Lord of the Rings Spoilers!

Elijah Wood. Macaulay Culkin. Which one is the bad son and which one is The Good Son (1993)?

Brett hosts Pappy, Mikey, Josh and Kylo Korey.



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Mark (Elijah Wood), a young boy who loses his mother, must stay with his extended family while his father is away on business. Mark becomes acquainted with his cousin Henry (Macaulay Culkin). However, the extent of Henry's depravity becomes clear when Mark sees him kill a neighbor's dog and intentionally create a traffic pileup on the highway. After a supposed mishap on an icy pond with Henry's sister Connie (Quinn Culkin), Mark tries to reveal Henry's crimes before it's too late.

Release date: September 24, 1993 (USA)

Director: Joseph Ruben

Starring: Macaulay Culkin; Elijah Wood; Wendy Crewson; David Morse; Jacqueline Brookes

Box office: $60.6 million

Distributed by: 20th Century Studios

Music by: Elmer Bernstein

The Good Son (1993) - Movie Review! #417

Korey, Pappy, Stevie, Brett, Josh review the Safdie brothers classic: Good Time!

Good Time is a 2017 American crime thriller film directed by Josh and Benny Safdie and written by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein. It stars Robert Pattinson as a robber who tries to free his mentally disabled brother, played by Benny Safdie, all while eluding his own capture. 

Release date: August 11, 2017 (USA)
Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Starring: Robert Pattinson; Benny Safdie; Buddy Duress; Taliah Lennice Webster; Barkhad Abdi; Jennifer Jason Leigh
Box office: $3.2 million
Music by: Oneohtrix Point Never
Distributed by: A24

Good Time (2017) - Movie Review #422

Josh, Pappy, Stevie, Mikey and Brett spoil Children of Men.
Pull our fingers.

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Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel The Children of Men, was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredited contributions. Wikipedia
Release date: December 25, 2006 (USA)
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, David Arata
Awards: Award for Best Technical Contribution, MORE
Nominations: Award for Best Technical Contribution, MORE
Adapted from: The Children of Men

Children of Men (2006) - Movie Review #423

KOREY IS IN PERSON with Pappy, Josh, and Brett to review the latest Brad Pitt vehicle Bullet Train!

Bullet Train is a 2022 American action comedy film directed by David Leitch from a screenplay by Zak Olkewicz, and produced by Antoine Fuqua, who initially conceived the film. It is based on the 2010 novel Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka.

Release date: August 5, 2022 (USA)
Director: David Leitch
Distributed by: Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing
Adapted from: Bullet Train
Box office: $175.9 million
Cinematography: Jonathan Sela

Bullet Train (2022) - Spoilers! #424

The big brain gang takes the early-phase Christopher Nolan movie MEMENTO.
As you begin, or rather, finish listening to this podcast remember...we all lie to ourselves to be happy.

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Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
Release date: March 16, 2001 (USA)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Adapted from: Memento Mori
Cinematography: Wally Pfister
Production companies: Newmarket Films, Summit Entertainment, MORE
Box office: 40 million USD

Memento (2000) - Movie Review! #425

Pappy, Josh, Korey, Brett, and Stevie reivew James Cameron classic: Avatar! This podcast is in 3D!

Check out Korey's podcast Big Dumb Movie: https://www.youtube.com/c/BigDumbMovie/videos

On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman (Zoe Saldana). As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world.

Release date: December 18, 2009 (USA)
Director: James Cameron
Box office: 2.878 billion USD
Budget: 237 million USD (2009)
Sequel: Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar (2009) - Movie Review! #426

Stevie, Josh, Pappy, Korey, and $ Mikey review Jason Segel / Judd Apatow classic Forgetting Sarah Marshall!

Check out Korey's podcast Big Dumb Movie: www.youtube.com/c/BigDumbMovie/videos

Struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) is better-known as the boyfriend of TV star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). After she unceremoniously dumps him, he feels lost and alone but makes a last-ditch bid to get over it by going to Hawaii. However, she and her new boyfriend (Russell Brand) are there in the same hotel.

Release date: April 2008 (USA)
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Screenplay: Jason Segel
Nominations: Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy, MORE
Art directors: Scott Meehan, Alicia Maccarone, Bill Matthews

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) - Movie Review! #427

Spooky Spoilers continues with Brett, Mikey, Josh, Pappy, and Stevie reviewing the vagina dentata classic: Teeth!

Dawn (Jess Weixler) is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey (Hale Appleman), nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn.

Release date: January 18, 2008 (USA)
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Budget: 2 million USD
Distributed by: The Weinstein Company, FilmFlex, Roadside Attractions
Edited by: Joe Landauer

Teeth (2007) - Movie Review! #429

Can 6 spoilerboys defeat the Persian hoards?
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(Thanks so much Lindsey L. for this request!)
Stay after the movie for special trivia that's unlike any other!


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In 480 B.C. a state of war exists between Persia, led by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Greece. At the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas (Gerard Butler), king of the Greek city state of Sparta, leads his badly outnumbered warriors against the massive Persian army. Though certain death awaits the Spartans, their sacrifice inspires all of Greece to unite against their common enemy.
Release date: March 9, 2007 (USA)
Director: Zack Snyder
Box office: 456.1 million USD
Adapted from: 300
Nominations: MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Villain, MORE
Sequel: 300: Rise of an Empire

300 (2006) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #430

Is the NBA rigged?

Pappy and Josh talk about the dark side of basketball after having binged the Whistleblower podcast!

All the gory details of the referee lifestyle are here.


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In 2007, NBA referee Tim Donaghy was arrested for betting on games he officiated. It was the biggest scandal in American sports history, but it quickly faded from the headlines. Why? Because everyone in this scandal has something to hide. This isn't a story about basketball - it's a story about money, and a conspiracy that spans far beyond one referee. Sports journalist Tim Livingston takes you inside his eight-year odyssey to find the truth at the heart of the scandal.

Whistleblower (2020) - Podcast Review! #431

Stevie, Pappy, $ Mikey, Korey, Josh, and special guest Dave review "Tim Burton's" The Nightmare Before Christmas!

Check out Dave's Podcast Goodbye Mello Brick Road: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goodbye-mello-brick-road/id1456444771

Check out Korey's podcast Big Dumb Movie: www.youtube.com/c/BigDumbMovie/videos

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. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry.

Release date: October 13, 1993 (USA)
Director: Henry Selick
Screenplay: Caroline Thompson
Box office: 91.5 million USD
Budget: 18 million USD, 24 million USD
Art director: Deane Taylor
"Contributor: Tim Burton"

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Movie Review! #432

Live from Goshen, Indiana!
The boys are live in Josh's kitchen and they JUST curled up, grabbed a couple glassed of hot milk and watched Catwoman.

::::this podcast is part of the wider Spoilers! Basketball Universe:::

TIP: This is a good one to listen to, even if you haven't seen the movie lol!



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"Catwoman" is the story of shy, sensitive artist Patience Philips (Halle Berry), a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever.
Release date: July 19, 2004 (USA)
Director: Pitof
Screenplay: John Rogers, John Brancato, Michael Ferris
Box office: 82.1 million USD
Nominations: Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress, BET Award for Best Actress
Music composed by: Klaus Badelt

Catwoman (2004) - Spoilers! #433

Pappy, Josh, Kylo, Brett, and Stevie re-review the James Cameon classic: The Terminator!

Check out Korey's podcast Big Dumb Movie: www.youtube.com/c/BigDumbMovie/videos

Disguised as a human, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Sent to protect Sarah is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), who divulges the coming of Skynet, an artificial intelligence system that will spark a nuclear holocaust. Sarah is targeted because Skynet knows that her unborn son will lead the fight against them. With the virtually unstoppable Terminator in hot pursuit, she and Kyle attempt to escape.

Release date: October 26, 1984 (USA)
Director: James Cameron
Writer:  James Cameron
Sequel: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Music composed by: Brad Fiedel, Tané McClure, Joe Dolce
Awards: Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film

The Terminator (1984) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #434

In small-town Goshen, Indiana, awkward teen Josh has trouble fitting in. After his Pappy is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Brett, shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Josh befriends the new kid Korey (Kylo), a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.





Thank you, Becky, for the great request!



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In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico (Jon Gries), shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.

Release date: June 11, 2004 (USA)

Director: Jared Hess

Budget: 400,000 USD

Box office: 46.1 million USD

Awards: Satellite Award for Best Original Score, MORE

Distributed by: Searchlight Pictures, Paramount Pictures Corporation

Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #435

The final episode from Korey’s trip to Indiana! For the first time since 2019 the boys get together for a good ol-fashioned Trivia.  The winner gets to pick a punishment movie for the loser!

Thanks again to all the Patrons who made Korey's trip possible!

2022 Movie Trivia Extravaganza! #436

Where there's a whip, there's a podcast.

Join Brett, Pappy, Stevie, Mikey, Josh and Kylo as they journey into Middle Earth for this animated 1980 masterpiece!

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A Hobbit faces the powers of darkness as he tries to destroy the Ring of Doom. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's novels.
Release date: May 11, 1980 (USA)
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Music composed by: Maury Laws
Film series: The Hobbit
Producers: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Adapted from: The Hobbit, The Return of the King

The Return of the King (1980) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #437

Josh, Brother Jordan and Korey/Kylo travel back in time to the 1993 to honor the Power Rangers, Zordon and the late Jason David Frank.

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from wiki - Green with Evil is a five-parter and serves as the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first episodes of the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It features the debut of Tommy Oliver, who would eventually become the most experienced Ranger of all time.

Green with Evil Parts 1-5 (1993) - Spoilers! #438

Pappy, $Mikey, Korey, Josh, & Stevie review James Cameron's Avatar 2 aka Avatar: The Way of Water!

Jake Sully and Ney'tiri have formed a family and are doing everything to stay together. However, they must leave their home and explore the regions of Pandora. When an ancient threat resurfaces, Jake must fight a difficult war against the humans.

Release date: December 16, 2022 (USA)
Director: James Cameron
Budget: 250 million USD
Editors: James Cameron, Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, David Brenner
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios
Cinematography: Russell Carpenter

Check out Korey's podcast Big Dumb Movie: www.youtube.com/c/BigDumbMovie/videos

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) - Spoilers! #439

Pappy, Stevie, $ Mikey, Josh, and Brett review Ice-T classic: Surviving the Game!

When Mason (Ice-T), homeless and living on the streets of Seattle, hears about a job as a hunting guide for a group of wealthy clients, he gladly signs on and is taken to a cabin in the middle of a Pacific Northwest forest. There he meets psychiatrist Doc Hawkins (Gary Busey), oil baron John Griffin (John C. McGinley) and Wall Street investor Derek Wolfe (F. Murray Abraham). The next morning, however, Mason is awakened to learn that he's the prey the men will be hunting.

Release date: April 15, 1994 (USA)
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Budget: 7.4 million USD
Box office: 7.727 million USD
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Music by: Stewart Copeland

Surviving the Game (1994)  - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #440

Stevie, Pappy, Josh and Kylo/Korey visit The Guest. (Get it?)
Turns out the guest in the movie ain't so friendly btw.

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A string of mysterious deaths leads a teenager to become suspicious of a soldier (Dan Stevens) who showed up on her family's doorstep and claimed to be a friend of her dead brother.
Release date: September 17, 2014 (USA)
Director: Adam Wingard
Budget: 5 million USD
Distributed by: Picturehouse
Cinematography: Robby Baumgartner
Music by: Steve Moore

The Guest (2014) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #441

Pappy, Josh, Steive, (and later $ Mike!) reivew Rian Johnson's Benoit Blanc classic: Glass Onion aka Knives Out 2!

Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.

Initial release: September 10, 2022
Director: Rian Johnson
Screenplay: Rian Johnson
Producers: Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman
Music composed by: Nathan Johnson
Costume design: Jenny Eagan

Movie Review

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2023) - Spoilers! #442

Josh hosts this topical episode about arms dealing. Lord of War!
Pappy and Kylo hang out. Brett does great research!


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The 20-year arms dealing career of Queens, N.Y., outcast Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) serves as a window onto the end of the Cold War and the emergence of worldwide terrorism. He finds himself reassuring his more ethically challenged younger brother, Vitaly (Jared Leto), while adeptly sidestepping the pursuit of federal agent Jack Lawrence (Ethan Hawke). The globetrotting arms dealer also pursues the woman of his dreams, supermodel Ava Fontaine (Bridget Moynahan).
Release date: September 16, 2005 (USA)
Director: Andrew Niccol
Screenplay: Andrew Niccol
Music composed by: Antonio Pinto
Box office: $72.6 million
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Lionsgate, Lionsgate Films

Lord of War (2005) - Movie Review! #443

Pappy asks Josh about the 5 films he saw at Sundance 2023.
Details about Eileen, Landcape with Invisible Hand, Scrapper, The Deepest Breath and Theater Camp inside!

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Dates: Jan 19, 2023 – Jan 29, 2023
Location: Park City, Utah
festival.sundance.org
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to 29, 2023. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 7, 2022.

5 Films from Sundance 2023 - Spoilers! #444

Mikey, Josh, Brett, and Pappy review Michael Mann / Hannibal Lecter classic: Manhunter!

FBI criminal profiler Will Graham (William L. Petersen) is called out of early retirement to assist on a serial murder case involving a killer known as the "Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan). Graham enlists the help of imprisoned serial killer -- and cannibal -- Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox), who is the reason Graham took an early retirement. Soon, Graham and the FBI are entangled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game between the Tooth Fairy, Lecktor and an interfering journalist (Stephen Lang).

Release date: August 15, 1986 (USA)
Director: Michael Mann
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Screenplay: Michael Mann
Story by: Thomas Harris

Manhunter (1986) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #445

Korey, Brett, and returning guest Jonathan review Adam Sandler's Albums: They’re All Gonna Laugh at You & What The Hell Happened To Me!

Sandman Spoilers!

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Joining the Cult"	2:52
2.	"Respect"	4:34
3.	"Ode to My Car"	3:55
4.	"The Excited Southerner Orders a Meal"	0:45
5.	"The Goat"	8:51
6.	"The Chanukah Song"	3:44
7.	"The Excited Southerner Gets Pulled Over"	1:04
8.	"The Hypnotist"	8:02
9.	"Steve Polychronopolous"	3:11
10.	"The Excited Southerner at a Job Interview"	1:10
11.	"Do It for Your Mama"	5:23
12.	"Crazy Love"	3:56
13.	"The Excited Southerner Meets Mel Gibson"	1:08
14.	"The Adventures of the Cow"	5:04
15.	"Dip Doodle"	3:48
16.	"The Excited Southerner Proposes to a Woman"	1:03
17.	"Memory Lane"	2:43
18.	"Mr. Bake-O"	4:06
19.	"Sex or Weight Lifting"	7:06
20.	"What the Hell Happened to Me?"	2:26

"Assistant Principal's Big Day" (Sandler/Tim Herlihy/Rob Schneider) – 2:20
"The Buffoon and the Dean of Admissions" (Sandler/Herlihy) – 2:16
"Buddy" (Sandler/Schneider) – 2:12
"The Longest Pee" (Sandler/Schneider) – 2:15
"Food Innuendo Guy" (Sandler/Jon Rosenberg) – 2:24
"The Beating of a High School Janitor" – 0:31
"Right Field" (Sandler/F. Wolf/H. Busgang/D. McGrath) – 3:11
"The Buffoon and the Valedictorian" (Sandler/Herlihy) – 2:16
"Mr. Spindel's Phone Call" (Sandler/Robert Smigel) – 2:01
"The Thanksgiving Song" (Sandler/Smigel/Ian Maxtone-Graham) – 3:46
"The Beating of a High School Bus Driver" (Sandler/Koren) – 0:57
"Oh Mom..." (Sandler/Schneider) – 2:08
"Fatty McGee" (Sandler/Spade/Meadows)– 3:12
"At a Medium Pace" (Sandler/Koren/Smigel) – 3:16
"The Beating of a High School Science Teacher" – 0:50
"The Cheerleader" (Sandler/Schneider) – 1:34
"I'm So Wasted" (Sandler/Schneider) – 5:00
"Lunchlady Land" (Sandler/Bob Odenkirk/Allen Covert/Herlihy) – 5:01
"The Beating of a High School Spanish Teacher" – 0:28
"Toll Booth Willie" (Koren/Sandler) – 3:47
"Teenage Love on the Phone" – 2:32
"My Little Chicken" (Sandler/Schneider) – 2:15

Adam Sandler's Comedy Albums - Spoilers! #446

Stevie, Josh, Brett and Kylo bask in Sunshine (2007).

Thanks Sydney for the request!

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In the not-too-distant future, Earth's dying sun spells the end for humanity. In a last-ditch effort to save the planet, a crew of eight men and women ventures into space with a device that could revive the star. However, an accident, a grave mistake and a distress beacon from a long-lost spaceship throw the crew and its desperate mission into a tailspin.
Release date: July 20, 2007 (USA)
Director: Danny Boyle
Music composed by: John Murphy, Underworld
Screenplay: Alex Garland
Box office: 32 million USD
Budget: 40 million USD, 23 million USD

Sunshine (2007) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #447

Spoilers! goes back. WAY back. To 1931. It's Charlie Chaplin in CITY LIGHTS!

Pappy hosts Stevie, Josh & Brett!

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A hapless but resilient tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) on the tough city streets. Upon learning that she and her grandmother are to be evicted from their home, the tramp undertakes a series of attempts to provide them with the money they need, all of which end in humiliating failure. But after a drunken millionaire (Harry Myers) lavishly rewards him for saving his life, the tramp can change the flower girl's life forever.
Release date: March 7, 1931 (USA)
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Music composed by: Charlie Chaplin, José Padilla, Alfred Newman, Arthur Johnston
Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Harry Crocker, Harry Carr, Harry Clive
Producer: Charlie Chaplin
Box office: 4.25 million USD (worldwide rentals)

City Lights (1931) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #448

Pappy, Josh, $Mikey, Brett, Stevie, and Korey show their business cards and Spoil Christian Bale classic: American Psycho!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spoilerspodcast
Korey / Kylo's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@BigDumbMovie

In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiance (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster.

Release date: April 14, 2000 (USA)
Director: Mary Harron
Adapted from: American Psycho
Box office: 34.3 million USD
Distributed by: Lionsgate, Lionsgate Films
Cinematography: Andrzej Sekuła

American Psycho (2000) - Movie Review! #449

Stevie and his crew, Pappy & Josh, go searching in deep space!

Hey, Derbs.

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When the Event Horizon, a spacecraft that vanished years earlier, suddenly reappears, a team is dispatched to investigate the ship. Accompanied by the Event Horizon's creator, William Weir (Sam Neill), the crew of the Lewis and Clark, led by Capt. Miller (Laurence Fishburne), begins to explore the seemingly abandoned vessel. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors, and that the horrors that befell the Event Horizon's previous journey are still present.
Release date: August 15, 1997 (USA)
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Box office: 42 million USD
Casting director: Alex Wald
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, CIC Video, Golar Productions
Budget: $60 million

Event Horizon (1997) - Spoilers! #450

Stevie, Pappy and Josh go urban exploring in suburban Detroit.
Will they meet any barbarians?


Thanks, Vera.

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A young woman discovers the rental home she booked is already occupied by a stranger. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the night but soon discovers there's a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest.
Release date: September 9, 2022 (USA)
Director: Zach Cregger
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios
Box office: $45.4 million
Music by: Anna Drubich
Produced by: Arnon Milchan; Roy Lee; Raphael Margules; J.D. Lifshitz

Barbarian (2022) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #451

Pappy, $ Mikey, and Stevie review season 1 of HBO's The Last of Us starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey! Written by Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin. 

Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across a post-outbreak America.
First episode date: January 15, 2023 (USA)
Original network: HBO

Production companies: The Mighty Mint; Word Games; PlayStation Productions; Naughty Dog; Sony Pictures Television
Based on: The Last of Us; by Naughty Dog
Genre: Post-apocalyptic; Drama; Thriller
Producers: Greg Spence; Cecil O'Connor

The Last of Us Season 1 (2023) - Spoilers! #452

Josh kicks off our 6 part Fellowship of the Ring Coverage!

-In the Second Age of Middle-earth, the lords of Elves, Dwarves, and Men are given Rings of Power. Unbeknownst to them, the Dark Lord Sauron forges the One Ring in Mount Doom, infusing into it a great part of his power to dominate, through it and at a distance, the other Rings, so he might conquer Middle-earth.

-A final alliance of men and elves battles Sauron's forces in Mordor, where Prince Isildur of Gondor severs Sauron's finger, and the Ring with it, thereby destroying his physical form. With Sauron's first defeat, the Third Age of Middle-earth begins.

-Unfortunately, the Ring's influence corrupts Isildur, and, rather than destroy the Ring, Isildur takes it for himself. Isildur is later killed by Orcs, and the Ring is lost for 2,500 years, until it is found by Gollum, who owns it for five centuries. The Ring is then found by a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who turns invisible when he puts it on, but is unaware of its history.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Chapter l  - Spoilers! #262

Stevie continues Spoilers LOTR content with chapter 2 - A WIZARD IS NEVER LATE! (Party in The Shire)

Sixty years later, Bilbo celebrates his 111th birthday in the Shire, reuniting with his old friend, Gandalf the Grey. Bilbo reveals that he intends to leave the Shire for one last adventure, and he leaves his inheritance, including the Ring, to his nephew, Frodo. Although Bilbo has begun to become corrupted by the Ring and tries to keep it for himself, Gandalf intervenes. Gandalf, suspicious of the Ring, tells Frodo to keep it secret and to keep it safe. Gandalf then investigates the Ring, discovers its true nature, and returns to warn Frodo. Gandalf also learns that Gollum was tortured by Orcs, and that Gollum uttered two words during his torture: "Shire" and "Baggins."

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Chapter lI - Spoilers! #263

Mikey takes us out of the Shire and halfway through our 6 chapter Fellowship of the Ring series  THEY COME IN PINTS? (Frodo’s Journey Begins)

Gandalf instructs Frodo to leave the Shire, accompanied by his friend Samwise Gamgee. Gandalf rides to Isengard to meet with fellow wizard Saruman the White, but learns that he has joined forces with Sauron, who has dispatched his nine undead Nazgûl servants to find Frodo. After a brief battle, Saruman imprisons Gandalf.
Frodo and Sam are joined by fellow hobbits Merry and Pippin, and they evade the Nazgûl, arriving in Bree, where they are meant to meet Gandalf. However, Gandalf never arrives, and they are instead aided by a ranger named Strider, a friend of Gandalf's, who promises to escort them to Rivendell. The hobbits are ambushed by the Nazgûl on Weathertop, and their leader, the Witch-King, stabs Frodo with a cursed Morgul blade.

Other topics: Camera tricks, practical effects
Record Date: 12/12/19
Timestamps: 41:00 - 1:15:13

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Chapter lII - Spoilers! #264

Korey (Kylo) assembles the spoilers council to discuss Chapter 4  YOU CANNOT WIELD IT (Elrond’s Council) of Lord of the Rings!

Arwen, an elf and Strider's betrothed, comes to Frodo's aid, rescuing him and incapacitating the Nazgûl. “Come and claim him!” She takes him to Rivendell, where he is healed. Frodo meets Gandalf, who escaped Isengard with help from Gwaihir, a giant eagle. Arwen's father, Lord Elrond, holds a council that decides the Ring must be destroyed in Mount Doom. While the members argue, Frodo volunteers to take the Ring, accompanied by Gandalf, Sam, Merry, Pippin, elf Legolas, dwarf Gimli, Boromir of Gondor, and Strider, who is revealed to be Aragorn, Isildur's heir and the rightful King of Gondor. Bilbo gives Frodo his sword, Sting. The Fellowship of the Ring sets off.

The Fellowship first, tries a snowy mountainous path - but it proves fruitless. Saruman's magic forces them to consider a different path.
Other topics: Council memes, famous/favorite/best “assemble the crew” scenes

Record Date: 12/12/19
Timestamps: 1:15:13 - 1:57:42

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Chapter lV - Spoilers! #265

Brett takes the spoilers hosts into the Mines of Moria in Chapter 5: AND THEY CALL IT A MINE. A MIIIIINE. (Entering/Exiting Mines of Moria)

Much to Gandalf's displeasure, the Fellowship finds themselves trying to enter the Mines of Moria. The Fellowship discovers that the dwarves within Moria have been slain, and they are attacked by Orcs and a cave troll. They defeat them, but are confronted by Durin's Bane, a Balrog residing within the mines. Gandalf casts the Balrog into a vast chasm, but it drags Gandalf down into the darkness with it. The rest of the Fellowship, now led by Aragorn, reaches Lothlórien, home to elves Galadriel and Celeborn. Meanwhile, Saruman creates an army of Uruk-hai to track down and kill the Fellowship.  Galadriel privately informs Frodo that only he can complete the quest, and that one of his friends will try to take the Ring.

Record Date: 12/19/19
Timestamps:  1:57:42 - 2:42:07

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Chapter V - Spoilers! #266

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