Thursday, December 5, 2024

December 2024 - 1 Movie

 

14 Movies


Everything Everywhere All At Once. 2022, Starring 


  • Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Quan Wang, a dissatisfied and overwhelmed laundromat owner; and as several other versions of Evelyn in alternate universes.
  • Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang, Evelyn's daughter; and Jobu Tupaki, Alpha-Evelyn's omnicidal daughter whose growing nihilism is a threat to the entire multiverse.
  • Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang, Evelyn's meek and goofy husband whose altruistic outlook is the antidote to Jobu's nihilism; and as Alpha-Waymond, from the Alphaverse; and other versions of Waymond in alternate universes.
  • James Hong as Gong Gong (Cantonese for "grandfather"),[9] Evelyn's demanding father; and Alpha-Gong Gong, Alpha-Evelyn's father in the Alphaverse who wants Evelyn to sacrifice Joy to impede Jobu.
  • Jamie Lee Curtis as Deirdre Beaubeirdre, an IRS inspector; and as other versions of Deirdre in alternate universes.

Jenny Slate plays Debbie the Dog Mom, a laundromat customer.[c] Harry Shum Jr. plays Chad, a teppanyaki chef working alongside an alternative Evelyn in another universe. Tallie Medel appears as Becky Sregor, Joy's girlfriend; Biff Wiff appears as Rick, a laundromat customer; Sunita Mani and Aaron Lazar appear as actors in a musical film Evelyn watches; Audrey Wasilewski and Peter Banifaz appear as Alpha RV Officers; Andy Le and Brian Le appear as Alpha Trophy Jumpers; Li Jing appears as Evelyn's kung-fu teacher,[16] and Michiko Nishiwaki appears as Evelyn's kung-fu opponent and co-star. Randy Newman, who has scored nine DisneyPixar films, appears as the voice of Raccacoonie, a reference to the Pixar-animated film Ratatouille (2007); he is credited as a featured artist on the soundtrack "Now We're Cookin'".[17] Cameos include Scheinert as District Manager, and Kwan uncredited as a man sucked into the bagel and as a mugger.


Crave, December 5, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Downtown Owl. 2023. Starring 



Crave, December 7, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Anachronism: 

Man plays 'Beyond Belief' by Elvis Costello & the Attractions on a jukebox in a bar in 1984. This song was first released as a B-side 7 inch to 'Green Shirt' in 1985. While the song was available on 12" vinyl in 1982 on the Imperial Bedroom LP, it was not available on CD until 1986, so even in the highly unlikely event that the small town in which the bar is situated had an early CD jukebox, it could neither have been a CD or a 7 inch single.


The Fabulous Four. 2024, Starring 



Crave, December 7, 2024, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "



Before I Change My Mind. 2022 (Canadian), Starring 


  • Vaughan Murrae as Robin
  • Dominic Lippa as Carter
  • Lacey Oake as Izzy
  • Matthew Rankin as Daniel
  • Shannon Blanchet as Annie
  • Rohan Khare as Shev
  • Jhztyn Contado as Tony
  • Milana Bochinska as Jenn
  • Kaitlyn Haugen as Natalie
  • Kristin Johnston as Ms. Pahornyk
  • Trevor Anderson as Mr. Anderson
  • Etta George House as Big Carter
  • Andrea House as Mrs. Lee
  • Heather Noel as Jackie
  • Ethan Nasr as Jesus
  • Joshua Carter as Madonna
  • Onika Henry as Trish
  • Desiree Burkett as Linda


Crave, December 10, 2024. Soundtrack: "Making It Work" - Performed by Fred Mack; "Why Dad?", "I Can't Love Him (If He's A God)", "99 Lash-Balloons" and "It's Not You, It's Me" - Lyrics by Trevor Anderson & Fish Griwkowsky, Music by Lyle Bell; "High School Confidential" - Performed by Rough Trade; "Thunder On The Tundra" - Performed by Wilfred N and the Grown Men; "Kill The Time" and "Flaw In The Design" - Written and Performed by Home Front. 


Ezra. 2023, Starring 



Crave, December 11, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Three Thousand Years Of Longing. 2022, Starring 



Crave, December 11, 2024, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "



Quasi. 2023, Starring 


  • Jay Chandrasekhar as:
    • King Guy, the sadistic and foppish king of France.
    • Blouin, the owner of the pub that Quasi and his friends visit.
  • Kevin Heffernan as:
    • Duchamp Rousseau, Quasi's optimistic, but later jealous, hut mate.
    • Henri-Francoise, King Guy's personal aid.
  • Steve Lemme as:
    • Quasi Modo, a hunchback who is tasked with an assassination.
    • Jester, the King's fool who is constantly punished.
  • Paul Soter as:
    • Pope Cornelius, the pope of England who wants power.
    • Lucien, Quasi and Duchamp's mean and cynical boss.
  • Erik Stolhanske as:
    • Cardinal Claude, Pope Cornelius' personal aid.
    • Michel Demek, a culinary student and Quasi and Duchamp's friend.
  • Adrianne Palicki as Queen Catherine, the smart and seductive queen of France.
  • Eugene Cordero as Pascal, Quasi and Duchamp's co-worker.
  • Marcus Henderson as Stefan, Quasi and Duchamp's co-worker.
  • Gabriel Hogan as Jonathan, King Guy's guard.
  • Hassie Harrison as Margot
  • Gabby Lane as Emmanuelle
  • Brian Cox as Narrator


Crave, December 12, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Sweethearts. 2024, Starring 



Crave, December 13, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Anachronisms: 

While the film takes place over Thanksgiving weekend, a shot of Ben's text on Palmer's phone shows the date of Friday, August 5th.

While the film is supposed to take place around Thanksgiving, which always occurs in late November in the United States, the trees are full of green leaves. If it was late autumn the trees would either be bare or have some colored leaves.


Scream. 2022, Starring 


Previous Scream actors Matthew Lillard (Stu Macher), Drew Barrymore (Casey Becker), Jamie Kennedy (Randy Meeks), Hayden Panettiere (Kirby Reed), Henry Winkler (Arthur Himbry), and Adam Brody (Ross Hoss) provide voiceovers for partygoers who participate in a toast for Wes, which doubles as a tribute for Wes Craven.[7][8] Additional voice overs in the toast are provided by directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Craven's widow Iya Labunka, previous Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson, previous composer Marco Beltrami, previous editor Patrick Lussier, previous co-producer Julie Plec, and filmmaker Rian Johnson.[7][8] Lillard also voices Ghostface in Stab 8 and Barrymore voices a school principal.[7][8] Jamie Kennedy provided the production with unreleased photographs of his younger self to be used as his Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 3 (2000) character Randy Meeks for a shrine in Martha, Chad and Mindy's living room[9] while an image of Panettiere as her Scream 4 (2011) character Kirby Reed is briefly shown, retroactively revealing the character to have survived the events of the film.[10] Footage of Scream 3 star Scott Foley and Scream 2 star Joshua Jackson is briefly shown in a "Stabfilm within a film, using footage of the duo taken from the Dawson's Creek episode "The Scare".  James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca of the YouTube channel Dead Meat appear as the hosts of the fictional YouTube channel Film Fails.[12][13] Christopher Speed portrays Randy Meeks in the film within a film Stab.


Crave, December 16, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Joker: Folie à Deux. 2024, Starring 


  • Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck / Joker, a mentally ill nihilistic criminal with a clown-inspired persona, formerly an impoverished party clown and aspiring stand-up comedian. Director Todd Phillips said that while the film would venture further into Arthur's psyche, he would not become the "Clown Prince of Crime", as his Joker persona is an unwilling symbol to people who give him the love he always wanted.[11]
  • Lady Gaga as Harleen "Lee" Quinzel, a patient at Arkham State Hospital who becomes obsessed with Arthur and forms a deadly romantic relationship with him.[15][16] Describing Lee, Phillips noted how this version of the character is manipulative, amoral and "more grounded", with the film deliberately ignoring much of the character's classic mannerisms and style to fit into the world created in Joker (2019).[17] Gaga felt Lee to be a "study of contradictions", as her love and obsession for Arthur is also admiration and disgust, being both truthful and dishonest, really dangerous yet completely peaceful, deeming Lee a "very nonlinear person" like everyone involved in storytelling and thinking she was the "more real" the "more she could be a contradiction".[18]
  • Brendan Gleeson as Jackie Sullivan, an abusive guard at Arkham State Hospital.[19]
  • Catherine Keener as Maryanne Stewart, Arthur's lawyer.[20]
  • Zazie Beetz as Sophie Dumond, a single mother and Arthur's former neighbor, whom Arthur imagined being in a romantic relationship with.[21]
  • Steve Coogan as Paddy Meyers, a popular TV personality who interviews Arthur in Arkham.[20]
  • Harry Lawtey as Harvey Dent, the newly elected assistant district attorney who plans to bring Arthur to justice for his crimes.[22][23] Lawtey avoided watching previous screen portrayals of Harvey Dent and instead developed his own backstory for the character, with Phillips instilling in him the idea that, in the dawn of televised trials, Dent is cynically willing to put Arthur on trial for his own gain.[24] Phillips confirmed that one of the film's shots meant to signal the character's eventual descent into his Two-Face persona from the source material, affirming that he and his crew tried to come up with a realistic answer as to why certain things happen.[25]
  • Leigh Gill as Gary Puddles, Arthur's former clown co-worker whose life he spared.[26]
  • Ken Leung as Dr. Victor Liu, a psychologist who gives his testimony diagnosing Arthur at the trial.[27]
  • Jacob Lofland as Ricky Meline, an inmate at Arkham who admires Arthur.[28]
  • Bill Smitrovich as Judge Herman Rothwax, a judge who presides over Arthur's trial.[29]
  • Sharon Washington as Debra Kane, Arthur's former social worker.[30]

Additionally, Connor Storrie appears as a young Arkham inmate who spies on Arthur throughout the film before murdering him and is implied to become the next Joker, though Phillips did not confirm if this character is the Joker who becomes Batman's enemy.[31][32] Tim Dillon appears as an Arkham Asylum guard who asks Arthur to sign his book, Marc Maron's likeness as Gene Ufland is used for the book and archive footage of both Robert De Niro as Murray Franklin and Frances Conroy as Penny Fleck is used.


Crave, December 19, 2024. Soundtrack: Music by Hildur Guðnadóttir



Scrambled. 2023, Starring 



Crave, December 20, 2024. Soundtrack: Music by Brittany Allen. "


White Christmas. 1954, Starring 



Google, December 23, 2024, with Bethany Luther and Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "


  • "White Christmas" (Crosby)
  • "The Old Man" (Crosby, Kaye, and Men's Chorus)
  • Medley: "Heat Wave" / "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" / "Blue Skies" (Crosby & Kaye)
  • "Sisters" (Clooney & Vera-Ellen)
  • "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" (Kaye with Vera-Ellen)
  • "Sisters (reprise)" (lip synced by Crosby and Kaye)
  • "Snow" (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney & Vera-Ellen)
  • Minstrel Number: "I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show" / "Mister Bones" / "Mandy" (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney & Chorus)
  • "Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)" (Crosby & Clooney)
  • "Choreography" (Kaye)
  • "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing (reprise)" (Kaye & Chorus)
  • "Abraham" (instrumental)
  • "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me" (Clooney)
  • "What Can You Do with a General?" (Crosby)
  • "The Old Man (reprise)" (Crosby & Men's Chorus)
  • "Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army" (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney & Vera-Ellen)
  • "White Christmas (finale)" (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney, Vera-Ellen & Chorus)


Anachronism: 

In the beginning, "The Pentagon" is mentioned. The movie takes place in 1944 during the Administration of President Franklin Roosevelt. The Pentagon was not built until the Administration of President Harry Truman.


The Muppet Christmas Carol. 1992, Starring 


    • Edward Sanders, Theo Sanders, Kristopher Milnes, Russell Martin, and Ray Coulthard as Young Scrooge
  • Steven Mackintosh as Fred, Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew.
  • Meredith Braun as Belle, Scrooge's former love interest.
  • Robin Weaver as Clara, Ebenezer Scrooge's niece-in-law and Fred's wife.


Google, December 26, 2024, with Bethany Luther and Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "




Anachronisms: 

The Marleys make a remark about "teddy bears" in the 1840s. The first Teddy Bear was presented in 1903, and named for President Theodore Roosevelt, who was born in 1858.

Red Delicious apples (mentioned by Gonzo) didn't get that name until 1914, decades after the story is set.


Ru. 2023 (Canadian), Starring 


Tinh (Chloé Djandji)

Chantal Thuy, Jean Bui, Olivier Dinh, Xavier Nguyen, Karine VanassePatrice Robitaille, Mali Corbeil Gauvreau, Marie-Thérèse Fortin and Richard Fréchette


Crave, December 27, 2024. Soundtrack: "