Movie Memory Machine
A podcast dedicated to films that are forgotten but not gone. Each week the Machine sends us backward and forward through time and forces us to watch a wide release film that history has forgotten, then decide if we should send it back to modern memory or leave it drifting in the ether of space.
Episodes
The Machine sends us to August 28, 1998 to cover the multi-character music drama 54 starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Breckin Meyer, and Mike Myers.
It’s 1979, and 19-year-old gas station attendant Shane O’Shea (played by Ryan Phillippe) is determined to break out of his humdrum suburban life in New Jersey to experience the glitz and glamor of New York City’s hottest and most exclusive nightclub, Studio 54. Standing in the crow...
In this mini episode, we discuss motion capture actor Terry Notary, personal exposure to Tarzan throughout our lives, and we play the Trailer Game.
Support the Machine to keep it running for as little as $1/month over at Patreon.
Movie Memory Machine is part of the Grunt Work Podcasts network. For more information on today’s episode, visit moviememorymachine.com.
Theme song by Porky’s Groove Machine.
Special thanks to Nate DuFort...
The Machine sends us to June 29, 2016 to cover the pulp adventure blockbuster The Legend of Tarzan starring Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Christoph Waltz.
Eight years ago, Tarzan (played by Alexander Skarsgard) left the jungle with his American wife, Jane (Margot Robbie), and returned to his family’s estate in England, where he lives a life of luxury under his birth name, John Clayton, Earl of Greystoke...
In this mini-transmission, we discuss the soundtrack to Life or Something Like It, the least sexy sex talk, and some Frasier speculation. We also play the trailer game and the Machine spits out the clues for next week's film.
Support the Machine to keep it running for as little as $1/month over at Patreon.
Movie Memory Machine is part of the Grunt Work Podcasts network. For more information on today’s episode, visit moviememoryma...
The Machine sends us to April 26, 2002 to cover the Angelina Jolie film Life or Something Like It.
Seattle news reporter Lanie Karrigan (Angelina Jolie) has carefully curated her dream life: Marilyn Monroe looks, a star baseball player fiancé (Christian Kane), and a rising career. When the opportunity to go national comes up, her station manager pairs her with Pete, a seasoned producer (Edward Burns,) to strengthen her profile. How...
In this Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre mini-transmission, we discuss what the actual “ruse” is, a costuming faux pas (more French idioms!), and play the Trailer Game—the game that is sweeping the nation where we try to guess which moments will appear in the trailer for the film. Also, the Machine gives us some clues for which movie it’s sending us next!
Keep the Machine running for as little as $1/month over at Patreon.
The Machine sends us to March 3, 2023 to cover the Guy Ritchie action spy comedy Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre starring Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett, and Bugzy Malone.
When a top secret technological weapon is stolen by a billionaire arms dealer, a team of super spies must find a way to retrieve it. The team recruits the arms dealer’s favorite Hollywood actor as their cover to infiltrate h...
Movie Memory Machine makes its first transmission Friday, April 26, 2024.
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Coming April 26th, 2024.
Movie Memory Machine is a podcast dedicated to films that are forgotten but not gone.
Each episode the Machine will send us backward and forward through time and force us to blow the dust off a wide release film that history has forgotten.
In this trailer episode, you get to meet the captives of the Machine: Landen Celano and Truman Capps.
Join us on this adventure through the foggy ether of memory and mov...
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