Late to the Movies

Akira

November 21st, 2022  |  51 mins 23 secs

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Animation Month continues on Late to the Movies with the ultra-influential Akira! Ben, Cory, and Noah discuss the jackets, psychic babies, and cyberpunk dystopia of this 1988 animated classic. Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

November 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins

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Animation Month keeps swingin' on Late to the Movies with 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! Ben, Greg, Ray, Robbie, and Will discuss the groundbreaking, eye-popping, poignant instant superhero classic, produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman, and starring Shameik Moore with the voices of Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Vélez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber.

The Iron Giant

November 7th, 2022  |  1 hr 17 mins

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It's a new month and that means a new theme on Late to the Movies: November is Animation Month! Ben, Bree, and Sam kick it off with a discussion of Brad Bird's 1999 classic, The Iron Giant.

Directed by Brad Bird and starring the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, and Christopher McDonald.

Scream

October 31st, 2022  |  1 hr 29 secs

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It's Halloween on Late to the Movies! Spook 'Em Up Month reaches its thrilling conclusion with 1996's Scream. Ben, Jeffrey, and Kate talk about the chills, kills, and jokes of Wes Craven's genre-revitalizing classic.

Directed by Wes Craven, written by Kevin Williamson, and starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and Drew Barrymore.

Hocus Pocus & Hocus Pocus 2

October 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 45 mins

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It's a very special Spook 'Em Up Month DOUBLE Episode (Whoa!) as Late to the Movies podcasts a spell on 1993's Hocus Pocus (15:40-56:00) and 2022's Hocus Pocus 2 (starting at 56:00). Ben, Greg, Jordan, Ray, and Robbie hop on their broomsticks and Roombas to discuss Salem, nostalgia, and the almost-thirty-year-old Disney witch franchise.

Hocus Pocus was directed by Kenny Ortega and written by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert. The sequel was directed by Anne Fletcher and written by Jen D'Angelo. Both star Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy.

House (1977)

October 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 13 mins

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This week on Late to the Movies... Spook 'Em Up Month takes a phantasmagoric trip to the Japanese countryside with Nobuhiko Obayashi's House! Ben, Cory, Miles, and Noah discuss the technical wizardry and narrative lunacy of this 1977 cult classic.

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, story by his daughter Chigumi, script by Chiho Katsura, and starring Kimiko Ikegami and Yōko Minamida.

The Thing

October 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 19 mins

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Spook 'em Up Month continues on Late to the Movies with John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982)! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz huddle around the burning wreckage of their sub-zero research facility to discuss their favorite puppets, scares, and existential questions in this incomparable horror/whodunit mashup. Directed by Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster, starring Kurt Russell, and featuring Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat, and Thomas G. Waites.

Poltergeist

October 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 27 mins

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It's spooky season, so you know what that means - Spook 'em Up Month! A totally common phrase to describe horror movies, which is what we'll be focusing on this October. Up first, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist! Ben, Greg, Ray, and Robbie go for a swim, climb a tree, and throw a rope into hell as they discuss this horror classic.

Directed by Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. Starring JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O'Rourke, and Zelda Rubinstein.

Mean Girls

September 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 24 mins

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It's the finale of 'Back to School Month' on Late to the Movies, and we're marking the occasion with the most-requested topic yet - Mean Girls! ...and also the direct-to-ABC Family sequel, Mean Girls 2. Ben, Bree, Kay and Sam talk about Lindsay Lohan, high school, and trying to make fetch happen in the 2004 original (00:00-58:30) before turning their attention to the very strange, very unnecessary 2011 sequel (58:30-1:20:30).

Mean Girls was directed by Mark Waters, written by Tina Fey, and stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, and Fey. Mean Girls 2 was directed by Melanie Mayron, and stars Meaghan Martin, Jennifer Stone, and Maiara Walsh.

School of Rock

September 19th, 2022  |  49 mins 52 secs

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Back to School Month keeps rockin' on Late to the Movies with School of Rock! Ben and Robbie discuss what they've been watching recently before getting the Led out with Jack Black and his band of preteens in this 2003 classic. Directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White and starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, White, Sarah Silverman, and Miranda Cosgrove.

Heathers

September 12th, 2022  |  50 mins 48 secs

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Back to School Month continues with a VERY episode on 1988's (or maybe 1989's) Heathers! Ben, Bree, and Sam exchange greetings and salutations and discuss this iconic black comedy. Written by Daniel Waters, directed by Michael Lehmann, and starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, and Penelope Milford.

High School Musical

September 5th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

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It's Back to School Month on Late to the Movies! First up, Ben, Kyle, and Lyndsey get their heads in the game with the 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. Directed by Kenny Ortega and starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman.

50th (Week) Anniversary!! & The Quarry

August 29th, 2022  |  1 hr 27 mins

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It's the 50th episode of Late to the Movies! To mark the occasion, Ben, Greg, Ray, and Robbie talk about the year so far in movies, look ahead to Oscar season, and play a memory game about last year's ceremony. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! In an unprecedented second segment (starting at 1:02:20), Ben, Kyle, and Lyndsey close out Summer Camp Month by discussing the recently released, very cinematic, choose-your-own adventure game, The Quarry. Link to Ben's ranking on 2022 movies of Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/gzCxW

Wet Hot American Summer

August 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 22 mins

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Summer Camp Month continues with the endlessly quotable, cult-classic summer camp satire - 2001's Wet Hot American Summer! Ben, Bree, Colin, Sam, and Vaz gather 'round the campfire to talk about the many (MANY) soon to be very famous cast members, their favorite bits, and to play a couple games. Seriously, eventually there are games (starting at 59:30!) so just hang in there. Directed by David Wain, written by Wain and Michael Showalter, and starring (deep breath) Janeane Garofalo, Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Christopher Meloni, Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, and A. D. Miles.

Moonrise Kingdom

August 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 8 mins

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'Summer Camp Month' rows along on Late to the Movies with 2012's Moonrise Kingdom! Ben, Cory, Greg, and Ray discuss Wes Anderson's very funny ode to childhood, coastal New England, and the 1960's. Directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, and starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, Jared Gilman, and Kara Hayward.

Friday the 13th

August 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins

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Summer Camp Month continues on Late to the Movies, as our group of hapless counselors discuss 1980's Friday the 13th! Ben, Cory, Noah, and Robbie talk about the landmark slasher flick. They also talk about Jordan Peele's Nope (spoilers from 02:45-18:20). Directed Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, and Robbi Morgan.