Category: Podcast

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New in Theaters

Opening this weekend:

• Gemini Man (Paramount)
• The Addams Family (MGM)
• Jexi (Lionsgate)
• Lucy in the Sky (Fox Searchlight)

Recently Opened:

• Joker (Warner Bros.)
• Abominable (DreamWorks Animation/Pearl Studios)

Classic Cinema Corner

There are four more Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Big Screen Classics films left in 2019. Go see them! For the latest information and to find a theater near you, visit the Fathom Events website at fathomevents.com/tcm. Here’s the schedule.

• Alien (1979) – 40th Anniversary — October 13, 15, and 16
• The Godfather, Part II (1974) — November 10, 12, and 13
• When Harry Met Sally (1989) – 30th Anniversary — December 1 and 3
• Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) – 75th Anniversary — December 8 and 11

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Welcome to this week’s podcast!

New in Theaters

• Downton Abbey
• Ad Astra
• Rambo: Last Blood

Classic Cinema Corner

Saw the 40th anniversary screening of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) on the big screen this week courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Fathom Events.

Check out this interesting interview with special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull about the making of the film from the official Star Trek website.

I also thought this interview with composer Jerry Goldsmith was interesting, too.

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Welcome to this week’s podcast! Hope you all had a great end to your summer.

New in Theaters

It Chapter Two (Warner Bros.)

Reviews and Commentary

I talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the 2019 D23 Expo, held in Anaheim, California on August 23-25, 2019.

Make sure to check out the cool D23 sizzle reel of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Here’s the trailer for Pixar Animation Studios’ Onward.

Disney+ launches on November 12. Looks great, can’t wait!

(And I meant to say Fess Parker as the star of Davy Crockett…my bad.)

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Welcome to this week’s podcast! Thanks for tuning in.

New in Theaters

• Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Paramount)
• The Art of Racing in Rain (20th Century Fox)
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Lionsgate/CBS Films)
• The Kitchen (New Line/Warner Bros.)

Reviews

In today’s podcast, I share my thoughts about Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Universal, 2019). Also, I discuss the past, present, and future of the Fast and Furious film series.

Ludacris, who stars in many of the Fast and Furious movies, recently posted this to his Instagram feed.

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A post shared by @ ludacris on Aug 7, 2019 at 9:27am PDT

Vin Diesel has been posting pics from the FF9 set on Instagram, too. Here’s one of them.

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Day 16! Grateful, Blessed and Inspired. #Fast92020

A post shared by Vin Diesel (@vindiesel) on Jul 15, 2019 at 12:44pm PDT

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New in Theaters

• Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (opened last week) (Columbia Pictures)
• Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (opening this week) (Universal Pictures)

Classic Cinema Corner

Three classic films to discuss this week:

• Jaws (1975)
• Laura (1944)
• The Muppet Movie (1979). Here’s an interesting article from USA Today about the current state of the Muppets at
  The Walt Disney Company.

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Welcome to this week’s podcast!

New in Theaters

The Lion King (2019) remake from The Walt Disney Studios. I reviewed this film on last week’s podcast and on the blog, too.

Classic Cinema Corner

• See Glory (1989) on the big screen on July 21 and 24. Part of the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Big Screen Classics series. Find a screening near you at fathomevents.com/tcm.
• TCM is playing a retrospective of films from 20th Century Fox on July 24 and 31. Details are on the TCM website.

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Thanks for tuning in to this week’s podcast!

New in Theaters

• Crawl (Paramount Pictures)
• Stuber (20th Century Fox)

Reviews

The Lion King (2019) remake from Disney; opens in theaters July 19

Classic Cinema Corner

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is playing films from 1939, aka “Hollywood’s Greatest Year,” every Friday in July. Check out the full schedule here. Also make sure to check out the excellent TCM-produced documentary about 1939 on Friday, July 6 at 6:45 PM ET.

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Thanks for tuning in to this week’s podcast! And Happy U.S. Independence Day to you and yours!

New in Theaters

• Midsommar (A24)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (Columbia Pictures/Marvel Studios)

Reviews

Spoiler-free review of Spider-Man: Far From Home

Classic Cinema Corner

I’m halfway through my TCM Essentials viewing project. Three recent films of note were all from the mid- to late-1940s:

• Leave Her to Heaven (1945; watched on DVD)
• Out of the Past (1947; rented on Apple iTunes/Movies)
• The Red Shoes (1948; watched on The Criterion Channel)

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Welcome to this week’s podcast!

New in Theaters

• Annabelle Comes Home (New Line Cinema)
• Yesterday (Universal Pictures)

Classic Cinema Corner

Safety Last! (1923) now playing on The Criterion Channel. Here’s the link to the Safety Last! walking tour in downtown Los Angeles, California. And make sure to check out all of the great films available from The Criterion Collection.

Recommendations

• Toy Story 4 (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Avengers: Endgame re-release (Marvel Studios). See it this weekend at select theaters and get this cool poster (below) while supplies last.

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Welcome to this week’s podcast (which is happening on a Tuesday rather than Thursday this week).

New in Theaters

• Toy Story 4 (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Child’s Play (Orion Pictures)

Reviews

Toy Story 4 (spoiler-free; also check out the spoiler-free written review on my blog)

Classic Cinema Corner

• Pillow Talk (1959)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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