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OV318 – The Vast of Night & The King of Staten Island – Da 5 Bloods, The Wrong Missy, and AMC Theaters’ Reopening Plans – Guest: Ben Sears
This week, our contributor and friend Ben joins me to review the retro sci-fi film, The Vast of Night and the new Judd Apatow film The King of Staten Island. We also talk about drive-in movies and AMC’s plans to reopen. For Potpourri, we discuss the Netflix films Da 5 Bloods and The Wrong Missy.
This week’s stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 074 – OV B-Roll – “Matt & Ben’s Three-Way” – Streaming Downloads, HBOMax Offerings, Another Movie and Meal Hypothetical – June 18, 2020
Runtime: 1:55:11
Timestamps
- Show Start – 00:27
- AMC Reopening Plans – 05:25
- Drive-In Movie Theaters – 16:27
- IMAX Indy Reopening – 22:06
Reviews – 34:20
- The Vast of Night (2020) – 34:55
- Non-Spoiler – 35:40
- Spoiler – 50:16
- The King of Staten Island (2020) – 59:06
- Non-Spoiler – 1:00:00
- Spoiler – 1:16:12
Potpourri – 1:36:29
- Matt: The Wrong Missy (2020) – 1:36:56
- Ben: Da 5 Bloods (2020) – 1:42:46
- Closing the Ep – 1:50:06
- Stinger: “Matt & Ben’s Three-Way” – 1:51:15
- Pre-Recorded Outro – 1:52:21
Matt’s Recent Reviews
- 7500 (2020) – 3 stars
Contributor Ben Sears’ Recent Reviews
- Da 5 Bloods (2020) – 4 stars
Reference Links
- Indiana COVID-19 Stats
- USA COVID Stats
- Heather Anne Campbell’s Tweet Thread – Twitter
- Most California Movie Theaters Will Not Open Friday Despite Being Given Green Light – Deadline
- AMC plans to reopen its theaters in July – CNN
- AMC Theatres Reopening July 15; Why Circuit Boss Adam Aron Isn’t Checking Moviegoers’ Temperatures – Deadline
- AMC’s Adam Aron Changes Course On Circuit’s “Political” Mask Policy: “We Now Will Require That All AMC Guests Nationwide Wear Masks” – Deadline
- Regal Cinemas Now Requiring Moviegoers Wear Face Masks Post AMC Controversy – Deadline
- Big screen at IMAX Theater about to light up again – RTV6
- Amazon’s ‘The Vast of Night’: Inside Oklahoma Indie Andrew Patterson’s Dazzling Debut – Indiewire
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