Flyover Film Show is a podcast about movies from the perspectives of two people who live in places oft-forgotten by Hollywood. We keep up with the goings-on in Hollywood but remain very much grounded in midwest America. And although we can’t just up and move to LA, we can still share our love for movies with our friends and neighbors. Olivia Clement and Isaac Sims are your cohosts!
In the first episode of Flyover Film Show, co-hosts Isaac and Olivia share the vision of the show: the perspective of movies and Hollywood from two people living in the south. This episode is an introduction to the show itself and an overview of the first series: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. They talk about the first time they saw it and read some testimonies (both positive and negative) of the movie from their friends and family.
In the second episode in the Scott Pilgrim series, Olivia and Isaac take a trip down memory lane to ten years ago when the film released and try to determine exactly why the movie bombed at the box office. Exploring the world of 2010 has a lot of laughs and vivid memories.
Bryan lee O'Malley's best-selling comics are the basis for the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Olivia and Isaac break down how the two are similar and different and also get on a gripping tangent regarding supporting local libraries.
Olivia and Isaac explore the soundtrack of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, including the comic creator Bryan Lee O'Malley and director Edgar Wright's love of music. They then go battle of the bands style with their individual top tens of the best songs in the movie!
Episode 5 is the big-time debut of our first guest, Eric Pham! Other than attending high school with Olivia, Eric also shares the honor of being a University of Central Arkansas Alumnus with your Flyover Film Show co-hosts. The three of them list their top five evil exes in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and there is a striking similarity between two lists in particular. Amazon's The Boys is also discussed, particularly the episode satirizing prosperity-gospel mega-churches. It's good stuff. :)
In the Scott Pilgrim vs. the Pod penultimate episode, Olivia, Isaac, and Eric team up and share their top 5 characters from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Isaac zags hard on his #2 pick, Eric takes a stand for Rian Johnson's sci-fi flick Looper, and Olivia breaks out her therapy training to analyze a character.
In the last discussion of the movie, Isaac, Olivia, and Eric discuss the cast and what they have done since Scott Pilgrim. There's even talk of them reprising their roles for an animated series. Thank you for joining us on this journey, and we hope you stick around for our next series, HBO's Watchmen. First episode debuts on August 29th!
Flyover Film Show is taking off to the land of... 2019 Tulsa Oklahoma? That's right, it's time for HBO's Watchmen! We cover the history and accolades of the graphic novel source material, the 2009 Zack Snyder vision, and Damon Lindelof's sublime continuation of the alternate universe.
Episode 2 finds the Flyover trio diving into the gritty, ugly, uncomfortable topic of racism and how HBO's Watchmen addresses it in 2019. The series' inclusion of reparations in Tulsa as a response to the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 is a fascinating realization of the concept.
Episode 3 continues the team's dive down the rabbit hole of weighty themes found in the HBO Watchmen mini-series, this time tackling the politics of the story. And boy is there a lot to discuss. We didn't get to all of it, but Regina King's masked alter ego Sister Night is discussed (and the logic of masked cops in general), as well as police accountability, and the overall sentiment that this iteration of Watchmen was "too political." Also, we discuss Kurosawa's Throne of Blood briefly (what an ending to a movie!!!!!)
Watchmen grapples with nearly every difficult topic, and this episode finds our three hosts unraveling the series' thoughts on God, religion, and philosophy. Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan, and Laurie Blake all have different takes. Amazon's The Boys also gets a bunch of coverage as there are interesting parallels between S1E5 featuring the "Believe Expo" and Olivia's personal experience with religion.
Dr. Manhattan said, "Nothing ever ends." Well, he wasn't talking about our series covering Watchmen: this is the last episode in our mini-series. The masterful HBO show gets reviewed as Eric, Isaac, and Olivia review their top five moments from the Watchmen universe, including Zack Snyder's 2009 film, Alan Moore's graphic novel, and the 2019 HBO series. We also cut loose a little bit! You'll hear the gang give their dream casting for an older version of Nite Owl II, an ad read from a guest who was supposed to be killed by Dr. Manhattan, and Eric and Isaac's love of The Irishman.
Things look different in this episode as Flyover Film Show takes you to beautiful downtown Little Rock Arkansas, filming location for "A Violent Storm". This powerful short was recently named a San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival official selection, as well as an official selection of the Independent Shorts Awards. Director Timothy Barnett, cinematographer Brad Fugere, and leading man Eric Watts discuss what it takes to turn the dream of making a film into reality, inspiration in each of their unique roles, and how spoken word informs the story and theme. Later, we're joined by two residents of Flyover Country with unique careers in Hollywood. Ben Stockton's latest Atlanta-based project was faith-based hit The Chosen, where he served as a production assistant. Whitney Butler is an alumnus of the University of Central Arkansas Digital Filmmaking Program, and after graduation worked in public relations in Los Angeles. We discuss drive-in movies, Academy Awards campaigns, and of course, how COVID-19 has dramatically affected their professional lives. We had such a great time conversing with these intelligent, creative individuals. Tune in to hear more!
This episode continues our mini-series chatting with film professionals both in Hollywood and right in our backyard. Todd Greenlee of Homefront Pictures joins us to share his experience as a production assistant on movies like Bright, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Girls Trip, and Trumbo. He and his brother Alex are in post-production on their new movie All Eyes, which Todd directed and Alex wrote. The horror flick features a disgraced podcast host whose new story puts him in the path of a terrifying monster. We had a blast discussing the difference between filming in LA and Todd's home state of Oklahoma (flyover country!!!), his favorite directors (Paul Thomas Anderson and the Coen Brothers!!!), and what it's like filming indie movies in a COVID-19 world.
2020 has been a doozie, ya'll. In this episode, Eric, Olivia, and Isaac discuss the toll COVID-19 took on Hollywood this year, sharing a general timeline of significant events in the film industry. Want to know which blockbuster's delay proved to be the first domino leading to other release delays? Curious about what the next series will be, and the next giveaway? Tune in for these answers, and more!
"I got a machine gun... Ho-Ho-Ho!" In this episode, the Flyover team takes a break to discuss their top 5 favorite Christmas movies. But do Eric, Olivia and Isaac even enjoy Christmas movies to begin with?? Tune in for a hotly contested argument surrounding Love Actually, a niche recommendation from Eric, and of course... Die Hard. Merry Christmas, everyone!
Introducing: Layover Episodes from the Flyover Film Crew! These bonus episodes will capture commentary on immediate pop culture moments, breaking news in entertainment, and other noteworthy events and media outside of the normal mini-series. Tune in to Layover Episode #1 for the team's average rating of WW1984, critiques of the screenplay, praise for Gal Gadot and Pedro Pascal's performances, and an intense discussion of what they would wish for.
Happy new year to Flyover Film Fans only! In this episode, the three co-hosts take a look back on the craziest year of the century and the movies that improved on it. From Tiger Kings and Portraits to multiple Spike Lee flicks, the films selected by Olivia, Eric, and Isaac reflect a diverse range of stories from 2020 and beyond. Tune in to hear our Tenet joke, too. It's meta.
Tenet is here, after three delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the rollout of HBO Max, and all the while Christopher Nolan believed that this movie could save the theater-going experience. Eric and Isaac discuss their first impressions of the time-bending Tenet, subtitles (you really need subtitles for this thunderous movie), and share their top five Nolan movies like Dunkirk, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, and The Prestige. Also, get an inside scoop on the little-known Nolan brother who is strangely similar to Guy Pearce's character in Memento!