Tommy Metz III
Pandemic. Politics. WAP. Just when we thought we were out of anxieties to unpack, 2020 happened.
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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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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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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!
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“The Trial of the Chicago 7” examines Vietnam War protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the trial to prosecute leaders of the different organizations that protested. The film conveys many stark statements of injustice about law enforcement and the harmful political posturing of other people in power. This content is in Sorkin’s wheelhouse so The Film Board can’t wait to view and discuss it at such a pivotal time.
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Trailer Rewind is back with a new season and new voices. Steve talks with The Film Board’s Tommy Handsome about the 2019 film Villains, a film from a 2016 Blacklist script, and featuring a cast of familiar faces.
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Fargo is back … Tommy loves it. Pete pleas for Kyle to try The Boys. Trailer Rewind is back this week! Some emergency COVID recasting on The Witcher… and everywhere else, presumably. Plus three trailers, a Tournament… of TERROR! and a list of great movies shot in limited locations!
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Ray’s Reel Review digs into early in-theater experiences for our roving reporter. Jack Reacher is finally getting cast appropriately and coming to TV. Who asked for the Robocop prequel, though? The pandemic movies are coming — Liman to helm pandemic-based heist movie. McG has a harder cut of Terminator Salvation if anyone is interested. New Alien film confirmed by Ridley Scott… if it makes you happy, Ridley. Plus, a discussion on the Academy’s new rules on diversity and inclusion in the best picture category.
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Over the past month, we’ve begun to see some new releases open in limited theater capacities while others continue to be held back because of a world that can’t currently create a literal “blockbuster.” Different titles are popping up in different places and different ways and this month we decided to tackle a new release on Netflix, Charlie Kaufman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.” As with most Kaufman works, it weaves an impressionistic puzzle that benefits from deep conversation and multiple viewings. Multiple other shows from The Next Reel’s family of podcasts have taken swipes at spoiling Kaufman, but this is the first turn for The Film Board.
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Quibi Corner! Quibi goes drive-in for ‘The Stranger’ in Los Angeles. Plus, Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson are all in for a Quibi Cartoon! ‘The New Mutants’ is both the set-up and punchline as Disney forces reviewers to see it in theaters, and the reviewers strike back. John Belushi biopic teases Adam Pally in title role. The Colors of Motion shows dominant colors of film as art prints. Plus a three great trailers and a list of films showcasing saturated (as in color) production design!
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