As the summer blockbuster season draws to a close it’s time to look ahead to the next stage in the cinematic odyssey that is 2018: Award’s Season, when the films have fewer literal explosions, but more metaphorically explosive performances, space jazz and shirtless Hemsworths.
Jay and Richard were joined by Audrey, Kristen and Tony to look ahead at potentially the best of what the rest of this year has to offer.
Also on tap: Rants, Raves & Reviews of the Week and a game of Rotten Tomato Catch-Up.
00:00 Intros
02:40 Top 5 Most Anticipated Films of the Rest of 2018
68:17 Rants, Raves & Reviews
76:38 Rotten Tomato Catch-Up Game
83:09 Plugs
89:12 Out-takes
Show notes:
Trailers: 8th Grade, A Star is Born, Bad Times at the El Royale, Beautiful Boy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Boy Erased, Creed II, First Man, Green Book, Life Itself, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots, Mortal Engines, Nativity 4, On the Basis of Sex, Operation Finale, Overlord, Peterloo, Robin Hood, Searching, Shoplifters, Slaughterhouse Rulez, Sorry to Bother You, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Suspiria, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, King of Thieves, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Old Man and the Gun, The Predator, The Sisters Brothers, Welcome to Marwen, Widows, Wildlife, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-ham
Audrey’s Plugs:
1001 Movies and Beyond
Rated M For MacPhail – Jurassic Park
Kristen’s Plugs:
Journeys in Classic Film
Walt Sent Me – Star Wars: The Last Jedi, A Goofy Movie
Ticklish Business – Girl Happy
Citizen Dame
Tony’s Plugs:
Coogs Review – The Festival, Christopher Robin, The Meg, Apostasy, The Darkest Minds, Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, Ant-Man and the Wasp
Richard’s Plugs:
Kirkham A Movie A Day
Jay’s Plugs:
Life Vs Film
The Popcorn Auteur
LAMB Plugs:
Director’s Chair: Richard Lester
Acting School 101: Edward Norton, Mickey Rooney
Lambscores: The Equalizer 2, Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again
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Tags: 1001 Movies and Beyond, Coogs Review, Journeys in Classic Film, Kirkham A Movie A Day, Life vs Film