On this episode of Abel Hour, I discuss Thanksgiving movies which includes the obvious ones (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; Home for the Holidays) and slightly more obscure ones (What's Cooking; Pieces of April). As well as the month of November which is described best through in the movie world as murderous families (Knives Out, You're Next) and pies (Waitress).

And finally I tackle and rank three Latinx horror titles to come out of 2020. The slasher Murder in the Woods, the comedic Vampires vs the Bronx, and the exploitive Beneath Us.

On this episode host Abel Valencia talks about the complete lack of interest and attention for the theatrically released The Empty Man (2020), and the onslaught of major releases on streaming services competing to be "movie of the moment."

These movies include Bad Hair (Hulu), On the Rocks (Apple TV+), Rebecca (Netflix), The Witches (HBO Max), Over the Moon (Netflix), and Borat Subsequent Film (Amazon Prime). 

After an inconsistent, bizarre, and overall strange summer in many ways, the summer movies of 2020 have all come and gone! So I have returned and will list the top five movies of the summer in this week's episode. But first I pay my respects to the late, great Chadwick Boseman who sadly passed away recently at the age of 43. 

But in the second half of this episode I review, the trippy, dense, and incredibly wordy I'm Thinking of Ending Things written and directed by Charlie Kaufman which is currently streaming on Netflix. And I end it all with a preview of two teen centric releases coming to us soon; the horror comedy The Babysitter: Killer Queen which is coming to Netflix on September 10th and the Sony release The Broken Hearts Gallery, coming to theaters on September 11th.

After an unexpected break, I have returned with an episode that I pulled basically out of nothing. Movies that I love to hate, the ones that I passionately dislike and react to strongly for reasons that don't necessarily have to do with quality. See what reasons I have for hating the 1984 classic Red Dawn, 2005's Chicken Little, and 2015's The Green Inferno. I also review the 1989 film My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown because it has Daniel Day Lewis painting with his foot. 

The Oscars and the MCU may be delayed so this week we mash them and deliver the goods to you directly! In this episode I am joined by Marvel mega fan Kaila Gutierrez as we select the best of the best from the MCU. Listen and see what we ended up choosing for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, etc. from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Once upon a time there was a summer movie season, with large scale blockbusters and major event movies coming out every week. While this summer is incredibly uncertain, movies are still coming out! Netflix, Hulu, and documentaries will be providing us the must watch movies of the summer whether we like it or not.

Also at the end of the episodes I review the new Netflix release The Half of It (2020), which might be the most unexpected summer blockbuster for what is definitely the strangest summer movie season ever.

In this episode I am joined by guest host Daniel Solano, a cinephile who consumes the Criterion Collection significantly more than your average streamer. So it was only right for me to bring him on for this episode as we discuss the Criterion Collection and it's streaming service, The Criterion Channel.

And we pick a total of 10 films streaming on the service for those interested in getting into the service and seeing the diverse films in the collection. Our list includes films from directors like Akira Kurosawa,  François Truffaut, and Spike Jonze.

This week I venture into one of the circles of movie hell; video game movie adaptations. I am joined by my friend Casey Jacobs, an actual gamer, as we tackle movies based off video games and discuss what's wrong with them, what works, and if there can ever be a great movie based off a video game.

We also buckle down and pick 5 movies that we actually found to be the most "watchable" of the bunch.

In this episode of Abel Hour, I am joined by guest host Rocky Moore as we discuss and rank the films of one Taika Waititi, the New Zealand director behind Jojo Rabbit (2019), Thor: Ragnorak (2017), and What We Do in the Shadows (2015).

We talk about what we love about his humor, his visuals that take us from the forests of New Zealand to the trash planet Sakaar, and then duke it out over what is his best film. Is it the satirical Nazi-skewing Jojo Rabbit? The buddy adventure Hunt for the Wilderpeople? Or does the father/son tale Boy (2010) still ring the truest of all? Listen to find out.

New streaming service Quibi is here and the only way you can watch it is on your phone. In this bonus episode I review the first wave of Quibi's 'Movies in Chapters"; movies that are about 100 minutes released into daily "bite size" chapters. In this episode I talk about Survive with Sophie Turner, When the Streetlight Goes On with Queen Latifah, The Most Dangerous Game with Liam Hemsworth, Flipped with Will Forte, and 50 States of Fright by Sam Raimi.