This week, we watch the film that has just released and is currently sitting at the #10 best movie of all time. See it on the biggest screen and loudest speakers you can find. Dune: Part 2 (2024), directed by Denis Villeneuve.
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BONUS EPISODE - Poor Things
This week, we watch a film that is heaven for film geeks. Images pour off the screen like melting candy for the brain. The score is a soundtrack to a dizzying dream. The humor is at once bizarre and dark, yet accessible and upbeat. The actors utilize an amazing script to make something profound and hilarious. It is life affirming, blazingly satirical, completely absurd, and an absolute instant classic. Poor Things (2023), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Episode 33 - Interstellar Part 1
This week, we watch love in space. This time hopping journey through the great unknown is filled with hard sci-fi science and amazing special effects. It is also filled with expository dialogue and some less than stellar ideas about how love travels through space and time. Interstellar (2014), directed by Christopher Nolan.
Episode 41 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Part 2
This week, we watch the sci-fi / horror / action masterpiece by the director that would go on to have three of the top five grossing movies of all time. The action in this movie remains top tier, the performances are stellar, and even the CG holds up pretty well. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), directed by James Cameron.
Episode 41 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Part 1
This week, we watch the sci-fi / horror / action masterpiece by the director that would go on to have three of the top five grossing movies of all time. The action in this movie remains top tier, the performances are stellar, and even the CG holds up pretty well. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), directed by James Cameron.
Episode 44 - Back To The Future
Its 2023! Theres nothing that says New Years Day like a film based on looking into the past. Currently, this movie has moved up to #30 on the IMDB top 250 since we froze it back in 2016, which speaks to how well this movie holds up over time. Back to the Future (1985), directed by Robert Zemeckis.
BONUS EPISODE - Nope
Happy Halloween everyone! Our October scary movie marathon concludes with prolific writer/director Jorden Peele’s third movie (he’s been cranking out a successful movie about every 2 years). There’s a lot to love in this film, though we’re of mixed opinions on the extent to which it comes together as whole. Nope (2022), directed and written by Jordan Peele.
BONUS EPISODE - Everything Everywhere All At Once
This week, we watch A24’s highest grossing movie yet. This film sets out to be all things film at the same time, and does so with such creativity that it ends up amazingly overwhelming. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022), directed by Daniels.
Episode 64 - Aliens: Part 2
This week, we watch the sequel to the film that shot Ridley Scott into stardom. This film takes the horror and science fiction elements of the first movie and adds a James Cameron action element that somehow makes for an even more intense experience. Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron.
Episode 64 - Aliens: Part 1
This week, we watch the sequel to the film that shot Ridley Scott into stardom. This film takes the horror and science fiction elements of the first movie and adds a James Cameron action element that somehow makes for an even more intense experience. Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron.
Episode 53 - Alien: Part 2
This week, the continuation of the film that was sold as “Jaws in space”. What we get instead is a horror/sci-fi masterpiece that launched Ridley Scott’s career as a visionary. With effects that mostly hold up, this film will still make you squirm all these years later. Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott.
Episode 53 - Alien: Part 1
This week, we watch the film that was sold as “Jaws in space”. What we get instead is a horror/sci-fi masterpiece that launched Ridley Scott’s career as a visionary. With effects that mostly hold up, this film will still make you squirm all these years later. Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott.
BONUS EPISODE - Nightmare Alley
This week, we watch the movie Guillermo del Toro decided to make after his Best Picture win with The Shape of Water. Based on a 1946 Novel (and made into a movie in 1947), this film has incredible star power - but is that enough to make another classic? Nightmare Alley (2021), directed by Guillermo del Toro.
BONUS EPISODE - Titane
This week, we watch the Palme d’Or winner at this years Cannes Film Festival. Nothing we say in a write up will prepare you for what you will see/experience in this movie. If you aren’t totally adverse to gore or weirdness, do yourself a favorite and watch this film. Titane (2021), directed by Julia Ducournau.
BONUS EPISODE - Dune
Here is the film that will be remembered as the kickstart to the industry after a once in a century pandemic. This is the Star Wars for the current generation, the long awaited adaptation meeting its full potential. See it in theaters. If you can’t, find the biggest screen you can and absorb it on the best sound system possible. Dune (2021), directed by Denis Villeneuve.
Episode 61 - WALL-E
This week, we watch the highest rated Pixar film on the list! Even John, who has frequently mentioned a “dragging middle third” in Pixars story structure, didn’t see that happening here. Lovable robots, funny slapstick, and heartwarming relationships fill this visual and design masterpiece. WALL-E (2008), directed by Andrew Stanton.
BONUS EPISODE - Arrival
This week, we watch a movie in anticipation for the upcoming Dune film adaptation. This movie has no buisness not being on the list. Amy Adams gives one of her best performances, and all other aspects of the film are amazing on their own, but together they create something very special that we’d recommend to everyone. Arrival (2016), directed by Denis Villenueve.
BONUS EPISODE - The World's End
This week, we watch the third and final film in the Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy. In yet another genre film/comedy mash-up, this entry is much darker than the previous two, with the unliked protagonist Gary King dragging his old friends to 12 bars, and any more plot description might be considered spoilers. The Worlds End (2013), directed by Edgar Wright.