We review Old & Val, react to trailers for Dune, Official Competition, & Language Lessons, there’s news for A24, HBO MAX, Netflix, The Green Knight, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Titane, The Exorcist, and a big conversation about the poster for Jordan Peele’s Nope.

What is This Episode? - Top of Show

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SHAMYLAN’S “OLD” REVIEW:

Just Good Enough for a Bad Time - 1:33

Schlock-less - 6:20

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BOX OFFICE REPORT - 9:10

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VAL REVIEW - 10:58

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PLAYING WITH SHARKS REVIEW - 14:38

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CONTENDER TRAILER REVIEWS:

Dune Trailer #2a - 16:05

(And Dune is Star Wars - 17:07)

Official Competition - 22:32

Language Lessons - 24:01

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CONTENDER NEWS:

The Green Knight Delayed in Europe via COVID - 26:20

HBO Max, Netflix Both Still Growing - 28:25

Is Someone Buying A24? = 34:31

Tragedy of Macbeth to Open NYFF - 36:47

Titane Gets October Release - 39:33

Indy Spirits Date Gets Moved - 40:35

NOPE Is Announced - 43:44

DGG Tackles Exorcist….Something - 47:36

CODA Director’s Next Project - 50:45

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Where to Find Us/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 54:56

What’s Next/Words of Wisdom - 55:31

We each went back to the movies and began this Oscar Race Checkpoint by validating our concerns for M. Night Shyamalan’s Old. Some strong performances save it from complete condemnation, but it’s not something we’ll make the cast for in terms of the Oscars conversation. On the flipside, Also Mike does tout a new film for our hallowed trophy, and it’s in the documentary category as he reviews Val, heading to Amazon Prime on 8/6.

After our reviews, we enter back into some more previews and react to the new trailers for Dune, Official Competition, and Language Lessons. Here, we discuss Dune’s relationship to a certain galaxy far, far away. Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas make us laugh, while Natalie Morales may have a tougher time getting us to break up after Mark Duplass has become an M1 horror phobia since the Creep films.

As for our news segment, we begin with a brief discussion on A24 and its merger talks before covering some impactful covid news on The Green Knight. We then discuss some viewership and subscription reports from HBO MAX and Netflix before diving into the New York Film Festival announcement about it’s opening night film, The Tragedy of Macbeth. Finally, we end our ORC with a fun speculation and horror movie segment about the poster for Jordan Peele’s Nope and the potential new Exorcist reboot from David Gordon Green.

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