Like an unpredictable virus variant, M. Night Shymalan returns to the big screen in under a calendar year, leaving the gang sullen. One Movie Master opens up about his Stockholm Syndrome-like relationship to the director and explains why M. Night is the Pearl Jam of movie theaters. Beyond this, the gang has questions about "Knock at the Cabin." Has Shyamalan not heard a real human conversation or had regular human interaction outside of his sets for the past 26 years? Is he just now hearing about homophobia? Is this film attempting to make a bigger political/societal statement? Hear theories on these questions and many more as the gang tries to determine if there's and "there" there or if it's just another impossibly boring offering from M. Night.
"80 For Brady" is up next and it's no twist that the gang unapologetically loves what they are now referring to as SENIOR CINEMA. What's in the DNA that makes film like this, the recently-covered "Maybe I Do," and last year's surprise bop "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" so thoroughly enjoyable? Could Tom Brady ultimately hang with the chops of Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Guy Fieri? Which cameo did your Movie Masters enjoy the most?
"Living," a British remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru," closes out this week's watches. Ironically, the Movie Master who cites "Ikiru" as one of his top three films of all time wasn't able to catch the movie before it evaporated from the local theater. Fortunately, the other three all caught it in time and provide a thorough breakdown of what they experienced.
In the news: how to ruin any whodunit or suspense/thriller movie for yourself and the gang runs through all current information about what to expect from the television and film offerings that will comprise chapter 1 of the new DCU.
As always, write [email protected] with comments, feedback, and recommendations for what movies you'd like your Movie Masters to cover.
00:01:43 - Knock at the Cabin
00:38:07 - 80 for Brady
00:57:49 - Living
01:14:32 - how to ruin movies for yourself + all we know about chapter 1 of the DCU