January 12, 2025 • 47 mins
On this week's episode:
Los Angeles wildfires claim the homes of many actors and celebrities. How you can help people affected by the fires. Non-spoiler reviews of "Anora" and "Mufasa," Winter Film Festivals in New England, and movie trivia!
New England's film industry is booming with multiple projects constantly under production. Projects include commercials, television shows and full-length feature films. Jamie and James are hosts of The Hub on Hollywood, an iHeartRadio podcast.
The Hub on Hollywood discusses New England's growing film industry, as well as entertainment news and reviews. SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TikTok! Listen to new episodes of The Hub on Hollywood podcast on the iHeartRadio app!
Los Angeles wildfires claim the homes of many actors and celebrities. How you can help people affected by the fires. Non-spoiler reviews of "Anora" and "Mufasa," Winter Film Festivals in New England, and movie trivia!
New England's film industry is booming with multiple projects constantly under production. Projects include commercials, television shows and full-length feature films. Jamie and James are hosts of The Hub on Hollywood, an iHeartRadio podcast.
The Hub on Hollywood discusses New England's growing film industry, as well as entertainment news and reviews. SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TikTok! Listen to new episodes of The Hub on Hollywood podcast on the iHeartRadio app!
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Listen the Hub on Hollywood and I Heart Radio podcast.
I am your co host, James Rojas.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I'm the other co host, Jamie Blanco.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
And on this week's episode, Jamie and I are reviewing
two movies, one that is a must have watch and
another that is extremely difficult to watch physically from what
I'm told. That along with some local film festival news.
But first, Jamie, we have to talk about what's going
on in California, the tragedy that's continuing to unfold in
(00:41):
Los Angeles as several wildfires have destroyed entire neighborhoods, neighborhoods
that are very known to be very affluent and to
be home to many celebrities, movie stars and everyone in
that kind of in that lane. So I'm from Los Angeles,
I'm from the Los Angeles southern California area, and so
(01:02):
we are no strangers to wildfires, and I've covered as
a reporter many wildfires. However, what I'm looking at, like
the video and the reports that we're that we're seeing
coming out from there, this is uncomparable. It's it's insane,
how bad, how large, and how devastating these wildfires are. Specifically,
(01:25):
you know where they are hitting and impacting people, Jamie,
what are your initial thoughts on hearing You know, we'll
talk about the celebrity impact in a minute or two,
but just in general, like ten thousand properties damaged or lost,
at least eleven dead, countless more evacuated. It's insane.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
You never think that you're going to see Los Angeles
burning to the ground, for as big as it is
and as densely populated as it is, and in particular
these neighborhoods where you know, this is the beautiful, the
what do they say, the famous and the fabulous, you
(02:05):
know that live out there, and that's sort of the
the most beautiful part right of living out there, just
burning to the ground. And I think, what blows my
mind the most, James, are these winds no pun intended. Yeah,
you are from Los Angeles, like you said, what the
(02:25):
heck is up with these Santa Ana winds? And it
just for compared to right now there's a gentle, nice,
gentle snow outside. You know, on this side of the
country it's snow and ice. The other side of the
country it is just fire. I think that people maybe
here in the New England area don't understand the winds
that are fueling those because I don't think it's something
(02:47):
that happens here.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, a lot of people are you know, who are
not who are not familiar with wildfires or how wildfires
behave are very surprised with how caught off guard so
many people and this part of La La County were,
And people don't know or realize that wildfires can travel
extremely fast, covering the span of an entire football field
(03:11):
in seconds. Like imagine that an entire football field in seconds,
and a big part of that is being fueled by
the Santa Ana wins there. They're very well known in
the area. They're infamous. Sometimes. You know, it's not uncommon
to feel forty fifty mile per hour winds in the
(03:32):
canyons where these winds, you know, kind of like they're
kind of funneled in this in this kind of cannoness
area of Los Angeles, and people know that when the
winds are very strong, like it's not uncommon to see
semi truck trailers tipped over on the side of the
of the freeway because the winds just blow them over.
That's how strong they can be. In this scenario, California
(03:53):
got hid with a double whammy. One, of course, the
wildfires erupted somehow, some people are looking into investigating whether
it's arson. And then also on top of that, you
have one hundred ninety mile per hour winds blowing constantly
at a consistent rate for hours. And then you have
so you have the fire, you have the winds, you
have all this dry brush and these dry conditions because
(04:16):
of the ongoing drought. It's a perfect storm. It's a
perfect firestorm for this kind of scenario. And it's one
of those you know, it's not an unkept quote like
an unkept secret. Everybody in that area knows that if
the conditions are right, their homes can be lost. And unfortunately,
all the conditions came together at one point and started this.
(04:39):
And so right now, as I mentioned, we have so
many evacuations under effect, millions of people displaced, We have
people or on alert, you know, being told that they
can be evacuated soon. Ten thousand structures damaged, at least
eleven dead. And of course, you know this is the
area where a lot of celebrities live, uh, you know,
(05:03):
the Palisades Malibu up in Pasadena burbank area. And so
we are getting a list of celebrities who have not
only been evacuated, but they've lost their homes entirely. Among
them include Mandy Moore, Miles Teller of of Top Gun,
Maverick Milo, Vin, Tim Miglia, Ventimiglia. He's with He's on
(05:26):
the show This is This is Us. Also Billy Crystal,
Billy Crystal, this one actually you know Billy Crystal. Everyone
loves him. And one thing that he talked about him
and his wife released the statements saying that you know,
all the memories that are gone, and I can only
imagine somebody like Billy Crystal who has maybe letters or
pictures from celebrity friends people who passed away. One that
(05:50):
sticks to my mind is Robin Williams. Imagine the memorabilia
or memories of say Robin Williams that are now gone,
or any anybody else you know, a list Hollywood actor
who may not be with us anymore, and and all
those priceless pieces of of you know, material going up
(06:10):
in flames. It's incredible, the.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
History, the treasures that are being lost, not to mention
the lives. I feel really badly too for for those
people with with young families. Paris Hilton lost her home.
She just had a baby. Well they just welcomed their
their their latest baby via surrogate. So yes, Paris Hilton
(06:35):
lost their home. You sent me an image of my
man of of my you know, hero Harrison Ford being
forced to leave his home, sitting in a squad car
and being forced to evacuate. I'm not sure if his
if his home was destroyed. But it doesn't matter if
you are a celebrity or you know, or what. You're
(06:58):
a human being who's losing their home, losing all of
their memories, losing all of their documents. You know, it's
just brutal. So the Hollywood Hills right on fire. And
it's not only impacting people's lives obviously, but Hollywood in
(07:18):
general and the awards show season.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Right yeah, so right now we are being told that
the Oscars nominations list that is being postponed. The AFI
Awards that has been scheduled had been scheduled for Friday,
but now has been postponed. The Critics' Choice Award Awards
(07:43):
were scheduled for Sunday, those have been postponed until February
twenty sixth. The Producers Guild Awards, they announced their delay
of their nominations announcement from Friday to Sunday. OSCAR nominations,
as I said, have been delayed two days to January nineteen,
and so yeah, they've extended their voting period as well,
(08:04):
so awards season. And again at the end of the day,
this is the least, you know, concern the right should
not be, you know, cried about or worried about over
as those lives lost, the firefighters who are there on
the front lines, interviewing people, showing people the destruction. One
thing that again in a shout out to local news
(08:28):
as a reporter myself and somebody who's covered wildfires in California,
it's amazing because unlike many other states, California it's reporters
are allowed to go into evacuation zones. So wherever firefighters are,
wherever police are, you could be right up behind a
firefighter as long as you know you're in a safe distance,
you can be right there up on the flames, reporting
(08:50):
because California law allows you to do that. And one
thing that you know, I haven't heard many people complain
about media being there because you often here people being
happy to be able to get a live picture of
what's going on. In their neighborhood, and times where I've
covered stories in California, I'd get tweets, people would tweet messages,
(09:11):
Hey can you go to this address and see if
this home is still standing? And so kudos to the fire,
to the news reporters, the anchors who've been working in
incredibly dangerous conditions to tell the story, to report what's
going on, to keep people up to date with evacuation
notices and alerts. So it's a very tough situation for
(09:33):
everybody right now.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
So kudos to them, kudos to them, like you said,
but also shame on some other people. There have been
notices going out, in particular for those some of those
in the film community who are trying to take this
emergency as an opportunity to go into areas that they're
(09:56):
not allowed to be in, to get the shot, to
the money shot, and to work on maybe creating a documentary.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Yeah, so somebody, So it's so it's the picture the
picture you sent. I'm assuming that somebody who works in
the industry, and I guess they're talking about seeing a
notice about like work wanted to go into areas to
shoot film or the fires or the destruction is that right.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Right, right exactly, and then what the people in the
industry on this industry page were warning was that this
is not a good idea. That unless you have authorization
like you are a first responder or you are a reporter,
you are not allowed in those areas, and that the
consequences are very severe. You face imprisonment, You risk putting
(10:49):
other people's lives in danger and your life in danger.
So the message kind of just going out there, don't
just don't just don't. This is not the time to
you know, to get that the shot for your next
award winning documentary. It's a state of emergency and people's
(11:10):
lives are really at risk. So just be aware that
if that's the route you're going to go, you know,
you could face prison for that.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Yeah, don't do that. But what you can do is
donate to help. And there are different organizations, including the
Red Cross, where you can donate if you want to
help out those affected. Again, it's not just celebrities or
you know, quote rich people that have been affected, even
though they have been but there are people who've lived
in those areas for years or decades, and you know,
they're just like quote normal people like you. And myself
(11:42):
and living in these homes. Again, not all these are mansions.
Some of them are just regular like too, yeah, bedroom
homes that they've lived in or their family have lived
in for years and they've been affected as well. And
so oh yeah, I guess what's his name? The guy
who plays Dwight Shrewd in the office. Wilson, Raine Wilson
lost his He lost his home. Who else? Mel Gibson
(12:06):
lost his home? So those just a couple of celebrities
U popped in my head. But again, if you want
to donate to help the American Red Cross, United Way
of Greater Los Angeles, Emergency Network Los Angeles, also the
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, California Community Foundation, California Fire Foundation.
You can support the LA Fire Department by donating, donating
(12:29):
to the LAFD Foundation, a lot of great places including
animal rescue organizations, and lastly, big shout out to Jamie
Lee Curtis. She was among those who were evacuated due
to the Palisades Fire. She and her family are pledging
a million dollars to start a fund of support for
(12:50):
those affected by the fires. She announced it on Instagram
on Thursday, saying that that, you know, she was on
the Tonight Show. She was on the Tonight Show with
Jimmy Fallon, and she was saying, right after that, you
know that pre you know, scheduled interview, she would be
flying back to California, and and she was saying, just
talking about the importance of needing to be ready helping
(13:10):
those who are in need of help. So kudos to
Jamie Lee Curtis forgetting the word out. The Recording Academy
also pledging a million dollars to help musicians whose homes
whose lives been affected by the fires. So good stuff
all around in that regard. But yeah, our thoughts are
with those in California. In Los Angeles, I have several
(13:31):
friends who've been evacuated. I know some colleagues in LA
who've also lost their homes. So we're thinking of you
and wishing you the best. But no easy way to
transition out. We got to transition out and you know,
bringing the Hollywood, the celebrity, the the filmmaking angle back
(13:53):
to the East coast, back to Massachusetts. We have several
film festivals taking place this winter that you need to
be aware of.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
I think, yes, exactly, it's we're in the cold months.
As I mentioned a little bit earlier, it's snowing outside.
We just had a whole week of really high winds
as well, but bitter, bitter cold temperatures, you know, negative
degree wind chills for about a week straight. You might
(14:24):
need to get out of the house, James. You might
need to warm your heart a little bit with with
some with some films, with some art, reconnect with other
human beings. And if you love movies like we love movies,
there are a number of festivals, as you mentioned film
(14:45):
festivals that you should check out, and we're gonna start
with the Boston Festival of Films from Iran, which I
think is super interesting. That's going to be playing at
the Museum of Fine Arts from January seventeenth through February seventh,
(15:05):
very interesting stuff. Also in Belmont, Belmont's World Film Family
Festival is going to be January eighteenth through the twentieth
and January twenty sixth. That's going to be taking place
at the West Newton Cinema the Brattle Theater, which is
pretty famous as well. And those are going to be
(15:27):
focusing on children's stories book to screen sort of stories
that have made it to film. James, do you have
this list in front of you.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Yeah, we also have the Projecting Connections Chinese American Experiences.
Is that a film festival or is that just an events.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
That's going to be events in films?
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Gotcha? Well, we also have the Boston Sci Fi Film
Festival and Marathon now staying in place February twelfth through
the seventeenth at the Summerville Theater and you can also
stream online that one.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
I'm looking for.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
I don't want to go out in the cold. Yeah.
On February twenty eighth through March seventeenth, there'll be the
Boston Baltic Film Festival. That's same place at Arts Emmerson's
Paramount Center, also online.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yes, that one almost sold out last year, and just
really cool shows I think come out of the Baltics
and things like that. It's just always interesting to get
like another perspective on film than storytelling that isn't just
you know that that American perspective. But plenty of options there, James.
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It's the six festivals to look forward to, so many
more coming up in the months ahead, and the Hub
and Hollywood's going to try to make a few more
of these every year and bring more interesting creatives here
to the podcast so that you can hear from them.
Be sure to check out all of our social media's.
(17:02):
Check back on our podcast on YouTube and on streaming
on iHeartRadio, and check out all of the amazing interviews
that we've already done up until this point.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
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was gonna say a shout out to our new subscribers
as well. I think we started the new year with
three hundred and eighteen subscribers. Now we have climbed to
three hundred and twenty four subscribers. It is our resolution
to crack the four hundred subscriber mark. And again we
(17:36):
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(17:58):
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right there, But let's give some love to some of
those those comments that we did get. We got some
folks commenting on the Nosferatu review post that we that
(18:21):
we did one of them. Let's see, we have several
person one person a Halloween Friday shout out to Halloween Friday.
He says that they say they loved, absolutely loved No Saratu.
As someone who loves Robert Ager's film since The Witch
came out, his latest vampire film is easily his masterpiece.
We have someone else, however, who who goes by Don Hooligan,
(18:44):
He says, Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves are much more entertaining,
so to each their own opinion, but opinions.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
We love that feedback, yes, and we are going to
continue to bring you our opinions. There's a couple of
films that we're talking about today, James, that we've got
reviews on. If people should obviously go back and check
out your Nose for aught to review, because it was
really really good last episode. But what movies are we
(19:14):
talking about today?
Speaker 1 (19:16):
So we're talking about movies, some that are getting critical acclaim,
others critically bashed. Maybe that's fair to say if I've
seen the correct reviews. I don't know if you want
to go first or or I should go first. Because
I enjoyed my movie. It sounds like you didn't quite
enjoy your movie.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Yeah, why why don't we start with the good and
then we'll go to the bad and the ugly?
Speaker 1 (19:41):
All right? So I watched Anora Anora. This film Guy
Sean Baker, came out about two months ago. I know.
It's one of those films that came out a little
while ago at the end of last year, and buzz
has just been growing and growing and word of mouth
has been fantastic. So this is one of those films
where I've been meaning to get to it, and eventually
(20:01):
I got to it, and I'm very very happy. So Anora, again,
this non spoiler review because I feel like you should
watch this either in the theaters or streaming on demand,
something that I did, and I enjoyed it just as
much as I'm sure I would have in the theater.
But a Nora, a young escort and stripper from Brooklyn,
(20:22):
gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets
an Impulsively. When she meets and Impulsively meets the son
of a Russian oligarch. Once news reaches Russia, her fairy
tale is threatened as the parents set out for New
York to get the marriage annulled. As I mentioned, this
was directed and written by Sean Baker. The stars the
(20:43):
amazingly brilliant Mikey Madison as Annie or Anora. She also
goes by Nora. Some of these names, I'm an a
butcher because they are from their Russian actors and their
names are also written as such. But Mark edel Stein Edelstein,
he plays Ivan. He plays the twenty one year old
(21:07):
son of an oligarch married couple, so he's rolling in
the dough. We also have Eura Borsov he plays Igor,
Karen Kruglian he is Toros, and Vach Toys Mason he
is Garnic. Overall thoughts, I went into this film already
knowing that it's getting really good reviews, and I'm happy
(21:29):
to say that it has lived up to expectations. Not
only is this a fun and funny movie, but it
also handles very very dramatic moments very well, and dramatic
moments and heavy topics and it doesn't go again. This
fairy tale doesn't end how you expect it to end. Again,
(21:52):
I've been hearing good buzz about this movie, and so
I intentionally avoided all reviews for this film. But after
I watched it had time to collect my thoughts, I
went to my usual you know, YouTube movie reviewers, and
I'm so happy that I wasn't the only one who
were who described this movie this way, because this is
how I was thinking about it in my In my mind,
(22:12):
it starts out as pretty woman but then morphs into
immorphs into uncut gems like it has both of those vibes.
It's it's a really fun movie, Jamie. Before I go
on with this with the you know how things roll out,
any questions so far, it sound like you've heard of
this movie.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
I've I've heard of this movie. I saw some of
the trailers for it. I thought it looked really interesting
and really colorful. I was just going to ask you, uh, yeah,
you talked a little bit about this being sort of
on the fun side. Is it also dramatic or And
I wanted to ask you what the visuals were like too.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Yeah, So I would say this is like a dramedy,
it's dramatic, It's comedy with heavy topics.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Again.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Yeah, Yeah, there's some moments where I'm like laughing out
loud in other moments where I'm just like in disbelief
of like, oh, that's fed up, that's messed up. And
so I would call it a dark comedy, but it's
not directly a comedy. There's just a lot of funny
moments that happen in it, a lot of likable characters
to do funny things or silly things, and it works
with the film Mikey Madison, She's excellent in this film.
(23:27):
She plays this toughest nails character who is not afraid
to stand her ground and literally literally fight for what
she wants. And she expresses the mundane work life, excitement, ecstasy, anger,
and grief, all those motions in this film. It starts
out with a Nora working at a strip club and
that's where she meets the character I even, a twenty
one year old guy from Russia who is again living
(23:49):
the high life off his parents' dime. The relationship starts
out as a transactional experience where he pays for her services,
but then you know, things morph into you know, feelings grow.
That relationship grows as well. During this very short like
one or two week period, and then they eventually run
(24:10):
off and get married in Las Vegas. This isn't isn't
a spoiler, but that's when things, you know, start rolling
into motion, when his caretakers who work for his parents,
learn about the marriage, and then they find out we
got to get this marriage annulled because we can't have
this our son married to the stripper and what that
would mean for the for this rich family, and that's
(24:32):
when things go go off the rails, and and it's
really really really entertaining to watch. Again. I can't go
into spoilers, but I will say that every character very
fun in watching this film. Great character development throughout. The
characters who initially you're kind of indifferent to or you
don't know if you're gonna like them, you end up
(24:54):
liking the most. And then there are other characters who
you kind of like, okay, you understand where they're coming from,
and then at the end of the movie you're like,
I don't like you at all. You're just a pos
pos right there.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
So I can't recommend this movie enough. Go watch it again,
either in the theaters or on demand. I will say, though,
do not watch this with children because there is nudity,
and maybe don't watch it with your parents and depending
if you don't feel comfortable with said nudity. But there's
there's plenty of it in there. It does not distract
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in the film. It adds to it. It's it's tastefully done.
That can that's a right way to say it for
the type of film. But it's a good one. It's
a really good, good movie, one of the best four.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
Yeah, so are these do you get Mulan rouge vibes here?
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Not necessarily? I don't know. I'm not sure if I
would have if I would have compared it to Out. Okay,
I love Mulan Rouge, but I wouldn't not sure if
I would have gotten to that. But again, it takes
place on the music work, and it has a lot
of night shots in the streets where Annie and these
henchmen and this caretaker of Ivan are running through the
streets and going different places. Again kind of an uncut
(26:09):
gems kind of vibe where they're trying to accomplish something
but keep kidding roadblocks in kind of hilarious manners. And
so you get some really fun like out on the
street at restaurant, diner, you know, interactions, and so it's
a very fun.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Watch, okay. And where can people see it?
Speaker 1 (26:30):
In theaters right now? Or on demand? So I rented
it for ten bucks, totally worth it. You can buy
it digitally for twenty bucks, which I think would be
worth it as well.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
All Right, So Anora definitely on the go watch it list.
But James, I was not as fortunate as you. And
again it might be because I'm a heartless monster. Okay,
because this I went with my son. My son actually
dragged me to the theater to go see Mufasa the
(27:06):
Lion King, a Lion King story, a Lion King prequel story,
live action. And this movie, right it had a tremendous budget.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
What's that? That was your mistake right there? Going to
see it?
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Yeah, I mean what could I do? What could I
I'm not you know, I'm a good mommy, James, I'm
a good mommy.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
Two one hundred million dollar budget on this film, which
they got back. It has actually done very well. It's
made over twice its budget, just under a half a
billion dollars worldwide so far, making it one of the
top grossing films of twenty twenty four. But James and
(27:55):
just looking at this film, right, it's one of these
actions hyper CGI super digital four five six K. I
don't know how many k's you can get in there,
but there's so many pixels that your brain cannot comprehend.
I couldn't look at this movie. Not only could I
(28:19):
not look at this movie, it made me physically ill
looking at this movie. And I'm not saying that to
be facetious or sarcastic, Like literally, I got a headache
and motion sickness from watching this movie. And so did
my four year old who's now five. Does he turned five?
By the way, Happy birthday to my to my my
(28:40):
soon to be kindergartener. But in the middle of the movie,
you know, she comes over, she's cuddling me. She's like,
I don't feel good. I've got a tummy ache, and
I can tell you exactly what it is. It's because
the camera never stops moving, right, And it's a fake
it's a fake computer can looking at a fake character
(29:02):
on a fake computer background, and everything is in constant
motion with like I said, billions of pixels that your
brain can barely comprehend. And it's like you're always moving,
and it's going so fast, and you can't even focus
on the characters because even the background is so detailed,
like everything sort of blurs together. Just oh my god.
(29:23):
I felt like I was on a spinning roller coaster
ride that that wouldn't stop, and I'm trying to focus
on the story, but I can't keep my eyes open. Uh.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
I don't know if you've ever had a story yet
like that. We're just talking about, Like visually taking this
in through our retinas is exactly experienced.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Just being able to physically look at it with your
eyeballs was very, very difficult for me and my daughter.
I'd say, you know, the story is is decent enough.
You've got a lot, You've got the original cast back,
You've got ninety three year old James Earl Jones no
(30:06):
back doing the voice of old Mufasa in some.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Of the right like they they got him before he died.
Is he dead?
Speaker 2 (30:16):
I thought he was ninety three. I thought he was
still alive.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
No, No, he's dead. Hold on, James Earl Jones is dead.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
He does not surprise his role.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
You're right, so he's not too Disney. He Actually we
talked about this too, he actually gave Disney the rights
to his voice, so maybe they used like another actor
and then put like his voice software over that actor.
Maybe that's what that's.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
So Darth Vader. That is so Darth Vader, and that
is so cru I want to say cringe. But also,
you know, seeing as this is like a CGI abomination,
it makes sense. But also that's that's also kind of nauseating.
Don't you think?
Speaker 1 (31:01):
I thought it was what he must have no dedicated
to him? I believe.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Wow, I'm the worst? Can we reshoot this? Can we
record this?
Speaker 1 (31:13):
So? Oh? Absolutely not? This is staying in.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
Guys. Guys, I'm just a home I'm just a person. Okay,
we do this podcast for fun. Those kids, I got
two kids upstairs. They're they're taking all of my brain cells.
But I was gonna say it didn't sound quite like him,
is kind of where I was going. And I thought
it was because he was ninety three, but it's actually
(31:37):
because he was dead and digitized.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
He went to a blasphemous They went to his grave
and just like a mic, like just the cast tip
and said go just two minutes, just two minutes, and
won't be'll leave you alone.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Oh my God, come on, let the man rest, Let
the man rest. Let's sleeping lions lip, dead lions lie.
But look, the story was was good enough. We've got
the prequel. We've got this is not too much of
a spoiler, but it starts with Simba and actually starts
(32:14):
with Simba and Simba's children and they're being told the
story of their grandfather by Simone and Pumba. And Simone
and Pumba, you know, they've got their brand of humor.
All of this could have worked so much better if
it was just a cartoon. If it was just a
(32:36):
traditional cartoon in the same style of the original, I
feel like this would have been so much more enjoyable
to watch. But the way that it was, like, I'm
looking at these hyper realistic like wart Hog and whatever
the hell the other one is, and they're doing their stick,
(32:56):
they're doing their slapsticky stick, and it just doesn't It
doesn't fit together, James, none of it's just fitting together.
It's all ai nonsense, and I don't like it, and
it made me sick to both my stomach and my soul.
But for some reason it did really well in the
box office, and a lot of people like this but
(33:18):
you know what.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
I don't like it. I'm just gonna go out there
yeah and say no more like yeah, I don't know.
You didn't even want to watch.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
It, right, of course? Not no, of course not. I forbidden.
I forbidden everybody I know it's to watch it. You
deliberately disobeyed me. And what's worse, you put me in danger?
All right, doc, that was.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
Let's see, well, same voice actor. I'm failing so hard
in this episode, guys, subscribe on Hollywood.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
And put in a TikTok.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
No.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
My thing is that, you know, the first The Lion
King remake was not uh, people didn't really love it either.
It made a billion dollars, but people really didn't Yeah,
it made a billion dollars, but people didn't like it.
They were complaining about how too realistic it was, how
uncanny it was, but that didn't stop people from watching it.
The Fast and the Furious movies notoriously not that good,
(34:27):
but it makes a billion dollars. The Transformers movies notoriously
bad movies, but they make a billion dollars. So, and
I'm not surprised that this movie also made a lot
of money, so that it's just uh, it's just the
state of our society at the moments.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
It's society people. America's fault.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
America. Thank you America. But let me ask you, what
do you what did you think about the tool of
it being told, the prequel being told like by Rafiki
and Antimone and Pumba to Beyonce's daughter Blue who's playing Kira,
Like was that necessary? I think they just needed Beyonce
back and like Donald Glover back, right, and like is
(35:08):
that why that they did this? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
Well, you know what, I think it offers a little
bit of relief to the children in the audience who
are watching what is sometimes a little bit too intense
and sort of violent of a backstory, and it kind
of breaks up the story in a way and provides
comedic relief that makes it a little bit more digestible
for the children in the audience. And as a plot device,
(35:35):
you know, as a way of storytelling, it's fine, you know,
but I, like I said, I think it would have
been a lot more effective as a cartoon. But otherwise, yeah,
it was decent. It's fine. It was fine. I had
no problem with that part.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
Yeah, if your eyes were closed and you're just listening
to a movie, then you should be fine.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
I can't believe. I couldn't even look at the screen.
I couldn't even look at the screen. And it was
because of my principles, even though I was violating those
as well. Yeah, yeah, I don't know what else.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
So what were your thoughts on the music, because there
is one song that's gone viral for how bad it sounds,
and that's the Brother song don't talk about my brother?
He's my brother? Where does my brother? Like? What is
up with that? Like that's gone viral on TikTok and
like instagram as being like what are we watching right now?
Speaker 2 (36:29):
It's not as bad as the Bute Bye villain song
where the villain is literally just singing do do do do Do?
Do do do do? By?
Speaker 1 (36:40):
Like I need to watch this movie. Yeah, just just
that clip. No, but yeah what Linn Metuhil Miranda did
these songs right? But they are not diddy good? Is
that right?
Speaker 2 (36:51):
I think God? I love Lynn, I love Lynn? Uh
these didn't maybe land on all four should?
Speaker 1 (37:03):
Yeah. He wrote several songs for it, including tell Me
It's You Bye Bye, I always wanted a brother, We
Go Together, and Brother brother betrayed. You know what thing is.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
Yeah, here's my observation. Lynn Manuel's brand of music, which
is more like rap hip hop fusion, doesn't quite fit
in with the kind of soundtrack that you would expect,
or you know, want from a Lion King movie, right.
(37:36):
You want h yeah, the way Genoa, and you want
like that huge soundscape and these big, you know, overwhelming
soundtrack pieces of art, whereas I think Linn Manuel's brand
is a little bit a few steps down from that.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Right, it's not more theatrical for Broadway.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
Right, more theatrical and less like whole orchestra. That's my observation.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
What do you think I mean? Again, from what I've heard,
it just doesn't sound good at all. And I was
gonna say also, when the trailer came out and we
talked about it on the Hub on Hollywood, I remember
pointing out there's a part in the trailer where Taka whatever,
He's like, I've always wanted a brother, and like in
the trailer, the word bro, the brother, I always wanted
(38:30):
a bro. The like that repeats three times in the
trailer by itself, and I remember hearing that, I'm like,
what the heck is this I may pull the clip
up right now of me talking about that, but I
was like, what is that? What are we doing here?
And then when this song came out and they're like,
what this? I have no idea what happened? This doesn't
sound like like like The Lion King or anything that
(38:52):
should be in The Lion King. Goodness, goodness, goodness goodness.
Well should people watch this in the movie theater? Should
they wait for Disney plus? Should they be do what
James does and and exile it? Banish these movies to
the to the afterlife, I don't.
Speaker 2 (39:10):
Know, banish them from the Pride Lands that banish them
from the Pride Lands. Do not deliberately disobey James. Just
don't because the consequences are apparently dire, you know, I
don't know. Yes, banish, banish, banish, and hey, can we
all collectively come together and just agree that these movies suck,
(39:31):
so that they stop getting made and they stop making
billions of dollars? I want to see more.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
Faulty, Jamie, Jamie, this is partly your fault me. You
went to go see it, you want to go see it,
you paid money to see them line.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
My child made me do it.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
I love. You are bigger than your child. You can
hold your child, you can.
Speaker 2 (39:57):
Break his heart. I will be like you. No, we're
teaching the.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
Prequel too. They I guarantee it if every parents in
America held their child down and said, no, we're watching
Lelo and Stitch the original one, or watching the original
Lion King, or even like the animated sequels Lion King two,
Simba's Pride or Lion King one and a half with
Timon and Poomba, and they're like, those are fun movies.
Like that's the that's that's what you should do. That's
(40:26):
what parents in America should do. Unite and and ruin
these studios chances or having them think they can keep
doing this and getting away with it. It's not me.
Speaker 2 (40:37):
Support group, a support group, and and you know we will. Yeah,
we're gonna make this happen. We're gonna make this happen, James.
We're gonna get everyone together.
Speaker 1 (40:47):
United, we stand divided rises.
Speaker 2 (40:51):
Oh I like that. I like that. They're gonna come
for us.
Speaker 1 (40:55):
Now, Well, let us know what you think. Those who
are watching us on YouTube, who are listening to us
on any of the major podcasting streaming services, have you
seen Anora, what are your thoughts? Do you love it
as much as I do? Or do you think it's
just another okay movie? Those who've watched Mouffasa, why do
you hate Moufasa? Tell me? Why do you regret going
to the movie theater and watching it?
Speaker 2 (41:16):
Tell us because there's no other option? Right?
Speaker 1 (41:20):
Absolutely? Yeah, that was fun. This is fun. But yeah, let.
Speaker 3 (41:26):
Us know.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Maybe we're wrong.
Speaker 2 (41:30):
We're never wrong.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
Never for that time we thought James Earl Jones was
still alive. Other than that time, we're never wrong. Okays, fun, Okay.
Speaker 2 (41:47):
We're professionals, Yeah, James.
Speaker 1 (41:49):
We're professionals. Do you know what time it is?
Speaker 2 (41:54):
It is time to kick some trivia? But that's what
time it is absolute.
Speaker 1 (42:00):
I don't know there's a strong delay there or if
you're just building out of anticipation, but yes, a little bit, okay, perfect,
Well let's see. Well, let's go. We're gonna play today's
game of senn Ate quote. We haven't played in a while,
but this is our first game in the new year.
So join us if you are able to. We're gonna
be playing number seven fifty eight game number seven fifty eight.
(42:24):
It is not a Sunday stump us. So hopefully we
get this right, or else we shall be forever embarrassed. Jamie,
you're ready to play today's game.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
I am ready to play this game. I refuse to
be more embarrassed than I have already embarrassed myself today.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
So let's get it excellent. So play in three two one.
Speaker 3 (42:45):
Do you ever wonder how your mom and me and
God could be so darn happy? Yep, Well we came
up on our dreams and we start right fin.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
Oh this sounds very familiar. Oh wait, don't Oh, that
sounds so funny. No, it sounds very familiar. It's like
at the tip of my tongue on top of my brain.
Oh boy, play one more time.
Speaker 3 (43:14):
You ever wonder how your mom and me got to
be so darn happy? Well, we gave up on our
dreams and we settled right on.
Speaker 2 (43:23):
Ah.
Speaker 1 (43:24):
I think we may need a next quote, but that
sounds all right. Okay, let's let's go for the next
three two one. I trusted you, Nicky. I welcomed you
into my own bread together.
Speaker 2 (43:41):
Grandmama made you a kenoe. And now that you were
playing my generosity with a rug and for the mop
of a skunk, a skunk rug.
Speaker 1 (43:53):
The funny thing is, I haven't seen this full movie.
It's the one. Is it? Is it? It's not flushed away?
Is it flushed away? It's like something it's not ratituey.
I don't think it's raditue, but yet.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
Absolutely correct as kicks are right flushed away. Let's give
it a try.
Speaker 1 (44:13):
Let's see two thousand and six and give it a try. No, yeah,
those are also rats. But I can imagine. I can
imagine that little shrimp the Godfather. Yeah, like there's a shrew.
I could see the character like that little Godfather shrew
(44:36):
in my head Godfather shrue. Yeah. Oh, it's just right
at the tip of my tongue. Like, come on, you
can do it.
Speaker 2 (44:51):
I know, come on, brain. You want to play one more?
Speaker 1 (44:55):
Yeah, let's do one more in okay to one, I
want to be a real Oh z Utopia.
Speaker 2 (45:06):
When he assigned you to me? Isn't some cartoon musical
where you.
Speaker 1 (45:11):
Sing a little song and your.
Speaker 3 (45:12):
Insipid dreams magically come true?
Speaker 1 (45:16):
So let it go?
Speaker 2 (45:19):
Okay? Is Utopia is the guess?
Speaker 1 (45:21):
Yay? So that's funny. Yeah, so yeah, most people got it.
Thirty four percent got it On the third guess Utopia. Yeah,
so I did see this movie. Yeah, but that's true.
Part it's yeah, I remember that little guy. Did you
(45:41):
at home at work driving around listening to the podcast
Hobo on Hollywood. No, it was Utopia on the first
guest because I didn't clearly, but it was a great guess. Yeah,
yeah it was. I think I was a good guess too.
I just remember like small animals and and yeah, the
bunniest they ring a bell. All right, Jamie. Great episode
(46:03):
again for those of you who want to help out
with the La fires, we have again that information at
the top of the episode if you want to rewind
and go back of all the organizations where you can
donate either you know, money, maybe even your time if
you are in the area to help about those affected
by the wildfires. Also, let us know what are your
thoughts on MUFASA, what are your thoughts on Honora. We're
(46:27):
still try to set up some local interviews with some
local talents, those in the filmmaking industry in New England,
So if you are one of those talents or folk,
please reach out to us Hub on Hollywood at gmail
dot com. We'd love to have you on to talk
about whatever project you're working on, because we love giving
people a microphone, a spotlight and help out in any
(46:48):
way we can, Jamie, anything else you want to add.
Speaker 2 (46:53):
We rock, and all of all of you rock. Thank
you for subscribing, Thank you for following, Thank you for
donating to help the folks in California. I'm gonna be
gone for a couple of weeks, James. You're gonna keep
us entertained and informed while I'm gone, So just sending
(47:13):
close secret guest hosts. That's right. So you got to
stick around find out who the secret guest host is
and I will see you when I see you. Thank
you for listening to the Hop on Hollywood. Until next time,
I'm
Speaker 1 (47:26):
Jamie, I'm James Audio
Listen the Hub on Hollywood and I Heart Radio podcast.
I am your co host, James Rojas.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I'm the other co host, Jamie Blanco.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
And on this week's episode, Jamie and I are reviewing
two movies, one that is a must have watch and
another that is extremely difficult to watch physically from what
I'm told. That along with some local film festival news.
But first, Jamie, we have to talk about what's going
on in California, the tragedy that's continuing to unfold in
(00:41):
Los Angeles as several wildfires have destroyed entire neighborhoods, neighborhoods
that are very known to be very affluent and to
be home to many celebrities, movie stars and everyone in
that kind of in that lane. So I'm from Los Angeles,
I'm from the Los Angeles southern California area, and so
(01:02):
we are no strangers to wildfires, and I've covered as
a reporter many wildfires. However, what I'm looking at, like
the video and the reports that we're that we're seeing
coming out from there, this is uncomparable. It's it's insane,
how bad, how large, and how devastating these wildfires are. Specifically,
(01:25):
you know where they are hitting and impacting people, Jamie,
what are your initial thoughts on hearing You know, we'll
talk about the celebrity impact in a minute or two,
but just in general, like ten thousand properties damaged or lost,
at least eleven dead, countless more evacuated. It's insane.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
You never think that you're going to see Los Angeles
burning to the ground, for as big as it is
and as densely populated as it is, and in particular
these neighborhoods where you know, this is the beautiful, the
what do they say, the famous and the fabulous, you
(02:05):
know that live out there, and that's sort of the
the most beautiful part right of living out there, just
burning to the ground. And I think, what blows my
mind the most, James, are these winds no pun intended. Yeah,
you are from Los Angeles, like you said, what the
(02:25):
heck is up with these Santa Ana winds? And it
just for compared to right now there's a gentle, nice,
gentle snow outside. You know, on this side of the
country it's snow and ice. The other side of the
country it is just fire. I think that people maybe
here in the New England area don't understand the winds
that are fueling those because I don't think it's something
(02:47):
that happens here.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, a lot of people are you know, who are
not who are not familiar with wildfires or how wildfires
behave are very surprised with how caught off guard so
many people and this part of La La County were,
And people don't know or realize that wildfires can travel
extremely fast, covering the span of an entire football field
(03:11):
in seconds. Like imagine that an entire football field in seconds,
and a big part of that is being fueled by
the Santa Ana wins there. They're very well known in
the area. They're infamous. Sometimes. You know, it's not uncommon
to feel forty fifty mile per hour winds in the
(03:32):
canyons where these winds, you know, kind of like they're
kind of funneled in this in this kind of cannoness
area of Los Angeles, and people know that when the
winds are very strong, like it's not uncommon to see
semi truck trailers tipped over on the side of the
of the freeway because the winds just blow them over.
That's how strong they can be. In this scenario, California
(03:53):
got hid with a double whammy. One, of course, the
wildfires erupted somehow, some people are looking into investigating whether
it's arson. And then also on top of that, you
have one hundred ninety mile per hour winds blowing constantly
at a consistent rate for hours. And then you have
so you have the fire, you have the winds, you
have all this dry brush and these dry conditions because
(04:16):
of the ongoing drought. It's a perfect storm. It's a
perfect firestorm for this kind of scenario. And it's one
of those you know, it's not an unkept quote like
an unkept secret. Everybody in that area knows that if
the conditions are right, their homes can be lost. And unfortunately,
all the conditions came together at one point and started this.
(04:39):
And so right now, as I mentioned, we have so
many evacuations under effect, millions of people displaced, We have
people or on alert, you know, being told that they
can be evacuated soon. Ten thousand structures damaged, at least
eleven dead. And of course, you know this is the
area where a lot of celebrities live, uh, you know,
(05:03):
the Palisades Malibu up in Pasadena burbank area. And so
we are getting a list of celebrities who have not
only been evacuated, but they've lost their homes entirely. Among
them include Mandy Moore, Miles Teller of of Top Gun,
Maverick Milo, Vin, Tim Miglia, Ventimiglia. He's with He's on
(05:26):
the show This is This is Us. Also Billy Crystal,
Billy Crystal, this one actually you know Billy Crystal. Everyone
loves him. And one thing that he talked about him
and his wife released the statements saying that you know,
all the memories that are gone, and I can only
imagine somebody like Billy Crystal who has maybe letters or
pictures from celebrity friends people who passed away. One that
(05:50):
sticks to my mind is Robin Williams. Imagine the memorabilia
or memories of say Robin Williams that are now gone,
or any anybody else you know, a list Hollywood actor
who may not be with us anymore, and and all
those priceless pieces of of you know, material going up
(06:10):
in flames. It's incredible, the.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
History, the treasures that are being lost, not to mention
the lives. I feel really badly too for for those
people with with young families. Paris Hilton lost her home.
She just had a baby. Well they just welcomed their
their their latest baby via surrogate. So yes, Paris Hilton
(06:35):
lost their home. You sent me an image of my
man of of my you know, hero Harrison Ford being
forced to leave his home, sitting in a squad car
and being forced to evacuate. I'm not sure if his
if his home was destroyed. But it doesn't matter if
you are a celebrity or you know, or what. You're
(06:58):
a human being who's losing their home, losing all of
their memories, losing all of their documents. You know, it's
just brutal. So the Hollywood Hills right on fire. And
it's not only impacting people's lives obviously, but Hollywood in
(07:18):
general and the awards show season.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Right yeah, so right now we are being told that
the Oscars nominations list that is being postponed. The AFI
Awards that has been scheduled had been scheduled for Friday,
but now has been postponed. The Critics' Choice Award Awards
(07:43):
were scheduled for Sunday, those have been postponed until February
twenty sixth. The Producers Guild Awards, they announced their delay
of their nominations announcement from Friday to Sunday. OSCAR nominations,
as I said, have been delayed two days to January nineteen,
and so yeah, they've extended their voting period as well,
(08:04):
so awards season. And again at the end of the day,
this is the least, you know, concern the right should
not be, you know, cried about or worried about over
as those lives lost, the firefighters who are there on
the front lines, interviewing people, showing people the destruction. One
thing that again in a shout out to local news
(08:28):
as a reporter myself and somebody who's covered wildfires in California,
it's amazing because unlike many other states, California it's reporters
are allowed to go into evacuation zones. So wherever firefighters are,
wherever police are, you could be right up behind a
firefighter as long as you know you're in a safe distance,
you can be right there up on the flames, reporting
(08:50):
because California law allows you to do that. And one
thing that you know, I haven't heard many people complain
about media being there because you often here people being
happy to be able to get a live picture of
what's going on. In their neighborhood, and times where I've
covered stories in California, I'd get tweets, people would tweet messages,
(09:11):
Hey can you go to this address and see if
this home is still standing? And so kudos to the fire,
to the news reporters, the anchors who've been working in
incredibly dangerous conditions to tell the story, to report what's
going on, to keep people up to date with evacuation
notices and alerts. So it's a very tough situation for
(09:33):
everybody right now.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
So kudos to them, kudos to them, like you said,
but also shame on some other people. There have been
notices going out, in particular for those some of those
in the film community who are trying to take this
emergency as an opportunity to go into areas that they're
(09:56):
not allowed to be in, to get the shot, to
the money shot, and to work on maybe creating a documentary.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Yeah, so somebody, So it's so it's the picture the
picture you sent. I'm assuming that somebody who works in
the industry, and I guess they're talking about seeing a
notice about like work wanted to go into areas to
shoot film or the fires or the destruction is that right.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
Right, right exactly, and then what the people in the
industry on this industry page were warning was that this
is not a good idea. That unless you have authorization
like you are a first responder or you are a reporter,
you are not allowed in those areas, and that the
consequences are very severe. You face imprisonment, You risk putting
(10:49):
other people's lives in danger and your life in danger.
So the message kind of just going out there, don't
just don't just don't. This is not the time to
you know, to get that the shot for your next
award winning documentary. It's a state of emergency and people's
(11:10):
lives are really at risk. So just be aware that
if that's the route you're going to go, you know,
you could face prison for that.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Yeah, don't do that. But what you can do is
donate to help. And there are different organizations, including the
Red Cross, where you can donate if you want to
help out those affected. Again, it's not just celebrities or
you know, quote rich people that have been affected, even
though they have been but there are people who've lived
in those areas for years or decades, and you know,
they're just like quote normal people like you. And myself
(11:42):
and living in these homes. Again, not all these are mansions.
Some of them are just regular like too, yeah, bedroom
homes that they've lived in or their family have lived
in for years and they've been affected as well. And
so oh yeah, I guess what's his name? The guy
who plays Dwight Shrewd in the office. Wilson, Raine Wilson
lost his He lost his home. Who else? Mel Gibson
(12:06):
lost his home? So those just a couple of celebrities
U popped in my head. But again, if you want
to donate to help the American Red Cross, United Way
of Greater Los Angeles, Emergency Network Los Angeles, also the
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, California Community Foundation, California Fire Foundation.
You can support the LA Fire Department by donating, donating
(12:29):
to the LAFD Foundation, a lot of great places including
animal rescue organizations, and lastly, big shout out to Jamie
Lee Curtis. She was among those who were evacuated due
to the Palisades Fire. She and her family are pledging
a million dollars to start a fund of support for
(12:50):
those affected by the fires. She announced it on Instagram
on Thursday, saying that that, you know, she was on
the Tonight Show. She was on the Tonight Show with
Jimmy Fallon, and she was saying, right after that, you
know that pre you know, scheduled interview, she would be
flying back to California, and and she was saying, just
talking about the importance of needing to be ready helping
(13:10):
those who are in need of help. So kudos to
Jamie Lee Curtis forgetting the word out. The Recording Academy
also pledging a million dollars to help musicians whose homes
whose lives been affected by the fires. So good stuff
all around in that regard. But yeah, our thoughts are
with those in California. In Los Angeles, I have several
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friends who've been evacuated. I know some colleagues in LA
who've also lost their homes. So we're thinking of you
and wishing you the best. But no easy way to
transition out. We got to transition out and you know,
bringing the Hollywood, the celebrity, the the filmmaking angle back
(13:53):
to the East coast, back to Massachusetts. We have several
film festivals taking place this winter that you need to
be aware of.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
I think, yes, exactly, it's we're in the cold months.
As I mentioned a little bit earlier, it's snowing outside.
We just had a whole week of really high winds
as well, but bitter, bitter cold temperatures, you know, negative
degree wind chills for about a week straight. You might
(14:24):
need to get out of the house, James. You might
need to warm your heart a little bit with with
some with some films, with some art, reconnect with other
human beings. And if you love movies like we love movies,
there are a number of festivals, as you mentioned film
(14:45):
festivals that you should check out, and we're gonna start
with the Boston Festival of Films from Iran, which I
think is super interesting. That's going to be playing at
the Museum of Fine Arts from January seventeenth through February seventh,
(15:05):
very interesting stuff. Also in Belmont, Belmont's World Film Family
Festival is going to be January eighteenth through the twentieth
and January twenty sixth. That's going to be taking place
at the West Newton Cinema the Brattle Theater, which is
pretty famous as well. And those are going to be
(15:27):
focusing on children's stories book to screen sort of stories
that have made it to film. James, do you have
this list in front of you.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Yeah, we also have the Projecting Connections Chinese American Experiences.
Is that a film festival or is that just an events.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
That's going to be events in films?
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Gotcha? Well, we also have the Boston Sci Fi Film
Festival and Marathon now staying in place February twelfth through
the seventeenth at the Summerville Theater and you can also
stream online that one.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
I'm looking for.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
I don't want to go out in the cold. Yeah.
On February twenty eighth through March seventeenth, there'll be the
Boston Baltic Film Festival. That's same place at Arts Emmerson's
Paramount Center, also online.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Yes, that one almost sold out last year, and just
really cool shows I think come out of the Baltics
and things like that. It's just always interesting to get
like another perspective on film than storytelling that isn't just
you know that that American perspective. But plenty of options there, James.
(16:39):
It's the six festivals to look forward to, so many
more coming up in the months ahead, and the Hub
and Hollywood's going to try to make a few more
of these every year and bring more interesting creatives here
to the podcast so that you can hear from them.
Be sure to check out all of our social media's.
(17:02):
Check back on our podcast on YouTube and on streaming
on iHeartRadio, and check out all of the amazing interviews
that we've already done up until this point.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
Yeah, where can people find us to our Yeah? I
was gonna say a shout out to our new subscribers
as well. I think we started the new year with
three hundred and eighteen subscribers. Now we have climbed to
three hundred and twenty four subscribers. It is our resolution
to crack the four hundred subscriber mark. And again we
(17:36):
appreciate you watching us on YouTube, where you can of
course subscribe like join the conversation. We'll give you some
shout outs which we can do in a minute as well.
But also we are streaming everywhere you listen to podcasts.
As Jamie said, if you are listening to us on
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(17:58):
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the podcast, So be sure to give us some love
right there, But let's give some love to some of
those those comments that we did get. We got some
folks commenting on the Nosferatu review post that we that
(18:21):
we did one of them. Let's see, we have several
person one person a Halloween Friday shout out to Halloween Friday.
He says that they say they loved, absolutely loved No Saratu.
As someone who loves Robert Ager's film since The Witch
came out, his latest vampire film is easily his masterpiece.
We have someone else, however, who who goes by Don Hooligan,
(18:44):
He says, Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves are much more entertaining,
so to each their own opinion, but opinions.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
We love that feedback, yes, and we are going to
continue to bring you our opinions. There's a couple of
films that we're talking about today, James, that we've got
reviews on. If people should obviously go back and check
out your Nose for aught to review, because it was
really really good last episode. But what movies are we
(19:14):
talking about today?
Speaker 1 (19:16):
So we're talking about movies, some that are getting critical acclaim,
others critically bashed. Maybe that's fair to say if I've
seen the correct reviews. I don't know if you want
to go first or or I should go first. Because
I enjoyed my movie. It sounds like you didn't quite
enjoy your movie.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Yeah, why why don't we start with the good and
then we'll go to the bad and the ugly?
Speaker 1 (19:41):
All right? So I watched Anora Anora. This film Guy
Sean Baker, came out about two months ago. I know.
It's one of those films that came out a little
while ago at the end of last year, and buzz
has just been growing and growing and word of mouth
has been fantastic. So this is one of those films
where I've been meaning to get to it, and eventually
(20:01):
I got to it, and I'm very very happy. So Anora, again,
this non spoiler review because I feel like you should
watch this either in the theaters or streaming on demand,
something that I did, and I enjoyed it just as
much as I'm sure I would have in the theater.
But a Nora, a young escort and stripper from Brooklyn,
(20:22):
gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets
an Impulsively. When she meets and Impulsively meets the son
of a Russian oligarch. Once news reaches Russia, her fairy
tale is threatened as the parents set out for New
York to get the marriage annulled. As I mentioned, this
was directed and written by Sean Baker. The stars the
(20:43):
amazingly brilliant Mikey Madison as Annie or Anora. She also
goes by Nora. Some of these names, I'm an a
butcher because they are from their Russian actors and their
names are also written as such. But Mark edel Stein Edelstein,
he plays Ivan. He plays the twenty one year old
(21:07):
son of an oligarch married couple, so he's rolling in
the dough. We also have Eura Borsov he plays Igor,
Karen Kruglian he is Toros, and Vach Toys Mason he
is Garnic. Overall thoughts, I went into this film already
knowing that it's getting really good reviews, and I'm happy
(21:29):
to say that it has lived up to expectations. Not
only is this a fun and funny movie, but it
also handles very very dramatic moments very well, and dramatic
moments and heavy topics and it doesn't go again. This
fairy tale doesn't end how you expect it to end. Again,
(21:52):
I've been hearing good buzz about this movie, and so
I intentionally avoided all reviews for this film. But after
I watched it had time to collect my thoughts, I
went to my usual you know, YouTube movie reviewers, and
I'm so happy that I wasn't the only one who
were who described this movie this way, because this is
how I was thinking about it in my In my mind,
(22:12):
it starts out as pretty woman but then morphs into
immorphs into uncut gems like it has both of those vibes.
It's it's a really fun movie, Jamie. Before I go
on with this with the you know how things roll out,
any questions so far, it sound like you've heard of
this movie.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
I've I've heard of this movie. I saw some of
the trailers for it. I thought it looked really interesting
and really colorful. I was just going to ask you, uh, yeah,
you talked a little bit about this being sort of
on the fun side. Is it also dramatic or And
I wanted to ask you what the visuals were like too.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Yeah, So I would say this is like a dramedy,
it's dramatic, It's comedy with heavy topics.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Again.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Yeah, Yeah, there's some moments where I'm like laughing out
loud in other moments where I'm just like in disbelief
of like, oh, that's fed up, that's messed up. And
so I would call it a dark comedy, but it's
not directly a comedy. There's just a lot of funny
moments that happen in it, a lot of likable characters
to do funny things or silly things, and it works
with the film Mikey Madison, She's excellent in this film.
(23:27):
She plays this toughest nails character who is not afraid
to stand her ground and literally literally fight for what
she wants. And she expresses the mundane work life, excitement, ecstasy, anger,
and grief, all those motions in this film. It starts
out with a Nora working at a strip club and
that's where she meets the character I even, a twenty
one year old guy from Russia who is again living
(23:49):
the high life off his parents' dime. The relationship starts
out as a transactional experience where he pays for her services,
but then you know, things morph into you know, feelings grow.
That relationship grows as well. During this very short like
one or two week period, and then they eventually run
(24:10):
off and get married in Las Vegas. This isn't isn't
a spoiler, but that's when things, you know, start rolling
into motion, when his caretakers who work for his parents,
learn about the marriage, and then they find out we
got to get this marriage annulled because we can't have
this our son married to the stripper and what that
would mean for the for this rich family, and that's
(24:32):
when things go go off the rails, and and it's
really really really entertaining to watch. Again. I can't go
into spoilers, but I will say that every character very
fun in watching this film. Great character development throughout. The
characters who initially you're kind of indifferent to or you
don't know if you're gonna like them, you end up
(24:54):
liking the most. And then there are other characters who
you kind of like, okay, you understand where they're coming from,
and then at the end of the movie you're like,
I don't like you at all. You're just a pos
pos right there.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
So I can't recommend this movie enough. Go watch it again,
either in the theaters or on demand. I will say, though,
do not watch this with children because there is nudity,
and maybe don't watch it with your parents and depending
if you don't feel comfortable with said nudity. But there's
there's plenty of it in there. It does not distract
(25:27):
in the film. It adds to it. It's it's tastefully done.
That can that's a right way to say it for
the type of film. But it's a good one. It's
a really good, good movie, one of the best four.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
Yeah, so are these do you get Mulan rouge vibes here?
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Not necessarily? I don't know. I'm not sure if I
would have if I would have compared it to Out. Okay,
I love Mulan Rouge, but I wouldn't not sure if
I would have gotten to that. But again, it takes
place on the music work, and it has a lot
of night shots in the streets where Annie and these
henchmen and this caretaker of Ivan are running through the
streets and going different places. Again kind of an uncut
(26:09):
gems kind of vibe where they're trying to accomplish something
but keep kidding roadblocks in kind of hilarious manners. And
so you get some really fun like out on the
street at restaurant, diner, you know, interactions, and so it's
a very fun.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Watch, okay. And where can people see it?
Speaker 1 (26:30):
In theaters right now? Or on demand? So I rented
it for ten bucks, totally worth it. You can buy
it digitally for twenty bucks, which I think would be
worth it as well.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
All Right, So Anora definitely on the go watch it list.
But James, I was not as fortunate as you. And
again it might be because I'm a heartless monster. Okay,
because this I went with my son. My son actually
dragged me to the theater to go see Mufasa the
(27:06):
Lion King, a Lion King story, a Lion King prequel story,
live action. And this movie, right it had a tremendous budget.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
What's that? That was your mistake right there? Going to
see it?
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Yeah, I mean what could I do? What could I
I'm not you know, I'm a good mommy, James, I'm
a good mommy.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
Two one hundred million dollar budget on this film, which
they got back. It has actually done very well. It's
made over twice its budget, just under a half a
billion dollars worldwide so far, making it one of the
top grossing films of twenty twenty four. But James and
(27:55):
just looking at this film, right, it's one of these
actions hyper CGI super digital four five six K. I
don't know how many k's you can get in there,
but there's so many pixels that your brain cannot comprehend.
I couldn't look at this movie. Not only could I
(28:19):
not look at this movie, it made me physically ill
looking at this movie. And I'm not saying that to
be facetious or sarcastic, Like literally, I got a headache
and motion sickness from watching this movie. And so did
my four year old who's now five. Does he turned five?
By the way, Happy birthday to my to my my
(28:40):
soon to be kindergartener. But in the middle of the movie,
you know, she comes over, she's cuddling me. She's like,
I don't feel good. I've got a tummy ache, and
I can tell you exactly what it is. It's because
the camera never stops moving, right, And it's a fake
it's a fake computer can looking at a fake character
(29:02):
on a fake computer background, and everything is in constant
motion with like I said, billions of pixels that your
brain can barely comprehend. And it's like you're always moving,
and it's going so fast, and you can't even focus
on the characters because even the background is so detailed,
like everything sort of blurs together. Just oh my god.
(29:23):
I felt like I was on a spinning roller coaster
ride that that wouldn't stop, and I'm trying to focus
on the story, but I can't keep my eyes open. Uh.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
I don't know if you've ever had a story yet
like that. We're just talking about, Like visually taking this
in through our retinas is exactly experienced.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Just being able to physically look at it with your
eyeballs was very, very difficult for me and my daughter.
I'd say, you know, the story is is decent enough.
You've got a lot, You've got the original cast back,
You've got ninety three year old James Earl Jones no
(30:06):
back doing the voice of old Mufasa in some.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Of the right like they they got him before he died.
Is he dead?
Speaker 2 (30:16):
I thought he was ninety three. I thought he was
still alive.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
No, No, he's dead. Hold on, James Earl Jones is dead.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
He does not surprise his role.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
You're right, so he's not too Disney. He Actually we
talked about this too, he actually gave Disney the rights
to his voice, so maybe they used like another actor
and then put like his voice software over that actor.
Maybe that's what that's.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
So Darth Vader. That is so Darth Vader, and that
is so cru I want to say cringe. But also,
you know, seeing as this is like a CGI abomination,
it makes sense. But also that's that's also kind of nauseating.
Don't you think?
Speaker 1 (31:01):
I thought it was what he must have no dedicated
to him? I believe.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
Wow, I'm the worst? Can we reshoot this? Can we
record this?
Speaker 1 (31:13):
So? Oh? Absolutely not? This is staying in.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
Guys. Guys, I'm just a home I'm just a person. Okay,
we do this podcast for fun. Those kids, I got
two kids upstairs. They're they're taking all of my brain cells.
But I was gonna say it didn't sound quite like him,
is kind of where I was going. And I thought
it was because he was ninety three, but it's actually
(31:37):
because he was dead and digitized.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
He went to a blasphemous They went to his grave
and just like a mic, like just the cast tip
and said go just two minutes, just two minutes, and
won't be'll leave you alone.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Oh my God, come on, let the man rest, Let
the man rest. Let's sleeping lions lip, dead lions lie.
But look, the story was was good enough. We've got
the prequel. We've got this is not too much of
a spoiler, but it starts with Simba and actually starts
(32:14):
with Simba and Simba's children and they're being told the
story of their grandfather by Simone and Pumba. And Simone
and Pumba, you know, they've got their brand of humor.
All of this could have worked so much better if
it was just a cartoon. If it was just a
(32:36):
traditional cartoon in the same style of the original, I
feel like this would have been so much more enjoyable
to watch. But the way that it was, like, I'm
looking at these hyper realistic like wart Hog and whatever
the hell the other one is, and they're doing their stick,
(32:56):
they're doing their slapsticky stick, and it just doesn't It
doesn't fit together, James, none of it's just fitting together.
It's all ai nonsense, and I don't like it, and
it made me sick to both my stomach and my soul.
But for some reason it did really well in the
box office, and a lot of people like this but
(33:18):
you know what.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
I don't like it. I'm just gonna go out there
yeah and say no more like yeah, I don't know.
You didn't even want to watch.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
It, right, of course? Not no, of course not. I forbidden.
I forbidden everybody I know it's to watch it. You
deliberately disobeyed me. And what's worse, you put me in danger?
All right, doc, that was.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
Let's see, well, same voice actor. I'm failing so hard
in this episode, guys, subscribe on Hollywood.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
And put in a TikTok.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
No.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
My thing is that, you know, the first The Lion
King remake was not uh, people didn't really love it either.
It made a billion dollars, but people really didn't Yeah,
it made a billion dollars, but people didn't like it.
They were complaining about how too realistic it was, how
uncanny it was, but that didn't stop people from watching it.
The Fast and the Furious movies notoriously not that good,
(34:27):
but it makes a billion dollars. The Transformers movies notoriously
bad movies, but they make a billion dollars. So, and
I'm not surprised that this movie also made a lot
of money, so that it's just uh, it's just the
state of our society at the moments.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
It's society people. America's fault.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
America. Thank you America. But let me ask you, what
do you what did you think about the tool of
it being told, the prequel being told like by Rafiki
and Antimone and Pumba to Beyonce's daughter Blue who's playing Kira,
Like was that necessary? I think they just needed Beyonce
back and like Donald Glover back, right, and like is
(35:08):
that why that they did this? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
Well, you know what, I think it offers a little
bit of relief to the children in the audience who
are watching what is sometimes a little bit too intense
and sort of violent of a backstory, and it kind
of breaks up the story in a way and provides
comedic relief that makes it a little bit more digestible
for the children in the audience. And as a plot device,
(35:35):
you know, as a way of storytelling, it's fine, you know,
but I, like I said, I think it would have
been a lot more effective as a cartoon. But otherwise, yeah,
it was decent. It's fine. It was fine. I had
no problem with that part.
Speaker 1 (35:49):
Yeah, if your eyes were closed and you're just listening
to a movie, then you should be fine.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
I can't believe. I couldn't even look at the screen.
I couldn't even look at the screen. And it was
because of my principles, even though I was violating those
as well. Yeah, yeah, I don't know what else.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
So what were your thoughts on the music, because there
is one song that's gone viral for how bad it sounds,
and that's the Brother song don't talk about my brother?
He's my brother? Where does my brother? Like? What is
up with that? Like that's gone viral on TikTok and
like instagram as being like what are we watching right now?
Speaker 2 (36:29):
It's not as bad as the Bute Bye villain song
where the villain is literally just singing do do do do Do?
Do do do do? By?
Speaker 1 (36:40):
Like I need to watch this movie. Yeah, just just
that clip. No, but yeah what Linn Metuhil Miranda did
these songs right? But they are not diddy good? Is
that right?
Speaker 2 (36:51):
I think God? I love Lynn, I love Lynn? Uh
these didn't maybe land on all four should?
Speaker 1 (37:03):
Yeah. He wrote several songs for it, including tell Me
It's You Bye Bye, I always wanted a brother, We
Go Together, and Brother brother betrayed. You know what thing is.
Speaker 2 (37:16):
Yeah, here's my observation. Lynn Manuel's brand of music, which
is more like rap hip hop fusion, doesn't quite fit
in with the kind of soundtrack that you would expect,
or you know, want from a Lion King movie, right.
(37:36):
You want h yeah, the way Genoa, and you want
like that huge soundscape and these big, you know, overwhelming
soundtrack pieces of art, whereas I think Linn Manuel's brand
is a little bit a few steps down from that.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Right, it's not more theatrical for Broadway.
Speaker 2 (38:00):
Right, more theatrical and less like whole orchestra. That's my observation.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
What do you think I mean? Again, from what I've heard,
it just doesn't sound good at all. And I was
gonna say also, when the trailer came out and we
talked about it on the Hub on Hollywood, I remember
pointing out there's a part in the trailer where Taka whatever,
He's like, I've always wanted a brother, and like in
the trailer, the word bro, the brother, I always wanted
(38:30):
a bro. The like that repeats three times in the
trailer by itself, and I remember hearing that, I'm like,
what the heck is this I may pull the clip
up right now of me talking about that, but I
was like, what is that? What are we doing here?
And then when this song came out and they're like,
what this? I have no idea what happened? This doesn't
sound like like like The Lion King or anything that
(38:52):
should be in The Lion King. Goodness, goodness, goodness goodness.
Well should people watch this in the movie theater? Should
they wait for Disney plus? Should they be do what
James does and and exile it? Banish these movies to
the to the afterlife, I don't.
Speaker 2 (39:10):
Know, banish them from the Pride Lands that banish them
from the Pride Lands. Do not deliberately disobey James. Just
don't because the consequences are apparently dire, you know, I
don't know. Yes, banish, banish, banish, and hey, can we
all collectively come together and just agree that these movies suck,
(39:31):
so that they stop getting made and they stop making
billions of dollars? I want to see more.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
Faulty, Jamie, Jamie, this is partly your fault me. You
went to go see it, you want to go see it,
you paid money to see them line.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
My child made me do it.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
I love. You are bigger than your child. You can
hold your child, you can.
Speaker 2 (39:57):
Break his heart. I will be like you. No, we're
teaching the.
Speaker 1 (40:04):
Prequel too. They I guarantee it if every parents in
America held their child down and said, no, we're watching
Lelo and Stitch the original one, or watching the original
Lion King, or even like the animated sequels Lion King two,
Simba's Pride or Lion King one and a half with
Timon and Poomba, and they're like, those are fun movies.
Like that's the that's that's what you should do. That's
(40:26):
what parents in America should do. Unite and and ruin
these studios chances or having them think they can keep
doing this and getting away with it. It's not me.
Speaker 2 (40:37):
Support group, a support group, and and you know we will. Yeah,
we're gonna make this happen. We're gonna make this happen, James.
We're gonna get everyone together.
Speaker 1 (40:47):
United, we stand divided rises.
Speaker 2 (40:51):
Oh I like that. I like that. They're gonna come
for us.
Speaker 1 (40:55):
Now, Well, let us know what you think. Those who
are watching us on YouTube, who are listening to us
on any of the major podcasting streaming services, have you
seen Anora, what are your thoughts? Do you love it
as much as I do? Or do you think it's
just another okay movie? Those who've watched Mouffasa, why do
you hate Moufasa? Tell me? Why do you regret going
to the movie theater and watching it?
Speaker 2 (41:16):
Tell us because there's no other option? Right?
Speaker 1 (41:20):
Absolutely? Yeah, that was fun. This is fun. But yeah, let.
Speaker 3 (41:26):
Us know.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Maybe we're wrong.
Speaker 2 (41:30):
We're never wrong.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
Never for that time we thought James Earl Jones was
still alive. Other than that time, we're never wrong. Okays, fun, Okay.
Speaker 2 (41:47):
We're professionals, Yeah, James.
Speaker 1 (41:49):
We're professionals. Do you know what time it is?
Speaker 2 (41:54):
It is time to kick some trivia? But that's what
time it is absolute.
Speaker 1 (42:00):
I don't know there's a strong delay there or if
you're just building out of anticipation, but yes, a little bit, okay, perfect,
Well let's see. Well, let's go. We're gonna play today's
game of senn Ate quote. We haven't played in a while,
but this is our first game in the new year.
So join us if you are able to. We're gonna
be playing number seven fifty eight game number seven fifty eight.
(42:24):
It is not a Sunday stump us. So hopefully we
get this right, or else we shall be forever embarrassed. Jamie,
you're ready to play today's game.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
I am ready to play this game. I refuse to
be more embarrassed than I have already embarrassed myself today.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
So let's get it excellent. So play in three two one.
Speaker 3 (42:45):
Do you ever wonder how your mom and me and
God could be so darn happy? Yep, Well we came
up on our dreams and we start right fin.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
Oh this sounds very familiar. Oh wait, don't Oh, that
sounds so funny. No, it sounds very familiar. It's like
at the tip of my tongue on top of my brain.
Oh boy, play one more time.
Speaker 3 (43:14):
You ever wonder how your mom and me got to
be so darn happy? Well, we gave up on our
dreams and we settled right on.
Speaker 2 (43:23):
Ah.
Speaker 1 (43:24):
I think we may need a next quote, but that
sounds all right. Okay, let's let's go for the next
three two one. I trusted you, Nicky. I welcomed you
into my own bread together.
Speaker 2 (43:41):
Grandmama made you a kenoe. And now that you were
playing my generosity with a rug and for the mop
of a skunk, a skunk rug.
Speaker 1 (43:53):
The funny thing is, I haven't seen this full movie.
It's the one. Is it? Is it? It's not flushed away?
Is it flushed away? It's like something it's not ratituey.
I don't think it's raditue, but yet.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
Absolutely correct as kicks are right flushed away. Let's give
it a try.
Speaker 1 (44:13):
Let's see two thousand and six and give it a try. No, yeah,
those are also rats. But I can imagine. I can
imagine that little shrimp the Godfather. Yeah, like there's a shrew.
I could see the character like that little Godfather shrew
(44:36):
in my head Godfather shrue. Yeah. Oh, it's just right
at the tip of my tongue. Like, come on, you
can do it.
Speaker 2 (44:51):
I know, come on, brain. You want to play one more?
Speaker 1 (44:55):
Yeah, let's do one more in okay to one, I
want to be a real Oh z Utopia.
Speaker 2 (45:06):
When he assigned you to me? Isn't some cartoon musical
where you.
Speaker 1 (45:11):
Sing a little song and your.
Speaker 3 (45:12):
Insipid dreams magically come true?
Speaker 1 (45:16):
So let it go?
Speaker 2 (45:19):
Okay? Is Utopia is the guess?
Speaker 1 (45:21):
Yay? So that's funny. Yeah, so yeah, most people got it.
Thirty four percent got it On the third guess Utopia. Yeah,
so I did see this movie. Yeah, but that's true.
Part it's yeah, I remember that little guy. Did you
(45:41):
at home at work driving around listening to the podcast
Hobo on Hollywood. No, it was Utopia on the first
guest because I didn't clearly, but it was a great guess. Yeah,
yeah it was. I think I was a good guess too.
I just remember like small animals and and yeah, the
bunniest they ring a bell. All right, Jamie. Great episode
(46:03):
again for those of you who want to help out
with the La fires, we have again that information at
the top of the episode if you want to rewind
and go back of all the organizations where you can
donate either you know, money, maybe even your time if
you are in the area to help about those affected
by the wildfires. Also, let us know what are your
thoughts on MUFASA, what are your thoughts on Honora. We're
(46:27):
still try to set up some local interviews with some
local talents, those in the filmmaking industry in New England,
So if you are one of those talents or folk,
please reach out to us Hub on Hollywood at gmail
dot com. We'd love to have you on to talk
about whatever project you're working on, because we love giving
people a microphone, a spotlight and help out in any
(46:48):
way we can, Jamie, anything else you want to add.
Speaker 2 (46:53):
We rock, and all of all of you rock. Thank
you for subscribing, Thank you for following, Thank you for
donating to help the folks in California. I'm gonna be
gone for a couple of weeks, James. You're gonna keep
us entertained and informed while I'm gone, So just sending
(47:13):
close secret guest hosts. That's right. So you got to
stick around find out who the secret guest host is
and I will see you when I see you. Thank
you for listening to the Hop on Hollywood. Until next time,
I'm
Speaker 1 (47:26):
Jamie, I'm James Audio
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