Movie Night Extravaganza

Movie Night Extravaganza

by Forrest Miller

Film History Film Reviews

Season 5

Episode 167: Tapeheads with Michael Pederson

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and DJ Andrew World talk about Bill Fishman and Mike Nesmith's 1988 MTV Parody Tape Heads with Ravencon's Michael Pederson. This movie stars John Cusack and Tim Robbins as two slacker security guards who get fired and try to pursue their creative dream: becoming music video directors.RavenCon: ravencon.com/

The SAG/AFTRA Strike with KT Baldassaro and Rick Valentin

SAG-AFTRA member and frequent Movie Night Extravaganza guest KT Baldassaro joins us to talk about the strike and the future of AI in creative industries. The WGA and SAG/AFTRA are on strike right now together for the first time since 1960. However, they haven't had a contract update since we entered the Streaming Age, studios want to make use of AI, and residual checks keep getting smaller. On a macro-scale, with AI becoming increasingly inevitable, what does it mean for other creative industries???Entertainment Community Fund: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/ Motion Picture and Television Fund: https://mptf.com/donate/ Hollywood Support Staff Relief Fund: https://www.payuphollywood.com/ SAG Strike: sagaftrastrike.org WGA Strike: gacontract2023.org

Episode 166: After Hours with Rick Valentin

Forrest, Conan Neutron, J. Andrew World and Kristina Oakes talk about Martin Scorsese's After Hours (1985) with Rick Valentin of Poster Children, Salaryman, Thoughts Detecting Machines. Lost & Found & Rewound and Radio Zero After Hours is a forgotten independent black comedy that Martin Scorsese directed in between the King of Comedy and Last Temptation of Christ.It has recently gotten a Criterion release

Episode 165: Interstellar with KT Baldassaro

Since Oppenheimer comes out this month, we revisit Christopher Nolan's 2014 Interstellar with KT Baldassaro

Episode 164: Independence Day with Matt Strackbein

It's the Fourth of July!! (And Movie Night Extravaganza turns 2!) Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined by Matt Strackbein AKA the Letterhack to talk about Roland Emmerich's 1996 Science Fiction/Action Movie Independence Day

Episode 163: The Danish Girl with Ben Carollo

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, J. Andrew World and TYT's Ben Carollo talk about Tom Hooper's the Danish Girl! It's rare that we cover a movie that nobody on the panel liked. The Danish Girl falls flat for a bunch of reasons, it's probably the most 2015 of all time, on this episode, we try to parse out some of the reasons why it didn't work!!!

Episode 162: Moonlight with Dan from the Internet

For our third Pride Month episode, Forrest, Conan Neutron, J. Andrew World and Kristina Oakes talk about Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney's 2016 Best Picture winner Moonlight with Dan from the Internet

Episode 161: Dog Day Afternoon

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and J. Andrew World discuss Sidney Lumet's 1975 Dog Day Afternoon starring Al Pacino and John Cazale as our second Pride Month episode #AlPacino #johncazale #godfather

Episode 160: The Handmaiden with Matt Strackbein

Starting off Pride Month with Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden and Matt Strackbein AKA the Letterhack makes his debut!

Episode 159: Desperado with Raygun Busch

We are joined by Raygåun Busch from Chat Pile to talk about Robert Rodriguez's Desperado. The second part in the Mexico Trilogy. Situated in between El Mariachi, which was Robert Rodriguez's $7000 award-winning debut film... and Once Upon a Time in Mexico which was $29 Million and had Johnny Depp in a lead role shot right before the SAG strike in 2002. Desperado was Robert Rodriguez's first film with a famous cast, including Antonio Banderas, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, and Quentin Tarantino... and introducing Salma Hayek. It was also a jump from a $7000 to $7 Million budget and month of production time. Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends are playing at Saint Vitus Bar in NYC on May 24th!!! https://link.dice.fm/O50b75293806 Get tickets for Caterwaul Music Festival! May 26th to May 29th in Minneapolis!!: caterwaul.org Chat Pile will be playing at Caterwaul on May 28th!

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