Late to the Movies

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.

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

January 30th, 2023  |  1 hr 6 mins

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It's the finale of Sight and Sound Month, and that means we're talking the number one ranked film on the latest Greatest Films of All Time Poll - "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles"! Ben and Vaz discuss Chantal Akerman's 1975 slow-cinema classic, the first film directed by a woman to top the Sight and Sound Poll... or to even be in the top ten. Next week: The Terminator!

Written and directed by Chantal Akerman and starring Delphine Seyrig.

Mulholland Drive

January 23rd, 2023  |  1 hr 34 mins

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Sight and Sound Month continues with number 8 on the list - David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001)! Ben, Greg, and Ray talk through... a LOT of feelings about the neo-noir classic before discussing the soon-to-be announced Oscar nominations (starting around 1:11:00).

Directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, and Ann Miller.

Vertigo

January 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 22 mins

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Our tour of the Top 10 films from the most recent Sight and Sound Poll of the greatest films of all time continues with #2, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo! This one actually topped the poll in 2012, but is it any good? Yes. Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz take a long drive around San Francisco and discuss the landmark film, while only occasionally slipping into very, very bad Jimmy Stewart impressions, and then play America's favorite parlor game - A San Francisco "Treat."

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.