The Number One Movie in America

By Aaron Kleiber, Robin Hitchcock, Kahmeela Adams, Sean CollierComedy TV & Film Arts

The Number One Movie in America episodes

December 05, 2023 Gravity
In space, no one can hear you breathe frantically for an hour and a half. In movie theaters, though, they absolutely can. We're divided on GRAVITY, one of the biggest Oscar darlings of all time that asks the question: Why do we bother with space?

Plenty of recommendations this week, including NYAD, MAESTRO, BARBIE and more!
1 hr 8 min
November 21, 2023 Some Came Running
What is this movie? What is it about? Who came running, and where did they go? We don't know, the movie doesn't know, we're not even sure Frank Sinatra knows! But SOME CAME RUNNING was a decent hit in the '50s, when people just wanted to see famous people drink on a large screen!

This week's recommendations: Sean wants you to shut up and see THE MARVELS already, Robin is surprisingly all-in on HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT 2, and Kahmeela's back with more cult stuff!
1 hr 7 min
October 31, 2023 The Messengers
We assure you this is a real movie! Before Twilight, Kristen Stewart moved to ... a sunflower farm? With ... Dylan McDermott? And ran into ... gray ghosts? It's like a Mad Lib. Anyway, find out what the heck THE MESSENGERS is!

Recommendations: Robin and Sean both want you to see THE KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, while Kahmeela recommends THE DEVIL ON TRIAL and wants the kids from FRIDAY THE 13TH to put some damn pants on.
1 hr 2 min
October 17, 2023 The Fly
Spooky season rolls on, and you should be afraid! Very afraid, in fact! David Cronenberg's THE FLY is both gross and thirsty, yet it's a stone-cold classic thanks to its (very handsome) leading couple!

Sean and Kahmeela unite to praise SAW X and pan PET SEMETARY: BLOODLINES, while Robin lightly endorses the classic INVISIBLE MAN.
1 hr 6 min
October 02, 2023 Carrie
They're all gonna laugh at you! CARRIE is one of the few horror movies to get multiple Oscar nominations — and it was the first-ever adaptation of a Stephen King movie. Nearly 50(!) years on, though, does it still pack a punch? (Yes, obviously.)

This week's recommendations: Sean gives the softest possible recommendation to EXPEND4BLES, Kahmeela rather enjoyed THE EQUALIZER 3 and Robin can tell you HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE.
1 hr 9 min
September 12, 2023 Moonraker
Bond is back, and now he's cinema's horniest Han Solo! Star Wars crated a space craze (this was out at the SAME TIME as Alien), and even James Bond got swept into the stars! But will a very tacky entry in the Bond franchise hold up? More importantly, will Jaws find love?

Kahmeela does NOT recommend that Depp/Heard nonsense on Netflix, Sean hangs out with old friends like THE BABADOOK, E.T. and FRANKENSTEIN, and Robin watched three Kings Kong!
57 min
August 21, 2023 The Little Treat Film Festival
We hit an unprecedented triple Bingo and declared it was time for a little treat — in the form of each of us picking a movie we love (NOT a box-office champ!) to share with the group. Robin offers BETWEEN THE LINES, Sean presents CARNIVAL OF SOULS and Kahmeela brings THE FIVE HEARTBEATS in a weird but satisfying triple-feature!
1 hr 12 min
August 07, 2023 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
The hair! The open shirts! The suspicious lack of kissing! INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE rode a wave of blood-lust, emphasis on the -lust, to became a massive hit back in '94. Can it still stir our ... interest? Poor, dumb Louis ...

This week's recommendations are BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER, obviously. Plus THEY CLONED TYRONE.
1 hr 7 min
July 24, 2023 Tropic Thunder
Listen up, lead farmers! TROPIC THUNDER was not only the Number One Movie in America, it dethroned one of the biggest box-office heavyweights of the '00s and remains one of the most successful R-rated comedies of the 21st century. 15 years later, how's it holding up? Dance to "Low," then find out!

This week's recommendations: Robin has seen MISSION IMPOSSIBLE DEAD RECKONING and so forth twice! Kahmeela likes INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR and RENFIELD! Sean loves JOY RIDE!
1 hr
July 11, 2023 The Graduate
Hello darkness, my old friend! THE GRADUATE is one of the most successful films of all time and a generational touchstone. After 55 (!) years, though, is it still effective? Is it still funny? Is it ... you know, a little skeevy? Deet deet deet dee, everyone!

This week's recommendations: Everyone has raves! Very solid recommendations for THE BLACKENING, INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY, ASTEROID CITY, NIMONA and more!
1 hr 11 min