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David Leitch, the director of Atomic Blonde, Bullet Train, and Hobbs & Shaw, got his Hollywood start as a stunt man. Now he’s coming full circle, making an action/comedy/romance about that stunt life, with a pair of Oscar-nominated Barbenheimer love interests at the center. And we’ve got filmmaker April Wright, director of Stuntwomen: The Untold Story, here to offer an insider’s perspective!
What’s Good
Alonso - The Circle
April - Taurus World Stunt Awards
Drea - new Doctor Who with Jinx MonsoonITIDIC
George Clooney to Make His Broadway Debut in Good Night and Good Luck AdaptationArt Directors Guild Suspends Their Training ProgramB Movie Legend Roger Corman Has Died at 98Staff Picks
Alonso - Stunt Rock
April - Dolemite Is My Name
Drea - Birds of PreyYou can watch April’s movie Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story on all of Alonso’s streaming services, and even some others!
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Luca Guadagnino’s latest film (and biggest to date) has been the talk of cinema circles since its release. Whether it’s causing a thirst for threesomes, a craving for churros, or a burning desire to pick up a racket, folks have been talking about it, and now we are too, with help from LAFCA President and critic Robert Abele! Then we’ll hear a lot more about Alonso’s forthcoming book, HOLLYWOOD PRIDE, out soon on May 14!
What’s Good
Alonso - Justin Chang winning a Pulitzer Prize
Drea - PRF Facial in Vegas
Robert - LA Lemons galore and making food with them
Ify - Warhammer Cafe in MonroviaITIDIC
Slamdance Is Moving to Los Angeles!Vin Diesel’s Riddick Sequel Will Begin Filming This FallMcDonald’s Happy Meal Toys Are Revealing MCU SpoilersVin Diesel Street Sharks Demo (as referenced by Ify)
Tennis player Andrea Petkovic’s review in The Guardian (referenced by Robert)
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Staff Picks
Drea - The Idea of You
Alonso - Egoist
Robert - Whatever is on Criterion 24/7! (also: Evil Does Not Exist)
Ify - Dial M for MurderGet your Physical Media Sign for tapping! Art by Producer Marissa…tap at will!
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Writer/director (and Chicago native) Minhal Baig’s newest film centers around Malik and Eric, two young kids going through the things young kids go through, with the added complications of life in the Cabrini Green housing projects of the ‘90s. Robert Daniels (another Chicagoan) is here to help us talk through it. Then, a Hall of Excellence update and a Hotline letter that inspires a plethora of short film recommendations!
What’s Good
Alonso - Support socks
Drea - Bentonville lineup announced
Robert - belated birthday dinner at Italian Village
Ify - big wooden swordITIDIC
Jennifer Aniston Producing a 9 to 5 RemakeMessi is Getting His Own TV Show to Premiere at CannesHollywood Sacrificing Massive Profits through Racial InequalityCruising Electric (1980)
Yearbook short
Staff Picks
Drea - I Saw the TV Glow
Alonso - Our Song
Robert - Mr. Thank You
Ify - The Great DebatersGet your Physical Media Sign for tapping! Art by Producer Marissa…tap at will!
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Studio Ghibli’s GKIDS has a new film out about a little girl who just wants her mom to cook her a really specific dinner. If that sounds like not quite enough for a movie to be about, then you haven’t seen CHICKEN FOR LINDA! We’ve got returning guest, film critic Carlos Aguilar, on to join the conversation, and we’re even pitching some childhood memories of our own that could become future features.
What’s Good
Alonso - Cap’n Crunch Cinnamon Crunch
Drea - Reusable skincare masks
Carlos - Long Beach flea market
Ify - Matthew Lillard’s D&D whiskey (Quest’s End), ren faire costumeITIDIC
Participant Media closing up shopTarantino Is Scrapping ‘The Movie Critic’ as his “10th and final film”The Academy’s New RulesStaff Picks
Alonso - Uncropped
Drea - The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
Carlos - I Like Movies
Ify - Baby ReindeerFollow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram
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We’ve seen the Sasquatch(es)! We head into the woods to talk wild animal actors, convincing bigfoot suits, bodily functions, and the legend of Sasquatch itself, with comedian and writer Joey Clift. Then, a new set of HALL OF EXCELLENCE nominations, this time for best non-speaking performance!
What’s Good
Alonso - It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful by Jack Lowery
Drea - wool dryer balls
Joey - Furiosa and Garfield coming out on the same day
Ify - Mammoth, moving, and some Warhammer inclusivity stuffITIDIC
At CinemaCon, NATO CEO Warns Studios Against Relying on BlockbustersAt Coachella, Will Smith Makes a Surprise Appearance to sing ‘Men in Black’Staff Picks
Drea - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Alonso - Pom Poko (also callback to Hundreds of Beavers)
Joey - Fancy Dance
Ify - Monkey ManGet your own “Tap the Sign” sign, hand-lettered design by Producer Marissa, to proclaim your commitment to PhYSiCAL MeDiA!
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Vera Drew’s very personal, exceedingly irreverent, and definitely unauthorized THE PEOPLE’S JOKER got its TIFF premiere in 2022, but has been fighting a path to (legally) be shown in theaters ever since. That fight is finally over, and THE PEOPLE’S JOKER can be seen by the people…though certain folks seem to be forming their opinions on the movie sight-unseen. We get into the film, plus pitch our own “Code 17” movies (and yes, we’ll explain what that means!).
What’s Good
Alonso - American Genre Film Archive, and their 15th Anniversary series at USC
Drea - Midwesterners of NCAA Women’s Basketball All-Tournament Team
Ify - “I’m into fountain pens now”ITIDIC
David Lynch Wants to Make An Animated Movie for the whole familyFrancis Ford Coppola Screened His Self-Funded Epic to Studios…So Who’s Buying?Disney Sets (and Re-Sets) a Ton of Movie Release Dates Through 2026Staff PIcks
Alonso - Two for the Road
Drea - Rotting in the Sun
Ify - Between Two Ferns: The MovieCall the Hotline! maximumfun.org/hotline
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The second feature from director Rose Glass has been on our watchlist since Sundance…even longer in the case of our guest Mallory O’Meara (Reading Glasses), who had the film’s poster on her wall far before its premiere. Now that we’ve left Arrakis in the rearview, we’ve got our hands free to take on the buff and bloody (and yes, horny) LOVE LIES BLEEDING.
What’s Good
Drea - graphite chopsticks/improved chopstick game
Mallory - Washington Capitals making the NHL playoffs
Alonso - The Good Place (finally!)ITIDIC
Dev Patel’s AMA Sheds Light on the Challenges of Indie FilmmakingAng Lee Rejects 3D, Saying the Industry Is Not Built For ItThe Billboard Charts May Be BrokenLetterboxd list "Song Lyrics as Titles"
Staff Picks
Drea - Pain & Gain
Alonso - Pumping Iron / Pumping Iron II: The Women
Mallory - My Animal
Ify - also My Animalmalloryomeara.com
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It’s the final episode of Dune Month, aka “How You Dune? Month”...and it’s also the final days of #MaxFunDrive! If you’ve got the means and you’ve been putting it off, please join or upgrade to keep the MaxFilm flowing (much like the spice must flow). Head to maximumfun.org/join. And remember to email a screenshot of your confirmation email to [email protected] to get a Staff Pick from one of the gang!
IGN’s Kim Horcher joins us for the grande finale of a truly epic month (and don’t worry, Alonso weighs in too – PS, Pre order the audiobook of Hollywood Pride!)
What’s Good
Drea - (Righteous fury re: Ify not telling her about) having the best drag queens on Um, Actually
Kim - Girls 5 Eva
Ify - end of a bicoastal media and event marathon, and esp LiamITIDIC
Late Night With the Devil Directors Explain Their Use of AITitanic Door Sells at auction for over $700kWorld’s First Dragon Ball Theme Park Announced in Saudi ArabiaStaff Picks
Drea - La Chimera
Kim - surprise anti-pick! Best. Christmas. Ever!
Ify - SicarioKim’s Physical Media Piece
Kim’s Dune Bucket PieceFollow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram
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It’s #MaxFunDrive! Join (or upgrade or boost your existing membership!) to support this show directly at MaximumFun.org/join! Both monthly memberships and one-time annual membership plans are available. Thank you for everything – we couldn’t do this without you!
As "Dune Month" (aka "How You Dune? Month") winds toward its climax, a foray into the world of documentary to glimpse the Dune that might have been. But would it have been…good? The Flop House’s Elliott Kalan is our dream guest, and the feeling is mutual! Plus, we pitch some other unmade projects whose true Hollywood stories we’d love to see on screen.
What’s Good
Drea - A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up by Margaret Wappler
Elliott - Pole to Pole with Michael Palin
Alonso - making a recipe “wrong” with the right ingredients
Ify (probably) meeting Stu IRLITIDIC
Survey Says Millennials and Gen-Z Want Original Movies and TVIn Other Survey News…34% of Adults Would Rather Screen than StreamAmazon False Advertising Lawsuit (re: selling digital content)Staff Picks
Drea - Snack Shack
Elliott - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Alonso - Hundred of BeaversFollow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram
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It all started with a text from Ify (who else?). Each host has chosen a "horny movie" to discuss with the class. Here's a sneak peek of the first episode, which is all about Drea's pick -- THE HANDMAIDEN (2016). To hear the whole episode, the whole MAXIMUM HORNY! series, and the entire back catalog of MaxFilm and MaxFun bonus content, you gotta be a member!
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This special network wide event is a celebration of the MaxFunDrive! If you’d like to support podcasts you love for just $5 a month and get bonus gifts in the process, go to maximumfun.org/join.
We’re kicking off the most exciting time of the year for the MaxFun Network with a trivia game show featuring hosts from tons of great podcasts.
J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong from “Go Fact Yourself” are joined by:
Alonso Duralde & Drea Clark - “Maximum Film!”
Alexis B. Preston - “Comfort Creatures”
Ben Harrison - “Greatest Trek” and “The Greatest Generation”
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DUNE MONTH CONTINUES! If you, too, are indulging in a Dune Month, YOU might find yourself searching certain video sharing website for 2000's Sci Fi Channel miniseries FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE, aka "The one where Paul Atreides is bringing big Anakin Skywalker energy." Or perhaps you'd like to skip that and just listen to us tell you about it. Either way, this is the episode for you! We're talking all 90 minutes of Episode 1, comparing it to all the other DUNEs we know, and doing it all with self-described "Dune guy" Jeremy Bent (Eurovangelists, Mission to Zyxx)! Then a quiz about Sci Fi/SyFy Originals...
What’s Good
Alonso - Mark Harris’s pieces, “Missing the GBF” “How Bad Can It Get For Hollywood”
Drea - Minnesota update
Jeremy - Hell Divers 2
Ify - The Oscars being actually goodITIDIC
The Oscars Were Last SundayStaff Picks
Alonso - Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Drea - Sunshine (2007)
Jeremy - Society of the Snow
Ify - Love Lies BleedingFollow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram
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How much Dune is too much Dune? We're fixing to find out this March on Maximum Film! We're starting with the 1984 Lynch/Dino De Laurentiis space opera that was a theatrical flop, yet remains an enduring (cult?) classic. Then we'll pitch some outside-the-box auteur/book series pairings to fantasize about.
What’s Good
Alonso - Schmigadoon Season 2
Drea - GORP-Core and scroggin
Guy - Whenever I Call You Friend at a steakhouse
Ify - performing at Leicester SquareITIDIC
Dune 2 Makes a Huge DebutBootleg Willy Wonka Experience to become a literal horror movie AMC Theaters Launching “New” Nicole Kidman Pre-Show SpotsDune “Glossary” handed out in theaters in 1984
Staff Picks
Alonso - The Straight Story
Drea - Love Lies Bleeding
Guy - The Taste of Things
Ify - Police AcademyFollow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram
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This one is a wild ride, y’all. Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke have teamed up to make a wacky, raunchy lesbian road trip crime comedy, and (almost) everyone has an opinion about the results! Then, a hotline question about “litmus test” movies.
What’s Good
Alonso - reading more James Baldwin (The Fire Next Time)
Drea - voting and progressive voter guides
Ever - bench record and new goals
Ify - Naomi’s dioramaITIDIC
Tyler Perry Puts $800m Studio Expansion on Hold Because of AIOnly 30% of the 100 Top Grossing Movies of 2023 Had Female Leads Spirit Awards Were Last Sunday!Staff Picks
Alonso - Gay USA
Drea - I Didn’t See You There
Ever - The Gay Revolution by Lillian Faderman & Old Yeller
Ify - Dune: Part TwoY’all Gay podcast
Ever’s upcoming show datesFollow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram
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Madame Web is Dakota Johnson seeing the future, barefoot villains with ADR as bad as their intentions, and a surprising dearth of Spider Women fighting crime. But is it the next Morbius? Is it time to #ReleaseTheClarksonCut? We’ve got resident Spider-Man-man Jordan Morris on the case! Then, a movie quiz about 2003 (did we mention this movie is set in 2003?)
What’s Good
Alonso - Olive Oil Chocolate Cake
Drea - “Who the F did I marry?” TikToks
Jordan - Pluto.tv & the Coneheads credits rap (see also: Dragnet rap, “City of Crime”)
Ify - Helldivers 2ITIDIC
Ridley Scott is Making a Biopic about the BeeGeesMartin Scorsese’s Powell and Pressburger Doc Picked up by MUBITravis Kelce is a Movie Producer NowStaff Picks
Alonso - Date and Switch
Drea - The Promised Land
Jordan - American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers
Ify - Starship TroopersPre-Order Jordan’s New Comic, Youth Group
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Today's movie takes on the guise of a weird '80s teen comedy, then adds in some supernatural phenomena and some axes. So we consult THE JV CLUB's Janet Varney on the peculiarities of Lisa's high school experience, and then make up some Monster Mash-up movies of our own.
What’s Good
Alonso - RO-TEL Dip
Janet - Mochi Muffins from Third Culture Bakery
Drea - Chocolate-dipped TwinkiesITIDIC
The Oscars Are Adding a New Category: Best Casting2023 Sundance Darling FANCY DANCE Finally Finds a HomeCrunchyroll Merges with Funimation…Now Funimation Digital Downloads Will DisappearStaff Picks
Alonso - Perfect Days
Janet - Housebound
Drea - PlayersFollow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram
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With one extremely emotive stroke of the metaphorical podcast baton, we complete the magnum opus that is Best Picture Oscar Nominees 2023! Is Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein too big to fit on the small screens at Netflix? Find out in our MAESTRO discussion, for which we're joined by Vanity Fair's chief critic, Richard Lawson. Then, a fun movie quiz about composer biopics (well, it's fun for some of us!).
What’s Good
Alonso - Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs singing Fast Car at the Grammys
Drea - Tracy Chapman singing Stand By Me on Letterman
Richard - Australian Survivor
Ify - Levels Nigerian Cuisine in St. LouisITIDIC
America Ferrera Sets Her Directorial DebutUniversal Studios Florida Reveals More Plans for “Epic Universe” Theme ParkPedro Almodovar’s Next Film Will Be His First English Language FeatureStaff Picks
Drea - Amélie
Alonso - Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Richard - Death Trap
Ify - The HangoverFollow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram
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We catch up with Cord Jefferson's Oscar-nominated comedy that's about more than you might have guessed. Then, we've got new nominees for the Hall of Excellence: Best Fictional Books!
What’s Good
Alonso - Barbara Streisand’s memoir
Drea - Mom’s Dave confusion
Ellie - new season of True Detective
Ify - clear spheres/foggy ballsITIDIC
Godzilla Minus One Inching Towards a Near-Record Box Office Run
Sundance Concluded With Some Big Sales
Oscar Nominations Came out Last Week…Staff Picks
Alonso - Household Saints
Drea - Plus One
Ellie - The Zone of Interest
Ify - Beetlejuice [also showing at Vidiots on 2/3/24]Follow Ellie Foumbi on Instagram
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You’ve heard the Plastics and the Art Freaks talk about their lives and loves. But what if you could hear them SING about it? That’s the service the new Mean Girls musical (adapted from the Broadway show) will provide, should you so desire. We’ve got writer/critic/musical theater wonk B.J. Colangelo with us to navigate the halls of the new North Shore High. Then, we’ll pitch some new grist for the book -> movie -> stage musical -> movie musical mill.
What’s Good
Alonso - Magic Coke Machine recipe
Drea - Ariel Bissett’s YouTube
BJ - Finding the Queen Beryl dress
Ify - Warhammer Old World and SketchfestITIDIC
Motive for Ruby Slipper Theft RevealedLindsay Lohan Sets ‘Our Little Secret’ at NetflixSundance Kicks Off, Celebrating Its 40th BirthdayStaff Picks
Drea - Totem
Alonso - Heathers the Musical (Live Stage Capture) on Roku
BJ - Crush
Ify - The Nice GuysLittle Women “Christopher Columbus” video
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We've been keeping tabs on today's movie for a while -- either a couple years or a couple decades, depending on how you count it. To discuss the movie musical adaptation of the stage musical adaptation of the movie adaptation of Alice Walker's classic novel, we brought in Tre'vell Anderson, noted Fantasia Barrino expert (and also a journalist, author, critic and expert in other things).
What’s Good
Alonso - The Cannon Film Guide, Volume I by Austin Trunick
Drea - try turning it off and on again
Tre’vell - customized ice cream
Ify - “StIfy-core“ITIDIC
Chelsea Handler Hosted the Critics Choice Awards… Broadway’s Shucked Is Becoming a MovieParamount Marketing Exec Doesn’t Want to Call new Mean Girls a MusicalStaff Picks
Drea - Advice on Sundance Advance Online ticket sales (Dìdi (弟弟), Exhibiting Forgiveness, In the Summers, The Mother of All Lies, FRIDA)
Alonso - The Burial of Kojo
Tre’vell - Camp
Ify - Port AuthorityHistorically Black Phrases Live
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