Screen Cleaning

Movies come and go, but every person has a handful of movies that they will always come back to in their viewing habits. Join host Jeff Simpson and guest Rod Gustafson as they discuss their personal favorite timeless movies, movies that will always hold a special place in their heart.

Host Jeff Simpson and guest Rod Gustafson discuss the 2021 Annie Awards for animation and some of their favorite animatred movies.

With Oscar season approaching soon, host Jeff Simpson welcomes guest Rod Gustafson to discuss some of their favorite Oscar winners from years past. They'll be looking at several Oscar categories for this retrospective into movie history.

Today hosts Jeff Simpson and Cole Wissinger are looking back on the biggest movies trends of the 2000s in a continuation of our Decades in Movies series. Along the way, they'll look at movie adaptations of books, Leonardo Dicaprio's breakout career, and much more. Stick around to hear about the biggest and best of the 2000s.

A 'Quick Clean' is an extra segment where we bring you movie reviews we didn't get to during the show. This week we're reviewing the Spy Thriller, "The Courier", starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The film is rated PG-13 and is in theaters now.

For our 125th episode, hosts Jeff Simpson and Cole Wissinger are looking back on the career of funnyman and bonafide movie superstar Robin Williams. They'll be looking at every part of his career, analyzing what made him so funny, and discussing their favorite Robin Williams movies.

Jeff and Cole love movies. And every week they talk about movies they enjoy or want to highlight for one reason or another, but today is special. It's time for another installment of the Screen Cleaning Hall of Fame, where the entire show is devoted to taking a deep dive on just two movies. Movies that go on the shelf with the best of the best. Enjoy us gush over what is great about "Clue" and "Stranger Than Fiction".

Part two of our tour across the United States of Movies. East of the Mississippi we have the rough and tumble Boston movies, southern charm and southern music, and the laid back kindness of the mid-west. What state has the best movies? Is New York or LA the place to be? We're filling up the RV and continuing the tour, here on Screen Cleaning.

Sundance and Slamdance are winding down a unique festival season. South of the ski slopes of Robert Redford's hang out is Orem, Utah and this weekend's LDS Film Festival. Jeff, Cole, and Avery caught a few of the new features that are premiering and have reviews today. We also look back at some of the great movies you might have forgot got their start in the festival circuit. Screen Cleaning is pretty indie, you've probably never heard of it.

A couple Oscars contenders are available this weekend. Jeff, Cole, and Avery review Minari after seeing it in theaters (with popcorn) for the first time in what feels like forever. In addition to being a powerful family drama, it also shows off the beauty of the state of Arkansas. And I can't think of another Arkansas movie. So what is the most iconic movie from each state in the US? Today is part one, tackling everything west of the Mississippi. We know Hollywood loves making movies about Hollywood, and we love talking about them on Screen Cleaning.

This year for Valentine's Day we're looking for love in all the TV places. Sit-coms handle relationships in many different ways and we are pitting some of the most iconic TV couples against each other, bracket style. Ross & Rachel, Sam & Diane, Rosanne & Dan, and what about the platonic couples that exemplify friendship like Ron & Leslie or Jerry & Elaine. We'll crown one of them the greatest as well as reviewing a couple new releases in time for your V-Day date night and as always bring the best from entertainment news of the week. We love you, even when we're on (commercial) break, on Screen Cleaning.

Our media reflects the world we live in. Now we can look back to a time before a pandemic and theaters closing, and wonder what the 2010's said about us. Today Jeff and Cole examine the biggest trends and stories that dominated movies and TV through the most recent decade including franchise filmmaking and an era of prestige television. We watched a lot of movies in those ten years, but there were still a couple that we've been meaning to watch. And as always stick around for the best in entertainment news. Part one of our series looking at Decades in Movies on Screen Cleaning.

Sure Groundhog Day has been a holiday in Central Pennsylvania for 150 years. And sure time loop stories have been around since Christmas Every Day and 12:01 PM. But when Bill Murray and Harold Ramis teamed up in 1993 they perfected, popularized, and combined the two. Today Jeff and Cole are talking Groundhog Day the movie on this Groundhog Day, and also exploring movies and TV shows that have played with the time travel concept. It's not Déjà vu, it's Screen Cleaning.

SOMEBODY got test positive for Covid-19. Who could that be? On today's rather unconventional episode, Jeff and Cole talk about various presidents played in movies. TV shows like Cobra Kai and WandaVision are also discussed, and the two pan for good in today's episode of Screen Cleaning.

2020 - The year that must not be named. Cole and Jeff reflect on this...interesting year, and talk about how the year's events affected the movie industry. They share their opinions on movies such as Wonder Woman 1984, Soul, and The Invisible Man.

Could we have covered more different ground by picking a 2010's indie comedy and a Michael Bay film as our latest two entries into The Screen Cleaning Hall of Fame? Every so often on the show we spend a little more time talking about movies we love, but don't talk enough about. Jeff's selection offers dumb fun chases and sweeping panoramic shots in 2005's The Island. And we say goodbye and good luck to Producer Mickey who brings us The Way, Way Back one of her personal favorites. It's a movie about growing up and moving on, and we wish the best to Mickey in the future from us at Screen Cleaning.

Movies based on books are nothing new, but each version usually adds something new. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a classic holiday tale and it's in the public domain, meaning anyone can use the story as a basis for a new movie or Christmas episode of their TV show. There are easily over 50 retellings of the familiar story on the screen including a new three part series on FX this year. Jeff and Cole watched...well, not all of them, but certainly a few. There are good parts and character portrayals in each, so we cobbled our favorites together and present for you - not just A Christmas Carol - but THE Christmas Carol. Marry Christmas from the Screen Cleaning team and God bless us, everyone.

Stop me if you've heard this one. A big city girl comes back home for the holidays only to be shown the true meaning of Christmas from a handsome boy in flannel. Hallmark movies have a bad reputation, and sure some of them can be really similar, but today we are going to celebrate them. Sometimes after a long year, a relaxing predictable story where everything works out in the end is all you need. Merry Christmas from Screen Cleaning!

It's been a long year and as we look forward to the Christmas season and finally turning that calendar page we realized we could all use a little pick me up. What ever's got you down, we can look to the movies to pick us back up. These are the underdog stories, testaments to the human will, and just fun feel good times. Also we react to the big theater news that Warner Brothers movies will go to HBO Max along with theaters in the new year, and review a new kids movie The Croods 2. James Brown had it right, we feel good, here on Screen Cleaning.

We hope you're enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend. Cole has some time off, but we're thankful for Rod Gustafson coming on the show to share one of his favorite films. Today is another edition of the Screen Cleaning Hall of Fame where we shine our spotlight on movies that we don't spend enough time talking about. Some are underrated or forgotten or just movies we love that we don't talk about every other week on the show. Today Jeff and Rod gush over Matchstick Men and Breach. Hope we don't have to con you into watching these thrillers.