Movie Night Extravaganza

Movie Night Extravaganza

by Forrest Miller

Film History Film Reviews

Season 10

Episode 351: Phantom of the Paradise

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron talk about Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise Starring Paul Williams, William Finley, Gerrit Graham, Jessica Harper and George Memmoli Written at the same time as De Palma's 1972 psychological horror film Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise is a Rock Musical based on Phantom of the Opera, Faust, and the Picture of Dorian Grey Misunderstood for a long time, it was best known for its score, which was written and performed by Paul Williams who also stars as the films villain Swan. #PhantomoftheParadise #briandepalma #jessicaharper #paulwilliams #rockyhorror #campmiasma #rockyhorrorpictureshow #1974 #faust #phantomoftheopera #doriangray #pictureofdoriangray #swan #marilynmonroe #winston #rockopera #rock #producer #marilynmonroe #marilynmonroeart #filmpodcast #moviepodcast

Episode 350: The Invite

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron talk about Olivia Wilde's the Invite Starring Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Penelope Cruz Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen play a married couple who have lost their passion for each other whose night with their upstairs neighbors (Edward Norton and Penelope Cruz) ends up with a proposal that could save or destroy their marriage. #theinvite #oliviawilde #a24 #marilynmonroe #billywilder #howardhawks #sethrogen #edwardnorton #penélopecruz #2026 #invite #movies #newmovies #film #thepeopleupstairs #sentimental #cescgay #spanishfilm #internationalfilm #internationalfilms #stageplays

Episode 349: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Mike Nichols 1966 directorial debut Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis, and George Segal Adapted by Ernest Lehman and based on Edward Albee's 1962 play of the same name. After years, first doing Nichols and May and then directing plays, Mike Nichols was given his first foray into film by Warner Brothers. #elizabethtaylor #taylor #richardburton #marilynmonroe #mikenichols #whosafraidoflittleoldme #whosafraidofvirginiawoolf #virginiawoolf #edwardalbee #classichollywood #1966

Episode 349: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron talk about Howard Hawk's 1953 musical comedy 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' Based on a 1925 Anita Loos comic novel and the 1949 Broadway Musical of the same name, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was Howard Hawks last film with Fox Starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell as two showgirls on a boat to Paris who get into various misadventures involving men. Howard Hawks had never directed a musical, and relied on the choreographer Jack Cole who later thought he should have gotten a directing credit. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes followed by How To Marry a Millionaire in 1953 catapulted Marilyn Monroe to stardom. #GentlemenPreferBlondes #marilynmonroe #howardhawks #jackcole #janerussell #1953 #1949 #howtomarryamillionaire #paris #france #film #movies #movie #classichollywood #hollywood #fox #howtomarryamillionaire #verticallive #vertical

Episode 347: Some Like It Hot with Eileen Jones

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, Conan Neutron and film critic Eileen Jones talk about Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot!! Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy follows two musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) in 1929 before the big crash who witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and go into hiding as two female musicians Josephine and Daphne on tour with Sweet Sue's Society Synchopators. They both fall for Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe) who sings and plays ukulele in the band while Daphne is also relentlessly pursued by a millionaire named Osgood Fielding (Joe E. Brown) all while the Chicago Mob led by Spats Colombo (George Raft) also search for them to rub them out, It's a send up of the old Gangster Films AND the Screwball Comedies of the 1920s and 1930s. It's also a film about drag that still holds up decades later!!! Eileen Jones is the Film Critic for Jacobin Magazine and the Filmsuck Podcast. patreon.com/filmsuck!! We are starting Season 10 tonight!!! #billywilder #somelikeithot #marilynmonroe #classichollywood #jacklemmon #tonycurtis #georgeraft #gangster #gangsterfilm #screwballcomedy #howardhawks #1959 #wilder #sabrina #sunsetboulevard #jacobin #filmsuck #film #movies #drag #dragrace #musicals #dragqueen #marilynmonroefans #moviepodcast #moviepodcasts #live #livestream

Season 9

Episode 346: The Dark Knight Rises with Jeffrey Barrios

Forrest, Kristina, and Conan Neutron talk about Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (2012) The third in our trilogy, of Christopher Nolan Batman Movies and also episodes on them Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, and Joseph Gordon Leavitt Batman takes on Bane, a terrorist hidden underneath Gotham who wants to blow up the entire city. #dark #thedarkknight #christophernolan #batman #batmanarkhamknight #nolan #christianbale #joker #heathledger #maggiegyllenhaal #aaroneckhart #brucewayne #wayneenterprises #batmanbegins #tomhardy #alfred #michaelcaine #morganfreeman #2008 #obama #filmtwitter #film #gothamcity #live #livestream #harveydent

Episode 345: The Dark Knight with FreddyG

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and FreddyG discuss Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Last week, we did the 2005 Batman origin story.. Batman Begins. Christopher Nolan's first entry in a grittier, realier, darker Batman series after decades of more campy and cartoonish portrayals. However, it was the Dark Knight in 2008 that really was the gem in the Batman crown for Nolan's trilogy. Coming at an incredibly pivotal year in American History, with the winds of change hopefully in the air, the Dark Knight blew up like a discourse bomb, inspiring like Batman himself, dozens of copycats and changing the trajectory of the "Superhero Movie" by being more crime movie than comic book movie. Of all the performances, Heath Ledger who actually died six months before the movie finally came out, stole the show as the chaotic and nihilistic Joker who manages to get all Gotham's Organized Crime under his thumb without them realizing what they've unleashed. Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger as the Joker, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gylenhaal as Rachel, Gary Oldman, and Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent. FreddyG is a stand up comedian who hosts the monthly stand up show "Paid Protest Comedy" with Anders Lee and Kate Willett and Nonye Brown-West as well as doing content creation for Track AIPAC. Conan is ONCE AGAIN going on tour to the West Coast from August 26th to September 5th https://www.songkick.com/artists/8525203-conan-neutron-and-the-secret-friends

Episode 344: On The Silver Globe with Renee Ruin

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Renee Ruin discuss Andrzej Żuławski's On The Silver Globe Based on "The Lunar Trilogy" a science fiction series written by Żuławski's Great Uncle. Żuławski worked from 1975-1977, On the Silver Globe would have been one of the biggest European Films ever made, as it would have come out right before Star Wars. However, the Polish Authorities shut down the filming because the Deputy Minister of Culture wanted to make a statement. In 1988, Żuławski finished a cut of On the Silver Globe with the footage hidden by the crew, and put it out at Cannes. #posession #onthesilverglobe #lunartrilogy #polish #polishcinema #andrzejzulawski #scifi #sciencefiction #moonlanding #sovietunion #starwars #lunar #moon #moonman #astronaut #space #live #livestream #moviepodcast #filmpodcast #cannes #cannesfilmfestival #1989 #1988

Episode 343: Batman Begins with Gus

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron and Gus begin our Christopher Nolan Batman episodes with Batman Begins Starring Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Rutger Hauer We are talking about the Batman Trilogy that Christopher Nolan made in the 2000s. Batman Begins tells the origin story of Bruce Wayne.. turning into Batman.. not breaking new ground but rebooting Batman as a gritty dark hero. #batmanbegins #nolan #christianbale #cillianmurphy #scarecrow #brucewayne #alfred #michaelcaine #wayneenterprises #darkknight #theodyssey #batmanbeyond #batmanbegins #arkhamasylum #gritty #neonoir #livestream #verticallive #verticallivefeed

Episode 342: Titanic

Forrest and Kristina Oakes have both watched Titanic a million times but Conan Neutron has never seen it!! We discuss James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster triumph Titanic. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Bill Paxton, Victor Garber, Bernard Hill, Gloria Staurt, Frances Fisher, Billy Zane #jamescameron #titanic #leonardodicaprio #katewinslet #kathybates #titanicship #boat #ships #1997 #1998 #academyawards #bestpicture #bestdirector #bestdirectors #jamescameronsavatar #billyzane #katewinslet #terminator #terminator2 #live #livestream #vertical #verticallive

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