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MOVIE MIKE: The 5 Greatest Years in Film + Movie Review: Is Weapons Overhyped? + Trailer Park: Predator: Badlands
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Hello and welcome back to Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I am your host, Movie Mike. Today I want to share with you what I believe to be the top five years in movie history and my top five movies from each of those years. In the Movie review, it's the film I've been foaming at the mouth to talk about. I'll give my spoiler free review. Very careful to be spoiler free. Thoughts on weapons and in the trailer park, we'll be talking about Predator Badlands, which looks awesome to me. This movie came out of nowhere and I can't wait to see it. So thank you for being here. Thank you, thank you for being subscribed. Shout out to the Monday Morning Movie Crew. And now let's talk movies from the Nashville Podcast Network. This is Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I put together a list of what I believe to be the top five years in movie history. Meaning if I could only keep one year worth of movies, what years would I keep? And obviously it's going to be rooted in the years that I was alive. I was born in 1991, so it would have been really hard for me and I probably would have not been truthful to myself. I would have went back to the 70s or went back to like the golden age of Hollywood. I just feel like that wouldn't be authentically me. So even though I considered those years, I just couldn't bring myself to put those on this list, even though there are some historic years. But that being said, I still don't feel like these other years that came before it are even close to these years. Let's get right into the list. At number five, I have 2014 and why 2014 is so important to me. This was an era for me where I watched so many movies on Blu Ray. To me, I associate 2014 with being my year of the Blu Ray. And it was highly influential on the Redbox, which is now gone. What would happen with Redbox? Oh man, it just kind of said there are no physical places to go get movies like this anymore. It's all gone, it's all streaming. But I was never a big blockbuster kid because my parents didn't want to pay for a membership we also didn't want to deal with late fees. But when I was an adult in College in 2014, I would walk to the 711 to get some snacks and I'd always grab a Red Box movie or if I was going to the grocery store, shout out to H E B in Texas. I would get a Redbox movie. They always had the latest ones and it was so easy because for me, being a person with social anxiety, worst thing you could possibly make me do is call somebody on the phone. Like, I would never order pizza as a kid. Oh, whenever that all went to online, that was just like a dream for me. And the great thing about the Red Box is you don't have to talk to anybody. You just go up to the kiosk, find which movie or even video game you wanted to rent. And I just have so many great memories of renting redbox movies. In 2014. My top five movies of the year, which I all watch from Redbox except for maybe the ones that came out later in the year. But at number five, I have Whiplash. Fantastic movie. Who knew you could make a movie about drumming be so tense filled? Great performances from J.K. simmons and Miles Teller. Fantastic movie. Next best drumming movie would probably be the Sound of Metal, but that was way later. At number four, I have Fury, which is my favorite war movie of all time. Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf. I just love the greediness of that movie. And after watching that movie in 2014, I wanted Brad Pitt's haircut, even though couldn't pull it off. And really it probably looks so good in him because he is so good looking. At number three, I have Nightcrawler, which is the best Jake Gyllenhaal movie of all time. Plays a guy trying to make money by covering crime scenes and then he gets a little bit too into it. Keeps trying to get the bloodiest shot because blood sells on the news. So he keeps taking it a step further and further and then does some really unethical things. A fantastic movie. And then at number two, I have Guardians of the Galaxy, which when this movie came out in 2014, it shook up Marvel a little bit, which was really just being super established, obviously with 2008 being the first Marvel movie. But in 2014 this was like, okay, we have something different here. And it just changed the game. James Gunn started to become dominant in the comic book movie world. But at number one, my favorite movie from 2014 is Interstellar. I did see it's coming out later this year and imax and that would Be a real treat, because this is one I didn't watch in theaters. I watched it on Redbox, and obviously with anything Christopher Nolan. Seeing it on the big screen, you get that full effect. But some other notable movies from 2014, you have John Wick, The Amazing Spider Man 2, which, back on Spider man day, we had the first look at Tom Holland's new Spider man suit, and it looks so good. It kind of looks a little bit of what we got with Toby Maguire. It's like a great mix of that and also what the Spider man suit has turned into now. But Amazing Spider Man 2 was fantastic, even though at the time, I think a lot of people talk crap on it. We also had Gone Girl in this year, how to Train youn Dragon to the Grand Budapest Hotel from Wes Anderson. One of his better movies. A top five movie of his, American Sniper, which is another one of my favorite war movies. The Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise, which I don't think I fully got when it came out in 2014, but maybe three or four years ago, I rewatched and visited that movie again. And that's a really good movie. It has such generic title, though. You just see Tom Cruise in the Edge of Tomorrow, and it really doesn't tell you much about that movie, but it's all about him, like, reliving the same day and trying to crack this time code. You also have the Winter Soldier. It follows one of the most underrated Horror movies of the 2010s. Days of Future Past. From X Men 22, Jump Street. In the Hunger Games world, we got Mockingjay, the Lego movie, Big Hero 6. There are so many great memories in 2014. Transformers, Age of Extinction, which isn't the best Transformers movie. But at this time in 2014, I was convinced that every Transformers movie I went to go see in theaters was going to be great. I love the premise of this movie. I just do not like Mark Wahlberg in it. We also had Annabelle, Godzilla, the Theory of Everything Boyhood, which I do believe is a bit overrated, but I watched it before everybody was rating it so high. I enjoyed it, but that's a movie that not a whole lot of people talk about anymore, with it being so groundbreaking at the time. You also had some comedy bangers, like Neighbors. The first Paddington movie came out, the Interview, which was highly controversial. Tusk, dawn of the Planet of the Apes, tmnt, the live action Michael Bay one, which was kind of like a different version of Transformers, but with Ninja Turtles. A Million Ways to Die in the west, which Was a movie from the creator, family guy, Seth McFarlane. Not the greatest of comedy movies, but I do remember going to see that movie in theaters. And St. Vincent, which starred Bill Murray and Wild. All those movies from 2014. That brings it in at number five on my list. Next up on my list at number four is 1999. Now, if you were just arguing the most influential movie years, I think you could make an argument for 1999 being the most influential year because it closed out the 90s and really set us up for the 2000s and gave us a lot of movies and styles that. That people have been trying to recreate ever since. This time was so edgy and cool and black and dark, where people just wanted kind of still the coolness of the 90s without the cheese. And that is what we got. More going into the 2000s with my top five movies from 1999. At number five is an underrated Disney movie as well, primarily because of the music. It's Tarzan. That was one of my favorite movies as a kid and as a family. Watch that movie so much. That movie is a classic that I'm glad they haven't tried to remake or make a lot. Well, they did kind of make a live action version that wasn't Disney. But that movie was so good with the music of Phil Collins, great voice acting. I have that one at number five. At number four, I have American Pie, which was the quintessential teen hookup movie. And everybody wanted to be like American Pie. And I think now when we think of the greatest comedies ever and the movies we kind of crave the most, where people say, why don't they make great comedies anymore? I think oftentimes we're talking about movies like American Pie and the trails that were blazed in that film, not only with its comedy, with its ensemble cast, but also the music. It really meant something in 1999 to get your song in a movie. And this was a great reflection on the times. I mean, Blink 182 is actually in this movie. Their song Mutt is also in this movie. And then when it came time for American Pie 2, it became more of a thing. And you had bands like some 41 New Found Glory, which were so popular and so influential on me at that time. So it also takes me back to that era when it did mean something to have a song featured in a movie. And now just kind of doesn't even matter anymore unless you're James Gunn and using songs for a very specific purpose. At number three, I have Toy Story 2. Which was a movie that almost didn't see the light of day because Again, in the 90s still computer technology and animation was still relatively new. They didn't have it fully figured out on how to back things up and. And this entire movie was almost deleted entirely. But luckily one of the people working on the movie, one of the animators, had a kid and was working from their home office and had a copy of this movie on their home computer. Otherwise they would have had to start all over and redo this movie entirely. At number two, I find a lot of movies from 1999 that I resonate with are all animated. Because at number two, I have South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut. This movie taught me how to curse at a very young age. I should not have watched this movie at 8 years old. This was a movie as a kid that I just had playing on a loop. Not at my parents house, they did not want me watching or knew about this movie, but at my cousin's house we would watch this movie all the time. We'd be playing Tony Hawk, Pro Skater or Grand Theft Auto and just watching South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut. I wish they would make another full length animated movie like this and put it out in theaters. At number one though, it's Fight Club. Fight Club is the quintessential 1999 movie. And I know some people are gonna say, well, it's obviously the Matrix. For me it is Fight Club. I don't really have a deep connection with the Matrix. I love again and it can appreciate how influential that movie was. But I would not put that in my top five movies from 1999. But you also had of course, the Matrix, like I just mentioned, Big Daddy, the Mummy, Notting Hill, Austin Powers, the Spy who Shagged Me. A great comedy movie, the Green Mile, Johnny Tsunami, which I rewatched pretty recently. That movie still holds up. Some parts are a little bit weird, but I think that's the case for any Disney Channel movie. And it's also weird seeing how unsupportive his dad was. Like, dude, your dad's just kind of a bad dad. Just moves you and doesn't care, has no remorse and doesn't want you to end up like your grandfather, his dad. Like that whole dynamic was a little bit weird. So. So there are some things that I also didn't notice. Like the two brothers, the one that owns the shop on one side of the mountain and the other one that owns the shop on the other side of the mountain. One of them is a snowboarder One of them is a skier and it turns out they're played by the same actor. That blew my mind. I didn't realize that until now. You also had other Disney channel movies from 1999 like Xenon and Smart House. All this was like my era of Disney channel. Also in 99 you had American Beauty, Eyes Wide Shut, 10 things I hate about you. The Sixth Sense, Double Jeopardy. That movie blew my mind as a kid. The Boondock Saints, Dogma Life. I love this movie with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence and the late Bernie Mack. You also have Lake Placid, Varsity Blues, which is my favorite football movie of all time. Never Been Kissed, which is my favorite romcom of all time. And then you have these really random 90s movies that I love and it was usually because I watched them on cable, but movies like Deep Blue Sea, I've seen that movie so many times, I don't think we ever rented it. I never saw it in theaters, but for sure watched it probably on USA so many times in the 90s and then probably carrying into the 2000s movies like Office Space, October Sky, she's all that, the Iron Giant, the Blair Witch Project, Deuce Bigelow, Stuart Little, man on the Moon, Mystery Men, Blue Streak, which is my favorite Martin Lawrence movie of all time. And any given Sunday, Idle Hands, Detroit Rock City. 1999 is a great year and again it's just because 3 and 4 and 1 are so just top level to me because 99 is stack but still this is a really tough list to make. It comes in at number four. At number three I have 2019. This year is very special to me. That is the year we launched this podcast and it was a year that I didn't know how good we had it until movie shut down in 2020. My favorite five films this year at number five I have once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino. He said he was going to make his final movie. It was supposed to be about a movie critic. I'm like all right, I'm here, I'm ready. Cast me in your movie. And then he's like, I'm not making that movie anymore. But it's been too long since we've had a Quentin Tarantino movie. A fantastic in theater experience and also has really great re watchability. Wild thing looking back on that movie now is how many people were in it that are such big stars now like Austin Butler, Sydney Sweeney, recent Oscar winning actor Mikey Madison. They were all cast in this movie and have smaller parts in it. But now they're all huge and could be carrying their own movie. It was almost like a prerequisite to be a star in five years. At number four, I have Uncut gems. Adam Sandler in a dramatic role and in a stressful role like this is my favorite. Speaking of stressful movies, at number three, I have Joker. The dive that this movie took from Joker 1 to Joker 2 in my head, Joker 2 doesn't exist. I can't allow that movie to ruin what was created in the first one. One of my favorite in theater experiences of all time. It just left my jaw on the floor and really rattled me. So much so that it was a really long time, probably two years until I was able to actually rewatch this movie. It is a movie that I didn't want to go back and revisit so soon and have my perspective changed because I left that movie. I gave my review and I gave it a five out of five. And I stood by that for a very long time. And I didn't want my opinion changed because I knew how it made me feel in that moment. The energy going into that movie with it being so controversial on some of the ways that it depicted violence. But I think it's just a great character study on somebody going through a lot of hard mental struggles, dealing with an illness and then kind of inciting a riot as a result of that. But yes, for me, this is a Perfect movie, and Joker 2 does not exist. At number two, I have Parasite, which was really influential on me, giving international films more of a chance. And it wasn't that I was against them. I was never really against watching movies with subtitles. But it was this movie that really just made me think, like, why haven't I been seeking out movies from other countries? And why have I been hesitant to do that? Why do I look at them at sometimes being homework? This movie changed all that. And the thing it really changed with me is I always watch movies now in the language that they are made in with English subtitles, unless it's animated. I feel like animation is a little bit different because when you watch an animated movie, oftentimes they get actual American actors, established actors, to revoice those characters. And they treat it the same way they would treat any movie. But when they do just Spanish dubs or English dubs, oftentimes it's just random people. They could still be actors. It's still a job for them. But I don't feel like they capture the same emotion that the actors do that are actually playing the parts in these countries that these movies are being released in. So I feel to get that real emotion, I have to watch it in their language. Even though I don't understand what they are saying, I feel the emotion that paired with me reading it, allows me to enjoy these movies at times more than I do just standard American movies because I'm so dialed in, because I'm reading and also hearing and feeling their emotion in the way that they speak, in the acting. So that is something I always do. Even though Netflix or other streaming services sometimes give you that ability to. To also change what you were hearing. I want to hear their actual voice in their language. So that is something. Also that Parasite has influenced me and it's really stuck with me since 2019. Number two is where I have that movie at number one. I have Avengers, Endgame, and depending on the day I would battle on which one of those is two and which one of those is one. But where I placed them on for this list is because at least once a year I rewatch Endgame and I would probably rewatch it more if it wasn't three hours long. So in total in my life I have re watched End Game more. So I have to put it at one more. Notable movies from 2019, some of my favorites. Detective, Pikachu, obviously, Spider Man, Far From Home. I think the best picture category was one of the best, at least in the last 10 years. Parasite was also the winner of the best picture award that year. But you had Ford v. Ferrari, the Irishman. Watched all three plus hours of that on Netflix. Jojo, Rabbit, Joker also made it into the best picture category. Little Women, Marriage Story, which now I hear they're using a clip of Scarlett Johansson to like board away. Like wildlife, apparently like wolves and other things like freak out whenever they hear that scene. So that's an unexpected result of that movie. 1917. Oh, beautifully shot. Also Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was in that category. Also had movies like Midsommar, Knives Out, John Wick, Chapter 3, the Rise of Skywalker, Lighthouse, oh man, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson going at it. It Chapter two, which was another really great horror movie experience. Even though I love part one so much more. That one was just so sinister in the beginning. I love seeing that one in theaters. Movies like Booksmart, Bombshell, Jumanji, Next level, Toy Story 4, even though I believe it should have ended at Toy Story 3. The live action Lion King, Godzilla, King of monsters, Frozen 2, which I think is the better frozen movie. We finally got the sequel to Zombieland, Double Tap came out that year. Sound of Metal, which I mentioned earlier. Annabelle comes Home. You also have Fighting with my family, which is based upon the WWE Superstar page, which I am so back into WWE now. It started with the Unreal show on Netflix, which I finished and loved. And I think they put that out perfectly because it led right into SummerSlam and and ever since then I've been watching Monday Night Raw again. I feel like I'm 10 years old all over again, which is on par for this episode. You also had us Richard Jewell, AD, Astra, Aladdin, the platform ready or not. Man, 2019 was stacked at number two. I have 1994. Looking at this list, it is hard to believe that 1994 was real. And out of all the gears on this list. If I could go back and experience just one year by seeing all of these movies in theaters for the first time, it would be 1994 because I've seen the least amount of these in theaters, obviously because I was three years old. But I'm gonna give you my top five to start this because there are just mountains and mountains of so many good movies in 1994 for one actor in particular, single handedly their best year in movies of all time. But at number five, I have Forrest Gump. Think about that. At number five I have one of the greatest movies of all time. That is how stacked this year is at number four. Now people are going to argue that number five is better than my number four. But to me personally, I have Angels in the Outfield, which I believe is the best baseball movie of all time. Angels in the Outfield could not be made today. Not for a political sense, just because a movie as ridiculous as it sounds made sense. In 1994. We were in an era where we could believe that a team would say, okay, this kid sees angels, we're going to give him this signal. We're going to make him come to every single baseball game. A plot as ridiculous as that did not feel ridiculous in 1994. I just watched this movie so much as a kid, and then later as an adult, found it so hard to even track it down. It wasn't until fairly recently, maybe in the last year, year and a half, that this movie was even available to watch on Disney plus. So it almost felt like, did I even experience this movie whatsoever? But it also has a lot of emotion in it. Aside from all the fun of people running around trying to catch baseballs that are being thrown around by angels in the outfield, literally. You also have a story about a son who just wants to be reunited with his dad, but instead he's living in foster care and his dad is just a dirtbag. Tells him, you know, this team that is historically bad, that just can't win a game to save their life, if they're ever good, we can be a family again. And then that team ends up being really good, and dad is still like, nah, I'm gonna leave you behind and leave you bawling in the courtroom. What a ridiculous plot. What a ridiculous premise. There is no reason this movie should pack as emotional of a punch that it does, but I have that one at number four. At number three is Pulp Fiction, which Quentin Tarantino dropped this banger. And then everybody wanted a piece of them. Everybody wanted to rip them off. And I feel like there have been so many directors in the action genre who have tried to replicate this movie and just can't do it because they don't have the vision of Quentin Tarantino. But a movie that just has unorthodox storytelling, has such powerful and dynamic characters, such memorable lines from the very beginning, and images. It is probably his masterpiece. Probably has other movies that are better technically, maybe at times have higher action, but without this movie, we would have never gotten any of those. And number two, I have Dumb and Dumber, my favorite comedy movie, not only of the 90s, my favorite comedy of all time. And again, a movie that could not be made today because things that we found as funny and ridiculous in this movie just would not work. And I also think it captures what comedy is. And why a comedy movie like this does work is because you have two people who are just utter buffoons, who you try to figure out which one is dumb and which one is dumber because they're both idiots. But everybody else in the movie is normal. And everybody else finds them so ridiculous and gets frustrated with them and doesn't understand them, and they play the part of us as the audience. But the fact that you have that contrast between these characters, because if it was just them being stupid all the time, but also having everybody in this world being as stupid as they are or accepting of how dumb they are, this movie would not work. That is another problem I had with Happy Gilmore 2 is there was no contrast between anybody. Everybody was just dumb and doing ridiculous things, and there was no one there to say, hey, like, what is happening here? Like, why is everything so ridiculous right now? Which there was that in Happy Gilmore 1. It just wasn't all ridiculous all the time. I really think that's kind of the source of why some movies now aren't as funny as they were back 20, 30 years ago is because there's no longer that contrast. You have to make a comedy movie now and think everything has to be wiling out all the time. It has to be parody. But Dumb and Dumber is how you do it. That's at number two. At number one. My favorite movie of 1994 is the Lion King. I still say it is the best made Disney movie of all time. Not my favorite. Lilo and Stitch will always be my favorite. But I think when you look at storytelling, even though some people argue that the Lion King just basically ripped off the Land Before Time, that even the makers of the Land Before Time said whenever Lion King came out, they were like, what did they do? They just ripped off our movie. But it was more impactful, it had better songs, it had more memorable characters. So even if they did rip it off, they ripped it off really well. But also in 94, you had the Usual Suspects. A movie that blew my mind and still will blow my mind even though I know what is going to happen, has one of the best twists of all time. The Shawshank Redemption. The actor who had the biggest year in 1994 was Jim Carrey with the movie we mentioned earlier, Dumb and Dumber, but also had Ace Ventura, Pet Detective and the Mask all come out in 1994. You also had indie darlings like Clerks, one of the greatest action movies of the 90s, speed, interview with a Vampire, True Lies, Clear and present, Danger D2, the Mighty Ducks, Little Giants. This was an era of great sports family comedies. Little Giants is an amazing movie, has one of the greatest sports villains of all time with the Dallas Cowboys. Even though I'm a fan of the Dallas Cowboys at the time, they're kind of the villain. Even though Emmett Smith is in this movie. You also have movies like the Page Master. That movie also feels like. Does anybody else remember the Page Master, or am I the only one that watched that movie as a kid with Macaulay culkin, Major League 2, blank check, the Jungle Book, which was the live action movie in the 90s. And it even had the best good bad movies. The Flintstones, I don't believe is a good movie, but I still watched it. I still loved it. Movies like the Little Rascals, Street Fighter, as bad as that movie was, it's still a good bad movie in 1994. And other Adam Sandler movies like Airheads, that is 1994 at number two. Before I get to number one, I have an honorable mention. And that honorable mention goes to 2009. I feel like this was the last year that film was really unified. It was right on the cusp of us being so consumed by social media and YouTube. The iPhone came out a couple years before this in 2007. And I feel like this was the last year, at least in film, that we were all unified and watching the same things, because we were just before that era of there being so many avenues on where to watch things. Once Netflix came around and really started dominating with streaming, we were still going to the theater, all watching the same movies, and then later watching it on Blu Ray. That's why I feel like 2009, to me, is very significant. My top five movies of this year were up in the Air, which is my favorite George Clooney movie. Number four is Avatar. And again, I think Right Place, Right Time, that went on to be one of the highest grossing movies of all time. And number three, I would have up at number two, the Hangover, which I believe to be the last great American comedy classic again, that we all watched collectively, back when we would all go watch a movie and then everybody would just be quoting it because we all went to go see the same thing. But at number one. Speaking of Quentin Tarantino earlier, even though I believe Pulp Fiction is his masterpiece, at number one. And glorious Basterds is my favorite Quentin Tarantino movie, one of my favorite in theater experiences. Oh, I had so much joy while watching that movie and rooting on the good guys. And Christoph Waltz was just such a great villain. And again, we have Brad Pitt being Brad Pitt again. But honorable mention goes to 2009. But at number one, I have 2007. This is the year where I really fell in love with movies. If it wouldn't have been for 2007, I would not be here today doing this podcast. I was 16 years old. I was watching movies all the time. Also an era I refer to as the burned DVD age, where that was just kind of running rampant. I remember having one of those binders where you would put CDs, but it was all filled with DVDs. I had a friend who made them, and it was just the gift that kept on giving because every week it would just give me another stack of movies. So I watched so many movies in 2007, and it was the year that I truly fell in love with movies, where I went from saying I like movies to finally saying I love movies, because I started to see the inner workings of what it took to make these. It was the year I Started paying to directors and paying attention to cinematography. And because I started noticing all these details and I started to wonder, like, why do I like this movie? What is it about it that actually sticks out to me? I started to watch movies more analytically. And this was the year that all those lights and sensors in my brain just started going off. Where I started asking more where I started watching movies and not just paying attention to the cast, but also who produced it, who wrote it, who directed it. All Those things in 2007 started to matter to me. So that's why I went from just being a kid who watched movies to being a kid who now watched films. And now that kind of sounds like, ah, you loser. Called movies, films. They're all movies. It's all the same thing. But that's the only way I can describe that, of that switch in my brain that if I wouldn't have had this year with such great movies, I would not be in this position now. I would have never got to 2014, which was another year on this list, or 2019. So in no way would I still be here in 2025 talking about movies if it wasn't for 2007. My top five movies of this year. At number five is the Simpsons movie, which is funny because I was just talking about how I started paying attention to films and talking about directors. And then at number five, I have the Simpsons movie. But I am such a huge Simpsons fan, and I'd been waiting for this my entire life. I loved all the promotion leading up to this movie. It felt like an event. Seven elevens were changed into Kwik E. Marts, and I remember going to see this, and it blew my mind. To see the Simpsons curse some of the scenes where you see Bart in ways you didn't think you were going to ever see Bart. It just felt epic. It felt like the perfect story, and it just felt like something in my lifetime that I would never witness. At number four, I have Transformers. This movie changed me a lot. This movie also had a big impact on cinema and summer blockbusters, where I just associate watching a Transformers movie in the summer as a rite of passage. I just believe that that is a pillar of cinema, more so than any other action franchise. If there is a year where a Transformers movie comes out from now until forever, I don't care how bad these movies get. I am going to watch it because it feels like a rite of passage. It feels like an event. Hearing Peter Cullen's voice in a theater as Optimus prime through the booming theater speakers and Seeing all the carnage of Transformers metal on screen and the explosions from Michael Bay, that feels like summer to me. So I'm always gonna chase that. It's like a drug to me. I had my first hit in 2007, and I'm still chasing that high ever since. At number three, Spider Man 3. At the time, this movie got dragged. And it wasn't until maybe the last five years or so, especially whenever Toby Maguire came back, that I feel that Spider Man 3 finally got its flowers. Yes, it gets parodied a lot. It gets poked fun at a lot. But I love this movie. When it first came out because we got Black Suit, Spider man, maybe I didn't love because the depiction of Venom, which was my favorite villain from the 90s, wasn't really portrayed in the way I wanted him to. I would not have cast Topher Grace to play Venom, but it was what it was, and it did so many things for me that I loved. And so at number three, I had Spider Man 3, and number two is Juno. If I had to pick one movie from this year to really define what pop culture was, to really define what music was in 2007 in fashion, I would show you Juno. I love everything about this movie, from the wardrobe, from the quirky characters, from the memorable quotes. In 2007, it was so important to have a quirky movie with these really great quotes that you could put on a T shirt that you could sell at Hot Topic. And that is what I think about when I think about. Juno also has really great music and a movie that I probably watched the most that year, and it still holds up. I love Juno at number two. At number one, I have no country for Old man, which would also enter into my top 10 movies of all time. And this was the one movie specifically, like I was mentioning earlier, what changed in me in 2007. This was really the movie that did it. You have one of the greatest movie villains of all time, played by Javier Bardem. Josh Brolin is fantastic in this movie. Woody Harrelson is fantastic in this movie. I also love that the Coen brothers brought people who weren't real actors, but they worked and lived in these towns that they were filming in in Texas. To add that level of Texas authenticity. My favorite scene out of this entire movie is Anton Chigurh, who is the villain going to pay for his gas at the gas station, and him having that encounter with the clerk there. And it's just so simple, but just such great dialogue that there's so much tension in it. And that guy is the only guy to not die at the hands of Anton Shigura. He does not know how close he came to death to him that day. Some weird guy just came in with a funny haircut. He won a coin toss and that was it. But he did not know in that moment how bad that interaction could have gone and just how much tension you can build just through great dialogue and through great acting. A perfect scene. No country for Old Men My favorite movie from my favorite year 2007. I'll come back and give my spoiler free review on weapons.
- [36:35]
Ryan Seacrest
Hey, it's Ryan Seacrest for Albertsons and Safeway. It is hot out there this summer, right? But don't sweat it. We got tons of ways to save on your family's favorite personal care items to keep yourself feeling cool and smelling good. Now through September 9th, earn four times points when you shop for items from your favorite brands like Right Guard Raw Sugar, Dove Soft Soap and Olay. Then use your points for discounts on groceries or gas on future purchases. Offer end September 9th. Restrictions apply. Offers may vary. Visit albertsons or safeway.com for more details.
- [37:06]
Emily Tish Sussman
Have you ever wished for a change but weren't sure how to make it? Maybe you felt stuck in a job, a place, or even a relationship? I'm Emily Tish Sussman and on she Pivots I dive into the inspiring pivots of women who have taken big leaps in their lives and careers.
- [37:20]
Movie Mike
I'm Gretchen Whitmer.
- [37:22]
Danielle Fishel
Jodie Sweetin, Monica Padme.
- [37:23]
Movie Mike
Elaine Welteroth.
- [37:24]
Emily Tish Sussman
I'm Jessica Voss. And that's when I was like, I gotta go.
- [37:27]
Dani Shapiro
I don't know how.
- [37:28]
Emily Tish Sussman
But that kicked off the pivot of how to make the transition.
- [37:33]
Movie Mike
Learn how to get comfortable pivoting because your life is going to be full of them.
- [37:36]
Emily Tish Sussman
Every episode gets real about the why behind these changes and and gives you the inspiration and maybe the push to make your next pivot. Listen to these women and more on she Pivots now on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [37:52]
Warren Campbell
I don't write songs. God writes songs. I take dictation.
- [37:56]
Podcast Host (Culture Raises Us)
I didn't even know you've been a pastor for over 10 years.
- [37:59]
Warren Campbell
I think culture is any space that you live in that develops you.
- [38:03]
Podcast Host (Culture Raises Us)
On a recent episode of Culture Raises Us podcast, I sat down with Warren Campbell, Grammy winning producer, pastor and music executive, to talk about the beats, the business and the legacy behind some of the biggest names in gospel, R and B and hip hop.
- [38:16]
Warren Campbell
This is like watching Michael Jackson talk about Thriller before it happened.
- [38:19]
Podcast Host (Culture Raises Us)
Was there a particular moment where you realized just how instrumental music culture was to shaping all of our global ecosystem?
- [38:27]
Warren Campbell
I was 8 years old and the Motown 25 Special came on and all the great Motown artists, Marvins, Stevie Wonder.
- [38:36]
Podcast Host (Culture Raises Us)
Temptations, Diana Ross, from Mary Mary to Jennifer Hudson. We get into the soul of the music and the purpose that drives it. Listen to Culture raises us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [38:48]
Noah de Barrasso
Welcome to Pretty Private with ebony, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm EBONY and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions of and give you new insight on the people around you. On Pretty Private, we'll explore the untold experiences of women of color who faced it all. Childhood trauma, addiction, abuse, incarceration, grief, mental health struggles and more. And found the strength to make it to the other side. My dad was shot and killed in his house. Yes, he was a drug dealer. Yes, he was a confidential informant. But he wasn't shot on a street corner. He wasn't shot in the middle of a drug deal. He was shot in his house, unarmed. Pretty Private isn't just a podcast, it's your personal guide for turning storylines into lifelines. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect Podcast Network. Tune in on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
- [39:54]
Dani Shapiro
Your entire identity has been fabricated. Your beloved brother goes missing without a trace. You discover the depths of your mother's illness, the way it has echoed and reverberated throughout your life, impacting your very legacy. Hi, I'm Dani Shapiro and these are just a few of the profound and powerful stories I'll be mining on our 12th season of Family Secrets. With over 37 million downloads, we continue to be moved and inspired by our guests and their courageously told stories. I can't wait to share 10 powerful new episodes with you. Stories of tangled up identities, concealed truths, and the way in which family secrets almost always need to be told. I hope you'll join me and my extraordinary guests for this new season of Family Secrets. Listen to Family Secrets Season 12 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [40:54]
Movie Mike
Let's get into it now. A spoiler free movie review of Weapons. Gonna keep it very, very spoiler free. Weapons is now entering that over hype stage because when it first came out opening weekend theaters were packed. Our theater was packed Everybody was going crazy for this movie. Big word of mouth. But now here we are. You're gonna start to see those people who are going to witness it now and they're gonna be like, that's what everybody was raving about. That movie is so overhyped. But that is okay with me because I would rather a really great movie be overhyped than have to fight for a really great movie that nobody is seeing. Because there have been those this year where I'm like, everybody, you gotta go check out this movie. And everybody just doesn't want to. The movie doesn't do great at the box office. And then maybe six months down the line when it's on a streaming service, then people start to catch wind of it. You could even argue maybe that's what happened a little bit with Barbarian. Bam. That cemented Zach Kreger as a really great director. People started to see how much of a visionary he is. And he is now up there on the horror directors I'm really paying attention to. I think Jordan Peele is still at the top of that list because he is somebody who is more established than some of the other people working now. But he was a person who wanted this movie fired, some of his management team, because he could not secure this film. And now I know exactly why he wanted this movie, because it is next level horror. And Zach Kreger is somebody I really enjoy now because he's only 44 years old. But just hearing him talk about this movie, how much attention to detail he has. So what this movie is about, if you haven't heard about it yet, 17 kids go missing in this one classroom. Julia Garner is the teacher in the classroom. The parents want answers. They are blaming her. And it is up to this town to unravel the mystery why all these kids went missing at 2:17 in the morning, exact same time, exact same night, in the exact same way. But nobody knows exactly why. It also stars Josh Brolin, who plays one of the missing kids, dads, Alden Ehrenreich, who is a police officer in the town, Benedict Wong. So right there you have Silver Surfer, you have Thanos, you have the guy from Ironheart, and you also have Wong from Doctor Strange. Also rounding out the cast, you have Austin Abrams, who plays a junkie in in the movie. And let me just start with the cast just perfectly casted. I couldn't see anybody else in any of these roles. And I know Pedro Pascal was supposed to play the role of Josh Brolin. I am so glad he didn't get It. And it's not that I don't like Pedro Pascal. It's not that I have Pedro fatigue. I watched all three of his big movies this summer. He's a fantastic actor. Because I actually think that if Pedro Pascal was in the same role, it would not have hit the same way. There was just something about his character that was more nuanced than I feel that Pedro Pascal could pull off right now. And the reason he didn't do it is because he had too many projects, obviously, with all the commitments he has right now. So they had to recast almost this entire movie, except for Austin Abrams, who was there from the very beginning. And not only did they give great performances, their characters were so well written and so well developed that I could put myself into the shoes of any of these people in this town, and I would know what they love, what they hate, what triggers them. And they all have very unique flaws, which is something that I really took away from weapons, is that there's not one character that is inherently the protagonist. Nobody in this movie is necessarily a good or bad person in the story because I think they've all been through something traumatic. They all have some kind of blame pointed to them at some point because of something they've done wrong, that there's not one person that you're necessarily rooting for. And I think having that nuance of humans that have some good qualities about them, but also can be kind of shady in other ways, is what makes this movie feel more real life. That if this actually happened in a town, you wouldn't just have a good guy, a good Samaritan out there trying to figure this thing out. There would be some very mixed feelings between everybody in this town. And that is really what you see. You don't just see one shiny, perfect person trying to figure this thing out, trying to save the day. So not only were all their performances on the screen, I just believe all their characters were so well written on the page. Which goes back to what I say about Zach Kreger knowing his vision before he goes into his movie, not trying to find it in the process. And I think that is what really resonated with me. And not only that, but the movie just instantly dives into it. You start with the girl explaining the story, how everybody went missing, and then you are right there in it. I love the format of the movie as it dives into each character individually, which is probably another reason why you do get to know these characters so well, is because it fully dives into where they were where all these things started to happen and show you all the things they have going on in their life. It doesn't really waste a whole lot of time with this crazy backstory of what happened before they went missing. Diving into the characters backstories that way, because it doesn't tell you, it just shows you by just letting you live a day in their life. And I think that way of handling the story was perfect. And I feel like that added way more to the mystery because the movie was so unpredictable. And in an era of filmmaking right now, especially in horror, where sometimes you can tell, okay, I kind of see where this story is going. We're going to get to this final battle. We're going to all have it figured out by the end. I didn't know who was about what. I didn't know what was going on. But I was so in for the ride that in the two hour runtime I never checked out. The horror elements were also fantastic. And I kind of knew going into it it wasn't going to be a full on supernatural jump scare movie. Although it did have those elements in there as well. It was really more of a horror mystery. I also feel like the movie didn't use a bunch of cheap tactics to scare you. There were some more of the traditional elements, a couple of jump scares here and there, but I think the movie just had a sinister DNA to it that aside from a couple of things early on, it didn't really rely on that. And it also did a fantastic job of not showing you everything in the trailer, which is something that horror movies are notorious for because there were some elements that I saw from different portions of the movie in the trailer. But even then, having all the pieces to this puzzle kind of laid out for you, you still had no idea how those things were going to play out. I think Austin Abrams was low key, the MVP of this movie, even though his character didn't have the most massive role out of anybody else. I would still say Julia Gardner was my favorite part of the movie. Josh Brolin right up there with her. But I think his presence brought something that was just completely unexpected out of anybody else in the town. You don't really see characters like that. And he also brought a little bit of comedic relief. That was another thing I wasn't really expecting. There were moments in this movie where people were laughing and where even at its most sinister times, there was a little bit of levity and it wasn't cheesy, it wasn't forced, it kind of happened naturally. There weren't moments that it felt like, oh, this is a punchline moment or this is something we're gonna do deliberately to make you laugh. But I think just the way these moments were sprinkled in where you kind of took yourself back a little bit and thought, hey, that's kind of funny, made me laugh. It made everybody else laugh. And I think Austin Abrams character was a big portion of those laughs. And I think what I love the most about Zach Kreger now that he's going to be somebody that I pay attention to every single film. Because I wasn't the biggest fan of, Barbarian, I enjoyed some elements of that movie. It felt a little bit unconventional to me, much like some people are going to go watch Weapons and feel like, oh, this is so overhyped. That was kind of Barbarian for me. What I do love about him is how much he just has a passion for filmmaking. And he said his three biggest influences going into this movie were Magnolia Hereditary and Prisoners, which I was like, those are all contemporary movies that I feel like the general public has still seen. So to have somebody making movies with those types of influences and be able to make something that pulls from those inspirations but feel entirely different, I think we're in good hands when it comes to horror. I think we're also in good hands when it comes to horror because of all the success that Warner Brothers has been having, which I've been telling you guys, Horror is where it is when it comes to creativity. It's also where it is where it comes to strong female leads. Oftentimes that is the only place I can go where I can see somebody like Julia Garner have a role where they're not typecast in any way, where their characters aren't pigeonholed. But Warner Brothers became the first studio in history to have six consecutive 40 plus million dollar openings. And if you look at this list, you have Minecraft with 162.8 million, Sinners with 48 million, Final Destination, Bloodlines with 50 million, F1 with 57 million, Superman with 125 million and Weapons with $42.5 million. And out of those six movies, 50% of them are original movies. So Warner Brothers still chases those big IPs. If you look at Superman, Final Destination obviously is a long running franchise. Minecraft is a video game adaptation. But the threat in all these movies is that they also have really great directors who I believe truly are visionaries. And I think that is something that they have prioritized more than other studios and is why they are having so much success is they are finding filmmakers that know how to create a spectacle. And they also make movies where it starts with story first. It just has to. James Gunn, who is a part of Warner Brothers, is the biggest proponent of that right now, saying, we're not going to make a superhero movie unless we have the story. We're not just going to put some character out into the theaters because it has a big fan demand. We're not throwing in random cameos or post credit scenes just to introduce characters. If there's not a story there, we're not making the movie. And I think that is something that Marvel and other studios need to learn. In this world where a lot of people say they're superhero fatigue, people have been saying that everything is a reboot and a remake for I think probably ever since I've been alive, people have been saying nothing is original anymore and those movies still make a lot of money. It's not right now that we're sick of everything being part of a franchise or being a reboot is that we are sick of mediocre movies with lame stories that go nowhere. Even Josh Brolin was out doing press for this movie and saying, I don't get on streaming services. Everything on there is so boring. Go see a movie like Weapons that is truly unique and worthy of your time. So I think for Warner Brothers, they have figured that out with finding great directors who know how to make these great stories come to life. So Weapons for me was an almost perfect movie. It's as close as you can get. I think I've just been more hesitant now about handing out fives because now I truly feel that a five comes with time. It comes with seeing a movie maybe for a second time in theaters or spending more time with it at home that it becomes one I throw into the rotation. So I feel like this is one that could grow. But I also think that Zach Kreger hasn't put out his best movie yet. So for Weapons, I give it 4 out of 5. Kids running with their arms out like they're holding heavy bags of groceries. 4.5 out of 5 of those.
- [52:26]
Ryan Seacrest
Hey, it's Ryan Seacrest for Albertsons and Safeway. It is hot out there this summer, right? But don't sweat it. We got tons of ways to save on your family's favorite personal care items to keep yourself feeling cool and smelling good. Now through September 9th, earn four times points when you shop for items from your favorite brands like Right Guard Raw Sugar, Dove Soft Soap and Olay. Then use your points for discounts on groceries or gas on future purchases. Offer end September 9th. Restrictions apply. Offers may vary. Visit albertsons or safeway.com for more details.
- [52:57]
Emily Tish Sussman
Have you ever wished for a change but weren't sure how to make it? Maybe you felt stuck in a job, a place, or even a relationship? I'm Emily Tish Sussman and on she Pivots, I dive into the inspiring pivots of women who have taken big leaps in their lives and careers.
- [53:11]
Movie Mike
I'm Gretchen Whitmer.
- [53:12]
Danielle Fishel
Jody Sweetin, Monica Patton, Elaine Welteroth.
- [53:15]
Emily Tish Sussman
I'm Jessica Voss. And that's when I was like, I gotta go. I don't know how, but that kicked off the pivot of of how to make the transition.
- [53:23]
Noah de Barrasso
Learn how to get comfortable pivoting because.
- [53:25]
Movie Mike
Your life is gonna be full of them.
- [53:27]
Emily Tish Sussman
Every episode gets real about the why behind these changes and gives you the inspiration and maybe the push to make your next pivot. Listen to these women and more on she Pivots now on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [53:43]
Warren Campbell
I don't write songs. God writes songs. I take dictation.
- [53:46]
Podcast Host (Culture Raises Us)
I didn't even know you've been a pastor for over 10 years.
- [53:49]
Warren Campbell
I think culture is any space that you live in that develops you.
- [53:53]
Podcast Host (Culture Raises Us)
On a recent episode of Culture Raises Us podcast, I sat down with Warren Campbell, Grammy winning producer, pastor and music executive to talk about the beats, the business and the legacy behind some of the biggest names in gospel, R and B and hip hop.
- [54:06]
Warren Campbell
This is like watching Michael Jackson talk about Thriller before it happened.
- [54:09]
Podcast Host (Culture Raises Us)
Was there a particular moment where you realized just how instrumental music culture was to shaping all of our global ecosystem.
- [54:17]
Warren Campbell
I was 8 years old and the Motown 25 Special came on and all the great Motown artists, Marvin, Stevie Wonder.
- [54:26]
Podcast Host (Culture Raises Us)
Temptations, Diana Ross, from Mary Mary to Jennifer Hudson. We get into the soul of the music and the purpose that drives it it. Listen to Culture Raises us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
- [54:39]
Noah de Barrasso
Welcome to Pretty Private with ebony, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm EBONY and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you. On Pretty Private, we'll explore the untold experiences of women of color color who faced it all. Childhood trauma, addiction, abuse, incarceration, grief, mental health struggles and more and found the strength to make it to the other side. My dad was shot and killed in his house. Yes he was a drug dealer. Yes, he was a confidential informant, but he wasn't shot on street corner. He wasn't shot in the middle of a drug deal. He was shot in his house, unarmed. Pretty Private isn't just a podcast. It's your personal guide for turning storylines into lifelines. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect Podcast network. Tune in on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
- [55:45]
Dani Shapiro
Your entire identity has been fabricated. Your beloved brother goes missing without a trace. You discover the depths of your mother's illness, the way it has echoed and reverberated throughout your life, impacting your very legacy. Hi, I'm Dani Shapiro and these are just a few of the profound and powerful stories I'll be mining on our 12th season of Family Secrets. With over 37 million downloads, we continue to be moved and inspired by our guests and their courageously told stories. I can't wait to share 10 powerful new episodes with you. Stories of tangled up identities, concealed truths, and the way in which family secrets almost always need to be told. I hope you'll join me and my extraordinary guests for this new season of Family Secrets. Listen to Family Secrets Season 12 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
- [56:45]
Ryan Seacrest
It's time to head down to Movie Mike's Trailer Park.
- [56:49]
Movie Mike
The Hunter becomes the hunted in Predator Badlands. When I saw the trailer for this movie in theaters when it opened up, I was like, ah, here we go. Another generic sci fi movie. I haven't been one to dive into any of the Predator or Alien movies, but one movie earlier this year may have changed my mind because this is coming to us from the same director of Predator, Killer of Killers, which was an animated movie on Hulu. And when I sat down to watch that movie, I just love animation. Been talking about that a lot in the last couple of weeks. I'm just so drawn to it. I think you can tell such great, powerful stories with it. So I thought, okay, I'm not fully into Predator, but you have a new R rated animated movie in the Predator universe. Let me check it out. And I freaking loved it. It is right up my alley, has very sophisticated animation, some great action. And this is coming to us from director Dan Kratchenberg, who also did Prey, which was also a pretty big hit for Hulu. And 10 Cloverfield Lane, which was a pretty good Cloverfield movie, one that also kind of went under the radar with John Goodman. The original Cloverfield is another movie I just have an affinity for back when found footage. Movies were kind of having a moment in the late 2000s. But predator badlands is not an animated movie. It is a live action movie coming out on November 7th. It's about this alien hunter who gets cast out from their clan and then forms this unlikely alliance with this Android who was played by EL Fanning. Except there's a little bit of a twist on her character that you see in the trailer that we'll talk about more. They go on a journey together, and there's another, bigger predator out to kill both of them. It looks like this movie's coming out on November 7th. Before we talk about it more, here's just a little bit of the Predator Badlands trailer.
- [58:36]
Dani Shapiro
And you've come to the most dangerous.
- [58:38]
Movie Mike
Planet in the universe.
- [58:40]
Dani Shapiro
You're after a creature that can't be killed. The definitive apex predators.
- [58:46]
Movie Mike
I could help you. Well, good luck with your journey here. You're not the predator. You're the prey.
- [58:59]
Dani Shapiro
We might not be alone in this hunt.
- [59:05]
Movie Mike
This trailer got me hype. I immediately thought, when does this movie come out? Because I cannot watch it soon enough. But it stars Elle Fanning, who you hear mostly in the trailer here because she is the one speaking English. She is an Android. And the reveal in the trailer as. As soon as Predator picks her up, she only has half of her Android body. So just the torso. It's her torso and her arms and her head. It looks like she's just been ripped apart. At the very beginning of the trailer, she seems to be inside of some repair chamber. So somebody had it out for her. And I can't wait to find out what happens more with her story. But this movie only has two people listed in the cast. Elle Fanning and Demetrius Schuster Colomontagi, who plays the Predator, but he doesn't even speak English in this movie. He actually learned an entirely different language that was written for this movie by the same person who created the language used in the Avatar movies. And those are the kind of details that I really buy into because this actor is primarily a stunt performer, which in this case is probably all you needed. But in order to play this part, they learned this Predator language. And even though this movie is in the Predator universe, which isn't directly a part of the Alien universe, although they combine themselves a lot, a lot of the companies and characters kind of go back and forth between each other, and I think those franchises fit really well together. If your favorite franchise is Alien or Predator, I feel like you are a really cool person because you don't care about the flashy things. Because I think the main ones when it comes to sci fi franchises, you're either a Star wars fan or you're a Trekkie. And those are just very two distinct. They're the big boys in town when it comes to sci fi franchises. But if you are quietly into Alien or Predator movies, I just feel like you don't care about anything. You don't care about being cool. If you are into these movies, I also feel like your favorite sport is like baseball. That's not the sexiest of sports. It's not football, it's not basketball. But you just appreciate something that puts as much detail into movies like this movie is doing, because they are trying to expand this universe kind of in the same world of where the animated movie I was just talking about exists in this new type of world that they are building. And I think Hulu is doing this with 20th Century Studios because they have this property. So also using the same director who did Prey, all these movies kind of tie into each other. So I am enjoying this entire universe that they are starting to build. And I think if you are hopping into this right now, it doesn't feel like you need to catch up with the whole lot. You could maybe go watch Prey, go watch Killer Killers, the animated movie, and then go see this one in theaters. And. And now you are into this world, which this trailer does a really good job at showing you how immersive the world is going to be. And that is really what stuck out to me about this trailer. Because what we heard in that was a little bit of the story of them meeting him, not wanting to team up with her. They are able to understand each other. You see the subtitles of what the Predator is saying. Essentially, he doesn't want to believe that he is now being hunted. He's like, no, nobody hunts me. I am the Predator. I'm going to take this person down. She tells him, like, no, this person who is after you cannot be beat. So I think we're going to see him like we see in the trailer, go up against somebody really big and to have somebody who is an unstoppable force that for the most part in this franchise is the hunter hunting the humans. This movie is flipping the script and taking that antagonist and making them the protagonist. So I always love a good anti hero story. Maybe it's a story of redemption of somebody who has the done bad things in the past and somebody who probably doesn't really want to do good things. But man, they are not going to let somebody take them out at something that they are known for. I first saw the trailer when we went to Fantastic Four and we saw that in imax and seeing this on a screen of that size just felt right. It felt like this movie should have come out in the dead of summer. But I think because of how competitive the 2025 summer blockbuster season was, they may be decided with the franchise like this that even though it does have some power to its ip, it's not a Superman, it's not a Fantastic Four, it's not a Jurassic Park. Putting it out later in the year in November, I think maybe sets it up for having the most chance of success. Because if I know nerds, they love coming out to support any movie that they want to see at any time of the year. But for people who are just casually going to movies, and I think that is a good time to capitalize on things because in November we get a lot of the Oscar bait movies. We get some family movies that gear up more towards Thanksgiving. But kind of that sweet spot is that November 7th weekend where we've seen all the horror movies we wanted to see in October. And I think once October 31st hits for a lot of people, they're over that. Even though I believe horror can be seen year round, it doesn't have a specific time for me. But they tend to put out a lot of horror movies specifically around Halloween. And then once November hits, you're like, oh, that's disgusting. I don't want to see that anymore. So November 7th for a predator Badlands movie I think is also fantastic timing. I think it could really capitalize with some strong marketing because I think this movie does have the power to be a hit because it is the seventh film in this mainline series and the ninth film overall in the franchise. I can't wait to see all the other characters that are going to arise also hunting them. There might be some callbacks to Prey, which that movie took back way in 1719. It's not a sequel to that movie. It is still a standalone movie. But I feel like there might be some little connection there. At least a nod to that movie because we do see some Easter eggs throughout the trailer and I don't know why I'm excited just to see a movie that is going to force people to read subtitles in theaters. But again, this movie is coming out on November 7th and that was this.
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Ryan Seacrest
Week'S edition of Movie Mind Trailer park.
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Movie Mike
And that is going to do it for another episode here of the podcast. But before I go, I got to give my listeners shout out of the week. This week I'm going over to my email, which you can always send me an email Movie mike d@gmail.com. all my socials are always linked in the episode notes. But this week I'm shouting out Tim who wrote me and said love the podcast and thought you'd be the best person to ask. So I keep seeing all these offers for one month free of different streaming services and I'm always tempted, but I never sign up. Why? Because they always ask for a credit card up front and I don't fully trust it. My question is, how do these free trials really work? Am I being overly cautious? I just feel like the second I enter my credit card info I'm going to forget to cancel and get charged. Do you use these free trials? Is there a safe way to take advantage of them without getting burned? Signed Tim and here's my answer. I get the hesitation. I hate putting in my credit card info for a free trial because I'm like you said, it's free. But the reason they do that is because as soon as that one month is done, they're going to charge your credit card and for the most part continue to charge you every month. You just signed up at that point, but they give you that first month free as incentive. The time most recently I've done this was last year. Peacock ran a promotion during Black Friday. It was like $20 for an entire year of Peacock. And I thought to myself, even if I don't use it that often, 20 bucks is a great deal for an entire year of a streaming service. And that was also around the time when the NFL was starting to put games specifically on Peacock. Also with WWE putting their live events on Peacock, which that is going to go away next year. It's going to move over all the way to espn. But I thought for that low amount I could buy it and even if I don't use it, it doesn't feel like a waste of money because what is 20 bucks spread out over a year? So what I also did I love scheduling me an email. I schedule myself an email to cancel it as soon as I hit sign up one year away from the date that it's going to charge me. So like the day before he's going to charge me, I have an email scheduled telling me to go cancel it. Peacock, at least in my experience, has been an easy one to cancel. That is the one streaming service that I've just not kept consistently. Sometimes I'll have it. Sometimes I'll cancel it because sometimes they have exclusive movies that I want to watch and I'll get it for like a month or I'll utilize a free trial or take advantage of a sale like this. But that one lets you cancel pretty easy. I don't know how easy some of the other ones are to cancel because haven't had to do that. Although sometimes when you cancel they're like, no, don't go. We'll lower the price. So my advice to you is you might be a little bit overly cautious. They won't charge you. They can't just straight up charge you if you cancel before that. So just schedule an email, schedule a text on your phone, write it on your calendar, depending on how old school you are and they will not charge you. Just make sure you have that reminder because if you don't, you're going to get charged. And there are so many streaming services right now. I hate the way everybody is shifting things. It's getting annoying. I don't know what I have and what I don't have. Some things don't even feel exclusive anymore. We're basically just going back to cable. So I think that's the way this is going to go down in three to five years where all these companies realize that they would make more money if they all just merged together. So we're going to go back to cable eventually. It's just not going to be like it used to be, hopefully. But they're not a scam. Just remember to cancel before they charge you. So thank you for that question. If you ever have questions like that, you can email me like Tim did or you can send me a dm even if it's not directly podcast related. You just have a question you want to know, hit me up. Thank you for listening, thank you for being subscribed and until next time, go out and watch good movies and I will talk to you later.
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Ryan Seacrest
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What do you think makes the perfect snack?
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Movie Mike
Hmm, it's gotta be when I'm really.
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Warren Campbell
Craving it and it's convenient.
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Emily Tish Sussman
Could you be more specific when it's cravenient?
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Movie Mike
Okay, like a freshly baked cookie made with real butter, available right now on the street at a.m. p.m. Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in.
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Dani Shapiro
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Movie Mike
I'm seeing a pattern here. Well, yeah, we're talking about what I crave, which is anything from AM pm. What more could you want?
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Warren Campbell
Stop by AM PM where the snacks.
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Movie Mike
And drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience.
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Warren Campbell
AM PM Too much good stuff.
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