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 18Forty years ago this summer, genre master John Carpenter (The Thing, Halloween, They Live) directed this big budget (for the time) extravaganza blending various genres including…
- The Invite (2026) · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 17Olivia Wilde (Booksmart, Don't Worry Darling) directs her third film, also co-starring with Seth Rogen as a beleaguered married couple living in San Francisco. One fateful…
- Victory (1981) · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 16In World War II, a group of NAZI officers come up with a propaganda event in which an all-star NAZI team will play a team composed of Allied POW's in a soccer (football) game…
- Logan's Run (1976) · 17 min · Season 6 Episode 15Welcome To The 23rd Century. The perfect world of total pleasure. ....there's just one catch. This is the story of Logan 5 (Michael York) who lives in a distant future where…
- Superman II (1981) · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 14In what was his second film as the titular Man of Steel, the late, great Christopher Reeve returns as Kal-El, the Son of Crypton who has now settled in Metropolis under disguise…
- Supergirl (2026) · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 13Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl (Milly Alcock) joines forces with a recent orphan Ruthye (Eve Ridley) who is out to avenge the murder of their parents. Together they embark on an…
- Courage Under Fire (1996) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 12Lt. Colonel Nat Serling (Oscar-winner Denzel Washington) is a recent veteran of Operation Desert Storm and a deadly mistake which he made in the heat of combat is still haunting…
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 11At the peak of his movie stardom and in the wake of having just won several Oscars for Best Picture-winner Dances With Wolves which he both starred in and directed, Kevin Costner…
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) · 22 min · Season 6 Episode 10Roy Neary (Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss) was just a mild-mannered Indiana family man working for the power company. Until one evening while out on the job.....he had an…
- Disclosure Day (2026) · 16 min · Season 6 Episode 9Legendary Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, ET: The Extra Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) returns to the science…
- My Own Private Idaho (1991) · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 8Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott (Keanu Reeves) are hustlers working their way around Portland trying to make ends meet, who are also best friends. Together they hit the road to…
- Masters of the Universe (2026) · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 7By The Power of Grayskull..... For the first time in thirty-nine years, He-Man and the other Masters of the Universe are back on the big screen! After being sent to Earth as a…
- The Omen (1976) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 6Just in time for 6/6/26..... It's time to review this influential supernatural horror thriller on the eve of its 50th Anniversary. Directed by Richard Donner (Superman, Lethal…
- Backrooms (2026) · 16 min · Season 6 Episode 5Based upon the viral online phenomenon which he helped launch, YouTube creator Kane Parsons has directed this somewhat expiremental horror thriller focusing on an unique realm…
- The Cable Guy (1996) · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 4At the very height of his mid '90's superstardom, Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura, The Truman Show, Liar Liar) received a then record-setting $20 million paycheck to star in this dark…
- I Love Boosters (2026) · 16 min · Season 6 Episode 3A group of shoplifters (Keke Palmer, Taylour Paige, Naomi Ackie) take aim at a ruthless fashion maven (Oscar-nominee Demi Moore) by stealing her clothes and reselling them at a…
- Flirting With Disaster (1996) · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 2Mel and Nancy Coplin (Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette) are a young couple living in New York City who just had their first child. They can't seem to decide on a name and that's…
- Gallipoli (1981) · 18 min · Season 6 Episode 1One of the earliest films from Oscar-nominated Austrailian director Peter Weir (Witness, Dead Poet's Society, The Truman Show, Master & Commander), this is a stirring tale of one…
- Outland (1981) · 18 min · Season 5 Episode 88Marshall O'Neill (Sean Connery) has just been assigned to take over security of a new mining colony....on the Jupiter moon of IO. :o Yes this takes place in the future though…
- The Rock (1996) · 19 min · Season 5 Episode 87An FBI chemical weapons expert (Oscar-winner Nicholas Cage) and a former SAS soldier turned political prisoner (Oscar-winner Sean Connery) must break into Alcatraz prison when a…
