Late to the Movies

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

April 24th, 2023  |  1 hr 6 mins

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Watch the Skies Month concludes with our last look at alien invasions and visitations - Close Encounters of the Third Kind! Ben and Anthony carve a mountain out of mashed potatoes, get a sunburn on half their faces, and have a jam session with a spaceship as they discuss Steven Spielberg's 1977 sci-fi classic.

Written and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut.

They Live

April 17th, 2023  |  1 hr 5 mins

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Watch the Skies Month continues with our latest look at alien invasions - John Carpenter's They Live! Ben, Robbie, and Will wear sunglasses, run out of bubblegum, and have a six minute long fight scene while discussing the oft-parodied 1988 sci fi classic.

Written and directed by John Carpenter and starring Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster.

Predator

April 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 34 mins

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Watch the Skies Month - our exploration of alien invasions, incursions, and visitations - continues with 1987's Predator! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz head to the jungle to discuss the Schwarzenegger-starring, sci-fi/monster movie classic.

Directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers.

Arrival

April 3rd, 2023  |  1 hr 31 mins

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It's the first episode of a new month, so we need a new theme - April is Watch the Skies Month, where we'll talk about alien invasions, encounters, and visitations. First up is Denis Villeneuve's Arrival! Ben, Greg, and Ray talk in circles about this modern sci-fi classic.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve, adapted by Eric Heisserer, and based on "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. Starring Amy Adams and featuring Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma.

The Fabelmans

March 31st, 2023  |  1 hr 55 mins

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Our semi-comprehensive dive into this year's Best Picture nominees at the Oscars comes to an end with The Fabelmans! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz dance in the headlights, dream about punching Seth Rogen, and move to Arizona and then Northern California to discuss Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming of age film... and I promise the episodes will be back to normal length next month!

Directed by Steven Spielberg, who co-wrote it with Tony Kushner. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch.

Top Gun: Maverick

March 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 7 mins

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It's almost time to bring our month-long look at some recent Oscar Best Picture nominees in for a landing, but before we do, we're gonna talk about the movie that (maybe?) saved theaters last year - Top Gun: Maverick! Ben and Anthony take the highway to the danger zone (sorry) to discuss Joseph Kosinski's instant popcorn-classic.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer.

The Second Annual Laties Awards!

March 24th, 2023  |  2 hrs 4 mins

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At long last, THE LATIES have returned! The Oscars were merely preamble to this, the TRUE biggest night in Hollywood. Ben, Greg, Jordan, and Ray deliberate and hand out some awards to the best and brightest in 2022 movies in this action-packed, special extended episode.

Who will take home Best Picture? Which of us will win Best Song?! What could that last question possibly mean?!? Listen now to find out!

The Banshees of Inisherin

March 20th, 2023  |  1 hr 40 mins

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If you thought our semi-thorough round up of Best Picture Nominees from this year's Academy Awards was going to end once the Oscars were over... there goes that dream! Up this week - The Banshees of Inisherin! Ben, Jordan, Lindsey, and Robbie portend death, work on their music, and repeatedly ask each other to go down to the pub like to discuss Martin McDonagh's latest tragicomedy.

Written, directed, and produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

March 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 27 mins

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Did something happen last night? Oh, that's right - Daniels' Everything Everywhere All At Once became the first film EVER to win five above-the-line Oscars, and won seven overall. Let's talk about that movie!

This episode was recorded a couple weeks ago but the sentiments remain timely: Ben, Cory, Noah, and Pat talk about one of our favorite movies of the last year, and one that may have just heralded a sea change in the film industry... sounds crazy, but get ready for A LOT of knockoffs in the coming years!

Written and directed by Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), starring Michelle Yeoh, and featuring Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Laties Update and Voting Results

March 10th, 2023  |  9 mins 50 secs

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Ben gives an update on the 2023 Laties episode (coming next week!) and reads the results of the fan voting (you guys liked a lot of movies this year!).

Tár

March 6th, 2023  |  1 hr 46 mins

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It's Oscar Season! This month on Late to the Movies, we'll be talking about the current crop of Best Picture nominees. First up, Cate Blanchett stars in Todd Field's long-awaited return - Tár! Ben, Greg, and Ray are on hand to choose love, tackle Mark Strong, and obliterate themselves before the public and God.

Written and directed by Todd Field, starring Cate Blanchett, and featuring Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, and Mark Strong.

Avatar

February 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 37 mins

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On the grand finale of Big Jim Winter, we cover James Cameron's (and the world's) highest grossing film ever - Avatar! Ben, Bree, Kay, and Sam 'Sivako' (rise to the challenge) of discussing the 2009 technological marvel and... classic?

Directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver.

True Lies

February 20th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

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Big Jim Winter continues with one of James Cameron's weirder movies - 1994's True Lies! Ben and Anthony discuss the epic stunt set pieces and bizarre marital drama of the first film to cost 100 million dollars.

Written and directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, and featuring Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, and Eliza Dushku.

Aliens

February 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 41 mins

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Big Jim Winter continues! Our month-long journey through James Cameron's filmography goes interstellar with 1986's Aliens! Ben, Noah, Robbie, and Will discuss the classic sci-fi action/thriller.

Written and directed by James Cameron, starring Sigourney Weaver, and featuring Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, and Carrie Henn.

Titanic (Re-Release!)

February 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 24 mins

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In honor of Titanic's re-release this weekend and continuing our month-long James Cameron theme, we're re-releasing our Titanic episode! Originally released in March of 2022 in our Oscar winners month, we figured we should re-up it for anyone going to see James Cameron's remastered epic in theaters. Back to regularly scheduled programming on Monday with Aliens!

The Terminator

February 6th, 2023  |  1 hr 21 mins

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It's the start of a new month which means a new theme - all February long we'll be talking about the films of James Cameron. That's right: it's Big Jim Winter! Ben, Bree, and Sam kick things off with the movie that launched James Cameron's (and Arnold Schwarzenegger's) career, 1984's The Terminator!

Directed by James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and Gale Ann Hurd, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Michael Biehn.