Akira + Onslaught + The Runner + More Reviews

0:00This is Belie, one network, every topic, everywhere. Happy Blue Beach, we're fed. Happy Friday, everyone. I'm Chris Gore, and I'm in a good mood, so it's a weird Friday. Let us start you off on your Labor Day weekend. We've got lots of news. We've also got reviews of Gal Gadot in the runner. We'll be talking Akira, not only the movie Akira, Akira, the documentary and upcoming documentary. Plus other reviews and movies like on-slot among others. And a review of an interview with the filmmakers behind an upcoming movie called I Voted. Yes, that's right. Election season is upon us. Let's get Alan Ng in here. Where is he? Alan. Alan. Alan. Alan. Alan. Alan. Alan.

1:02Hey, man. We literally have a big show today. We do. I mean, it's so packed. There's a lot of stuff going on. We thought, well, it's Labor Day weekend. We're going to have a quick show. It'll be night. No. This is the show's got. We've got so much to do. So let's say hi to the people before we get started. There's a lot. Yeah, let's do this. Yeah. That naps key just became a YouTube member. I felt like you've been a YouTube member. The hook man also became a YouTube member. Kung Fu hotdog for five. Thank God it's Friday's gents. Gents. Did you hear the rumor about the 2000s in the 2000s that Leo de Caprio was I'd to play Akira in the live action film. Happy 169 dudes. Yes. We officially celebrating at the moment or we're celebrating. We did. We'll get we'll get to it. We'll get to it.

2:03We'll get to it. We'll get to it. Yeah, a D good heart. Remember, I mean, it's going to come out of the super jazz. Yeah, well, let's just leave Eric's in five jewels. Go team. A room charm. And I'd like to wish Michael Keaton Freddie Mercury, Jesse James and King Louis the 14th of France. I have a birthday tomorrow. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone. Well, yes, I you might have you might have. And also. A Lord, says like, share, subscribe, hit that bell for notifications. Sign up as a member. Join us on X discord rumble and insta by our merchant shop dot film threat dot com. Yes. Make sure you do that shop dot film threat dot com. You can get the very shirt. I'm wearing now. That's the. The Dunes Day shirts celebrating Dune and Avengers. Dune's day opening on the same day. Get your Dune's day shirt at shop dot film threat dot com.

3:07And also want to remind people very important news. You got to submit. If you're a filmmaker, submit to award this. That's right. The submission deadline is September 30th. Go to film threat dot com. There's a button there that says submit submit your movie. You will be reviewed on film threat dot com. You'll get your movie reviewed on film threat dot com. You will be eligible to be nominated in our annual awards event on February 6th, 2027. We do it at the Frida cinema in Santa Ana, California. But the submission deadline is. September 30th and Alan wants me to always remind people you can also go to award this dot com and get all the details eligibility and watch the past shows. So check that out. It's very important. You submit because Alan keeps saying, why don't you remind people about our awards event. I'm reminding them right now.

4:16I'm telling you what you want to say about it, Alan. I can't hear you. I can't hear you, Alan. At all. And your film has been released. I believe this year is the release date, the December 31st or you know through December 31st, if you your film is in commercial release on VOD or even just on YouTube or any streaming service like to be your eligible. There needs to be a way for people to see your move. Right. So like if you're on the festival circuit, you know, you have to wait to actually get distribution really. Yeah, but you can still get reviewed and be eligible when you are being distributed. Yeah. So yeah, we'll remind people throughout the month about this, but it's really important. If you're a filmmaker, you have a friend who's a filmmaker. Have them send us your movie. Yeah. And I will say this year, I mean already this year, it's, it's a pretty strong competition.

5:20Yeah, we have, we've got a lot of really amazing nominees. Yeah. So can't wait to tell you about those movies. Yeah. Just want to remind people also this is not a birthday stream. My birthday is tomorrow, September 5th. And I share a birthday with some really amazing people. I'm really at the, you know, I'm at the point where like it's like, yes, it's very. Thank you very much. It's my birthday. I appreciate the birthday wishes. I don't need a lot of presents, but I have to thank Alan because a package did arrive for me. And Alan, I got to, you know me very well. Gavin Newsom, Yeah. Like her ass with that. I'm not losing. And the way, wait, wait, wait, wait, I got to show this. And then some dude prints that you sent me. And then so I hope it fits. Amazing card that Alan sent. I know it's from Alan because it has like a Disney thing. I want to read Alan's card here.

6:22Okay, shit. This is not from Alan. It's from Laurie. Oh, I. It's from Laurie sent me this. What Alan can't, Laurie sent it. By the way, I have a much larger skewbidi toilet figure I can give you. Yeah, here's the card that atomic Laurie sent me. Happy birthday, Chris. You know what? You know, you got me the same thing I got you. Nothing. We don't get better. First of all, atomic Laurie, amazing. I can't tell you behind the scenes how much work she does. And we have, I actually have fun working together when it's not super stressful, which generally comes from me being stressed out. My friends and I, we used to have this birthday 20. And that whenever it was someone's birthday, we just passed them the 20. $1.20 bill. The same one. Yeah, exactly.

7:22But yeah, in fact, atomic Laurie is working on a secret project that will reveal later this month. That is, I'm very excited to talk to you guys all about, which is our. Companion book of film threat, all the issues of film threat ever published in digital form, a digital complete digital archive and a hardcovered coffee table book will be doing a limited run of these books. So get ready and atomic Laurie is work, work tirelessly on this project. So I'm excited. But and thank you for all the birthday wishes. I'm going to save the birthday. Any birthday chat comments. So from now on of the show. From now on, do not mention Chris's birthday. Yeah, so it's no. Do not acknowledge it anymore throughout the rest of the show. It's done. I've got a great birthday plan. It's I'm going to see John the. My strobe of the movies, celebrating the music of John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl.

8:26I'm going tonight. I'm bringing a backpack filled with white claws. And and we're just going to have fun and watch the I go I go every year. The there are still tickets available. It's cheap. It's cheap. I am because he's not going to be there. That's that's the reason I. I know he's been there in years past. I know he did the I don't book in Cherto. I don't think he'll be there this year, but who doesn't love the music of John Williams. I've. I just love that man so much. Yeah, but bigger news here. Thank you. We made it. We made it. Thanks to you. 169,000 subscribers. We did it. You pushed us over the edge. We were about a hundred away. I did a post. We were yesterday. We were 69 away from 169,000. I know we couldn't get to 169,000. It was going to suck.

9:26Yeah, well, I appreciate your sacrifice, Alan. We wouldn't have made it without. Well, folks, we did it. Now on to 500,000. I mean, that's amazing, but you wouldn't believe the people coming by to pay their respects to film threat for this achievement. It's pretty amazing. You're not going to believe it. I didn't believe it until I saw it. Film threat. Just wanted to swing by and say congrats on hitting 169,000 subscribers. That's no small fee. Especially in a world where everyone's got an opinion on movies and not all of them are worth listening to. You guys keep it sharp, honest, and entertaining, and it shows. While you're celebrating, do me a solid and give my upcoming movie, Dune, a watch. I'd love to hear what the film threat crew thinks once the sand settles. And of course, keep doing what you do. Do you believe that?

10:27Wow. I think it's amazing. I mean, you could tell. That was authentic. Well, you know, as authentic as AI can do, we appreciate Leo Cody helping us out with these videos. You can't even do the bedroom here. Let's really push the celebration. Let's go. 169. 169. Is that how we met? That is not how we met at all. Oh my god. Well, no, we appreciate all of you. I can't believe even our videos are starting to perform better.

11:28Yeah. And we're getting more. Because we hit that magical 169,000. It's an amazing achievement. And I'm very proud. So. And just no, this is like, look, the show has evolved. And while I'll never go and watch our early shows, because I remember how we struggled to figure out we didn't know like what was the format? How do we interact? What did you think? To some nails that this everything about those early don't, in fact, please don't watch any episode older than a year. Is pretty bad. Well, I'm out. So when we got 169,000 people to subscribe to the channel, we appreciate all of you and appreciate when you. are so generous with us. So thank you very much. Truly from the bottom of my heart. Well, I should say actually the bottom of Alan's heart.

12:28My heart is pretty black and solace at this stage. But what can you say? But no, and it gets, it's where it's really fun to do this. It's really fun. It's like I'm hanging out with my friends and Alan. Yes. And with you, my friend and boss. I know you love that word. I hate that word. I always say, don't call me boss. Tell people we work together. That's why I'm looking at we hit 69,000 back in March of 2023. So that's three and a half years ago. Wow. That was a big celebration too. Yeah, right. That's right. That's right. So now the next celebration is going to be 269,000. We will only celebrate every time we hit like 269,000. We will probably celebrate 269,000 before six and then 1,069,000.

13:31Yeah, that's right. Well, I hope we make it someday. Hey, lots of news. Let's get to it. Joseph Conn writes, maybe Paramount Warner's Good Leave LA. Joseph Conn, if you follow him on X, which you should, he is an amazing follow. He is a very common sense guy when it comes to industry. He wrote a very controversial article called Bring Back the Hollywood Asshole, which I think people didn't understand kind of a joke. But he really lays down the common sense when it comes to what's happening in entertainment. A successful director we've had on the show. Alan, you've got notes for this story from the Hollywood reporter. This is an op ed written by Joseph. What does he say? Okay. So from his voice, Paramount Warner Brothers leaving LA would be devastating for Hollywood,

14:31but probably not for Paramount itself. David Ellison isn't really buying a bunch of buildings and sound stages. He's buying the IP, branches like Harry Potter, Laura The Rings, DC, Game of Thrones and Star Trek are worth vastly more than the physical infrastructure. And the intellectual property can be exploited from practically anywhere, where I think this becomes a real dangerous for is for LA. The city's production ecosystem is already struggling with vendors going out of business and crew members leaving the industry. Paramount Warner Brothers actually moves out. I think it could become the spark that causes other studios and production companies to seriously reconsider staying in California. I also think it's important to remember how much the entertainment industry expanded during the streaming booth. Before COVID, there was an incredible amount of production happening. While plenty of that content probably never needed to exist, it created a huge number of jobs. What really concerns me is that California could be making the same mistake other states have been benefiting from.

15:36Companies have been leaving California for places with lower costs and friendlier business environments. And the entertainment industry is not immune to that trend. If California makes it increasingly difficult or expensive to operate here, eventually companies are going to stop asking whether they want to leave and start asking why they should stay. Paramount Warner Brothers can take its IP anywhere. Los Angeles can't take its entire Hollywood ecosystems. LA can't take its entire Hollywood ecosystem somewhere else. That's the part I think California politicians need to understand. If Paramount leaves, the company will be probably fine. The real question is whether Hollywood will still be fine without Paramount in Los Angeles. That's the big question. Paramount, especially if they're talking about moving to Austin, Texas. Do you know how many like there's a film there are a couple film studios already in Austin sound stages. You know, trouble maker studios Robert Rodriguez is located in Austin.

16:40So is Richard Linklitter. So are people like Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock live in Austin. It's a really it's Austin is very much like LA with also some of LA's problems, but Austin, Texas, completely have Paramount relocate. And I think moving is a good thing because it will change the culture that movies won't be so centered on what's happening on the West Coast, right? It'll it'll ground even though frankly Austin is a lot like Los Angeles, very liberal city. But I think it's it's a good thing to diversify. It will destroy Hollywood. So Paramount exits Paramount will be fine. But you're going to lose all the people who depended on, you know, the freelance work working six months of the year to make a full time wage that lasts a year.

17:42Those people are in trouble. Those people are going to have to find other careers or move along, move along with Paramount. And it will decentralize Hollywood. Now this is not unprecedented. You know, we see the center of entertainment in America as Hollywood. That's not the case. Say in India where they have we think all Indian movies from India are Bollywood. There's also a Hollywood and there's there's about seven different sort of centers of different filmmaking centers in India. Very large country. So make sense in America. It's always been centered in Hollywood. That's going to change. And it really is the short-sightedness of Rob Bonta, who's being pressured by not only Karen Bass and Gavin Newsome and. Xavier Bassera who's running.

18:43Xavier Bassera. Sorry about that. Xavier Bassera. Are all pressuring Bonta. It's just drop it. Let the merger go through. We need the business. But if Paramount leaves. I mean, where it's located on Nauru, Zavini. You can go there. I've been on the lot. I pass by a lot. I pass by it. You see the those iconic towers. I've been on the lot for screenings. I've gone to the commissary to meet friends. We're working at Paramount. It's got a beautiful, beautiful theater where they've done events. I saw Star Trek, the motion picture there. I saw Titanic at a screening in the in the late 90s at that theater. It's a beautiful, beautiful lot. And the surrounding restaurants have all suffered. Lucy's Elidobia across the street from Paramount is shuttered. Like iconic restaurants.

19:45It's very sad to see what's happening to my adopted city, Los Angeles, you know, being from Detroit. And having left Michigan, seeing the problems of Detroit, seeing the migrate here is horrible for me to witness. I don't think Joseph Khan is saying anything radical. This is very reasonable. Paramount will be fine. He's being prophetic. He's being prophetic. Yeah. Yeah. Hollywood will die. Alan, what do you think? Yeah. I agree. Holly. I think it's. Well, this election will say a lot. The midterms here, especially when we get a. When we get a new governor and depending on who that new governor is. I think it's a lot of things. But the reality of the situation is that the politicians in LA and Sacramento, they don't care. You know, it's keeping Hollywood and California is more an ego thing than an actual. You know, we desire to have the entertainment industry be based in in Hollywood.

20:47They just they don't care because if they care, they would make it easier to make productions here. To produce productions here. The reason why it was so convenient was. You know, if you work on a movie, if you're a director, a writer, a cameraman, whatever. It was all centralized. So you could work for Paramount one day, work for Warner Brothers another day, work for Disney, another day. And the issue there is now going to be they're going to spread out across the country, across the workload. And now these people are going to basically become journeyman and fly to wherever they need to go to get that job. But at the moment, you know, someone just I heard someone just say that uncertainty is the destruction, you know, is the is a callus of destruction for any business. Because we don't know what what the government with California, what LA is going to do for Hollywood. And so why invest money? You know, they're just going to see what's going to happen and make decisions based on that.

21:47And I can tell you, if the current powers at B stay, they're gone. Everyone's going to go. Well, I mean, what people forget is that most jobs on a film set are middle class jobs, PAs, grips, like script supervisor. These are middle class jobs. And they're not full time jobs. They're freelance jobs. So yeah, executives and actors, those are ones getting money. And those are the ones that they focus on on why, you know, the people they need to attack. And yep, it's the it's the average guy who's going to get screwed here. Let's tell you guys forgot to play our news open or the cold open about the news. We have another we have another news story breaking news. And we'll get to your comments. I'm in the mood for news whenever I hear that little stinger there.

22:48I'm in the mood. Some big news here. I called it. AMC theaters launches Indy distribution label. They own the theaters. This is from variety. AMC theaters launches Indy distribution label Lee Wood films veteran Hollywood execs to advise. This is exciting news. AMC has all these movie theaters. They've got smaller screens. And they could take say a little independent film thrown on a screen on a Tuesday. Maybe call it Indy Tuesday. Charge fiber eight bucks. And and they can give distribution to smaller indies. I think this is really smart. We've seen this year. You know, back rooms and obsession obsession. A $750,000 movie that beat a star wars movie at the box office went on to make hundreds of millions of dollars.

23:54Is a surprise and everyone is looking at. What could be the next breakout hit what's in this story that is not the headline down. And AMC theaters is getting into independent film distribution. But the new venture called Lee Wood films named after the Kansas City city. The Kansas City where amc is headquarters. Lee Wood would acquire films that were already completed or fully financed by their filmmakers. Then use amc's network theater network marketing resources and distribution expertise to get those movies into theaters across the United States and internationally. The company is being advised by three veteran executives. Lee Wood could create some interesting tension in the indie film world. The company will likely compete for films for at film festivals alongside established distributors. Although although AMC and CIS Lee Wood is meant to be additive rather than a competitor to the existing studio relationships.

24:54There are also questions about how much money AMC will put behind marketing these films. Well, they've got the apparatus. Okay, they've got the screens and you know, they do this discount Tuesday, which I love going on like a Monday to see the mystery movie because the mystery movie they don't charge people may not know this. It's a discount price. If you go see the mystery Monday movie, you don't know what movie you're going to see. I think it's like eight bucks. I think so and they're always packed. Yeah, interesting. Yeah, but there's I mean, like it's so exciting where we are now that the theaters can just say, you know what, we're going to take a chance on say some small indies and see what how they could perform. I've got some interesting. Let me let me show this real quick and share with you. This is the global box office, Warner Brothers 5% paramount 4.5 were surpass surpassed by a 24 5.5% this summer.

26:03First time an indie distributor ends a summer ahead of a big five studio. Okay, but look at these numbers. Let me bring this up. So this is universal, you know, over a billion Disney over a billion Sony nearly a billion. Well, that's, you know, summer's not over. This is older, but look at okay, you've got universal Disney Sony Lionsgate a 24 at number five. Number six Warner Brothers bad year for them. Paramount number seven. Number eight Amazon MGM. What at number nine? Angel studios with 57 million and look at that at number 10. Number 10, fathom entertainment. They put out indies. They put out, you know, re releases of classic movies like Wizard of Oz or 10 Commandments among others. This is where we are now. That a significant portion of the box office are older movies and indies.

27:10And look at that a 24 at number five. That is exciting. I'm, you know, we're all about supporting independent film and trying to get you out of the, you know, Disney Marvel Star Wars. Disney Marvel Star Wars. If you only watched Disney Marvel Star Wars, I can understand why you would be depressed because most of it is slop and crap. It just is break out of that. See a small indie movie. You know, and they're not all great. They're not all gems. I try to tell you about the better ones. But they really are making a mark and AMC is, you know, putting their money where their mouth is by supporting them. Any thoughts on this Alan? I'm sure you have a lot. Yeah. You see more indie movies than I do even. Yeah, I see way too many. But it's the.

28:11I've been saying the last two, three years distribution is the current nut to crack for indie filmmakers. And this just opens that nut a little bit wider. The fact that AMC is now willing to at least purchase or again to look attractive distribution deals with indie films. And I think it's a great thing. You know, so Sony has the Alamo draft house now. There's another place to get your movie scene, you know, Bruce Campbell is doing the Alamo draft house tour to promote Ernie and Emma. And we even if you go back, we interviewed the director of the mean one, which was the the Grinch who stole Christmas horror film. And basically he got distributed because regal bought his movie, put it out in theaters on Halloween. It performed exceptionally well that they extended it to Christmas. I mean, that's a terrifying another one where they did not have traditional distribution. They got it themselves.

29:12And so you know, this is this is great news because, you know, as much as we hate to see the studios leave la I do like seeing the playing field. Be coming more and more lovel. Like they're not all sexy stories of session and, and back rooms those are kind of sexy stories because new young filmmakers making it gallery filmmakers, making movies or Genzi So that's and they also roast North in the in the hundreds of millions each. Okay, but some stories are less sexy You know like a terrifying to making 10 million but that movie was made for under a million dollars and grossing I think was more than that like 20 million you could look it up It's a multi million not as sexy of a story to the trades. Oh movie made 20 million dollars big deal But to a filmmaker that made their movie for under a million. That's amazing. That means the people that are sharing the profits get paid

30:18That means the investors who took a risk and put up the money get their money back plus some so it's better. It's a an investment so I am very encouraged by this and kudos to AMC and There's CEO who I follow on X listen. Let's also not forget Fathom events is is distributing the like a movie a wildwood. Yes, and the Jimmy Stewart biopic Yeah, coming out later this fall so fathom even fathom has has is growing to the point where now they're not only Putting out classics but producing their own original stories Yeah Let's go to your comments because we got a lot of movies to review. Oh crap. There's a lot of comments dang it What are you doing to me? Let's go let's get through this. Let's do it. Just hit one a D good hard remember for 29 and nine months The grads on hitting 169 now onto 200k

31:21Shuxi happy 169 Chris and Alan always great to see you guys on Friday Let's let's for people joining well folks. We did it now on to 500,000 I just like seeing I just like seeing Alan blow up. I know I'm that sexy dams long distress there Marco CCS 169K Thank you very much Box office brawler 199 and choose to the great Alan and Chris I thought it was Chris and Alan. Oh, sorry. Thanks, bro. Thanks, bro. I sent brawler a gift package. I like to give presents I don't like receiving them. I don't like receiving them Alan got my favorite like you like your regifting Yeah, Alan got my favorite thing for my birthday nothing Nothing by appreciate Lori's gift

32:21Again the same thing you got me The Gavin the Gavin toilet paper the Gavin toilet paper she gave me I am actually gonna use this yeah actually on the memory channel Wipe your ass with it. Should I do that for members only For members only I'm gonna use this Gavin Newsom toilet paper That atomic Lori so generously got me why right waste that toilet paper? Yeah Plus you wouldn't be the first ass user and you missed the last one To the last one oh, I missed it. I passed over it. Yeah, I'm sorry. Okay, go back I don't want to get a five film their membership. Thank you. Okay. Oh Defero Maddox for five by the way, so no there were no boobs in the 169 celebration because You don't know what a 69 is Uh gefero Maddox for five. I finally ordered the old school film threat t-shirt Anyway, you can start making long sleeves of them I want them to be my movie theater attire. Yes, that'd be a good atomic Lori get on it by request the classic film threat logo

33:28As designed in the 80s. It's very punk rock by the way long sleeve and hoodie Long sleeve and hoodie Lori get on it By request it's gonna happen gefer Grapho for two for fuck sake cancel hashtag cancel Disney plus Uh also graph web gives us two jewels superstar A so cal Dan for 20 happy birthday, Chris go grab a pizza tomorrow You read my mind. I was salivating over Pets of videos. I watch uh this food reviews channel Uh who reviewed the latest dominoes pizza gave it a bad review, but maybe hungry. Thank you. I'm gonna get one. Thanks So I've been watching priscute videos uh graph up for two 169k Celebration sponsored by hashtag cancel Disney plus Thank you very much super moron 500 jewels watermelon. I don't what is one of them? TK Monet for 499 the Odyssey beat spider-man on the Wednesday at the box office

34:32Really highlighting how much of a bust it is a three hour r-rated flop unless then a thousand theater I cannot believe that is a flop flop uh lord confr2gg on 169 gg. What's gg? Okay, uh market spend Uh, was that gigs and gamers? Uh market spend happy early birthday, Chris But I hope paramount and other studios leave. I actually agree at this point. I hope they leave I mean, and it's a warning to other states Um, but I don't want them to leave But yeah Well, there's a famous like some politician tweeted at Elon Musk Something about his company and he just said message received you replied and left Like Yeah, I hope I hope paramount leaves You know uh the interest spectam of course they should leave LA the historical momentum of infrastructure is all that they have

35:33But it's not accessible infrastructure anymore when it's cheaper To build a new than use LA time to go. Yeah, I agree with that could have come to Orange County They could have hey, we have a lot of films to review And we have special guests joining us to talk about their film So let's get uh, we should review Ernie and Emma first. Let's do that. Alan are you ready to review movies? Yes Oh Let's talk about Ernie and Emma this movie is written and directed by Bruce Campbell the much beloved Bruce Campbell Who didn't interview on this channel look at the film threat interviews channel to find the full clip of Bruce Campbell's interview this film is I jokingly say it's like It's like Bruce Campbell meets the loving dead

36:34Because he plays a guy named Ernie whose wife has recently passed away She passed away too soon He was the one who was always an ailing health from drinking too much and live in kind of a hard life And we see the now single Ernie Who is the pair he's known as the pair guy Because he for years was the spokesperson for a brand of pairs. That's how he's known And from Pear Valley Oregon that's where he lives Exactly and that's where the movie is shot and he He's he's receiving a whole bunch of receiving a whole bunch of letters of condolences from people who You know knew him and his wife and he receives a A box of letters from his wife posthumously She wants her ashes spread in certain key places that are Integral to their journey in life together as a couple so where they first met

37:38Where they where they where he proposed to her the place where he proposed Other sort of key places and each letter From Emma tells him a place she should go he should go or a thing he should do It's to try to get him out of this funk as he's you know, wallowing Now you know over her passing Now hearing this sounds kind of depressing but Bruce Campbell's making it It's funny. It's heartfelt. It's it uh Honestly, I got choked up a couple times. I never thought I never thought the guy that made me laugh And wince uh look he get gruesome things like you know the resident demons and spirits and You know chain saws and hands being chopped off like I never thought this guy could make me cry

38:38so i'm Like amazed It's also very personal. It's a story. I think that might appeal to People later in life, you know I have friends who have passed on who I talk about a lot my friend john schnip passed away in 2018 I was friends with him for 30 plus years You had kind of an ongoing discussion about jack Kirby and the fantastic four we just pick up every time And so kind of when you when when you Are aware of that and how precious life is this movie means a lot more to me So a strong recommend from me not only as a Bruce Campbell fan But just also for this story and and also there's some great cameos Ted Ramy is in it There's some other really good cameos in this film and uh, I just really enjoyed it It's one of those sweet indie movies and I would recommend uh, I recommended To everyone so it's it's in theaters today

39:42But it's rolling out on a tour that will take place over the next several months So playing in alamo drafts frat houses all over the country It's part of a tour that Bruce Campbell will be live At many of the screenings so go to the alamo draft house website I loved it Alan. I know you reviewed it for the site. What do you? Yeah, I loved it as well um Yeah, I've lived a fortunate life Weirdly enough When for the first first 50 years of my life um, you know being Asian uh, you know, I've never really experienced death of loved ones my parents my grandparents And but once I hit 50 Everyone just started dying on me You see that because you live a live along Asian to try my dad's my father long my dad my mom lived to 88 my dad lived to 92 You know that my grandparents both lived beyond their 90s I mean, this is this is what we do as Asians we just live forever

40:46But at 50 um Yeah, people just started dying on me and um and watching Ernie and Emma Uh, I was like weeping throughout the first half of the movie um like when um my mom passed There's a point in the movie where Ernie has Emma's earn in his car and he starts yelling at her basically saying that You I was supposed to be going to go first and yeah, I had a conversation with my dad when my mom passed Because my dad is it was at that time in horrible shape and my mom was taking care of him and then my mom overnight just passed away and um and he was like uh It was it was weird, but he was uh, you know, I should have gone first and he goes I probably have two good years in me and and he was right And um and then you know and then my wife's situation that that's always a touch and go thing And so you know I think uh you're right in the sense that I think this is gonna hit older people like you and me more than you know

41:48I watched the 30 years ago um and and it really he really goes through the You know the things involved in dying of or having people pass around you And it is that question that Alden may ask is Emma realizes that Sent these letters to basically say to To remember the past and remember the good times they had and some of the bad times But also to move on and that's kind of what this is you know not to wallow and dwell in the passing of someone you hold so dear But really had giving being given the permission to say you know Continue on with life, you know now's not the time to stop yourself um and Great movies of the ones you connect to I connected with this one. It's a great movie Yeah, I agree and some of the best scenes are The funnier scenes are in the beginning where it's Bruce Campbell by himself making bloody marries and drinking too much and being a slob and

42:49and having being sort of Directionless and and then this journey is You know his deceased wife takes him on kind of brings him brings him back to life in a way So a strong recommend yeah from from both of us. Yeah, I mean we talked about these Actors who have become filmmakers and in doing the first I am grateful that Bruce Campbell decided to make a drama His first movie had not a horror film And no one else seems to be doing horror films. Yeah, you brought up your parents passing away Do you realize I was with you both times? Yeah, you were out We were on a live stream when your mother passed away and I was with you in Vegas at cinema camp When you heard your father you were in your feet from me when I got the news Yeah, so the the mess underlying messes don't hang out with me. Yeah, please if you have someone sick and that you love Stay away from Chris. Yeah, don't hang out. It's a grim reaper Let's go through through

43:49Ah, let's go to a few comments here, but we're gonna do limited comments because we have so many films to review and Interviews Plenty of films Steve Lorney And hopefully we have Alan for such a long time too. Yeah, I hope so too Uh, Kenneth Mershant Will the movie release internationally on cinema or on streaming? I think the tour is what will say Whether it goes beyond just look up the website. I believe it's Ernie and Emma the movie.com or just look up Ernie and Emma Yeah, he talks about it in the interview the nerd far away Chris Alan. There is going to hit This is going to hit a very large audience. I was just mentioning an article I saw today about there being more senior citizens than young children. Yep Yeah, it's gonna hit people and also I saw that like Bruce Campbell was on Adam Corolla show Mm-hmm. You believe that yeah Well, I mean he he funded the movie himself And he just pays for watching if he's people watch it

44:53I don't blame him so support and up and coming in to like Bruce Campbell and go see him hey you and I saw Move some movies separately Uh, this this week. Why don't why don't we ping pong? Okay, what do you want to review you want to review by any means? Yeah, let's do that And then I'll do onslaught and then we'll do a cure So Alan Alan you're up you saw Betty by any means and I'll tell you I really specifically do not want to see this movie I saw the trailer for it and just was I saw Mississippi burning. Yeah, it kind of seems similar What am I in for yeah, well, I understand white guilt and what you're feeling so that's okay. I saw it for you Uh So we're fine. So So the six plays in 1960s Mississippi um The voting rights act just passed so black people are the right to vote But the thing is is that in the south there's now a poll tax

45:56For to vote a two dollar poll tax and a Vernon Dahmer played by Jean Carlo Esposito. He's a a Well-to-do black businessman who says tell you what if you can't afford to poll tax I'm going to pay for the poll tax which riles up the clan The clan goes and basically burns out his house and kills him um, but he's one of his best friends is Wayne Strider played by yaya yaya matine was it Yaya the guy from one the guy from wonder man. Just say wonder man. He got help from wonder man Who is a recent uh, he's a FBI agent Because Hoover is in office Johnson is office and the diversity program is in full swing and he wants to be transferred to Mississippi to investigate the death of one of his friends and um realizing that even in the south Black FBI agents aren't taken seriously and so uh his boss David Strathayren

47:01sends in um sends in Gregory Scarpa a basically in a a hitman hired by the FBI he's the one who found the three uh three civil rights activists years before who who who who wound up wound up missing And basically he uses a certain style of interrogation to get information and that's basically torture time up in the chair beat him death break all their bones until they talk and so uh, so uh Wayne becomes Gregory's driver to take him in to to solve the case of who did it um, but of course Wayne being the uptight uh straight up you know law-biting FBI agent He doesn't have a taste for the violence in fact at the beginning of the movie or the first time they meet uh Gregory kills a police officer who pulls him over And uh and it's like so now now you have the the guy who uses violence to get what he wants against the law abiding the

48:06You know, and so there's this dynamic that that plays out So here's the thing about this movie um It's based on a true story apparently the FBI did hire an assassin and might have been this guy And that there might have been a black FBI agent who is so this story is kind of what if we told that story So it's not exactly true um Here's the issue uh if you've seen the trailer you know exactly how this movie plays out Yeah, I've seen the trailer. I've seen the trailer. Yeah, you've seen the trailer. I mean straight-laced guy violent guy You know eventually they they figure one method is better than the other and one falls to the light side or the dark side And um it plays exactly that way there's no surprises in this movie whatsoever um The dialogue I just felt like was very Very you know written by a of new screenwriter. Let's put it that way There's just nothing really special about this and again You know you you're you're you are ahead of this movie as it plays out

49:11And that's the worst kind of movie you can have when when you're so far ahead of the film that you're just sitting there waiting for it to catch up to you and You know look You you just There's such a great formula here and they wasted the formula they wasted this really cool premise and uh it just formula Well, I mean Okay, so you're not recommending it. I look I saw the trailer. I feel like I saw the whole movie There's a better movie that I saw years ago called Mississippi burning. Yep. That's a great movie And that's a really great movie. I don't need to see the streaming movie version of that And also I think we've been so inundated The last Decade with racism bad That another movie that tells me racism is bad is not a movie I actually need to see Because I know that racism is bad. So if a the theme of your TV show or movie is racism bad I get it. Yeah, I've heard the message. I hear you

50:13I get it. I don't need another movie dealing with that topic or You could deal with that topic in a completely unique and new way Well see Hollywood doesn't know how to do that no, but I Yeah, I passed on this movie and said Alan you go see it. I'm not I'm I'll go see whatever other movie You're not gonna see right but like I just wasn't didn't wasn't interested Yeah, I mean you bring up the the issue I I really have with this movie And that's you know when you say tell it to different way yeah, they tell it in a different way And it's this idea that that we need now to resort to violence to extreme violence And I feel like in a way this is where the world is today where You know, you know, they they tried to assassinate the president. They killed Charlie Kirk You know, there's this idea that But We're slowly accepting the fact that violence is now the only way to answer questions to to to resolve issues

51:17solve problems And I think this movie is leaning into that which is the problem I had because Look um as much as I want justice to happen. I don't believe murder is the way to do it I don't believe torture is the way to get justice Um, and this movie kind of uh says maybe it's the way we get justice nowadays Now we did in the 60s now. Let's do it today Yeah, and and for that reason alone. I hope this movie bombs. I don't you know if you watch this channel a lot You know, I don't really sit there and hope a movie fails I hope this fails because of that theme that it's basically justifying violence if yeah If the if the long-term goal is deemed to be virtuous then violence is is excused. I don't agree with it. Hope this movie bombs I didn't want to see it and now you confirmed all my suspicions Let's go to your comments and also Alan. I think your phone is too close to your mic. I'm hearing a crackling

52:20You got to move it The Tim demoral it looks like a more violent green book. I actually like green book I like green book as well. It's it's a positive. But yeah, this is more violent very you know The white guy is the bad one. Uh all bro media for five John campy's review One night his house was surrounded by a bunch of guys and a red mega hat I mean white hoods very different to tell the difference. It's weird that he thinks it's the people in the red mega hats who are doing this one thing I know about campy is very good at making intelligent astute observations And he gets nuance and he knows This film history. Yeah, guess what? Red mega hats didn't try to assassinate the president reg maggot hats didn't shoot Charlie Kirk You know, we can go down the list of what red mega hats didn't do they didn't even bring a gun To the J6 rally That's how bad they are Thank you for your super chat and uh

53:24You know, I watch the John campy as show For Robert Meyer Bernet and that's why I watch that show Hey, it's a reason Yes, we love Rob when he decides to show up on Versus which isn't all the time We miss him so uh hey Let's talk about onslaught We're getting set up folks. This is a wonder woman's in this one Well, still not confirmed. Okay, well, let's talk about it onslaught is the story of young newly divorced young mom aja arjana she's in a trailer park And and she's looking after her daughter recently dropped off by her ex She is also ex military And lives in in this lives in this trailer park where she is the custodian manager whatever

54:26And we meet the people the denizens of the trailer park which is a weird lot of people Very bizarre characters one played by a reginald val janson Another one eric whereheim is in this movie plays a cop who's kind of a drunk and a loser but Celeste who's not a great mom actually her daughter is kind of being the mother in this situation But things go awry when some crazed murdering Soldiers that have been reprogrammed From some secret government Facility Are unleashed onto the trailer park The in the open we meet these soldier these super soldiers in a way that I have to say the film which is directed by Adam winegarde is

55:27Super stylized actually loved it it reminded me had touches of Tarantino the the directing like it's it focuses on like just little details about people each Character introduced the scientist that's the head of this this program to create a sort of I want to say kind of reincarnated soldiers giving them just new powers to take on groups of 50 people and lay waste Is is amazing very stylized very cool looking action shots look Adam winegarde directing Is the savior of this movie Adrian airdre are jana as Celeste She just for me doesn't carry the film doesn't have the gravitas and I don't really buy her being This badass soldier ex-military who used to box men

56:31There's a flashback where they show her and she's boxing guys in the military and taking them out and Really unfortunately for me was not quite convincing in that role I did like the fact that this movie towed the line of humor Eric Warheim Warheim from you know the Tim Nerik show as this loser cop is he provides comic relief and and the movie It's really the tone that like Stold it for me is like get I'm giving it a bear recommend because I did have fun But I just wish that the character of Celeste Who is the smartest? A bat she is kind of a girl boss but makes mistakes along the way and her daughter kind of saves her in some way her daughter is kind of smarter than she is I don't know the thing the thing that made the movie for me was it the the directing it reminded me oddly which I watch recently

57:36Kill Bill I watch the four-hour version of kill bill which just reason because I I just I picked it up. I wanted to want to watch it at home and I did loved it and this said shades of that where it's very Like intentional with the violence. It's almost beautiful violence in a way so I think while the lead was weak And I was really not sold on Celeste The movie has a whole I had fun. There's also some cameos by people like Michael being who I've always loved So I don't know bear recommend for me for the hyper violence. It's also 90 minutes. You're in your out So I have to if if forced to give a number rating probably five and a half to six out of ten but Truly that kill bill inspired like music choices the beetle drops and the music is Awesome in this. I thought what rock song did they slow down?

58:41They didn't slow down just like could just There's parts of the movie there just badass and cool But it's not the lead that's the thing the lead character is the least interesting yeah And so when she's not on screen. It's just these super soldiers laying waste and killing 50 dudes Or you know they go to a 7-Eleven and go on a like this murder spree That's great those scenes are great when you're following like this other government agent You're trying to track them down and clean up any witnesses that stuff's all great It's just the lead Character is the least interesting part of the movie, but the rest of the movie is pretty damn good So bear recommend for me And it's one of those things. I mean you will know if you like a movie like this Alan I can tell you this It's pretty gory. It's not for you. Yeah Ah Let's go to your comments. I just say I love how if a movie comes at 90 minutes you're gonna give it a half a rating higher

59:46You did yeah, yeah, I am I am because you didn't waste your time All right, uh the skeleton king for five. It's so obvious about what by any means was trying to do. Yep Uh racist white people are bad. So it's okay to kill them. It's just divisive propaganda Yeah, there's all song about by any means I mean yeah I mean means is the perfect title or what does movie's about I mean I saw the trailer. I said I'm not seeing it Thank you. I mean, yeah, I'm just a silly burning is such a better movie I Tonilized Adriana better not be Wonder Woman no more race swaps. Let's get an actual Greek woman to play Wonder Woman for once Please I think it's most likely she'll play Maxima in Man of tomorrow thankfully. Well, we'll see. We'll see I just I don't care what's happening Among Gal Gadotsin is Rayleigh. She kind of did a pretty good job. Uh the stud comic makers of the movie the guest Hmm Did know that my life matters sounds like team-woo universal. Oh my god. That's a great description. Timo. It is that's what it is

1:00:54Timo universal soul. Yeah So movie where stunt people dance around the main actor that's you know Yeah, you can look like an actor. When you have people around you who are really great action stars And what time is it okay? Hey, let's get to our main event a cure up This movie blew my mind released in I believe it came out in 1988 yes I saw it I saw later than that When it came to America through a company called streamline pictures This is the groundbreaking animation Based on the manga comic which I bought in black and white at golden apple comics Melrose Boulevard this movie was so ahead of its time and having seen it recently realized oh yeah a lot of A lot of things stole from Akira everything from video games like cyberpunk 2077 to stranger things

1:01:58The story of Petsu and Kaneda these are they're kind of these juvenile delinquents in a post-apocalypse Neo Tokyo after the bomb went off. What was the origin of the bomb? You'll find out as the story unfold by the way the film takes place in 2019 Yeah, seven years ago. Yeah, isn't that crazy? So look when this thing came out it was so groundbreaking It's even more so today when you see how light is used how the the sort of dystopian cyberpunk future is portrayed to the motorcycle race at the beginning of the movie to the percussion Music that is just epic seeing this in 4k in i max on the big screen is Life-changing I I've been a fan of the sound yeah the sound and unbelievable

1:03:00And you can go down. I mean there's so much more to the backstory and the post story if you read the manga Which I bought like in paper you can buy collected in hardcover But Akira is one that must be seen on the big screen I mean even bigger facts. I never got to see it in i max. I did see it at Like the new art theater on Santa Monica the little tiny theater in 35 at the time I've also seen various versions of the english language the version I saw last night was actually the Japanese Japanese language with subtitles so much better way to experience it But my god when i'm watching it i'm going stranger things ripped off quite a bit From this film but I had the soundtrack Back when it came out. I got it on i bought it multiple times on vhs and standard dvd I love this film can't recommend it enough

1:04:02There's so it's like every frame this hand drawn animation at the time is just It's mind-boggling Alan. What do you think? Okay, so uh i'll come out from a different perspective. I've seen the movie once And it was at a gathering of friends of whom there was a girl i was interested in uh Let's just say i was a bit distracted And really only really only took in the ending where it just gets weird where yeah where um I i think I'll say this to say that i think if you've never seen a cure before it's it's going to be a tough watch I don't think you're going to appreciate what You know you're never going to be able to go in a time machine to 1988 and really understand how truly groundbreaking this is Watching it today having seen all the movies that based itself of a fick era um

1:05:02But i will say that it looks incredible in 4k It is a clean print The sound is full surround takes takes advantage of the full i max sound system Uh, and it's it's just worth watching a historical piece of filmmaking But again, I think there's there's a You know you hate to say it, but yes, this is probably the father of a lot of sci-fi we had today um, but uh i feel like it's a bit dated too uh, no no i don't know i don't know It was a struggle for me to kind of really take in The story underlying the visuals that i was seeing and i think that was the issue i was having now i look I i love this i've loved it since i've seen it i it's one of those movies you can watch so over and over You'll notice more details. I mean the fact that In the very beginning of the movie you get this light that's kind of buzzing It's not quite working kind of gives you a clue To what you're in for sure the world is the future but not everything is what it seems not

1:06:09Not you can't trust what you see with your own eyes You know you see the young boy that they're trying to you know liberate from the The evil government agency you realize what the dual intentions of almost every character are and then canada and and that's who are Kick caught up in this government conspiracy these kids being Experimented on are they being experimented on or studied there's just so much to this world It spurs the imagination and why are we are we talking about this movie freaking 38 years later Almost you know almost 40 years like 38 years later. We're talking about this Movie and people bring it up well the influences of this movie on the things we have seen today You know movies that are being made today and it had been made over history and that's what I'm saying is like I credit the movie for Being groundbreaking especially in animation Because you know

1:07:09Animation has only evolved since this movie and I think this movie had a lot to do with it But that's kind of the approach you have to take with this movie is this is a historical film This is a classic and you you're gonna watch it and you have to watch it through the eyes of a classic and to say this is where Movies today we know of science fiction today has come from or as find its origins. Thank God they never made Like that live action proposed Version they were they still time they never made it You still talking about cell phones now in it so yeah, well obviously a strong recommend From me Alan. I don't know which yeah, I recommend. I mean Yeah, but but look if you're a fan of Akira Let me clue you in on something A friend of the channel Danica comic book girl 19 is endeavoring to make a documentary called Akira the documentary It looks absolutely

1:08:10Incredible I contributed I've contributed to a lot of kick starters. I get movies and comic books Let's see if we can watch the trailer for documentary It's let's watch it right now, but like seek this out when it comes Why is Akira relevant? I mean Akira represents the bomb doesn't it? It's almost sensory overload when you're watching it back in 1980 1990 this simply wasn't a thing I Akira refuses to be defied if isn't just unique it's untouchable There was no shortcuts taken this was a monument. It was like building the pyramids with two freaks Akira broke the ice for the whole manga universe coming to America

1:09:15Tell us on this comic book artist you'd never animated anything But they gave him the reins and he proceeded to break all over the wall as I animation I knew this comic book I go. I'm sure to love good, but did not gonna be able to simulate what was in the book. Go How do you know how destruction works in space? Santers you don't somebody just said I'm gonna come up with a style and they're gonna look like heroes Kaniyatta Okay, go to akira the doc com that's that's danish you talked to topic farlet does pretty cool Yeah, no, it's I I've she's asked my advice. I'm telling a little advice here and there just But she's oh it's gonna be it's gonna be a great talk. I can't wait to get it

1:10:16I bought the she's put out a DVD of it which I can't wait for I can't wait Hey, we've got a couple more movies to review But let's go to comments about this and then we'll get to our interviews subjects You know just entered our digital green room. Hey, how's it going But we are going to also review I watched the runner with gal Gadot And then and then Alan and I both saw fall two we're gonna give you those reviews after we do our interview Right now, but let's go to your comments as we settle here All right MK solid akira is very impressive, but it's also very abstract. Yes, ninja scroll and vampire hunter D Are what really kicks ass I look that when anime is good. It's amazing and those are also good recommendations. Thanks MK solid

1:11:17Yeah, what's I mean pretty much one of the first really big anime is to come to America um De Ganon uh, he curious incredible so much respect to the artist much of it was drawn quite small Yeah, it looks incredible on iMacs Yeah, you yeah amazing born to lol also a curious slide was used in so much media It's very influential. I mean the movie is incredibly influential so Definitely obviously recommend so up Hey You know we like to support independent filmmakers We have the filmmakers behind i voted very timely movie Joining us on the show today. Let's welcome them. It's time for the film threat interview Hey Tyler. Hey Rachel. How's it going today? Hey thanks for having us, man

1:12:18Yeah, of course. Yeah Awesome, uh, I think your movies uh about to be released or is it is it released Yeah today September 4th and like super limited by in AMC theaters. So we're super excited about it. Oh We just did we just did a story on how amc has been so supportive of indies. I think that's amazing So yeah, they really have so we're super grateful for them. We're opening in seven theaters in seven cities But we're super grateful to get that Now tell us about this movie I voted and um how you both got together to work together on this project Yeah, well, we're actually married Wait a second. Wait a second You're kidding. I didn't know that The names are different We actually is based from experience that happened to us. We were voting together in a polling location Our local one and we were done voting. We slapped our i vote as tickers on we're heading out the door and we're stopped by sheriffs

1:13:24You know, they were had the whole Kevlar Vesson and stuff. They said no one could enter the building No one could leave the building and We just sat there for like an hour and a half and then eventually they let us go But the whole time we're just like wandering man What would happen, you know if we started talking Um really I think nothing would happen in real life, but this is movie, you know We could have creative liberties and stuff But did they let you vote a few more times while you were there or uh yeah Yeah, yeah, they just gave us the ticker machine. We just got Over and over no But it was fun Afterwards who came up with the idea and then a few years later got the opportunity to make it and here we are Yeah And rate so what's it like to work yet work together as a married couple? I'm I'm recently married myself Oh good. So congratulations. Thank you very much Um, I it's why do you navigate that? You're you're talking about dishes and what we're having for dinner

1:14:26Uh, we actually yeah, I think we worked together really well as long as we're on the steam side of the camera Because we both act as well um, so as long as we're producing directing like behind the camera or for on front of the camera We worked together really well And there's plenty of arguments too. It's not all to do yeah But uh, we I think we're it's because we have that like familiarity Comfortability with each other that we were able to argue and not take it personally and then Come to the conclusions of what's best for the film itself and yeah I don't know if you follow culture or the news, but Countries countries pretty divided how do you make a movie that is supposed to appeal to everyone And kind of tow the line between you know Maybe leaning one side of the other it like how do you Navigate that? Yeah, that's that's always the tightrope walk right um

1:15:28We just really wanted to focus on the people behind the politics. So yeah, we have both sides Yeah, they argue their viewpoints and I think at one point they even say like Uh, y'all just been listening to you talk about your viewpoints as you can find right on your party's websites Kind of a thing like this is all just bullshit really it's about Us the people and the people behind the politics and like the really big problem is the lack of political discourse You know, we need to be able to all talk together I have a question of people want to know. What is the movie about? Yeah, that would be good. That'd be good to answer Wait, do you want to watch the trailer? We can watch a trailer. Yeah, let's see Yeah, let's let's I got the trailer all cute up and then you can uh tell us This is okay. Yeah, I found it. Okay. I found the trailer. Here we go Wait, wait, why don't we add sound to that that would be better

1:16:36Oh Everyone get out your popcorn Yeah, okay Like Here's the website Ruinedman.com Is the website you can I know you also go to iVote in the movie.com. I voted the movie.com that sounds even better. Well, okay So it's about really a polling place that gets locked down That's right what happens with the characters. So uh Is it would you describe it as horror? At times Kind of like a political thriller um so

1:17:36Often we'll say it's kind of like a link later meets a tarantino Oh good. Yeah, we take like the first part of the movie. It's very slow burn But the tension is always building and it's like a political breakfast club You know, they're all talking about their points of views and everything and then Let's say Quinterantino took over to direct the ending I have a question that a lot of people that we ask a lot of filmmakers, but how did you get Eric Roberts to be in your film So our casting director? Okay, yeah With him and she reached out and Um, we had a lot of fun working with him. He actually came and didn't interview with us earlier this week too Yeah, he's super cool. I did a podcast with Eric and I know that he has a day rate All you gotta do it pay his day rate And it's not it's not as expensive as you would think and then also I don't know Marijuana is part of that But he is a really stoner

1:18:38You gotta be aware Well, I am aware. I will not Say that that was a part of his day rate, but I am aware Yeah Yeah, the other question I have is a AMC so You know, we just did a story about AMC going into the indie film distribution What was What was your relationship like with them and how did you how did you approach them today? Approach you how did that happen? Uh, so we One of our producers just happened to run into someone at Sundance and we'd already been looking into reaching out To AMC to do a limited release and so It was kind of a right place right time situation Yeah, or producer Christina who's also our sister it's a very family of family on this movie But she actually like I think she kind of just like manifested it. She did a great job. She was like Wow, AMC would be great and then In line behind her happened to be the guy at AMC who's gonna like program it into these little indie theaters and

1:19:43It's not in small theaters, but um Yeah, it's like how did you do that? I don't know how she did that We've got um Like over a thousand people watching live and a lot of questions in our chat Would you like to take let's take some questions and comments or let's do it here we go uh Allen if you would yes, Ola Lee Quay Tyler was this movie based at all upon or did you Read and taking to account the historical battle of Athens in Georgia Whoa, I wish I did because it probably would have made for a better movie I did not though, but that sounds really interesting. I'm gonna um look that up after this All right, Tony lies. I love this and I hate this because it illustrates too much truth with our society today We agree with you. That's why we made it Uh Ola Lee Quay as well Tyler

1:20:46Excuse me. Are you familiar with and did you utilize any knowledge of the black box voting projects? No, man these people are way more knowledgeable. Yeah, which lord is up got into me. I know right Now we really kept it focused on these actual characters in the polling location and not so much like the voting process So I'm sure there's a lot of inaccuracies on that front But uh the people is what uh we really care about All right uh from Marcus spin a new question How much of this film is inspired by MTV rock the vote Oh, yeah, yeah, that's actually probably about 83% yeah AMC rock or MTV rock the vote for sure I mean I I love see the movie really came from You to going into vote And some weirdness that happened there. I have never missed an opportunity to vote I even vote in midterms. I love

1:21:47My sticker. I love getting the sticker I yeah, there you go. That's oh my god There you go sticker Is a promo for your movie. I know right What is Brilliant marketing That's great Yeah, we had that uh key art kind of the day of after we Tyler kind of came up with it. We talked about on the way home as this is a symbol of like this is such an iconic symbol and then you see blood splatter on it and what kind of imagery does that invoke just right off the bat No, it's not ketchup But America is basically doing the marketing for your movie Yeah, all these stickers um and is that symbol copyrighted at all or Uh We've modified this location. Oh there you go. Another question here Uncle Jimmy Jam question any theaters in New York I can't seem to locate showtimes now we can pull we've got a hard time with uh

1:22:51California and New York wanting to play this movie so we did not secure theaters. We did reach out We did not secure theaters in those Location but hey if we got enough like viral marketing maybe you know we could have actually got a theater out there Uh, we would love to bring it out there. We didn't play at the studio city film festival and one best picture there So that was pretty cool We will eventually have a digital release once we get through our theatrical as well That's you Go ahead Alan you were gonna say And then I thought you were putting up a new question. Oh, no, it's all good. It's all good here Okay, what uh so uh, I mean this is a what was the Can you give us an idea of the budget? We talk a lot here about lower budget movies like Session blew up But you know, it's not as sexy when a movie made for like say a couple hundred grand makes a million Okay, that's not as sexy, but for a filmmaker like yourself

1:23:52A lot budget movie making a million that's really good. Just the trades don't care The reporter variety they don't care if a small movie makes what in their eyes is a small amount of money But to yourselves as a married filmmaking couple could be life changing Can you talk a little bit about the finances and how it all came together? Totally, uh, I'll say our production budget was pretty low Relative like you're saying but for us. It's like the most money we've ever had for a project So we're like whoa, it's big deal for us, but it was um it was over it's probably like what we say 130 For the production budget that's Yeah, and especially with an ensemble cast with a super talented Austin crew Um, and then Eric Roberts, you know, in his day right so we We were able to throw it together. It really helped to set it in one location. You know, we didn't we could film 360 in the set

1:24:52Super helpful and we run and gun with two cameras. So we shot like I think that most 14 and a half pages of was our most in one day and Yeah, and we treated it like a stage play like we Rehearsed in the space in the round with all our characters going through the whole story because it takes place for the most part in real time and so we kind of just were able to perform it several times and then we would just go and like Work our way through the script. We mostly shot in um like chronological order except for some scenes when we had to schedule around people work around people schedules But um, yeah, it was an awesome experience and we were able to maximize that budget Using some of those techniques even though we had an ensemble cast within like distribution marketing all the post stuff Like it comes out you so fast and all of a sudden you're like I didn't realize this was gonna cost that Um because I think a lot of us filmmakers know what production cost generally It's the distribution because it's so foreign especially when you're self-describing what all of those individual little costs are gonna do

1:25:58How will they add up so quickly? Yeah, because like the cost to make the movie is like a down payment for a house Oh, you're okay. You guys are in are you in Austin? Well, just outside of Austin and Buda Tech There's a huge filmmaking community in Austin as you're well aware Yeah, you know um, I mean it's the birthplace of the Alamo Drafthouse It's so many film people are you are you excited at the prospect of Paramount and Warner's may move to Austin Uh, yeah, you've heard that yeah, absolutely Whatever, you know gets more movies made whatever gets more people jobs able to work and produce more stuff that isn't just continual Superheroes and Star Wars like you were saying earlier like while I enjoy those movies when they're good We need more original movies and that's what we're excited about so yeah Hopefully I don't know. We'll see what happens. Okay. It's in seven AMC theaters this weekend

1:27:02You know the cities are they on the website can name them off? Yeah Austin Texas Dallas Texas Uh, she can help me fill in the blanks. I know lost Vegas. Yeah lost Vegas Nevada Charlotte, North Carolina Detroit, Michigan Orlando, Florida Oh, and Kansas City, Missouri Look look on the AMC app. I hear it's working this weekend AMC app is actually working um and go to your website. What's the website again? I voted the movie.com. I voted the movie. Actually if you want tickets to see it go to I voted the movie tickets. Dot com Tyler Rachel congrats on your marriage Congrats on the birth of your baby this film Yeah, this film is your baby It really is like birthing a child and raising a child Well, we would know because we also have an 11 month old so Yeah, congratulations. That's great. That's awesome. Yeah

1:28:06Thank you so much. It's very similar Congrats on the film. Hope it's a huge success. Can you make your next movie Please come back and talk to us and if if we end up relocating with paramount The Texas probably gonna hit you up. Yeah, we can do this in person Absolutely. All right, take care of a great weekend. I voted wait. Let me get back to your code I voted yeah, wait There we go. I voted the movie. That's awesome. Congrats again. Thanks come back with you now have your next film Thank you and we love your show. Thank you for having us. It's been a great time. Oh, thank you. Awesome. Take care Say hi to Eric Roberts That was great. That was awesome We got what good timing for this young filmmakers making a name for them. I love it

1:29:06I love it. That's an award this potential nominee. Yeah, under thriller. We're gonna get a screener. So Yeah, no, I have well, I'll get it. I'll talk to you. Yeah, after the show the one I had doesn't work Well, email them. I know. I just look at it. I gotta remind myself We got we actually were supposed to have a meeting about the nominees and you bailed on me But you did see that the invite you went to that I love the invite. I love it even the second more I have not seen it you need to see that one if not seen it. Hey, we've got more movies to review So let's get to it I want to tell you about the runner the runner stars Gal Gadot As a young mom well her son is 11 years old He has some health issues. He's struggling with She's

1:30:08She represents maybe what might be considered some reprehensible clients As an attorney and agents and she's out on her run after she drops her son off For a school as she's running suddenly you get to call from her Sun's phone When it's not her son. It's a man whose kidnapped her a disembodied voice who's now threatening her and making her do All sorts of awful things in a chase around town where she will be forced to murder her client And if she doesn't do that her son will die The The entire movie is such a ridiculous premise It's so dumb And she's running the entire this movie by the way is a on Amazon Prime video and when I saw it was number three on Prime video

1:31:10it's a Completely moronic concept Okay, if she if she slows down to 15 miles an hour does the kid know There's nothing there were he says that specifically, but she has to run all these Sort of like tasks and be visible on her phone the the guy the disembodied voice of the guy on the phone Played by Damien Lewis He's finally revealed great actor. I really like it a lot of things. He's the the main nemesis in this But it's gal Gadot running for 90 minutes the only thing redeeming about this movie is it's 90 minutes I got tired watching her run for 90 minutes. There's a much better movie There's a much better movie with a premise of a woman running for 90 minutes and that's run lowla run You can't top run lowla run That's the goat of movies where a woman is running for 90 minutes

1:32:13It's so colossally dumb the only thing that kept me watching was This could be a Wonder Woman side quest. This is Wonder Woman for Gadot costume and she's running She's trying to save the day. It's completely did ridiculous way it wraps up And I would say this is in a class of movies that you can watch Well, I'll say this. I mean watch this movie. I mean have this movie on in the background while you're on your phone That's what this movie is which is what I did and I didn't miss anything But I looked at a lot of updates I liked a lot of your ex-comments and responses and replied to people on social media while I watch this movie So it was not complete waste of time not completely But man Gal Gadot deserves better

1:33:16Yeah, she could have been making a Wonder Woman movie but James Gunn for the type of shot that Yes She could have made a Wonder Woman movie But this is a Wonder Woman one shot where she lost the costume I mean she still looks good. She's she's she's got the physique. She's fit like she yeah like Yeah, I'm like this is kind of a cool concept But I've seen it done so much better in run lowla run So look if you've got 90 minutes where you're gonna fold laundry Put this movie on Your laundry will get folded you'll have this movie on in the background It's not completely it's not like It's not offensive in any way only in the sense that it's kind of dumb. We've seen movies like this before And it's partially a screen movie and by screen. I mean like Someone calls and you'll see or she gets a text message while she's running and the text message shows up

1:34:19This text next to her or someone shows up in facetime and we the facetime is like an extra screen while she's running like so Technology plays a big part of this movie. So it's partially a screen movie mixed with the entire movie She is running. I get it hour and 24 minutes great while you're like if you're gonna alphabetize your DVDs Put on the runner like And by the way, we had a whole discussion before the show About another movie called runner Which I'm reviewing next week. I've already seen it with Alan Richardson Which already I'll tell you is a much better movie that movie is Alan Richardson is in a movie that opens in theaters next week called runner Gal Gadot is in a movie on prime video called the runner

1:35:19Make of that what you will two movies Nearly the same title released within one week of each other one is God awful the other one you'll find out next week, but it is much better and Make of that what you will Alan. I'm gonna. Yeah, my uh, I fear it's you do not need to see the runner My favorite scene in the movie is when the villain asks her to run and get him a cup of coffee And then she gets pissed off for being marginalized as you know But but in series to this this movie feels like what I've been doing in Netflix lately And that's watching the first 10 minutes of a movie and then shutting it off and moving on to another I did you see the movie? No, I didn't Like I'm like that's what's gonna happen to me. It's like after 10 minutes like oh god, I'm out Yeah, that's that's why I canceled my Netflix. I never watched I know stuff all the way through I'd start series I'd quit as soon as they introduce

1:36:20If you look at random, well, it's like some side like I just I already know everything about Netflix. I need to know. I know how every series goes I know how every streaming movie is not as good as a movie. I see in theaters Or at least not as bad like you know, it's bad in a different way And I just got tired of there's a sameness to streaming movies. It's a streaming movie It's not as good avoid like the plague. I mean, that's all I do in Netflix is look at something and say god I don't want to see this and and just all these movies that just I start and never finish That's Netflix from here right now. Well, you could finish the race in this movie and you could get a lot of things done around the house Yeah, pick pick a dumb Task you need done And do it in front of the TV while this movie plays well gal Gadot's hot accent Players throughout your entire house

1:37:21Let's go to your comments The Tony lies the trailer gave me ice cubes war the world vibes. Yeah, it is that this is a state of streaming Beach dad Chris what's better the runner or the cleaner? I would add the working man to that title You know what the runner is better than the cleaner. I hated the cleaner. Oh the cleaner Hey daisy Ridley She she can't carry a film. I'm sorry or a Star Wars movie Or a Star Wars trilogy by the market spin that's sarcasm Okay Bump Johnson they couldn't get a bigger breasted woman to run for 90 minutes I think that would have made the movie more more watchable. Yeah, I would have yeah would have made it better All right, we have one last movie to review today the Alan and I have both seen Why don't you take this one Alan? Yeah, let's get right ready Fall to dead point is in theaters this weekend. It's the sequel to the surprise indie hit fall Alan tell me about

1:38:29Fall to dead point Okay, so based on the uh the first fall movie you have your Two girls one of them In the movie sorry to spoil the first fall movie one of them falls to her death Well the sister of that girl is still trying to cope with the death And she meets the friend of the other girl. I don't even remember the names of the first movie Um it's all good. Her name is loose and um it's loose and jacks Lose says hey you need to uh you need to kind of get over your sister's death And they she says look there's this uh kind of a rope rope uh i forget the name of it we talked to the guys yesterday But there's a there's a trail that goes along the side of it was a sheer mountain You get to hook yourself up to it in order to shimmy across it uh very dangerous, but uh is is great for overcoming your fears And that's what happens here the two of them go into this uh go into Thailand And they do this climb to prove things to themselves uh they have a guide with them named um

1:39:34uh named uh tom and uh And all goes well except uh while they're on the the hike on earthquake happens and uh all the platform is around them uh go away They're they're gone they're on this platform and they have to figure out a way to survive And that's kind of what fall is it's similar to the first one but in a different location And uh with a different dynamic between the two It's a very different the first fall took place on a uh In antenna Yeah, like some of the you know Very big height. This is this is different in the sense they're climbing the side of a mountain on these platforms We know from the filmmakers they actually built this set with the platform No blue screens no fall They filled in they filled in details, but they were actually on a climb on this this set they built That's why it looks so real It's not the volume and you're watching this going like they did they really did this

1:40:37So look if you have fear of heights this is Probably a movie you're not going to see but uh i really enjoyed it really nice tight thriller likable cast twist you don't see coming Maybe one you see coming The fact that they might fall I could see that coming but uh no i i love the whole i hope like the setting Thailand Was uh, you know that setting was it was different enough from the first movie it wasn't a rehash They could have had the sister i'm gonna climb the same tower to get over my fear Nope, she's going to do something different and i recommended really nice tight thriller and again 90 minutes So at least a half half score point for me because It doesn't overstay. It's welcome as a thriller, but all i could think Alan My my brain works all i could think was What if you have to go to the bathroom? I know i kept thinking about to what if you have to go to the

1:41:39That's why i couldn't go on one of these climbs Well worse if if your partner was uh was a woman or you know mixed gender Could you go to the bathroom in front of that other person or are you gonna hold it in the entire time Probably holding in if it's me but yeah No, i i really enjoyed it good time since theaters now What do you think Alan? Yeah, i mean i had fun with it it's it is what it is it's just a uh a A thriller that really it's about the fear of heights the fear of falling And the weird things you have to do to survive and um i think I think fans of the first one will love this one as well I'm gonna say it's the greatest thriller ever made But it's it's fun. It's a popcorn movie Let's go to your comment Uh Daniel Lopez hey guys hope both of you have a great day could you react to Jim Kovizel's new movie coming out go soldier trailer Uh, it's not twice yesterday the trailer the trailer yeah

1:42:43I like to do it let's do it on wednesday yeah wednesday show Lori In it'll be we'll do it wednesday for you next wednesday Okay, um Let's see Andy likes stuff channel five jules go team Appreciate you Andy. Oh by the way angel and the badman you might want to add that to the trailer as well The secretary leave by movie Uh lore comment them the most said word for the fall series Weeeeee And that is gonna wrap it up for us today. I want to thank everyone For getting us to 169,000 That deserves a celebration

1:43:51Oh We did it Alan we did it Oh, man, I never thought we would get there especially the last month Well, thank you for getting us to our goal the next goal is 269,000 and uh around turman Thank you for the birthday wishes appreciate you for being a member for 28 months and thanks to our mods lord thoth mk solid 80 ls 24 olycway on rumble Thank you to atomic Lori for my birthday gift Of Gavin Newsom toilet paper here it is I thought it came from Alan it was actually Lori. Thank you Lori. I am going to use this toilet paper And I will make a video for members only I will do that That's how much I I care about our members So there you go And we'll be back Monday on versus have a great labor day weekend. What are you doing this weekend Alan?

1:44:58I have no oh, I'm watching take my daughter. We're gonna see cars this weekend Yeah, it's a really really yeah, and I am seeing the John Williams tribute My strobe of the movies at the Hollywood Bowl tonight and then going to just A quiet intimate dinner with my lovely wife on saturday The Yeah, and then we're gonna try to do my best To ignore all the The text messages and social media happy birthday. Yes, I will like that if you say that to me On on saturday. I will like your post wishing me a happy birthday What are you grabbing my friend? I'm gonna wish you a happy birthday You're the do not text to me a happy birthday do not do that All right, have a great weekend everyone. Thank you so much Alan. Let's get out of here

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