Greg Yaitanes

Movies Unlimited
Season 06 | Episode 04

Greg Yaitanes

Director / Producer / Showrunner

Director / Producer / Showrunner Greg Yaitanes discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, The Atomo-Vision Of Joe Dante At The American Cinematheque
The Ipcress File (1965) – Howard Rodman’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
On The Border (1998)
Hard Justice (1995)
Rorschach (1993)
Hard Target (1993)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Risky Business (1983)
Assault Platoon (1990)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Star Wars (1977)
All That Jazz (1979) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Star 80 (1983)
Lenny (1974) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Pope Of Greenwich Village (1984)
Southern Comfort (1981)
The Trial (1962) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
How To Train Your Dragon (2010)
Babylon (2022)
Hitman’s Run (1999)
Birdy (1984)
The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
The Paper House (1986)
A History Of Violence (2005)
The Passion Of The Christ (2004)
Hail Mary (1985)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Double Tap (1997)
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Die Hard (1988)
Heat (1995)
Manhunter (1986) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Thief (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion and 4K Blu-ray reviews 
Red Dragon (2002)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Blood Simple (1984) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion review, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Deep Water (2022)
Unfaithful (2002)
Psycho (1960)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)
Unlawful Entry (1992)
Pacific Heights (1990)
Avatar (2009)
Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)
Violent Night (2022)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray
Death Becomes Her (1992)
El Cid (1961) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
The Killer (1989)
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray
True Romance (1993) – Glenn Erickon’s Blu-ray review
True Lies (1994)
Death Warrant (1990)
Eraser (1996)
Step Up (2006)
Step Up Revolution (2012)
La La Land (2016)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Presumed Innocent (1990)

Other Notable Items

The Airwave Media podcast network
Jimmy Olsen
The Olsen Twins
Olsen and Johnson 
House TV series (2004-12)
Manhunt TV series (2017-20)
The Old Man TV series (2022- )
Jeff Bridges
Banshee TV series (2013-16)
The Jonathan Tropper podcast episode
Cinemax
Odette Annable
Geno Segers
Anthony Ruivivar
The Sidney J. Furie podcast episode
Casper Van Dien
Millennium Media, formerly Nu Image
David Bradley
John Woo
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Marché du Film 
Quentin Tarantino
Robert Rodriguez
New Line Films
House of the Dragon TV series (2022- )
HBO
USC Cinematic Arts
Drew Casper
Bob Fosse
Eric Roberts
Madeleine Stowe
The Academy Museum
Spike Lee
Orson Welles
Terry Gilliam
Pepe Avila del Pino
Roger Deakins
Martin Scorsese
Mark Lester
Patriot TV series (2015-2019)
Peter Gabriel
Alan Parker
Adrian Lyne
TFH Guru Bernard Rose
Nicolas Cage
Matthew Modine
David Cronenberg
Willem Dafoe
Jean-Luc Godard
Jerry Garcia
Barbara Hershey
Moby
Joel Silver
Richard Donner
Passion album by Peter Gabriel (1989)
Passion – Sources album by Peter Gabriel (1989)
Heather Locklear
Stephen Rea
Wednesday TV series (2022- )
Alfred Gough
Miles Millar
Bruce Willis
Melrose Place TV series (1992-1999)
Mykelti Williamson 
Kevin Gage
Our friends at Movies Unlimited
Miami Vice TV series (1984-1989)
Brian Cox
Ami Canaan Mann
Don Johnson
Nash Bridges TV series (1996-2001)
William Peterson
CSI (2000-2015)
Brett Ratner
Anthony Hopkins
Hannibal Lecter
Dennis Farina
Joan Allen
Tom Noonan
Quarry TV series (2016)
Dennis Quaid
The Coen Brothers
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello
The Sopranos TV series (1999-2006)
Tony Soprano
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Danny Boyle
Ben Affleck
“The Queen” episode of Castle Rock TV series (2018-20)
Sissy Spacek
Tim Robbins
Paramount Pictures
Showtime
James Cameron
The DGA
Sam Worthington
Paramount Pictures
Universal Pictures
John Watters
Murder, She Wrote TV series (1984-1996)
Ringo Lam
Wong-kar Wai
Tony Scott
Deran Sarafian
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gold’s Gym
The Step Up film series
So You Think You Can Dance TV series (2005- )
Mia Michaels
Lionsgate
Channing Tatum
CAA
The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Meryl Streep
Lily James
Cher
Rotten Tomatoes
Schmigadoon! TV series (2021- )
Presumed Innocent miniseries (TBD)
Apple TV+
Jake Gyllenhaal
Harrison Ford
J.J. Abrams
David E. Kelley
Dustin Thomason

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