Alfred Hitchcock makes his first American film, and it goes on to win Best Picture.
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Movie Review: Wonder Woman 1984
After numerous, pandemic-related delays, Wonder Woman returns.
Disney Investor Day 2020 Announcements and Discussion
While I am not thrilled that a huge mega-corporation like Disney is announcing all of the news I am interested in as a way to reassure their benefactors that they will be making lots of money, I have chosen to view this as a wealthy patron of the arts talking about where they have spread their wealth rather than a greedy factory foreman talking about the products that they are churning out. That said, if you are a fan of the Disney owned properties like Marvel and Star Wars, there was a lot of announcements, and here is a list of what you can anticipate for the next few years, not just the previously covered Fantastic news. I hadn’t found a nice, easy to read list, so I figured I’d compile one, and throw in my own commentary. Also, there’s a 90 second clip of Wonder Woman’s directory Patty Jenkins announcing one of the projects that I felt was best enjoyed without a setup, so watch that before reading more. Please feel free to comment and add any more details, refute my statements, and/or join in my speculations.
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The Fantastic Four enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Jon Watts, no stranger to superhero films, will be directing the long-awaited entry of The Fantastic Four into the MCU.
The heroes of the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine have experienced their share of dubious adaptations. Will the MCU magic work again? Will Reed be one of those students funded by Tony Stark a few movies ago?
And who would you cast?
1940 – “Gone With The Wind”
Trey and Blaine are joined by Paul Spataro, host of Is It Jaws? for a crossover episode that appears in both podcast feeds this weekend.
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Movie Review: The Craft: Legacy
The Craft was a 90’s movie showing us the horror of what happens of teen girls misuse witchcraft. Since Hollywood has run out of ideas, someone found this and decided to remake it with new kids. The kids actually look like kids, (though admittedly it could be because I am an old man now.) I went in fairly blind, so there were at least one or two surprised directions things went in for me. Very little of the movie was original, but they were the expected twists from other types of movies rather than the standard “teen witches” twists. That is to say, it wasn’t that things were surprising, it was surprising they were being done in The Craft. Overall, what has Blumhouse conjured up?
1939 – “You Can’t Take It With You”
Frank Capra’s next win is also a strong film with a truly stellar cast.
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“Halloween is Canceled”
Okay, this short film by Andrew Kasch won’t appeal to everyone, but that’s the nature of horror movies:
October Countdown: Rosemary’s Baby
This 1968 film, based on the novel by Ira Levin (reviewed below), emerged from a particular place and time, but it retains its power and its influence on pop culture cannot be denied.
It’s not a horror movie in the conventional sense, but it certainly suits this season.
October Countdown: Color Out of Space (2019)
October has developed the name “Spooky Season” this year, but this movie, from a story who created an entire genre of horror goes beyond Spooky to horrifying.
A podcast was describing the acting of Nicholas Cage, and had mentioned this film. During a discussion with some friends, it was mentioned that Color Out of Space was a Lovecraft story, and that was enough to peak my interest, as Lovecraft is a well respected figure in the horror genre, and I enjoy Nicholas Cage’s antics. While I am not typically a horror movie fan, I wanted to give this one a shot, and as October is a month for it, we get a Bureau 42 review from it as well!