Lytt til Let Me Watch Your Movie With You

We've got Movie Sign! This week, Jonah sits down with actors/writers Trace Beaulieu and Kevin Murphy to watch Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie! Trace and Kevin talk about their fraught relationship with the studio, the early crowdfunding plan they considered, making MST3K more cinematic for the big screen, scenes and songs they wish they'd filmed, the joys of riffing, and finding your people on the fringes of comedy! Links * Find out where you can watch Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mystery-science-theater-3000-the-movie] * Check out The Mads Are Back [https://www.themadsareback.com/] with Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu * Follow Trace on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TraceBeaulieu] * Listen to Rifftrax [https://www.rifftrax.com] with Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy * Follow Kevin on Twitter [https://twitter.com/kwmurphy] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/kevinwmurphy/] Thank you toAllie Goertz [http://www.alliegoertz.com]for our theme song andPerry Shall [http://www.perryshall.com]for our artwork. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Jonah drops out of the air vents to watch Toy Soldiers with actor Wil Wheaton! By the time he turned 18, Wil had spent half of his life acting, but the abuse he suffered on and off set left him disillusioned and depressed. Then he joined a cast of fellow young actors in Toy Soldiers and his interest in filmmaking was renewed. Wil tells Jonah about making connections via punk rock, the dangers of fake bullets, aborted helicopter rides, quitting (and later returning to) show business, and ethical guidelines for the parents of child actors. Links * Find out where you can watch Toy Soldiers [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/toy-soldiers] * Wil interviews the cast of Star Trek: Discovery every week on The Ready Room [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLufIO1FTWFz-gZM3t-MmW5J7p2U6yYoQU] * Wil recaps the competitive AI reality show Rival Peak on Rival Speak [https://www.facebook.com/watch/RivalPeak/678284092885569/] * Jonah plays Say Anything [https://youtu.be/_7BsVb-5wDs] and Epic Spell Wars [https://youtu.be/jzY7Ywv_JiI] on Wil's web series Tabletop * Wil was interviewed for our friend Alex Winter's documentary Showbiz Kids [https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/showbiz-kids] * Follow Wil on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/itswilwheaton/] Thank you toAllie Goertz [http://www.alliegoertz.com]for our theme song andPerry Shall [http://www.perryshall.com]for our artwork. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

It's a bloody free-for-all as Jonah watches Pooka Lives! with actor Malcolm Barrett, actor/Executive Producer Felicia Day, and director Alejandro Brugués! They talk about making every shot count on a low-budget film, why actors should never eat in a scene, having trouble hitting your marks, being from Brooklyn, and tearing down walls (literal and metaphorical.) Links * Find out where you can watch Pooka Lives! [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pooka-lives] * Watch Going Live With Malcolm With Malcolm [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHZp6DRPYdkIlnRmYCXYoMdS70-XUr_Kl], Malcolm’s streaming talk show * Follow Malcolm on Twitter [https://twitter.com/malcolmbarrett] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/verbalberappin/] * Subscribe to Felicia's Twitch channel [https://www.twitch.tv/feliciaday] * Follow Felicia on Twitter [https://twitter.com/feliciaday] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/feliciaday/] * Listen to our Juan of The Dead episode with Alejandro [https://art19.com/shows/let-me-watch-your-movie-with-you/episodes/ce192985-236f-4191-b714-0dd513aa6a69] * Follow Alejandro on Twitter [https://twitter.com/alebrugues] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/abrugues/] Thank you toAllie Goertz [http://www.alliegoertz.com/]for our theme song andPerry Shall [http://www.perryshall.com/]for our artwork. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

This week, Jonah watches The Big Sick with dear friend and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Emily V. Gordon! In 2006, when Emily and actor Kumail Nanjiani were newly dating, she developed a sudden life-threatening illness and was placed in a medically induced coma. After a lengthy recovery period, Emily and Kumail adapted that harrowing experience into The Big Sick. Emily chats with Jonah about molding their story into a version that works for the screen, the unique scenes women identify with most, how her background as a therapist helps her figure out characters' motivations, when to take notes and when to stick to your guns, combatting writer's block, and how award nominations become an unexpected second job. Links * Find out where you can watch The Big Sick [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-big-sick] * Stream Emily's series Little America on Apple TV+ [http://apple.co/watchfree] * Read Emily's book Super You [https://www.sealpress.com/titles/emily-v-gordon/super-you/9781580055758/] * For writing advice, Emily and Jonah recommend Save The Cat! [https://savethecat.com/products/books/save-the-cat-the-last-book-on-screenwriting-youll-ever-need] by Blake Snyder, Dan O'Bannon's Guide to Screenplay Structure [https://mwp.com/product/dan-obannons-guide-to-screenplay-structure-inside-tips-from-the-writer-of-alien-total-recall-and-return-of-the-living-dead/], The Secrets of Story [http://www.secretsofstory.com/2016/04/cover-reveal-and-pre-ordering.html] by Matt Bird, and Michael Arndt's free lectures on Beginnings [http://www.pandemoniuminc.com/beginnings-video] and Endings [http://www.pandemoniuminc.com/endings-video] * Follow Emily on Twitter [https://twitter.com/emilyvgordon] and Instagram [https://instagram.com/emilyvgordon] Thank you toAllie Goertz [http://www.alliegoertz.com/]for our theme song andPerry Shall [http://www.perryshall.com/]for our artwork. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Jonah grabs an oar and dives into Juan of The Dead with writer/director Alejandro Brugués! Alejandro grew up in Havana during the Cold War, but his parents' work as diplomats gave him access to an outside world—including American movies—unavailable to most Cubans. He tells Jonah about writing a zombie movie for an audience that had never seen zombie movies, filming social commentary under close government scrutiny, paying homage to his cinematic heroes, and the opening scene of a hypothetical Juan sequel! Links * Find out where you can watch Juan of The Dead [https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/juan-of-the-dead] * Stream Pooka Lives! on Hulu [https://www.hulu.com/movie/pooka-lives-22bb676f-4015-403c-ab9b-3c145c815368] * Follow Alejandro on Twitter [https://twitter.com/alebrugues] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/abrugues/] Thank you toAllie Goertz [http://www.alliegoertz.com]for our theme song andPerry Shall [http://www.perryshall.com]for our artwork. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].