OV318 - The Vast of Night & The King of Staten Island - Da 5 Bloods, The Wrong Missy, and AMC Theaters' Reopening Plans - Guest: Ben Sears

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This week, our contributor and friend Ben joins me to review the retro sci-fi film, The Vast of Night and the new Judd Apatow film The King of Staten Island. We also talk about drive-in movies and AMC’s plans to reopen. For Potpourri, we discuss the Netflix films Da 5 Bloods and The Wrong Missy.

This week’s stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 074 - OV B-Roll - “Matt & Ben’s Three-Way” - Streaming Downloads, HBOMax Offerings, Another Movie and Meal Hypothetical - June 18, 2020

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:27
• AMC Reopening Plans - 05:25
• Drive-In Movie Theaters - 16:27
• IMAX Indy Reopening - 22:06 

Reviews - 34:20

• The Vast of Night (2020) - 34:55
• Non-Spoiler - 35:40
• Spoiler - 50:16 

• The King of Staten Island (2020) - 59:06
• Non-Spoiler - 1:00:00
• Spoiler - 1:16:12

Potpourri - 1:36:29

• Matt: The Wrong Missy (2020) - 1:36:56
• Ben: Da 5 Bloods (2020) - 1:42:46 

• Closing the Ep - 1:50:06
• Stinger: “Matt & Ben's Three-Way” - 1:51:15
• Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:52:21 

Matt’s Recent Reviews

• 7500 (2020) - 3 stars

Contributor Ben Sears’ Recent Reviews

• Da 5 Bloods (2020) - 4 stars 

Related Links

• Indiana COVID-19 Stats
• USA COVID Stats
• Heather Anne Campbell's Tweet Thread - Twitter
• Most California Movie Theaters Will Not Open Friday Despite Being Given Green Light - Deadline
• AMC plans to reopen its theaters in July - CNN
• AMC Theatres Reopening July 15; Why Circuit Boss Adam Aron Isn’t Checking Moviegoers’ Temperatures - Deadline
• AMC’s Adam Aron Changes Course On Circuit’s “Political” Mask Policy: “We Now Will Require That All AMC Guests Nationwide Wear Masks” - Deadline
• Regal Cinemas Now Requiring Moviegoers Wear Face Masks Post AMC Controversy - Deadline
• Big screen at IMAX Theater about to light up again - RTV6
• Amazon’s ‘The Vast of Night’: Inside Oklahoma Indie Andrew Patterson’s Dazzling Debut - Indiewire
• Matt's Letterboxd Litterbox 2020 List 

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