Movies Past and Present Podcast

Thanks for tuning in! New in Theaters: TOY STORY 4 (Pixar) and CHILD'S PLAY (Orion) Reviews: TOY STORY 4 Classic Cinema Corner: PILLOW TALK (1959) and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) More details on my blog at moviespastandpresent.com. Thanks again!

Welcome to this week's podcast! New in Theaters: MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL (Sony), SHAFT (New Line), AMERICAN WOMAN (Roadside Attractions), THE DEAD DON'T DIE (Focus Features) Classic Cinema Corner: Walt Disney Animation Studios' 1950 classic CINDERELLA is getting added to the Library of Congress National Film Registrary on June 20. It's also going to be released from the "Disney Vault on digita...

Welcome to this week's podcast! New in Theatres: THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 (Universal/Illumination), LATE NIGHT (Amazon Studios), and DARK PHOENIX (20th Century Fox/Marvel) Classic Cinema Corner: Make sure to check out "The Essentials" on Saturday evenings on TCM. Full schedule is at essentials.tcm.com. I watched THE LADY EVE (1941) as part of my own TCM Essentials viewing and really enjoyed it. I...

Welcome to this week's podcast! New in Theaters: MA (Universal), GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (Warner Bros.), and ROCKETMAN (Paramount) Reviews: ALADDIN (Disney, 2019) Classic Cinema Corner: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (1986) More info can be found at moviespastandpresent.com. Thank you for tuning in!

Thanks for tuning in! New in Theaters: POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU (Warner Bros.), TOLKIEN (Fox Searchlight), POMS (STX Entertainment), THE HUSTLE (MGM) Classic Cinema Corner: Some thoughts on revered classic CITIZEN KANE (1941) I won't be able to podcast for the next couple of weeks, so here are some other notable films being released in May that might be worth checking out: ALADDIN (Disney), GODZ...

Thanks for tuning in! New in Theaters: LONG SHOT (Lionsgate), THE INTRUDER (Screen Gems), and UGLYDOLLS (STX Entertainment) Classic Cinema Corner: STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE turns 20. Go see the TCM Big Screen Classics presentation of TRUE GRIT (Paramount, 1969) on May 5 and 8. More info at fathomevents.com/tcm. Links and more info at moviespastandpresent.com.

Thanks for tuning in! New in Theaters--AVENGERS: ENDGAME. (Spoiler Alert! I share some spoiler-ish details in the podcast.) Classic Cinema Corner--GONE WITH THE WIND (1939). I watched this again as part of my TCM ESSENTIALS movie viewing project. I recorded the 25th anniversary broadcast on TCM on April 14, 2019 and watched it when I got home after the TCM Classic Film Festival. More details on my...

Thanks for tuning in! New in Theaters (over the last two weeks): MISSING LINK (LAIKA), THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA (New Line Cinema), and PENGUINS (Disneynature) The rest of the podcast is devoted to the 2019 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Classic Film Festival which I attended last week in Los Angeles, California. Podcast notes are available on my blog: moviespastandpresent.com.

Greetings! New in Theaters: THE BEST OF FRIENDS (STX), PET SEMATARY (Paramount), SHAZAM! (Warner Bros./DC Comics) Reviews: DUMBO (Disney, 2019), SHAZAM! More info on moviespastandpresent.com.

Welcome to this week's podcast! New in Theaters: THE BEACH BUM (NEON), HOTEL MUMBAI (Bleecker Street), and DUMBO (Walt Disney Studios) Classic Cinema Corner: - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) on the big screen - Subscribe to the Criterion Channel! More info at criterionchannel.com. Launches April 8. Charter subscribers get access to a "Movie of the Week." Last week's movie was the gritty film noir DE...

Welcome to this week's podcast! New in Theaters (for the past two weeks): WONDER PARK (Paramount), FIVE FEET APART (Lionsgate), US (Universal) Classic Cinema Corner: More progress on my TCM Essentials project--IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952). I also talk about the Stanley Donen tribute I recently watched on TCM. Make sure to see TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) on the big s...

Thanks for tuning in! New in Theaters: TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL (Lionsgate), CAPTAIN MARVEL (Marvel Studios) Review: CAPTAIN MARVEL (go see it!) Classic Cinema Corner: CASABLANCA in Concert with the Utah Symphony, 20th Century Fox tribute at the 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival More info is on my blog at moviespastandpresent.com.

Welcome to this week's podcast! New in Theaters: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (DreamWorks Animation), APOLLO 11 (Neon, CNN), GRETA (Focus Features) Reviews and Classic Cinema Corner (combined this week): 2019 Oscars, TCM Essentials update (GRAND HOTEL, KING KONG, and DUCK SOUP), Disney Animation's SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) on the big screen, and a Stanley Donen tribute. Recommendations:...

Welcome to this week's podcast! New in Theatres -- ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (20th Century Fox), HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U (Universal), ISN'T IT ROMANTIC (New Line), and FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY (MGM/WWE). Reviews -- THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART Classic Cinema Corner -- This week's #TCMEssentials film was Charlie Chaplin's classic CITY LIGHTS (1931). This week's Criterion Channel movie of the week was the...

New in Theaters This Week: THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART (Warner Bros.), WHAT MEN WANT (Paramount), THE PRODIGY (Orion), and COLD PURSUIT (Summit Entertainment). REVIEWS: DESTROYER (Annapurna Pictures, 2018) CLASSIC CINEMA CORNER: Sign up for the new Criterion Channel streaming service (criterionchannel.com)! Launches April 8, but if you sign up now, you get to watch one selected film a week a...

Welcome to this week's podcast! New in Theaters: Gina Rodriguez is MISS BALA (Columbia, 2019). Back in participating IMAX theaters for one week is the documentary FREE SOLO (National Geographic, 2018). See imax.com/freesolo for info. Reviews: STAN & OLLIE (Sony Pictures Classics, 2018) Classic Cinema Corner: - This week's TCM Essentials film is the delightful musical SWING TIME (RKO, 1935). - See...

Double episode this week! New in Theaters: GLASS, SERENITY, THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING (and I meant to say "Lady of the Lake") Reviews: My top 10 films of 2018 and my 10 most anticipated films of 2019 Classic Cinema Corner: My TCM Essentials project continues! I watched NOW VOYAGER (1942) and ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930). Full podcast notes on moviespastandpresent.com. Thanks for tuning in...

Happy 2019! In this week's new releases, I discuss A DOG'S WAY HOME (Columbia Pictures, 2019), THE UPSIDE (STX Entertainment, 2019), and ESCAPE ROOM (Columbia Pictures, 2019). Also in theaters is a sing-a-long version of BOHEMIAN RHAPSODE (20th Century Fox 2018). Reviewed this week is Adam McKay's visceral and thought-provoking Dick Cheney bio pic VICE (Annapurna Pictures, 2018). For Classic Cinem...

It's our Christmas special and last podcast of the year! So many new film releases to talk about, including "Mary Poppins Returns," Aquaman," "Bumblebee," "Second Act," Welcome to Marwen, "On the Basis of Sex," and "Vice." Also, I review "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "Mary Poppins Returns." In 2019, I'll be watching all 52 films (one per week) as listed in the great book from Turner Clas...

New in Theaters: SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, MORTAL ENGINES, THE MULE, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Reviews: IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954) Classic Cinema Corner: THE BAD SLEEP WELL (1960) Recommendations: RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (2018)

Thanks for listening! New in Theaters: "Mary Queen of Scots" (2018, Focus Features); "Ben Is Back" (2018, Roadside Attractions) Reviews: "Scrooge" (1970, Cinema Center Films) Classic Cinema Corner: "Schindler's List" 25th anniversary (1993, Universal); Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1954, Paramount); 2019 lineup of Turner Classic Movies' Big Screen Classics series

Thanks for listening to the podcast! New in Theaters: "Anna and the Apocalypse" (2018, Orion Pictures); "The Possession of Hannah Grace" (2018, Screen Gems/Sony); "Mirai" (2018, Studio Chizu) Reviews: "Creed II" (2018, MGM) Classic Cinema Corner: Awesomeness on Turner Classic Movies (TCM); "Sleepless in Seattle" 25th anniversary (1993, Tri Star Pictures/Sony)

Thanks for listening to the podcast! New in Theaters: "The Favourite" (2018, Fox Searchlight); "Ralph Breaks the Internet" (2018, Walt Disney Animation Studios); "Robin Hood" (2018, Summit/Lionsgate; and I meant to say Taron...my bad); "Green Book" (2018, Universal); "Creed II" (2018, MGM) Reviews: "Ralph Breaks the Internet" (2018, Walt Disney Animation Studios) Classic Cinema Corner: "Superman:...

Welcome to Episode 2. New in Theaters: "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald"(2018, Warner Bros.); "Widows" (2018, 20th Century Fox); "Instant Family" (2018, Paramount) Reviews: "Mid90s" (2018, A24); "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" (2018, Fox Searchlight) Classic Cinema Corner: "Castle in the Sky" (1986, Studio Ghibli)

Welcome to our first podcast! New in Theaters: "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" (2018, Illumination/Universal); "Overlord" (2018, Paramount); "The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story" (2018, Columbia) Reviews: "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" (2018, Walt Disney Studios); "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2018, 20th Century Fox) Classic Cinema Corner: RIP FilmStruck; Orson Welles' "The Other Side of...