Living for the Cinema

During a peak era for Hollywood produced conspiracy thrillers, this was one of the most popular and for good reasons.  It was directed by the late, great Oscar-winner Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa, Tootsie, The Firm) and starred two of the most beautiful and enduring stars of this era.  Robert Redford (The Sting, Indecent Proposal) stars as Turner who is an mild-mannered analyst for the CIA who suddenly finds every one in his New York City research office brutally murdered while he went out of lunch....and now he's on the run to get answers, also before some one murders him.  Along the way, he encounters Kathy played by Oscar-winner Faye Dunaway (Network, Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown), an unusually observant painter whom he decides to kidnap while seeking shelter at her apartment....and of course they develop a romance....sort of.  And hot on his heels is the wily assassin Joubert played by the late, great Max Von Sydow (The Seventh Seal, Flash Gordon, Pelle the Conqueror).  What results is a tense cat-and-mouse thriller which was somewhat ahead of its time and is now about to turn Fifty!  Host & Editor: Geoff Gershon Editor: Ella Gershon Producer: Marlene Gershon Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1764842/open_sms] https://livingforthecinema.com/ [https://livingforthecinema.com/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578 [https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/ [https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/] Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/ [https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/]

Look Up in the Sky..... Superman is back and this time he's directed by James Gunn who also helmed the Guardians of the Galaxy Trilogy before switching sides in the superhero genre to now lead DC Studios and this is the FIRST official release now kicking off a brand new extended universe....hopefully.  There's a lot riding on this cinematic re-introduction to the Man of Steel (THAT film was the last time) and this time, he's played by David Corenswet (Twisters, We Own This City) in a story which takes place several years into this superhero's introduction to the world.  Once again, he also works at the Daily Planet alongside his secret love, intrepid reporter Lois Lane now played by Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and his arch nemisis is local Metropolis billionaire Lex Luthor played by Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max Fury Road, Warm Bodies, Nosferatu, The Menu).  But beyond a few other returning characters, everything else is VERY different from previous Superman movies....including the presence of other meta-humans on the planet, two living parents still back in Kansas, and....the live action introduction of Krypto the Dog?  It's time once again to find it we can STILL believe that a man can fly...... Host & Editor: Geoff Gershon Editor: Ella Gershon Producer: Marlene Gershon Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1764842/open_sms] https://livingforthecinema.com/ [https://livingforthecinema.com/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578 [https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/ [https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/] Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/ [https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/]

What has Eight Legs, Two Fangs, and an Attitude? It's your typical spider of course....only the villains of this creature feature offer much more than that: they swarm, they have high vertical leaps, AND they can kill you with just ONE bite! :o And they happen to reaching the same small-town destination of Canaima at the same time as one mild-mannered family moving from San Francisco out the country for the first time, the Jennings.  They are lead by Dr. Ross played by Jeff Daniels (Speed, Dumb & Dumber, The Newsroom) and his wife Molly played by Harley Jane Kozak (Parenthood, When Harry Met Sally, The Righteous Gemstones)....and wouldn't you know it but Ross himself has an irrational fear of spiders, otherwise known as ARACHNOPHOBIA!  Directed by Frank Marshall (Alive, Congo, Eight Below) and featuring a stellar cast including John Goodman and Julian Sands, this horror comedy (?) was released thirty-five years ago by a studio which didn't know how to promote it - it still did solid business at the time and is now fondly remembered as one of the better family-friendly scare flicks of the '90's! Host & Editor: Geoff Gershon Editor: Ella Gershon Producer: Marlene Gershon Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1764842/open_sms] https://livingforthecinema.com/ [https://livingforthecinema.com/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578 [https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/ [https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/] Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/ [https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/]

Forty years ago after half a decade of undeniable success (The Big Chill, Body Heat, Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark) four-time Oscar-nominated writer/directed Lawrence Kasdan cashed in that blank check to make his dream project....and old-fashioned Western.  And to do so, he assembled an All-Star cast lead by Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Kevin Costner, and Scott Glenn for this sprawling tale of corrupt sheriff's, reluctant heroes, land disputes, family vendettas, benevolent bar-matrons, small towns under siege,  dangerous posses, and of course lots of shootouts. :) Sadly it got lost in the shuffle of a summer dominated by the likes of Back to the Future and Rambo but forty years later, this remains one of THE premiuer modern westerns.  Also co-starring Brian Dennehy, Jeff Goldblum, Rosanna Arquette, and Linda Hunt AND featuring a rip-roaring score from Bruce Broughton (Tombstone), it's time to saddle up and head on out to.....SILVERADO!!!! Host & Editor: Geoff Gershon Editor: Ella Gershon Producer: Marlene Gershon Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1764842/open_sms] https://livingforthecinema.com/ [https://livingforthecinema.com/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578 [https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/ [https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/] Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/ [https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/]

From the Producer of Days of Thunder (Jerry Bruckheimer) and the Director of Tom Gun Maverick (Joseph Kosinski) comes a new ORIGINAL summer epic combining elements of both films and even headlined by an major movie star comparable to Tom Cruise..  That would be Oscar-winner Brad Pitt who stars as Sonny, a veteran racer on the verge of retirement who returns to his original sport of passion, Formula One racing.  He has been courted back by his his old teammate (Javier Bardem) who now owns a racing team and is being paired with a hot shot rookie racer named Joshua played by British up-and-comer Damson Idris (Snowfall).  In the middle of a tumultuous season, they compete together - or against each other - in an increasingly high-stakes series of races, with guidance and assistance from their Team Leader/Designer Kate played by Oscar-nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin).  And what results is a pulse-pounding, high-speed racing spectacle.....but is it as good as those other films which clearly inspired it? Host & Editor: Geoff Gershon Editor: Ella Gershon Producer: Marlene Gershon Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1764842/open_sms] https://livingforthecinema.com/ [https://livingforthecinema.com/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578 [https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/ [https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/] Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/ [https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/]