Late to the Movies

After Hours

April 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 8 mins

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One Night Only Month turns the clocks back to 1985 to stay up way too late with Martin Scorcese's After Hours! Ben and Vaz discuss the nocturnal misadventures of Griffin Dunne's protagonist, Paul, in this New York classic.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Joseph Minion, starring Griffin Dunne, and featuring Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Linda Fiorentino, Verna Bloom, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara.

Escape from New York

April 1st, 2024  |  57 mins 29 secs

adrienne barbeau, ben holt, donald pleasence, ernest borgnine, escape from new york, film, harry dean stanton, isaac hayes, john carpenter, kurt russell, late to the movies, lee van cleef, movie, one night, review, snake plissken

New month, new theme! All April long will be One Night Only - a celebration of films that (mostly) take place all in one night. First up is our latest look at a John Carpenter classic - Escape from New York! Ben and Anthony discuss the debut of Kurt Russell's most iconic character, Snake Plissken, the bizarre-yet-cool tone created by Carpenter (and cinematographer Dean Cundey), and the free production value of shooting this movie in St. Louis... which just kind of looked like that at the time.

Co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau, and Harry Dean Stanton.

Poor Things

March 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins

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Oscar Month concludes with the Third Annual Laties Awards Best Picture winner - Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz discuss the stacked cast, bizarre tone, and Oscar-winning design of the instant classic.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, written by Tony McNamara, and starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael.

The Third Annual Laties Awards

March 25th, 2024  |  1 hr 41 mins

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It's finally here! Oscars Month hits its undisputed high point with the awards show we've all been for - The Third Annual Laties Awards! Ben, Greg, Jordan, Ray, and Robbie (and the all-important fan votes!) decide what 2023 movies will take home the hardware. Will sentimental favorite Past Lives" break "Poor Things' heart? Will Messi the dog (from Anatomy of a Fall) win our first ever animal award?? Will Barbie OR Oppenheimer win anything meaningful (aside from hundreds of millions of dollars)?!? Listen now to find out!!

Theme song: "In to the Deep" by Robbie

Barbie

March 18th, 2024  |  1 hr 18 mins

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The actual Oscars may have already happened, but it's still Oscar Month on the pod! This week's Best Picture nominee - Greta Gerwig's Barbie! Ben, Andy, Aquielle, Jeffrey, and Kate discuss 2023's highest-grossing movie.

Directed by Greta Gerwig, screenplay by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and featuring America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.

Oppenheimer

March 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins

2024, academy awards, ben holt, best picture, christopher nolan, cillian murphy, emily blunt, film, florence pugh, josh hartnett, late to the movies, matt damon, movie, oppenheimer, oscars, review, robert downey jr.

Oscar season rolls on with the (as I'm writing this) odds-on Best Picture favorite - Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer! By the time this episode comes out, we'll know exactly how many of it's near-record 13 Oscar nominations it won. What we do know for now - in this episode, Ben and Robbie discuss the less-pink half of the biggest movie event of the last several years.

Written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, and Josh Hartnett.

Past Lives

March 4th, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins

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It's Oscar Season! We'll be covering a quartet of Oscar nominated movies this month PLUS the Third Annual Laties Awards in March. First up - Celine Song's instant-classic debut feature, Past Lives! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss a collective favorite from a great movie year.

Written and directed by Celine Song and starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro.

Moonstruck

February 26th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

ben holt, cher, comedy, danny aiello, film, john patrick shanley, late to the movies, moonstruck, movie, nicolas cage, norman jewison, olympia dukakis, review, romantic, romcom, vincent gardenia

Romcom Month Strikes Back heats up with Norman Jewison's 1987 classic, Moonstruck! Ben and Martha discuss Cher's Oscar-winning turn and Nic Cage's breakout performance in this witty, bizarre, endlessly quotable film.

Directed by Norman Jewison, written by John Patrick Shanley, and starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis, and Vincent Gardenia.

Pretty Woman

February 19th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins

ben holt, comedy, film, garry marshall, héctor elizondo, jason alexander, julia roberts, late to the movies, laura san giacomo, movie, pretty woman, ralph bellamy, review, richard gere, romantic, romcom

Romcom Month Strikes Back... belatedly! Sorry! We're back with Garry Marshall's 1990 smash-hit Pretty Woman! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss Julia Roberts' breakout film.

Directed by Garry Marshall, screenplay by J. F. Lawton, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and featuring Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy, Laura San Giacomo, and Jason Alexander.

Groundhog Day... Again?!?

February 5th, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins

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A new month means a new theme, but in a first ever for the podcast, it's a SECOND episode on the same movie! Fittingly, Groundhog Day kicks off Romcom Month Strikes Back, a sequel to our first ever themed month back in February 2022.

Ben, Anthony, and Sam get (time)loopy talking about Harold Ramis' classic existential romantic comedy.

Directed by Ramis and starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott.