Movie Night Extravaganza

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron talk about CITIZEN KANE on the first episode of 2026 with Eileen Jones!! Orson Welles groundbreaking drama, telling the story of Charles Foster Kane, America's biggest newspaper magnate, a man who had everything and lost it all. Based on William Randolph Hearst, Charles Foster Kane's love of power and wealth, leads him to lose everyone in his life and eve...

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, Conan Neutron and Kev talk about Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the fading film star Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) who live in Hollywood, next door to Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski in 1969. Starring a huge cast, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Margaret Qualley, Austin Butler, Dakota F...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Daniel House talk about Tim Burton's Ed Wood Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski who would go on to write "The People vs. Larry Flynt" "Man on the Moon" and "Dolemite is my Name, at a time when they were tired of being seen as solely "family friendly screenwriters" and launching the sub-genre of "Anti-Biopics." Ed Wood is a biopic about the f...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Mike Scott of Bottled 'n' Bond talk about Who Framed Roger Rabbit A 1988 Disney BLOCKBUSTER, directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment Pioneering an advanced version of hybrid live action/cartoon style using both animation cels and some small early CGI technological advances by Industrial Light and Magic Starring Bob Hos...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Ian Miller of Kowloon Walled City talk about Robert Altman's the Player After a decade in the wilderness, Robert Altman returned to Hollywood in 1992 to lacerate it with a satirical look at the Holywood Studio system of the 1980s and 1990s. The Player is the story of Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) a sleazy Hollywood Executive whose life spirals out of control...

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron talk about Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard!! Starting off a month where we talk about Movies about Making Movies Sunset Boulevard examines the wreckage left behind by the transition from Silent Era pictures to the "Talkies" A failing screenwriter named Joe Gillis (William Holden) is found floating face down in a pool on Sunset Boulevard, beyond the grave...

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, Conan Neutron and Matt "The Letterhack" Strackbein talk about the classic Coen Brothers movie The Big Lebowski Written in the early 1990s, but not released until 1998 because John Goodman and Jeff Bridges had been quite busy. Starring Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, David Huddleston, Phillip Seymour H...

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Josh Duggan talk about Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye Starring Elliot Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Henry Gibson, Mark Rydell, and Sterling Hayden A 1970s Neo-Noir version of Raymond Chandler's iconic Phillip Marlowe novel. #TheLongGoodbye #RobertAltman #neonoir #gould #elliotgould #raymondchandler #phillipmarlowe #marlowe #noirvember #filmnoirvibes #noir #sterlinghayden...

On our second Noirvember Episode, Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and McKenzie Wilkes talk about John Huston's 1948 Crime Drama Key Largo Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson It was Bogart and Bacall's fourth and final film together. WW2 Veteran Frank McCloud goes to Key Largo to pay his respects to the family of a dead comrade and stays at the hotel owned by his...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Michael Curtiz's 1945 psychological drama Mildred Pierce. Starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott Based on James M. Cain's 1941 novel, a story of “social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression. The 1945 Michael Curtiz's film turns the novel into a story of murder. money, and a mother's obsessive love...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Zach Cregger's Weapons After Zach Cregger's last film Barbarian in 2022, Weapons is a supernatural horror film about a town where 17 children in the same 3rd grade class suddenly go missing. Starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, Austin Abrams, Amy Madigan #weapons2025 #weapons #zachcregger #juliagarner #joshbrolin...

Forrest, Kristina Oakes and Josh Duggan talk about Anna Biller's horror comedy the Love Witch Written, Directed, Produced, and even Scored by Anna Biller, a Feminist Filmmaker raised by a Fashion Designer mother and Visual Artist father. The Love Witch satirizes the fact that most horror/supernatural/thriller in fact most cinema in general is filmed with the "male gaze" in mind. And attempts to cr...

On October 21st, Forrest and Kristina will be joined by AlexHaha @devilsadvocateproductions to talk about Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) One of the earliest Studio Ghibli films after My Neighbor Totoro just 4 years after Ghibli was founded. Based on the book Witch's Express Home Delivery by Eiko Kadono Miyazaki made a whole lot of changes to the story in the book, in order to crea...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Lauren Chouinard talk about Robert Eggers debut feature film The Witch. It's episode 300!!! This is SPARTA!!! The directorial debut of Robert Eggers and the breakout film for Anya Taylor Joy. Eggers, who grew up in New England, spent alot of time around the Plimouth Plantation both on field trips and while writing the film. It tells the story of a Puritan...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Kenny Ortega's 1993 family Witch comedy Hocus Pocus Produced by Disney and written by Mick Garris Hocus Pocus was a flop when it came out, but over time, and through Disney Channel and ABC Family.. it's become one of the biggest Halloween Films ever. Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najmi as the Sanderson Sisters. Three Wi...

Podcaster, Writer, Film Journalist, and Cinephile Marta McFly of McFly's movie house is coming on Movie Night Extravaganza, for what movie? We find out together in a live 16 movie elimination round! https://www.martadjo.com/ ‪@mcflysmoviehouse‬ https://letterboxd.com/martamcfly/

Starting our Witches Month early with Bell. Books, and Candle (1958) Eileen Jones of Filmsuck and Jacobin joins Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes to talk about the Jimmy Stewart + Kim Novak Romantic Comedy "Bell, Book and Candle" Coming the same year as Vertigo, a 50 year Jimmy Stewart and 25 year old Kim Novak were once again paired up in the last film where Jimmy Stewart would star as a...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined by Scott Interrante and Kev Reilly to talk about Annette (2021) Leos Carax first English Language film, a Rock Opera starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard written by the Sparks. It took 8 years to make, partially because Adam Driver was cast and then became Kylo Ren in Star Wars. Adam Driver stars as Henry McHenry, a misanthropic Stand Up C...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Lauren Chouinard talk about Milos Forman's 1984 Amadeus! Starring Tom Hulce as Mozart and F. Murray Abraham as Salieri Known for its liberties with historical fact as much as the intense revenge story it put on screen between rival composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. #amadeus #mozart #wolfgang #vienna #joseph #salieri #classicalmusic #s...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Marta McFly ( @mcflysmoviehouse / @RewindandRevivebyMartaMcfly ) talk about Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's Frances Ha. Marta McFly's Rewind and Revive can be found here https://www.rewindandrevive.com/ Not the first film Greta Gerwig co-wrote or the first film she technically did with Noah Baumbach, but Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach's creative partners...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined by former Social Media Strategist and Senior Editor for LucasFilm Bonnie Burton to talk about Return of the Jedi!! Directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kazdan and released in 1983!! We've done episodes on A New Hope: youtube.com/live/c-fbA3Q2X84 And the Empire Strikes Back: youtube.com/live/SUK5dhB9XLs On the fi...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Loren Tee talk about Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back It's Star Wars Month!! And, we are covering the original trilogy here on Movie Night Extravaganza. You can see our episode on A New Hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-fbA3Q2X84 After the original Star Wars (1977) became the highest grossing movie ever at the time, Star Wars returned in...

It's Star Wars Month!! Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron discuss George Lucas's 1977 A New Hope with Jason Myles of This is Revolution. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guiness, and James Earl Jones. This is the first of 3 episodes, on the 19th we are discussing Empire Strikes Back and on the 26th Return of the Jedi! #georgelucas #starwars #jedi #markhamill #harris...

Starting off our Star Wars month with "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" This month we are covering the original trilogy, A New Hope on the 12th, Empire Strikes Back on the 19th, and Return of the Jedi on the 26th! But first, Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Jason Myles of This is Revolution @THISISREVOLUTIONpodcast are talking about the 2016 prequel to the Original Trilogy, Rogue One!! Sta...

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Alex @devilsadvocateproductions talk about Steven Spielberg's Jaws!! It's the 50th Anniversary of Jaws which was finally released after multiple delays in June 1975. Becoming the first movie to ever be delayed at Universal Pictures 100 extra days in production and cost $5 million extra dollars. Spielberg believed his career was over when he was through fi...