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2020-11-21 • Saturday Matinée
Wonder Woman’s debuting on HBO Max and in theaters on Christmas day. Tenet’s getting its digital release. Netflix is grabbing everyone. And when will all of these streaming services figure out how to create a customer-friendly interface? Plus trailers, the Holi-date elimination challenge, and our battle of lists about leaders butting heads!
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2020-11-21 • Saturday Matinée
Wonder Woman’s debuting on HBO Max and in theaters on Christmas day. Tenet’s getting its digital release. Netflix is grabbing everyone. And when will all of these streaming services figure out how to create a customer-friendly interface? Plus trailers, the Holi-date elimination challenge, and our battle of lists about leaders butting heads!
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2020-11-07 • Saturday Matinée
Sean Connery has passed. Plus, that time he laid down the law with Disney execs. Clive Barker is on for HBO. Maya Hawke in romantic comedy looking to get busy with George Harrison.
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2020-10-31 • Saturday Matinée
Ted Lasso gets an early season 3 renewal. Commentary incoming on HBO, tv+, and Jon Stewart. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Trickiness. Plus, trailers and a list of movies that’ll have you holding your breath, and Tommy and Mandy Review Marvel!
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2020-10-24 • Saturday Matinée
Quibi’s finally dying and it turns out they’re also scabs. Ted Lasso wins over everyone’s hearts. Cinemark’s theatre rentals. And Fast & Furious turns it up to 11. Trailers, a Presidential bracket, plus, we do the list – movies featuring actors that are slumming it. Check it!
Listen Now2020-08-22 • Saturday Matinée
The Flash movie has some casting news. Discovery shines through Trek chaos. A Blazing Saddles thing. Netflix is testing the shuffle. Plus three solid trailers, a brief aside on Quibi, recasting The Princess Bride, and a list of movies of unusual mayhem.
Listen Now2020-08-15 • Saturday Matinée
Pete watches TV. Steve takes umbrage. “Jason and Friends” recalls the halcyon days of murder and cartoons. Physical media is still dying… but it’s not dead yet. Steven’s director’s chair. AMC is back with the cheap seats … for a day. Plus three solid trailers (!), Flickchart re-ranking, and a list of protagonist turncoats!
Listen Now2020-08-08 • Saturday Matinée
Pixar’s got a new thing with ‘Luca’. ‘Mulan’ drops to D+ next month. Wait, didn’t they say they weren’t going to make more Star Wars films? Oh, right. Netflix does Walmart. Plus, the gang recasts ‘Clue’, trailers, and a list of movies about Christmas crime!
Listen Now2020-08-01 • Saturday Matinée
What happened to Will Smith? Universal, AMC Agree to 17 day theatrical window. Dave Franco set to star as Vanilla Ice in new biopic. Quibi is going to win an Emmy! Plus a list of movies celebrating non-numbered sequels and our ever-persistent IMDB Game: FRIDAY EDITION!
Listen Now2020-07-25 • Saturday Matinée
Emmy Nomination Predictions. Bill & Ted Face The Music hits on Sept 1st. Box office reopens in China. Plus three new trailers and a list of movies that all take place in one day!
Listen Now2020-07-18 • Saturday Matinée
Star Wars: The Bad Batch animated series coming to Disney+ in 2021. Hayden Christensen has signed on for KENOBI. Stallone says ‘Rocky IV’ Director’s Cut coming. D.A.R.Y.L. is getting a TV comedy spin-off? Highlander reboot in development, confirms John Wick director. Jon Hamm is the new FLETCH. Plus a list of movies about big biz failures and the IMDB game!
Listen Now2020-07-11 • Saturday Matinée
Quibi attachment rates are out. Splash Mountain’s going to have the Song of the South elements removed, instead adding the Princess & the Frog! Will Smith’s Slavery Movie ‘Emancipation’ Sells to Apple for $120 Million. Tom Hanksibodies. ABC to reboot The Wonder Years, this time with a black family. We should probably talk about the Halloween Kills teaser.
Listen Now2020-07-04 • Saturday Matinée
It’s Hamilton weekend. Unsubscribed: The Zero-Dollar Budget Box-Office Winner. In The Rumor-mill: will 7–9 be removed from canon? Sorkin’s new Netflix thing on the Chicago Seven. Walmart Going Drive-in! Carl Reiner. (1967 Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour bit) Listen: A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra).
Listen Now2020-06-27 • Saturday Matinée
The Floor Is Lava is here. Happy birthday, Rob. Cinemark has a poison squad. The Peacock offers a Brave New World. Miranda gives to Fs for the kids. Did we mention, he’s Batman? Plus, a list of spouses with a hidden past and a check-in on delightful titling in the Marvel Movie Minute!
Listen Now2020-06-20 • Saturday Matinée
Edgar Wright to direct THE CHAIN. Oscars So Delayed…oh, and also they still haven’t figured out race. The boys do a healthy bit of chat about the latest movie activity at home while we continue to dream of theaters, plus a list of movies celebrating the everyman spy!
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