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Speaker 2: twenty five of the film Reel. On today's episode, we're
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Speaker 2: gonna be going over the best movies of twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 2: What should you be watching? That's what I'm gonna let
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Speaker 2: you know. So I got my top five movies of
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Speaker 2: the year. But before we get to that, I got
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Speaker 2: some honorable mentions. So some of these movies actually might
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Speaker 2: have come out in twenty twenty three, but these are
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Speaker 2: movies that I saw in theaters in twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 2: In fact, I saw one hundred and one movies in
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Speaker 2: theaters for twenty twenty four. Starting off the honorable mentions
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Speaker 2: is American Fiction. I thought this was a brilliant movie
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Speaker 2: about a black author who's very intelligent, and he realizes
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Speaker 2: he's too smart for his audiences, so he starts writing
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Speaker 2: very dumb down versions of black centric stories and he
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Speaker 2: becomes really famous for it. But he has this dilemma
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Speaker 2: that should he sell out and you know, it's a
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Speaker 2: really really good movie with a really good ending. Lisa
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Speaker 2: Frankenstein I thought was super fun. This is you know,
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Speaker 2: a lot of these movies I saw at the beginning
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Speaker 2: of the year, but I remember really enjoying Lisa Frankenstein,
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Speaker 2: a really fun, dark comedy that is a good introduction,
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Speaker 2: I think to horror.
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Speaker 1: Because it's not an r ridden movie.
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Speaker 2: I think if you're twelve to seventeen, I think this
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Speaker 2: is a real good introduction to the genre of horror.
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Speaker 2: And I love the woman in it, Catherine Newton, I
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Speaker 2: think is one of my favorite young actresses going today.
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Speaker 2: Ordinary Angels is a really heartwarming story. It's based on
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Speaker 2: a true story about a family that's sort of down
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Speaker 2: in the dumpson one big tragedy happens after another, and
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Speaker 2: through the help of a woman in the town and
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Speaker 2: the support of a community, they're able to overcome a
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Speaker 2: real troubling time of their life. And it's definitely one
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Speaker 2: of the few times that I cried in theaters this year. Now,
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Speaker 2: Sidney Sweeney had a rough year for me. She was
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Speaker 2: in two of my least favorite movies of the year,
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Speaker 2: but I really enjoyed her in Immaculate. I didn't think
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Speaker 2: she was the strong point in that movie. But this
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Speaker 2: is a sick, twisted film about the church and nunneries
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Speaker 2: and the devil, and it had one.
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Speaker 1: Of my favorite endings of the year.
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Speaker 2: It pulled no punches, and I love that, particularly when
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Speaker 2: it comes to horror movies. I want sick and twisted
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Speaker 2: and it doesn't have to be a happy ending when
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Speaker 2: it comes to a horror movie. In this movie, the
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Speaker 2: final scenes in this movie are just batshit crazy, So
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Speaker 2: definitely recommend the film Immaculate. The First Omen is another movie,
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Speaker 2: similar sort of story with a woman who wants to
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Speaker 2: become a nun and a baby is being born, and
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Speaker 2: it's fucked up as well. It has very similar notes.
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Speaker 2: I definitely enjoyed the ending more so Tour to Immaculate,
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Speaker 2: but both movies were fantastic and really well shot, well
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Speaker 2: directed movies, good acting in both of them. It was
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Speaker 2: a good year for horror. Abigail was another movie that
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Speaker 2: I would love to show. The movie Abigail, and I'm
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Speaker 2: not going to even spoil what it's about because maybe
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Speaker 2: you didn't see the previous but this is a movie
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Speaker 2: that starts out as one thing and then thirty minutes
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Speaker 2: into the movie it becomes a completely different thing, and
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Speaker 2: I wish trailers didn't spoil this sort of twist that
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Speaker 2: happens in the movie.
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Speaker 1: It's like the film from Dust Till Dawn.
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Speaker 2: It starts off as you know, these robbers kidnapping people,
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Speaker 2: but then it becomes a vampire, you know, deadly sort
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Speaker 2: of movie. And that's the same vein of Abigail, where
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Speaker 2: it starts off as something and then just becomes something
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Speaker 2: completely different. A real fun time at the movies was
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Speaker 2: had when watching Abigail. Civil War was a great film,
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Speaker 2: and I thought it was gonna be a little more
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Speaker 2: political from watching the trailers. Essentially, it's a civil war
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Speaker 2: happening in modern times and it really didn't lean towards
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Speaker 2: any agenda.
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Speaker 1: Which I thought was great.
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Speaker 2: It was about a couple of journalists covering the Civil
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Speaker 2: War that was happening and they need to go visit
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Speaker 2: the current president of the United States and just shit
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Speaker 2: hits the fan. You know, them trying to travel from
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Speaker 2: state to state, they encounter people from both sides.
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Speaker 1: There's war going on, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Speaker 2: I wish more people went to go see that movie.
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Speaker 2: Thelma was another movie based on a true story. It's
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Speaker 2: about a woman who gets scammed from you know, you know,
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Speaker 2: old people get phone calls, and she got scammed out
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Speaker 2: of her money, her life savings, and she goes on
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Speaker 2: this adventure to get revenge on the person that took
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Speaker 2: her money. And it's another one that's based on the
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Speaker 2: true story that.
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Speaker 1: I really enjoyed it.
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Speaker 2: It just goes to show you old people could still
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Speaker 2: get out there, they could still kick ass if need be.
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Speaker 2: Probably the most controversial movie of the year was the
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Speaker 2: documentary m I Racist.
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Speaker 1: I thought this movie was fantastic, and I think.
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Speaker 2: A lot of people aren't even gonna give this movie
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Speaker 2: the light of because the director is controversial. He has
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Speaker 2: said a bunch of controversial things. But I do think
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Speaker 2: this movie should be seen by everybody, particularly because there's
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Speaker 2: these anti racism workshops that these scammers essentially run, and
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Speaker 2: they'll have these dinners and charge people tens of thousands
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Speaker 2: of dollars to basically tell you how to not be racist.
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Speaker 2: But it just comes across insincere and they're just grifters.
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Speaker 1: They're trying to take your money.
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Speaker 2: I mean if you really felt this way and you're
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Speaker 2: so passionate about, you know, stopping racism, why would you
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Speaker 2: charge all this ridiculous.
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Speaker 1: Amount of money to teach you, you know, your learning.
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Speaker 1: So I think it should be seen.
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Speaker 2: I can understand why people wouldn't want to see it
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Speaker 2: because the guy is controversial, but it's a well made
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Speaker 2: documentary for sure, and it definitely should have been nominated
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Speaker 2: for an Academy Award or Golden Globe, and it's not
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Speaker 2: going to because the guy's just too controversial. Blink Twice
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Speaker 2: was great. Channing Tatum a really phenomenal performance.
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Speaker 1: This is sort of poking.
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Speaker 2: Light at I guess Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein. His character in
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Speaker 2: the movie, Channing Tatum is a famous person that does
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Speaker 2: something horrific and then he gets an island and sort
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Speaker 2: of just has retreats there and unwinds and tries to
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Speaker 2: change his past, but in reality he's just a piece
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Speaker 2: of crap. This has a very satisfying ending. It's an
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Speaker 2: fed up movie for sure, but definitely one of my favorites.
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Speaker 2: And Channing Tatum has proven he has some acting chops.
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Speaker 2: I thought he was fantastic in this one. So those
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Speaker 2: are some of my honorable mentions just missing the top
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Speaker 2: five would be Anora.
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Speaker 1: I love the film, but.
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Speaker 2: I mentioned a few times endings to movies and how
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Speaker 2: important that is to me. The ending of the movie
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Speaker 2: Anorra just didn't hit, but everything else was so good.
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Speaker 2: It's probably one of the funnier movies of the year.
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Speaker 2: It's a sick, twisted, dark comedy, and the lead actress
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Speaker 2: was beautiful.
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Speaker 1: She was brilliant.
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Speaker 2: And the basic story is this is a Cinderella type
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Speaker 2: of story where a woman who's a stripper. It's this
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Speaker 2: Russian billionaire who essentially just pays.
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Speaker 1: Her to be.
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Speaker 2: A sex worker, and then eventually he proposes to her,
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Speaker 2: but it turns out he's just some bratty, you know,
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Speaker 2: young kid that doesn't really even have a backbone, and
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Speaker 2: hilarity ensues and there's a chase going on and criminals
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Speaker 2: and it's definitely it just missed the top five.
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Speaker 1: It is a fantastic movie.
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Speaker 2: I just wasn't fully satisfied with the ending of Anora.
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Speaker 2: So those are my honorable mentions. Let's get to the
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Speaker 2: top five movies.
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Speaker 1: Of twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 2: Number five is a film called My Penguin Friend.
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Speaker 1: Why is a penguin in our home. It needs o help.
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Speaker 1: Look at this oil on you. I'll move. I always
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Speaker 1: get you clean.
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Speaker 2: It's penguin.
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Speaker 1: His name should be moving. This is such a sweet movie.
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Speaker 2: It's based on a true story. A lot of the
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Speaker 2: movies I've mentioned are based on true stories, and this
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Speaker 2: tells the story of a man who goes through a
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Speaker 2: tragedy in his life. And I'm not gonna say exactly
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Speaker 2: what happens because I want you guys.
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Speaker 1: To all see all of these movies.
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Speaker 2: He has a tragedy in his life and then a
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Speaker 2: couple of years later, years go by. He's an older
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Speaker 2: man and he happens to come across a penguin, but
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Speaker 2: he lives in Brazil. This penguin should not be here,
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Speaker 2: and the penguin's all aftop it has, you know, an
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Speaker 2: oil spill accident, and he has to rehabilitate this penguin
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Speaker 2: and he forms this bond with this penguin, and then
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Speaker 2: eventually he sends him off on his way so we
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Speaker 2: could go, you know, to a colder environment. But the
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Speaker 2: penguin returns the next year. And this happens for a
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Speaker 2: year after year after year, and it's it's just really heartwarming,
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Speaker 2: and there's trouble that happens. The penguin doesn't come back
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Speaker 2: one year and then and he goes on this rescue mission.
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Speaker 2: It's It's a movie that I would definitely recommend for everybody.
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Speaker 2: I think older people will enjoy this, younger kids would
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Speaker 2: enjoy this. It's heartwarming and it's just a smaller type
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Speaker 2: of movie. I wish more movies like this were made,
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Speaker 2: so definitely check it out. It's My Penguin Friend. Coming
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Speaker 2: in at number four on my list for best movies
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Speaker 2: of twenty twenty four is super Man The Christopher Reeves Story.
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Speaker 1: Mister Greeve currently has no movement for spontaneous respiration. Superman crazy.
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Speaker 1: Just that simple little thing over the horse. I'd ruined
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Speaker 1: my life and everybody else's. I won't fay able to
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Speaker 1: ski sale, throw them all the will won't be able
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Speaker 1: to make love to Dana. Maybe we should let me go.
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Speaker 2: What a heartbreaking story this was, and at the same
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Speaker 2: time it was also uplifting. This is a movie that
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Speaker 2: for people I don't know.
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Speaker 1: Who Christopher Reeve is. He's the guy who played.
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Speaker 2: Superman in the seventies eighties, and he had a horrific
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Speaker 2: accident on a horse in the nineties and became paralyzed.
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Speaker 2: And yeah, it sounds sad, and it definitely is, but
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Speaker 2: it also I think is an inspiring movie for sure,
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Speaker 2: because this guy who is a quadriplegic and seemingly just
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Speaker 2: gave up on life. You know, he didn't want to
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Speaker 2: live after finding out.
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Speaker 1: The news of this tragedy. By the way, this is.
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Speaker 2: A documentary for people who are wondering. And I don't know,
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Speaker 2: movies like this, they always make me feel like I
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Speaker 2: should never give up. And I think that's important because
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Speaker 2: I haven't dealt with anything that Christopher Reeve has dealt with,
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Speaker 2: but I've had my issues here and there, and every
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Speaker 2: now and then you just feel like, damn, I don't
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Speaker 2: know if I could go on anymore. But seeing this
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Speaker 2: guy who was once Superman and then was just you know,
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Speaker 2: a quadriplegic, and he said, you know what, I'm I'm
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Speaker 2: not going to give up. I am going to fight this.
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Speaker 2: I'm going to walk again one day and you know,
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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say what happens, but it's just it's
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Speaker 2: one of those movies where you look at your life
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Speaker 2: and you think if this guy can fight. We all
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Speaker 2: can fight, and it's an interesting story just his his
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Speaker 2: life even before this accident was very interesting because he
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Speaker 2: was Superman and then he wasn't really able to break
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Speaker 2: away from that role. He was typecast in the sense,
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Speaker 2: you know, as Superman, so to go from that story
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Speaker 2: which was already interesting, to his post life of you know,
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Speaker 2: being in a wheelchair and fighting and raising money and
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Speaker 2: awareness and there's controversies with stem cell research. He was
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Speaker 2: one of the big advocates for stem cell research. So
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Speaker 2: really great documentary. I'm hoping it wins the Oscar this
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Speaker 2: year for Best Documentary. And it is my number four
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Speaker 2: favorite movie of twenty twenty four. So for this list,
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Speaker 2: before we get to number three, I really just talked
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Speaker 2: about movies I saw in theaters, but I did want
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Speaker 2: to give a quick shout out to two of documentaries
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Speaker 2: that I did watch at home, and I guess I'd
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Speaker 2: say they're just as good as the Superman documentary, This
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Speaker 2: Christopher Reeve documentary, and one is Jim Henson idm Man,
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Speaker 2: which is on Disney Plus all about the life of
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Speaker 2: Jim Henson, who I think is an absolute genius. The
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Speaker 2: only issue I had with it. It should have been longer.
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Speaker 2: This should have been a multiple part documentary. It's only
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Speaker 2: just under two hours. It could have easily been a
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Speaker 2: multiple part, you know, eight hour documentary because there's a
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Speaker 2: lot of stuff they didn't touch upon. And then I
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Speaker 2: also love the John Williams documentary also on Disney Plus,
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Speaker 2: music by John Williams. After watching this, I'll say he's
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Speaker 2: the greatest film composer of all time. You know, I
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Speaker 2: love him, but I always loved James Horner a little
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Speaker 2: bit more, but after this documentary, he's such a genius
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Speaker 2: John Williams.
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Speaker 1: So definitely check out those two if you do.
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Speaker 2: Have Disney Plus. Let's move on to the number three
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Speaker 2: best movie of twenty twenty four, and.
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Speaker 1: It is The Wild Robot. Sometimes to survive, we must
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Speaker 1: become more than we were programmed to be.
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Speaker 2: I knew i'd love this movie right from the trailer.
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Speaker 2: It was actually one of my more anticipated, if not
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Speaker 2: my most anticipated movie of twenty twenty four, and it
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Speaker 2: did not disappoint at all.
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Speaker 1: The story of a robot that is.
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Speaker 2: Malfunctioned of sorts and sent off to a land where
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Speaker 2: it's not supposed to be in the forest with a
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Speaker 2: bunch of animals and all these animals are terrified of
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Speaker 2: this robot, but it has this heart of gold and
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Speaker 2: learns to become a mother of sorts to a young
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Speaker 2: goose who doesn't have a mother, And like my penguin friend,
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Speaker 2: it also has deeper meaning towards it. And it's a
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Speaker 2: movie that again, kids will enjoy, but I think parents
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Speaker 2: will also enjoy this movie. I know several parents that
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Speaker 2: took their kids to this movie that told me that
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Speaker 2: they were crying while while the movie. Particularly mothers, I
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Speaker 2: think we'll find this movie really heartwarming and emotional, especially
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Speaker 2: even if if you've had a like a miscarriage.
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Speaker 1: I know that sounds like sick and twisted.
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Speaker 2: How could this, you know, animated movie Wild Robot be
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Speaker 2: about something so dark, But if you've gone through, you know,
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Speaker 2: a childbirth that didn't work out, or if you know
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Speaker 2: somebody that was adopted, and I think that movie, this
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Speaker 2: movie will hit home really well. And it's animated beautifully,
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Speaker 2: voice cast thing is perfection, and it's just a really heartwarming,
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Speaker 2: engaging sort of story about a robot raising a goose
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Speaker 2: and trying to teach this goose how to fly and
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Speaker 2: how to migrate and I love movies like this. I
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Speaker 2: love the idea of this, this robot not being accepted
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Speaker 2: by the forest animals, but then eventually forming this bond
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Speaker 2: with all of them and fighting for their survival. And
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Speaker 2: it is heartwarming and it's heartbreaking and and it's perfect.
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Speaker 2: It's a fantastic movie. And that's why it is number
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Speaker 2: three on my list of best movies of twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 2: Let's move on to number two, Late Night with the Devil,
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Speaker 2: Well Night Owls. We've got a heck of a show
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Speaker 2: in store for you tonight, and I'm very excited for
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Speaker 2: you to.
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Speaker 1: See it all unfold before your very eyes. I really
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Speaker 1: hope you love it. God, I hope you love it.
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Speaker 1: Love it, you love it.
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Speaker 2: You don't really get too many movies set in the seventies,
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Speaker 2: and I love the history of television, especially those late
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Speaker 2: night shows from back then. You're Dick Cavitz and you're
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Speaker 2: Johnny Carson. So this plays into something that I'm already
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Speaker 2: interested in, mixing it in with the horror elements. It's
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Speaker 2: something that was catered perfectly for Justin Greenberg. And the
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Speaker 2: story is about a late night talk show host who
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Speaker 2: is failing. He doesn't have the numbers that he once had,
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Speaker 2: and he's had tragedy in his life. And it's Halloween
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Speaker 2: night and he wants to get a ratings boost, and
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Speaker 2: he decides to have some interesting guests on his show.
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Speaker 2: And the main thing I really love about this movie
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Speaker 2: is the way that it looks, because it's shot like
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Speaker 2: a seventies talk show, and I thought that was such
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Speaker 2: a unique sort of way to go about making a movie.
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Speaker 2: So this talk show host invites a girl who claims
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Speaker 2: to be possessed by the devil. On the show, there's
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Speaker 2: somebody on the show that is a skeptic for you know,
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Speaker 2: what's actually happening, And I don't want to get into
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Speaker 2: too much of what actually happens, but that's the basic plot.
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Speaker 2: And the acting is great. Like I said, the visuals
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Speaker 2: are fantastic. I know there was a minor controversial thing
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Speaker 2: because they used AI For like a split second, I
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Speaker 2: didn't see that this was anything that would be controversial
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Speaker 2: at all, if I'm gonna be honest with you. But
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Speaker 2: it's definitely a movie I think, out of all the
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Speaker 2: movies that I've mentioned so far, it's the movie I
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Speaker 2: want to watch again. And I'm gonna eventually watch all
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Speaker 2: these movies again, but this is the one I want
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Speaker 2: to watch, like right now, because it's been a while.
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Speaker 2: I think it came out February or so, and it's
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Speaker 2: really really good, and I bet you there's things that
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Speaker 2: I missed.
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Speaker 1: I don't know if all these movies are for everybody.
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Speaker 2: That's another thing. These are my personal movies. I think
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Speaker 2: something like this people would enjoy, but I think there
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Speaker 2: are elements of it that they wouldn't enjoy, where something
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Speaker 2: like My Penguin Friend I think would be acceptable for everybody.
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Speaker 2: I think if you watch the Christopher Reeve documentary and
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Speaker 2: you didn't like it, I think something's actually mentally wrong
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Speaker 2: with you. If you watch Late Night with the Devil
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Speaker 2: and didn't like it, I could understand that. I could,
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Speaker 2: because it does get a little.
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Speaker 1: Bit weird at the end, But weird is good. I
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Speaker 1: like weird.
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Speaker 2: Like I said at the beginning, this is a movie
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Speaker 2: that I think was catered particularly for people that like
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Speaker 2: the type of movies that I like. And that's why
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Speaker 2: I have Late Night with the Devil at number two.
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Speaker 1: But what is number one?
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Speaker 2: Let's find out my number one movie of twenty twenty
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Speaker 2: four is the Substance?
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Speaker 1: Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? Younger,
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Speaker 1: more beautiful, more perfect.
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Speaker 2: We talked about The Substance a few weeks ago on
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Speaker 2: the show with my buddy Antonio, and we both loved
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Speaker 2: this movie and thinking about it even more so as
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Speaker 2: the months have gone on since I've actually seen the movie.
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Speaker 2: It had to be number one. It just had to be.
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Speaker 2: Everything about it is again catered towards me. It's sick,
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Speaker 2: it's twisted, it's funny, it's a dark comedy for people
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Speaker 2: that don't know the basic plot of the Substance is
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Speaker 2: there's this down on her luck actress.
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Speaker 1: And that's actually interesting that.
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Speaker 2: I've talked about that, you know, Christopher Reeve being a
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Speaker 2: down on his luck, you know, sort of actor and
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Speaker 2: not being able to get work the Late Night with
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Speaker 2: the Devil host being you know, a host that was
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Speaker 2: once more famous than he once was. And that's sort of,
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Speaker 2: you know, similar with The Substance, because there's this actress
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Speaker 2: who was really famous in the eighties and she's become
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Speaker 2: this sort of workout guru, I guess Richard Simmons type
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Speaker 2: of you know, a character that presents workout videos and
19:04
Speaker 2: she's lost her fame. She was once youing on top
19:07
Speaker 2: of the world. Now she's bottom of the barrel. And
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Speaker 2: she's older, and in Hollywood, the older you are, particularly
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Speaker 2: if you're a woman, you lose out on jobs. So
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Speaker 2: there's a lot of allegories for this movie pointing out
19:20
Speaker 2: some of the hypocrisies in Hollywood and some of the
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Speaker 2: body issues that I guess some actresses go through and
19:26
Speaker 2: actors as well. So this woman she sees that she's
19:30
Speaker 2: being phased out, and she finds out about this breakthrough
19:34
Speaker 2: treatment called the substance, which makes another version of her
19:40
Speaker 2: pop out of her back. I know that sounds super
19:43
Speaker 2: weird and it might not make sense, but another version
19:46
Speaker 2: of her gets to live their own life. But they
19:50
Speaker 2: are one that has to be. You know, said that
19:52
Speaker 2: they are the same person. But it's so confusing when
19:57
Speaker 2: speaking it, but if you're watching it, you'll understand exactly
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Speaker 2: what's going on. Again, I think this could also represent
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Speaker 2: something like a maybe like an addiction, because when when
20:09
Speaker 2: you're taking medication and you're or addicted to a medication
20:14
Speaker 2: or addicted to pills or drugs or booze, you become
20:17
Speaker 2: someone else, but you are the same person. I could
20:20
Speaker 2: definitely see the writer and director thinking that there are
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Speaker 2: symbolisms and allegories as I mentioned for other things.
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Speaker 1: But basically, you know what, I'm gonna go to the Wikipedia.
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Speaker 2: Maybe they'll have a better explanation as the exactly you know,
20:35
Speaker 2: the rules of what's going on in the substance. So
20:39
Speaker 2: the two bodies must switch consciousness every seven days without exception,
20:44
Speaker 2: with the inactive body remaining unconscious and fed intravenously with
20:48
Speaker 2: a weekly food supply. Daily injections of a stabilizer fluid
20:53
Speaker 2: extracted from the original body are necessary to prevent yourself
20:57
Speaker 2: from deteriorating. But like I said, this is just a
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Speaker 2: movie that touches upon getting older and the length that
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Speaker 2: you will go to to stay young. So for women
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Speaker 2: in Hollywood getting plastic surgery, taking experimental drugs, euro zen Fix,
21:15
Speaker 2: all these sort of things that have come out in
21:17
Speaker 2: recent years, this is, you know, shedding light on that
21:21
Speaker 2: in a weird, twisted body horror sort of way. And
21:24
Speaker 2: then the final act of this movie is just batshit
21:27
Speaker 2: crazy and it's everything I love.
21:30
Speaker 1: I love these types.
21:31
Speaker 2: Of crazy body horror eighties types films. You know, your
21:35
Speaker 2: movies like the Thing and the Fly. If you like
21:38
Speaker 2: movies like that, you'll definitely love the last act of
21:41
Speaker 2: this movie. But the acting is fantastic. The music is
21:44
Speaker 2: my favorite. It's my favorite score of the year. Visually,
21:47
Speaker 2: it's an amazing looking movie. I got vibes of the
21:50
Speaker 2: Shining for sure. There's a lot of hallway scenes that
21:53
Speaker 2: got me feeling like the shining and the colors and
21:56
Speaker 2: the music and the women are beautiful, and it's everything
22:00
Speaker 2: I loved about the movie, particularly when everything just fucking
22:04
Speaker 2: gets crazy at the end.
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Speaker 1: It's one of those movies that.
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Speaker 2: I personally can't wait to watch again and again and again,
22:13
Speaker 2: and that is why it is my number one favorite
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Speaker 2: movie of twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 1: Check out all these movies.
22:20
Speaker 2: I don't know if the substance is for everybody, but
22:23
Speaker 2: if you like fucked up shit, you'll definitely enjoy that movie. Now,
22:27
Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you next week what movies to avoid,
22:32
Speaker 2: because I'm gonna have my top five worst movies of
22:35
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. And maybe we can have another Chipmunk,
22:37
Speaker 2: perhaps introduce the show.
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Speaker 1: I don't know. I heard Theodore is a big fan
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Speaker 1: of the film Reel. Thank you all for listening so long,