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Episode 5 The Ghost Writer (2010)

Summary:

Tom brings his own perspective as a successful professional ghostwriter to this neo-noir thriller.

Subject Film:

The Ghost Writer

Additional Reading:

The Ghost (novel film screenplay was based upon)

Free Gifts from Tom:

Back by popular demand! Download a free copy of Tom’s e-book, An Anti-State Christmas, at antistatechristmas.com. Also available in paperback. A great stocking stuffer!

Download a free copy of Tom’s new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Check out Tom’s other podcast, Tom Mullen Talks Freedom!

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Episode 4 Joe vs the Volcano Part 2

Summary:

Within this romantic comedy lies an ancient and profound myth about the journey everyone must make to find salvation. Joe vs. the Volcano is a timeless epic hiding in plain sight. Part 2 of 2 of Tom’s analysis of this film.

Subject Film:

Joe vs. the Volcano

Additional Reading:

The Hero With a Thousand Faces

The Exegesis on the Soul

The Golden Ass

Free Gifts from Tom:

Back by popular demand! Download a free copy of Tom’s e-book, An Anti-State Christmas, at antistatechristmas.com. Also available in paperback. A great stocking stuffer!

Download a free copy of Tom’s new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Check out Tom’s other podcast, Tom Mullen Talks Freedom!

Like the music on Tom Mullen Talks Movies? You can hear more at tommullensings.com!

Episode 3 Joe vs the Volcano Part 1

Summary:

Within this romantic comedy lies an ancient and profound myth about the journey everyone must make to find salvation. Joe vs. the Volcano is a timeless epic hiding in plain sight.

Additional Reading:

The Hero With a Thousand Faces

The Exegesis on the Soul

The Golden Ass

Free Gifts from Tom:

Back by popular demand! Download a free copy of Tom’s e-book, An Anti-State Christmas, at antistatechristmas.com. Also available in paperback. A great stocking stuffer!

Download a free copy of Tom’s new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Check out Tom’s other podcast, Tom Mullen Talks Freedom!

Like the music on Tom Mullen Talks Movies? You can hear more at tommullensings.com!

Episode 2 George Bailey Was Never Born with Ray Nowosielski

George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular films of all time, the story of Americans’ decades-long love affair with this cultural institution and how this Christmas movie from the 1940s may surprisingly offer a light down the path you walk today. All 10 episodes are available Tues Nov 21st, 2023, perfect for binging on your Thanksgiving travel.

Creator and producer of the podcast, Ray Nowosielski, joins Tom to discuss the new series and the many perspectives from which this classic film can be viewed.

Links

George Bailey Was Never Born

Guest Bio

Ray Nowosielski is a father, partner, activist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, journalist, writer, member of the Documentary Producers Alliance, co-owner of investigative media company Double Asterisk**, founder & curator of non-fiction media collaborative True Stories.

Episode 1 The Bride of Frankenstein

Tom Mullen kicks off his new podcast with a timely look at Universal Pictures’ The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, and Ernest Thesiger, and directed by James Whale. Tom discusses the film’s thematic elements, its relationship to the original novel, and the outstanding performances by this first rate cast under Whale’s direction.

Links

Bride of Frankenstein

“One Man Crazy … !” The Life and Death of Colin Clive; Hollywood’s Dr. Frankenstein

The Brilliance of the Original Frankenstein Films