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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

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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
• Matt’s Letterboxd Litterbox 2020 List

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