The Saturday Matinée
2021-08-28 • Saturday Matinée
James Bond. Ted Lasso. And a journey through vacationing for white people that somehow leads us to Arrakis? That’s the SatMat for you.
August 28, 2021
James Bond. Ted Lasso. And a journey through vacationing for white people that somehow leads us to Arrakis? That’s the SatMat for you.
White Lotus? Schmigadoon? What if? Grab your juice boxes because Saturday Matinée is back with a torturous trivia game and a list of movies celebrating the great mall hang-out. Join Mandy, Tommy, and Andy for this week’s festivities!
Tommy joins JJ and Steve in a discussion of The Endless, the story of two brothers that have escaped from a weird death cult. Is it a cult, or just a commune of people that like being off the grid? Is this a horror film or a sci-fi film? Can it be both?
We dish on Mare of Easttown, Dream House, Charles Dickens adaptations, The Underground Railroad, and troubled productions. Plus, surprise games master Andy Nelson joins to play his favorite game with us in reverse. We’ve got three great trailers and a lis
Does the decision to move out of haunted houses and instead focus on a possessed person help or hurt this film? Does Michael Chaves ably take over from James Wan? And just how much do we love Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren? Join us in the boardroom to get in on the conversation!
JJ and Steve are joined by Tommy to make sense of the puzzle that is The Goldfinch. It’s not that the story is complex or difficult to decipher. It’s not that there’s a mystery to solve. It’s just that it is very challenging to describe why this film does
QUIBI CORNER. Besides Pete, who’s asking for more Jack Reacher? Leverage is coming back, briefly, without Timothy Hutton. There’s a deleted scene from Mitchell’s vs. The Machines that is as great as the movie. Editing is hard. Is it too soon for a Ted Las
Can Joe Wright do the thriller genre? Why does this film not feel like it’s delivering on any front? Does Amy Adams at least carry the film well? Tune in to get the answers to these questions and more
We’re watching some stuff, and we talk about it. But mostly we talk about the Oscars as the Soderbergh hang time and what it would have been like had they actually included … you know… clips. We’ve got trailers we’re all moderately excited about, a ga
How does this film connect to writer/director Joe Penna’s first film ‘Arctic’? How well does the morality play of the story work for us? And how great is this cast of four – Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shamier Anderson – in this tightly written, isolated space drama? Tune in to find out!