Tag: film

Little Women (2019) – Popcorn Not Included

January 8, 2020

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On this episode we’re discussing… a book? Kinda sorta. It’s the latest adaptation of the literary classic Little Women. And while it’s a mostly straightforward story, this adaptation is a little more complicated than we expected.

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Little Women

Directed by: Greta Gerwig
Produced by: Amy Pascal, Denise Di Novi, Robin Swicord
Screenplay by: Greta Gerwig
Based on: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Edited by: Nick Houy
Cinematography: Yorick Le Saux
Music by: Alexandre Desplat
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing

Favorite Movies of the Decade (2010-2019): Top 10s – Popcorn Not Included

January 1, 2020

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It’s our longest episode yet as Matt, Maggie, and special guest Melissa each run down their Top 10 Movies of the Decade. Happy New Year and New Decade everyone!

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Favorite Movies of the Decade (2010-2019): Honorable Mentions – Popcorn Not Included

December 30, 2019

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You know how we normally talk about one movie per episode? Well this time we talked about 38.

We discuss our favorite movies of the decade with our friend Melissa. We went so long that we cut the episode in two. In this part, we run down movies that didn’t quite make the cut. We’ll be back next with our top 10 lists.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Popcorn Not Included

December 24, 2019

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Surprise, surprise! We’re actually covering Star Wars on this show. The “Skywalker Saga” is “finally” “complete”. We give our thoughts on the new movie, the new trilogy, and our wishes/speculation for the future of the franchise.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Directed by: J. J. Abrams
Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams, Michelle Rejwan
Written by: J. J. Abrams and Chris Terrio
Edited by: Maryann Brandon and Stefan Grube
Cinematography: Dan Mindel
Music by: John Williams
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Billy Dee Williams
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Popcorn Not Included

November 26, 2019

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Pull up a chair as we celebrate our first Tomhanksgiving on the podcast with our review of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Matthew Rhys plays a cynical journalist whose life is changed after he meets children’s television show host Fred Rogers played by Tom Hanks.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Directed by: Marielle Heller
Produced by: Youree Henley, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Leah Holzer
Written by: Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster
Based on: “Can You Say… Hero?” by Tom Junod
Edited by: Anne McCabe
Cinematography: Jody Lee Lipes
Music by: Nate Heller
Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Popcorn Not Included

October 31, 2019

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We finish off the Harry Potter film series. In our longest episode to date we talk about the ending, the series as a whole, and rank the films.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Directed by: David Yates
Produced by: David Heyman, David Barron, J. K. Rowling
Written by: Steve Kloves
Cinematography: Eduardo Serra
Edited by: Mark Day
Music by: Alexandre Desplat
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendon Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Rhys Ifans, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Macdonald, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis
Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie – Popcorn Not Included

October 14, 2019

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There’s new Breaking Bad… sort of. We discuss the new movie that serves as an epilogue to the series.

If you haven’t heard, we did a Breaking Bad episode previously.

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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Directed by: Vince Gilligan
Produced by: Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Charles Newirth, Vince Gilligan, Aaron Paul
Written by: Vince Gilligan
Cinematography: Marshall Adams
Edited by: Skip Macdonald
Music by: Dave Porter
Starring: Aaron Paul
Production company: Sony Pictures Television

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 – Popcorn Not Included

October 1, 2019

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We’re almost through with our Harry Potter series. Join us as we discuss the penultimate film and Matt makes some terrible predictions about the ending.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

Directed by: David Yates
Produced by: David Heyman, David Barron, J. K. Rowling
Written by: Steve Kloves
Cinematography: Eduardo Serra
Edited by: Mark Day
Music by: Alexandre Desplat
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendon Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Rhys Ifans, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis
Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures

Ad Astra – Popcorn Not Included

September 23, 2019

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Here’s what we thought of Brad Pitt’s journey to the stars. I still can’t believe this wasn’t based on a novel.

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Ad Astra

Directed by: James Gray
Produced by: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Rodrigo Teixeira, Arnon Milchan
Written by: James Gray, Ethan Gross
Edited by: John Axelrad, Lee Haugen
Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema
Music by: Max Richter
Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – Popcorn Not Included

September 9, 2019

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It’s the beginning of the end as we discuss possibly the most funny and most tragic of the Harry Potter series.

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Directed by: David Yates
Produced by: David Heyman, David Barron
Written by: Steve Kloves
Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
Edited by: Mark Day
Music by: Nicholas Hooper
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters
Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures