Awards Season Preparations & How Silliness Fights Off The September Slump - ORC 9/27/24

INTRO - This episode is the Zagat sketch from 1990’s SNL. “Ravioli, holy cannoli!” FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: 2:15 - The Life of Chuck has been acquired by NEON. 4:26 - Conclave, Maria, Queer, The Brutalist, etc… all get release dates. 10:01 - The Shrouds acquired by Janus Films. 11:03 - Tarantino says he would like to make a horror movie. 13:32 - Scorsese film delays & The Passion of the Christ 2 greenlit. AWARDS NEWS: 15:37 - The Golden Globes might still be corrupt. 24: 43 - Deadwyler, Ronan, Swinton & Moore, Reynolds & Jackman set their campaigns. 27:56 - Best International Feature Selections & India’s pick causes a stir. 31:32 - The Gotham Awards set The Piano Lesson for its ensemble tribute. BOX OFFICE UPDATE: 33:13 - Catching you up on the last two weekends of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. 36:34 - Projections for this weekend’s Wild Robot & Megalopolis debuts. TRAILERS: 38:52 - Maria gets its first pretty teaser. 39:22 - Ballerina is from the world of John Wick. 41:17 - Gladiator II trailer II has some bad CGI, but Denzel looks like he’s having fun. 43:36 - Rumours w/ Cate Blanchett lead to some NYFF pizza plans + a M1 epiphany. 45:17 - Thunderbolts is not allowed to continue the MCU’s Attitude Era. 47:05 - Don’t Move and why this is an impossible premise that is somehow alluring. 48:05 - Sinners gets a “we’ll see” from M1, which is better than his Rumours reaction. 49:07 - A Real Pain WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 50:22 - Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Brothers Story & M1’s Ryan Murphy rabbit hole. 53:32 - The Mr. McMahon doc series on Netflix about the WWE is pretty great. 57:01 - His Three Daughters and the two ridiculous people here reviewing it. 59:07 - How To Have Sex & the launch of two promising new careers w/ Bruce & Walker. 1:00:20 - Humane on Shudder was also much better than expected. 1:02:24 - Stop The Steal doesn’t salve or balm election worries. OUTRO- where we completely unravel after M1 reveals the real reason he didn’t love His Three Daughters. Please do contact us with your inevitable concerns after listening to this one. Otherwise, yes, we discuss what’s coming next after we see some upcoming movies in CT and NYC.