This week we discuss our Spotify events, Heretic, Gladiator 2, Red One, Jurassic Park, The Penguin and more!

The Historical Epic is one of cinema's richest genres, filled with iconic masterpieces and striking stories. Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Seven Samurai, Troy, There Will Be Blood, The Deer Hunter, Amadeus, Braveheart, Dunkirk, 12 Years A Slave, 300, JFK, Elizabeth, All Quiet On The Western Front, Lincoln, Aguirre, The Last Samurai, The Northman, Ben-Hur, The Great Escape, Barry Lyndon, Amadeus. These are just some of the legendary films to be discussed. Let's find out which one reigns supreme!!

Table Of Contents:

0:00 (Intro)

3:30 (TROY)

5:00 (King Arthur)

6:45 (The King)

7:45 (300)

9:00 (Empire of the Sun)

10:20 (The Imitation Game)

12:20 (Titanic)

13:45 (The King)

15:30 (Wind That Shakes The Barley)

16:20 (Cold Mountain)

18:00 (JFK)

19:40 (Zulu)

22:10 (Hacksaw Ridge)

23:30 (Gladiator 2)

26:00 (Spartacus)

27:50 (Last of the Mohicans)

30:00 (Downfall)

32:10 (The Patriot)

34:00 (Elizabeth)

35:20 (Gangs of New York)

37:10 (Glory)

38:18 (Aguirre: The Wrath of God)

40:20 (All Quiet on the Western Front)

42:20 (The Revenant)

43:45 (Once Upon A Time in America)

44:30 (Lincoln)

49:00 (The Last Duel)

52:00 (Gandhi)

52:40 (1917)

54:20 (Intermission)

1:06:30 (Dances With Wolves)

1:09:20 (The Thin Red Line)

1:10:15 (The Northman)

1:12:06 (Andrei Rublev)

1:13:00 (Apocalypto)

1:15:00 (Silence)

1:16:30 (Braveheart)

1:18:00 (Dunkirk)

1:19:00 (Full Metal Jacket)

1:21:00 (12 Years A Slave)

1:22:00 (Kingdom Of Heaven)

1:24:00 (Bridge on the River Kwai)

1:25:18 (Ben-Hur)

1:26:20 (Killers of the Flower Moon)

1:27:30 (The Great Escape)

1:29:40 (Barry Lyndon)

1:31:30 (Doctor Zhivago)

1:32:10 (Saving Private Ryan)

1:34:20 (Amadeus)

1:35:30 (Inglorious Basterds)

1:37:40 (Life Is Beautiful)

1:39:15 (The Deer Hunter)

1:41:00 (The Last Samurai)

1:42:00 (Apocalypse Now)

1:43:30 (Master & Commander)

1:46:00 (Schindler's List)

1:47:30 (Gladiator)

1:48:30 (The Pianist)

1:50:18 (There Will Be Blood)

1:51:00 (Oppenheimer)

1:52:25 (Seven Samurai)

1:53:15 (Lawrence of Arabia)

"The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story!"

Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' is a monumental achievement in filmmaking that is still an astounding cinematic experience with each watch. From the grand production, exceptional characters and fantastic action, they sure don't make them like this anymore. Let's break down GLADIATOR!!!

Table Of Contents

0:00 (Intro)

2:03 (Ridley Scott)

3:56 (Is The Ancient Epic Movie Dead?)

13:25 (The Mob and Arena as Plot)

17:55 (Story / Steven Spielberg)

20:48 (3 Screenwriters / Production in Jeopardy)

35:00 (Juba & Oliver Reed’s Death)

39:50 (Real Romans and Fact vs Fiction)

51:55 (Building Colosseum & Rome)

1:00:07 (Deforestation)

1:04:12 (Filmmaking Mistakes)

1:15:52 (Why No Spanish?)

1:25:27 (Intermission)

1:41:36 (Scene by Scene)

Zendaya, Anne Hathaway and Lupita Nyongo join Christopher Nolan's new film, Nosferatu early reactions Mickey 17 has been pushed back again, Star Wars is getting a new trilogy, Tarantino slams Dune, is the Joker getting a TV series, Ben Stiller returns for Happy Gilmore 2, new trailers for Dear Santa, Dirty Angels and Waltzing With Brando, The Black Phone 2, The Fly is getting a spinoff, D23 shows footage from Iron Ares, Lilo & Stitch, Moana 2 and others!

Table of Contents:

0:00 (Intro)

1:00 (Box Office)

5:00 (Zendaya joins Nolan)

8:30 (Nosferatu early reactions)

9:50 (Mickey 17 delayed)

12:45 (New Star Wars trilogy)

16:00 (Joker tv series)

17:50 (Ridley Scott vs Tarantino)

19:20 (Tarantino vs Villeneuve)

21:30(Paul Mescal joins Scott's next film)

22:45 (Ben Stiller in Happy Gilmore 2)

23:50 (Elevation Anthony Mackie)

25:20 (Dear Santa trailer)

26:19 (Waltz With Brando)

28:30 (The Black Phone 2)

29:30 (LOTR Box Set)

31:10 (Mass Effect live action)

32:15 (Chili Finger movie)

35:10 (Chris Evans & Anya Taylor-Joy)

36:10 (Bob The Builder movie)

37:10 (The Fly spinoff)

39:00 (D23)

39:15 (Tron Ares)

40:00 (Lilo & Stitch)

42:30 (Moana 2)

43:15 (Ice Age 6)

44:30 (Tony Todd RIP)

Letterboxd Recap 73: It Follows, The Love Witch, To Live and Die in L.A., Conclave, Fallen Angels, Reality Bites, The Beast and more!

2007 was an amazing year in cinema! We got masterworks like There Will Be Blood, Zodiac and No Country For Old Men, an absolute fire set of blockbusters like Transformers, 300, I Am Legend, Bourne Ultimatum, Pirates, Spider-Man and Pixar as well as great Indies like Jesse James, Funny Games, Eastern Promisees, Rescue Dawn, Juno and Darjeeling Limited along with classic comedies like Hot Fuzz, Ratatouille, Knocked Up and Oceans 13. This just scratches the surface of the EPIC year of 2007 so let's break them all down and rank the best of the year!

Table of Contents:

0:00 (Intro)

3:30 (Brotherly Bickering)

7:30 (Top 10 Box Office)

9:30 (The Hitcher)

10:30 (Charlie Bartlett)

11:40 (Room 1408)

13:10 (Shooter)

15:00 (Shrek 3)

15:50 (The Kingdom)

17:00 (Reign Over Me)

18:30 (Persepolis)

19:20 (Blades of Glory)

20:30 (Halloween)

23:40 (We Own The Night)

26:40 (Death At A Funeral)

27:30 (Hot Rod)

28:10 (Walk Hard)

30:00 (30 Days of Night)

31:10 (Paranormal Activity)

33:00 (Cars)

35:00 (Planet Terror)

37:10 (The Mist)

38:00 (Surf's Up)

38:50 (28 Weeks Later)

39:30 (The Simpsons Movie)

42:00 (Rush Hour 3)

42:35 (The Orphanage)

44:30 (Fracture)

47:00 (The Lookout)

48:18 (Oceans 13)

50:11 (Sunshine)

51:20 (Disturbia)

53:00 (Trick'r Treat)

53:40 (Pirates 3)

57:50 (Intermission)

1:13:30 (Knocked Up)

1:15:08 (Rescue Dawn)

1:15:50 (Spider-Man 3)

1:19:50 (Live Free Die Hard)

1:21:45 (Into The Wild)

1:23:30 (REC)

1:24:20 (Order of the Phoenix)

1:27:40 (Boy A)

1:29:00 (Funny Games)

1:30:00 (American Gangster)

1:31:40 (Transformers)

1:33:10 (Gone Baby Gone)

1:34:00 (3:10 To Yuma)

1:35:40 (Darjeeling Limited)

1:36:30 (300)

1:38:00 (Juno)

1:38:30 (I'm Not There)

1:40:00 (I Am Legend)

1:41:15 (Sweeney Todd)

1:42:15 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)

1:42:50 (Death Proof)

1:44:30 (Superbad)

1:45:30 (Eastern Promises)

1:47:18 (Michael Clayton)

1:48:00 (Ratatouille)

1:50:00 (Hot Fuzz)

1:51:30 (Assassination of Jesse James)

1:52:20 (Diving Bell and Butterfly)

1:54:00 (Bourne Utimatum)

1:57:10 (Atonement)

1:58:22 (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days)

1:59:40 (Zodiac)

2:00:30 (No Country For Old Men)

2:02:00 (There Will Be Blood)

Sean Baker’s ANORA has been set up to be an awards darling this year thanks to its chaotic fairytale energy, incredible performances and a very human story, plus Mikey Madison is certainly a star in the making. Let’s break down Anora...

Mission Impossible is going to cost $400 Million, Scary movie 6 has been announced, new trailers for Daredevil Born Again, Squid Game 2, QUEER and Pinocchio, Gladiator 2 is being called out for historical inaccuracies, Barry Keoghan in Peaky Blinders, a Game of Thrones movie has been announced, Austin Butler and Tom Holland team up Godzilla Minus one gets a sequel, Nosferatu Posters, Billy Zane is Marlon Brando, Welcome To Derry, Narnia in IMAX, The Skeleton Crew and so much more!

Table of Contents:

0:00 (Intro)

1:00 (Box Office Report)

2:45 (Mission Impossible 8)

5:30 (Daredevil Born Again)

6:15 (Skeleton Crew)

7:30 (Squid Game 2)

10:00 (Tom Holland & Austin Butler)

11:40 GOT movie)

13:30 (Godzilla Minus One sequel)

15:30 (Gladiator 2 inaccuracies)

18:30 (Queer trailer)

21:00 (Pinocchio Horror Movie)

23:00 (Tomb Raider casting)

24:24 (Barry Keoghan Peaky Blinders)

25:15 (Billy Zane as Marlon Brando)

28:00 (Amazing Spider-Man)

30:00 (Pennywise)

31:00 (Nosferatu Posters)

31:30 (Narnia in IMAX)

34:50 (Bruce Springsteen movie)

35:45 (Scary Movie 6)

37:40 (JFK movie)

38:30 (Outlast movie)

40:30 (Cliffhanger reboot)

41:30 (Jack Ryan movie)