MIDNIGHT RUN THROUGH w/ Rob Belushi and Sean Burns

One Heat Minute Productions

A podcast miniseries devoted to celebrating the 1988 contemporary classic, action buddy comedy MIDNIGHT RUN, written by George Gallo & directed by Martin Brest. Hosted by Blake Howard & Jen Johans of One Heat Minute Productions & Watch With Jen, respectively, each week, we’ll explore the film we first bonded over when we became friends in 2019 by surfing through an incredible roster of guests from journalists to novelists & beyond who love it as much as we do.

In episode eleven, we discuss being twelve and convincing the family to go and see MIDNIGHT RUN, second-hand Farina parenting stories, how Martin Brest creates menacing stakes usually absent from action comedies and more.

Rob Belushi

CHICAGO BORN AND BRED, ROB BELUSHI IS AN ACTOR, WRITER, AND HOST, WHO CAN BE SEEN ON THE GSN SERIES GET A CLUE. ROB’S CREDITS INCLUDE RECURRING ROLES ON MAYANS (FX), BALLERS (HBO), CHICAGO PD (NBC), HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS), THE MENTALIST (CBS), AGENTS OF SHIELD (ABC), SIDE HUSTLE (NICK), THE GOODWIN GAMES (FOX) AND THE OFF SEASON (ABC). ROB GRADUATED WITH AN HONORS B.A. IN FILM STUDIES FROM WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (CT) AND IS AN ALUMNUS OF SECOND CITY IN CHICAGO. ROB NEXT APPEARS AS CALVIN IN THE FEATURE FILM BODY LANGUAGE, WHICH HE CO-WROTE BASED ON AN ORIGINAL IDEA, AND ON WHICH HE IS A PRODUCER WITH MAR VISTA AND CHAD AND CAREY HAYES (THE CONJURING).

TWITTER: @ROBBELUSHI

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

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