Join host Blake Howard and a handpicked team of film experts as they ambush John Frankenheimer’s RONIN (1998). Over 12 episodes, they'll explore the mysteries of the briefcase MacGuffin, praise co-writer David Mamet’s tough, balletic dialogue, and break down the film’s iconic action and chase sequences. Tune in because, as Sam says, 'Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt. That's the first thing they teach you.'

Blake Howard Blake Howard

"I ambushed you with a cup of coffee."

BenDavid Grabinski, Jason Bailey and Jordan Harper, what's the colour of the boathouse at Hereford?

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BenDavid Grabinski, Jason Bailey and Jordan Harper, what's the colour of the boathouse at Hereford?

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BenDavid Grabinski

Writer/Director behind films like Happily and T.V series ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?, SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF, and MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE

Jason Bailey

Film critic, historian, author, and podcaster (and host of Guide for the Film Fanatic)

Jordan Harper

Jordan Harper is the Edgar-Award winning author of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA, EVERYBODY KNOWS and the short story collection LOVE AND OTHER WOUNDS.

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Blake Howard Blake Howard

"You know, you think too hard."

Got the swag, kept the money. Recorded the pod with Jen Johans and Rob Belushi. Job well done.

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Got the swag, kept the money. Recorded the pod with Jen Johans and Rob Belushi. Job well done.

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Jen Johans

3-time national award-winning writer & full-time walking movie encyclopedia Jen Johans of FilmIntuition.com delivers a steady stream of great movie recommendations, thoughtful career deep dives, & first-rate conversations with critics, authors, actors, journalists, filmmakers, and more on Watch With Jen.™️

TWITTER: @FILMINTUITION

PODCAST: PATREON.COM/FILMINTUITION

WEBSITE:  FILMINTUITION.COM

Rob Belushi

Rob Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Rob is a hilarious actor, filmmaker, podcast host and improv comic known for Chicago P.D. (2014)How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Get A Clue (2020)

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Blake Howard Blake Howard

"Back in the late unpleasantness."

All your concerns will be addressed before we (Sean Burns, Peter Avellino and I) leave.

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All your concerns will be addressed before we (Sean Burns, Peter Avellino and I) leave.

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Sean Burns

Sean Burns is a film critic for WBUR’s Arts & Culture and a contributing writer at North Shore Movies and Crooked Marquee. He was Philadelphia Weekly’s lead film critic from 1999 through 2013, and worked as a contributing editor at The Improper Bostonian from 2006 until 2014. His reviews, interviews and essays have also appeared in Metro, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, The Boston Herald, Nashville Scene, Time Out New York, Philadelphia City Paper and RogerEbert.com.

A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Burns was a recurring guest on the late David Brudnoy’s WBZ 1030 AM radio show, and in 2002 received an award for Excellence in Criticism from the Greater Philadelphia Society of Professional Journalists. Currently a member of the Online Film Critics Society and the Critics Choice Association, he’s also “the most annoyingest person ever,” according to his niece.

WEBSITE: splicedpersonality.com

TWITTER: @SeanMBurns

Peter Avellino

I'm a writer. I live in Los Feliz. Sometimes I go to the movies. There's more to tell, but not just now.

WEBSITE: https://mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/

TWITTER: @PeterAPeel

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Blake Howard Blake Howard

"I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of."

Why would you get into this podcast? You know the reason(s) - Dan Mecca, Conor O’Donnell, and Maria Lewis.

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Why would you get into this podcast? You know the reason(s) - Dan Mecca, Conor O’Donnell, and Maria Lewis.

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Maria Lewis

Maria Lewis is a best-selling author, screenwriter, film curator and pop culture etymologist currently based in Australia. Over the past 17 years of her career, she has built an international reputation as a storyteller across a diverse range of mediums.

Dan Mecca

Co-host of The B-Side podcast, co-founder of The Film Stage and filmmaker.

TWITTER: @DJMECCA

WEBSITE: HTTPS://THEFILMSTAGE.COM/

PODCAST: THE B-SIDE PODCAST

Conor O'Donnell

Co-host of the The B-Side podcast, writer at the Film Stage and producer.

TWITTER: @SCRUFFYL00KIN

WEBSITE: HTTPS://THEFILMSTAGE.COM/

PODCAST: THE B-SIDE PODCAST (@TFSBSIDE)

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Blake Howard Blake Howard

Dumb Ronin w/ Katie Walsh

It all beginsIn the first bonus episode of ROMIN, I enlist the Deirdre of ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONS, Katie Walsh, to discuss a movie that pays homage to or directly rips off RONIN, DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA.

In the first bonus episode of ROMIN, I enlist the Deirdre of ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONS, Katie Walsh, to discuss a movie that pays homage to or directly rips off RONIN, DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA.

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