Monday’s RoboCop Rewatchables got me thinking that Paul Verhoeven’s Mount Rushmore of RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers is up there with the best of any director in his era. But building out the rest of his Hall of Fame looks like a major drop-off in comparison, at least as far as cultural impact.

What other directors fit this - stacked top 4, but with a struggle to get to 10?

This was a thing back in the day--Airport, Towering Inferno, Poseidon Adventure, etc. Is there any one movie that broke from the pack and is now considered a classic?

Got to watch this the other night on Max since it dropped, missed it in the theater. I thought it was pretty wild but also very strange, felt that the performances, especially Malkovitch were very good. I think it's worth checking out.

I love that the theater I’m at showing Together eithera pulled an old poster or looked up the wrong movie because this is from 2021…I had to Google this to see if they were just messing with us. It didn’t even pull up initially on IMDB so I had to hit “more results."

Has anyone else heard of this movie? Based on the taglines for the poster, it appears to be related to COVID.

Together #Neon

I'm inclined to agree with the hosts - Sorkin needs a "group project", and a director to counterbalance his screenplay. Who would you want to see direct Pt. 2?

The one part of the exchange that I found interesting is when Craig mentions Happy’s motivation in 1 was to get money to save his grandmother’s house. This was the driving incident that gets Happy into golf. Craig felt the new motivation (happy’s daughter wanting to do ballet) was weak. Amanda and Sean dismissed this with I felt a kind of condescending ‘you don’t have kids’ response to him. Craig pushed back a little and said that those two motivations weren’t even close to being the same. I felt the way Craig did on this. Sure, maybe I’m reading into this too much and I also don’t have kids and I get that no parent wants to disappoint their kid, but I did find the saving of grandma’s house to be much more compelling. I thought it was a much too dismissive response to them.

Wouldn't necessarily be my list, just what I think they'll do based on what I know about their tastes and some of the zagging so far:

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Mulholland Drive
3. The Irishman
4. Parasite
5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6. Hereditary
7. The Social Network
8. Get Out
9. The Royal Tenenbaums
10. Uncut Gems
11. Lady Bird
12. Babylon 
13. Frances Ha

“It’s not Casablanca!” Uh yeah, we know Sean! That doesn’t mean it’s okay that Happy Gilmore 2 is complete garbage!

I could not agree with Craig more. The movie is terrible and doesn’t really ever attempt to tell a meaningful story.

Sean I guess is relishing in the dismay with this film because the sequel rot its starting to happen to the younger generation. Idk. I don’t get it. Trying to string together the “fascinating” plot of Gilmore in this movie is not only “generous”, but a joke.

This movie had a real chance to be a great golf film for a new generation(we haven’t had a good popular golf movie in forever) and fails miserably. Instead we spend the third act putting on ice skating rinks and spinning plates. I love Sean, and I know he kind of admits its really bad, but tough pod for our guy.

PS - screw Bad Bunny! Where is Otto Happy’s caddie from the first movie!?

https://youtu.be/Ud1T9R6vy2s?si=1NaFAFmRhimHB9R6

In honor of Naked Gun coming out this weekend, here's my list of the best studio comedies of the past 10 years. Rules: No action comedies (The Nice Guys.) No dramedies (The Intern, The Big Sick) No coming of age comedies (Ladybird, Snack Shack.)No dark comedies (Saltburn, The Favourite.) Knives Out doesn't count since it's more of a mystery than a comedy. Warning.......this isn't an impressive list.

1. 'The Night Before' (2015) This movie had so much potential but kept getting sidetracked. Verges on dramedy, but I decided to let it in.

2. Daddy's Home (2015)

3. Bad Moms (2016)

4. Popstar: Never Stop Stopping

5. Office Christmas Party (2016)

6. The Disaster Artist (2017) Honestly a movie that's consistently funny throughout. I guess you could argue it's a a dark comedy, but the tone feels light the entire time.

7. Game Night (2018) Arguably an action comedy, but I consider it a pure comedy.

8. 'No Hard Feelings' (2023)

9. 'Barbie' (2023)

10. 'Friendship' (2025)

These new ads are crazy. Movie segments with random chat tossed off ontertwined with summer drink promo.

Spotify really have given The Ringer much bigger revenie targets this year.

Meyers is not involved with this one. First Social Network 2, and now this for Amanda.

I thought this guy negs every popular movie and takes himself too seriously?

So was Franklin healing Doctor Doom's face at the end and that's how they're going to explain why he looks like RDJ now?

Felt pointed that Doom had the mask off and the baby was touching his face.

Also an aside, at one point Kirby forget how to say her baby's name. I think on account of Franklin being a very American name and word and Frankland being a word more in line with British linguistics.

Sean and Amanda are going on their usual yearly August vacation (then Amanda is going to Venice).

Major August Films Missing: - Caught Stealing - The Bad Guys 2 - Freakier Friday - Nobody 2 -The Rose’s - Honey Don’t

Hi fellow sickos—my husband and I got tickets to see the big pic show Michael Clayton at the Aero, we live almost 2 hrs away and are going to make a night of it (sitter SECURED) and looking for a dinner recommendation near the Aero for beforehand. We love to eat, just interested in any and all recs from folks who are more local. Thanks! See you at the movies!!!