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Gen X cinephile who’s been rolling tape for a decade as the host of Darektor’s Cut—a love letter to movies, storytelling, and the art of a well-framed scene. Off-camera: dad, husband, and lifelong student of great narratives (both on screen and at home).

Episode 503 | "Based on a True Story" | Liana Liberato

6 mins; December 02, 2024

Episode 504 | "FROM" | Actor: Douglas Hughes | (The Man in The Yellow Suit)

44 mins; December 02, 2024

Episode 502 | "FROM" | Actor: Nathan Simmons (Elgin)

34 mins; November 26, 2024

Episode 501 | "FROM" | Actor: Hannah Cheramy (Julie Matthews).

45 mins; November 25, 2024

Episode 500 | "FROM" | Actor Shaun Majumder (Father Khatri)

46 mins; November 21, 2024

Episode 499 | "Ray Donovan" and "I Am Legend" | Actor: Dash Mihok

12 mins; November 20, 2024

Episode 498 | "FROM" | Actor: Cliff Saunders (Dale)

66 hours 6 mins; November 19, 2024

Episode 497 | "FROM" | Actor: Corteon Moore | (Ellis Stevens)

7 mins; November 14, 2024

Episode 495 | "FROM" | Actor: Liz Saunders (Donna)

6 mins; November 08, 2024

Episode 494 | "FROM" | Actor: Deborah Grover | (Tillie)

30 mins; November 06, 2024

Episode 493 | "FROM" | Actor: Shuoxin Fu (Kimono Woman)

26 mins; November 06, 2024

Episode 492 | "FROM" | Actor: Pegah Ghafoori (Fatima)

7 mins; November 01, 2024

Episode 491 | "The Sopranos" | Actor: Vincent Pastore

16 mins; November 01, 2024

Episode 490 | "Reno 911" | Actor: Mary Birdsong

54 mins; October 31, 2024

Episode 489 | "FROM" | Actor: Samantha Brown | (Acosta)

28 mins; October 29, 2024

Episode 488 | "FROM" | Actor: David Alpay (Jade)

7 mins; October 25, 2024

Episode 487 | "Baywatch" | Actor: Nicole Eggert

52 mins; October 23, 2024

Episode 486 | "FROM" | Actor: Scott McCord | (Victor)

7 mins; October 18, 2024

Episode 485 | "RENO 911" | Actor: Carlos Alazraqui | (Deputy James Garcia)

60 hours 54 mins; October 15, 2024

Episode 484 | "The Jeffersons" | Actor: Marla Gibbs | (Florence Johnston)

16 mins; October 08, 2024

Episode 483 | "FROM" | Actor: Ricky He

6 mins; October 04, 2024

Episode 482 | "FROM" | Actor: Catalina Sandino Moreno

6 mins; October 03, 2024

Episode 481 | "The King's Guard" | Peter Ellis

30 mins; September 25, 2024

Episode 480 | "Quantum of Solace", "Narcos" and "Midnight Family" | Actor: Joaquín Cosío |

9 mins; September 20, 2024

Episode 479 | "Midnight Family", "Babylon" and Saw X" | Actors: Diego Calva and Renata Vaca |

8 mins; September 19, 2024

Episode 478 | "Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot" | Actor: Nika King.

19 mins; September 11, 2024

Episode 477 | "BloodRayne", "Rampage" and "First Shift" | Director: Uwe Boll

23 mins; September 03, 2024

Episode 476 |"1408", "Escape Plan" and "Slingshot" | Director: Mikael Håfström

18 mins; August 28, 2024

Episode 475 | "Cobra Kai" | Actor: Aedin Mincks (Mitch)

39 mins; August 26, 2024

Episode 474 | "Cobra Kai" | Actor: Dallas Young (Kenny) |

39 mins; August 22, 2024

Episode 473 | "Cobra Kai" | Actor: Brandon H. Lee (Kwon).

57 mins; July 30, 2024

Episode 472 | "Stranger Things and Orange is The New Black" | Actor: Catherine Curtin.

54 mins; July 22, 2024

Episode 471 | "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "Mindhunter" and "Justified" | Actor | Damon Herriman.

62 hours 24 mins; July 16, 2024

Episode 470 |"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "The Astronaut Farmer" | Cinematographer | M. David Mullen.

67 hours 31 mins; July 06, 2024

Episode 469 | "Sugar" | Cinematographer: Richard Rutkowski.

35 mins; June 20, 2024

Episode 468 | "A Tribe Called Quest" | Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

100 hours 17 mins; June 13, 2024

Episode 467 | "Sweet Tooth" | Christian Convery and Nonso Anozie.

12 mins; June 05, 2024

Episode 466 | "Billy the Kid" | Actor: Tom Blyth.

6 mins; May 23, 2024

Episode 465 | "Mindhunter" | Composer: Jason Hill.

66 hours 12 mins; May 20, 2024

Episode 464 | "Land of Bad" | Composer: Brandon Roberts.

59 mins; May 08, 2024

Episode 463 | "You Can't Run Forever" | Actor: Isabelle Anaya.

24 mins; April 29, 2024

Episode 462 |"Heat", "The Last of the Mohicans" | Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti.

72 hours 40 mins; April 22, 2024

Episode 461 | "Joker", "The Dark Knight Rises", "The Long Game" | Actor: Brett Cullen.

23 mins; April 15, 2024

Episode 460 | "Warrior" | Actor: Chelsea Muirhead.

49 mins; April 11, 2024

Episode 459 | The Gentleman, Wrath of Man, The Covenant | Composer: Chris Benstead

51 mins; April 05, 2024

Episode 458 | "PIG", "Splash", "Turner & Hootch" | Actor: David Knell.

64 hours 56 mins; March 30, 2024

Episode 457 | "American Rust"| Dan Futterman and Adam Rapp.

11 mins; March 26, 2024

Episode 456 | Actors: Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney | "Dumb and Dumber", "The Newsroom", "The Iron Claw and "American Rust"

7 mins; March 21, 2024

Episode 455 | "Toy Story 3"| Actor: Emily Ricks (Bonnie).

41 mins; March 20, 2024

(Episode 454) "5lbs of Pressure" Director: Phil Allocco.

15 mins; March 15, 2024

The 96th Academy Awards and The Best Movies of 2023.

37 mins; March 12, 2024

(Episode 453) Actor: Patch Darragh. (Succession,Cabrini, Sully, The Visit)

42 mins; March 08, 2024

(Episode 452) Mario and Mandela Van Peebles. (New Jack City, Mayor of Kingstown and Outlaw Posse)

20 mins; March 05, 2024

(Episode 451) Actor: John Carroll Lynch (The Walking Dead, The Founder, American Horror Story and Outlaw Posse).

17 mins; March 02, 2024

(Episode 450) "Stranger Things" Actor: Joe Chrest. (Ted Wheeler).

78 hours 52 mins; February 20, 2024

(Episode 450) "Stranger Things" Actor: Joe Chrest. (Ted Wheeler).

79 hours 28 mins; February 20, 2024

(Episode 449) "Ordinary Angels" Director: Jon Gunn.

20 mins; February 16, 2024

(Episode 448) "The Dynasty: New England Patriots" Director: Matthew Hamachek.

21 mins; February 14, 2024

(Episode 447) "Welcome Home, Franklin. (Craig Schulz, Robb Armstrong and Raymond Persi.)

10 mins; February 13, 2024

(Episode 446) "The Shawshank Redemption" Actor: Don McManus.

61 hours 10 mins; February 06, 2024

(Episode 445) "Scrambled" Leah McKendrick.

18 mins; February 01, 2024

(Episode 444) "Ratatouille" Actor: Lou Romano. (Alfredo Linguini).

59 mins; January 30, 2024

(Episode 443) "Silent Night" and "Zero Zero Zero" Actor: Harold Torres.

60 hours 51 mins; January 26, 2024

(Episode 442) "The Wire and Power Book III: Raising Kanan" Actors: Wendell Pierce and Erika Woods.

6 mins; January 18, 2024

(Episode 441) "Fury", "End of Watch" and "The Beekeeper" Director: David Ayer.

15 mins; January 08, 2024

(Episode 440) "Captain Marvel" Composer: Pinar Toprak.

34 mins; January 03, 2024

(Episode 439) "I Am Burt Reynolds" Director: Adrian Buitenhuis.

24 mins; December 22, 2023

(Episode 438) "The Boys in the Boat" Actor: Thomas Elms.

66 hours 49 mins; December 20, 2023

(Episode 437) "The Iron Claw" Actor: Kevin Anton (Harley Race).

28 mins; December 18, 2023

(Episode 436) "The Iron Claw" Cinematographer: Matyas Ederly.

35 mins; December 15, 2023

(Episode 435) "The Holdovers" Actor: Naheem Garcia.

55 mins; December 15, 2023

(Episode 434) "Reacher" Actors: Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos and Maria Sten.

4 mins; December 13, 2023

(Episode 433) "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Actors: Joe Tippett and Alisa Lasowski.

8 mins; December 11, 2023

(Episode 432) "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Actors: Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons and Ren Watabe.

7 mins; December 08, 2023

(Episode 431) "Back to the Future II and III" Actor: Jeffrey Weissman (George McFly).

66 hours 43 mins; December 01, 2023

(Episode 430) "Fraiser" Composers: Bruce and Jason Miller.

49 mins; November 30, 2023

(Episode 429) Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Composer: Leopold Ross.

29 mins; November 22, 2023

(Episode 428) "Fingernails" Director: Christos Nikou.

22 mins; November 17, 2023

(Episode 427) "DREDD" Composer: Paul Leonard-Morgan.

62 hours 48 mins; November 15, 2023

(Episode 426) "Beacon 23 and The Walking Dead" Producer and Writer: Glen Mazzara.

11 mins; November 13, 2023

(Episode 425) Astrophysicist: Neil deGrasse Tyson.

21 mins; November 09, 2023

(Episode 424) "Lawman: Bass Reeves" Director: Damian Marcano.

8 mins; November 07, 2023

(Episode 423) "Lawman: Bass Reeves" Show Creator and Writer: Chad Feehan.

8 mins; October 31, 2023

(Episode 422) "NFL Icons" Supervising Producer: Paul Camarata.

19 mins; October 25, 2023

(Episode 421) "The Enfield Poltergeist" Director: Jerry Rothwell.

12 mins; October 23, 2023

(Episode 420) "Pulp Fiction" Actor: Phil LaMarr (Marvin).

34 mins; October 19, 2023

(Episode 419) "Billy the Kid" Creator and Writer: Michael Hirst and EP Donald De Line.

13 mins; October 13, 2023

(Episode 418) "Sunshine" Cinematographer: Alwin Küchler.

57 mins; October 05, 2023

(Episode 417) "Castlevania: Nocturne" Composer: Trey Toy.

24 mins; October 02, 2023

(Episode 416) "1923, 1888, Yellowstone" Editor: Chad Galster.

29 mins; September 27, 2023

(Episode 415) "Gran Turismo" Cinematographer: Jacques Jouffret.

36 mins; September 21, 2023

(Episode 414) "Special Ops: Lioness" Composer: Andrew Lockington.

42 mins; September 18, 2023

(Episode 413) "Gran Turismo" Composer: Andrew Kawczynski.

58 mins; September 11, 2023

(Episode 412) "Secretariat" Otto Thorwarth (Ronny Turcotte).

43 mins; September 01, 2023

(Episode 411) "Son of a Critch" Executive Producer: Andrew Barnsley.

11 mins; August 29, 2023

(Episode 410) "Eye In The Sky" Movie Composer: Paul Hepker.

55 mins; August 22, 2023

(Episode 409) "Three O'Clock High and Kindergarten Cop" Actor: Richard Tyson.

86 hours 26 mins; August 10, 2023

Bonus Episode: Terrificon Recap.

21 mins; August 03, 2023

(Episode 408) "The Karate Kid III" Actor: Sean Kanan. (Mike Barnes).

28 mins; July 25, 2023

(Episode 407) "Spaceballs" Actor: Jim J. Bullock.

44 mins; July 12, 2023

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