Movie Night Extravaganza

Movie Night Extravaganza

by Forrest Miller

Film History Film Reviews

Season 9

Episode 331: Over The Edge with Adam McKay

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and joining us once again is ADAM MCKAY!! We are talking about Jonathan Kaplan's 1979 coming of age film Over The Edge!!! Set in the semi-fictional New Grenada, CO which is a stand-in for Foster City, CA.. Over the Edge shows a planned community where 25% of the residents are 18 or under. With nobody thinking of activities for kids, besides hanging around a Rec Center, the kids have turned to vandalism, fighting, drugs, and drinking. Over the Edge was Matt Dillon's first movie. Also starring, Michael Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano, Harry Northup, Tom Fergus. #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #movie #jonathankaplan #1979 #comingofage #vandalism #fostercity #colorado #california #newgranada #granada #anchorman #stepbrothers #nirvana #kurtcobain #live #livestream #podcast #podcastepisode #youneedthis #succession #rumblefish #coppola #francisfordcoppola #vincentspano Adam's new documentary is You Need This, an Anti-Consumerism Film: https://grasshopperfilm.com/film/you-need-this

Episode 330: Charley Varrick with Josh Olson

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined once again by Josh Olson to talk about Charley Varrick! Josh Olson is the Oscar Nominated screenwriter of "A History of Violence" and the co-host of Movies That Made Me with Joe Dante as well as the former co-host of West Wing Thing. Don Siegel's follow up to Dirty Harry just two years later Walter Matthau, of all people, stars as Charley Varrick.. a former stunt pilot and crop duster turned small time bank robber.. who robs a bank with his wife and his associate Harman (Andrew Robinson, from Dirty Harry) in a small town in New Mexico expecting $2,000-3000. The bank robbery goes horribly wrong and Charley and Harman soon realize they didn't just take a couple thousand but almost a million dollars of mafia money. Also starring John Vernon as bank president Maynard Boyle and Joe Don Baker as a hitman named Molly. Influencing everything from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul to Pulp Fiction to No Country For Old Men. #CharleyVarrick #WalterMatthau #DirtyHarry #clinteastwood #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #DonSiegel #josholson #westwing #westwingthing #historyofviolence #1973 #andrewrobinson #johnvernon #stuntplane #breakingbad #bettercallsaul #nocountryforoldmen #coenbrothers #live #vertical #verticallive #verticallivefeed #tarantinofilms #tarantino #pulpfiction #newmexico

Episode 329: Vertigo with Eileen Jones

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Eileen Jones talk about Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo! Starring Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Tom Helmore Vertigo tells the story of Scottie, a former San Francisco Police Department Detective, who is battling with a bad case of Acrophobia after seeing a Police Officer fall off a building. He becomes romantically obsessed by his college friend's mysterious wife Madeleine that he's been hired to tail. Released in 1958, along with another Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak film Bell, Book and Candle which we've talked about previously on the podcast. It is now seen as Alfred Hitchcock's best film and a contender with Citizen Kane for best film ever made. #alfredhitchcock #vertigo #jimmystewart #kimnovak #sanfrancisco #citizenkane #rearwindow #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #suspense #suspensestories #livefeed #live #vertical #verticallive #verticallivestream #vertical #sanfrancisco #stewart #oscars #movie #1958 #hitchcockpresents

Episode 328: Perfect Days with Marta Djordjevic

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Marta Djordjevic AKA Marta McFly @mcflysmoviehouse discuss Wim Wenders Perfect Days After a long period of mostly doing documentaries, Wim Wenders returns to narrative feature filmmaking with a film originally envisioned to help the Tokyo Toilet Project showcase their 15 internationally designed public bathrooms. Kōji Yakusho stars as Hirayama, a public toilet cleaner, who is mostly silent and enjoys the small pleasures of life. From his trees, to his cassettes, to his bike rides, Hirayama lives a structured and repetitive existence in a minimalist apartment appreciating the small things in life. Follow Marta's work here: https://www.rewindandrevive.com and here https://www.martadjo.com

Episode 327: Ghostbusters with Rob Kassees and Tom Monaghan

Forrest and Conan Neutron talk with Rob Kassees and Tom Monaghan about Ivan Reitman's Ghostbusters!! The classic 1984 GHOST BUSTIN' comedy starring Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver, and Ernie Hudson Written by Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis When there's something strange.. in your neighborhood who you gonna call???? #ghostbusters #danaykroyd #billmurray #slimer #ghostbustersmovie #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #haroldramis #rickmoranis #sigourneyweaver #1984 #staypuft #erniehudson #rickmoranis #ghost Rob Kasses and Tom Monaghan of The Chop! have put out a Ghostbusters themed album Stay Puft available here https://thechopunlimited.bandcamp.com/album/stay-puft

Episode 326: The Bride! with Dead Domain

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Dead Domain talk about Maggie Gyllenhaal's second film The Bride! Starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Saarsgard, Annette Benning, Zlatko Buric, and Penelope Cruz Adapted from the 1935 James Whalen Universal film "The Bride of Frankenstein" Maggie Gyllenhaal set out to metaphorically give ownership of the Bride of Frankenstein to Mary Shelley.. having her possess Jesse Buckley's Ida and causing her to call out the local Chicago Mob Boss leading to her untimely demise Meanwhile, Christian Bale stars as Frankenstein's Monster who is extremely lonely and convinces a "Mad Scientist" played by Annette Benning to reincarnate a corpse.. surprise Ida's corpse.. to be a girlfriend and eventually a bride for him before he LITERALLY DIES OF LONELINESS. #thebridemovie #thebride #maggiegyllenhaal #jakegyllenhaal #jessiebuckley #buckley #frankenstein #christianbale #batman #horror #horrorcomedy #boriskarloff #moviepodcast #filmpodcast #vertical #verticalvideo Dead Domain on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCAc145AxrdULcdOUfD8T-kg

Episode 325: The Testament of Ann Lee with Eileen Jones

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Eileen Jones talk about the Testament of Ann Lee! The second film from the Brutalist's filmmakers, co-written by Brady Corbet and directed and written by Mona Fastvold Starring Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee, the Founder of Shakerism, a religious sect in 1700s America Also starring Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie, Matthew Beard, and Viola Prettejohn It's also.. a musical, repurposing Shaker Hymns for a really fascinating musical experience. Shakers believed that in order to truly commune with God you must abstain from sexual intercourse among many other things. #AnnLee #shakers #amandaseyfried #thebrutalist #adrienbrody #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #academyawards #snubbed #monafastvold #bradycorbett #lewispullman #billpullman #manchesterunited #manchestercity #manchester #quakers #revolutionarywar #oscars2026 #oscars2025 Eileen and her cohost Dolores did an episode on the Testament of Ann Lee https://www.patreon.com/posts/schism-over-of-149268943 Eileen also wrote in Jacobin about Testament of Ann Lee https://jacobin.com/2026/01/testament-ann-lee-film-review

Episode 324: 98th Annual Academy Awards

Oscars 2026!! We are going to be covering the 98th Academy Awards LIVE! You can watch Forrest, Kristina Oakes, Conan Neutron and our special guests watch the Oscars LIVE Sunday March 15th. 8e/7c/6m/5p #oscars #academyawards #academyawards2026 #onebattleafteranother #sinners #livestream #live #oscarslive #bestpicture #bestactor #bestdirector #bestactress #moviepodcast #filmpodcast #thesecretagent #bugonia #sentimentalvalue #academyaward #oscars98 #martysupreme #traindreams #f1 #vertical #verticallive #conanobrien oin our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Join our Patreon to get all our After Parties https://www.patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

Episode 323: The Secret Agent with Zach Marsh

On our last episode before the Oscars, Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Zach B. Marsh talk about the Kleber Mendonça Filho film The Secret Agent #thesecretagent #brazil #braziliancinema #oagentesecreto #wagnermoura #oscars2026 #academyawards #academyawards2026 #oscars #bestactor #bestpicture #oscars97 #moviepodcast #filmpodcast #podcast #recife Starring Wagner Moura who is up for Best Actor for his role as Marcelo/Armando/adult Fernando Drawing parallels between the Military Dictatorship of the 1970s and Bolsonaro's Brazil where for a while, media was once again censored a bit and artists like Wagner Moura had their work censored. And focusing on the preservation of memory, with Kleber Filho looking back on his childhood in Recife in the 1970s, where Marcelo/Armando is hiding from two hit men hired by the Electrobras Executive Director who has hired him after becoming convinced he has "communist sympathies" Also starring Maria Fernanda Candido, Alice Carvalho, Luciano Chirolli, Carlo Francisco, Gabriel Leone, and Udo Kier in his final role!! Our good friend Zach Marsh ⁨@thezachmarsh⁩ has his short film "A Talk in the Park" on his YouTube channel We are also streaming on @thisspacetv throw them a follow!! Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Join our Patreon to get all our After Parties https://www.patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

Episode 322: Oscars 2026 Speed Round!!!

On our official speed round: Hamnet, F1, K-Pop Demon Hunter, Train Dreams, Sentimental Value!!! Going over all the movies we didn't get to before the Oscars #filmpodcast #oscars #oscars2026 #traindreams #f1 #sentimentalvalue #sinners #hamnet #awardseason #awardsshow #joeledgerton #kpopdemonhunters #onebattleafteranother #stellanskarsgård #stellanskarsgård #ellefanning #renatereinsve #jessiebuckley #vertical #verticallivestream #verticallivefeed #bestpicture #bestactor #bestdirector #bestoriginalscreenplay We are also streaming on ⁨@thisspacetv⁩ throw them a follow!! Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Join our Patreon to get all our After Parties https://www.patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

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