Matt's Movie Lodgecast

8.1% of Hulu subscribers tuned into the new movie Palm Springs and the Lodgecast was among that viewership. The movie bears a striking resemblance to Groundhog Day (1993), but it may be a premise that just works. Andy Samberg & Cristin Milioti play characters trapped in a repeating day in Palm Springs. They engage in all sorts of shenanigans as they try to escape the infinite time loop. During this romantic comedy they encounter J.K. Simmons and the eyebrows of Peter Gallagher. The heartwarming film is written by Andy Siara and directed by Max Barbakow. Love & light converge on this Lodgecast as we join in a mystical union of bone counts. What bone count do you think that is? Listen and find out. Sound off in the comments!

There's a new horror movie out from Australia called Relic! It features a grandma, a mother, and a daughter in a haunted house. Robyn Nevin plays grandma, Emily Mortimer plays mom, and Bella Heathcote plays the daughter. Grandma goes missing and when she returns something ain't right. This movie saw a deep divide between critics and audiences in their scores on Rotten Tomatoes so we thought we'd give it a shot. The film is directed by Natalie Erika James. Jake Gyllenhaal was one of the producers. This is Relic y'all!

Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams star in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Hailing from the small town of Husavik, Iceland, these two best friends take the world by storm in the Eurovision Song Contest. A grizzly Pierce Brosnan stars as Will Ferrell's dad, and Dan Stevens stars as a flamboyant singer representing Russia. The film features Eurovision stars including John Lundvik, Anna Odobescu, Bilal Hassani, Jessy Matador, Alexander Rybak, Elina Nechayeva, and Conchita Wurst. Superstar Demi Lovato is also in there somewhere. The film is directed by David Dobkin. Eurovision was new to the Lodgers attending this musical comedy film and we'll tell you what it's all about. Stay tuned til the end of hawt take for a special performance of the Fire Saga song "Double Trouble", sung by our amazing guests who are a real-life husband & wife duo!

Attention Dads! Tom Hanks has a new war film out called Greyhound on Apple TV+! The film has received generally positive reviews from critics! American hero Tom Hanks wrote the screenplay for this movie based on a 1955 nautical novel called The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester. Tom Hanks plays a flawless war hero in Commander Ernest Krause, commanding officer of the USS Keeling, codenamed Greyhound. Spoiler alert: he saves the day! We watched this movie which also has a scene featuring Elisabeth Shue. We'll report back for duty with all the easy, breezy details of this swift 90-minute World War II naval movie. Let's go to those Greyhound Videohound Bones!

Filmmaker Judd Apatow returns with a new monumental comedy movie called The King of Staten Island. This 136-minute comedy is centered around tatted up slacker Pete Davidson in a semi-biographical look at his life in the New York City borough of Staten Island. Davidson's antics drew a mixed response from the Lodgers who witnessed him. Davidson is surrounded by talented actors including Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, and Steve Buscemi. We'll give you our thoughts on the career of Judd Apatow and a whole lot more in this full Lodgecast episode!

Mel Gibson, Emile Hirsch, and Kate Bosworth return to the home movie screen for this VOD flick filmed in Puerto Rico called Force of Nature. The Lodgecast gives its thoughts on Mad Mel before it dives into this wet heist film set during a hurricane. One half of the Polish brothers (Michael Polish) directs this film. If you don't remember the Polish brothers, they made a splash in 1999 with their debut feature Twin Falls Idaho. Michael Polish would go on to marry Kate Bosworth and cast her as the star of this film that we discuss called Force of Nature. No one comes out dry in this unfinished symphony of action!

Jon Stewart is back! After proudly serving his country on The Daily Show from 1999 until 2015, Americans have been wondering what he has been up to. The answer is that he has been writing and directing the political satire Irresistible which just came out on VOD. The Lodgecast Boyzz dig deep into this strangely “off” comedy where the Lodgemaster declares that "something smells good in Stinkville". Steve Carell (also known as Cap'n Hogie from Welcome to Marwen) makes his Lodgecast return as a cynical Democratic strategist who turns a small Wisconsin town upside down in a quest to win a mayoral race. Carell is pitted against cynical Republican strategist Rose Byrne. Mackenzie Davis (the Lodgemistress) plays Carell's love interest ... we think. And Chris Cooper plays the working man that Steve Carell is championing for mayor. You're not necessarily going to want to watch this movie, but you should certainly tune into this Lodgecast where the Lodgemaster assumes the role of hothead as he confronts Jon Stewart for

The Lodgecast would like to introduce you to Becky. She's a 13-year-old girl who likes to kill! In this movie Kevin James plays a Neo-Nazi who's escaped prison with fellow inmates named Apex, Cole, and Hammond. They think they're home free until they encounter Becky! Joel McHale is miscast as Becky's dad, but Lulu Wilson is well cast as Becky! Watch Becky foil the best-laid plans of Kevin James and as she brutally murders. The movie squeaked by the MPAA with an R rating for brutal violence. Sound too violent? Let us describe it to you in this Hawt Take!

Time for a new Spike Lee Joint! Spike takes us back to Vietnam where four Vietnam War veterans head to remember their squad leader and retrieve some buried treasure. Delroy Lindo leads this crew as they set out on a 154-minute quest complete with Vietnam flashbacks. Spike seemingly does whatever he wants to do in this Netflix production and the Lodgecast covers it in all its glory. Tune in to hear our reactions unfold in real time as we grapple with this epic war drama.

The time has come for the Lodgecast to cover a Happy Madison Production! The Lodgemaster watched the Netflix hit movie The Wrong Missy and said we had to cover it. 55-year-old David Spade is our male lead in this romantic comedy. But the real star of this show is actress Lauren Lapkus. Find out what happens when a corporate retreat to Hawaii goes terribly wrong! The movie also stars Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider, and Adam Sandler's wife Jackie Sandler. Tyler Spindel directs a screenplay by Chris Pappas and Kevin Barnett.

This week on the Lodgecast we go to the virtual arthouse cinema and see the recent French film Deerskin. This odd 77-minute movie is written and directed by Quentin Dupieux, AKA Mr. Oizo when he is being a French electronic musician. It stars Jean Dujardin who you might recognize from The Artist (2011) and Adele Haenel who you might recognize from Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). Our main character in Deerskin acquires a deerskin coat and a video camera as he heads into a small town in the mountains and strange mischief ensues. This comedy horror film is interpreted in various ways by each Lodge member in this heated take from the Lodgecast!

The #1 Movie in America for the last five weeks has been the indie horror movie The Wretched! Grossing over $800,000 at 75 drive-in movie theaters, we just had to check out what all the buzz was about. We headed again to the Mission Tiki Drive In Theatre for a double feature. After yawning through the first feature which was an indie thriller called Arkansas, we stuck around for The Wretched and it sucked us right in! The movie stars a kid named Ben who slowly realizes his neighbor is possessed by a witch. It is directed by the Pierce Brothers and was shot near Northport, Michigan. See the #1 movie in America at your local Drive In!

See a side of Al Capone you ain't never seen before! Tom Hardy stars as a dying, crazed Capone in the final year of his life. As neurosyphilis and dementia rot his brain, we get to witness Al Capone smoke cigars and eat carrots and shit himself three times! This is a special movie, folks - with a disgusting performance by Tom Hardy as he roams around his Florida estate muttering paranoid phrases and coughing and grunting like Frankenstein. Tom's performance is supported by Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden, Noel Fisher, Kyle MacLachlan, and Matt Dillon in supporting roles. Josh Trank directs. We definitely got Tranked!

This week we cover the brand new documentary Spaceship Earth which explores the creation of a self-engineered replica of Earth's ecosystem, called Biosphere 2. We don't often cover documentaries, but we certainly picked the right one to discuss with Spaceship Earth. The documentary spans decades, covering the scientific hippie cult of Synergists who would eventually pull their resources together to create the Biosphere 2 in 1991. All the footage is there...from amazing 16mm footage of the cult in the '60s and '70s to great video footage of the biospherians in the '80s and '90s. It is highly recommended viewing to all Lodge members as we creatively process how we are going to thrive into the 21st century. #loveandlight

We virtually travel to the seas of Ireland for this VOD release set on a boat with a crew subjected to a horrific parasitic infection. We had heard that the film had some parallels to the our ongoing coronavirus pandemic and we were not disappointed. Things get pretty real abroad the fishing vessel as crew members worry if they're infected and if they should go ashore and spread the virus. Sound like too much body horror for these times? Let us explain it to you before you dive in! The crew features actors Connie Nielsen, Hermione Corfield, Dougray Scott, Olwen Fouere, Jack Hickey, Ardalan Esmaili, and Elie Bouakaze. It was directed by Neasa Hardiman.

We summon the depths of the VOD market for this horror film about heavy metal music and Satanic cult killings. It sounded like a good time, but did this low budget film summon any Salad Dragons? It does feature a twist that we will spoil for you in this Hawt Take! The all-star cast includes Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth, Logan Miller, Austin Swift, and Johnny Knoxville as Pastor John Henry Butler. American film auteur Marc Meyers directs.

Eighteen years after Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jay and Silent Bob have rebooted with their new movie called Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. This is the eighth film in the View Askewniverse if anyone is counting. We joined forces in the virtual world to discuss this recent release that we watched on Amazon Prime. Jason Mewes and a silent Kevin Smith take a road trip adventure to Chronic-Con and encounter a ton of cameos along the way including Brian O'Halloran, Jason Lee, Justin Long, Shannon Elizabeth, Rosario Dawson, Val Kilmer, Melissa Benoist, Craig Robinson, Tommy Chong, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Harley Quinn Smith. We discuss our relationship with writer/director Kevin Smith before we engage in lively debate over his latest comedy film.

The closing down of movie theaters couldn't keep us from the big screen! The Lodgemaster had the brilliant idea of going to the Mission Tiki Drive In Theatre to see Vin Diesel's Bloodshot! Maintaining social distancing, we took three cars and drove 45 minutes east of Los Angeles to Montclair, CA to bask in the glory of Vin Diesel. Part of the Valiant Comics Shared Cinematic Universe, this superhero film got short changed at the box office due to the pandemic. Seeing it at the Drive In Theatre was a wonderful experience that we'd love to share with you in this Lodgecast Hawt Take! Diesel is joined by Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, and Guy Pearce. David S.F. Wilson directs this technologically advanced, action packed romp.

Well we had tickets to see The Hunt in theaters on Sunday, March 15th, but that didn't happen! Instead we were forced to watch this controversial movie on video-on-demand. If you can remember back to August of 2019, this movie's release was delayed in the wake of the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings. President Trump got the movie abruptly cancelled when he tweeted on August 9th, 2019 at 11:44 AM: "Liberal Hollywood is Racist at the highest level, and with great Anger and Hate! They like to call themselves “Elite,” but they are not Elite. In fact, it is often the people that they so strongly oppose that are actually the Elite. The movie coming out is made in order to inflame and cause chaos. They create their own violence, and then try to blame others. They are the true Racists, and are very bad for our Country!" Finally the movie The Hunt got released into theaters on the weekend the coronavirus chaos erupted, and then the movie was quickly released digitally one week later. Was this movie racist at the high

In what will be our last theatrical outing for a very long time, the Lodgecast witnessed The Way Back on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Little did we know when we entered the AMC Burbank 6 theater to witness this sports drama, that in one week AMC theaters would be closed worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic. Actor Ben Affleck shows us The Way Back from alcoholism in this realistic performance that mirrored the actor's own struggles with booze. Directed by Gavin O'Connor, this movie is an inspiration to us all as Affleck plays basketball coach Jack Cunningham. While AMC Theaters are currently closed and the future of the AMC A-List is doubtful, fear not Lodgecast listeners! We've got some spicy Video-on-Demand Lodgecasts coming your way throughout the coronavirus quarantine. In the meantime we're hoping that we can all find the way back!