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F/X Shows the Cinephile Hissy Fit a Good Time

Bryan Brown in F/X. Image: Orion Pictures.

The Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast gets a kick out of movies about making movies. Call us all students of the game when movie magic shows off within itself. 1986’s F/X is in that vein, but a little different. By enlisting, in this case, a special effects supervisor, tabbed for his knack with makeup and crafty skills for fake violence, to work with private law enforcement in subterfuge, you’ve got a movie that lets the tricks of cinema be tested for use in the practical real world. Naturally, some of kind excrement will hit the fan and present a challenge, but that’s part of the fun.

The cover photo of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast episode for Sinners

For their 232nd episode, two well-molded film critics, two non-Aussie dads, and two special effects school teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, have secretly found a little sub-niche over the years for their show, where they find an obscure, forgotten film and get the chance to move its Rotten Tomatoes score with their podcast’s submitted review. This week, 1986’s F/X gets the treatment. The caper/thriller celebrating tired cops and practical special effects became Bryan Brown’s headlining arrival from Australia. He may not be Hugh Jackman, but his slickness and the movie are a good time. Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect that fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!

Cinephile Hissy Fit is an Astra Award-losing Film Obsessive media podcast, brought to you by the Ruminations Radio Network, and a member of the Critics Choice Podcast Network. Please visit, rate, review and subscribe. If you enjoyed this show, we have more where that came from, with interesting hosts, and wonderful guests. All are available on iTunes, Spotify, and anywhere you find your favorite shows. Follow the show on Twitter at @CinephileFit and on Facebook. Also, find both Will Johnson and Don Shanahan on Letterboxd as they accumulate their viewings and build their ranks and lists. Lastly, check out their TeePublic store for merchandise options from stickers to t-shirts!

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Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Creative Alliance, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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