Tortellini at Noon

This week we watched the 1995 supernatural comedy-drama film Casper. Directed by Brad Silberling, in his feature directorial debut, and produced by Steven Spielberg the film tells the story of an afterlife therapist and his daughter who meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits. The film is based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost and stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and also features the voices of Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, Brad Garrett and the introduction of Malachi Pearson in the title role. Come join us for this discussion!!!

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This week Mark picked what may be the first appropriate horror adjacent film we’ve done, it’s the 1975 musical horror comedy classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. directed by Jim Sharman. The screenplay was written by Sharman and actor Richard O’Brien, who is also a member of the cast. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O’Brien and tells the tale of a newly-engaged couple that have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter. Along with O’Brien, the film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick and is narrated by Charles Gray. Come join us for this discussion.

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September has crept back and with it is the return of  Horror Adjacent month and first up is the 1985 comedy horror cult classic Re-Animator. Loosely based on the 1922 H. P. Lovecraft serial novelette “Herbert West–Reanimator” the film stars Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, a medical student who has invented a reagent which can re-animate deceased bodies. He and his classmate Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) begin to test the serum on dead human bodies, and conflict with Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale), who is infatuated with Cain’s fiancée (Barbara Crampton) and wants to claim the invention as his own. Come join us for this discussion!!!

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This week Mark picked the classic film about old Hollywood with the 1950 classic film noir Sunset Boulevard. Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, the film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who draws him into her demented fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Jack Webb, Lloyd Gough, and Fred Clark appear in supporting roles. Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves, and the film includes cameo appearances by leading silent-film actors Buster Keaton, H. B. Warner, and Anna Q. Nilsson. Come join us for this discussion!!!

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This week Zach gave a choice between a David Lynch film or a Charlie Kaufman written one and they went with Charlie so we watched the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry, it follows an estranged couple who have erased each other from their memories. The cast includes Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson. Come join us for this discussion.

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This week we all saw the new James Gunn DCEU film The Suicide Squad. The film is a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad (2016) and the tenth overall entry in the DC Extended Universe. Written and directed by James Gunn the film tells the tale of Task Force X, a group of convicts who are sent to destroy evidence of the giant alien Starro. It stars an ensemble cast including Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, and Peter Capaldi.

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This week we went to see the long awaited epic medieval fantasy film The Green Knight. Directed, written, edited, and produced by David Lowery, the film stars Dev Patel as Gawain, a newly-appointed knight from King Arthur’s Round Table, who sets out on a journey to test his courage and face the Green Knight. Based on the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the film also stars Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, and Ralph Ineson.

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This week Mark had us watched the 1973 folk “horror’ film The Wicker Man. Directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner’s 1967 novel Ritual, centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle in search of a missing girl. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practice a form of Celtic paganism. Come join us for this discussion using the links below!!!

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This week Conor had us choose between two Viggo Mortensen films so we all chose the 2016 film Captain Fantastic. Written and directed by Matt Ross, the story centers on a family forced by circumstances to reintegrate into society after living in isolation for a decade. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn, George MacKay and Annalise Basso. Come join us as we discuss this film using the links below!!!

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This week was Ian’s pick and he chose to watch the new Marvel Studios film Black Widow. Directed by Cate Shortland it stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow alongside Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz. Set after the events of Captain America: Civil War, the film sees Romanoff on the run and forced to confront a conspiracy tied to her past. Come join us for our first MCU film since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame!!

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