Tortellini at Noon

In this totally planned and not at all coincidence in honor of Stephen Kings birthday today we watched the directors cut of the 2019 film Doctor Sleep. written and directed by Mike Flanagan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, a sequel to King’s 1977 novel The Shining and the film adaptation of The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Ewan McGregor plays Dan Torrance, now an adult, who must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as the True Knot, whose members prey on children to extend their lives. Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, and Cliff Curtis have supporting roles. Come join us for this discussion.

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We were supposed to be doing horror adjacent movies and Don picked this because he’s never seen it and wasn’t that well informed about its lack of horror. 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy, a new patient at a mental institution, and features a supporting cast of Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Will Sampson, Sydney Lassick, Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, and Christopher Lloyd in his film debut. Come join us for this discussion!!

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This month we’re going to be doing horror adjacent films in preparation for Spoopy month and first up we decided to revisit 2019’s Midsommar with the newly released 4K version of the director’s cut. Written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, and Will Poulter. It follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every 90 years, only to find themselves in the clutches of a pagan cult. Running at 170 minutes it features 22 minutes of new stuff not in the theatrical that may or may not have been necessary. Come join us for this discussion using the links below.

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This week we watched the 1996 classic film The Birdcage. Directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest it tells the story of a gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée’s right-wing moralistic parents. Come join us for this discussion!!

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This week we watched a documentary about an examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three, 2012’s West of Memphis. Directed by Amy Berg and produced by Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson it follows teenagers Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin who were arrested and wrongly sentenced for the murders of three 8-year-old children and chronicles the history of the imprisoned men all the way up to the eventual release through interviews conducted with lawyers, judges, journalists, family members, witnesses, and the West Memphis Three themselves. Come join us for this discussion using the links below.

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With Don being on a Crispin Glover kick he looked for a film he hasn’t seen with him in it and he found the 1986 film River’s Edge, though we wish he hadn’t. Directed by Tim Hunter and starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, and Dennis Hopper, it follows a group of teenagers in a Northern California town who are forced to deal with their friend’s murder of his girlfriend and the subsequent disposal of her body by the river’s edge. Screenwriter Jimenez partially based the film’s script on the 1981 murder of Marcy Renee Conrad in Milpitas, California. Come join us for this discussion of the film because it sure is more entertaining than the actual movie!!!

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This week Zach decided it was time to properly introduce the gang to the mind of David Lynch and what better way to start then with the 1977 film Eraserhead. Written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch, Eraserhead is Lynch’s first feature-length effort following several short films. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, it tells the story of a man who is left to care for his grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial landscape. Initially opening to small audiences and little interest, Eraserhead gained popularity over several long runs as a midnight movie. Come join us for this discussion using the links below!!!

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This week acts as a early prelude for animation month (joke from the episode) its the 2012 stop motion animated film The Pirates! Band of Misfits, or its original title The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Produced by Aardman Animations and directed by Peter Lord, the film is based on the 2004 novel The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, the first book from Gideon Defoe’s The Pirates! series. It follows a crew of amateur pirates in their attempt to win the Pirate of the Year competition. The Pirates! Band of Misfits features the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Lenny Henry and Brian Blessed. Come join us for this discussion using the links below!!

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This weeks film was a suggestion from someone over on our Instagram page, so if you have any other film suggestions that’s where you should go. We watched the 2005 film Green Street Hooligans. A film about football hooliganism in the United Kingdom is tells the tale an American college student who falls in with a violent West Ham football firm (the Green Street Elite) run by his brother-in-law’s younger brother and is morally transformed by their commitment to each other. It was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. Come join our discussion using the links below!!!

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This week we watched the 2011 sci-fi film Source Code. Directed by Duncan Jones and written by Ben Ripley. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a U.S. Army captain who is sent into a computed reality to find a bomber. Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright play supporting roles. Come join us for this discussion using the links below!!!

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