One Heat Minute Productions
by Blake Howard
ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONS began with film journalist Blake Howard examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT chronologically, in 60-second increments, in the aptly titled "One HEAT Minute." The finale featured the legendary mastermind director, screenwriter and producer behind the film Michael Mann.The show continues with:MIAMI NICE is a "Modern Mann" campfire podcast that pours over every loveable morsel of Michael Mann's misunderstood masterpiece Miami Vice (2006). The show's expanding catalogue frequently strays into the world of other contemporary Mann productions like Collateral (Collateral Confessions), Tokyo Vice (Tokyo Nice) and Blackhat. Hosted by Katie Walsh and Blake HowardTHE BLUS BROTHERS/IMPRINT COMPANION is a physical media podcast to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films (and more). Alexei Toliopoulos and Blake Howard host them.TOO MUCH MOVIE is a show lost in 90s movies that are "too much" in the best
Episodes
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GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: ”Blazing Saddles” with Russell Hainline
On the eve of the premiere of not one, but two of his Hallmark Christmas movies, screenwriter Russell Hainline joins us to discuss the Twitter-poster-to-Hallmark-writer pipeline, his upcoming projects “The Nights Before Christmas” and “Mistletoe and Mimosas,” and his favorite movie of all time…
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ONE HOT TAKE: Whalefall w/ Dan Mecca
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Whalefall works because it gets beneath your skin. The ocean’s vast, indifferent darkness becomes a physical expression of the protagonist’s emotional predicament, and the film’s extraordinary visuals make the experience feel tactile enough to...
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CLAUDIA DZIENNY ON ZOMBUCHA!
I talk with director Claudia Dzienny about Zombucha!, her gleefully unhinged comedy, written by and starring Emma Leonard, about a Sydney couple whose personal rebrand as kombucha entrepreneurs sets off a zombie outbreak. We get into skewering the wellness-and-self-optimisation crowd (and why...
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ONE HOT TAKE: Clayface w/ Garth Franklin
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Clayface has a wonderfully nasty groove and feels like another fractured reflection of the same old Gotham tragedy: a person trying to survive trauma by becoming something else. Synopsis: Rising Hollywood star Matt Hagen descends into a...
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One Heat Minute Productions: Mailbag #1
Blake opens the mailbag for the first time as a standalone episode. He answers voice memos and written questions from the OHM Discord and Patreon community, talks about Michael Mann’s unsung supporting players, what it would take to bring One Heat Minute back to Heat, and Stephen Lang’s best…
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ONE HOT TAKE: Making Marie Antionette w/ Sean Burns
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Eleanor leaves us with something more intimate than a behind-the-scenes record: a mother watching her daughter make a movie, and making another one alongside her. Synopsis: Follows filmmaker Eleanor Coppola's behind-the-scenes documentation of...
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DISCS AROUND THE CORNER: Emergency Criterion Kubrick Box Set Special
Blake Howard and Drew Taylor break down Criterion’s Stanley Kubrick: The Complete Films, from its extraordinary packaging and new transfers to the previously unreleased international cut of The Shining. Plus, the flash sale sell-out, why physical media matters, and our dream Criterion collections...
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ONE HOT TAKE: Wildwood w/ Drew Taylor
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Three hundred coyotes in waistcoats march through a mountain range; somebody moved every one of those legs by hand, one frame at a time, and then did it again. I was lost in the story when that shot arrived and it threw me straight out of it,...
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GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: ”Seven Days in May” with Alan Sepinwall
Television critic, podcaster, and author Alan Sepinwall joins us to discuss his wonderful new book “Serling: A Journey Into the Twilight Zone with TV's First Visionary” and the best movie that Rod Serling (directly) wrote: John Frankenheimer’s taut 1964 political thriller, featuring killer turns…
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ONE HOT TAKE: Verity w/ Sean Burns
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. There's a difference between a bad film and a bad time, and Verity is an excellent bad time. Synopsis: Lowen Ashleigh, hired to ghostwrite for best-selling author Verity Crawford, uncovers Verity's autobiographical notes, and becomes involved…
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DISCS AROUND THE CORNER v JUST THE DISCS w/ Brian Saur
NEW RELEASES / UPCOMING RADIANCE FILMS: Planet of the Vampires 4K Limited Edition (4K UHD + Blu-ray), available 20 October 2026. SONY PICTURES: The Pope’s Exorcist 4K, 13 October 2026. SEVERIN FILMS: Maniac (2012) 4K, the North American UHD premiere, 13 October 2026. SHOUT! FACTORY: Hostel |...
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THE DECADE PROJECT 2016: ROGUE ONE w/ Stu Coote
In the latest episode, the chief instigator of One Heat Minute, Stu Coote, and I discuss the retconned series finale of ANDOR, ROGUE ONE. Stu Coote: The co-host of the (retired) Sinner Files movie podcast is the chief instigator behind our cinematic deep-dive brand. One Heat Minute Productions...
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Breaking down the 'Miami Vice: Director’s Final Cut' w/ Travis Woods
Partners Katie Walsh and Blake Howard are back, and they've deputised Travis Woods to jump into the go-fast boat. The dust has settled on the Beyond Fest world premiere of “Miami Vice: Director’s Final Cut”. A special exclusive screening has occurred in Sydney, Australia. Strap in. The Miami Nice...
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GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: ”The Tingler” with Matt Singer
Did you know that fear lives within your body, a creature that attaches itself to your spine that can only be subdued by screaming? True medical fact! At least that’s the premise of William Castle’s 1959 shocker, notorious for installing buzzers in audience members’ seats. Matt Singer joins us to...
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DISCS AROUND THE CORNER: Miami Vice Director’s Final Cut 4K, The Hunted 4K + The Little Drummer Girl 4K
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS / UPCOMING SHOUT SELECT: Miami Vice: Director’s Final Cut 4K — theatrical cut | alternate cut | Director’s Final Cut. RECEIVED / IN HAND THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL: The Little Drummer Girl Collector’s Edition. SECOND SIGHT: Sexy Beast 4K. IMPRINT FILMS: The Hunted 4K. LIONSGATE...
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ONE HOT FEST: MANISAY OUDOMVILAY AND THE JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL
ONE HOT FEST – JFF is a special mini-series from One Heat Minute Productions. Host Blake Howard takes you inside the Japanese Film Festival — from filmmaker and programmer interviews to reviews and discussions with guests and critics. To celebrate the 30th edition of the Japanese Film Festival in...
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ONE HOT TAKE: Digger w/ Drew Taylor
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger is enormous, strange, technically dazzling and so determined to be itself that even its misfires have a certain electricity. Synopsis: The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to…
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ONE HOT TAKE: Tony w/ Katie Walsh
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Matt Johnson's Tony understands more than a conventional coming-of-age story, it is a film about a young man discovering, with increasing discomfort, just how little he knows. Synopsis: A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown…
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GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: "It’s a Wonderful Life” with Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen
“Every Time a Bell Rings: The Legacy of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ America’s Most Beloved Holiday Film” is Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen’s thoughtful, deeply researched, and beautifully composed meditation on Frank Capra’s 1946 classic. They join us to discuss its themes, its reputation, its...
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ONE HOT TAKE: Resident Evil w/ Drew Taylor
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. The monsters are tactile, weird and genuinely disgusting, and Cregger lets them stay disgusting instead of cutting away. Hays and Ryan Holladay's score does the synth-pulse thing that Carpenter invented, but the intelligence is in the…
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DISCS AROUND THE CORNER: CHARLES FROM ENCINO + NEW EXTREMITY COLLECTION 3 + CRITERION DECEMBER
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS / UPCOMING TOY ROBOT: Detroit Rock City 4K | Sharky’s Machine 4K | Passenger 57 4K CRITERION COLLECTION: The Shop Around the Corner 4K | The English Patient 4K | Grizzly Man | Divorce Italian Style 4K | Nashville 4K | Eclipse Series 50: Sara Gómez’s Revolutionary Cuba. IMPRINT...
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ONE HOT TAKE: Mother Mary w/ Courtney Howard
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Lowery's answer is to refuse the psychological register entirely. Whatever sits unfinished between these two gets expelled as an actual vengeful presence, a thing with intent that has to be dealt with in the room. Synopsis: Long-buried wounds...
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ONE HOT TAKE: The Weight w/ Sean Burns
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Director Padraic McKinley keeps the value front and centre. The most abstract thing in a crime film becomes something with mass that pulls down on a spine. Synopsis: Desperate to save what is left of his family, during the height of the Great...
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Is the 'Miami Vice: Director’s Final Cut' the 'MIAMI NICE' Cut?
Partners Katie Walsh and Blake Howard are back. Beyond Fest announced the world premiere of “Miami Vice: Director’s Final Cut”. We learned of the announcement from Beyond Fest via an open wire. That is the hand we have been dealt: world premiere, three weeks out, a 4K restoration of a new version...
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ONE HOT TAKE: Coyote vs. Acme w/ Drew Taylor
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. My grandmother taped Looney Tunes off the TV onto three or four VHS cassettes for the grandkids, and we played them until the tape gave out. Seeing them again, in a courtroom, litigating: the tape is still running. Synopsis: After enduring…
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ONE HOT TAKE: Idiots w/ Jedidiah Ayres
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Macon Blair has spent his directing career with America in the crosshairs and has never once fired from a pulpit. The target here is simple: money buys exemption. Synopsis: Two rock-bottom drivers transport a wealthy teen to rehab, but their...
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DISCS AROUND THE CORNER: STACKS ON STACKS
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS / UPCOMING IMPRINT: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair — gigantic box set with interchangeable covers, multiple 4K/Blu-ray discs and memorabilia; November Australian release. RECEIVED / IN HAND SHOUT FACTORY: The Lost City of Z 4K. KINO LORBER: King Creole 4K | Harry and the...
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GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: "All That Jazz” with Sean Burns
Our pal Sean Burns joins us to discuss how a near-death experience left him eager to revisit Bob Fosse’s 1979 examination of his own flaws, demons, indulgences, and professional grind. Come for the celebration of a New Hollywood classic, stay to watch Rob Marshall catch many, many strays!
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HEAT 2, IDIOTS with Macon Blair
I sit down with the writer-director of I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore and the star of Blue Ruin for a two-hander that starts with IDIOTS, his pitch-black road comedy co-written with Alex Orr, and ends somewhere deep in Michael Mann fan-casting. On Idiots: Dave Franco as a live wire,...
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ONE HOT TAKE: The Dog Stars w/ Isaac Feldberg
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. The strangest thing about The Dog Stars is how little it seems interested in its own possibilities. Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus wipes out humanity. Survivors face roaming scavengers called Reapers. Protagonist Hig, a pilot,...
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ONE HOT TAKE: The Rivals of Amziah King w/ Sean Burns
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. If a movie glimpses the magic of life, for fractions of seconds, it is worthwhile. “Amziah” is a dose I wasn’t ready for. Synopsis: The Platt family bands together to navigate their new surroundings after a cosmic event transports their…
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The Michael Mann Discourse Conclave | Sean Burns and Roxana Hadadi
Blake Howard convenes a conclave with Sean Burns (WBUR) and Roxana Hadadi (Vulture) to sort the smoke from the fire. Inde Navarrette walked from Charlene Shiherlis to play Rogue — then maybe didn't walk at all. Underneath the trade churn, an older argument reignited: that Mann hasn't made a good...
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GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: ”Videodrome” with Carmelita Valdez McKoy
Carmelita Valdez McKoy is a carnivorous watcher of movies, and has been her entire life. She shares the details of her cinematic education with us on this week’s episode, and her thoughts on David Cronenberg’s both of its moment and waaaaay ahead of its time smash-up of sci-fi, body horror, and...
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DISCS AROUND THE CORNER: THE UNSTOPPABLE NOVEMBER 2026 CRITERION COLLECTION SLATE
Blake Howard and Drew Taylor (Light the Fuse) co-host our all-new fortnightly physical media show charting the world’s best labels and titles. In this episode, we discuss: NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS / UPCOMING CRITERION COLLECTION: Blue Heron | The Right Stuff 4K | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 4K | Wild...
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THE DECADE PROJECT 2016: The Lost City of Z w/ Charles Hood and Drew Taylor
In the latest episode, I talk reunite the Light the Fuse team (Charles Hood and Drew Taylor) about James Gray's eras, and perhaps his greatest work, The Lost City of Z. DREW TAYLOR is a reporter for The Wrap. He has written for The New York Times, Vulture, Vanity Fair, The Playlist, and Collider....
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ONE HOT FEST: ALICE MAIO MACKAY ON OUR EFFED UP WORLD
ONE HOT FEST – MIFF is a special mini-series from One Heat Minute Productions. Host Blake Howard takes you inside the Melbourne International Film Festival — from filmmaker interviews and festival dispatches to reviews and discussions with guests and critics. To celebrate the World Premiere of…
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ONE HOT TAKE: The End of Oak Street w/ Sean Burns
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. David Robert Mitchell keeps the catastrophe in the corner of the eye, where suburbia has always kept its violence, and lets the audience do the turning. Synopsis: The Platt family bands together to navigate their new surroundings after a…
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ONE HOT FEST: MARTIN MCKENNA ON WILDERNESS
ONE HOT FEST – MIFF is a special mini-series from One Heat Minute Productions. Host Blake Howard takes you inside the Melbourne International Film Festival — from filmmaker interviews and festival dispatches to reviews and discussions with guests and critics. To celebrate the World Premiere of...
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GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: "The Adventures of Robin Hood” with Dan Mecca
Writer, The Film Stage co-founder, and “The B-Side” co-host Dan Mecca joins us fresh off a fabulous Letterboxd roundup of Robin Hood movies to talk about the consensus choice for the best of them all: the 1938 Technicolor extravaganza, featuring the dream team of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
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DISCS AROUND THE CORNER #13: LITTLE O-DISC-A
Blake Howard and Drew Taylor (Light the Fuse) co-host our all-new fortnightly physical media show charting the world’s best labels and titles. In this episode, we discuss: RECEIVED / IN HAND CRITERION COLLECTION: Little Odessa 4K NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS / UPCOMING ARROW VIDEO: The Last Boy Scout…
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ONE HOT TAKE: Cape Fear w/ Sean Burns & Roxana Hadadi
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Nobody in this house locks anything. There's a pool, there are children, there's a killer renting across the road, and the gate swings free for 10 hours of television. The Bowdens are obsessed with their own security and incapable of…
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ONE HOT FEST: TREVOR GRAHAM AND DIGBY WEBSTER ON DIGBY AND CAMILLE
ONE HOT FEST – MIFF is a special mini-series from One Heat Minute Productions. Host Blake Howard takes you inside the Melbourne International Film Festival — from filmmaker interviews and festival dispatches to reviews and discussions with guests and critics. To celebrate the World Premiere of...
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ONE HOT TAKE: In the Grey w/ Stu Coote
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. There are bigger movies, deeper movies and certainly more consequential movies. In the Grey doesn't seem particularly bothered. It arrives. It looks terrific. It moves. Synopsis: A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows.…
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ONE HOT FEST: JAMES HUNTER AND LUCY LOVEGROVE ON THE LATCHER
ONE HOT FEST – MIFF is a special mini-series from One Heat Minute Productions. Host Blake Howard takes you inside the Melbourne International Film Festival — from filmmaker interviews and festival dispatches to reviews and discussions with guests and critics. To celebrate the Australian Premiere…
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THE BIRTHDAY TRIP w/ James Robert Woods, Luke Jacobz, and Annelise Hall
To celebrate the release of THE BIRTHDAY TRIP, I talk with director James Robert Woods and stars Luke Jacobz and Annelise Hall about this recipe for disaster, character mirroring, the camera as a character and the performance of friendship. SYNOPSIS: An unflinchingly funny drama following three...
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DISCS AROUND THE CORNER #12: NEW HOME CINEMA SET-UP, WHO DIS?
Blake Howard and Drew Taylor (Light the Fuse) co-host our all-new fortnightly physical media show charting the world’s best labels and titles. In this episode, we discuss: RECEIVED / IN HAND ARROW VIDEO: The People vs. Larry Flynt 4K | Troy 4K (Theatrical & Director's Cut) | Shogun's Ninja |...
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ONE HOT TAKE: Spider-Man: Brand New Day w/ Drew Taylor
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Brand New Day remembers that sometimes the greatest superhero stories are the smallest ones, a kid swinging across a city because someone needs help. The movies finally remembered who Spider-Man is. Synopsis: A forgotten Peter Parker lives…
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GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: ”Neighbors” with Drew McWeeny
Usually our guests select a movie they love. Film essayist, podcaster, and ‘80s chronicler Drew McWeeny instead picked a movie he knows doesn’t work, but is fascinated by: noted non-comedy director John G. Avildsen’s adaptation of Thomas Berger’s satirical novel, the final on-screen pairing of…
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ONE HOT TAKE: The Odyssey w/ Sean Burns & Drew Taylor
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Christopher Nolan turns one of the oldest stories ever told into something tactile again. You don't just watch The Odyssey. You feel the weight of timber, salt and exhausted bodies. Synopsis: After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous...
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ONE HOT TAKE: Minions & Monsters w/ Stu Coote
This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Someone has accidentally made Babylon for nine-year-olds. Synopsis: Follows the Minions in 1920s Hollywood as they search for frightening creatures for their monster movie, partner with a green creature, and must save the planet after…
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About this show
ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONS began with film journalist Blake Howard examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT chronologically, in 60-second increments, in the aptly titled "One HEAT Minute." The finale featured the legendary mastermind director, screenwriter and producer behind the film Michael Mann.The show continues with:MIAMI NICE is a "Modern Mann" campfire podcast that pours over every loveable morsel of Michael Mann's misunderstood masterpiece Miami Vice (2006). The show's expanding catalogue frequently strays into the world of other contemporary Mann productions like Collateral (Collateral Confessions), Tokyo Vice (Tokyo Nice) and Blackhat. Hosted by Katie Walsh and Blake HowardTHE BLUS BROTHERS/IMPRINT COMPANION is a physical media podcast to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films (and more). Alexei Toliopoulos and Blake Howard host them.TOO MUCH MOVIE is a show lost in 90s movies that are "too much" in the best
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