Movie Night Extravaganza
Season 9
A quick moving, informed and in-depth live discussion show about movies. Discussing, debating and commenting on esoteric and populist films with a panel of guests. Sometimes formatted as "theme months".
Where to Watch Movie Night Extravaganza • Season 9
34 Episodes
- Nosferatu (2024)
E1Nosferatu (2024)Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Kt Baldassaro talk about Robert Eggers NEW Nosferatu remake starring Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, Lily Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, and Willem Dafoe. That's right, Robert Eggers made Nosferatu "Count Orlok" again after Herzog's questionable choice to call Klaus Kinski's Vampyre "Count Dracula." Back in October, we talked about the original 1922 F. W. Murnau 'Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror' . We were disappointed that we couldn't finish off Vampire Month with Robert Eggers new Nosferatu remake, the latest of several including the famous Herzog one, but it's finally out!!. Just in time for our FIRST episode of 2025. - Sweet Smell of Success with Harry Marks
E4Sweet Smell of Success with Harry MarksTime for Alexander Mackendrick's 1957 satirical noir. Telling the story of newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker, based on Walter Winchell, who uses his connections to destroy his sisters relationship because he finds the man unworthy. - Anora with Eileen Jones
E5Anora with Eileen JonesForrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and Kt Baldassaro talk to Eileen Jones of Jacobin and Filmsuck about Sean Baker's Anora. Starring Mikey Madison as Ani, a dancer and sex worker from Brighton Beach, who gets married to a Russian Oligarch's son Vanya she meets at the club. When Vanya's parents find out about the marriage, they send their security to force Ani and Vanya to annul the marriage. It's a look at class, position, and wealth across international lines. Also starring Yura Borisov, Mark Eidelstein, and Karren Karagulian this is the first episode of coverage of 2024 Oscar nominees. - A Real Pain with Becky Rice
E6A Real Pain with Becky RiceForrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, Kt Baldassaro and Becky Rice talk about Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut A Real Pain. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkan, Jennifer Grey, Will Sharpe, Kurt Egylawan, Daniel Oreskes Jesse and Kieran star as cousins who take a trip to Poland to see where their grandmother came from and went through the Holocaust. This film is the second in Movie Night Extravaganza's coverage of 2024 nominees. - 12 Angry Men
E1212 Angry MenForrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men!!. Produced by Henry Fonda and written by Reginald Rose who wrote it for Westinghouse Studio One originally Sidney Lumet's directorial debut tells the story of a jury who are arguing the guilt or innocence of a young kid accused of murdering his father. Starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Sweeney, Martin Balsam, Ed Begley Sr., Jack Warden, Jack Klugman, John Fielder, E.G. Marshall, Edward Binns, Robert Webber, and George Voskovec With implications about McCarthyism and the paranoid 1950s, Twelve Angry Men has been hailed as one of the greatest courtroom films by AFI. - Legally Blonde
E13Legally BlondeForrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Robert Luketic's Legally Blonde. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, and Jennifer Coolidge. It tells the story of Reese Witherspoon's Elle Woods who attempts to get her ex-boyfriend back by getting her law degree from Harvard. - The Burbs with Matt StrackbeinE19
The Burbs with Matt StrackbeinForrest, Conan, Kristina and Matt Strackbein AKA TheLetterhack to talk about Joe Dante's The Burbs. Tom Hanks is Ray Peterson and Bruce Dern is Mark Rumsfield who come to the conclusion that their neighbors are ritualistic satanic killers. - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
E20Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StoryForrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about 'Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story' Co-Written and Produced by Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, coming a few years after Ray (2004) and Walk the Line (2006), Walk Hard is a pretty incredible satire of the music biopic Starring John C. Reilly as the early Rock n Roll legend Dewey Cox, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell, Kristin Wiig, Matt Bessner With appearances by Jack White, Eddie Vedder, Ghostface Killah, Jewel, Lyle Lovett and Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Justin Long, and Jason Schwartzman as the Beatles. - Jackie Brown with Josh Duggan of Unkind Rewind
E24Jackie Brown with Josh Duggan of Unkind RewindAfter Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino's third film Jackie Brown was released in 1997. Starring Pam Grier two decades after Foxy Brown and an aging Robert Forster and Samuel L. Jackson as well as Robert De Niro and more. - Materialists with Eileen Jones
E25Materialists with Eileen JonesBack in 2023, Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talked on an episode about Celine Song's debut Past Lives which we all loved Her second film, also written and directed by her, stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans. It's a "Romantic Comedy," although is it? Some have speculated it's secretly a horror movie, about a Match Maker named Lucy (Dakota Johnson) whose hooking up Wealthy Bored Miserable New Yorkers with each other. She is not in their class strata, and her ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans) who she tried her life out with in the city is still trying to make it as an actor in the same apartment. As a Match Maker, she sells romantic dreams that can never truly be fulfilled this way.. setting people up by mathematical algorithm in a digital age. But, she gets a chance to live the dream she's selling... when a Finance Nepo Baby named Harry Castillo (Pedro Pascal) starts pursuing her. It's set up as a formulaic Rom Com, yet Celine Song as a former Match Maker (for six months while trying to get her plays produced in 2015) has a lot to say about the transactional nature of relationships in a digital age, the need for human connection that algorithmic connection cannot replicate, and these matchmaking services as a business. - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with Jason Myles
E31Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with Jason MylesMovie Night Extravaganza kicks off a month of Star Wars with Rogue One and the original trilogy. The setup of a classic war movie, with a classic rag rag bunch of characters. Post-Andor discussion of this, the best recent Star War. - Star Wars: A New Hope with Jason Myles
E32Star Wars: A New Hope with Jason MylesForrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron discuss George Lucas's 1977 A New Hope with Jason Myles of This is Revolution. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guiness, and James Earl Jones. This is the first of 3 episodes, discussing the original trilogy including Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. - Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back with Loren Tee
E33Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back with Loren TeeAfter the original Star Wars (1977) became the highest grossing movie ever at the time, Star Wars returned in 1980 with the second in the trilogy, which many say is the best of the original trilogy.. the Empire Strikes Back. - Star Wars: Return of the Jedi with Bonnie Burton
E34Star Wars: Return of the Jedi with Bonnie BurtonOn the final film of the Original Trilogy, the Empire and the Rebellion face off, Luke grapples with the knowledge Vader is his father, Han is still in Carbonite, and there are so many Ewoks!!. The MNE crew talk about it with Bonnie.
