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Pleased in Portland to talk about Sleepless in Seattle
Dodge Movie Podcast
02/14/21 • 36 min
Films’s tagline - What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you?
Today Mike and Christi gush over Meg and Tom as Annie and Sam as they fall in love. This was their first date and they acknowledge their bias but the worldwide ticket sales confirm that this was a successful film. They open the episode with Mike’s Pick Up line, “Mommy got sick”. Just like the beloved Affair to Remember, many people are also fond of the film Sleepless in Seattle. Listen as these two breakdown why this is one of their favorite films and holds a special place in their history.
“And so we have Bill Pullman is Walter the classic Bellamy. There's nothing wrong with the guy. But there's nothing right with him either. Right? So as the audience right, we can't hate the Bellamy you need to kind of like this guy, but realize he's wrong for her.” - Mike Dodge
We cover the aspects of this film like:
- The writing in a romantic comedy and some of the similar troupes like ‘The Bellemy”, the meet-cute and the female gaze.
- The use of light and night shoots in the cinematography
- The use of mirror editing
- The different company shoots in Washington DC, Chicago, Baltimore and Seattle
- Color theory to create connections between the characters.
- The breakdown of the numbers including; budget, head trauma count and number of smoochies.
NEXT WEEKS FILM: Plus One on Amazon Prime
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Leap into our chat about Leap Year
Dodge Movie Podcast
03/14/21 • 19 min
Today Mike and Christi breakdown the film Leap Year (2010). Amy Adams plays Anna Brady, who plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland, so she can propose to her boyfriend on a leap day. But what happens when she meets Declan along the way? Aside from our regular themes of cinematography and writing we discuss some costuming issues and our dreaded distain for the empty prop coffee cup. Please share if you have noticed this as well.
“Sister throwing some Wellies and a pair of jeans, you know, some overalls, a good sweatshirt or coat and hit that Irish landscape, but no pencil skirts in the middle of a cow field.”
- Christi Dodge
We cover the aspects of this film like:
- Writing that highlights a character’s eccentricities
- How this movie is similar to McCabe & Mrs. Miller & Winter’s Bone for Christi
- Cinematography that highlights the beautiful Irish countryside
- Use of the color red in sets and costumes
- A cameo in the film by an Oregonian
NEXT WEEK’S FILM: Wild Mountain Thyme (2016) on Amazon Prime Video
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Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your hosts, Mike and Christi Dodge founders of Dodge Media Productions. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Episode editor: Cameron Dodge
Social media manager: Brennan Dodge
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with Christi on Facebook and LinkedIn. To connect with Mike, you can find him on Instagram. Also, feel free to share your favorite episodes of our podcast across social media.

Dodge Movie Podcast Teaser Trailer
Dodge Movie Podcast
01/22/21 • 11 min
Today we share with you our background and love for the movies and why we are starting this podcast. We love movies and hope that we can increase your love for some of our favorite movies.
“Movies are touchstones to the major moments of our life” - Christi Dodge
The next movie we are reviewing: Sleepless in Seattle on February 14, 2021
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Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your host, Mike and Christi Dodge. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media.

Once Upon a Time When We Talked About Once
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03/07/21 • 26 min
Our youngest son suggested this film when we said that we would be doing Irish films, he watched it in one of his film classes. In Once a busker (a gent who plays his guitar in a public place hoping for pedestrians to chuck coins or low bills into his guitar case) meets a girl and their romance develops. The film is set against the backdrop of working class people trying to find small moments of joy while working to keep a roof over their head.
“And in film school, I clearly remember a conversation that we had about the difference between a movie that has music in it and a musical. And the big difference is if the characters are citing dialogue in the song, and if the song informs the storyline, that's a musical.” - Christi Dodge
Some of our favorite parts of this movie are:
- Geurilla Filmmaking as showcased in the opening shot
- Diagetic vs. Non-Diagetic music
- The use of practical lighting creating a darker tone to the film
- The Oscar winning song that leads the pack of songs in this film
- We debate a mother’s intention when borrowing money from her daughter.
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Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your host, Mike and Christi Dodge. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media. Email us and let us know what you think of these films and what other films we should breakdown at christi@dodgemediaproductions.com.

Be Our Plus One
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02/21/21 • 19 min
Today Mike and Christi fawn over the film Plus One, this generations romantic comedy. It is a little more raunchy and a little more rowdy. Two friends who are tired of attending their friend’s wedding agree to be each other’s plus one. Alice (Maya Erskine) and Ben (Jack Quaid) are forced to rehearse toasts, purchase gifts and pay for hotel rooms as all of their friends are getting married. Their relationship throughout the ten weddings change to more than just friends. We also include our our regular features like: Mike’s pick up line, the smoochie and pause count and a rundown of the numbers.
“And she(Alice) really plays up kind of this role of being the manic pixie frat guy in this film. And I think there's a commitment and earnestness that makes this character work, even though it's kind of like your drunken buddy in college, except they're out of college and they probably should start getting their lives under control by now” - Mike Dodge
We cover the aspects of this film like:
- How the traditional gender roles are flipped
- The use of handheld and why it is annoying sometimes
- Why blurry twinkle lights in the background makes every shot beautiful
- The way that their characters change over the course of the film.
- The use of location to reduce the budget that benefits independent filmmakers
- More show-don’t-tell techniques
- The use of costuming to convey character growth
Next Weeks Film: Blue Jay on Netflix
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Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your hosts, Mike and Christi Dodge founders of Dodge Media Productions. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with Christi on Facebook and LinkedIn. To connect with Mike you can find him on Instagram. Also, feel free to share your favorite episodes of our podcast across social media.

Make Time to hear us discuss Wild Mountain Thyme
Dodge Movie Podcast
03/21/21 • 27 min
Today we are talking about John Patrick Shanley’s Wild Mountain Thyme released last December. The film stars Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm and Christopher Walken. It is set on the Emerald Isle and is a tale about headstrong farmer, Rosemary (Emily Blunt) who has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony (Jaime Dornan). The only problem is that Anthony is fixated on inheriting his father’s land. Only his father (Christopher Walken) has other ideas of giving it to his American nephew (Jon Hamm)
Fun drinking game - have a shot every time Mike tells a dad joke.
“And I find it humorous, how direct she's trying to be, and how much he's resisting. And then as the film goes on, we find out the limiting belief that's causing him to resist this that he is aware of what's going on, but he's stupidly pushing back.” - Mike Dodge
Some of our favorite parts of this movie are:
- The beautiful scenery of the green Irish countryside
- The use of the natural light to create a hair light
- Flipped traditional gender roles in a rom com
- The color palate of the different characters and their homes
Next Weeks Film: Black Pool by Dustin Morrow with Dustin available on Prime Video
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Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your host, Mike and Christi Dodge. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media.

Jump into the Black Pool and swim with us and Dustin Morrow
Dodge Movie Podcast
03/28/21 • 35 min
Today we are talking with writer and director, Dustin Morrow about his 2019 film, Black Pool. It involves the lives that were effected by the Troubles in Ireland, even generations later. Dustin shares with us his writing influences, his directorial choices and how he approached casting the film. He talks about his approach to create a black and white film and how his cinematographer, Michael Hull approached lighting the set. We are really interested to hear what you thought of this film, please share your opinions with us. christi@dodgemediaproductions.com
With Dustin we discuss:
- Where his influences come from
- What he asked of his actors
- Shooting on a low budget in a short timeframe
- Michael’s keen eye on the specifics of the film
- Some of the symbolism of the film
- How the soundtrack informs the narrative
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Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your host, Mike and Christi Dodge. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media.

No Babies were Harmed in the Making of The French Connection
Dodge Movie Podcast
04/04/21 • 32 min
Today we are talking about The French Connection which was released in 1971 (A great year!!), directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman and Roy Schneider. It is a film about a pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. We discuss the laws that were broken and stretched during the making of this film. We discuss the racial implications and police brutality that occurred at the time of filming compared to our current climate.
References from the podcast:
Seatbelts: Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to the states and territories. However, the first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating positions.[1] This law has since been modified to require three-point seat belts in outboard-seating positions, and finally three-point seat belts in all seating positions.[2] Initially, seat belt use was voluntary. New York was the first state to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, a law that came into effect on December 1, 1984.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_laws_in_the_United_States
Highest grossing films in 1971:
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Billy Jack
- The French Connection
Infamous chase scene from The French Connection
Some of our favorite techniques of this movie are:
- The acting of Hackman and Schneider
- The use of a dolly track in filmmaking
- The famous chase scene in the film
- The editing style of the film
- The sound design elements
Special thanks to our editor: Cameron Dodge
Make sure to watch Chips (2017) for next week
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Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your host, Mike and Christi Dodge. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media.

Let these C.H.iP.s Fall Where They May
Dodge Movie Podcast
04/11/21 • 38 min
Today we are talking about the 2017 film CHIPS written and directed by Dax Shepard. We give a little behind the scenes with Christi’s association with the California Highway Patrol, her dad having been one for a bit in the late 60s/early 70s. She also shares some of the citizen band culture that they were a part of in the early 70s. CORRECTION: Mom’s CD handle was Honey Bee and not Mama Bee.
References from the podcast: The ranch where the Manson family lived that was used in western films was Spahn ranch which was not the one used in Chips.
To hear the intro music from the show Chips, click here I mean C’mon!!
Tupac Shakur’s California Love can be heard here
Dax Shepard: If you are listening to this episode don’t forget that Mike offered to cover your track time at PIR if you want to run some hot laps. Thank you so much for making this movie.
Some of our favorite parts of this movie are:
- The spectacular car chase and motorcycle chase scenes
- The use of exposition to bring some of the color of the original TV series
- The representation of the LGBTQ community among the force
- Trauma informed handling of drug use
- The goofy fight scene that harkened back to the camp of the original series.
Next Weeks film: Smokey and the Bandit watch here on Amazon Prime
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Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your host, Mike and Christi Dodge. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media.

The Blue Jay is More than Black and White
Dodge Movie Podcast
02/28/21 • 30 min
Today Mike and Christi flatter this beautiful, dramatic romance tale of high school sweethearts with a secret past. Spend the next several minutes with Mike and Christi as they break down why this film is in the top five films of all time for Christi and why she captured Mike to make him watch this film till he squawked. This film opens with Jim (Mark Duplass) and Amanda (Sarah Paulson) running into one another at a local grocery store. As they spend the next 24 hours together the details of their history remind them of the pain their shared and alter their future forever. Listen while Mike and Christi share their mutual admiration for the filmmaking techniques that make the film this weeks pick.
“She says, I don't know who that person was. But the look on his face is
I know who that person was.” - Christi Dodge
We cover the aspects of this film like:
- The beauty of the cinematography of this film being shot in black and white
- The acting between Sarah Paulson or Mark Duplass is at times subtle yet so colorful
- The story unfolds elaborately, laying out the bread crumbs to truth of these two.
- Improvised scripts
- The Duplass method of film making - and why we align ours with it
- This film is currently streaming on Netflix
NEXT WEEKS FILM: Once available on hbomax.com
Subscribe, Rate & Share Your Favorite Episodes!
Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Dodge Movie Podcast with your hosts, Mike and Christi Dodge founders of Dodge Media Productions. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review.
Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with Christi on Facebook and LinkedIn. To connect with Mike you can find him on Instagram. Also, feel free to share your favorite episodes of our podcast across social media.
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How many episodes does Dodge Movie Podcast have?
Dodge Movie Podcast currently has 122 episodes available.
What topics does Dodge Movie Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Film, Film Interviews, Entertainment, Podcasts, Movies and Tv & Film.
What is the most popular episode on Dodge Movie Podcast?
The episode title 'Pleased in Portland to talk about Sleepless in Seattle' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Dodge Movie Podcast?
The average episode length on Dodge Movie Podcast is 32 minutes.
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Episodes of Dodge Movie Podcast are typically released every 7 days.
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The first episode of Dodge Movie Podcast was released on Jan 22, 2021.
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