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Comedy Tragedy Marriage
by Stan the Movie Man
Stan the Movie Man and Maude the Movie Broad, a couple married over 35 years, take turns choosing a movie, watching it together, then discussing why one loves it and whether the other one loves it, likes it or hates it.
Episodes
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Sixteen Candles
For the 294th and final episode of Comedy Tragedy Marriage, Maude and Stan discuss what is their favorite “couple movie,” the 1984 teen classic “Sixteen Candles.”
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Superman: The Movie
Christopher Reeve donned the blue tights and red cape of the Man of Steel while Margot Kidder played the plucky, spelling-challenged reporter Lois Lane in 1978’s “Superman: The Movie.”
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Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon embody country music legends Johnny Cash and June Carter in the 2005 Academy Award winning 2005 film “Walk the Line.”
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
An enemy from Captain Kirk’s past returns for revenge in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”
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Parkland
Chaos and fear raced through Dallas, TX and the nation in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963. The 2013 film “Parkland” starring Zac Efron, Paul Giamatti, Colin Hanks and many more, tracks the harrowing hours and days following the fatal shots.
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Surviving Ohio State
***Trigger Warning: Descriptions of sexual abuse*** Richard Strauss was a physician for the Ohio State University athletic department and the student health center. From 1978 to 1998, he sexually abused hundreds of male students. The survivors of his abuse discuss the effects it had, and is still...
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The Judd Family: Truth Be Told
Maude and I both were disc jockeys on country radio during The Judds heydays as hit machines of the 1980’s. No one knew of the turmoil going on behind the scenes between mother Naomi and daughter Wynonna, nor the pain and abandonment of the forgotten Judd, sister Ashley. All is revealed in the...
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Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
Five lives were lost due to the recklessness of one man. His hubris is documented and ultimately dissected in the documentary “Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster.”
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My Mom Jayne
Actress Mariska Hargitay works through a complicated relationship with her mother, the late actress Jayne Mansfield, in front of the camera in the new documentary “My Mom Jayne.”
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The Name of the Rose
Even in a house of God, evil lurks in the dark and cold halls of a 14th century Benedictine abbey in the 1986 murder mystery film “The Name of the Rose,” starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham and Christian Slater.
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The Speedway Murders
A 1978 quadruple homicide of fast food workers in Speedway, Indiana is the subject of an interesting and unique documentary available to stream on Hulu, “The Speedway Murders.”
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Rushmore
Wes Anderson’s second feature film starred Jason Schwartzman in his film debut, as a student at a prestigious private boys school, and Bill Murray as the rival for the affection of a teacher, played by Olivia Williams, in the 1998 movie “Rushmore.”
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Enough Said
A massage therapist and an archivist of classic television shows meet at a party and begin dating but a separate friendship threatens to poison a budding relationship in the 2013 film “Enough Said.”
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Thelma
June Squibb gets her first lead role at the age of 93, proving it’s never too late, in the 2024 film “Thelma.”
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Mothers’ Instinct
Best neighborhood friends are pushed to the limit by a tragic death and mental illness in the 2024 film “Mothers’ Instinct” starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain.
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Moving On
Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda join forces in a fight against evil, sort of, in the 2022 film “Moving On,” also starring Malcolm McDowell and Richard Roundtree.
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MobLand and Happy Face
In a slight departure from our usual selection, Maude picked the first episodes of two new limited streaming series on Paramount+. We discuss the British crime drama “MobLand” and the true crime drama “Happy Face.”
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Encanto
A multi-generational family blessed with magical powers is faced with possibly losing their gifts in the Disney animated musical “Encanto.”
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A Complete Unknown
Timothee Chalamet learned to play the guitar and harmonica and worked with vocal coaches for years to get the sound of Bob Dylan just right and it paid off with another Oscar nomination for his performance in “A Complete Unknown.”
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Munich
After the attack on the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich Summer Games, the government of Israel put in motion a secret plan to find and assassinated the planners of the attack. This worldwide mission is dramatized in Steven Spielberg’s 2005 dramatic thriller “Munich.”
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September 5
The 1972 Munich Olympics was the scene of a terrorist attack against the Israeli team. How ABC Sports scrambled to cover the unfolding story is the subject of the film “September 5.’
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Anora
When a sex worker thinks a Russian white knight has rescued her from the life, her dreams come to a quick end in the Academy Award winning film “Anora.”
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Notes on a Scandal
A lonely teacher near retirement feels invigorated by a new, younger friend and fellow educator at her school. But the discovery of an illicit and illegal affair provides an unexpected opportunity in the 2006 film “Notes on a Scandal.”
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Heretic
Hugh Grant goes dark in a thriller about religion and doubt in 2024’s “Heretic” also starring Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East.
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Birdman
Michael Keaton is an actor typecast from his previous superhero films now trying to be taken seriously on Broadway in the 2014 Academy Award winning film “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).”
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Fantastic Voyage
The Cold War moves from macro efforts to the microscopic in a race to save a scientist’s life in the 1966 Academy Award-winning film “Fantastic Voyage.”
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Lee
Kate Winslet has come a long way since playing Rose on the doomed Titanic. Acting as both producer and star, Winslet bravely takes on the role of WWII photographer Lee Miller in the film Lee, available to stream on Hulu.
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Tuesday
Death takes wing as a parrot in the imaginative and touching 2023 film “Tuesday,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew and Arinze Kene as the voice of Death. Stream the film on Max.
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You’re Cordially Invited
A double booked wedding leads to shenanigans galore in the Amazon Prime original film “You’re Cordially Invited” starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon.
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A Different Man
When a man with a facial deformity undergoes an experimental treatment that reveals a handsome face but a mountain of insecurity, it’s only made worse by the arrival of “A Different Man.”
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Juror #2
Being on the jury of a murder trial is stressful. Being on the jury of a murder trial when you might actually be the one responsible for the death is a whole new level of stress. Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, JK Simmons and more star in the Clint Eastwood directed “Juror #2.”
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Asteroid City
It’s a TV show about a play within a movie. Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” plays with all the standard Wes Anderson toys but in a unique way.
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Die Hard
A New York City cop travels to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve trying to reconcile with his estranged wife at her company’s holiday party when terrorists take over Nakatomi Plaza and he becomes a one-man army to save 30 hostages, his wife and his marriage in 1988’s “Die Hard.”
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Krampus (2015)
Keeping the Christmas spirit alive may be the key to surviving the holidays for one family in “Krampus.”
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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
A good, old fashioned, family Christmas is all Clark Griswold wanted. What he gets is an ever unfolding disaster in 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”
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The Polar Express
Robert Zemeckis used motion capture to create all the characters in 2004’s “The Polar Express.” It’s a story about holiday belief starring Tom Hanks.
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a theologian and anti-Nazi activist in Hitler’s Germany. It was dangerous to have opposing views to the government of WWII Germany and Dietrich paid the ultimate price. His life is the subject of the film “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin.”
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When Worlds Collide
It’s the end of the world and Humanity has one hope in 1951’s “When Worlds Collide.”
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The War of the Worlds (1953)
The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West colored a great deal of American cinema. That is evident in 1953’s “The War of the Worlds.”
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Deadpool & Wolverine
There are friends, there are enemies, there are frenemies and then there is “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Humanity’s struggle with good and evil is personified in the 1941 film starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
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Bride of Frankenstein
If you think you have trouble finding a mate on the apps, imagine being Frankenstein’s monster! Everyone that sees you screams in your face and chases you with torches and pitchforks. The only way to find love is to build your mate in the lab. This week’s film is “Bride of Frankenstein.”
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The Phantom of the Opera
For nearly 100 years old, “The Phantom of the Opera” looks pretty good for its age. This 1925 production stars Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry in a tale of all-consuming love and the pursuit of stardom.
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Frankenstein (1931)
The quintessential mad scientist story gets its most iconic telling in 1931’s “Frankenstein” starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke and Boris Karloff as The Monster.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Based on Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” from 1945 gives viewers a look at the corruption of one man’s soul via his portrait.
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Shutter Island
US Marshalls are sent to an island hospital for the criminally insane to search for a missing patient, but things are not as they seem on “Shutter Island.”
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Trumbo
The Blacklist was a group of writers and other Hollywood creatives that were accused of being communists and refusing to testify against their fellow creatives to a congressional committee. They were jailed for contempt and weren’t allowed to work in Hollywood. But the film “Trumbo” shows how…
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All That Jazz
Bob Fosse was a troubled genius. Both are on full display in his 1979 semi-autobiographical film “All That Jazz.”
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God & Country and Bad Faith
The Christian Nationalist movement isn’t a new creation. It’s been building slowly over the last 75 years. Two documentaries, “God & Country” and “Bad Faith,” look at the underpinnings of this threat to democracy and America as we know it.
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1941
Steven Spielberg’s screwball comedy “1941” has a massive cast, lots of special effects, huge stunts…and isn’t very good.
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Stan the Movie Man and Maude the Movie Broad, a couple married over 35 years, take turns choosing a movie, watching it together, then discussing why one loves it and whether the other one loves it, likes it or hates it.
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