Category: Podcast

Welcome to this week’s COVID-19 “Social Distancing” podcast!

Since all movie theaters are closed right now (or should be), here are some home viewing movie options for your viewing pleasure.

AFI Movie Club

The American Film Institute (AFI) has recently established the AFI Movie Club where every day for the foreseeable future they will select a film for people across the country to virtually watch together. The club’s tagline is “movies to watch together while we’re apart.” More info and a complete list of the films and where to stream them is available on the AFI web site.

TCM Classic Film Festival: Special Home Edition

Sadly, this year’s Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California has been officially cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. But TCM has turned lemons into lemonade and is bringing a home version of the festival to the TCM network. Save the dates of April 16-19, 2020 (the same dates of the now cancelled festival) for some great films and commentary from past festivals. More details and a complete schedule are available on the TCM website.

Walt Disney Animation Studios on Disney+

I’ve picked 10 of my favorite films (and it was really hard just to pick 10…I really love these films) from Walt Disney Animation Studios that are all playing on the Disney+ streaming service. Learn more about Disney+ at disneyplus.com.

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Welcome to this week’s podcast!

New in Theaters

(New in the last couple of weeks, that is…)

• The Call of the Wild (20th Century Fox)
• The Invisible Man (Universal)
• Onward (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Emma (Focus Features)
• The Way Back (Warner Bros.)

Reviews

The Call of the Wild and Onward.

Classic Cinema Corner

I’m so excited to attend this year’s Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Classic Film Festival! Limited passes are still available. More details at tcm.com/festival.

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Happy Valentine’s Day week and welcome to this week’s podcast!

New Movie Roundup

• Sonic the Hedgehog (Paramount)
• Downhill (Searchlight)
• Fantasy Island (Columbia)
• The Photograph (Universal)

Reviews and Commentary

The happy and triumphant return of the modest-budget Disney family film is happening on Disney+ with films like Noelle, Togo, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, and next month’s Stargirl. You should totally get Disney+ if you like this genre of films. Sign up at disneyplus.com.

Classic Cinema Corner

• Flight of the Navigator (Disney; 1986; available on Disney+)
• Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks, 1999)

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Welcome to this week’s podcast! And happy Oscars week!

New Movie Roundup

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Warner Bros.)

Also of Note in Theaters

Love Story (1970), part of the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Big Screen Classics series, February 9 and 12 in select theaters. Visit fathomevents.com/tcm for showtimes and to find a theater near

2020 Oscar Best Picture Showcase at Cinemark Theatres February 3-9

All Things Oscars

Global Movie Day is February 8. Learn more here. #GlobalMovieDay

Download a printable Oscar ballot here.

Here are links to all of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences social media feeds:
Twitter 
Instagram
Facebook 
YouTube

Must-See Sci-Fi Project

I’m having fun and am on target with watching the 50 science fiction films listed in the cool Turner Classic Movies (TCM) book called Must-See Sci-Fi: 50 Movies that Are Out of This World by Sloan De Forest (Running Press, 2018; available at Amazon.com and Shop TCM). (And I said that I’ve watched five of the films but I’ve actually watched six so far…my bad.) More details about the book and movie watching project are on this blog post.

Here are the films I’ve watched so far:

1. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
2. Metropolis (1927)
3. Frankenstein (1931)
4. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
5. The Invisible Man (1933)
6. Things to Come (1936)

Feel free to follow along on the Movies Past and Present Instagram feed.

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Happy New Year and welcome to the first Movies Past and Present podcast of 2020!

New Movie Roundup

New in Theaters This Weekend

• Just Mercy (Warner Bros.)
• Underwater (20th Century Fox)
• Like a Boss (Paramount)
• 1917 (Universal) – wide release

Worth Checking Out

• Little Women (Sony)
• Uncut Gems (A24)
• Bombshell (Lionsgate)
• Dark Waters (Focus Features) – reviewed on today’s podcast
• Frozen 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
• Knives Out (Lionsgate)

Reviews

Both of these films are still in theaters (at least in my market).

• Dark Waters (Lionsgate)
• Parasite (Neon)

Movies I’m Excited to See in 2020

• Downhill (Fox Searchlight) – February 14
• The Call of the Wild (20th Century Fox) – February 21
• Onward (Pixar Animation Studios) – March 6
• No Time to Die (Universal) – April 8
• Black Widow (Marvel Studios) – May 1
• Fast & Furious 9 (Universal) – May 22
• Soul (Pixar Animation Studios) – June 19
• In the Heights (Warner Bros.) – June 26
• Free Guy (20th Century Fox) – July 3
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Sony) – July 10
• Tenet (Warner Bros.) – July 17
• Eternals (Marvel Studios) – November 6
• Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney Animation Studios) – November 25
• Dune (Warner Bros.) – December 18
• West Side Story (20th Century Fox) – December 18

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Welcome to this week’s podcast! And Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

New Movie Roundup

New in theaters this week:

• Bombshell
• Cats
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Opening next week:

• Spies in Disguise
• 1917
• Little Women
• Uncut Gems

Still in theaters (and definitely worth seeing):

• Frozen 2
• Ford v Ferrari
• Knives Out
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Reviews

I recently rewatched all eight Star Wars Skywalker saga episodes. More info and rankings are here. And here’s my written review of Episode IX, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Classic Cinema Corner

2020 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Big Screen Classic series lineup

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Thanks for tuning in!

New in Theaters

• Frozen 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
• 21 Bridges (STX Entertainment)
• The Irishman (Netflix)

Reviews

• Ford v Ferrari (also see my written review on the blog)
• Frozen 2 (also see my written review on the blog)

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Thanks for tuning in to this week’s podcast!

New in Theaters

• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Disney)
• Zombieland: Double Tap (Columbia)

Reviews

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (I’ve also done a written review of the film on the blog.)

Classic Cinema Corner

I have been loving the TCM Essentials project this year! Watching 52 classic movies, one a week as listed in the great book from TCM (or almost one film a week…I’ll get there by the end of the year). Here’s a link to my original blog post and here’s where you can get the book.

This week, I discuss my recent viewings of Roman Holiday (Paramount, 1953), Seven Samurai (Toho Studios, 1954), and On the Waterfront (Columbia, 1954)–all on the TCM Essentials list in the book.

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