Don’t Say Good Luck and the Evolution of Happy Madison Productions | SVU

25:58He's got a toilet exploding right beneath him right now and he's doing a podcast. All I know what to do is podcast, which is why I'm here. So that was Don't Say Good Luck. Highly recommended. Certainly one of the better things we've reviewed on this podcast so far. I think easily. Yeah, it's a good movie. It's very good. It's a tough watch though. It'll make you cry. It is a tough watch. You have to know that going in, But I think if you're up to that, it is a very, very good version of this kind of thing. It is currently streaming on Netflix. And if you have some feedback for us about this review or anything else, you can send us a note.

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29:40Am I allowed to say good luck? Just say break a leg. But I would be so sad if you broke your leg. You'll get over it.

29:48Matt Singer:So Matt, joking aside, you clearly liked Don't Say Good Luck. It's a good movie. What do you recommend in the Rex seg? Recommendation segment. Something that is related to this film that you recommend as part two. In the Rex seg, the recommendation segment. I'm not yelling it because I don't want to. People are listening. I'm not in my usual basement because it's covered in filth. I'm not going to yell. But this is the Rex Egg. And we did talk about Sonny Sandler as an actor and in relationship to her father, Adam Sandler. And we debated, you know, her chops and whether we think she's got a career outside of movies, Happy Madison movies.

30:37I do think it is fair to say, though, that she would at this stage would probably not be headlining Netflix movies if not for her father was. I think that's very unlikely. And so, you know, there is I think I might have mentioned in the last segment. There is that term Nepo baby, which became a big thing online a couple of years ago and made targets of a lot of very successful people. personally I think there are some very egregiously untalented nepo babies I also think there's some very talented people who have inherited something from their parents and arguably that might be as who are some of your favorite nepo babies I don't I don't know I don't know who's your favorite nepo baby I got two that I think are great okay I love Jack Quaid he is Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan's

31:28Matt Singer:son. Very good. And he deserves all of his success. He deserves all of it. He's very handsome and very funny. And he's also in Star Trek. And the other one that I love. Star Trek. Red alert. Yeah. The other one who I love is Carl Philip Emanuel Bach. He is Johann Sebastian Bach's son. And he's a brilliant composer in his own right. Even though his old man pretty much invented the art of the fugue. You popped Sam with that one. Sam liked that one a lot. Sam is laughing. You can't see him, but I can see him. He is hysterically laughing. Sam is thinking, which C.P.E. Bach etude will I put underneath when I post-produce this episode?

32:09No, he's the best Nepo baby, C.P.E. Bach.

32:16Okay, well, I will give you, you know, I will give you the one that I always think of. I didn't want to spoil it because it's my recommendation. Yeah, go for it. So that and that is my thing is I thought I would recommend something of value from a quote unquote Nepo baby. I don't really use that term generally. No, it's too gauche. And for good measure, I thought I would try to pick a film that's like Don't Say Good Luck and that it is a coming of age movie about high schoolers at a crisis point in their lives. the movie is Jordan's thinking The Bling Ring from 2013 directed by Sofia Coppola daughter of filmmaking legend Francis Ford Coppola who had to deal with her own accusations of nepotism long before that term Nepo Baby was coined when she was in The Godfather Part 3 that was she's OG she's the OG huge controversy and then she became a director in her own right and very quickly it became clear an enormously talented and gifted director.

33:15And so I don't think that, you know, those complaints have kind of gone by the wayside, at least from serious film lovers and critics and things. But The Bling Ring is not one of her most beloved movies, but one of the things, I always liked it when it came out, and one of the things I liked about it was that it in some ways explores, you know, that perspective, the perspective of a privileged upbringing because its protagonists are these kids of these wealthy people. And they are so safe, ensconced in their lives as the kids of these incredibly powerful and wealthy people. They can just break into celebrities' homes and steal from them and wander around and, like, rummage their closets.

33:54And it's all based on a real group of teen burglars who did this in Southern California in the 2000s. Paris Hilton's hosting a party in Vegas tonight. Where does she live? Do you think we could find a way in? I don't know. Come on, let's go to Paris's. I want to rob. I always liked this movie. The movie came out, didn't do all that well. It got pretty mediocre reviews when it came out, especially for a Sofia Coppola movie. I looked on Letterboxd. It is her lowest rated feature on Letterboxd and by a wide margin. And I looked back, I looked at it again this week. And, you know, looking at it again now about 12, 13 years after it came out, To me, it seems like kind of a prescient film.

34:41It is about this compulsion for fame and money as the ultimate goal rather than a byproduct of success in some other field, whether that's filmmaking or acting or whatever. these kids that she is chronicling in this movie they're bad criminals but they're very good wannabe celebrities and it's like sort of exists in this moment right before they could have just become tiktok stars which you feel like a few years later that's what all of these kids would have done right that they are looking at these people on their on facebook facebook is a big part of the movie they're looking at sort of the early days of social media and they want to emulate what they're seeing, but it hasn't quite crossed over to that point where they can use it as an outlet as, you know, just to get fame on their own.

35:30And so what they do is that they steal and rob from these people who have fame and success, but aren't really all that famous for doing any, you know, like Paris Hilton is a presence in the movie and it's, they're robbing her house. And it's like, look, no disrespect to Paris Hilton. She's not famous for being an incredible singer or an actress. She's famous for being Paris Hilton, for being herself. She's like the prototype of this. And so I always thought that was interesting about it. Like, I vaguely recall, like, that was a complaint. Like, why are these criminals? They're such bad criminals.

36:02They don't really even try it. Like, they're robbing these people, but they're so dumb. And it's like, that wasn't really the point. Like, it was about this vicarious.

36:10Matt Singer:Seems like a good one to revisit. And also amazing to think that it is really a period piece from 2013, as scary as that may sound. But it's from another time. 2013 is really long enough ago for this type of culture to be very different. Yes. And I think she even hired some of the young women in the film. I was looking at the Wikipedia or whatever. I had forgotten, I think Wally Pfister's daughter, the cinematographer Wally Pfister's daughter is one of the actors in the film. So there's a lot of meta-nepotism flowing through this movie in a strong way. And I think it holds up. I rewatched it this week and I was like, yeah, I like this movie.

36:55I really do think it is one of Sofia Coppola's underrated films. So that's my recommendation. I saw it just the one time, and it's on Netflix, actually.

37:07Matt Singer:It's on Netflix until September 2nd. That's the one thing. You have a couple of weeks to rewatch it, and then you could rent it after that, or maybe it will pop up somewhere else. But that's my pick, The Bling Ring on Netflix. What do you got, Jordan? What's your recommendation? Well, I just want to say, you were talking about Sofia Coppola and her, quote-unquote, Nepo baby status. there was a funny thing a little while ago where her daughter was becoming a an instagram slash tiktok star i forget the daughter's name and she was very funny and she would uh you know she's very young she's like 14 she would do stuff and then she would get punished and the punishment was she couldn't make tiktoks but she would like borrow her friend's phone and make a tiktok anyway but what was interesting is that when she wanted to talk about her famous parents it was never about her mom it was about her dad because her dad is the guy in the band phoenix whose name is i don't know joe phoenix whatever his name is sure and she would be like uh thomas mars is her dad and there was like one of her little tiktoks that i saw i was like you want to see my dad's grammy and he like went and got she went and got the dad's grammy and so i thought that was very cute so isn't that funny that's francis ford coppola's granddaughter's Nepo-ism is going to the other guy, not even him.

38:26Matt Singer:So that's how big of a failure Megalopolis was. It's screwing up even the granddaughter. All right. So anyway. What's your recommendation, Jordan? Okay. So I'm sticking with cancer. And I have another movie about someone kind of similar. What I liked about Don't Say Good Luck is that it didn't pull its punches, but it ended, it didn't end up in any regard, but it ended real and it ended whole, you know? And there's a movie that actually won a bunch of awards that nobody really talks about anymore called The Barbarian Invasions. Now this movie is from Canada, but it still somehow won the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 2003.

39:13Matt Singer:How did it do that? How? From Canada. Don't they speak English there? well some canadians speak french lunatics and these people are known as french canadians and so it was the only canadian movie to win the foreign language oscar because they were weird enough to speak french no it's a french canadian movie denis arcane is the director it also did very well at can that year it won best screenplay for denis arcane and best actress for a woman whose name I can't pronounce. The movie is actually a sequel to a film that I saw after. I did it backwards, and I didn't really like the original that much.

39:54Matt Singer:The original's from the mid 80s, called The Decline of the American Empire. I thought it was okay. But in 2003, he made this one called The Barbarian Invasions. And basically, the premise is this. Central guy. Imagine Quebec's version of Timothy Spall, right? That kind of a character. He is a big bon vivant, gregarious, larger gentleman. And he's got ex-wives, ex-lovers. He's got an estranged son because he's such a wine-drinking bon vivant. And they're all intellectuals and professors and whatnot. And he's dying. And that's basically it. So it's him and his friends preparing for his departure and they rent a house by the lake it's very photogenic and they drink wine and they talk and then eventually he dies and that's basically the movie uh and there but there's one little twist which is um he's in a lot of pain and they they get him heroin because the drugs that are legal aren't enough so there's sort of like a caper element and they get in touch it's like one of their friend's daughters is a junkie or something it's like well i know where i can get heroin is from my junkie daughter and in a way it helps heal that bridge also getting the junkie daughter in there and why and and and you know the movie came out in 2003 he wrote the script in er con and like he was just about to finish and then september 11th happened and he's like well this changes it changed the whole world so it radically changed the movie because the movie are all about these sort of like intellectual college professors all talking about stuff so It was very much top of mind for the characters.

41:36Matt Singer:And there's a lot of talk about, you know, they're French-Canadian, so they talk a lot about America. And they're all, and George W. Bush and how they hate Bush. And there's a lot of anti-Bush stuff. And, you know, thinking about it now, it's like, boy, just you wait. Just you wait until the president that's coming around the bend, this guy named Trump, is going to make Bush look like a Boy Scout. So it's a very interesting movie. I don't know. Did you or Sam, did you see this one when it came out? I don't think I have ever seen it. I certainly, I know the name. I know Denny Arcan. I have not, I have not seen it.

42:08Matt Singer:It's, I just remember being swept away by it. It has little, I've seen it more than once actually. And just thinking like, what an incredible group of characters and what a well-made film. And Denny Arcan is not, he's made some clunkers. He made a movie called Stardom, which was terrible. I then went and watched Decline of the American Empire, which is all the same characters but younger kind of more of the like with nail and I age and I thought it was kind of annoying but he also made a movie called Jesus of Montreal I think Jesus of Montreal is probably his most famous film and that is a flat-out masterpiece that is a weird movie about the I can't even talk I don't even who the hell knows what Jesus of Montreal is about that's how good it is so anyway my rec seg this week is this is the little known but yet still won the Oscar for best foreign language, won best screenplay at Cannes, best actress at Cannes that year.

43:01Matt Singer:And where is it streaming? It's streaming on Canopy and Hoopla, or it is available to rent to Apple and YouTube and assorted places. So those were our recommendations this week. We have The Bling Ring on Netflix, at least until September 2nd. And we have The Barbarian Invasions. That's streaming on Canopy and Hoopla, or you can rent it on the usual sites, Apple and YouTube and such. and if you want your own personalized recommendation, you can, of course, send us a note. Feedback at filmspottingsvu.com. Tell us what you're looking for, what kind of movie you want to watch. Tell us what streaming services you use.

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44:53It's destroying athlete, creator, and YouTube maxer. YouTube Premium enhances how I use YouTube with awesome features like offline downloads so I can download my favorite training videos before I hit the gym. So no Wi-Fi doesn't turn leg day into loading day. Plus, I get ad-free videos, background play, and so much more. YouTube Premium is like YouTube got some extra gains. Try YouTube Premium for two months free at youtube.com slash premium. Hey, what's up, guys? It's Haley Bailey. Okay, I need to tell you about something. I just got YouTube Premium. It's got tons of awesome features like offline downloads so I can download my favorite videos before I travel and watch them whenever I don't have Wi-Fi because we all know airplane Wi-Fi is the worst.

45:35I get ad-free, I get background play, and there's like a ton more in there. You should try it. If you like YouTube, you'll love YouTube Premium. So try YouTube Premium for two months free at youtube.com slash premium. Trial eligibility varies. Terms apply, cancel anytime. That's a mouthful. Hey, this is Kevin. This is Joe. And Nick Jonas from Hey Jonas. This episode of Hey Jonas is brought to you by the all-new drink lineup at McDonald's. I don't have to tell you that there are already so many great drink options at McDonald's, but the new drink lineup, I mean, it takes things to another level.

46:07They've got delicious caffeinated refreshers like the strawberry watermelon refresher, crafted sodas like the Spriteberry Blast, and now the all-new Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer. We're talking about a total game changer. It's made with Red Bull that's mixed with blue raspberry flavor and topped with freeze-dried dragon fruit. Wow. McDonald's has given us a refreshing new boost for your day. And the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer is arriving just as you're heading back to the dorms for the fall semester. It's got a boost of energy and a kick of flavor when you need it the most. You know, powering through those lectures and studying sessions, you're going to need it.

46:45Kicking the afternoon slump or rallying for the weekend. Try one of the many new drinks like the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer, also available with Red Bull Zero, now at McDonald's. Amazon Health AI presents Painful Thoughts. I, um, I can't stop scratching my downtown. Yeah, but I'm not itching to go downtown and tell a receptionist I'm here to talk about my downtown. Some things you'd rather type than say out loud. There's no question too embarrassing for Amazon Health AI. Chat your symptoms and get virtual care 24-7. Healthcare just got less painful. All right, it's time for the game. And I won last week's game on FilmSpottingSVU, which means I host this week's game, which means it is my prerogative to bring back America's fastest-growing quiz sensation, Portman Toe to Toe.

47:42No! Yay! And we have done this before. Here is how it works. I have made nine portmanteau movie titles. For listeners, a portmanteau is a new word formed by blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two distinct words. In practice, in the game, I give you the plot synopsis of an imaginary movie I create by smushing together two movie titles into one. And then Sam or Jordan have to buzz in and give me the portmanteau title. So, just as an example, this is not part of the game as an example. If I said a suburban family finds their entire neighborhood mysteriously transported back to the time of dinosaurs, at which point the movie becomes a rock and roll fable about a guy trying to rescue his rock singer girlfriend, you would say the end of Oak Streets of Fire.

48:34The end of Sing Street. That's close. But the end of Oak Streets of Fire. That's what we were looking for. So to make it easier, there's always kind of a clue. and so in this round this version of the game one of the two films in each portmanteau is a movie starring the father of Don't Say Good Luck star Sonny Sandler, Adam Sandler Ah, I like this So every movie has at least one Adam Sandler movie in it but they're not none of them have two Adam Sandler movies in it so it's just one Adam Sandler movie and one other movie also the Adam Sandler movie does not have to be the first of the two titles in the portmanteau keep that in mind although it is in most cases it is but not every time all right we ready yeah let's do it let me move this over so i can see you both clearly i can see who buzzes in i want to be very fair here we go movie number one portmanteau number one in an elaborate nesting doll of stories audiences learn the history of a faded but once glorious resort, one that was populated entirely by famous movie monsters.

49:45Jordan.

49:47Matt Singer:The Grand Budapest Hotel, Transylvania. That is correct. The Grand Budapest Hotel, Transylvania. Very good. Jordan is on the board. Thank you. All right, here we go. I'll just grunt occasionally, just so you know that I'm here. Yes. You got this. You got this. I'll mute Jordan's thing so he can't buzz in. Don't worry. Here we go. A married couple of amateur detectives are drawn into a case that leads them to uncover shocking proof of alien life in the universe. One that stretches from the dawn of man all the way to Jupiter and beyond the infinite. Okay. I'm probably wrong. The saddest buzz ever, but go ahead, Sam.

50:34Is the first movie Murder Mystery 2 and then it's Murder Mystery 2001 A Space Odyssey? That is correct. I'm so good at this game. Sam is on the board. Murder Mystery 2, 2001 A Space Odyssey. Very good. Amazing. All right. Question movie number three. A family adopts an adorable talking mouse, but then later discovers their mouse son is actually the son of Satan, sent to Earth to... Jordan. Stuart Little Nicky. That is correct. Jordan regains the lead, two to one. Stuart Little Nicky sounds like a good movie, too. I would watch Stuart. Yeah, not bad. All right. During a celebration of Hanukkah, We follow a sex worker living in Rome, and she encounters a famous Italian movie star, Ghost.

51:35Jordan. Eight crazy nights of Kiberia. That is correct. Eight crazy. Jordan is good at the portmanteau to toe. I forgot how good he is at this. I blacked out at the beginning. I need to really lock in here. But I believe in you, Sam. You're on the board. There's still plenty left. And this one, I don't think you can get this one. These are very creative. I love this. All right. All right. This is number five of nine. Here we go. The spoiled son of a rich businessman must prove he's mature enough to take over his parents' company. But while he does, he discovers he's actually the illegitimate son of a bumbling French detective.

52:20It's all there. It's all there for you. i don't know that i know the the sandler movie is the first of the two in the portmanteau it is also one of his early hits it is also the name of his character in the film yeah no i know the first one i just don't know the second one remind me what is the second half i'm i'm i'm uh he discovers he's the illegitimate son of a bumbling french detective perhaps an inspector even oh wait so yeah i guess i do i don't know the first one then because oh wait okay okay billy mattis billy mattis son of the pink panther you got it billy mattis son of the pink panther i was trying to make madison the first uh title of a movie starring uh you know the one where i think it was what's his name right the uh it was roberto yeah yeah was the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau.

53:25I was thinking he was Mr. Deeds somehow. I don't know about that. Oh, no, no, Billy Madison. It was all over the ruins. I guess there is a similar plot, but yeah, Billy Madison. Okay, number six. Jordan is in the lead, but it's neck and neck. Three to two. Yeah, yeah. Here we go. A hugely successful movie star discovers he is dying of a rare disease, making him rethink his priorities, until he falls for his platonic best friend, who he goes on glamorous trips with every single year, where their sexual tension is obvious to everyone but them.

53:59Sam. Funny People We Meet on Vacation? Correct. Funny People We Meet on Vacation. A movie we discussed on FilmSpottingSVU. Oh, that's not fair. Why is that not fair? That's not a real movie. Funny People We Meet on Vacation. we are all tied up i like that you know um very good that gal oh yeah what's funny emily bader is the actress in people we meet on vacation yes she's not that famous but when we did

54:30Matt Singer:that that week i loved her i've had a little crush on her we raved over her so i start i this is funny so i started following her on instagram and just like yesterday i was putzing through instagram and i came across i'm like who is this lady who am i because i tend to just follow people I really know in real life or like very famous people. You've forgotten who you were following. And I'm like, who is Emily Bader? Why am I following her? Did I used to work with her? Just like that. Just like that. A fleeting crush. Is she a film critic that lives in LA? Who is this lady? I'm like, no. I'm like, oh yeah, she's an actress.

55:03All right. Hats off to her. We're tied. We've got three left. It's now a best two out of three. Here we go. Oh my God. Oh God, this is exciting. This depressing ensemble study of the dangers of online addiction. takes a turn toward full-blown horror when it is the family's, sorry, when the family's children become possessed and go on a murder spree as part of a pact with a demonic entity who ensures a successful harvest in exchange for blood sacrifices. Am I, is this, is this, okay, I'm trying to remember the order this goes in, this title. Men, women, children of the corn? That is correct. Men, women, and children.

55:46children of the corn children of the corn very good i almost had it but you know what back he is now in the lead four to three because i never saw men women and children but there was another movie called you and me and everyone we you know oh that's my second i might be getting a call from

56:04Matt Singer:a plumber hold on one second all right you and me and the plumber we know keep this part in the show Sam. This is just you, me, and the listeners. How are you? I just can't believe you overlooked the London Bach, Johann Christian Bach. You're giving all your love to Carl Philip Emanuel. Give me like two minutes to see if I can get all this sorted and then we can at least finish this and then I'll go. All right. We'll finish the game. Should I read the letters from the listeners in the middle of the game? That's up to you. I'll be back. I will be right back. I will be right my thing so just in case you don't hear yeah mute it all right great do it go for it go for it you know what matt once in a while mute yourself uh mute yourself a little more once in a while it might be good for everybody just got a big middle finger so just so you know the listeners this is great this is the most realistic episode of svu yet matt singer is now racing around like a chicken without a head because the plumber he got a plumber at 9 20 p.m in new york city to show up because he's got feces spewing out like the bellagio hotel downstairs so he's running downstairs it's just me you and sam yeah and um let me read the letters in the middle of the game we got some nice letters let's do the letters real quick are you going to do the one that is very uh you know like matt should be here for or is this we're going to save that one it's better if he's not all right that way we could talk about him behind his back number one i got a text from a friend of mine.

57:35Matt Singer:Please relay to Mr. Singer that, quote, I'm sure the elder gods appreciate you paying it forward. Made me laugh for five minutes. That was in reference to last week when I left my, if you didn't listen last week, I printed out a copy of HP Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness on a company printer because I was too much of a cheapskate to print it out at home. I read it on a plane and I left it in the pocket So there was that Matt, he's very quick on his feet, well done Yeah, I got a letter, we got an email from a guy named Adis Perez It's just a very nice thing He says that he's been listening to Film Spotting forever, all the Film Spotting shows, he also says these are the things he loves about Film Spotting SVU He loves Matt's nerdy, well actually act, and honestly say i don't does matt do that a lot does he say well actually well actually i say it quite a bit i guess he does he's back he's back is the plumber dealing with it he's downstairs yeah they're they're on it they've it's a our our main sewer line is clogged so they're they gotta clean it oh so is that does that mean it's the city's problem not yours no of course not it means i got what they gotta clean it out otherwise well no but i'm just saying like meaning that in terms of who's responsible you know either the village line or your line it's your line or the village i mean it's it's inside our house yeah no it's inside the house okay you gotta here's what you call zoran at aol.com dear zoran finish finish reading this thing and then i'll and we can do that rest of the game all right there's nothing i can do i mean it's fine there's nothing i can do now anyway they're here they're doing you know like they already diagnosed it it's like we just gotta they just gotta do it we we just got a nice email from listener artist who lists all the things that he likes, including the way I mispronounce the word Grogu.

59:28He's a big fan of bazooka. He likes listening to Matt squirm when he loses a game. He likes Sam's omniscient presence. He likes when Matt gets frustrated when I mentioned Star Trek. He likes my tangents and the harps introducing these tangents. And he likes the Rex eggs. So hats off to Addis. Thank you. Thank you. He's an aspiring film snob. He's only going to get better. All right. Let's, is the game tied, Matt Singer? Is that what's happening? Unfortunately, no. Unfortunately for you, no. I think you're trying to fudge the score. No. Alright. It's 4-3. Should we get back into the game? Not intentionally.

1:00:05So I'll reset. I'll give a score. Let's get into the game and then I'm going to

1:00:07Matt Singer:read another big letter later. Let me reset and I'll give the score and an update and here we go. We have two portmanteaus left and the score is Sam 4 and Jordan 3. Sam has come roaring back here. He's gotten, I think, three in a row. Oh, but this means that there's room for Jordan to come back and take it. It's not over. It's a match point. Do you have to win by two? Jordan needs to get the next two correct. Can you do it, Jordan? What do you think? I do, and I will. Okay, here we go. I can and I will. I have my eyes closed. All right. Yeah. Here is portmanteau number eight. A peculiar race of aliens who claims to come from France are pressed into service to rescue both the president of the United States and the prime minister of England after they go missing when Air Force One is shot down.

1:00:59Jordan. Cone heads of state. Jordan is correct. We are tied. And you did not let me finish my plot synopsis. Can I give the last line of this plot synopsis? Please do. The film becomes Jordan Hoffman's top film of 2026.

1:01:20heads of state is not terrible and i actually wrote an essay for it uh i wrote about it for for uh foreign policy magazine very erudite magazine uh it's not bad i'm assuming i don't remember sandler being in cone heads but i guess he is i think he might play yeah he must be because it was on i i i did it by looking up you know like his his his films on letterboxd so i i don't remember him either i was gonna say he was the boyfriend but i think that was chris farley so i I don't know who he plays in it either. It's been a while since I revisited Coneheads.

1:01:48Matt Singer:He was still on SNL when Coneheads came out. Yeah. We'll have to look it up. All I can say is. We'll fact check it. We'll look it up and we'll find out who he played. But we have. This is the most exciting. I'm so glad we brought this up. It's tied. It is tied. We have a tie game. Adam Sandler, it says, plays Carmine in Coneheads. That doesn't help me. I believe it. What do the Coneheads say when they're stressed out? Do you remember what they say? Maintain low tones. Well, I guess they do that also. But like, what's their, instead of like saying, ah, or shit, or damn, what do they say? They say, Mebs.

1:02:27Mebs. Can you hear me? Matt Singer's gone. We can hear you, Matt. Okay. I can hear you. I can hear you again. I can hear you again. All right, you're back. This episode needs to end quickly because there's, I just picturing the plumber downstairs knocking on giant tubes. He's going to destroy the Wi-Fi line in the process. Right. Here we go. This is it. This is the end. King Koopa is coming. I'll reset again. Here we go. Ready? All the marbles. All the marbles. All right. It all comes down to this. Oh, boy. Four to four, and we have one left. Here we go. Yeah. All right. The last portmanteau for all the bragging rights.

1:03:00Here we go. A single mother and a single father have an unsuccessful date, then wind up trapped together at the same resort. The single father is desperate to return home so he can resume his job as the inspirational teacher to a group of impressionable young men at a 1950s boarding school. Yeah. I mean, save the toughest for last. I didn't see the first one, I guess. Oh, wait, no, no. OK, maybe it's a different one. Would you like some hints? Would we like some hints? Yeah. The Adam Sandler one is the first part of The Portmanteau. Yes, yes, I know that. And it is one of his films with Drew Barrymore.

1:03:52Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. One of his films with Drew Barrymore. I'm trying to think of another clue that won't just give it away, but there's not too many. I can look up the year, perhaps. this is for all we can't have a tie no and I'm blanking on the name of this movie

1:04:18Matt Singer:there's two of them that fit in with the second part and one of the movies clearly can never work and the other one I'm blanking on the name Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore I'll read the rest of it it's from 2014 it is directed by Frank Carasi oh Okay. Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Okay, it's shit, but then I don't know the second one. I know the first one, but I... This is... Give me a little clue about the second one, will you?

1:05:02I mean, I thought I made the second one pretty obvious. Oh, wait. Okay. Is this... Okay. I just couldn't make it work. Is this... Is this Blended Poet Society? Blended... Blended... Oh, come on. Sam has won Portman toe to toe. Blended Poet Society. Wait, time out. Time out. Read the second part. Blended Poet Society. I thought it was Blackboard Jungle. That's why I'm trying to make this work. Read it again. Inspirational teacher at a boarding school. boarding school boarding school man that's my own fault it is but i oh 50s blended not not a film from the 1950s not i had not mr not uh mr chips this isn't mr chips or whatever but uh yeah okay where does blackboard jungle that was the hardest that's why blackboard jungle yeah that was the last one because it was the hardest blended i was trying I was trying to make the dates, 51st dates for some reason at first.

1:06:04I was trying to be a little cute with that last one. I did. I will. Very quickly. Sam, congratulations. Sam wins fair and square. I will say I did have some other ones that I'm just going to throw out. The other portmanteaus I made as I was putting this together. Hubie Halloween Ends. Yeah. Big Daddy Daycare. Nice. Bullet Proof of Life. Wow. the ridiculous six days and seven nights and and perhaps the most powerful film of all i think this won the oscar this year rain over me you and everyone we know those were the other ones that i those were those proved more difficult to come up with synopsis too so i left those out wow you outdid yourself congratulations to sam that was very impressed good job sam we're essentially inviting listeners to come up with the plot descriptions for those titles that you weren't able to, but came up with the titles.

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1:10:46Matt Singer:Jordan correctly pointed out that Lapine directed Sunday in the Park with George. However, his reference to the song Weekend in the Country was incorrect. And this will not stand with the reader. He was compelled to bring pen to paper and let me know. It was not from that show. It was from A Little Night Music. I could easily make a send in the clowns joke here, but I will resist the temptation. This guy's a kidder. Act 1 of A Little Night Music closes with the song Weekend in the Country Like its score of Sunday in the Park it was written by Sondheim but Lapine had nothing to do with night music He probably enjoyed the show but Hal Prince he's doing what's it called when you're writing fan fiction about James Lapine He probably enjoyed the show but Hal Prince directed both the original Broadway production and the movie By the way the original production won six Tony Awards including Best Musical in 1973 the movie starring Elizabeth Taylor sits at a mere 17 % on Rotten Tomatoes far worse than Cleopatra so it will probably never show up as a wreck seg so that's a really great email from a listener oh should I mention the name of the listener I didn't actually the name of the listener is Howie Singer Matt's dad so I'm getting dissed via email by Matt's dad, which I thought was terrific.

1:12:17Matt, does your dad send you a lot of corrections? Because you write on the internet all day. You're blasting out news and reviews. I never say anything incorrect, so there's never anything to correct. But I suppose, yeah, once in a while, I might get something. I might get a little typo or a here or there. Yeah, it's been known to happen. Well, it's great, and it's awesome, and thank you. By the way, I've met Howie Singh. I've met all the singers. They're all terrific. And I'm very happy to have gotten this email from him, but I am, you know, a little nervous now that I know that he's listening.

1:12:48I really got to. You better know you're James Lapine.

1:12:56Matt Singer:Howie Singer, you didn't really mention if you'd seen Impromptu or not. If you have, let us know in your next email because it's a good movie and it's one that we recommend. So anyway, those are the great emails we get at feedback at filmspottingsvu.com. Matt, should we very quickly run down what are the new streaming titles coming this week? Melissa is telling me I should come down and help out. So I think I should go. You know what? I'll do that alone with Sam. Goodbye. Yeah, you guys can handle it. You can just say that I had to, you know, duty calls, so to speak. Literally, literally. You can steal that joke.

1:13:34Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. And I will talk to you guys later. Harry, are you in there? Be right out! I hope you're not using the toilet. It's broken. Let me tell you, listeners and Sam,

1:13:48Matt Singer:that the new theatrical releases coming to rent or buy online is something called, oh, Hadestown the Musical. Speaking of musicals, speaking of the whole thing of the show. This was in theaters. I saw the ads. I didn't actually go. I think it did well, actually. It did very well. I think it made almost 20 million over a couple of weeks. Yeah. Amazing. That's incredible. I mean, I think more of those specialty things, you know, concerts, you know, obviously Taylor Swift when she did her concert. But I think more of those should go to theaters. Well, this is great. I mean, I've actually seen three productions, all high school productions of this show.

1:14:23And I have to tell anybody, if this show is playing anywhere near you in any, you know, high school or above, go see it. It is like bulletproof of a show. If it can be sung, it will knock you out. It's a terrific, terrific show.

1:14:38Matt Singer:And that'll be on to rent for probably$14.99. And then eventually it'll go to, the price point will go down. Nicholas Winding Refn, a filmmaker I do not like, has a new movie that got terrible, terrible reviews called Her Private Hell. It's with Sophie Thatcher, who was actually in a very good movie. She was in that one with Hugh Grant, right? Yeah, Heretic. She was in Heretic. Yeah, Heretic. Love that film. And Charles Melton, who was in May, December with Stanley Portman. But Her Private Hell is supposedly terrible. Did you see it, Sam? I didn't, but I will watch it because I am a fan of his stuff.

1:15:15And I've been looking forward to his new feature. He hasn't done anything in a while.

1:15:17Matt Singer:You're going to be put to the test. I will. If you liked it, then that's good news. And then finally, another theatrical release coming to Rent or Buy is an interesting movie on paper called Motor City. uh it's a detroit set revenge thriller in the 1970s with alan richardson and shailene woodley directed by this fellow by the name of patsy panceroli and there's no dialogue it's all wall-to-wall music and it was the music it was the music was actually selected by someone i really admired jack white who i love jack white um but i i gotta say i hated this movie i i was just, I was, it just didn't work for me.

1:15:58Matt Singer:It was annoying. It was an annoying film. No, it's too bad. It's like a big video. And it's like not even, the point is like, he didn't even pick interesting music. It's like very top level, like Fleetwood Mac, Never Break the Chain. It's like, I kind of know that one already. So obviously, these are pricey needle drops as well, in addition to being obvious. Yeah, it sounds like. A very weird movie. I'm very curious to see if anybody likes it. I just, I could not get into it i actually went and saw that at the amc uh screen unseen program and uh you know i went for free and i still wanted my money back i really didn't like it at all okay but theatrical releases coming to streaming channels desert warrior warrior excuse me set in seventh century arabia starring anthony mackie charlotte copley and ben kingsley directed by rupert wyatt who did rise of the Planet of the Apes and the remake of The Gambler with Mark Wahlberg, which was good.

1:16:56Matt Singer:It's not the original. That's a masterpiece, but it was good. So I like Rupert Weir, and he's doing a big budget action film set in seventh century Arabia. I don't know. I do know that the movie was shot on location in Saudi Arabia. There's a lot of Saudi money in there, so it's a little bit of a question mark, but I'm curious to know more about it. Also, something called this is coming direct to streaming. Yeah, so that goes to Hulu. Desert Warrior coming to Hulu on the 28th. Yeah, on the 28th, so pretty soon. Direct to streaming, we've got The Last Sunrise. A college student with chronic illness escapes to Majorca for the summer with her mother, played by Eva Longoria, where she unexpectedly falls for a local and begins to embrace living in the moment.

1:17:43Matt Singer:Oh, that sounds lovely. That's on Prime Video. That comes Wednesday the 26th of August. Also, on the 28th of August, which is a Friday, on Shudder, we've got the 80s set Australian horror film Penny Lane is Dead, which is funny because I happen to know someone named Penny Lane. The director, the documentary director, yeah. Yeah, she's a very, very good documentary director, and I would call her an acquaintance, and she's very much alive and well. She's doing fine, but this movie, I'm sure, is causing her much consternation. A celebration at a beach house turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival when a prank goes horribly wrong.

1:18:27Matt Singer:I have to ask, I always assumed Penny Lane, the documentary director, that could not possibly be her real name, but is it? It is her real name. Wow. Her website is Penny Lane is my real name. And what's funny is that one of her very good documentaries is something she did for HBO about Kenny G. Yeah. It's called Listening to Kenny G. And I had the good fortune to interview her and Kenny G side by side. Oh. And it's a very interesting movie. He's an interesting guy. She's an interesting gal. And at the end of the interview, I said to Kenny G, you know, you've got a saxophone in your hand 95 % of this movie.

1:19:10Matt Singer:Your director's name is Penny Lane. Did you ever annoy her with the song Penny Lane? and he says, wait, which one is that again? I mean, classic Kenny G to not know anything. I'm like, Penny Lane by The Beatles. He's like, yeah, how does it go? How does it go? So she had to sing it to him. No, no, and it's on tape? Did you get it? Yeah, it's on tape. You can read it, and you can read the article on Vanity Fair, but I do have it. Oh, that's so good. And then he's like, oh, yeah, that's how it goes. So then he starts playing it for her, and she's like, this is my life. I have Kenny G playing this song.

1:19:39Matt Singer:Previously, I'd asked her, and I'd interviewed her more than once. I asked her if that song haunts her, and she's like, yeah, it's kind of annoying when you're in the supermarket and you hear that song. And you're like, yeah, it's my song. But her parents must have done it to her on purpose, right? I mean, what are you doing? It made her hearty because she's a feature film. She directs feature-length documentary films. That's tough. So she's able to do it. It's a boy named Sue kind of situation you're saying. Exactly. exactly something else coming is the whisper man when his young son vanishes a widower adam scott enlists help from his estranged father robert de niro a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case that's on the big red one netflix friday the 28th sounds like a serious movie has adam scott done too many he's done one or two yeah serious films he did a our film earlier this year, actually.

1:20:34Matt Singer:So he's not just a jokey guy. So that's what's coming soon. Next week, we're not quite sure what we're going to cover on FilmSpotting SVU. You got to tune in. We may cover Desert Warrior, actually, because I'm intrigued. We might end up covering The Whisper Man, which is the De Niro Adam Scott. There's also something else coming to Netflix which has intrigued me, a documentary about Ray Gunn, my favorite australian competitive breakdancer um it's kind of one of these classic netflix netflix um documentaries where you're just looking at like kind of like the poop cruise from to bring it all back to matt's uh bathroom poop cruise came out earlier this year maybe the end of last year it's one of these like it was in the news and we've moved on and what's what's going on so i you remember ray gun right the break of course oh my god i mean what a story So yeah, part of this untold series on Netflix, but made by McLean way, Chapman way.

1:21:33They made the battered bastards of baseball. Another one in the old untold series, untold crime and penalties about a hockey team and hockey team ownership. He made this wild, wild country documentary too. Is that on Netflix? That's on Netflix too, about a cult leader. So yeah, they're real directors and their stuff gets... We have a host.

1:21:53Matt Singer:So we have a lot to choose from, and we're going to decide sometime between right now and seven days from now, we're going to decide what we're going to watch. Please tune in. Thank you again to Sam for producing and stepping in as co-host while Matt deals with the horror of us. I hope we painted enough of a picture about what Matt's going through. And thank you to Matt, and thank you to Howie Singer. You know, I joked around before. I have met Matt's parents before. They're very, very nice. I've met his brother, his sister-in-law, his wife, his daughters, the whole family. What a nice group. It's a lovely family.

1:22:25The poor Matt Singer does not deserve what's going on right now in his bathroom. So big, you know, say a prayer, light a candle for Matt Singer. We'll see you again next week. My name is Jordan Hoffman.

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