Episode 305: Winter Preview 2017-2018

Nov 29, 2017

The new movies of the season are coming!   Mikey, Pinky & Dave takes on all the films fit to know about from December to February, including those with Oscar buzz. And in the middle of the preview, a discussion on separating film from actor when it comes to the horrible actions of those like Harvey Weinstein & Kevin Spacey. Avoiding the conversation, coming in late, is Friend of the Show, Wit Stillman Fan, Brie Lover (Larsen, Allison, Cheese), Film Historian, Terrance Malick apologist and Nobel Prize winner for Urologist Dr Earl. Also discussed, ...the "-has Fallen" movie series... Pinky has dyslexia... a Wes Studi bio... the quick story of Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan... And finally,

• Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (small indie film)
• All the Money in the World (The film that dropped Spacey) 
• Downsizing (the little people movie with Matt Damon)
• Father Figures (Ed Helms/Owen Wilson comedy, not the George Michael movie)
• Pitch Perfect 3 (it'll be Aca-Awesome)
• The Greatest Showman (musical with Hugh Jackman)
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (The Rock enters the Jumanji universe)
• Insidious (another horror sequel)
• The Commuter (Liam Neeson being Liam Neeson)
• Paddington 2 (a sequel to the surprisingly delightful first one)
• Proud Mary (Taraji P Henson as a hitwoman in an action film!)
• 12 Strong (the story of the first special forces team deploys after 9/11)
• Maze Runner: the Death Cure (the 3rd - and final? - installment of the series)
• White Boy Rick (A McConaughey undercover 70s piece)
• Untitled Cloverfield Movie (3rd film in the loosely connected Cloverfield universe)
• Winchester: The House that Ghost Built (set in the infamous Winchester home)
• The 15:17 to Paris (directed by Clint Eastwood)
• Fifty Shades Freed (the completion of the crap trilogy)
• The Hurricane Heist (Thieves attempt a heist while a Hurricane approaches. Of course)
• Peter Rabbit (Live action & animated adventures of the classic tale)
• Black Panther (last stop before The Avengers Infinity Wars)
• Early Man (animated film from Chicken Run creators)
• Annihilation (Mikey's girl Nat Portman in a sci-fi thriller)
• The War with Grandpa (DeNiro in another bad grandpa role, but a family film)
• Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (a possible Old/young romance film)
• Hostiles (Christian Bale & Rosamund Pike in an Indian adventure)
• I, Tonya (the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan story)
• Molly's Game (Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut)
• Mudbound (direct to Netflix film about men returning from war)
• The Shape of Water (an otherworldy fairy tale set in the Cold War)
• The Post (another Meryl Street nomination)
• The Phantom Thread (Daniel Day-Lewis' possible last movie)
• The Disaster Artist (the story of the disastrous movie "The Room")
• Wonder Wheel (the latest Woody Allen joint)