November 24, 2025 • 50 mins
On this week's episode:
Brendan Fraser announces return to the "Mummy" franchise, Pope Leo blesses cinema, all-you-can-eat movie theater challenge, Star Wars fans demand the return of Ben Solo, Toy Story 5 plot and details, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is the Hub on Hollywood and iHeartRadio podcast. I'm
your co host James.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Rojas, I'm Jamie Blanco.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
On this week's episode, Brendan Fraser making his big comeback
in a new Mummy sequel. It is true, it is happening,
and I'm excited. Speaking of coming back, Star Wars fans
are hoping to resurrect a fan favorite character, Ben Solo,
Ben say it ain't so Solo?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes, come back Solo.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
So Loo is cinema divine? Well is the Pope Catholic?
And saying goodbye to the Screen Actor Guild Awards, That
and much much more, including Toy Story five News and
a new class of leading men in Hollywood. But first, Jamie, Jamie,
you've heard of all you can eat restaurants.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Right, yeah, yeah, absolutely, But.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
What about an all you can eat movie theater.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Only have curly fries, I know.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Only that have curly fries, nuggets? I know, but in theory,
it would be much more to eat than the curly
fries and yeah, impossible nuggets though, maybe that's all you
eat during this Because there is a movie theater chain
in Michigan. It's called Imagine Cinemas, which is an all
inclusive movie theater and just for the the quote low
(01:22):
price of thirty two dollars, which really, think about it,
isn't that much. For a price of thirty two dollars,
you get a wristband and unlimited food and drink during
the movie's entire runtime, including credits, just throughout the bat
your what's your thought on that premise?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
How much can you actually eat during that time? What
is on the menu? Thirty two dollars? I mean that's
I mean, that's that's a fair price. I guess if
you're including all the food and drinks, we could really
run you up.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, I think about it. Think about an average restaurant outing,
say like for yourself or say someone else with you.
Then you know, maybe you're spending I don't know nowadays,
like twenty dollars a meal, twenty five bucks a meal
that's added with two people, fifty bucks add at tip,
drinks and stuff like that. So you know, this may
be cheaper than going to a restaurant nowadays. But yeah,
(02:16):
So this is this person TikTok, who goes by the
user name ugh Madison. She posted her experience and it
was titled seeing how long it Takes to get kicked
out of the only all you can eat movie theater
in America, and she picked Now she doesn't say, I'm
not sure if I saw which movie ticket she purchased
(02:37):
for this experience, but she has a full video and
list of what she ate during I'm assuming this, you know,
at least two hour runtime. She picked the movie with
the longest run time that day, and so during that
runtime she had large popcorn peanut butter, Eminem's funnel cake
(02:58):
donuts like those mini multiple mini donuts, Mozrella sticks, whatever
a Bosco stick is. I don't know what that is,
but a Bosco stick, five chicken wings, pasto bites, three
hot dogs, one a bitch she dipped into an icy
oh and washed it all down with a soda.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Okay, this sounds like a trip to the er. To
be honest, like this sounds like a stomach ache. Can
you like take things to go? Will they let you take?
Like pack things up? And I think yourself for the week.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I think in theory, like after the you know know,
you know, right when the movie run time or credits,
and like whatever you order before then, then you can
I'm assuming you can take home because because the idea
that the this how this how it should work. You
get popcorn or your hot dogs or whatever, and you
go inside the movie theater and you're watching the movie
while you're enjoying the snacks and the treats and everything.
(03:54):
And then if you want to go out, you know,
you go out there and get more. But yeah, you're
you're missing the movie. But what she did was she
stayed in the lobby, she stayed in the concessions area
the entire time, didn't even watch the movie, didn't Yeah,
she ditched the movie. And so for this challenge of
hers and so, but so, my thing is that she
took the full advantage of it, because unlike other people
(04:14):
who may use this, going through the movie theater and like, oh,
you know, it's getting to a good part, I don't
want to leave again more food, and so you are
missing out on the potential on the really unlimited amount
of food and treats and snacks you can enjoy. But
she said, you know what, I found a loophole. I'm
gonna just skip the movie.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Well that that doesn't seem like what most people would
use that for, you know what I mean. So, I mean,
here's my other question. Okay, they've given you this ticket,
it's unlimited food. Do you really have to go to
the lobby and get the food yourself? You can't like
order it on an app and they bring it to
you to your seat like they do it. Oh, what's
the place in Boston that just opened where they like
(04:54):
to kick people out?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Oh? Alma if you talk, yes.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Alimo Draft House?
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
So I mean, I mean, is it like the Alamo
Draft House where you know, you can order and people
will bring the food to your seat and you can
continue to watch the movie. Because what did they say?
They said all inclusive, right, So I would hope that
that would include the service, so you wouldn't actually have
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to miss the movie in order.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
To take advantage of brow the system. She cracked it.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
If you're gonna crack the system, if you're gonna pay
thirty two dollars for a movie and food, but you're
only gonna eat the food, I would prefer to spend
thirty two dollars on a nicer restaurant and get better
food than just like hot dogs and slushies and corn
dogs and whatever the heck else she ordered. I don't know.
I just wouldn't go with her strategy and if it's
(05:48):
all inclusive, I want like service, I want like actual service.
I also want four D I want moving seats, I
want you know, I want smoke machines. I want the
whole shebang. You knows, because if you think about it, Yeah,
but think about this, you're also in the movie theater,
in the in the lobby, and at this movie theater,
(06:09):
it's like the old school days.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
So it has like, it has arcade games, it has
a photo booth, it has fun things to do while
you're while you're you know, in theory, waiting for your
movie before or after and so like while in between
meals or while even eating meals, she's like enjoying the arcade,
the games, the fun, the photos, everything else, and so
you know, in that and including that all that jazz,
(06:33):
I think it sounds like a fun party.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
So no, so you would be pro this.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
You You also see if I was not eating primarily
plant based food and I was just letting the floodgates open,
I think I would give this a give this challenge
a shot, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Yeah, I would like to see more variety of theaters
in in New England and in Boston in particular, we
don't have a forty theater. We don't, you know, we
have y elemal Draft House. But I feel like there
are so many other unique experiences that we could have
that we need to attract here, because hello, we make
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some of the greatest Hollywood movies and television shows, like
we should have the best ways to enjoy it as well.
So if it works in the you said Minnesota was Michigan, Michigan,
then yeah, I'm pro bringing that policy here and seeing
if it works out. I can see how the theaters
would kind of win out on that because not everybody
(07:30):
buys snacks. Yeah, but if you charge everybody thirty two dollars,
now you're kind of like you're making up the gap
for the people who don't eat the snacks. So I
don't know, I think it's a good model for it.
I'm down, let's go. I'm not gonna eat myself to death.
But yeah, no, but.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
If you were to do this and eat yourself to death,
you would need the final rights given to you. And
that is a perfect transition to talk about Pope Leo.
He is blessing, He is giving the final rights, or
hopefully not the final rights, but a blessing, at least
to cinema in general. So Pope Leo he recently hosted
numerous Hollywood stars and filmmakers, including Kate Blanchette, Spike Lee,
(08:12):
Greta Gerwig, and he delivered a speech and a blessing
urging the film industry to create authentic art that explores
human emotions and promote hope. He said that despite declining audiences,
he's urging institutions to not give up on them again,
kind of saying, cinema in it of itself is a
divine gift from God and we must continue to provide
(08:34):
them for the masses.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Hope. Leo is one of us, one one of us.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Google gobble, Google gobble. Yeah so and a funny thing
and maybe coincidentally or ironically, Pope Leo the thirteenth he
was actually the first pope back in eighteen ninety six
to be captured on cinema film, and during that filming
of himself, he gave a papal blessing of cinema. So
(09:03):
he was the first pope to give his blessing, and
now all these years later we have Pope Leo the
fourteenth doing the same.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Do you think that maybe he's kind of like lobbying
to get himself cast in something.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
The next Marvel Avenger.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yes, like Captain Pope like or something.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I want to see a movie. I want to see
a movie of Pope Leo the thirteenth having to go
back in time to interact with Pope Leo the thirteenth
in order to like, I don't know, Prevnce, like future
Hitler or something. I think that's oh my god.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Yeah, I would watch that. I would watch. I also
really enjoyed some of the other things Pope Leo said.
You know, he was calling film a popular art of
the noblest sense, intended for accessible, intended and accessible to all.
And he said, when cinema is authentic, it does not console,
(10:01):
but it challenges. Right, it's that expression of the purest
humanity that gets shared with everyone. It's an equalizer. And
he just had so many beautiful things to say that
I think that we one agree with. And the next
time I'm in Rome, I think we should just invite
(10:24):
him out for a movie, because Pope Leo is one
of us, and uh we I appreciate that. I appreciate that.
So all right, thank you, thank you, pop Leo. Thanks
for the blessings. May there be many more productions made
here in New England.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Absolutely, and speaking about many more productions, the production of
the SAG Awards planning to continue into perpetuity, but the
name is changing next year, So the SAG Awards, the
Screen Actors Guild Awards is officially being renamed to the
Actors Awards so they can prioritize and make a clearer
(11:04):
recognition of the awards shows focus on actors. We're both
a part of the union. What are your thoughts on this?
I I really don't care, but.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
It was necessary.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
It doesn't affect me.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Well, you're you're part of the broadcasters side side of this.
The Actor's Award, I mean it sounds more dramatic. I
would love to hang up an Actor's award, you know,
for my acting in my bourgeois. I don't know what
a bourgeois is, but yes, I think it sounds a
(11:43):
little bit better than SAG. To be honest, you know,
I don't know that it's necessary to change the name.
The award will continue on the the awards will continue
to be given. I think that we have been talking
(12:06):
to local President Andrea Lyman. Uh, we're gonna be getting
her on the show in the next couple of weeks.
I'd love to pick her brain about the name change
and a lot of the other events that are on
the horizon for local SAG AFTRA actors and broadcasters. Uh So,
(12:27):
look forward to that interview coming up in the next
couple of weeks. But I think that there are a
lot of things to look forward to, not only the
SAG Awards, but hey, the Christmas party is coming up
and that's still called SAG SAG Christmas.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Is that like a local thing? Is that a invited
to a SAG Christmas Party?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Yeah, he didn't get the email affwarded.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
To Oh goodness, no one. No one invites me to
these things. That's sure they do. I just don't look
at or open the emails. That's on me, that's on you.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
But I don't care one way or the other about
the actual name of the awards. I do think it's
more dramatic and cool, and I am looking forward to
walking the local red carpet for the next SAG Awards
in twenty twenty six for the Actor's Awards, and maybe
we can report live from the red carpet that night.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Yeah, from here. Migilson you know who I think deserves
the Actor's Award for next year, possibly potentially is a
mister Brendan Fraser, because he is confirming that he is
returning for a new Mummy movie. You've heard it here,
The Mummy four. He said that. He says, quote, I've
been waiting twenty years for this call. It's time to
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give the fans what they want, and I can not
be more excited about this. Rachel Weiss is returning for
The Mummy. She was not in the last one, the
third one, but she says, I'm in, baby, Brendan's in.
I'm in, And so I'm excited for this because The
Mummy is one of my favorite movies of all time.
It is classic, it is timeless. It is a fun,
(14:06):
swash buckling adventure horror movie with comedic chops and hearts
of gold and tombs of gold and things that eat
your brain. It's all great. Nothing to not like about this,
all great.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Another one of those movies that I traumatized my children
with by showing it to them too early. My son,
my son was just telling me the other day that
he's like, oh, yeah, you showed that to me when
I was like four years old, and then every time
I was itchy, I thought I had like scare of
beetles under my skin, and I'm like, I'm sorry, I apologize,
(14:41):
but we really what We rewatched it together and they
had a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yeah, watching it.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
You know, he is ten now, he's okay, that's perfect time.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Yeah, I saw in theaters when it came out in
ninety nine, so I was nine years old when they
came out, So that's a perfect that's the perfect age
to rewatch it.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
And it is. It is such an amazing movie. It
is so much fun. I don't know if you've seen
those memes that it's like, you know, they're like, what's
your sexuality? It's like the entire cast of the Mummy,
you know, yes, you know such beautiful actors.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Pscrip.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
A lot of people discovered, yes they're they're bisexuality by
watching this movie. But James, did you know that this
movie almost didn't happen. It was in production for years,
It went through several different directors, uh several different iterations.
The studio wanted it to be a darker, more horror slant,
(15:40):
and it originally had a very low budget. But apparently
James apparently It was the movie Babe that changed the
course of the history of this movie. Because Babe was
such a failure, they the the studio just decided to
invest eighty million dollars into this project, into a new
(16:04):
script to create a new like fun adventure movie that
would recoup their losses.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Well, we have Babe to thank for this, and that
I say.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
It was one of those pig movies. It was one
of the pig movies. But so happy that we're getting
The Mummy four. I never saw The Mummy two or
The Mummy three, did you? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (16:30):
I saw two because the sequel. The sequel was approved
the day after the premiere of the first movie. That's
how big of an opening day the movie had. So
they filmed it like almost like almost immediately afterwards. So
I think The Mummy came out in two thousand or
two thousand and one, so like immediately afterwards, so the
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hype was still high, was still big. I saw it,
you know, I enjoyed it, you know, for what it is.
You know, it is still an adventure. Has a lot
of high points in that movie. The movie isn't isn't
nearly as good as the first one, but there are
a lot of great memorable sequences that I really appreciate.
I didn't see Part three in theaters because after Part two,
you know, I kind of lost lost his luster and
(17:12):
after the score being King with the Rocks. But I
did watch it eventually, like on a plane or something.
You know, it's not bad, it's it's it's it takes
a bold direction and it's the Yeah, the Mummy three,
The Dragon Warrior, and that takes place in China. And
a little fun fact I learned recently because Brendon Fraser
was talking about it, was that they changed up that
(17:33):
script and to incorporate China and like the Chinese history
or lore or mythos around dragons and all those mummies
and stuff, because I guess the company who produced it
they had just gotten in partnership with with China somehow
with like losing a deal going on, so they're like, oh,
let's just incorporate China in this movie. And that's why
(17:55):
that took place over there. But Brenda Fraser said number
Part three would have been completely different to what you know,
what it ended up being that script change, and so
I think hopefully his vision for part three will be
what Part four will become That is so exciting.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
I would really love to see more of the returning cast.
I would love to see Jonathan, who was played by
John Hannah Arnold Voslou obviously is Imhotep if they could
work him in somehow, I would just I would love
to see more of the returning cast, And just big
(18:35):
snaps to Brendan Fraser and his brendasance that we are
now in the middle of. I love all of the
love that he is getting, everything that he has been
A rental family just came out, which I believe is
in Oscar contention. Is that what I'm hearing about.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
I'm marrying good things about it. So maybe yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
So just very cited for Brendan Fraser and to see
this or could just be terrible.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Who knows, anything can be terrible, anything can be great,
and only time will tell. But speaking about what time
will tell is whether or not we will see a
return of mister Ben Solo in the Star Wars universe Jam.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Solo, Ben Solo, Ben Solo.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
We talked about this a while ago on a recent
episode about how there seems to be an apparent push
by fans that that are demanding the return of Ben
Solo even so much as saying that there needs to
be a Snyder cut version of Ben Solo returns. So
what is the latest development, because apparently this this is
(19:48):
gaining traction, gaining steam.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Yeah, so let me bring people up to speed. So
Adam Driver recently came out talking about a movie that
had been proposed, written, entirely written, and given the green
light at Disney all the way up until it got
to the top Brass and mister Bob Iger there rejected
(20:12):
it and gave it to the rejections. So the Hunt
for Ben Solo was this proposed Star Wars movie idea
developed by Adam Driver himself and Steven Sodenberg that would
have explored Ben Solo's story after the Rise of Skywalker.
It would have been Ben Solo finding himself again, right,
(20:34):
And I think that everybody everybody loved this idea. They
spent two million dollars developing the script, but it was
ultimately canceled. It was ultimately shot down at the very
end because they couldn't understand how he would still be
alive after the end of the Rise of Skywalker, which
(20:59):
literally the only explanation we got for the Rise of
the return of Palpatine was somehow Palpatine is back boom,
that's it, Like you don't look at what they've done
in their own universe that that is just not an
excuse to me.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
But anyway, so the way to bring him back, there
are a lot of.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Ways that they could have brought him back. The concept
of the world between worlds has been introduced and things
like that. But I feel like we have been robbed
royally of the beating heart of what would have made
the sequel trilogy successful had they stuck to the characters
(21:39):
and not given us whatever abomination it was that we got.
But that talking about swashbuckling, I mean that we got that,
just that briefest glimpse of the charisma and the charm
of what we could have gotten from a Ben's Solo
character who was truly the son of Hans Solo and
(22:00):
Princess Leah, who had both the power of the force
and just the cheeky scoundrelness of you know, his father.
I think that having this character find that again, rediscover
who he truly is, and and bring us back to
everything that we really love about Star Wars is a
(22:23):
story that is so worth telling. And I'm not alone
in this. Maybe you don't agree with me, James, but
there are so many people that are rallying around this news.
Now it's becoming sort of a mainstream movement where fans
are coming together. They're signing petitions, they're flying banners over
(22:44):
Disney headquarters, they're writing letters, they're you know, showing up
and protesting in costume buying buying billboards and things like this.
So there's definitely a passion there. There is definitely at
least support. And we'll see. We will see what will
come of that. If it will stir the cold dead
(23:07):
corporate hearts of the Disney executives into giving us something
you know, truly meaningful, we shall see. But James, because
you're not. You haven't been one hundred percent on board
with with this Ben Solo thing, Jamie feel like since the.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Beginning, Jamie, I will be on board if they hit
this movie, if they give the give it this following title.
You ready for us, How Solo got his groove back?
Oh my god, if they name it that they title it,
I'm going to be there opening nights. I will watch
that movie.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Okay, and then it's just like him, like what.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Plays like Jamaica or somewhere. I don't know where Stella
got her groove back, but they need to.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
And then it's just a romantic comedy.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Yeah, and then you can throw in raid. Is that
what you want?
Speaker 2 (24:02):
You know? They find each other on Moustafars like, hey,
you come here often?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Is it hot over here? It was just I know,
is it the magma? Is a hot magma over there?
That's burning my hair off? Yeah, So we'll see what
happens with this. I know it appears that that momentum
is growing. Whether that has any sway over it. I
know you mentioned off off Mic that Ryan Johnson's trilogy
(24:31):
has been axed, and so they're not green lighting a
lot of stuff right now. Yes, burn Bridges on Moustafar,
Lord my breath.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
They're just throwing people in the lava left and right.
But yeah, Ryan's Ryan Star Wars trilogy effectively dead. There's
not been an official announcement, but there has been no
movement in years, and no announcements of movement development, you know,
And that so it is effectively frozen in carbonite, shall
(25:04):
we say, right, waiting just waiting for for a princess
to break in and and thaw it out.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
I need a hero.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
The night.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
If they if they had used that song during the
last rise of Skywalker, where Ben Solo running to rain,
that would have made it a little bit better. Not
a good way. They would not have saved the movie,
but it would have made it look. Oh, that's funny,
and I would I liked that part. I would have
said that, Oh, my god.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Because he is a hero and because there is that
was just him being Ben Solo, and like he said that,
that swagger was there, he was running to save her.
They were together. They're this diad in the forest, right,
that must mean so much more. It could mean so
much more to explore that, rediscovering Ben's solo, reconnecting with
(25:58):
the diet in the forest, the two halves of one
soul that the opposites attracting.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
And swagger soul back.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
The swagger soul and bringing balance to the forest. And
there's just so much substance there. There's so much heart there,
There's so much to explore there. He is a hero
and I am holding out for him, so holding up
for he's got and he's gotta refreshed from the fight. God,
(26:31):
I need the lyrics, but so there we go. That's
where I stand on that.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Breath.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Where do you guys stand? I will I'm gonna, oh,
that might be a good strategy. Hey, uh freaking Bob Iger,
I'm gonna hold my breath until you green light the
hunt for Ben Solo, and I refuse to breathe until
you do. Okay, here we go right after the podcast.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
Okay, well, let's say. One thing we will not be
waiting along for is a new addition to the Toy
Story franchise. Toy Story five has been announced a long
time ago, but now a teaser has been released and
a vague plot unraveled. So did you watch this mini
teaser trailer?
Speaker 2 (27:16):
I did? And you know what, I feel like we
called the plot of this a while ago when we
were talking about like a potential other toy story, you know,
and what that story could possibly be about. I think
we called it.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Yeah, I think so too. So basically, this trailer shows
a package arriving for Bonnie, with all the toys being
nervous and anxious wondering what new toy is gonna be
coming out when it's revealed to be a lily Pad
like iPad knockoff thing for kids and it activates that
everybody shutters in fear. So basically, yeah, the new big
(27:54):
bad is gonna be technology, technology.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Toys coecuter because kids are not playing with their toys anymore.
This is a battle that I have every single day
with my kids, like, no, you can't have my phone.
Go play with that rainbow unicorn I bought you, Go
play with that Barbie house. Look at all the toys
in this house. We're drowning toys, like like, get out
the iPad outside, put down.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
So, other than the teaser kind of showing you know what,
the main conflict is gonna be. Tim Allen, the voice
of Buzz light Year, he was he's been doing the
rounds on interviews and whatnot, and he said that this
story is actually gonna be you know, in addition to technology,
it's a story about Jesse. I guess it's centered about
around her mostly or mainly. I'm assuming she may be
(28:43):
Bonnie's favorite toy to be playing with at the moment.
And then this new Lily Pat's tablet comes into the picture.
Tim Allen also said that there's gonna be one hundred
buzz light Years also in this movie. Apparently they they
are they're or like lost merchandise from a like a
(29:04):
truck falling, you know, either a truck crashing and all
these buzz lightyears get unloaded, or like I think it's
like a plane crash and then like the buzz light years,
so you know, they land on an island, and so
there's this side story of like a hundred buzzes on
an island.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
So okay, it's.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Gonna be interesting. What I'm curious about is how is
Woody back? Because wood in the previous movie he runs
off to live at the fair or something with bo Peep,
and he's back. He's just back, just just like Palpatine,
just like.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Them, just like Somehow Woody is back? I know. That's
what that made me jump. Also when I saw that,
I'm like, ah, hey, where did you leave? Bo Peep?
Was there a toy divorce? Like what happened? How is
he back? But you can't. You can't really have a
Toy Story movie without Woody, though, can you?
Speaker 1 (29:58):
You can't. Unfortunately, But the thing is, and I'll say
this until I'm blue in the face, is that they
should have stopped after three. They should have stopped that
Toy Story three perfect ending the wrapping up the entire
toy story arc, franchise and everything. They came out with four.
Yeah it was good, you know, but not as good
as three, not as good of an ending as three,
(30:20):
And now they came out with five. I heard somebody
online or read somebody online was saying that it would
have been better if they had stopped making the movies
at three and then just keep making like digital shorts
for like Disney plucks like yeah, like Little ten, fifteen,
maybe even thirty minute episodes of like oh, update of
where the toys are at now what they're doing, or
(30:41):
introduce new characters, introduce a whole batch of new like yeah,
toys that are on their own adventure or whatnot. And so,
I don't know it makes money exactly.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
They need to beat that toy horse until they get
all the money and all the treats out of it.
As long as they continue to tell relevant stories. They
are at least good at that at finding stories to
tell that are digestible, that you know, are entertaining, even
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if they're not as good as the you know, the
previous ones. I can definitely see relevance in this sort
of a plot. But yeah, we shall see. And my
kids are very excited, my son, especially because he just
loves seeing the progression of the animation, right.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
That's a big thing about it.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah, Yeah, from Toy Story One, the very first completely
digitally animated you know, movie animated movie, to you know,
the way everything looked then to the way everything looks now.
It's just been an amazing progression. You need to see
the history of the changes in animation and filmmaking. So
(31:59):
that's that's one thing that I think my kids, my
son will be looking forward to seeing too. How do
they get even more realistic than they already are?
Speaker 1 (32:09):
Well, let's see. Well, speaking of things that we are
looking forward to seeing, what we are seeing a lot
is a new class of Hollywood leading men. Jane Vanity Fair.
They came out with their their list of the top
leading men right now, and I can't help but notice
(32:29):
that there was at least one person who I think
is missing, a big person missing on this list. But
we don't have to go through, you know, in great detail,
but we'll go down the list of who they have
named as the actors who are leading Hollywood right now,
the men who are leading Hollywood. And let's start with
Jonathan Bailey. He was just recently voted the People's Sexiest
(32:53):
Man Alive, the first gay man to be named sexiest
man alive by People. He is in Wicked movie. He's
also in the latest Drastic World movie with Sarah with
Scarlett Johansson. So he is being called a triple threat
because not only can he sing, dance, but he can
also act and also look sexy while doing it. So Wilson,
(33:16):
there you go. Jonathan Bailey, who I'm not surprised is
on this list is Austin Butler. They're calling him the
method Man because apparently he goes method with his acting style.
Of course, he was in Elvis, He's in Dune. He's
in a bunch of a lot, a lot of a
lot of really good stuff right now. So Austin Butler
on the list of.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
Now tops on the list here is Glenn Powell, the Toms, Texas,
the Toast of Texas. He was recently here shooting ghost Writer,
directed by JJ Abrams and you may or may not
have gotten to see him while they were here filming,
(33:55):
uh recently. Without giving anything away, I would just say
my claim to fame this year, James, is that on
my birthday I got to see Glenn Powell, and that
we both used a flush at the same time, Like
he was in one stall, I was in the other.
(34:15):
And it's interesting experience same time as Glenn Powell.
Speaker 3 (34:18):
So you know, just whatever you can tell your grandchildren,
that you tell your grandchildren that story one day, all right,
Glen Glenn Powell, he was actually on SNL last week
and he killed it.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
He is hilarious, charismatic and that was a really really
good episode. A lot of great sketches with Glenn Powell.
Next on the list the Old Soul Michael B. Jordan
starring in one of my favorite movies, if not my
favorite movie of the year, Sinners. This guy is everywhere.
He's unstoppable. No surprise that he is on this list
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of leading men in Hollywood.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
Incredibly talented. So maybe we can run through a few
more of these, just so. We've got Calum Turner. Who
is he in lately?
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Callum Turner? He is in What Are You In? He's
a roguish brit with gray blue eyes. Let's see What
are You in? Eternity? He's in The Boys in the Boats,
He's in Fantastic Beasts, Masters of Air, He's in some stuff.
He's good for him. He's in some stuff. Also, we
(35:28):
have Harris Dickinson. Uh not related, I'm sure to mister
Charles Dickinson, but Harris Dickinson. He is in some things
including we did our research Beach Ress County Lines, Triangle
Sadness where the craw Dads sing, So good for him.
One person I am most excited to and happy to
(35:50):
report to be on this list is le Keith Stanfield.
He is. He was the one of the detectives in
Knives Out. He is fantastic in that movie. He's also
and sorry to bother you, Selma. He's in so many
great movies. He's a really big up and coming actor.
(36:10):
He started in Atlanta with Donald Glover. So, uh my,
my wife has a has a crush on this guy,
and I totally understand why.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
Nice So also on the list of Riz Ahmed, Andrew Garfield,
of course, Paul Most, Jeremy.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Jeremy Allen White, He's in everything right now as well,
He's in He's gonna be He is Bruce Springsteen currently
right now.
Speaker 2 (36:39):
Wonderful, Jeremy Allene That so James who is missing? Who
do you feel like is missing from this list?
Speaker 1 (36:50):
Where's ah? Where's my boy Timothy, Say, oh no, Tim,
where's tim Like where? Yeah? So, like he's like killing
it right now. So I don't know if he's on
this list. I don't know. I don't know if I
would bump anybody off this list to add Timo Tay.
But he needs to be on this.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
List, I believe. I agree. I think Timmy belongs on
this list. Pedro Pascal, but he's not. This is like
a new class. This is a new class. He's he's
the our zaddie right He's he's a little bit on
the older side. We've we've had Pedro for a while.
But no, I agree, Timiltay and anyone else up and
(37:31):
coming you think belongs on this list.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
But Aaron Taylor Johnson's pretty good. Aaron Taylor Johnson, Uh,
let's see. Yeah, Jacob BELORDI I mean he's not maybe
not prime right now, but he's up and coming. I
wouldn't be surprised if he's on like the list next
year or so. Tom Holland, Yeah, like, yeah, he's really good.
(37:54):
He's great in a lot of stuff. But for some reason,
maybe he's not a leading man anything else out of
Spider Man at the moment.
Speaker 2 (38:01):
I don't know, we'll see Tom Hollands, my boy, Zendaya's boy,
who is often spotted here in New England when they
are filming their various films here. So but James, so
many movies to look forward to with these gorgeous leading men.
(38:27):
That is wonderful. But what are we watching now? Because
there are there's one show in particular that you're watching
right now that you are very very excited about.
Speaker 1 (38:38):
Yeah, it's I am excited about. It's what is it?
You may say it Welcome to Darry, the Stephen King
adaptation or inspired series that is obviously a spinoff of
a prequel. You could say to it. The movie is
about the scary clown. It is fantastic. It's a really
(38:59):
really good series. I wasn't quite expecting to fall in
love with it so fast or so quickly, but it
is some of the best TV that is on HBO
Max right now. HBO Max is killing it with its
lineup of shows and original contents that I'm so happy
to have subscribed to it this year. But basically, this
takes place in nineteen sixty two. A couple and their
(39:21):
son moved to Derry, Maine just as a young boy
disappears when their arrival. With their arrival, rather very bad
things began to happen in town. This of course, stars
Bill Scarsguard returning and reprising his role as penny Wise.
And you have a whole new cast of young talents
making their appearances on the screen. And I don't know,
(39:44):
the graphics are great, the story is great, everything is gripping.
I'm on board. Fully, is this something that that piques
your interest?
Speaker 2 (39:53):
So I'm not normally a horror person, but I love
everything to do with Stephen king universe that he has
created around Dairy Maine, and most particularly because they shoot
a lot of his of his work here, because everything
is set in this region, which is really wonderful. And uh,
(40:17):
the stories are so creative, so spooky and dark and deep,
and they drag you in so easily, drag like literally in.
So I am actually looking forward to watching this, even
though I'm not typically your your regular horror person who
who loves that stuff? But what is it? What is
(40:40):
it in it? For any people who don't are not
as familiar with the world with his universe.
Speaker 1 (40:46):
The thing is, you don't really need to be familiar
with it to to jump in like you don't necessarily
have had to have seen it one or two or
even the one with Tim Curry back in the day
to get to fall into this world. One thing I
enjoy about this movie is that it's it's it's kind
of it's expanding the Stephen King universe, as in there
(41:07):
are references to like other Stephen King projects and so
in this world, like you know what they say, like
every Stephen King book is connected to each other in
a way, and in this show they have so many
references and like easter eggs to other works of of
of Stephen King, including the mention of Shawshank Prison, so
(41:28):
like Shawshank Redemption, there's multiple references to the prison. There's
direct connections to the shining. So if you are a
big fan of Stephen King of any of his work,
odds are you will find uh and love you know,
easter eggs or connections that they make in this show.
The child actors are phenomenal. There's a lot again they're
(41:48):
they're showing true terror in the in the face of
Penywise or his iterations that he makes himself into. So
it's it's well cast, it looks great. There's a little
complain about the last episode. I think last week's episode
with some CGI, but other than a little part of it,
the entire series looks amazing, like there's some really good
VFX going on as CGI going on in this series.
(42:12):
So I'm hooked and I can't wait to see where
where the characters go. Right now, it's about the midway
point of the season on HBO Max. So if you're
not on board, hop a board, because Dary is waiting
for you.
Speaker 2 (42:26):
Oh yeah, it's waiting to drag you in something else
that can drag people in James. So I've been a
little bit on the mend this week. I've kind of
just been on the couch recovering from something this week,
and you know, when you're not feeling that well, you
just got to go to those old favorites, those comfort
(42:48):
shows that you know will make you laugh every single time.
So I've been binging Parks and rec and thirty Rock
Nice and just laughing my ass off, really enjoying the writing,
the characters, all of the people that I love, and
I miss enjoying the jokes that definitely would not be
(43:09):
able to pass nowadays. You know, they were of their
time and not the kind of comedy that can be
made anymore, quite fans, some.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
Jokes haven't aged well as as I mentioned, because of
changing times, but man, given the contexts of the era
that it was made, it's it's hilarious.
Speaker 2 (43:31):
It's hilarious. So I've been really binging both Parks and
Rac and thirty Rock and really really enjoying it. But
you actually managed to get back out to the theater
and watch just one.
Speaker 1 (43:44):
But yes, Pedro, this one. Actually I watched it on
HBO Max again, HBO Max filling it with his lineup,
but this one was out in theaters, but now it's streaming,
so you can watch it on the on the comfort
of your couch. Materialists witch stars as you mentioned, Pedro, Pascal,
Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson. This isn't exactly a rom com,
it's it's a romantic What's what's a proper way to
(44:09):
describe this movie. It's a like, it's a it's a
serious at times movie but also funny at times movie
between this kind of semi like love triangle involving the
said three main actors and their characters. Basically, it's about
an ambitious, young New York City matchmaker, finding herself torn
(44:30):
between the perfect match and her imperfect acts. Watching the
trailer because my wife and I watched it. We're going
through like no movies, what to watch and what not
to watch, and we watched the trailer for this and
it looks so cliche, like one of those million movies
of like the woman who is the matchmaker, who is
a forever a single woman at weddings and stuff, who's
never meant to get married or would never find the
(44:52):
perfect person of her own, but then she stumbles into
the arms of a of a very rich, rugularly handsome man.
But then her ex comes around, and now there's this
love triangle of sorts. So that sounds so cliche. Many
movies have been made exactly like that. But this takes
this little you know, it has a little twists and
turns and whatnot. My wife and I really enjoyed this movie.
(45:16):
It's very shot, very well. There's so many moments during
this film where where we're talking about, man, that's a
really great camera pan or I'm really appreciating this long
shot where you just have these two characters or two
actors talking to each other for minutes and on a
one single shot and like, Okay, this is really really
good writing. Yeah, it is not like the movie, I
(45:40):
will say, has a very soft landing where it doesn't
end with like most other romantic movies, where like there's
a big conflict or a big misunderstanding or a big
thing that happens, and then at the very end there's
a climax and then you know, then you settle down.
I'll say, like near the midway point, it's just like
it's a slow de escalation or like a slow would decline.
(46:02):
I'm trying to, like, you know when an airplane is landing,
it's like that. It's like that, it's just like constantly
like slowly gradually slowing down, slowing down until it ends.
And that's like the only complaint I would have about
this movie is that there wasn't like a big kind
of like moments. It kind of ended like an a reel,
which maybe a credit to its writing, and maybe that's
(46:22):
what makes it good. People will like about it is
that there isn't a big flashy show of like spectacle
in this love triangle. It's just kind of like it
just kind of lands itself and you and you gently
get off the plane. That's how I can best describe
this movie. But you know, if you're if you were
looking for a fun movie where you see Pedro Pascal,
Chris Evans, and Dakota Johnson having a good time, I
(46:45):
recommend it.
Speaker 2 (46:46):
I see. I remember seeing the previews for this, this movie,
and I'm not really a big Dakota Johnson fan. Me neither, unfortunately,
I you know, And then I saw Chris Evans and
Pedro Pascal. I would rather see movie where it's a
love triangle between the three of them, and Chris Evans
and Pedro Pescal end up together.
Speaker 1 (47:07):
I'd be down for that.
Speaker 2 (47:08):
That's what I want to see. So if we could
just reshoot that.
Speaker 1 (47:12):
That was yeah, great. See I'm not a I don't
dislike Dakota Johnson, but I'm not a big fan of
her acting because a lot of her acting for me,
seems wooden. And yeah, I will say the first two
minutes of this movie, I was like, oh, I'm not
liking her acting. And again not that I should have
been surprised, but like, I'm not liking her acting because
(47:33):
it just sounds so wooden. It sounds like she's reading
a script and I'm like, okay, so this is hopefully
this doesn't last throughout the entire movie. But I was
telling my wife this morning because we often, like you know,
reminisce about the movie and talk about parts we liked
or didn't like or whatever, and I was saying, you
know what, I was concerned at first because it started
off kind of rough for Dakota. But I feel like
as the movie progresses and as filmmaking progressed, she gets
(47:55):
more comfortable with the character, more comfortable with the actors
around her, so her performance actually gets better as the
movie progresses. So that's a good thing to say about
the movie at least.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Okay, all right, if you're you're at home and you're
looking for something to in the rom come sort of genre,
do you recommend The Materialists.
Speaker 1 (48:24):
Yeah, I'd recommend it. It's good. It's good enough. That's
my review. It's good enough, it's good enough. It's got
Pedro again. Pedro, Pascal, Dakota Johnson, and Chris Evans really
do have really great scenes where they're just talking one
on one to each other or with each other, and
those are like very well written scenes. And so just
(48:44):
for that, because there are times where like after each
of those periods, after each of those moments or sequences,
my wife and I look at each other. I just
look at her like that's that was a really good scene.
So this movie does have really good performances, so I
will I will say that also, So if you're down
for that, if you like those three, yeah, it's it's
it's good.
Speaker 2 (49:04):
All right, we got it. You know what else is good?
The help on Hollywood. You know, if you want to
continue to hear our thoughts on the shows, the movies
that get made and hear about those the casting calls
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(49:25):
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Speaker 1 (49:33):
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(49:56):
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(50:18):
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Speaker 2 (50:20):
Woo hoo. And James, with that, I think that people
should tune in, subscribe and catch us next week.
Speaker 1 (50:31):
Absolutely, but until then, I'm.
Speaker 2 (50:33):
James, I'm Jamie. We'll see you. Let us know if
you find them.
Speaker 1 (50:39):
Solo, No, leave his, Leave him in his cold, shallow
grave where I'm back, all right,
This is the Hub on Hollywood and iHeartRadio podcast. I'm
your co host James.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Rojas, I'm Jamie Blanco.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
On this week's episode, Brendan Fraser making his big comeback
in a new Mummy sequel. It is true, it is happening,
and I'm excited. Speaking of coming back, Star Wars fans
are hoping to resurrect a fan favorite character, Ben Solo,
Ben say it ain't so Solo?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes, come back Solo.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
So Loo is cinema divine? Well is the Pope Catholic?
And saying goodbye to the Screen Actor Guild Awards, That
and much much more, including Toy Story five News and
a new class of leading men in Hollywood. But first, Jamie, Jamie,
you've heard of all you can eat restaurants.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Right, yeah, yeah, absolutely, But.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
What about an all you can eat movie theater.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Only have curly fries, I know.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Only that have curly fries, nuggets? I know, but in theory,
it would be much more to eat than the curly
fries and yeah, impossible nuggets though, maybe that's all you
eat during this Because there is a movie theater chain
in Michigan. It's called Imagine Cinemas, which is an all
inclusive movie theater and just for the the quote low
(01:22):
price of thirty two dollars, which really, think about it,
isn't that much. For a price of thirty two dollars,
you get a wristband and unlimited food and drink during
the movie's entire runtime, including credits, just throughout the bat
your what's your thought on that premise?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
How much can you actually eat during that time? What
is on the menu? Thirty two dollars? I mean that's
I mean, that's that's a fair price. I guess if
you're including all the food and drinks, we could really
run you up.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Yeah, I think about it. Think about an average restaurant outing,
say like for yourself or say someone else with you.
Then you know, maybe you're spending I don't know nowadays,
like twenty dollars a meal, twenty five bucks a meal
that's added with two people, fifty bucks add at tip,
drinks and stuff like that. So you know, this may
be cheaper than going to a restaurant nowadays. But yeah,
(02:16):
So this is this person TikTok, who goes by the
user name ugh Madison. She posted her experience and it
was titled seeing how long it Takes to get kicked
out of the only all you can eat movie theater
in America, and she picked Now she doesn't say, I'm
not sure if I saw which movie ticket she purchased
(02:37):
for this experience, but she has a full video and
list of what she ate during I'm assuming this, you know,
at least two hour runtime. She picked the movie with
the longest run time that day, and so during that
runtime she had large popcorn peanut butter, Eminem's funnel cake
(02:58):
donuts like those mini multiple mini donuts, Mozrella sticks, whatever
a Bosco stick is. I don't know what that is,
but a Bosco stick, five chicken wings, pasto bites, three
hot dogs, one a bitch she dipped into an icy
oh and washed it all down with a soda.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Okay, this sounds like a trip to the er. To
be honest, like this sounds like a stomach ache. Can
you like take things to go? Will they let you take?
Like pack things up? And I think yourself for the week.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I think in theory, like after the you know know,
you know, right when the movie run time or credits,
and like whatever you order before then, then you can
I'm assuming you can take home because because the idea
that the this how this how it should work. You
get popcorn or your hot dogs or whatever, and you
go inside the movie theater and you're watching the movie
while you're enjoying the snacks and the treats and everything.
(03:54):
And then if you want to go out, you know,
you go out there and get more. But yeah, you're
you're missing the movie. But what she did was she
stayed in the lobby, she stayed in the concessions area
the entire time, didn't even watch the movie, didn't Yeah,
she ditched the movie. And so for this challenge of
hers and so, but so, my thing is that she
took the full advantage of it, because unlike other people
(04:14):
who may use this, going through the movie theater and like, oh,
you know, it's getting to a good part, I don't
want to leave again more food, and so you are
missing out on the potential on the really unlimited amount
of food and treats and snacks you can enjoy. But
she said, you know what, I found a loophole. I'm
gonna just skip the movie.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Well that that doesn't seem like what most people would
use that for, you know what I mean. So, I mean,
here's my other question. Okay, they've given you this ticket,
it's unlimited food. Do you really have to go to
the lobby and get the food yourself? You can't like
order it on an app and they bring it to
you to your seat like they do it. Oh, what's
the place in Boston that just opened where they like
(04:54):
to kick people out?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Oh? Alma if you talk, yes.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Alimo Draft House?
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
So I mean, I mean, is it like the Alamo
Draft House where you know, you can order and people
will bring the food to your seat and you can
continue to watch the movie. Because what did they say?
They said all inclusive, right, So I would hope that
that would include the service, so you wouldn't actually have
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to miss the movie in order.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
To take advantage of brow the system. She cracked it.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
If you're gonna crack the system, if you're gonna pay
thirty two dollars for a movie and food, but you're
only gonna eat the food, I would prefer to spend
thirty two dollars on a nicer restaurant and get better
food than just like hot dogs and slushies and corn
dogs and whatever the heck else she ordered. I don't know.
I just wouldn't go with her strategy and if it's
(05:48):
all inclusive, I want like service, I want like actual service.
I also want four D I want moving seats, I
want you know, I want smoke machines. I want the
whole shebang. You knows, because if you think about it, Yeah,
but think about this, you're also in the movie theater,
in the in the lobby, and at this movie theater,
(06:09):
it's like the old school days.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
So it has like, it has arcade games, it has
a photo booth, it has fun things to do while
you're while you're you know, in theory, waiting for your
movie before or after and so like while in between
meals or while even eating meals, she's like enjoying the arcade,
the games, the fun, the photos, everything else, and so
you know, in that and including that all that jazz,
(06:33):
I think it sounds like a fun party.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
So no, so you would be pro this.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
You You also see if I was not eating primarily
plant based food and I was just letting the floodgates open,
I think I would give this a give this challenge
a shot, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Yeah, I would like to see more variety of theaters
in in New England and in Boston in particular, we
don't have a forty theater. We don't, you know, we
have y elemal Draft House. But I feel like there
are so many other unique experiences that we could have
that we need to attract here, because hello, we make
(07:09):
some of the greatest Hollywood movies and television shows, like
we should have the best ways to enjoy it as well.
So if it works in the you said Minnesota was Michigan, Michigan,
then yeah, I'm pro bringing that policy here and seeing
if it works out. I can see how the theaters
would kind of win out on that because not everybody
(07:30):
buys snacks. Yeah, but if you charge everybody thirty two dollars,
now you're kind of like you're making up the gap
for the people who don't eat the snacks. So I
don't know, I think it's a good model for it.
I'm down, let's go. I'm not gonna eat myself to death.
But yeah, no, but.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
If you were to do this and eat yourself to death,
you would need the final rights given to you. And
that is a perfect transition to talk about Pope Leo.
He is blessing, He is giving the final rights, or
hopefully not the final rights, but a blessing, at least
to cinema in general. So Pope Leo he recently hosted
numerous Hollywood stars and filmmakers, including Kate Blanchette, Spike Lee,
(08:12):
Greta Gerwig, and he delivered a speech and a blessing
urging the film industry to create authentic art that explores
human emotions and promote hope. He said that despite declining audiences,
he's urging institutions to not give up on them again,
kind of saying, cinema in it of itself is a
divine gift from God and we must continue to provide
(08:34):
them for the masses.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Hope. Leo is one of us, one one of us.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Google gobble, Google gobble. Yeah so and a funny thing
and maybe coincidentally or ironically, Pope Leo the thirteenth he
was actually the first pope back in eighteen ninety six
to be captured on cinema film, and during that filming
of himself, he gave a papal blessing of cinema. So
(09:03):
he was the first pope to give his blessing, and
now all these years later we have Pope Leo the
fourteenth doing the same.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Do you think that maybe he's kind of like lobbying
to get himself cast in something.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
The next Marvel Avenger.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yes, like Captain Pope like or something.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I want to see a movie. I want to see
a movie of Pope Leo the thirteenth having to go
back in time to interact with Pope Leo the thirteenth
in order to like, I don't know, Prevnce, like future
Hitler or something. I think that's oh my god.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Yeah, I would watch that. I would watch. I also
really enjoyed some of the other things Pope Leo said.
You know, he was calling film a popular art of
the noblest sense, intended for accessible, intended and accessible to all.
And he said, when cinema is authentic, it does not console,
(10:01):
but it challenges. Right, it's that expression of the purest
humanity that gets shared with everyone. It's an equalizer. And
he just had so many beautiful things to say that
I think that we one agree with. And the next
time I'm in Rome, I think we should just invite
(10:24):
him out for a movie, because Pope Leo is one
of us, and uh we I appreciate that. I appreciate that.
So all right, thank you, thank you, pop Leo. Thanks
for the blessings. May there be many more productions made
here in New England.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Absolutely, and speaking about many more productions, the production of
the SAG Awards planning to continue into perpetuity, but the
name is changing next year, So the SAG Awards, the
Screen Actors Guild Awards is officially being renamed to the
Actors Awards so they can prioritize and make a clearer
(11:04):
recognition of the awards shows focus on actors. We're both
a part of the union. What are your thoughts on this?
I I really don't care, but.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
It was necessary.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
It doesn't affect me.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Well, you're you're part of the broadcasters side side of this.
The Actor's Award, I mean it sounds more dramatic. I
would love to hang up an Actor's award, you know,
for my acting in my bourgeois. I don't know what
a bourgeois is, but yes, I think it sounds a
(11:43):
little bit better than SAG. To be honest, you know,
I don't know that it's necessary to change the name.
The award will continue on the the awards will continue
to be given. I think that we have been talking
(12:06):
to local President Andrea Lyman. Uh, we're gonna be getting
her on the show in the next couple of weeks.
I'd love to pick her brain about the name change
and a lot of the other events that are on
the horizon for local SAG AFTRA actors and broadcasters. Uh So,
(12:27):
look forward to that interview coming up in the next
couple of weeks. But I think that there are a
lot of things to look forward to, not only the
SAG Awards, but hey, the Christmas party is coming up
and that's still called SAG SAG Christmas.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Is that like a local thing? Is that a invited
to a SAG Christmas Party?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Yeah, he didn't get the email affwarded.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
To Oh goodness, no one. No one invites me to
these things. That's sure they do. I just don't look
at or open the emails. That's on me, that's on you.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
But I don't care one way or the other about
the actual name of the awards. I do think it's
more dramatic and cool, and I am looking forward to
walking the local red carpet for the next SAG Awards
in twenty twenty six for the Actor's Awards, and maybe
we can report live from the red carpet that night.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Yeah, from here. Migilson you know who I think deserves
the Actor's Award for next year, possibly potentially is a
mister Brendan Fraser, because he is confirming that he is
returning for a new Mummy movie. You've heard it here,
The Mummy four. He said that. He says, quote, I've
been waiting twenty years for this call. It's time to
(13:44):
give the fans what they want, and I can not
be more excited about this. Rachel Weiss is returning for
The Mummy. She was not in the last one, the
third one, but she says, I'm in, baby, Brendan's in.
I'm in, And so I'm excited for this because The
Mummy is one of my favorite movies of all time.
It is classic, it is timeless. It is a fun,
(14:06):
swash buckling adventure horror movie with comedic chops and hearts
of gold and tombs of gold and things that eat
your brain. It's all great. Nothing to not like about this,
all great.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Another one of those movies that I traumatized my children
with by showing it to them too early. My son,
my son was just telling me the other day that
he's like, oh, yeah, you showed that to me when
I was like four years old, and then every time
I was itchy, I thought I had like scare of
beetles under my skin, and I'm like, I'm sorry, I apologize,
(14:41):
but we really what We rewatched it together and they
had a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yeah, watching it.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
You know, he is ten now, he's okay, that's perfect time.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Yeah, I saw in theaters when it came out in
ninety nine, so I was nine years old when they
came out, So that's a perfect that's the perfect age
to rewatch it.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
And it is. It is such an amazing movie. It
is so much fun. I don't know if you've seen
those memes that it's like, you know, they're like, what's
your sexuality? It's like the entire cast of the Mummy,
you know, yes, you know such beautiful actors.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Pscrip.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
A lot of people discovered, yes they're they're bisexuality by
watching this movie. But James, did you know that this
movie almost didn't happen. It was in production for years,
It went through several different directors, uh several different iterations.
The studio wanted it to be a darker, more horror slant,
(15:40):
and it originally had a very low budget. But apparently
James apparently It was the movie Babe that changed the
course of the history of this movie. Because Babe was
such a failure, they the the studio just decided to
invest eighty million dollars into this project, into a new
(16:04):
script to create a new like fun adventure movie that
would recoup their losses.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Well, we have Babe to thank for this, and that
I say.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
It was one of those pig movies. It was one
of the pig movies. But so happy that we're getting
The Mummy four. I never saw The Mummy two or
The Mummy three, did you? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (16:30):
I saw two because the sequel. The sequel was approved
the day after the premiere of the first movie. That's
how big of an opening day the movie had. So
they filmed it like almost like almost immediately afterwards. So
I think The Mummy came out in two thousand or
two thousand and one, so like immediately afterwards, so the
(16:51):
hype was still high, was still big. I saw it,
you know, I enjoyed it, you know, for what it is.
You know, it is still an adventure. Has a lot
of high points in that movie. The movie isn't isn't
nearly as good as the first one, but there are
a lot of great memorable sequences that I really appreciate.
I didn't see Part three in theaters because after Part two,
you know, I kind of lost lost his luster and
(17:12):
after the score being King with the Rocks. But I
did watch it eventually, like on a plane or something.
You know, it's not bad, it's it's it's it takes
a bold direction and it's the Yeah, the Mummy three,
The Dragon Warrior, and that takes place in China. And
a little fun fact I learned recently because Brendon Fraser
was talking about it, was that they changed up that
(17:33):
script and to incorporate China and like the Chinese history
or lore or mythos around dragons and all those mummies
and stuff, because I guess the company who produced it
they had just gotten in partnership with with China somehow
with like losing a deal going on, so they're like, oh,
let's just incorporate China in this movie. And that's why
(17:55):
that took place over there. But Brenda Fraser said number
Part three would have been completely different to what you know,
what it ended up being that script change, and so
I think hopefully his vision for part three will be
what Part four will become That is so exciting.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
I would really love to see more of the returning cast.
I would love to see Jonathan, who was played by
John Hannah Arnold Voslou obviously is Imhotep if they could
work him in somehow, I would just I would love
to see more of the returning cast, And just big
(18:35):
snaps to Brendan Fraser and his brendasance that we are
now in the middle of. I love all of the
love that he is getting, everything that he has been
A rental family just came out, which I believe is
in Oscar contention. Is that what I'm hearing about.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
I'm marrying good things about it. So maybe yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
So just very cited for Brendan Fraser and to see
this or could just be terrible.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Who knows, anything can be terrible, anything can be great,
and only time will tell. But speaking about what time
will tell is whether or not we will see a
return of mister Ben Solo in the Star Wars universe Jam.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Solo, Ben Solo, Ben Solo.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
We talked about this a while ago on a recent
episode about how there seems to be an apparent push
by fans that that are demanding the return of Ben
Solo even so much as saying that there needs to
be a Snyder cut version of Ben Solo returns. So
what is the latest development, because apparently this this is
(19:48):
gaining traction, gaining steam.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Yeah, so let me bring people up to speed. So
Adam Driver recently came out talking about a movie that
had been proposed, written, entirely written, and given the green
light at Disney all the way up until it got
to the top Brass and mister Bob Iger there rejected
(20:12):
it and gave it to the rejections. So the Hunt
for Ben Solo was this proposed Star Wars movie idea
developed by Adam Driver himself and Steven Sodenberg that would
have explored Ben Solo's story after the Rise of Skywalker.
It would have been Ben Solo finding himself again, right,
(20:34):
And I think that everybody everybody loved this idea. They
spent two million dollars developing the script, but it was
ultimately canceled. It was ultimately shot down at the very
end because they couldn't understand how he would still be
alive after the end of the Rise of Skywalker, which
(20:59):
literally the only explanation we got for the Rise of
the return of Palpatine was somehow Palpatine is back boom,
that's it, Like you don't look at what they've done
in their own universe that that is just not an
excuse to me.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
But anyway, so the way to bring him back, there
are a lot of.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Ways that they could have brought him back. The concept
of the world between worlds has been introduced and things
like that. But I feel like we have been robbed
royally of the beating heart of what would have made
the sequel trilogy successful had they stuck to the characters
(21:39):
and not given us whatever abomination it was that we got.
But that talking about swashbuckling, I mean that we got that,
just that briefest glimpse of the charisma and the charm
of what we could have gotten from a Ben's Solo
character who was truly the son of Hans Solo and
(22:00):
Princess Leah, who had both the power of the force
and just the cheeky scoundrelness of you know, his father.
I think that having this character find that again, rediscover
who he truly is, and and bring us back to
everything that we really love about Star Wars is a
(22:23):
story that is so worth telling. And I'm not alone
in this. Maybe you don't agree with me, James, but
there are so many people that are rallying around this news.
Now it's becoming sort of a mainstream movement where fans
are coming together. They're signing petitions, they're flying banners over
(22:44):
Disney headquarters, they're writing letters, they're you know, showing up
and protesting in costume buying buying billboards and things like this.
So there's definitely a passion there. There is definitely at
least support. And we'll see. We will see what will
come of that. If it will stir the cold dead
(23:07):
corporate hearts of the Disney executives into giving us something
you know, truly meaningful, we shall see. But James, because
you're not. You haven't been one hundred percent on board
with with this Ben Solo thing, Jamie feel like since the.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Beginning, Jamie, I will be on board if they hit
this movie, if they give the give it this following title.
You ready for us, How Solo got his groove back?
Oh my god, if they name it that they title it,
I'm going to be there opening nights. I will watch
that movie.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Okay, and then it's just like him, like what.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Plays like Jamaica or somewhere. I don't know where Stella
got her groove back, but they need to.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
And then it's just a romantic comedy.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Yeah, and then you can throw in raid. Is that
what you want?
Speaker 2 (24:02):
You know? They find each other on Moustafars like, hey,
you come here often?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Is it hot over here? It was just I know,
is it the magma? Is a hot magma over there?
That's burning my hair off? Yeah, So we'll see what
happens with this. I know it appears that that momentum
is growing. Whether that has any sway over it. I
know you mentioned off off Mic that Ryan Johnson's trilogy
(24:31):
has been axed, and so they're not green lighting a
lot of stuff right now. Yes, burn Bridges on Moustafar,
Lord my breath.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
They're just throwing people in the lava left and right.
But yeah, Ryan's Ryan Star Wars trilogy effectively dead. There's
not been an official announcement, but there has been no
movement in years, and no announcements of movement development, you know,
And that so it is effectively frozen in carbonite, shall
(25:04):
we say, right, waiting just waiting for for a princess
to break in and and thaw it out.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
I need a hero.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
The night.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
If they if they had used that song during the
last rise of Skywalker, where Ben Solo running to rain,
that would have made it a little bit better. Not
a good way. They would not have saved the movie,
but it would have made it look. Oh, that's funny,
and I would I liked that part. I would have
said that, Oh, my god.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Because he is a hero and because there is that
was just him being Ben Solo, and like he said that,
that swagger was there, he was running to save her.
They were together. They're this diad in the forest, right,
that must mean so much more. It could mean so
much more to explore that, rediscovering Ben's solo, reconnecting with
(25:58):
the diet in the forest, the two halves of one
soul that the opposites attracting.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
And swagger soul back.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
The swagger soul and bringing balance to the forest. And
there's just so much substance there. There's so much heart there,
There's so much to explore there. He is a hero
and I am holding out for him, so holding up
for he's got and he's gotta refreshed from the fight. God,
(26:31):
I need the lyrics, but so there we go. That's
where I stand on that.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Breath.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Where do you guys stand? I will I'm gonna, oh,
that might be a good strategy. Hey, uh freaking Bob Iger,
I'm gonna hold my breath until you green light the
hunt for Ben Solo, and I refuse to breathe until
you do. Okay, here we go right after the podcast.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
Okay, well, let's say. One thing we will not be
waiting along for is a new addition to the Toy
Story franchise. Toy Story five has been announced a long
time ago, but now a teaser has been released and
a vague plot unraveled. So did you watch this mini
teaser trailer?
Speaker 2 (27:16):
I did? And you know what, I feel like we
called the plot of this a while ago when we
were talking about like a potential other toy story, you know,
and what that story could possibly be about. I think
we called it.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Yeah, I think so too. So basically, this trailer shows
a package arriving for Bonnie, with all the toys being
nervous and anxious wondering what new toy is gonna be
coming out when it's revealed to be a lily Pad
like iPad knockoff thing for kids and it activates that
everybody shutters in fear. So basically, yeah, the new big
(27:54):
bad is gonna be technology, technology.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Toys coecuter because kids are not playing with their toys anymore.
This is a battle that I have every single day
with my kids, like, no, you can't have my phone.
Go play with that rainbow unicorn I bought you, Go
play with that Barbie house. Look at all the toys
in this house. We're drowning toys, like like, get out
the iPad outside, put down.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
So, other than the teaser kind of showing you know what,
the main conflict is gonna be. Tim Allen, the voice
of Buzz light Year, he was he's been doing the
rounds on interviews and whatnot, and he said that this
story is actually gonna be you know, in addition to technology,
it's a story about Jesse. I guess it's centered about
around her mostly or mainly. I'm assuming she may be
(28:43):
Bonnie's favorite toy to be playing with at the moment.
And then this new Lily Pat's tablet comes into the picture.
Tim Allen also said that there's gonna be one hundred
buzz light Years also in this movie. Apparently they they
are they're or like lost merchandise from a like a
(29:04):
truck falling, you know, either a truck crashing and all
these buzz lightyears get unloaded, or like I think it's
like a plane crash and then like the buzz light years,
so you know, they land on an island, and so
there's this side story of like a hundred buzzes on
an island.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
So okay, it's.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Gonna be interesting. What I'm curious about is how is
Woody back? Because wood in the previous movie he runs
off to live at the fair or something with bo Peep,
and he's back. He's just back, just just like Palpatine,
just like.
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Them, just like Somehow Woody is back? I know. That's
what that made me jump. Also when I saw that,
I'm like, ah, hey, where did you leave? Bo Peep?
Was there a toy divorce? Like what happened? How is
he back? But you can't. You can't really have a
Toy Story movie without Woody, though, can you?
Speaker 1 (29:58):
You can't. Unfortunately, But the thing is, and I'll say
this until I'm blue in the face, is that they
should have stopped after three. They should have stopped that
Toy Story three perfect ending the wrapping up the entire
toy story arc, franchise and everything. They came out with four.
Yeah it was good, you know, but not as good
as three, not as good of an ending as three,
(30:20):
And now they came out with five. I heard somebody
online or read somebody online was saying that it would
have been better if they had stopped making the movies
at three and then just keep making like digital shorts
for like Disney plucks like yeah, like Little ten, fifteen,
maybe even thirty minute episodes of like oh, update of
where the toys are at now what they're doing, or
(30:41):
introduce new characters, introduce a whole batch of new like yeah,
toys that are on their own adventure or whatnot. And so,
I don't know it makes money exactly.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
They need to beat that toy horse until they get
all the money and all the treats out of it.
As long as they continue to tell relevant stories. They
are at least good at that at finding stories to
tell that are digestible, that you know, are entertaining, even
(31:12):
if they're not as good as the you know, the
previous ones. I can definitely see relevance in this sort
of a plot. But yeah, we shall see. And my
kids are very excited, my son, especially because he just
loves seeing the progression of the animation, right.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
That's a big thing about it.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah, Yeah, from Toy Story One, the very first completely
digitally animated you know, movie animated movie, to you know,
the way everything looked then to the way everything looks now.
It's just been an amazing progression. You need to see
the history of the changes in animation and filmmaking. So
(31:59):
that's that's one thing that I think my kids, my
son will be looking forward to seeing too. How do
they get even more realistic than they already are?
Speaker 1 (32:09):
Well, let's see. Well, speaking of things that we are
looking forward to seeing, what we are seeing a lot
is a new class of Hollywood leading men. Jane Vanity Fair.
They came out with their their list of the top
leading men right now, and I can't help but notice
(32:29):
that there was at least one person who I think
is missing, a big person missing on this list. But
we don't have to go through, you know, in great detail,
but we'll go down the list of who they have
named as the actors who are leading Hollywood right now,
the men who are leading Hollywood. And let's start with
Jonathan Bailey. He was just recently voted the People's Sexiest
(32:53):
Man Alive, the first gay man to be named sexiest
man alive by People. He is in Wicked movie. He's
also in the latest Drastic World movie with Sarah with
Scarlett Johansson. So he is being called a triple threat
because not only can he sing, dance, but he can
also act and also look sexy while doing it. So Wilson,
(33:16):
there you go. Jonathan Bailey, who I'm not surprised is
on this list is Austin Butler. They're calling him the
method Man because apparently he goes method with his acting style.
Of course, he was in Elvis, He's in Dune. He's
in a bunch of a lot, a lot of a
lot of really good stuff right now. So Austin Butler
on the list of.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
Now tops on the list here is Glenn Powell, the Toms, Texas,
the Toast of Texas. He was recently here shooting ghost Writer,
directed by JJ Abrams and you may or may not
have gotten to see him while they were here filming,
(33:55):
uh recently. Without giving anything away, I would just say
my claim to fame this year, James, is that on
my birthday I got to see Glenn Powell, and that
we both used a flush at the same time, Like
he was in one stall, I was in the other.
(34:15):
And it's interesting experience same time as Glenn Powell.
Speaker 3 (34:18):
So you know, just whatever you can tell your grandchildren,
that you tell your grandchildren that story one day, all right,
Glen Glenn Powell, he was actually on SNL last week
and he killed it.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
He is hilarious, charismatic and that was a really really
good episode. A lot of great sketches with Glenn Powell.
Next on the list the Old Soul Michael B. Jordan
starring in one of my favorite movies, if not my
favorite movie of the year, Sinners. This guy is everywhere.
He's unstoppable. No surprise that he is on this list
(34:53):
of leading men in Hollywood.
Speaker 2 (34:56):
Incredibly talented. So maybe we can run through a few
more of these, just so. We've got Calum Turner. Who
is he in lately?
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Callum Turner? He is in What Are You In? He's
a roguish brit with gray blue eyes. Let's see What
are You in? Eternity? He's in The Boys in the Boats,
He's in Fantastic Beasts, Masters of Air, He's in some stuff.
He's good for him. He's in some stuff. Also, we
(35:28):
have Harris Dickinson. Uh not related, I'm sure to mister
Charles Dickinson, but Harris Dickinson. He is in some things
including we did our research Beach Ress County Lines, Triangle
Sadness where the craw Dads sing, So good for him.
One person I am most excited to and happy to
(35:50):
report to be on this list is le Keith Stanfield.
He is. He was the one of the detectives in
Knives Out. He is fantastic in that movie. He's also
and sorry to bother you, Selma. He's in so many
great movies. He's a really big up and coming actor.
(36:10):
He started in Atlanta with Donald Glover. So, uh my,
my wife has a has a crush on this guy,
and I totally understand why.
Speaker 2 (36:21):
Nice So also on the list of Riz Ahmed, Andrew Garfield,
of course, Paul Most, Jeremy.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Jeremy Allen White, He's in everything right now as well,
He's in He's gonna be He is Bruce Springsteen currently
right now.
Speaker 2 (36:39):
Wonderful, Jeremy Allene That so James who is missing? Who
do you feel like is missing from this list?
Speaker 1 (36:50):
Where's ah? Where's my boy Timothy, Say, oh no, Tim,
where's tim Like where? Yeah? So, like he's like killing
it right now. So I don't know if he's on
this list. I don't know. I don't know if I
would bump anybody off this list to add Timo Tay.
But he needs to be on this.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
List, I believe. I agree. I think Timmy belongs on
this list. Pedro Pascal, but he's not. This is like
a new class. This is a new class. He's he's
the our zaddie right He's he's a little bit on
the older side. We've we've had Pedro for a while.
But no, I agree, Timiltay and anyone else up and
(37:31):
coming you think belongs on this list.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
But Aaron Taylor Johnson's pretty good. Aaron Taylor Johnson, Uh,
let's see. Yeah, Jacob BELORDI I mean he's not maybe
not prime right now, but he's up and coming. I
wouldn't be surprised if he's on like the list next
year or so. Tom Holland, Yeah, like, yeah, he's really good.
(37:54):
He's great in a lot of stuff. But for some reason,
maybe he's not a leading man anything else out of
Spider Man at the moment.
Speaker 2 (38:01):
I don't know, we'll see Tom Hollands, my boy, Zendaya's boy,
who is often spotted here in New England when they
are filming their various films here. So but James, so
many movies to look forward to with these gorgeous leading men.
(38:27):
That is wonderful. But what are we watching now? Because
there are there's one show in particular that you're watching
right now that you are very very excited about.
Speaker 1 (38:38):
Yeah, it's I am excited about. It's what is it?
You may say it Welcome to Darry, the Stephen King
adaptation or inspired series that is obviously a spinoff of
a prequel. You could say to it. The movie is
about the scary clown. It is fantastic. It's a really
(38:59):
really good series. I wasn't quite expecting to fall in
love with it so fast or so quickly, but it
is some of the best TV that is on HBO
Max right now. HBO Max is killing it with its
lineup of shows and original contents that I'm so happy
to have subscribed to it this year. But basically, this
takes place in nineteen sixty two. A couple and their
(39:21):
son moved to Derry, Maine just as a young boy
disappears when their arrival. With their arrival, rather very bad
things began to happen in town. This of course, stars
Bill Scarsguard returning and reprising his role as penny Wise.
And you have a whole new cast of young talents
making their appearances on the screen. And I don't know,
(39:44):
the graphics are great, the story is great, everything is gripping.
I'm on board. Fully, is this something that that piques
your interest?
Speaker 2 (39:53):
So I'm not normally a horror person, but I love
everything to do with Stephen king universe that he has
created around Dairy Maine, and most particularly because they shoot
a lot of his of his work here, because everything
is set in this region, which is really wonderful. And uh,
(40:17):
the stories are so creative, so spooky and dark and deep,
and they drag you in so easily, drag like literally in.
So I am actually looking forward to watching this, even
though I'm not typically your your regular horror person who
who loves that stuff? But what is it? What is
(40:40):
it in it? For any people who don't are not
as familiar with the world with his universe.
Speaker 1 (40:46):
The thing is, you don't really need to be familiar
with it to to jump in like you don't necessarily
have had to have seen it one or two or
even the one with Tim Curry back in the day
to get to fall into this world. One thing I
enjoy about this movie is that it's it's it's kind
of it's expanding the Stephen King universe, as in there
(41:07):
are references to like other Stephen King projects and so
in this world, like you know what they say, like
every Stephen King book is connected to each other in
a way, and in this show they have so many
references and like easter eggs to other works of of
of Stephen King, including the mention of Shawshank Prison, so
(41:28):
like Shawshank Redemption, there's multiple references to the prison. There's
direct connections to the shining. So if you are a
big fan of Stephen King of any of his work,
odds are you will find uh and love you know,
easter eggs or connections that they make in this show.
The child actors are phenomenal. There's a lot again they're
(41:48):
they're showing true terror in the in the face of
Penywise or his iterations that he makes himself into. So
it's it's well cast, it looks great. There's a little
complain about the last episode. I think last week's episode
with some CGI, but other than a little part of it,
the entire series looks amazing, like there's some really good
VFX going on as CGI going on in this series.
(42:12):
So I'm hooked and I can't wait to see where
where the characters go. Right now, it's about the midway
point of the season on HBO Max. So if you're
not on board, hop a board, because Dary is waiting
for you.
Speaker 2 (42:26):
Oh yeah, it's waiting to drag you in something else
that can drag people in James. So I've been a
little bit on the mend this week. I've kind of
just been on the couch recovering from something this week,
and you know, when you're not feeling that well, you
just got to go to those old favorites, those comfort
(42:48):
shows that you know will make you laugh every single time.
So I've been binging Parks and rec and thirty Rock
Nice and just laughing my ass off, really enjoying the writing,
the characters, all of the people that I love, and
I miss enjoying the jokes that definitely would not be
(43:09):
able to pass nowadays. You know, they were of their
time and not the kind of comedy that can be
made anymore, quite fans, some.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
Jokes haven't aged well as as I mentioned, because of
changing times, but man, given the contexts of the era
that it was made, it's it's hilarious.
Speaker 2 (43:31):
It's hilarious. So I've been really binging both Parks and
Rac and thirty Rock and really really enjoying it. But
you actually managed to get back out to the theater
and watch just one.
Speaker 1 (43:44):
But yes, Pedro, this one. Actually I watched it on
HBO Max again, HBO Max filling it with his lineup,
but this one was out in theaters, but now it's streaming,
so you can watch it on the on the comfort
of your couch. Materialists witch stars as you mentioned, Pedro, Pascal,
Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson. This isn't exactly a rom com,
it's it's a romantic What's what's a proper way to
(44:09):
describe this movie. It's a like, it's a it's a
serious at times movie but also funny at times movie
between this kind of semi like love triangle involving the
said three main actors and their characters. Basically, it's about
an ambitious, young New York City matchmaker, finding herself torn
(44:30):
between the perfect match and her imperfect acts. Watching the
trailer because my wife and I watched it. We're going
through like no movies, what to watch and what not
to watch, and we watched the trailer for this and
it looks so cliche, like one of those million movies
of like the woman who is the matchmaker, who is
a forever a single woman at weddings and stuff, who's
never meant to get married or would never find the
(44:52):
perfect person of her own, but then she stumbles into
the arms of a of a very rich, rugularly handsome man.
But then her ex comes around, and now there's this
love triangle of sorts. So that sounds so cliche. Many
movies have been made exactly like that. But this takes
this little you know, it has a little twists and
turns and whatnot. My wife and I really enjoyed this movie.
(45:16):
It's very shot, very well. There's so many moments during
this film where where we're talking about, man, that's a
really great camera pan or I'm really appreciating this long
shot where you just have these two characters or two
actors talking to each other for minutes and on a
one single shot and like, Okay, this is really really
good writing. Yeah, it is not like the movie, I
(45:40):
will say, has a very soft landing where it doesn't
end with like most other romantic movies, where like there's
a big conflict or a big misunderstanding or a big
thing that happens, and then at the very end there's
a climax and then you know, then you settle down.
I'll say, like near the midway point, it's just like
it's a slow de escalation or like a slow would decline.
(46:02):
I'm trying to, like, you know when an airplane is landing,
it's like that. It's like that, it's just like constantly
like slowly gradually slowing down, slowing down until it ends.
And that's like the only complaint I would have about
this movie is that there wasn't like a big kind
of like moments. It kind of ended like an a reel,
which maybe a credit to its writing, and maybe that's
(46:22):
what makes it good. People will like about it is
that there isn't a big flashy show of like spectacle
in this love triangle. It's just kind of like it
just kind of lands itself and you and you gently
get off the plane. That's how I can best describe
this movie. But you know, if you're if you were
looking for a fun movie where you see Pedro Pascal,
Chris Evans, and Dakota Johnson having a good time, I
(46:45):
recommend it.
Speaker 2 (46:46):
I see. I remember seeing the previews for this, this movie,
and I'm not really a big Dakota Johnson fan. Me neither, unfortunately,
I you know, And then I saw Chris Evans and
Pedro Pascal. I would rather see movie where it's a
love triangle between the three of them, and Chris Evans
and Pedro Pescal end up together.
Speaker 1 (47:07):
I'd be down for that.
Speaker 2 (47:08):
That's what I want to see. So if we could
just reshoot that.
Speaker 1 (47:12):
That was yeah, great. See I'm not a I don't
dislike Dakota Johnson, but I'm not a big fan of
her acting because a lot of her acting for me,
seems wooden. And yeah, I will say the first two
minutes of this movie, I was like, oh, I'm not
liking her acting. And again not that I should have
been surprised, but like, I'm not liking her acting because
(47:33):
it just sounds so wooden. It sounds like she's reading
a script and I'm like, okay, so this is hopefully
this doesn't last throughout the entire movie. But I was
telling my wife this morning because we often, like you know,
reminisce about the movie and talk about parts we liked
or didn't like or whatever, and I was saying, you
know what, I was concerned at first because it started
off kind of rough for Dakota. But I feel like
as the movie progresses and as filmmaking progressed, she gets
(47:55):
more comfortable with the character, more comfortable with the actors
around her, so her performance actually gets better as the
movie progresses. So that's a good thing to say about
the movie at least.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
Okay, all right, if you're you're at home and you're
looking for something to in the rom come sort of genre,
do you recommend The Materialists.
Speaker 1 (48:24):
Yeah, I'd recommend it. It's good. It's good enough. That's
my review. It's good enough, it's good enough. It's got
Pedro again. Pedro, Pascal, Dakota Johnson, and Chris Evans really
do have really great scenes where they're just talking one
on one to each other or with each other, and
those are like very well written scenes. And so just
(48:44):
for that, because there are times where like after each
of those periods, after each of those moments or sequences,
my wife and I look at each other. I just
look at her like that's that was a really good scene.
So this movie does have really good performances, so I
will I will say that also, So if you're down
for that, if you like those three, yeah, it's it's
it's good.
Speaker 2 (49:04):
All right, we got it. You know what else is good?
The help on Hollywood. You know, if you want to
continue to hear our thoughts on the shows, the movies
that get made and hear about those the casting calls
and the things that get made here in New England
and our local leading men and things like that, make
(49:25):
sure to like, subscribe, follow, share the whole shebang, James.
Where can people find us?
Speaker 1 (49:33):
People can find us wherever they listen to podcasts, So
I heart Radio, Spotify, Apple podcasts, anywhere and everywhere you
can stream. We are likely there. We're also on YouTube,
so be sure to check out our YouTube page and like,
subscribe comments, join the conversation, and especially tell your friends
who are in New England who would like the opportunity
(49:56):
to act or to be a part of the filmmaking experience,
because no only do we talk about film and movies
and reviews and whatnot. We also share local listings local
casting opportunities for you, so whether you had the acting
bug or your friend or family member does, send them
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can keep up to date with the latest casting news
(50:18):
in New England.
Speaker 2 (50:20):
Woo hoo. And James, with that, I think that people
should tune in, subscribe and catch us next week.
Speaker 1 (50:31):
Absolutely, but until then, I'm.
Speaker 2 (50:33):
James, I'm Jamie. We'll see you. Let us know if
you find them.
Speaker 1 (50:39):
Solo, No, leave his, Leave him in his cold, shallow
grave where I'm back, all right,
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