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#981: 2024 Fall Movie Preview

2024 fall MOVIE PREVIEW:

1. ACTORS WE LOVE IN MELODRAMAS WE MIGHT: HIS THREE DAUGHTERS v WE LIVE IN TIME
AK: HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
JL: HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

2. DIRECTING DUO HORROR: THE FRONT ROOM v HOUSE OF SPOILS v HERETIC
AK: HOUSE OF SPOILS
JL: HOUSE OF SPOILS

3. MILLENNIAL MID-LIFE CRISIS: MY OLD ASS v THE OUTRUN
AK: MY OLD ASS
JL: THE OUTRUN

4. HOLLYWOOD PLAYS ITSELF: A DIFFERENT MAN v THE SUBSTANCE
AK: A DIFFERENT MAN
JL: THE SUBSTANCE

5. UNEXPECTEDLY ANIMATED: TRANSFORMERS ONE v PIECE BY PIECE
AK: PIECE BY PIECE
JL: PIECE BY PIECE

6. BEST OF CANNES: ANORA v EMILIA PÉREZ
AK: ANORA
JL: ANORA

7. I THINK I’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE: HERE v OMNI LOOP
AK: HERE
JL: OMNI LOOP

8. LIVE FROM NEW YORK IT’S…: SATURDAY NIGHT v WILL & HARPER
AK: WILL & HARPER
JL: WILL & HARPER

9. PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING TELLURIDE DEBUTS: NICKEL BOYS v THE PIANO LESSON
AK: THE PIANO LESSON
JL: NICKEL BOYS

10. REUNITED (AND IT FEELS SO BAD): BROTHERS v A REAL PAIN
AK: A REAL PAIN
JL: A REAL PAIN

11. BIGGER SMILES: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX v VENOM: LAST DANCE
AK: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX
JL: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

12. CAUGHT UP IN HISTORY: CONCLAVE v BLITZ
AK: CONCLAVE
JL: BLITZ

TOP 5 MOST ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED FILMS OF 2024:

JOSH:
5. THE SUBSTANCE (SEPTEMBER 20)
4. BLITZ (NOVEMBER 1)
3. APARTMENT 7A (SEPTEMBER 27)
2. ANORA (OCTOBER 18)
1. NICKEL BOYS (OCTOBER 25)

ADAM:
5. JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (OCTOBER 4)
4. MEGALOPOLIS (SEPTEMBER 27)
3. GLADIATOR II (NOVEMBER 22)
2. THE PIANO LESSON (NOVEMBER 8)
1. ANORA (OCTOBER 18)

#952: 2024 Movie Preview

2024 MOVIE PREVIEW:

1. DESERT ADVENTURES: DUNE: PART 2 v. FURIOSA
AK: FURIOSA
JL: FURIOSA

2. PRESTIGE HORROR: NOSFERATU v. WOLF MAN
AK: NOSFERATU
JL: NOSFERATU

3. QUEER THRILLERS: DRIVE AWAY DOLLS v. LOVE LIES BLEEDING
AK: DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS
JL: LOVE LIES BLEEDING

4. MACHO ‘80s REHEATS AKA ACTORS WE LOVE DOING DUMB SHIT WE ALSO LOVE: THE FALL GUY v. ROAD HOUSE
AK: ROAD HOUSE
JL: THE FALL GUY

5. CHILDREN OF RIDLEY: ALIEN: ROMULUS v. UNTITLED GLADIATOR SEQUEL
AK: UNTITLED GLADIATOR SEQUEL
JL: ALIEN: ROMULUS

6. THE BOYS ARE BACK: Richard Linklater’s HIT MAN v. Steven Soderbergh’s PRESENCE
AK: PRESENCE
JL: PRESENCE

7. IN A WORLD…: CIVIL WAR v. KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
AK: CIVIL WAR
JL: CIVIL WAR

8. JOKERS: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX v. THE PEOPLE’S JOKER
AK: THE PEOPLE’S JOKER
JL: JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

9. SEQUELS, PREQUELS, RE-HEATQUELS WE’D SKIP EXCEPT…WAIT, WHO’S DIRECTING THAT?: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE v TWISTERS v MUFASA: THE LION KING
AK: MUFASA: THE LION KING
JL: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

  1. BROADWAY COMES TO THE ARTHOUSE: JANET PLANET v. THE PIANO LESSON
    AK: THE PIANO LESSON
    JL: JANET PLANET

TOP 5 MOST ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED FILMS OF 2024:

JOSH:
5. CIVIL WAR (April 12)
4. THE NICKEL BOYS (TBD)
3. MEGALOPOLIS (TBD)
2. BLITZ (TBD)
1. FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (May 24)

ADAM:
5. THE BIKERIDERS (June 21)
4. CIVIL WAR (April 12)
3. PRESENCE (TBD)
2. DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS (Feb. 23)
1. FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (May 24)

#873: Summer Preview - 2022

ADAM

  1. Could it be true - could TOP GUN: MAVERICK (May 24) actually be great?

  2. How does one possibly follow up Mad Max: Fury Road (THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, Aug. 31)?

  3. What’s it like when Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas star in a movie together - that isn’t ‘un film de Almodóvar’? aka Seriously, before OFFICIAL COMPETITION (June 17), Cruz and Banderas never appeared in an Almodóvar film together?!

  4. If you die doing what you love most, with the person you love the most, was it all worth it (FIRE OF LOVE)?

  5. Will Martin McDonagh’s brother, John Michael, heal our brotherly battle over “Three Billboards” with THE FORGIVEN (July 1)?

JOSH

  1. With NOPE (July 22), will the M. Night Shyamalan comparisons for Jordan Peele come true?

  2. AFTER HUSTLE (June 8), will we have to officially retire the Adam Sandler/Netflix joke for Filmspotting Madness?

  3. Will PERSUASION (July 15) add fire to the great Jane Austen adaptation debate?

  4. Will A24’s impressive horror run continue with BODIES BODIES BODIES (Aug. 5)?

  5. Will we reach a low point of reheatery with LIGHTYEAR (June 17)?

#858: 2022 Movie Preview

Adam

  1. Which ‘change of pace’ movie about an artist - and starring Michelle Williams – will be my #1 film of the year – SHOWING UP or THE FABELMANS?

  2. Can there be such a thing as too much Tilda Swinton (answer: of course not) or Who has better taste: Tilda Swinton or the directors who cast her? (h/t David Hudson)

  3. How will the director who reimagined the biopic with “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” reimagine the tragic tale of Marilyn Monroe (BLONDE)?

  4. Will DISAPPOINTMENT BLVD. be the first time Ari Aster doesn’t disappoint me? or Will Joaquin Phoenix and Meryl Streep finally help me appreciate Ari Aster? or Can I possibly handle four hours of Ari Aster?

  5. Will the match of Sam Raimi and Doctor Strange get me out of my Marvel rut following "Spider-Man: No Way Home" with DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS?

Most Anticipated

  1. Killers of the Flower Moon

  2. After Yang

  3. Showing Up

  4. Asteroid City

  5. Knives Out 2 or Nope


Josh

  1. Will people stop making fun of me for loving AVATAR?

  2. Will Guillermo del Toro’s PINOCCHIO become my favorite stop-motion animated film of all time?

  3. Will Adam, as a new Bradley Cooper fan, take the next step and rejoin me as a David O. Russell appreciator? (CANTERBURY GLASS)

  4. Which Cronenberg family member will mess me up more: David with CRIMES OF THE FUTURE or Brandon with INFINITY POOL?

  5. Can Olivia Wilde do funny and scary? (DON’T WORRY DARLING)

Most Anticipated

  1. Nope

  2. Asteroid City

  3. After Yang

  4. God’s Creature

  5. Pinocchio / Showing Up

#826: Summer Movie Preview - Top 5 Questions

Adam

  1. How ‘out of sight’ will NO SUDDEN MOVE be?

  2. What will I see in ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE?

  3. How fully will ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN satiate my post-pandemic appetite for food and travel–and make me miss its subject?

  4. Will SIBERIA force me to finally reckon with “one of the more important directors currently living”? or Where will SIBERIA place Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara in the pantheon of cinema’s best actor-director collaborators?

  5. What does Jafar Panahi meets “Pulp Fiction” look like (THERE IS NO EVIL)?


Josh

  1. Will I catch GREEN KNIGHT fever?

  2. Can LUCA live up to its influences?

  3. Never mind Sia (or MUSIC) ... can Questlove direct? (SUMMER OF SOUL)

  4. Am I too old for ZOLA?

  5. Is UNDINE really about a mermaid?

#811: 2021 Movie Preview - Top 5 Questions

Adam

Soggy Bottom Filming
  1. SOGGY BOTTOM. That’s it. That’s the question.

  2. When shall we meet again, Ethan
    In thunder, lightning, or in rain? (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)

  3. Will JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH powerfully teach a new generation about Fred Hampton, and anoint Daniel Kaluuya as one of his generation’s best?

  4. Will THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT be the new “Being John Malkovich” or “JCVD”?

  5. Will I finally watch - and appreciate - The Matrix sequels in preparation for THE MATRIX 4?


Josh

  1. What’s our annual capacity, as a nation, for Lin-Manuel Miranda? (IN THE HEIGHHTS; ENCANTO; RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT; TICK, TICK… BOOM; VIVO)

  2. Have we missed Baz Luhrmann? (UNTITLED ELVIS PRESLEY PROJECT)

  3. Can we convince Sarah to go see THE NORTHMAN?

  4. What is M. Night Shyamalan up to? (OLD)

  5. Can Sia direct a narrative feature? (MUSIC)


 
 

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