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Another episode featuring the mighty Steve McQueen, this time doing a chapter-based serial! In our 1st episode we cover 3 of 5 stories told, 2 of which are based on historical figures in England's recent history of racial conflict. Have at it!!
Sometimes the real life drama can boil over & you need to ease the tension in your mind. Sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much. So... watching nazis get shot might turn your day around!!
How 'bout it?!
LINKS: 3 Degrees of Anton Yelchin (has Fright Night link), Star Trek Beyond (has Cloverfield Paradox link), Blade, Shadow of the Vampire, Hateful 8 (has other Tarantino links), Alita: Battle Angel, Ocean's 11 (has Fight Club link where other Pitt movies are linked), Capt America Civil War, X-Men Days of Future Past (has 1st Class link where other Fassbender links are), Mr. Nobody.
IMDB ratings: 70/59/83. Maybe should be 78/64/86.
Photo credit: Chicago Sun Times article.
Matt watched this the day we lost Chadwick Boseman. There was no way it'd feel good to put it out that weekend, but a postive part of grief paying tribute to those we lose. Technically part of (& the fulcrum of) the "We Need To Talk" series, it tells a superhero story while scrutinizing the ongoing story of relationships among races and nations. We think it's actually a good gateway to talking about such things with family & friends, which is why we recommend everyone watch it (again) to maybe gain some empathy toward what others go through.
Note: The score DID win an Oscar, as did Costume & Design; Kendrick Lamar was nominated.
Here is the crucial part of Chadwick's Howard speech. This might be the most inspiring 14 minutes you'll hear this year...
Links: Boseman: 42 (also has 12 yrs a Slave for Lupita Nyong'o), Message From The King (also Capt Amer Civil War). Michael B Jordan: Creed. Angela Bassett: Boyz in the Hood (Malcolm X link on that post). Daniel Kaluuya: Widows. Andy Serkis: LOTR 1/2/3, Planet o' Apes trilogy Forest Whittaker: Phone Booth, Street Kings, Good Morning Vietnam.
Once again we tumble scattered cinema into the dryer & see what shrinks. Focused on some stars you may see on the big screen this month, we pulled from some recent movies that perhaps didn't get ALL the attention they deserved.
Note: Matt was on the nose for Rotten Tomatoes critic score for Bother, but even the critics hated Fresno. (shrug)
Bite-sized glimpses of flicks in theaters at the moment as Matt maximizes his A-List membership. Trying this on as a once-in-a-while departure, so let us know what you think!!
Notes: Just under $6 million of the total earnings for Wandering Earth was U.S. ticket sales, not $2 million. It still deserves more of our money...
As a modern comparison of current film budgets - Creed II, a boxing movie, spent the same amount of money as Hellboy.
GUEST HOST: GODFREY!!!
a 2nd serving of service to Stan, we talk aboot the sequel to 1st Class by Matthew Vaughn (link for that HERE). Starting with The Wolverine last month, we have 1 more entree coming up. Come back to us for a strong finish. Though you do have to clean your plate before we offer dessert...
Links: Kick Ass link in 1st Class episode above - also links for Flatliners, Fassbender, & Fury Road (Hoult). John Ottman links are on the page for episode 247 HERE, though we forgot to link 8-Legged Freaks.
Artwork: Rich Davies. Some other sweet art at
http://cromeyellow.com/x-men-days-of-future-past-by-the-poster-posse/
More TV.
How much more? III !!!
NOTES:
Here is an interesting essay about Taiwan.
GUEST HOST: GODFREY!!!
Hotel Rwanda
Maybe the most serious we've allowed ourselves to get, as this movie is based on actual events. Though not an easy watch, it is of great importance that people know this story as a part of the larger chapter in our history where so many were murdered & no one came to their aid. Chock full of strong performers, this is somewhat relevant to Black Panther in ways we did not anticipate.
We also give a brief response to Black Panther in this episode. Go See It!!
LINKS Cheadle as Captain Planet, also pt II, pt III, & pt IV (which we didn't even know about!!!). The Slap Trailer. Also, here is a Slap spoof Trailer. Matt could not find the Hotel Rwanda Featurettes on YouTube.
Finally, the boxing episode you've all been waiting for! 3 variants on the sport of punch. We even mixed in some stuff about living legends of boxing & how their representation stands up to some scrutiny.
Links: Here's the '74 Foreman Fight Highlights. Here is Top 10 Ali Knockouts. Here is the Costner Speech.
Notes: Most important: there are at least 7 statues of Harriet Tubman, some that have only appeared in the last decade. Funny that Matt is so keen to mention his forgetting character names, as he used the name Carter instead of Porter for Payback. Whoooopsy! He also forgot to mention the strength of the Creed soundtrack that features Nas, 2Pac, The Roots, Future.
Featured Art: Roby Amor - find more of his pop art works here http://robyamor.deviantart.com/art/The-Last-of-the-Mohicans-447170104
Allllrighty Then!! What started as an episode about escape became rather important (and long as this is only 1 of 3!). It can be hard for stories about American history to avoid feeling like a lecture. Few of them clock in at less than 3 hours, either. Last of the Mohicans is significant for so many reasons, the easiest of which is that it is entertaining. It also has many layers woven within it that do not feel as outwardly powerful as they in fact are. Learning a thing or two and walking away without hating an entire group is not always an easy task. This movie can make you think without a need to make you angry.
What else can be said? Tune in to find out. Then come back to us in 2 weeks to find out what else goes alongside this story with our conclusion to "Last of the _____" group.
Here is the article on the Pipeline: Good News.
LINKS: Bishop of Battle, Manhunter, LOTR pt I, pt II, pt III.
Trevor Jones: Richard III, Dark City, Dark Crystal, Cliffhanger, Excalibur.
Randy Edelman: Kindergarten Cop, Twins, Osmosis Jones.
Shows discussed: Orange is the new Black, Daredevil, Luke Cage, The Get Down, Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, The Blacklist, Bojack Horseman, Bob's Burgers, The Ranch, Fargo, Dusk til Dawn, Ash vs Evil Dead, Preacher pilot, Lethal Weapon, West World, .
Morevel!! MorX-Men!!
Apocalypse thoughts. Matt had fun and liked Oscar Isaac's performance better than the trailers. Characters were under-used; if we look at ladies, Civil War did it better. His take was that Marvel lapped itself in the month of May, but really they lapped Fox.
Here are some links randomly found when looking for the Thomas & Friends theme: Thomas 1. Thomas 2.
Okay, maybe that was a little wordy (and creepy)... it's just that we're REALLY excited to finally be doing this episode! We're soundtrack/score fanatics and it's easy to get carried away.
Just listen & you'll see. We're wild for the tunes.
P.S. While there were many to choose from, we ended up going with our good friend Rick James. Don't worry Kiss OR Cee-Lo, we haven't forgotten you both. Also, in our defense: Curtis Mayfield is just so damn awesome, we forgot that Kung-Fu was on Sweet Exorcist, and not Super Fly
. Our bad.
