Movie Night Extravaganza

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined by former Social Media Strategist and Senior Editor for LucasFilm Bonnie Burton to talk about Return of the Jedi!!

Directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kazdan and released in 1983!!

We've done episodes on A New Hope: youtube.com/live/c-fbA3Q2X84

And the Empire Strikes Back: youtube.com/live/SUK5dhB9XLs

On the final film of the Original Trilogy, the Empire and the Rebellion face off, Luke grapples with the knowledge Vader is his father, Han is still in Carbonite, and there are so many Ewoks!!!

Also, Leia in a Gold Bikini!! #returnofthejedi #lucasfilm #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #starwars #empirestrikesback #anewhope #markhamill #harrisonford #film #hansolo #princessleia #carriefisher #force #theforcetheme #maytheforcebewithyou #jabbathehutt #jabba #empire #emperorpalpatine #yoda #frankoz #vader #darthvader

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Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Loren Tee talk about Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

It's Star Wars Month!! And, we are covering the original trilogy here on Movie Night Extravaganza.

You can see our episode on A New Hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-fbA3Q2X84

After the original Star Wars (1977) became the highest grossing movie ever at the time, Star Wars returned in 1980 with the second in the trilogy, which many say is the best of the original trilogy.. the Empire Strikes Back

Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and David Prowse/James Earl Jones #starwars #theempirestrikesback #lukeskywalker #georgelucas #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #harrisonford #markhamill #anewhope #carriefisher #hansolo #lucasfilm #originaltrilogy #billydeewilliams #princessleia #c3po #r2d2 #vader #darthvader

This time, NOT directed by George Lucas, Lucas hired his USC professor Irvin Kerschner to direct.

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It's Star Wars Month!!

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron discuss George Lucas's 1977 A New Hope with Jason Myles of This is Revolution.

Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guiness, and James Earl Jones.

This is the first of 3 episodes, on the 19th we are discussing Empire Strikes Back and on the 26th Return of the Jedi! #georgelucas #starwars #jedi #markhamill #harrisonford #carriefisher #anewhope #empirestrikesback #returnofthejedi #sith #skywalker #lukeskywalkeredits #moviepodcast #filmpodcast #1977 #jamesearljones #darthvader #milleniumfalcon

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Starting off our Star Wars month with "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

This month we are covering the original trilogy, A New Hope on the 12th, Empire Strikes Back on the 19th, and Return of the Jedi on the 26th!

But first, Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Jason Myles of This is Revolution @THISISREVOLUTIONpodcast are talking about the 2016 prequel to the Original Trilogy, Rogue One!!

Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Forrest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, and Donnie Yen #starwars #rogue #rogueone #darthvader #anewhope #skywalker #lucasfilm #empire #deathstar #andor #jedi #lightsaber #princess #princessleia

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Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Alex @devilsadvocateproductions talk about Steven Spielberg's Jaws!! It's the 50th Anniversary of Jaws which was finally released after multiple delays in June 1975.

Becoming the first movie to ever be delayed at Universal Pictures 100 extra days in production and cost $5 million extra dollars.

Spielberg believed his career was over when he was through filming. Jaws was the first major motion picture actually filmed in the ocean rather than a freshwater lake or a studio tank.

And, with a massive merchandising push from Universal and advertising push, it became the first Summer Blockbuster starting a tradition that still happens today!!

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Zach Marsh talk about Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck.

Starring Tom Hiddleston, Mia Sara, Jacob Tremblay, Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Mark Hamill. Narrated by Nick Offerman.

Based on the Stephen King Novella "The Life of Chuck" published in the 2020 anthology "If It Bleeds"

The third Stephen King adaptation written and directed by Mike Flanagan after Gerald's Game and Dr. Sleep

The Life of Chuck is a story in 3 parts in reverse chronology, each with a very different style and genre. Charles "Chuck" Krantz is an accountant with a secret passion for dance that he learns from his Bubbe (Mia Sara) and numbers that he learns from his Zaide (Mark Hamill)

We watch Chuck deal with grief, love, loss, and eventually his own death at the age of 39. Though tragically short, Chuck's life contains multitudes. It is large.

"39 great years. Thanks, Chuck."

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and AlexHaha talk about James Gunn's new Superman movie!!

We are now multi-streaming on @thisspacetv !! https://www.youtube.com/@thisspacetv

Written and Directed by James Gunn and the first film of the DC Universe now that he's in charge. David Corenswet is Superman, Rachel Brosnahan is Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult is Lex Luthor. #superman #dcuniverse #jamesgunn #jamesgunndc #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #lexluthor #loislane #greenlantern #justiceleague #dc #krypto #kryptonian #kryptonite #thesuicidesquadmovie #luthorcorp #boravia #metropolis

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Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Ed Burmila talk about Stanley Kubrick's 1975 epic historical drama Barry Lyndon

Released in 1975, it's the 50th Anniversary of Barry Lyndon on July 18th and it's getting a 4K Criterion Release.

Starring Ryan O'Neal as the Irish rogue Redmond Barry who manages to con his way into the English Aristocracy after marrying the Lady Lyndon (Marissa Berenson) when her husband Sir Charles dies.

Set in the 18th Century, and filmed in England, Ireland, and Germany from 1973 to 1974. Considered by many to be Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece #barrylyndon #stanley #stanleykubrick #clockwork #clockworkorange #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #historical #periods #napoleon #ryan #ryanoneal #marissaberenson #literature #novel #drstrangelove #satire #aristocratic

Ed Burmila is the author of "Chaotic Neutral: How Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center" https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ed-burmila/chaotic-neutral/9781645030041

We have previously talked about 28 Days Later on an episode during our Zombie Month,

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are now ready to talk about the new Danny Boyle and Alex Garland collaboration 28 Years Later with Philip Marinello

Set 28 years after the original, almost three decades after the Rage Virus first appeared after getting out of a LAB LEAK BABY

Starring Jody Comer, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jack O'Connell AKA Remmick, Alfie Williams and Ralph "Cardinal" Fiennes #28days #28dayslater #28yearslater #dannyboyle #alexgarland #infected #infection #ralphfiennes #aarontaylorjohnson #uk #ukhorror #britishcinema #britishhorror #viral #virus #filmpodcast #horror #horrorpodcast #horrorpodcastshow #zombie #zombies #film #english #pandemic #jodycomer #horrormovies #unitedkingdom

During the next few weeks, we are doing a few 2025 Summer Releases,

First up, it's Celine Song's second film Materialists with Eileen Jones of Filmsuck and Jacobin!!!

Eileen's review of Materialists: https://jacobin.com/2025/06/materialists-rom-com-dakota-johnson

Back in 2023, Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talked on an episode about Celine Song's debut Past Lives which we all loved

Her second film, also written and directed by her, stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans.

It's a "Romantic Comedy," although is it? Some have speculated it's secretly a horror movie, about a Match Maker named Lucy (Dakota Johnson) whose hooking up Wealthy Bored Miserable New Yorkers with each other. She is not in their class strata, and her ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans) who she tried her life out with in the city is still trying to make it as an actor in the same apartment.

As a Match Maker, she sells romantic dreams that can never truly be fulfilled this way.. setting people up by mathematical algorithm in a digital age. But, she gets a chance to live the dream she's selling... when a Finance Nepo Baby named Harry Castillo (Pedro Pascal) starts pursuing her. It's set up as a formulaic Rom Com, yet Celine Song as a former Match Maker (for six months while trying to get her plays produced in 2015) has alot to say about the transactionality of relationships in a digital age, the need for human connection that algorithmic connection cannot replicate, and these matchmaking services as a business. #materialists #dakotajohnson #pedropascal #chrisevans #pastlives #celinesong #romanticomedy #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #romcom #matchmaking #matchmaker #highvalueman #highvaluewomen #jacobin #pastlives #celine #romdram #romanticomedy