Venice Lineup Implications & The Biggest Review Segment EVER - ORC 7/24/25

We discuss the Venice Lineup + our early guesses at who could win some awards. Then we dive into the most humongous What We’re Watching segment in the history of MMO. 54 Separate Films or Television Series are review from Eddington & I Still Know What You Did Last Summer to a Stanley Kubrick double feature to an Arnold triple feature to Final Destination: Bloodlines & Bring Her Back to Elio & Superman rewatches to Bird, starring another dancing Barry Keoghan. THE 2025 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP: The Alexander Payne Jury & what films they might select - 3:14 In Competition Headliners - 6:36 Jay Kelly, A House of Dynamite, Frankenstein, The Testament of Ann Lee, Bugonia, The Smashing Machine & La Grazia. Other Notables In Competition - 12:30 The latest from directors of Personal Shopper, Four Daughters, Son of Saul and Only Lovers Left Alive. No Other Choice than to review the teaser for this Park Chan-wook movie with a thoughtful discussion on werewolves - 17:32 Why After The Hunt is playing Out of Competition + its NYFF Opening slot - 21:05 Other Out of Competition Films from Dead Man’s Wire to Late Fame - 25:04 What’s NOT Going To Venice - 29:04 BOX OFFICE UPDATE AlsoMike’s Superman rewatch & week 2 bobo - 33:15 I Know What You Did Last Summer reviewing grinds us to a halt - 38:19 Eddington makes us mad that it makes us mad - 41:16 M1’s Elio review and the rest of the Top 10 - 45:06 What We’re Watching Newish Horror Films - 47:34 Final Destination: Bloodlines, The Shrouds, Bring Her Back, The Ugly Stepsister, Opus. New Comedies, Docs & KPOP Demon Hunter Films - 55:19 Magic Farm, Friendship, Pavements, KPOP Demon Hunters, My Mom Jayne, The Luckiest Man in America, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story, Apocalypse in the Tropics, Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything, Restless, Sally, and Surviving Ohio State. AM’s Blind Spots & M1 Goes Artsy Fartsy - 1:13:36 Black Coal Thin Ice, Sabrina, Hard Boiled, Invention & Bird. AM’s Rewatches - 1:20:31 Emma, Bull Durham, The Birdcage, Closer, I Saw The Devil, The Chaser. M1’s Quickies - 1:23:28 American Splendor, Smile 2, Heretic, Dream Scenario, A History of Violence, Prince of Darkness. The Start of AM’s TV Watching + M1’s Arnold-a-palooza + Tuesday - 1:26:12 Dept. Q, Fred & Rose: A British Horror Story, Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, True Lies, End of Days, Commando and Tuesday. M1’s Kubrick Double Feature + Past Contendres & The Rest of AM’s TV Watching - 1:31:48 Paths of Glory, 2001: A Space Odyssey, September 5, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Bad Thoughts, Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life, Untamed, Aftersun, Dexter: Resurrection. OUTRO: We attempt to avoid jinxing anything in the future. But stay tuned to more episodes, eventually or immediately, whatever happens. Oh, and go and listen to the Poop Cruise Jen Baxter interview from our friends at Chaz & AJ in the Morning https://www.wplr.com/2025/07/14/pod-pick-poop-cruise-director-jen-baxter/