Episode Archive
176 episodes of Late to the Movies since the first episode, which aired on October 4th, 2021.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
December 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
ben holt, christmas release, film, jonah hill, jordan belfort, kyle chandler, late to the movies, leonardo dicaprio, margot robbie, martin scorsese, matthew mcconaughey, movie, review, the wolf of wall street
Released on Christmas Day Month continues/ends with another Leo joint - The Wolf of Wall Street! Ben and Patrick discuss the decade-long debate over the excess and morals of Martin Scorsese's 2013 darkly comic, loosely biographical film about Jordan Belfort.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Terence Winter, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, and Kyle Chandler.
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Django Unchained
December 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 27 mins
ben holt, christmas release, christoph waltz, django unchained, film, jamie foxx, kerry washington, late to the movies, leonardo dicaprio, movie, quentin tarantino, review, samuel l. jackson, western
Released on Christmas Day Month begins/continues (long story) with Django Unchained! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, Marshall, and Ray discuss Quentin Tarantino's 2012 revisionist Western to get in the holiday spirit.
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson.
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Spartacus
November 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
ben holt, epic, film, kirk douglas, late to the movies, laurence olivier, movie, myth, review, roman, spartacus, stanley kubrick, sword and sandals, tony curtis
Sword and Sandals Month concludes with Stanley Kubrick's blockbuster 1960 collaboration with Kirk Douglas, Spartacus! Ben and Patrick decide once and for all: sword OR sandals?!
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, adapted by Dalton Trumbo, and starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, and Tony Curtis.
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Jason and the Argonauts
November 22nd, 2024 | 51 mins 5 secs
ben holt, don chaffey, film, greek, honor blackman, jason and the argonauts, late to the movies, movie, myth, ray harryhausen, review, sword and sandals, todd armstrong
Sword and Sandals Month continues with 1963's Jason and the Argonauts! Ben and Brady discuss all the swords, sandals, and classic Ray Harryhausen stop-motion creatures in this loose mythological adaptation.
Directed by Don Chaffey with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. Starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman, and Gary Raymond.
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
November 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
adventure, alexandra daddario, ben holt, chris columbus, film, greek, late to the movies, logan lerman, movie, myth, percy jackson, review, sword and sandals, young adult
November is Sword and Sandals month! All month, we'll focus on mythical and mythic-ish movies, starting with 2010's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz break down the watered-down (ha!) first attempt at adapting Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series.
Directed by Chris Columbus, starring Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, and Alexandra Daddario, and featuring Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Keener, Joe Pantoliano, and Uma Thurman.
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In the Mouth of Madness
October 31st, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
ben holt, film, halloween, horror, in the mouth of madness, john carpenter, late to the movies, lovecraft, movie, review, sam neill, thriller
Sam Neilloween culminates with John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss the goofy eldritch hijinks of Sam Neill's trip to northern New England.
Directed by John Carpenter, written by Michael De Luca, and starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston.
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Daybreakers
October 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
action, ben holt, dystopian, ethan hawke, film, halloween, horror, late to the movies, movie, review, sam neill, scifi, spierig brothers, willem dafoe
Sam Neilloween vamps it up with 2009's Daybreakers! Ben and Patrick discuss the surprisingly star-filled, surprisingly ambitious Spierig Brothers dystopian sci-fi/action/horror/thriller film.
Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, AND Sam Neill.
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Event Horizon
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
ben holt, black hole, event horizon, film, halloween, horror, late to the movies, laurence fishburne, movie, paul w. s. anderson, review, sam neill, scifi, space
Sam Neilloween blasts off to somewhere near Neptune with 1997's Event Horizon! Ben, Sam, and Vaz discuss Sam Neill's predictably full-send performance in the Paul W.S. Anderson... classic?
Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, written by Philip Eisner, and starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson.
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Possession
October 14th, 2024 | 52 mins 34 secs
andrzej żuławski, ben holt, divorce, film, halloween, horror, isabelle adjani, late to the movies, movie, possession, review, sam neill, scifi
Sam Neilloween continues with Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 cult-classic, Possession! This week finds our hero caught in a psychological domestic divorce horror opposite a Cannes Best Actress-winning performance from Isabelle Adjani. Ben, Cory, and Noah discuss the fully... committed? unhinged? performances and vague plot of Possession.
Directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani.
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Jurassic Park Re-Re-Release (Happy Sam Neilloween!)
October 7th, 2024 | 1 hr 38 mins
ben holt, film, halloween, horror, jeff goldblum, jurassic park, late to the movies, laura dern, movie, review, richard attenborough, sam neill, scifi, steven spielberg
This year's October theme is Sam Neilloween! We'll be going deep on one of the most underrated and fearless actors of modern cinema, watching only Sam Neill-starring films all month. First up: the re-re-release of our episode on Jurassic Park, originally released in July 2022. Ben, Greg, Kyle, Lyndsey, and Ray discuss Neill's biggest film, the 1993 Steven Spielberg blockbuster that set a new standard for special effects in film (and also has that weird laugh that Jeff Goldblum does). It's weird they never made any legacy sequels to this one!
Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
September 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 41 mins
2001, a space odyssey, arthur c. clarke, ben holt, epic, film, future, late to the movies, movie, past, review, science fiction, scifi, space, stanley kubrick
"(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" reaches its epic conclusion with Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." Ben, Greg, Lindsey, Marshall, and Ray discuss this vision of 2001 from the perspective of 1968; one of the most referenced, parodied, discussed, dissected, and imitated films of all time.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain.
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Paprika
September 23rd, 2024 | 46 mins 32 secs
animated, anime, ben holt, film, future, late to the movies, movie, paprika, past, review, satoshi kon, scifi, surreal, thriller, yasutaka tsutsui
"(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" leaves dystopian futures behind (finally) and delves into the surrealist dreamscape of Satoshi Kon's Paprika (2006)! Ben, Cory, and Noah join the dream parade to discuss the animated classic, set in 2006's near-future.
Directed by Satoshi Kon, co-written by Satoski Kon and Seishi Minakami, and based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
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The Running Man
September 16th, 2024 | 52 mins 47 secs
action, arnold schwarzenegger, ben holt, dystopian, film, future, jesse ventura, late to the movies, maría conchita alonso, movie, past, paul michael glaser, review, richard dawson, scifi
"(Going) Back to (Look at) the Future Month" continues with Paul Michael Glaser's 1987 vision of a dystopian 2019 - The Running Man! Ben and Anthony discuss the unapologetically dumb, one-liner filled, Schwarzenegger-starring, incredibly loose adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name.
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura.
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Johnny Mnemonic
September 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 12 secs
ben holt, cyberpunk, dolph lundgren, film, future, ice-t, johnny mnemonic, keanu reeves, late to the movies, movie, past, review, robert longo, scifi, william gibson
Going Back to (Look at) the Future month continues with 1995's somewhat-reclaimed Johnny Mnemonic! Ben and Brady discuss the William Gibson-penned, Robert Longo-directed, Keanu Reeves-starring, notorious cyberpunk flop that predicted a 2021 that included a global pandemic... hmm!
Directed by Robert Longo and written by William Gibson, adapting his own short story. Starring Keanu Reeves, Takeshi Kitano, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T and Dina Meyer.
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Predator 2
September 2nd, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
action, ben holt, bill paxton, danny glover, film, future, gary busey, horror, late to the movies, movie, past, predator, predator 2, review, scifi, stephen hopkins
New month, new theme... after spending last month looking at the past, in September we're "going back to (look at) the future!" That means we'll be talking about movies set in the future relative to film's release but in a year that has already happened in the real world. For instance: 1990's "Predator 2", set in near-future 1997 in Los Angeles. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz discuss the extremely sweaty, trash-strewn action of this non-Arnold sequel.
Directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall.
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Eyes Wide Shut
August 26th, 2024 | 1 hr 52 mins
1999, 25th anniversary, ben holt, eyes wide shut, film, late to the movies, movie, nicole kidman, review, stanley kubrick, sydney pollack, thriller, tom cruise
1999 Month rolls on with the very chill, very non-divisive Eyes Wide Shut! Ben, Greg, Ray, and Robbie all totally agree while discussing the unquestionably (maybe!) masterful Stanley Kubrick classic.
Directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick and starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and Sydney Pollack.