The Saturday Matinée • Movies, News, Games, and Lists!

Sean Connery has passed. Plus, that time he laid down the law with Disney execs. Clive Barker is on for HBO. Maya Hawke in romantic comedy looking to get busy with George Harrison.

• Ray’s Trailer: The Midnight Sky
• Tommy’s Trailer: Songbird
• Kyle’s Trailer: Two Weeks To Live

THE LIST!

Continuity Errors in Big Budget Movies!

Ray’s List

1. Spider-Man (2002)
2. Daredevil
3. Star Trek: Nemesis

Tommy’s List

1. Jurassic Park
2. Halloween (1978)
3. The Book of Eli

Kyle’s List

1. The Island (2005)
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

• (00:00) - 2020-11-07 - Saturday Matinée

Ted Lasso gets an early season 3 renewal. Commentary incoming on HBO, tv+, and Jon Stewart. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Trickiness. Plus, trailers and a list of movies that’ll have you holding your breath, and Tommy and Mandy Review Marvel!

• Pete’s Trailer: Raya and the Last Dragon
• Mandy’s Trailer: The Prom
• Tommy’s Trailer: Wander Darkly

THE LIST!

Movies with unrealistic breath-holding!

Pete’s List

1. Alien: Resurrection
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service
3. The Big Blue

Tommy’s List

1. Poseidon
2. Now You See Me
3. Mission: Impossible V - Rogue Nation

Mandy’s List

1. The Sandlot
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Splash

• (00:00) - 2020-10-31 • Saturday Matinée

Quibi’s finally dying and it turns out they’re also scabs. Ted Lasso wins over everyone’s hearts. Cinemark’s theatre rentals. And Fast & Furious turns it up to 11. Trailers, a Presidential bracket, plus, we do the list – movies featuring actors that are slumming it. Check it!

• Pete’s Trailer: News of the World
• Ocean’s Trailer: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Tommy’s Trailer: Fireball

THE LIST!

Great actors slumming!

Andy’s List

1. The Island of Dr. Moreau - Marlon Brando
2. Jaws: The Revenge - Michael Caine
3. Virtuosity - Everyone

Steve’s List

1. Supergirl - Peter O’Toole
2. Freejack - Anthony Hopkins
3. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Sean Connery

Pete’s List

1. The Bye Bye Man - Carrie Anne-Moss, Faye Dunnaway
2. Jack & Jill - Al Pacino
3. Showgirls - If you get it… you get it.

• (00:00) - 2020-10-24 - Saturday Matinée

No one wants Quibi. AMC is about out of cash. That’s OK because Soul isn’t coming out in theaters anyway. Sony confirms many Spiders-Men. Plus three great trailers, long lost Flickchart re-ranking, and a list of movies celebrating terrific movie houses!

• Andy’s Trailer: The 355
• Pete’s Trailer: Promising Young Woman
• Ray’s Trailer: Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

THE LIST!
Standout Movie Houses

Andy’s List

1. mother!
2. Sleeper
3. Nocturnal Animals

Pete’s List

1. The Lake House
2. The Thirteenth Floor
3. Twilight

Ray’s List

1. Nothing But Trouble
2. Panic Room
3. Crimson Peak

• (00:00) - 2019-01-05 - Saturday Matinée

Oscars let the streamers run free at awards season. James McAvoy in the dark as he improves through ‘My Son’. Musicals on deck for feature film treatment. Theaters at risk thanks to James Bond and Patty Jenkins shares the fear. Star Wars: The High Republic … will 200 years pre-Skywalker be pre-Skywalker enough?

• Mandy’s Trailer: Totally Under Control
• Rob’s Trailer: Fatman
• Pete’s Trailer: Mank

THE LIST!

Films with no (or limited) score

Mandy’s List

1. ⭐ Network
2. Dog Day Afternoon
3. 🌟 The Blair Witch Project

Rob’s List

1. Cloverfield
2. Paranormal Activity
3. ⭐ Dog Day Afternoon

Pete’s List

1. No Country for Old Men
2. M
3. The China Syndrome

• (00:00) - 2020-10-10 • Saturday Matinée

Fargo is back ... Tommy loves it. Pete pleas for Kyle to try The Boys. Trailer Rewind is back this week! Some emergency COVID recasting on The Witcher... and everywhere else, presumably. Plus three trailers, a Tournament... of TERROR! and a list of great movies shot in limited locations!

• Pete’s Trailer: Minari
• Tommy’s Trailer: Synchronic
• Kyle’s Trailer: Vampires Vs. The Bronx

THE LIST!
Limited Locations!

Pete’s List

1. Interview (2007)
2. Sleuth (1972)
3. Coherence

Tommy’s List

1. Gerald’s Game
2. Buried
3. [It’s a Disaster](https://www.amazon.com/Its-Disaster-Julia-Stiles/dp/B00BP4WIUU/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=It%27s+a+disaster&qid=1601667888&s=instant-video&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Its-Disaster-Julia-Stiles/dp/B00BP4WIUU/ref=sr_1_1?sr=1-1&tag=trustoryfm-20&keywords=It%2527s%2Ba%2Bdisaster&s=instant-video&dchild=1&qid=1601667888)

Kyle’s List

1. Innerspace
2. Hostage
3. Exam

• (00:00) - 2019-01-05 - Saturday Matinée

Michael B. Jordan being sought for Scarface remake. Fantastic Beasts 3 has resumed shooting. Netflix cancels The Dark Crystal… after just one season. Star Trek 4 (& Other Star Trek Movies) are NOT canceled, says Paramount, with its tongue out and pointed at you. Nicolas Cage reportedly wanted for Superman reprise cameo? Sorkin’s Chicago 7 prepping for Film Board debut.

• Ray’s Trailer: Black Narcissus
• Rob’s Trailer: Then Came You
• Mandy’s Trailer: The Comeback Trail

THE LIST!
#!

Mandy’s List

1. Leaving Las Vegas
2. Titanic
3. National Lampoon’s Vacation (2015)

Ray’s List

1. Star Trek Beyond
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
3. 300

Rob’s List

1. Cabin in the Woods
2. La La Land
3. Moulin Rouge!

• (00:00) - 2020-09-26 • Saturday Matinée

TENET and the great sadness of the 2020 global box office. Madonna working on the story of her life. The Prince Estate has a podcast. We’ve got a SHE-HULK! Making the case for more Star Trek TV. Plus, a list of films with exceptional female action stars!

• Steve’s Trailer: The Wolf of Snow Hollow
• Steve’s Trailer: Freaky
• Pete’s Trailer: Love and Monsters

THE LIST!
Female action stars!

Steve’s List

1. La Femme Nikita
2. Atomic Blonde
3. Hanna

Ocean’s List

1. Charlie’s Angels
2. The Matrix
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1

Pete’s List

1. Death Proof
2. Lady Snowblood
3. Underworld

• (00:00) - 2020-09-19 • Saturday Matinée

Ray’s Reel Review digs into early in-theater experiences for our roving reporter. Jack Reacher is finally getting cast appropriately and coming to TV. Who asked for the Robocop prequel, though? The pandemic movies are coming — Liman to helm pandemic-based heist movie. McG has a harder cut of Terminator Salvation if anyone is interested. New Alien film confirmed by Ridley Scott… if it makes you happy, Ridley.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their new guidelines for representation and inclusion standards for Oscars® eligibility in the Best Picture category. Pete, Andy, and Steve jump in for an update on what’s new and what it means for your next Oscar party. Here’s the Academy Aperture 2025 and the A2020 Accomplishments infographic.

Plus, three great new trailers, Pitch Meeting, and a list of films with awkward meals!

• Ray’s Trailer: Rebecca
• Kyle’s Trailer: Dune
• Tommy's Trailer: Sybil

THE LIST!
Awkward Meals!

Ray’s List

1. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
2. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
3. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

Kyle’s List

1. Inglorious Basterds (2009)
2. Batman (1989)
3. Coming To America (1988)

Tommy’s List

1. August: Osage County (2013)
2. Go! (1999)
3. Owning Mahoney (2003)

• (00:00) - Bonus Oscar News: Inclusion and Diversity Rules for Best Picture

How Chadwick Boseman’s Death Impacts ‘Black Panther 2’. So Much DC FanDome stuff! Daniel Dae Kim and Randall Park to Co-Star in Heist Film. The Mandalorian season 2 release date is sooner than you think. Paramount to release new edit of Godfather 3. Plus, strong feelings about James Bond and a list of movies celebrating unusual vocations!

• Mandy’s Trailer: Secret Society of Second Born Royals
• Ocean’s Trailer: Critical Thinking
• Rob’s Trailer: No Time To Die

THE LIST!
Unusual Vocations!

Mandy’s List

1. Ghostbusters
2. The Sessions
3. Failure to Launch

Ocean’s List

1. Ace Ventura Pet Detective
2. Guest of Honor
3. Balls of Fury

Rob’s List

1. School of Rock
2. Nacho Libre
3. The Polka King

• (00:00) - 2020-09-05 - Saturday Matinée