Tortellini at Noon

This week we watched the 1982 classic Steven Spielberg film E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and it might’ve been Don’s first time seeing it completely. Directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison it tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed “E.T.”, who is stranded on Earth. The film stars Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore. We also talked about J.J. Abrams a bit and his film Super 8 which was inspired by the film. Come join our discussion using the links below.

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With this weekend being Independence Day Conor was on host duty and decided to show us the 1942 film starring James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy. Directed by Michael Curtiz the film is a biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as “The Man Who Owned Broadway”. While we talk about the film we also touched on Cagney’s career and the environment of early Hollywood and the studio system. Come join us for this discussion using the links below.

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For the final film of Killer Animal month we watched 2003 film which is reworking of the 1971 release of the same name, Willard. Written and Directed by Glen Morgan and loosely based on the novel Ratman’s Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, it tells the story of a repressed man Willard (Crispin Glover) who befriends a group of rats and finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother (Jackie Burroughs) and his father’s old partner, Frank (R. Lee Ermey). Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new maste. Come join us for this discussion.

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Our third entry for Killer Animal month and our 150th episode (HOLY CRAP) is the all time classic and Zach’s favorite movie, 1975’s Jaws. Declared by Donald as “the first movie ever made” Jaws is directed by Steven Spielberg and is about a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers, prompting police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw). Come join us for this discussion using the links below, we’d love to hear from you!!!

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Next week is the big one for Jaws but until then our next installment in Killer Animal month is the 2006 film Snakes on a Plane. starring Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Bobby Cannavale, Kenan Thompson and David Koechner it follows the events of hundreds of snakes being released on a passenger plane in an attempt to kill a trial witness. Come join us for this discussion.

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Guess what everyone, it’s another theme month. Have we become predictable? Anyway it’s killer animal month and we started it off with a movie that is in Quentin Tarantino’s top three movies of 2019, Crawl. It stars Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper as a daughter and father, who along with their dog are hunted by alligators after becoming trapped in their home during a Category 5 hurricane and is directed by Alexandre Aja and produced by Sam Raimi. Come join us for this discussion using the links below.

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Thus we have come to the end of another theme month and itt was not planned that all the films just so happened to be Marvel, it’s the 2007 “classic” Ghost Rider. Written and Directed by Daredevil director Mark Steven Johnson nit tells the tale of motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze who sells his soul to the Devil to save his father’s life, years later he is transformed into the Ghost Rider, the Devil’s own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda in supporting roles. Come join us for this discussion.

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Up next for bad superhero month is the under appreciated 2005 film Fantastic Four. The film starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon and Kerry Washington is about group of astronauts that gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom. Come join us for this discussion.

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For the second entry of Bad Superhero month we watched what is probably the only all around bad film this month, the 2003 critically panned film Daredevil. Starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Jon Faverau and Michael Clarke Duncan it tells the story of Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom and on the streets of New York as the masked vigilante Daredevil. For all of us this was our first time watching in at least 15 years and some things were different then we remembered. Come join our discussion following the links below.

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Another month, another theme. This time we’re getting into “Bad” Superhero movies and first up is the 1998 film Blade. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, the film stars Wesley Snipes in the title role with Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson and N’Bushe Wright in supporting roles. In the film, Blade is a Dhampir, a human with vampire strengths but not their weaknesses, who protects humans from vampires. Come join our discussion.

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