1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: This is a podcast from wo R. Here again is 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: Larry Minty with the wo R Saturday Morning Show. 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: Well, let's get right to Joe Neumeyer, WR Movie Minute 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: host and film journalist. And I know this was supposed 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 2: to be the dead area right where the play. The 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 2: films that come out aren't that great. They're not gonna 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 2: be blockbusters, they're not gonna be Academy Award winners. And 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: yet there was a couple of gems in there, as 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: you told us over the last few weeks. But now 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: now we start to get into some of the good 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 2: movies and you have. 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: A spring preview. What are we looking forward to. 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 3: We've got a couple of really interesting ones, Larry, Yeah, 14 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 3: just as a as a quick backcrack, right, this was 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 3: supposed to be a slow time project. Hail Mary was 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 3: one of the biggest hits of the year, made eighty 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 3: million its opening weekend. So this spring is now looking 18 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 3: to kind of coast off that in Hollywood's obviously excited 19 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 3: about it. The first one coming up is a movie 20 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 3: called Beast that looks really interesting. Russell Crowe plays the 21 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 3: coach of an MMA fighter. Luke Hemsworth co stars and 22 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 3: it as the Fighter and Russell Crowe also co wrote 23 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 3: the script. And I'm a big Russell Crowe fan. Like 24 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 3: I think that, you know, people sort of think of 25 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 3: them now. He's only sixty one, which is amazing because 26 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 3: he's been around a long time. You think, oh my god, 27 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 3: he must be so much older. He's only sixty one. 28 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 3: But in movies like Mastered Commander, the Farest of the World, 29 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 3: American Gangster, and obviously like that great that great trio 30 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 3: of La Confidential, Beautiful Mind. 31 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: And Cinderellaman it's my favorite. 32 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 3: Della Man. Yes, he was so. 33 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: Great in that. It's one of my favorite boxing movies. 34 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: May be my favorite Terrific. 35 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 3: Paul Giamanni's great in there too, Rene zel Werger, I agree, 36 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 3: it's he plays James J. Braddock in the nineteen thirties terrific, 37 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 3: terrific film. And so I'm looking forward to this movie 38 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 3: called Beasts. I hope it brings them that kind of 39 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 3: puts them back on top. Then there's another one. There's 40 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 3: another take of the Mummy. Now this is another attempt 41 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 3: to reboot the bandage covered monster that you know, debuted 42 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 3: in nineteen thirty one in a Boris Karlov film. For 43 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 3: a new era. They've tried a couple of time. This 44 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 3: time the undead is this young woman who vanishes in 45 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 3: the desert and the director is the guy who did 46 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: The Invisible Man a couple of years ago. So I'm 47 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 3: hoping that this one kind of clicks. When they did 48 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 3: the one with Tom Cruise about eight years ago, ten 49 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 3: years ago, that one sort of killed the hopes for 50 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 3: a franchise, but this one might work. Oddly enough, Russell 51 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 3: Crowe was actually in the Mummy. He played Doctor Jekyl 52 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 3: of Doctor Jacqueline mister Hyde fame, So hopefully this one 53 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 3: will will will click. Then there's one called Four Kids 54 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 3: Walk Into a Bank and Liam Neeson plays a thief 55 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 3: whose young granddaughter and her and her young friends try 56 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,839 Speaker 3: to pull off this this heist before her grandpa does. 57 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 3: And after the Naked Gun last year, I'm all in 58 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: for Liam Neeson's comedy, right. 59 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was good, it was funny. 60 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 3: He did he did really well. You know, he picked 61 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: up the mantle from Leslie Nielsen in a really terrific 62 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: way and it so all this looks like he's kind 63 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 3: of continuing that. And if you've seen him on any 64 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 3: of the talk shows, he's actually very funny. I met 65 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 3: him one time. He's also a really you know, he's 66 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 3: got a dry sense of humor, irish. He's very funny. 67 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 3: So hopefully four kids walk into a bank continue that 68 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 3: comedy thing for him. Then there's Michael, which is a 69 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 3: musical bio pick of Michael Jackson. Has nothing to do 70 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 3: with the with the performance that's going on on Broadway. 71 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: You know, for a couple of years, there's been one 72 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 3: that's going on. This is totally different. This is retched 73 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 3: by Antelin Fuqua, who's made a couple of great movies, 74 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 3: including Training Days, and here he's played by Michael Lack 75 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 3: is played by his nephew Jafar Jackson, and Coleman Domingo 76 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 3: plays his father, Joe, who's an overbearing figure. I think 77 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 3: it stops in nineteen eighty eight. That seems to be 78 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 3: the energy that I've picked up. I want to talk 79 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 3: to people. So it goes from his childhood with the 80 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 3: Jackson five of course to about nineteen eighty eight, so 81 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 3: it stops in the late eighties. That's probably good for headlines. 82 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: We'll see if you know, as a movie, if it works, 83 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 3: then there's an adventure movie coming out called Deep Water 84 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 3: with Aaron Eckhart as a pilot. He's trying to save 85 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 3: the passengers after they're plane crashes and shark infested waters. 86 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 3: I'm not sure if audiences are gonna want to see 87 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 3: a movie but plane crash right aroun now but right yes? 88 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 3: But Ben Kingsley and Aaron at Carter in it. And 89 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: the thing that I've seen u is that it's a 90 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 3: lot like the seventies disaster movies. Uh, you know, whether 91 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 3: it's the original Airport or the Towering Inferno or what 92 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: the director Rennie Harlan has said is a really important 93 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 3: movie for him, the Posidon Adventure, which I love, so 94 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 3: hopefully the Beside Adventure is is where they're going with this, 95 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 3: rather than a movie maybe like like Fearless or something 96 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 3: or the where it's too too harrowing. But there's the 97 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: whole main thing is sharks. So the sharks in the 98 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 3: water is the is the is the thing, and they're 99 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 3: trying to make it a little bit like Jaws meets 100 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: an aircraft movie that for kids. There's something called The 101 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 3: Sheep Detectives, which is a fun title. Let's hope the 102 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 3: movie lives up to it. 103 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: Who's putting the detective out. 104 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 3: Who's the good question. I'm not sure who the studio 105 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 3: of the Sheep that I can look it up in 106 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 3: a second, but it's like, it's a bunch of sheep 107 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 3: who turned detective on a farm and apparently there's a 108 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 3: farmer who reads detective stories to the sheep and he's 109 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 3: played by Hugh Jackman. Is that great? Emma Thompson also 110 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: co stars so huge Hugh Jackmans. And it kind of 111 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 3: reminds me of a little bit like Babe. You know, 112 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 3: it's got the so the sheep will talk. Obviously in the 113 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 3: trailer I saw through animatronics and everything. 114 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: I asked you what studio because there's a lot of parents, 115 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: I know with young kids that if it's a Disney movie, 116 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: they're going. 117 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 1: If it's a Pixar and a movie, they're going. And 118 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: that's the only reason I asked you what studio it was. 119 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's definitely not Disney and Pixar. I will 120 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 3: say that, I'm not sure which one it is, but 121 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 3: so it looks a little like Babe, remember Babe the 122 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 3: Great nineties? Oh yeah, the Pig on the Farm. Yeah, 123 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 3: it was not many for Best Picture actually of nineteen 124 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 3: ninety five, babe, was it lost a brave heart? Uh? 125 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 3: Can you imagine how mad mel Gibson would have been? 126 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 3: It's a pig that was. I love how. 127 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: You glossed over though the Hugh Jackman part of this. 128 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, no, I forget the sheep. 129 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: You're in, then you're in. You're gonna go. I'm gonna 130 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: find a kid to go with me. 131 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 2: And now I'm going I want to go back to 132 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 2: something you said at the very beginning. 133 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: There haven't been that very big big movie. Is that. 134 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: You said eighty million that was a big movie, and 135 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 2: I guess for the time it was. But I remember 136 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 2: a time when, like you you had to make a 137 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: hundred million like that, that that was the big movie 138 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 2: of the weekend. 139 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 3: Times have changed, Yeah, times have changed. And you know 140 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 3: Project tail Mary was, you know, it was Amazon MGM 141 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,679 Speaker 3: and it's a it's their biggest hit ever, which is great. 142 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 3: And they had Mercy a couple of weeks earlier, which 143 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 3: didn't do as well, and so they're, you know, they 144 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 3: they're trying to put out good stuff. But right exactly 145 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 3: like there was a time and it also it was 146 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 3: a time, remember Larry when when an eighty million dollar 147 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,799 Speaker 3: movie or something major like that would come out every 148 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 3: every week, or sure, yes, every week would be this 149 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 3: big movie. Now it's you know, I think it's a 150 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 3: combination of factors, you know, coming off the pandemic and 151 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 3: a couple of strikes, and I think this, and obviously streaming, 152 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 3: Hollywood is sort of scaling back both their expectations and 153 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 3: their and their their output. So it's interesting that right, 154 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 3: eighty million would have is still a big hit after 155 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 3: you know, we would think that one hundred million would 156 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 3: have been the three the three digits of one hundred exactly. 157 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 3: And yeah, well more one more. It's called the Devil 158 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 3: were proud of too. We all know that Meryl Streep 159 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 3: and Hathaway are reuniting just the fashionist of magazine editor. Now, 160 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 3: I don't know, magazines have changed a lot in twenty years, so, 161 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 3: but twenty years ago, you know, Meryl Streep was the 162 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 3: Fashionista magazine editor and Ann Hathaway was her was her employee. 163 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 3: And now this is a sequel to that. The original 164 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 3: came out in two thousand and six. What I liked 165 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 3: about the original is that it was very much a 166 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 3: time capsule of New York in the in the early afts, 167 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 3: you know, two thousand and five to six, So hopefully 168 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 3: this one will kind of capture that same kind of magic. 169 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 3: But Meryl Streep's always always great, so I think that'll 170 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 3: have its audience as well, people who grew up on 171 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 3: that movie. 172 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: One of the greatest lines ever in a movie. I'm 173 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 2: just a stomach flew away from goal weight. Just a tremendous, 174 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 2: tremendous line. Joe Neumeyer wo R movie minted host and 175 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 2: film journalists. 176 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: Thanks so much, Joe, good to talk to you. 177 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 3: Thanks Larry, take care. 178 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: This has been a podcast from wor