Late to the Movies

Christmas in Connecticut

December 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins

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Holiday Month hits peak-merriment with Christmas in Connecticut! Ben and Anthony discuss the 1945 classic, in which screen legend Barbara Stanwyck hosts a total goof-fest in order to... preserve gender roles? Or maybe to critique them, if you're being generous? Listen along and decide for yourself!

Directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet.

Gremlins

December 18th, 2023  |  57 mins 1 sec

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Holiday season continues with the 1984 comedy-horror classic, Gremlins! Ben, Cory, Noah, and Robbie hop in their Kentucky Harvesters, take a ride on faulty stair lift, and break all three simple rules for Mogwai care while discussing Joe Dante's tonal mashup.

Directed by Joe Dante, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Chris Columbus. Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo.

It's A Wonderful Life

December 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 22 mins

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Continuing December's focus on Holiday Movies, this week we've got one of the all-time classics - Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss the 1946 film.

Directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers.

Black Christmas

December 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 34 mins

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This December, we're getting in the holiday spirit with a full month of Christmas movies! Up first, the very wholesome, family friendly Black Christmas! Ben, Bree, and Sam discuss the 1974 Canuxploitation cult-classic, considered to be the first slasher.

Directed by Bob Clark, written by A. Roy Moore, and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon.

The Maltese Falcon

November 27th, 2023  |  53 mins 3 secs

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Bird Month comes to a soaring conclusion with a classic noir - The Maltese Falcon! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss the twists, turns, and amazing characters of John Huston's directorial debut.

Written and directed by John Huston, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving & Garfield's Thanksgiving

November 20th, 2023  |  48 mins 40 secs

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We take a break from Bird Month to focus on the only bird that matters this week - turkey! As in, Thanksgiving! Ben, Andy, Jeffrey, Kate, and Kay tackle two TV specials featuring iconic comic characters - one holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973), and one complete trainwreck, Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989).

The Birds

November 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 17 mins

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Bird Month flaps ahead with Alfred Hitchcock's bird-filled classic, The Birds! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz dive in to all the pecks, squawks, and oedipal weirdness of the Master of Suspense's fowl-est film.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Evan Hunter, and starring Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren and featuring Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright.

Chicken Run

November 6th, 2023  |  52 mins 51 secs

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November is Bird Month! Flying in first, it's Aardman's 2000 classic, Chicken Run! Ben and Anthony discuss the highest grossing stop motion animated film of all time.

Directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park from a screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick.

Train to Busan

October 30th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins

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Spooky Subtitles Month takes us BACK to South Korea to catch a ride aboard Train to Busan. Ben and Anthony discuss the high-speed zombie action of this 2016 thrill ride.

Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee and Kim Eui-sung.

REC

October 23rd, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins

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Spooky Subtitles Month heads back to Europe for 2007's Spanish found-footage classic [•REC]! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss the ins and (legally not allowed to come back) outs of one of the most thrilling and acclaimed films in modern horror.

Co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza and starring Manuela Velasco.