Martini Giant

About Martini Giant

Martini Giant loves movies like you love movies. Three industry professionals, Chris Nichols, Daniel Thron, and Erick Schiele gather biweekly to talk obsessively about their favorite films, share insider stories on moviemaking, and drink some mighty fine cocktails. In this podcast, there's no kind of film we don't love, and everything is on the table from Infinity War and A Star is Born to Alphaville and Eraserhead. So if you like your opinions served up as strong as your drinks, then sidle up to the bar, my friend, and enjoy the expertly mixed, lovingly crafted hot takes of Martini Giant.

Publisher

Christopher Nichols

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Apr 2020

Latest episode

4 Oct 2024

Latest episodes

109 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Oct 2024

   Episode 146 - Shane (1953) & Logan (2017)

   James Mangold loves westerns - in fact, his own remake of 3:10 to Yuma is arguably even better than the original. So when decided to take on his first franchise superhero movie, he knew exactly what film to use as a guide! Tonight MG compares his X-men saga Logan with the classic that brought him inspiration: Geoge Stevens' foundational western, Shane!

2. 

   19 Sept 2024

   Episode 145 - Mean Streets (1973) & The Public Enemy (1931)

   With Goodfellas, Casino, Killers of the Flower Moon, and many more, Martin Scorsese has changed the course of the crime genre multiple times - and with each reinvention, has inspired a new generation of filmmakers. But what are the crime movies that inspired him? Tonight we compare his breakout hit - Mean Streets - to one of his all-time favorites: Jimmy Cagney's gritty melodrama The Public Enemy!

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   5 Sept 2024

   Episode 144 - Winter Kills (1979) & Cutter’s Way (1981)

   The Big Lebowski and True Grit have cemented Jeff Bridges' position as one of the greatest character actors in the history of film. But early in his career, he took some wild swings as he tried to figure out what kind of roles fit him best! Tonight we look at two of his strangest, most interesting choices - a pair of imperfect but intense thrillers that no ingénue would dare take on today: Cutter's Way and Winter Kills!

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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