Tortellini at Noon

This week we have two episodes coming out, first up is the 2024 surrealist dark comedy/drama film Mr. K. Written and directed by Tallulah H. Schwab the film stars Crispin Glover as Mr. K, a traveling magician, who finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of the hotel he has slept in. Come join us!! Website :  https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram:  https://ww...

This week we watched the 2005 British horror film The Descent. Written and directed by Neil Marshall the plot follows six women who enter an uncharted cave system and struggle to survive against the monstrous creatures inside. The film stars Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone and MyAnna Buring. Come join us!! Website :  https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ I...

This week we watched the 2024 Tubi Original horror comedy movie Slay. Written and directed by Jem Garrard the film is about four drag queens who become stuck inside a redneck biker bar and must team up with the conservative patrons to fight off a growing number of vampires. The film features RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Trinity the Tuck, Heidi N Closet and Crystal Methyd, and Cara Melle. Come jo...

After years of talking about it, we finally watched cuckoo as a podcast movie. The film follows a girl struggling to adjust after moving to a new country and repeatedly being hospitalized, which ultimately uncovers a Resident Evil tier conspiracy. directed by Tilman Singer, the film stars Hunter Schaffer, Dan Stevens, and Jan Bluthardt. Join Us. Website :  https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instag...

This week we watched the 1993 Disney comedy horror film Hocus Pocus. Directed by Kenny Ortega it follows a comically villainous trio of witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night. It stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy and Omri Katz. Come join us!! Website :  https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram:  https://w...

This week we’re starting Pre Spooky Month a bit late with the 1988 scifi horror comedy Killer Klowns From Outer Space. Produced by the Chiodo Brothers the film concerns evil extraterrestrials that resemble clowns arriving on Earth and invading a small town in order to capture, kill and harvest the human inhabitants for sustenance. It stars Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson and John V...

This week we watchd the 2001&2002 films Spy Kids 1&2. Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez the plot follows two adventurous siblings, who discover that their respective parents are spies and become involved when their parents go missing. They star Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Danny Trejo, Alan Cumming, Mike Judge, Ricardo Montalbán, Holland Taylor, Christop...

This week we watched the 1982 DC Comics film Swamp Thing. Written and directed by Wes Craven it tells the story of scientist Alec Holland who is transformed into the monster known as Swamp Thing through laboratory sabotage orchestrated by the evil Anton Arcane. It stars Ray Wise, Adrienne Barbeau, Dick Durock and Louis Jourdan. Come join us!! Website :  https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram...

This week we watchd the new 2026 Marvel film Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, in the film, Peter anonymously protects New York City as the hero Spider-Man and investigates a powerful new threat while his superpowers undergo a surprising and potentially dangerous evolution. It stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Florence Pugh, Tramell Ti...

This week we watched the 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy Mamma Mia! Directed by Phyllida Lloyd the film follows a young bride-to-be who invites three men to her upcoming wedding, with the possibility that any of them could be her real father. The film features an ensemble cast, including Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfri...

This week all six of us are together again to talk about the black sheep of the Jurassic franchise, Jurassic Park III. Directed by Joe Johnston the film’s plot involves a divorced couple who, via subterfuge, enlist the help of Grant to find their son, who has gone missing on Isla Sorna. It stars Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, and Michael Jeter, with...

This week we’re doing something we haven’t done in a long time, a commentary of the 2009 workprint X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Directed by Gavin Hood and written by Dumb Benioff and Skip Woods it follows the early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine. I...

This week we’re back with the 1986 scifi body horror film The Fly. Directed and co-written by David Cronenberg it is based on the 1957 short story of the same name. The film tells the story of an eccentric scientist who, after one of his experiments goes wrong, slowly turns into a fly-hybrid creature. The film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, and John Getz. Come join us!! Website :  https://...

This week we watched the 2023 sci-fi comedy drama film Asteroid city. Written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, Its plot mostly presents a stage play which follows a Junior Stargazer convention and the unexpected arrival of extraterrestrials and UFOs. The ensemble cast includes Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Ad...

This week we’re starting our Summer Blockbuster Month and we watched the 2014 animated fantasy film How to Train Your Dragon 2. Written and directed by Dean DeBlois it is set five years after the events of the first film, and follows Hiccup and his friends as they encounter Bludvist, a madman who wants to conquer the world by use of a dragon army. It stars Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard But...

This week we saw the new horror film based on the creepypasta of the same name Backrooms. Directed and co-scored by Kane Parsons in his directorial debut, in the film, a furniture store owner and his therapist discover a dimension of seemingly endless liminal spaces accessed through the basement of the store. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell...

In kind of an Epic Month pick we watched the 2025 horror film Sinners. Directed by Ryan Coogler set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, it stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. The film co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, a...

Taking a break from Epic Month watched the first Star Wars movie in seven years The Mandolorian and Grogu. Directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor it tells the story of Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu are enlisted by the New Republic to rescue Rotta the Hutt in exchange for information on a target. The film stars Pedro Pascal, Jeremy Allen White...

Continuing Epic Month we watched the 1971 musical drama Fiddler on the Roof. Directed by Norman Jewison, the film centers on Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman, who is faced with the challenge of marrying off his five daughters amidst the growing tension in his shtetl. It stars Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michèle Marsh, Neva Small and Paul Michael Gla...

Continuing Epic Month we watched the 1962 biograpohical drama Lawrence of Arabia. Directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel it is based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom (also known as Revolt in the Desert). It stars Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer and Arthur Kenne...

This month begins Epic Month and to kick it off we watched the 2009 superhero film Watchmen. Directed by Zack Snyder, and written by David Hayter and Alex Tse, it tells the story of a group of mostly retired superheroes who investigate the murder of one of their own before uncovering an elaborate and deadly conspiracy with which they are all connected.  The film stars Malin Åkerman, Billy Cru...

Concluding this year’s Decades Month at the end pf the 60’s with the 1969 Western buddy comedy Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of outlaws Butch Cassidy and his partner the Sundance Kid, who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The film stars Paul Newman,...

Moving along in Decades Month to the 50’s with the 1954 crime drama On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan it tells the tale of an ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman who struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. It stars Marlon Brando, and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. Come join us!! Website :  https...

Rolling along into the 40’s for our Decades Month with the 1944 black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. Directed and produced by Frank Capra, the story follows a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage who risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot.. The film stars Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane and Peter Lorre. Come join us!! Website :  https://tor...

This month we’re calling Decade’s Month where each week will be a different decade and we’re starting in the 30’s with the 1933 film King Kong. Directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, the story follows a giant primate dubbed Kong who feels affection for a beautiful young woman offered to him as a sacrifice. The film stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot. Com...