Category: Podcast

Welcome to this week’s podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. And follow me on Instagram (my handle is @moviespap).

Now in Theaters

Put on a mask and enjoy some “comeback classics” in the theaters! Check your local listings.

• Toy Story – 25th Anniversary (1995)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975; which I saw as part of the Cinemark “Comeback Classics” series)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989; which I saw at a 20-person private watch party at Megaplex Theaters–sorry for the audio problem in the podcast)

Three by…

I’m continuing my “Three by…” series where I watch three different films from the same director. This month’s director is the French director, photographer, and artist Agnès Varda. The three films I watched were:

• Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962; watched on The Criterion Channel)
• Jane B.par Agnès V. (1988; watched on The Criterion Channel)
• Faces Places (2017; co-directed by JR; rented on Apple iTunes)

Varda received an honorary Academy Award for her body of work in 2017.

The Criterion Collection has recently released a boxed set with all of her films.

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Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.

Happy Halloween! Welcome to this week’s podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. And follow me on Instagram (my handle is @moviespap).

Now in Theaters

• The Empty Man (20th Century Studios)
• Alita: Battle Angel (re-release; 2019; 20th Century Studios)

Now Streaming

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Amazon Prime)
• The Witches (HBO Max)
• Rebecca (Netflix)

Reviews

• The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
• Over the Moon (Netflix)
• Clouds (Disney+)
• On the Rocks (Apple TV+)

Thanks for Tuning In!

Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.

Welcome to this week’s podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. And follow me on Instagram (my handle is @moviespap).

New in Theaters

• Honest Thief (Briarcliff Entertainment)
• Comeback Classics: The Nightmare Before Christmas (Disney; 1993); check your local listings

“Three by…”

A new monthly category for the podcast is going to be an exploration of three different films from a specific film director. I’m calling the section “Three by…”. The three films will be sample representation from the director’s entire body of work and/or some of my favorite films from the director.

This month’s director is Carl Reiner. Reiner passed away this summer at the ripe old age of 98. Turner Classic Movies recently had a tribute day where they showed six of his films. I recorded them on my DVR and finally had a chance to watch the three films which I discuss in the podcast, each from a different decade of his career: Enter Laughing (1967), Oh, God! (1977), and All of Me (1984).

Thanks for Tuning In!

Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.

Welcome to the podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. And follow me on Instagram (my handle is @moviespap).

New in Theaters

• The War with Grandpa (101 Studios)
• Yellow Rose (Sony)
• Comeback Classics: Coco (Pixar; 2017), Hocus Pocus (Disney, 1993), Beetlejuice (Warner Bros., 1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street (New Line Cinema, 1984), and Akira (Funimation; 1988). Check your local listings.
• TCM Big Screen Classics: Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (Universal, 1960)—October 11, 12, and 16. Details at fathomevents.com/tcm.
• Fathom Events: Other films include a 40th anniversary screening of Friday the 13th (Paramount; 1990) on October 9 and 10, and a 30th anniversary screening of Total Recall (Rialto Pictures/StudioCanal; 1990) on October 10, 13, and 27. Details at fathomevents.com.

Reviews

Enola Homes (2020); watched on Netflix

TCM “Must-See Sci-Fi” Project

Brazil (1995); rented from the Apple iTunes Store. Part of this year’s TCM science fiction movie watching project.

Thanks for Tuning In!

Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.

Welcome to this episode of the Movies Past and Present podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. And follow me on Instagram (my handle is @moviespap).

New in Theaters

Check your local listings for some great comeback classics, like special 35th anniversary Fathom Events’ screenings of The Breakfast Club (1985) playing on 9/21 and 9/24, and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) which is coming back again on 9/25 to many theater chains in the U.S. in honor of its 40th anniversary.

Also, the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Big Screen Classics series is back! First up is Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) playing on 9/27, 9/29, and 10/1.

Review

• Disney’s live-action/CGI Mulan (2020), which is now playing on Premier Access on the Disney+ streaming service.

Also of Note

• Black Panther (2018); available on Disney+; and R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman
• The Brother from Another Planet (1984); part of my 2020 TCM “Must-See Sci-Fi” movie watching project; available for digital rental on Apple iTunes

Thank You for Tuning In!

Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.

Welcome to this episode of the Movies Past and Present podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. And follow me on Instagram (my handle is @moviespap)!

New in Theaters

• Bill and Ted Face the Music (Orion Pictures; actually, this came out last week, my bad…)

Reviews

• The New Mutants (20th Century Studios)
• Tenet (Warner Bros.)
• The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)

As a side note, here’s what the soundtrack of Tenet in the IMAX theater sounded like to me.

Classic Cinema Corner

• Airplane! (Paramount Pictures; 1980; check out the cool blu-ray release from Paramount on amazon.com; also playing in theaters on September 9 courtesy of TCM and Fathom Events)

Film Festival

Ever want to attend the New York Film Festival (NYFF)? Now you can with the NYFF’s virtual screenings this year. More at at NYFF website.

Thank You for Tuning In!

Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.

Welcome to this episode of the Movies Past and Present podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

New in Theaters

Theatres across the U.S.A. are starting to reopen! Let’s hope they can do so safely and that everyone can stay well.

Last Weekend

• Unhinged (Solstice Studios)

This Weekend

• The New Mutants (20th Century Studios)
• The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)

Also of Note

Tenet is finally opening next week! Advance screenings are happening August 31, September 1, and September 2. The film opens in most U.S. markets where theaters are open on September 3. Check your local theater for showtimes (where available). Tenet is also playing in IMAX.

Reviews

I watched two new movies on Disney+.

• Howard (2018)
• The One and Only Ivan (2020)

Classic Cinema Corner

More like “Guilty Pleasures Corner”… I watched the dreadful yet beautiful The Black Hole (1979) on Disney+.

I thought this documentary about the making of The Black Hole was very interesting. Not sure how accurate all of the information is, but it was still enjoyable.

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Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.

Welcome to the 50th episode of the podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

Coming to Theaters

Are we actually going to get new Hollywood blockbusters in theaters in 2020? Warner Bros. is planning to open Tenet on August 28 internationally and on September 3 in select U.S. cities (TBA).

The Walt Disney Studios has decided to put their live-action/CGI remake of Mulan on their Disney+ streaming service. They will charge $29.99 for this “premiere access” viewing beginning on September 4. It will also be opening in some theaters (most likely in international markets) that don’t get Disney+ (also TBA). The film will be a regular part of the Disney+ library in a few months (meaning no extra charge to watch). It’s the Wild Wild West for new movie releases, that’s for sure.

I loved seeing two Star Wars films—The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and The Force Awakens (2015)—as part of the “comeback classics” that have been playing in movie theaters while we’re waiting for new Hollywood releases to happen. Big thanks to Disney and Lucasfilm for re-releasing the films and to Megaplex Theatres for such a nice and safe movie going experience.

Classic Cinema Corner

Paramount Pictures’ new “Paramount Presents” Blu-ray Discs are really cool. More info at Amazon.com.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is continuing the tradition of their “Summer Under the Stars” programming during the entire month of August. Check out the full lineup on the TCM website.

Thank You for Tuning In!

Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.

Welcome to this week’s podcast!

You can listen below as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

Local Movie Theater Report

I went to a movie in a theater and lived to tell about it (actually, Megaplex Theatres here in Salt Lake City did a fantastic job and I had a very positive experience).

What I’ve Been Watching

I’m in the middle of my James Bond 007 movie watching project–a venerable film series that has had its share of hits and misses.

Thank You for Tuning In!

Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Be safe out there! Thanks again.