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Topher Mac hosts Shadows that Shine (a movie podcast), a tv show with 21 episodes published.
Topher Mac spent the week watching movies and is ready to gush and gore about them! Really though, most of this episode is about discussing a possible new hope for the future of cinema: the YouTube generation. In additio
May 26th, 2026 the first ever Local Short Film Festival by Cameo Collective was held and friend of the show Michael The Successtori Thomas had 2 short movies shown. We talk about the festival and his movies and discuss a
This week Topher Mac briefly discusses the most beloved movie of the Disney Era of Star Wars, Rogue One. He also briefly touches on why Marsha Lucas was important to George Lucas’s best creative works and he also can’t h
3 months into the movie pod, Topher Mac talks box office and discusses ideas and themes within the Stephen Spielberg film Catch Me if You Can (2002).
This week Topher Mac runs through a curated list of movies coming soon to a cinema near you! If He’s mentioning it, it’s probably worth watching (except those 2 or 3 he definitely thumbs downed).
Sickness won’t keep Topher Mac down! (But it will make for a shorter episode than usual.). This week Shadows that Shine main host Topher Mac talks about Popstar all so he can highlight how he thinks you should go to the
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to have Topher Mac be joined by Zak and JP’s Burnt Out High Jynx cohost Zak Blackfyre! That’s right.. we had John Paul on twice so we had to bring on the hilarious hippie to sh
Topher Mac is joined by old college friend and creative slasher Graeme Mitchell Taylor as they discuss James Cameron’s masterpiece Titanic (1997) while they try avoid a field of tangent shaped icebergs. Will this episode
This week Topher Mac is joined by friend and midnight ballerina Catalina Minerva as they discuss the award winning movie about a stripper who marries a Russian oligarchs offspring. The movie? Anora. The podcast? Can’t mi
This Easter weekend Topher Mac talks about his favorite movie musical and gushes over the Norman Jewison masterpiece. This episode doesn’t shy away from subjects that are normally intentionally avoided by the host and po
It’s April Fools Day and Topher Mac is joined by fellow Topher House member RT, the Southern Fried Sorcerer. The duo gets along great and doesn’t say one mean or challenging thing! …oh wait, April Fools!! They actually b
Topher Mac powers through this episode despite a rough personal week so that he may celebrate a good week for movies! After discussing the box office he touches on a number of other topics briefly including the Spider-Ma
Joining Topher Mac this week is his oldest friend and holder of several relevant degrees (and a mother too!) to this week’s special topic Dani Elle. In addition to exploring down syndrome centric movies they discuss the
On the one month anniversary of the pod and the second arrival of a Friday the 13th during the run of the show, JP joins Topher Mac to discuss part 2 of the beloved Jason franchise.
This week Topher Mac rants about the shortcomings of the cinema business and shares some thoughts about how it could improve. He also briefly discusses The Bride! and weighs in on the Warner Bros merger with either Netfl
Topher Mac is joined by comedian Patrick O’Hara just as they leave the cinema to discuss Scream 7. Please subscribe to our podcast! Every subscription helps us out! Follow us on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sha
Topher Mac talks the animated cash cow Super Mario Bros. Will he openly admit to enjoying an animated movie? Listen to find out! He also briefly touches on next week’s topic Scream 7 with personal expectations and pontif
Week 2 has Topher Mac discussing Law Abiding Citizen and the Valentine’s Day box office results. Subscribe today and follow on instagram @ShadowsThatShine
Joining Topher Mac today for a special edition of STS (a movie podcast) is John Paul Edmundson as they discuss the horror classic Friday the 13th (1980) on Friday the 13th. Subscribe today so you don’t miss any episodes!
For our first regular episode Michael the Successtori joins the pod as guest cohost to discuss the movies of Jordan Peele with your host Topher Mac. Please subscribe to our podcast! Every subscription helps us out! Follo
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