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Bacurau, The Platform, McMillion$, Swallow, Coffee & Kareem Apr 08, 2020

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Special guest Sam Noland joins us for a weird review of the new weird western Bacurau, now available through some streaming platforms and maybe your local arthouse theater. The gang also discusses a new sci-fi horror flick called The Platform on Netflix, the HBO documentary mini-series McMillion$, yet another sci-fi horror flick called Swallow starring Haley Bennett, and stoner buddy comedy Coffee & Kareem on Netflix starring Ed Helms and Taraji P. Henson.

You can find new movies to stream including some of what we talked about this week on this Letterboxd list.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – The Lords of the Engagement Rings
00:05:05 – Intro
00:07:50 – Bacurau
00:26:45 – The Platform
00:41:15 – McMillion$
00:45:00 – Swallow
00:51:55 – Coffee & Kareem

Theme music: From the original soundtrack of Bacurau, composed by Mateus Alves & Tomaz Alves Souza.

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Tiger King, Bloodshot, Crip Camp, Slay the Dragon Apr 01, 2020

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From rednecks to orange chests, we’ve to you covered this week on Cinemaholics. First we dive into the insanity of Joe Exotic in the new Netflix documentary series, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. Then we really kick into gear for our review of Bloodshot, a Vin Diesel action movie that only briefly appeared in theaters before getting blasted into VOD. Last, we discuss a pair of more inspiring documentaries, which include Crip Camp on Netflix from Higher Ground Productions (owned by Barack and Michelle Obama) and Slay the Dragon, a documentary about gerrymandering from Magnolia Pictures.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – Off-Topics
00:10:40 – Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness
00:27:55 – Bloodshot
00:41:15 – Crip Camp
00:46:15 – Slay the Dragon

Theme music: From the original soundtrack of La Dolce Vita, composed by Nino Rota.

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Big Time Adolescence, The Banker, Stargirl, Lost Girls Mar 25, 2020

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The cinema may be closed, but not Cinemaholics! We're covering some of the most notable new streaming releases hitting your WiFi router, which include a Sundance indie on Hulu starring Pete Davidson, a would-be Oscar contender on Apple TV+ starring Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson, a Disney+ original music drama starring Grace VanderWaal, and a crime drama on Netflix starring Amy Ryan.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – PODCAST SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
00:03:30 – Off-Topics
00:10:45 – Big Time Adolescence
00:25:15 – The Banker
00:41:40 – Stargirl
00:49:55 – Lost Girls

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His Girl Friday (1940) Mar 23, 2020

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Here's the big scoop! For our February Extra Milestone, we're getting down and dirty with His Girl Friday, see. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy (as himself?), and many others, we discuss how this 1940 film was made and what we think of it today, 80 years later.

Correction: In the episode, Sam incorrectly states that His Girl Friday is #40 on Empire's "500 Greatest Films of All Time" list. It's actually #58. Sam has been fully scolded for this error by his peers, but that doesn't mean you should go easy on him.

Theme Music: the opening credits of His Girl Friday.

Show Notes:

00:04:35 – What We Didn’t Select This Month
00:19:00 – His Girl Friday Introduction/Background
00:42:15 – Our Experiences with the Movie
00:52:15 – Synopsis/Critical Evaluation
01:31:00 – Movies to vote on for next month!

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The Hunt, Guns Akimbo, I Still Believe, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Mar 16, 2020

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Special guest Amanda the Jedi joins us all the way from YouTube to review a host of controversial new films most of us can't see in theaters right now, including The Hunt starring Betty Gilpin, Guns Akimbo starring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving, I Still Believe starring Britt Robertson and her boyfriend Archie (fine, KJ Apa), and Never Rarely Sometimes Always starring Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – Off-Topics
00:08:20 – The Hunt
00:33:00 – Guns Akimbo
00:53:40 – I Still Believe
01:04:40 – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
01:18:50 – PODCAST SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
01:22:00 – A Fireside Chat with Jon and Will

We need your help! The next few weeks (and maybe more) will be a challenging time for our friends and family all around the world. As this podcast proceeds, we want to keep working and putting out entertaining reviews and games and the like for our audience. Please let us know in the comments what kinds of episodes you'd like us to do while movies aren't really coming out in theaters at this current moment.

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Theme Music: “Seventeen" by Sharon Van Etten.

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Onward, The Way Back, Emma., Spenser Confidential Mar 10, 2020

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Special guest Charlie Ridgely joins us for a cinematic quest from the fantastical suburbia of Pixar's Onward to the Los Angeles basketball courts of The Way Back, and even further to the debutante affairs of Emma. Whatever your poison (Spenser Confidential, anyone?), the Cinemaholics have you covered this week.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – Off-Topics
00:13:50 – Onward
00:49:35 – The Way Back
01:04:05 – Emma.
01:22:10 – Spenser Confidential

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Theme Music: "Boom Bastia!" composed by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, available on the original soundtrack for Onward. The extra intro music at the beginning is from "Emma Suite," composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer, appearing on the original soundtrack for Emma.

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The Invisible Man, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Wendy, The Call of the Wild Mar 02, 2020

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Special guest The Invisible Man comes on the show to talk about his own movie The Invisible Man, which was directed by Leigh Whannell and stars Elisabeth Moss. So stay tuned to hear our thoughts on the latest Blumhouse horror movie, which has most audiences and critics pleasantly spooked. The Cinemaholics also have a chance to discuss the other new releases of the week, including Wendy, Shaun the Sheep 2, and more.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – Episode Overview
00:04:25 – The Invisible Man
00:45:30 – A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
00:59:05 – Wendy
01:08:05 – The Call of the Wild

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Theme Music: The opening credits of The Invisible Man (1933), composed by Heinz Roemheld.

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire Feb 29, 2020

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Special guests Julia Teti and Emily Kubincanek join Jon and Will for an in-depth review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, one of the most universally acclaimed new films from the last year. Directed by Céline Sciamma, this sweeping romantic drama centers around an intense love affair between a young painter (Noémie Merlant) and the woman she is secretly painting a portrait of (Adèle Haenel).

Theme Music: Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate": I. Allegro

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Young Frankenstein (1974) Feb 26, 2020

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It's been over four decades, and Mel Brooks still has us laughing. As we mark the 45th anniversary of Young Frankenstein, Jon and Sam discuss the spooky comedy's legacy as one of our latest "Extra Milestone" films. Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, and many more familiar faces, Young Frankenstein proves that even a parody film can be just as thrilling and satisfying as a bonafide sequel in the Universal Monsters canon.

Show Notes:

00:02:25 – The movies we didn't select for this month's show
00:20:35 – How did Young Frankenstein get made?
00:53:00 – How did you watch the film for the first time?
01:00:30 – What are your general thoughts on Young Frankenstein?
01:43:40 – Movies to vote on for next month!

Theme Music: the opening credits of Young Frankenstein, composed by John Morris.

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Sonic the Hedgehog, The Photograph, Downhill, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You Feb 17, 2020

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Did audiences have a real need for speed this Valentine's Day? Jon and Will review Sonic the Hedgehog, which premiered this weekend to huge success despite its release delay, alongside other new wide releases like The Photograph and Downhill, plus the new Netflix rom-com sequel, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 – Episode Overview
00:06:10 – Sonic the Hedgehog
00:32:15 – The Photograph
00:42:25 – Downhill
00:53:05 – To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

Theme Music: The opening intro of the 1993 TB series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, composed by Clark Gassman.

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