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On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their Season of Rob Reiner with part 1 of their deep dive and exploration of 1992's A FEW GOOD MEN. An American legal drama film, produced and directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin, who adapted his 1989 play. It stars an ensemble cast including Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, J. T. Walsh, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Kiefer Sutherland. The plot follows the court-martial of two U.S. Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine and the tribulations of their lawyers as they prepare a case. It grossed $243 million on a budget of $40 million. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson, Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, themes, message, philosophical debates and more.If you haven't see

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their Season of Rob Reiner celebrating the films of Rob Reiner by wrapping up their deep dive and exploration of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY with Part 3 of their discussion on it. Considered by many to be the greatest rom com ever made, it stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as Harry and Sally along with the late Bruno Kirby and the late Carrie Fisher with a script from Nora Ephron who was nominated for an Oscar for her work. The film follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago and share a drive to New York City through twelve years of chance encounters in New York, and addresses the question "Can men and women ever just be friends?" It also features an excellent soundtrack full of standards and new interpretations of classic songs from Harry Connick Jr. and his trio. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, themes, message, philosophical deb

On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their Season of Rob Reiner celebrating the films of Rob Reiner with Part 2 of their deep dive and exploration of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY from 1989. Considered by many to be the greatest rom com ever made, it stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as Harry and Sally along with the late Bruno Kirby and the late Carrie Fisher with a script from Nora Ephron who was nominated for an Oscar for her work. The film follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago and share a drive to New York City through twelve years of chance encounters in New York, and addresses the question "Can men and women ever just be friends?" It also features an excellent soundtrack full of standards and new interpretations of classic songs from Harry Connick Jr. and his trio. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, themes, message, philosophical debates and more. Ge

On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their Season of Rob Reiner celebrating the films of Rob Reiner with part 1 of their deep dive and exploration of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY from 1989. Considered by many to be the greatest rom com ever made, it stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as Harry and Sally along with the late Bruno Kirby and the late Carrie Fisher with a script from Nora Ephron who was nominated for an Oscar for her work. The film follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago and share a drive to New York City through twelve years of chance encounters in New York, and addresses the question "Can men and women ever just be friends?" It also features an excellent soundtrack full of standards and new interpretations of classic songs from Harry Connick Jr. and his trio. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, themes, message, philosophical debates and more.If

On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris begin their Season of Rob Reiner with an in depth discussion on the career, artistic joourney and legacy of one of the greatest filmmmakers of the 20th century. They dive into his backstory, movies, and work both on and off set and reveal what their plans are for this season of Rob Reiner!#robreiner #films #movies #thecinefilesTo support The Cine-Files on Patreon, go to: www.patreon.com/thecinefiles! Please remember to LIKE and SHARE this video on your social media, leave a COMMENT below, and to SUBSCRIBE to this channel below as well.Follow John Rocha: https://twitter.com/TheRochaSays​Follow Steve Morris: https://twitter.com/srmorrisOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code CINEFILES20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-cine-files/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out

HAPPY NEW YEAR, CINE-FILES FANS! On this week's episode, Steve Morris and John Rocha wrap up 2025 with Part 2 of their compilation of their favorite Patreon shorts from the year. These are shorts that are usually only heard by our Patrons, but we wanted to make them available to everyone as a thank you for the support and as a way of showing anyone not on the Patreon, a sample of the extra content you get from us for joining. On this compilation, we include our shorts on Objective vs Subjective, Managing the Insanity, our Crimson Tide debate, Captain America civil war, Editing as a career and a selected FMK. Thank you to everyone who supports, listens and/or promotes our show. We hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season and we wish you a Happy New Year!Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFilesPurchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarksThis episode is sponsored by/brought to you by

HAPPY NEW YEAR, CINE-FILES FANS! On this week's episode, Steve Morris and John Rocha wrap up 2025 with Part 1 of their compilation of their favorite Patreon shorts from the year. These are shorts that are usually only heard by our Patrons, but we wanted to make them available to everyone as a thank you for the support and as a way of showing anyone not on the Patreon, a sample of the extra content you get from us for joining. On this compilation, we include our shorts on our tribute to Rob Reiner, our thoughts on male friendships, and how we process our own awkward minds and process the awkward minds of others as we deal with the oreThank you to everyone who supports, listens and/or promotes our show. We hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season and we wish you a Happy New Year!Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFilesPurchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarksThis episode is spons

On a very special episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha travel back in Santa's sleigh to 1983 to revisit and discuss the modern Christmas classic 'A Christmas Story' from director Bob Clark and starring Peter Billinglsey, Darren McGavin, and Melinda Dillon. Based on the book 'In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash' by Jean Shepherd with a screenplay by Shepherd, Clark and Leigh Brown, the film is presented in a series of vignettes, following a 9-year-old Ralphie Parker (Billingsley) and his family's misadventures in Northwest Indiana around the late 1930s or early 1940s. All Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Ralphie's request is rebuffed by every adult, all of whom insist Ralphie will shoot his eye out. Will Ralphie get his wish or will he shoot his eye out? Leonard Maltin proclaimed the film "a top screen comedy". Roger Ebert initially gave the film three stars out of four, but later awarded the film fo

On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their overdue tribute to the late and incredibly great Diane Keaton with Part 2 of their deep dive into 1977's 'Annie Hall'. The film stars Keaton and Woody Allen who also co-wrote and directed the movie. A satirical romantic comedy-drama with Allen as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the eponymous female lead, Annie Hall, a role Allen wrote specifically for Keaton. The film was nominated for the Big Five Academy Awards, winning four: the Academy Award for Best Picture, two for Allen (Best Director and, with Marshall Brickman, Best Original Screenplay), and Best Actress for Keaton who also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress that year. It ranks 31st on AFI's list of the 100 greatest films in American cinema. The film's screenplay was also named the funniest ever written by the Writers Guild of America in its list of the "101 Funniest Screen

On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha offer up their overdue tribute to the late and incredibly great Diane Keaton by revisiting 1977's 'Annie Hall'. The film stars Keaton and Woody Allen who also co-wrote and directed the movie. A satirical romantic comedy-drama with Allen as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the eponymous female lead, Annie Hall, a role Allen wrote specifically for Keaton. The film was nominated for the Big Five Academy Awards, winning four: the Academy Award for Best Picture, two for Allen (Best Director and, with Marshall Brickman, Best Original Screenplay), and Best Actress for Keaton who also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress that year. It ranks 31st on AFI's list of the 100 greatest films in American cinema. The film's screenplay was also named the funniest ever written by the Writers Guild of America in its list of the "101 Funniest Screenplays". It's a

Hello Cine-Files fans! Pushkin Industries, a podcast company we are sure you are all familiar with, reached out to ask us to help with the launch of their new show Business History. Former Planet Money hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small, bringing to life the greatest innovations, the boldest entrepreneurs and the craziest mavericks in the archives of commerce and finance. They sent us an episode that fits with our conversations on movies. It details Thomas Edison's role in the mysterious disappearance of the true inventor of the movie camera. The man who invented the movie camera got on a train in France in 1890 and was never seen again. The wife of Louis Le Prince thought she knew who’d ordered her husband’s disappearance and presumed murder - Thomas Alva Edison. Many people were simultaneously racing to develop moving pictures - so had Edison decided to bump off his closest rival so he could win? The story of who deserves the credit for the

On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha finish off their time in the land of Oz and head back to Kansas with Part 3 of their exploration of the beloved classic WIZARD OF OZ in honor of the newly release film 'WICKED FOR GOOD' from Universal Pictures. The 1939 film from director Victor Fleming stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton. Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the film focuses on a Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale (Garland) who is transported to the magical land of Oz by tornado, where she must journey to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard and find her way home. This MGM musical features a screenplay from Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf and music from Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning Best Original Song for "Over

On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their time in the land of Oz with Part 2 of their exploration of the beloved classic WIZARD OF OZ in honor of the newly release film 'WICKED FOR GOOD' from Universal Pictures. The 1939 film from director Victor Fleming stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton. Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the film focuses on a Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale (Garland) who is transported to the magical land of Oz by tornado, where she must journey to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard and find her way home. This MGM musical features a screenplay from Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf and music from Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning Best Original Song for "Over the Rainbow" and Best

On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha travel to another magical world to begin their exploration of the beloved classic WIZARD OF OZ in honor of the new release 'WICKED FOR GOOD' from Universal Pictures. The 1939 film from director Victor Fleming stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton. Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the film focuses on a Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale (Garland) who is transported to the magical land of Oz by tornado, where she must journey to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard and find her way home. This MGM musical features a screenplay from Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf and music from Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning Best Original Song for "Over the Rainbow" and Best Original Score for

On this re-relase episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha compile their previous episodes they did on BACK TO THE FUTURE into one episode. They welcome their special guests from The Geek Buddies' Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung to revisit this modern classic from 1985 directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Christopher Lloyd. The film is celebrating its 40th anniversary and they guys go scene by scene through this film and highlight all the reasons why it still endures as one of the most beloved films of all time.If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here: https://amzn.to/4oOEnC7Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFilesPurchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarkThis episode is sponsored by/brought to you by the following sponsors:HIMS. Hims is a one-stop telehealth service for men's w

On this LIVE episode of The Cine-Files, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris revisit the BACK TO THE FUTURE franchise in honor of the 40th anniversary of the modern classic that started it all. John and Steve discuss the film's enduring impact, why we love it as much as we do as a society, the great performances, the under appreciated direction, new facts about the making of these movies and if we'll ever see another installment again.Plus, we answer all your questions, thoughts and comments on Streamlabs or SuperChat.TO SEND IN YOUR QUESTION for John and Steve on STREAMLABS, GO TO: https://streamlabs.com/thecine-files/tip#backtothefuture #BTTF #UniversalPictures #michaeljfox #robertzemeckis #johnrocha #stevemorris #TheCineFiles To support The Cine-Files on Patreon, go to: www.patreon.com/thecinefiles! Please remember to LIKE and SHARE this video on your social media, leave a COMMENT below, and to SUBSCRIBE to this channel below as well.Follow John Rocha:  / therochasays​  Follow Steve Morris:  / srmorri

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their trip back to 1999 to reexamine and explore The Blair Witch Project, one of the most successful independent films of all time. A "found footage" pseudo-documentary and psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. The film stars Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard as three students who hike into the Appalachian Mountains near Burkittsville, Maryland, to shoot a documentary about a local myth known as the Blair Witch and get so much more then they bargained for. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, action sequences and more.If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here: https://amzn.to/4hFZYdhDon’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFilesPurchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.netFacebook: https:

On this Halloween episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha travel back to 1999 to revisit The Blair Witch Project, one of the most successful independent films of all time. A "found footage" pseudo-documentary and psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. The film stars Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard as three students who hike into the Appalachian Mountains near Burkittsville, Maryland, to shoot a documentary about a local myth known as the Blair Witch and get so much more then they bargained for. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, action sequences and more.If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here: https://amzn.to/4hFZYdhDon’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFilesPurchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.co

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha finish off their trip back to 1983 with Part 4 of their exploration of Brian De Palma's SCARFACE starring Al Pacino. A remake of the 1932 film from director Howard Hawks which starred Paul Muni and was based on the 1930 novel. This version tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Pacino), who arrives in Miami during the Mariel boatlift and goes from low level lieutenant with his best friend Manny (Bauer) by his side to powerful drug lord. And after a power struggle with an even more ruthless drug lord, he meets a bloody end in iconic fashion. The film co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, action sequences and more.If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here: https://amzn.to/4nIZOUmDon’t forget to support The Cine

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their trip back to 1983 with Part 3 of their exploration of Brian De Palma's SCARFACE starring Al Pacino. A remake of the 1932 film from director Howard Hawks which starred Paul Muni and was based on the 1930 novel. This version tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Pacino), who arrives in Miami during the Mariel boatlift and goes from low level lieutenant with his best friend Manny (Bauer) by his side to powerful drug lord. And after a power struggle with an even more ruthless drug lord, he meets a bloody end in iconic fashion. The film co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, action sequences and more.If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here: https://amzn.to/4nIZOUmDon’t forget to support The Cine-F