Kat and Jess Talk the Best Podcast
131 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsWe are going to watch the IMDb top 250 movies in order 250-1 and talk about them! Be sure to listen to hear our thoughts on these fan voted movies
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#160 The Sixth Sense 1999
June 13, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBOur only M. Night Shyamalan film on the list, do we think this one deserves to be on the list? Young Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Cole is frightened by visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. He is too afraid to tell anyone about his anguish, except child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis). As Dr. Crowe tries to uncover the truth about Cole's supernatural abilities, the consequences for c...
#161 Fargo 1996
May 30, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBOur second Coen brothers film here, see how this one stacks up againts the first. "Fargo" is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi), (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell), paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satis...
#162 The Deer Hunter 1978
May 23, 2020 18:42 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBIn 1968, Michael (Robert De Niro), Nick (Christopher Walken) and Steven (John Savage), lifelong friends from a working-class Pennsylvania steel town, prepare to ship out overseas following Steven's elaborate wedding and one final group hunting trip. In Vietnam, their dreams of military honor are quickly shattered by the inhumanities of war; even those who survive are haunted by the experience, as is Nick's hometown sweetheart, Linda (Meryl Streep). Favorite line- "Fuck it." Mystery li...
#163 There Will Be Blood 2007
May 16, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBOur third time seeing Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano! Check out this 2007 film about early life in America. Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son HW to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainviews motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both th...
#164 The Thing 1982
May 09, 2020 17:49 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBOur second horror film on the list, a John Carpenter classic! We have a special guest for this one! A good friend of Kat's Bryson shares his thoughts on why this is one of his favorite movies ever. In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A ...
DE #2.4 Oliver & Company 1988
April 30, 2020 17:31 - 51 minutes - 36.3 MBThis is the last movie in our 2nd Disney event! This is one of Kat's picks! In this animated update of the classic "Oliver Twist" tale, Oliver (Joey Lawrence) is an orphaned kitten taken in by a gang of thieving dogs, led by cavalier canine Dodger (Billy Joel) and owned by down-and-out pickpocket Fagin (Dom DeLuise). While pulling a job in the streets of New York City, Oliver winds up being adopted by a rich girl, Jenny (Natalie Gregory), and landing on easy street. But through a series of...
DE #2.3 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996
April 30, 2020 16:05 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBThis is the third movie in our 2nd Disney event! This is one of Jess's picks! An animated Disney adventure follows disfigured Quasimodo (Tom Hulce), the bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, who bides his time locked away in a tower. With only gargoyles to keep him company, Quasimodo longs to be with other people, leading to his chance encounter with the enchanting Gypsy Esmeralda (Demi Moore). When the beautiful young woman catches the attention of Quasimodo's guardian, sinister Frollo (To...
DE #2.2 Lilo & Stitch 2002
April 30, 2020 13:00 - 48 minutes - 34.3 MBThis is the second movie in our 2nd Disney event! This is one of Kat's picks! A tale of a young girl's close encounter with the galaxy's most wanted extraterrestrial. Lilo is a lonely Hawaiian girl who adopts a small ugly "dog," whom she names Stitch. Stitch would be the perfect pet if he weren't in reality a genetic experiment who has escaped from an alien planet and crash-landed on Earth. Through her love, faith and unwavering belief in ohana, the Hawaiian concept of family, Lilo helps u...
DE #2.1 Mulan 1998
April 30, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBThis is the first movie in our 2nd Disney event! This is one of Jess's picks! Fearful that her ailing father will be drafted into the Chinese military, Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) takes his spot -- though, as a girl living under a patriarchal regime, she is technically unqualified to serve. She cleverly impersonates a man and goes off to train with fellow recruits. Accompanied by her dragon, Mushu (Eddie Murphy), she uses her smarts to help ward off a Hun invasion, falling in love with a dashing c...
#165 Finding Nemo 2003
April 25, 2020 17:39 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBMarlin (Albert Brooks), a clown fish, is overly cautious with his son, Nemo (Alexander Gould), who has a foreshortened fin. When Nemo swims too close to the surface to prove himself, he is caught by a diver, and horrified Marlin must set out to find him. A blue reef fish named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) -- who has a really short memory -- joins Marlin and complicates the encounters with sharks, jellyfish, and a host of ocean dangers. Meanwhile, Nemo plots his escape from a dentist's fish tank. ...
#166 The Big Lebowski 1998
April 18, 2020 12:10Our fourth sport film! Also the second time we have John Goodman and Steve Buscimi on our list Jeff `The Dude' Leboswki is mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he's roughed up and has his precious rug peed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity. Fav...
#167 Come and See 1985
April 11, 2020 12:00Our third Russian film and our fourth war film! The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya (Aleksey Kravchenko) into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha (Olga Mironova), who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle...
#168 Sunrise 1927
April 04, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBA classic film and our oldest to date! Bored with his wife (Janet Gaynor), their baby and the dull routine of farm life, a farmer (George O'Brien) falls under the spell of a flirtatious city girl (Margaret Livingston) who convinces him to drown his wife so they can escape together. When his wife becomes suspicious of his plan and runs away to the city, the farmer pursues her, slowly regaining her trust as the two rediscover their love for each other in this award-winning silent class...
#169 Cool Hand Luke 1967
March 28, 2020 16:32 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBA classic film, with 3 returning actors! When petty criminal Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden (Strother Martin) or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline (George Kennedy), who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a th...
#170 Kill Bill Vol. 1 2003
March 22, 2020 16:37 - 1 hour - 50 MBOur first Tarantino film! A former assassin, known simply as The Bride (Uma Thurman), wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill (David Carradine) attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupu...
#171 Tokyo Story 1953
March 14, 2020 15:30 - 57 minutes - 40.5 MBOur third Japanese film! The elderly Shukishi (Chishu Ryu) and his wife, Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi (Sô Yamamura), a doctor, and their daughter, Shige (Haruko Sugimura), a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko (Setsuko Hara), the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company. Favor...
Friday the 13th Part 2 1981
March 13, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 40 MBA Friday the 13th bonus episode for everyone! The second entry in the long-running horror series focuses on a group of teenage would-be counselors converging on Camp Crystal Lake for training under the tutelage of head counselor Paul (John Furey). Inevitably, Paul relates the story of Jason Voorhees (Warrington Gillette), a boy who ostensibly drowned at the camp and whose mother murdered a group of counselors in revenge. No one takes the tale seriously until a very much alive Jason begi...
#172 Rebecca 1940
March 08, 2020 18:21 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBSorry this was a day late, Kat was sick and Jess is out of town. Our first Hitchcock film! A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence. Favorite line- "Last night I dreamt of Manderley again." Mystery Line "Do you like scary movies?" Make sure check out Kat's cousin's film Diagnosis, links below! Tanner Craft https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9706242/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Tanner Craft fil...
SE #2.4 Avengers: Endgame 2019
February 29, 2020 22:55 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBThe last film in our second superhero event is one that Jess picked. Adrift in space with no food or water, Tony Stark sends a message to Pepper Potts as his oxygen supply starts to dwindle. Meanwhile, the remaining Avengers -- Thor, Black Widow, Captain America and Bruce Banner -- must figure out a way to bring back their vanquished allies for an epic showdown with Thanos -- the evil demigod who decimated the planet and the universe. Favorite line- "I am Iron Man." Make sure check out Ka...
SE #2.3 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018
February 29, 2020 21:58 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBThe third film in our second superhero event is one that Kat picked. Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man. When he meets Peter Parker, he soon realizes that there are many others who share his special, high-flying talents. Miles must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes and pull different ...
SE #2.2 Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers 1995
February 29, 2020 19:10 - 55 minutes - 38.6 MBThe second film in our second superhero event is one that Jess picked. After a construction crew accidentally cracks open a gigantic egg that has imprisoned evil maniac Ivan Ooze (Paul Freeman) for centuries, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers prepare to face their most formidable foe yet. Favorite line- "What is that odious stench? Smells like teenagers." Make sure check out Kat's cousin's film Diagnosis, links below! Tanner Craft https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9706242/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Ta...
SE #2.1 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993
February 29, 2020 17:37 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBThe first film in our second superhero event is one that Kat picked. In this animated feature set in the 1940s, the troubled yet heroic Batman (Kevin Conroy) is pitted against a mysterious figure who is rubbing out Gotham City's most dangerous criminals, and who many believe is the caped crusader himself. Batman's alter ego, millionaire Bruce Wayne, is about to get married to the lovely Andrea Beaumont (Dana Delany), who helps him recover from his need to avenge his parents' murder -- meani...
#173 The Bandit 1996
February 22, 2020 20:31 - 57 minutes - 40.5 MBOur first Turkish film! Baran the Bandit, released from prison after 35 years, searches for vengeance and his lover. Favorite line- "Do bandits still turn into stars when they die?" Mystery Line "Mr. Christian!" Make sure check out Kat's cousin's film Diagnosis, links below! Tanner Craft https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9706242/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Tanner Craft film Diagnosis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bMiqxyuoWk If you could leave us a review to let us know how we are doing that would...
#174 Shutter Island 2010
February 16, 2020 00:49 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBThe implausible escape of a brilliant murderess brings U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) to Ashecliffe Hospital, a fortress-like insane asylum located on a remote, windswept island. The woman appears to have vanished from a locked room, and there are hints of terrible deeds committed within the hospital walls. As the investigation deepens, Teddy realizes he will have to confront his own dark fears if he hopes to make it off the island alive. F...
#175 Hacksaw Ridge 2016
February 08, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBAnother war movie for you this week, listen in to see how we liked this one! The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers for his pacifist stance but went on to earn respect and adoration for his bravery, selflessness and compassion after he risked his life -- without firing a shot -- to save 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa....
#176 How to Train Your Dragon 2010
February 01, 2020 17:49 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBOur second time seeing Jay Baruchel on the list, the first time was in Million Dollar Baby. Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is a Norse teenager from the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. His progressive views and weird sense of humor make him a misfit, despite the fact that his father (Gerard Butler) is chief of the clan. Tossed into dragon-fighting school, he endeavors to prove himself as a true Viking, but when he befriends an injured dragon he names Toothless, he has the cha...
#177 Mary and Max 2009
January 26, 2020 03:18 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBOur one and only stop motion film on the list. Spanning 20 years and two continents, Mary and Max recounts the pen-pal relationship between two very different people: Mary Dinkle, a chubby, lonely eight-year-old living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia; and Max Horovitz, a severely obese, 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's syndrome living in the chaos of New York City. Favorite line- "You are my best friend. You are my only friend." Mystery Line "I need him like the axe needs the...
#178 Andrei Rublev 1966
January 19, 2020 00:08 - 1 hour - 51 MBBased on the true events of the Russian artist Saint's life. An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev (Anatoliy Solonitsyn). Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he tak...
#179 Gone Girl 2014
January 11, 2020 20:09 - 1 hour - 62 MBBased on the novel by Gillian Flynn, listen in now to hear if we liked this film adaption. In Carthage, Mo., former New York-based writer Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) and his glamorous wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) present a portrait of a blissful marriage to the public. However, when Amy goes missing on the couple's fifth wedding anniversary, Nick becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance. The resulting police pressure and media frenzy cause the Dunnes' image of a happy union to crumble, leadi...
#180 Blade Runner 2049 2017
January 04, 2020 18:06 - 1 hour - 58 MBThis film is the sequel to #150 on out list Blade Runner, so if you haven't seen it you may want to wait on this one. Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long- buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. His discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former blade runner who's been missing for 30 years. Favorite line- "Dying for the right cause is the most human thing...
CE #2.4 Krampus 2015
December 28, 2019 02:15 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBOur last film for our Holiday event is one that Kat picked. While the holiday season represents the most magical time of year, ancient European folklore warns of Krampus, a horned beast who punishes naughty children at Christmastime. When dysfunctional family squabbling causes young Max (Emjay Anthony) to lose his festive spirit, it unleashes the wrath of the fearsome demon. As Krampus lays siege to the Engel home, mom (Toni Collette), pop (Adam Scott), sister (Stefania LaVie Owen) and bro...
CE #2.3 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993
December 27, 2019 03:22 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBOur third film for our Holiday event is one that Jess picked. This is also our 100th episode! The film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life -- he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role...
CE #2.2 Babes in Toyland 1986
December 24, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBOur second film for our Holiday event is one that Kat picked. A girl (Drew Barrymore) awakes in a magic world and joins a toy-master (Pat Morita) and storybook figures against an evildoer (Richard Mulligan). Favorite line- "Believe in Toyland and all that it stands for." If you could leave us a review to let us know how we are doing that would be great! Also share the show with your friends! Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27280667 Twitter - https://twitter.com/katandjesstalk ...
CE #2.1 Santa Claus is Comin' to Town 1970
December 23, 2019 12:00 - 36 minutes - 25.9 MBOur first film for our Holiday event is one that Jess picked. A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus. Favorite line- "You musn't mind the tree monsters. Their bark is worse than their bite." If you could leave us a review to let us know how we are doing that would be great! Also share the show with your friends! Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27280667 Twitter - https://twitter.com/katandjesstalk Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/katandjesstalk/ Instagram - https://www...
#181 Into the Wild 2007
December 22, 2019 00:46 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBThis film is based on the true events of Chris McCandless' life. Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), son of wealthy parents (Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt), graduates from Emory University as a top student and athlete. However, instead of embarking on a prestigious and profitable career, he chooses to give his savings to charity, rid himself of his possessions, and set out on a journey to the Alaskan wilderness. Favorite line- "But when you forgive you love." Mystery Line "Ah, but th...
#182 Life of Brian 1979
December 14, 2019 19:27 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBOur first Monty Python film! A young man, Brian, who was born one stable down and on the same night as Jesus, becomes intrigued by a young rebel, Judith. To try and impress her, Brian joins the independence movement against the Romans, the People's Front of Judea. However, in an attempt to hide from the Romans, he relays some of the teachings he heard from Jesus, which ends up spurring a crowd to believe he is the Messiah. While trying to get rid of his followers and reunite with Judith, he...
BONUS Friday the 13th 1980
December 13, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBA Friday the 13th bonus episode for everyone! Crystal Lake's history of murder doesn't deter counselors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. Superstitious locals warn against it, but the fresh-faced young people -- Jack (Kevin Bacon), Alice (Adrienne King), Bill (Harry Crosby), Marcie (Jeannine Taylor) and Ned (Mark Nelson) -- pay little heed to the old-timers. Then they find themselves stalked by a brutal killer. As they're slashed, shot and stabbed, the counselors struggle to...
#183 Wild Tales 2014
December 07, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBOur 2nd film in Spanish, how does this one stack up against the other? Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress. Favorite line- "Bastards rule the world." Mystery Line "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way." If you could leave us a review to let us know how we are doing that would be great! Also share the show with your friends! Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27280667 Twitter - https://twitter.com/katandjesstalk Facebook -...
#184 Rang De Basanti 2006
November 30, 2019 19:07 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBOur 4th Bollywood film, how does this one stack up against the others? After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker (Alice Patten) casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends co...
#185 It Happened One Night 1934
November 23, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBThe romantic comedy that inspired so many others that we now have, also one of three to win the top 5 awards at the Oscars. In Frank Capra's acclaimed romantic comedy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) impetuously marries the scheming King Westley, leading her tycoon father (Walter Connolly) to spirit her away on his yacht. After jumping ship, Ellie falls in with cynical newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable), who offers to help her reunite with her new husband in exch...
#186 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928
November 16, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBAnother movie that is based on true events also our oldest movie as of yet. A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc (Renee Falconetti) is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials (Eugene Silvain, Andre Berley). Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth...
#187 Platoon 1986
November 10, 2019 21:43 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBAnother war movie that is based on true events; these events are those that occurred to the director of the film. We get an actor from a previous event Johnny Depp from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) leaves his university studies to enlist in combat duty in Vietnam in 1967. Once he's on the ground in the middle of battle, his idealism fades. Infighting in his unit between Staff Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenge...
HE #2.4 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
October 31, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBOur last movie in our Halloween Event 2 is A Nightmare on Elm Street! This is a film Jess picked, make sure to listen in to hear our thoughts on this one! We get an actor from a previous event Johnny Depp from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. In Wes Craven's classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams -- which, in turn, kills them in reality. A...
HE #2.3 Beetlejuice 1988
October 31, 2019 14:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBOur third movie in our Halloween Event 2 is Beetlejuice! This is a film Kat picked, make sure to listen in to hear our thoughts on this one! We get an actor from a movie on our list with Michael Keaton from Spotlight. After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones) and teen daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) buy ...
HE #2.2 Young Frankenstein 1974
October 31, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBOur second movie in our Halloween Event 2 is Young Frankenstein! This is a film Jess picked, make sure to listen in to hear our thoughts on this one! Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Favorite line- "Inga: Hallo. Vould you like to have a roll in ze hay? [Dr. Frankenstein stutters] Inga: It's fun. [She begins to roll in the hay] Inga: Roll, roll, roll in ze hay." If you could ...
HE #2.1 Hereditary 2018
October 31, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBOur first movie in our Halloween Event 2 is Hereditary! This is a film Kat picked, make sure to listen in to hear our thoughts on this one! When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry, trying to outrun the sinister fate they have inherited. Favorite line- "Why are you scared of me?." If you could leave us a review to let us know how we are doing that would be great! Al...
#188 In the Name of the Father 1993
October 26, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBThis is the second time we have had Daniel Day-Lewis on our list, the first one was a minor role for him in Gandhi. Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970s Belfast. When local IRA leaders get fed up with him, he flees to England and meets up with his friend Paul Hill (John Lynch). On the same night that the IRA bombs a nearby pub, the friends get kicked out of their communal digs and are forced to sleep in a park. He returns to Belfast, bu...
#189 Hotel Rwanda 2004
October 19, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBPaul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle), a Hutu, manages the Hôtel des Mille Collines and lives a happy life with his Tutsi wife (Sophie Okonedo) and their three children. But when Hutu military forces initiate a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Tutsi minority, Paul is compelled to allow refugees to take shelter in his hotel. As the U.N. pulls out, Paul must struggle alone to protect the Tutsi refugees in the face of the escalating violence later known as the Rwandan genocide. Favorite line...
#190 Network 1976
October 12, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBOur second Sidney Lumet film. How does this rank compared to Dog Day Afternoon? In this lauded satire, veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he's being put out to pasture, and he's none too happy about it. After threatening to shoot himself on live television, instead he launches into an angry televised rant, which turns out to be a huge ratings boost for the UBS network. This stunt allows ambitious producer Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) to develop even more o...
#191 Stand By Me 1986
October 06, 2019 15:33 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBOur second Rob Reiner film. Do we like this one as much as we liked The Princess Bride? After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton), Vern Tessio (Jerry O'Connell), Chris Chambers (River Phoenix) and Teddy Duchamp (Corey Feldman) encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just ...