Movies That Make Us

Welcome back to another episode of Movies that Make Us. We’ve survived the year that is January and we’ve moved into 00February. We’re taking a look at the Daniel Craig run as James Bond, and this week is Casino Royale.   Daniel Craig reinvents the beloved spy and puts his own spin on the character, bringing new levels of intensity and physicality to James Bond. This is actually the third fil...

Welcome back to Movies that Make Us. We are continuing this month’s theme of feel-good movies, since January is the worst month of the year and we close it out with the Sundance film Living starring Bill Nighy. The film is based on a film based on the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru , directed by Akira Kurosawa, which in turn was inspired by the 1866 Russian novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolsto...

Welcome to another episode of Movies that Make Us! We’re continuing our run of feel good movies, and celebrating the start of the Sundance Film Festival with the documentary Fire of Love which you can stream through Disney+. The film explores the lives of two French volcanologists who have a passion for volcanoes and a deep and powerful love for each other. It’s got incredible footage, a compellin...

Welcome back to Movies that Make Us. We are continuing this month’s theme of feel good movies, since January is the worst month of the year. This week is Tracy’s choice and he selected the 2007 Disney Pixar film Ratatouille. This is the story of a rat who dreams of becoming a chef in Paris and tries to achieve his goal by forming an unlikely alliance with a restaurant’s garbage boy. The animation,...

Welcome back to another week at Movies that Make Us and we’re continuing with our feel-good movie month since January is the worst. It also happens to be Jake’s birthday, so we have a lot to celebrate with the 1992 classic Wayne’s World . The film is based on the Saturday Night Live sketch with the same name and follows Wayne and Garth as they go up against an evil producer who wants to take contr...

Hi friends! We hope you enjoyed the holidays and time with your families. We know that January can be really hard because the lights have come down, the days are short, and it’s really the worst month of the year. So, we are talking about movies that make us feel good and this week’s film is Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris .  The film follows a widowed cleaning lady in 1950’s London who falls in lo...

Welcome to the latest edition of Movies that Make Us. We’re closing out 2022 with one of our favorite caper movies in Knives Out . The 2019 murder mystery caught a lot of people by surprise making $312 million dollars on just a $40 million dollar budget. It follows the master detective Benoit Blanc who is investigating the death of the patriarch of a wealthy, and very dysfunctional family. It’s go...

Welcome back to Movies that Make Us. Today is a spoiler free mini episode of Glass Onion: A Knives Out mystery that is now available to stream on Netflix. When the sequel to Knives Out was announced, we were all a little skeptical if it was necessary, but the answer is a resounding yes. Yes, we need a sequel and Jake wants 17 more capers with Benoit Blanc. If you are ready to move past the Christm...

It’s time for another episode of Movies that Make Us and this week, we recorded live at Galaxy of Games in West Jordan. It’s our first “Ugly Christmas Sweater” episode where we each select three movies that aren’t traditional Christmas movies, but are set during the holiday. We were joined by local filmmaker Blake Casselman who’s new film “Limbo” is streaming next month. We had a lot of fun discus...

Welcome to MTMU Reviews- a new series where we review newer movies- spoiler free! Our first one if a big one- Avatar: The Way of Water. This is the sequel that has been 13 years in the making. When the original film came out, it revolutionized and changed how we went to the movies. The 3D technology then blew us all away. What about this sequel? Will it do the same?  We had the opportunity to...

Welcome back to another episode of Movies that Make Us. We’re discussing the latest retelling of the classic tale of Pinocchio. This version is from director Guillermo del Toro and is arguably the front runner for the Best Animated Oscar for the year. This stop-motion film has absolutely gorgeous animation and presents a fresh and interesting update to the classic tale of the wooden boy who comes...

Welcome to another episode of Movies that Make Us! We’re feeling especially festive so we’re discussing another holiday movie classic with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Written by one our favorite screenwriters, John Hughes, this movie was released December 1, 1989 yet is still loved and rewatched each Christmas season. It tells the story of the Griswold family who spend their Christmas v...

Welcome to another episode of Movies that Make Us! Thank you to everyone who came out to our Disney Trivia night at the Midway Tavern and helped us earn $1,000 for the American Cancer Society! We’re so grateful for your generosity. This week, we are talking about a brand new movie on Apple TV+ starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, Spirited. It’s a retelling of the Christmas Carol by Dickens, bu...

Welcome back to Movies that Make Us. This week, we are revisiting the Best Thanksgiving Ever- which is not actually a Thanksgiving, but an episode we did clear back in 2019- when we discussed the film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Most of the audio and video for this episode comes from this archived episode, airing for the first time this week on YouTube!. We hope you all have a wonderful Thank...

***SPOILERS*** Welcome back to Movies that Make Us. This week, we are talking about Marvel’s latest film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , with special guest, Robert Neal. Beginning after the death of King T’Challa, the movie is an amazing blend of high-tech superhero action and deeply emotional moments as Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye, and the Dora Milaje fight to protect Wakanda against a...

Welcome back to Movies that Make Us. Today, we are going back to 1985 and discussing the classic film The Breakfast Club. It’s a teenage coming-of-age film directed by John Hughes starring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. It’s set on one Saturday where five high school students from different cliques come together to serve detention...

Welcome to another episode of Movies That Make Us, and this one is a little different. Think of it as a special Halloween treat that at first might look a little like a trick.  Earlier this month, Movies That Make Us and Multiplane Podcast took over the Age of Geek Podcast to talk all about some of our favorite spooky movies for the spooky movie season. Now we are sharing that episode here wi...

It’s time for another episode of Movies that Make Us and this week, we continue with another Halloween based movie with The Book of Life. Plus, we recorded this live at Maria’s Mexican Restaurant in Taylorsville - we highly recommend the loaded nachos. This film was released in 2014 and while grossing $100 million at the box office, it seems to be more of a cult film. Originally released with 20th...

Welcome to the latest edition of Movies that Make Us. It’s Halloween season and we discuss the new Marvel monster movie: Werewolf by Night . We invited our friend Ty from our sister show Multiplane Podcast, part of the Age of Geek family to break down the film and discuss how it could tie into the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. We’re introduced to exciting new characters like Elsa Bloodstone, M...

Welcome to another episode of Movies that Make Us! We had a blast at Fan-X 2022, and are so grateful for everyone that came to our Spider-Man panel, or just said hello in the halls. We loved seeing you and are planning several live events coming up so we can hang out more. This week, we invited special guest Robert Neal (@ActionFigureTheatre on Instagram) to talk about the somewhat overlooked Marv...

Hi friends! This week we are taking you to our live panel at Fan-X SLC! We had a packed house joining us to discuss Twenty Years of Spider-Man on the Big Screen with special guest Rachel Wagner. Thank you to all the friends of the program that came and joined us this weekend. We discuss the best and worst moments for each of the films starting with Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and through the T...

Welcome to the latest edition of Movies that Make Us. It’s FanX week and we can’t wait to see you in person this week at the Salt Palace. We’ve got a great panel on 20 Years of Spider-Man on the Big Screen on Thursday at 4pm and then we’ll each have individual panels throughout the weekend. In this episode, we are talking X-Men: First Class . It’s a reboot of sorts of the X-Men universe that’s set...

Welcome back to another episode of Movies that Make Us. We’re leaving behind the feel-good feelings of the last few weeks and are embracing the shadows with our discussion of The Dark Knight. This 2008 film is arguably one of the greatest sequels ever made and expands on the Gotham Christopher Nolan created in Batman Begins. You can’t discuss the film without talking about the genius take that Hea...

Hi friends! This week, we are continuing our streak of feel-good movies with the 2010 Japanese Anime film The Secret World of Arrietty.  The film tells the story of a young Borrower befriending a human boy, while trying to avoid being detected by other humans. This is a nice film to follow our discussion on Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, in that it creates a miniature world full of whimsy an...

Welcome to another episode of Movies that Make Us! We’re continuing our examination of feel-good movies with a charming film from Studio A24 called Marcel the Shell with Shoes on.   It’s an American mockumentary film directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (in his feature directional debut), who co-wrote the screenplay with Jenny Slate and Nick Paley. It is based on a series of shorts of the same nam...