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Episode 55 Notes

• Captain America: The First Avenger was released July 22, 2011 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released on April 4, 2014
• The American Civil War was fought from 1861–1865
• We’ve reviewed a number of Marvel films already including: Episode 27: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Episode 35: Ant-Man, and Episode 38: Fantastic Four
• Captain America: Civil War opens in the USA on May 6, 2016

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Episode 54 Notes

• Cloverfield (2008) was released January 18, 2008
• 10 Cloverfield Lane opens in the USA on March 11, 2016

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Episode 53 Notes

• We reviewed Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) in “Episode 51: Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
• We reviewed The Hateful Eight (2015) in “Episode 52: The Hateful Eight”

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Episode 52 Notes

• Alan didn’t want to review this film at first but I hooked him when I asked the question, “Who is Quentin Tarantino?”
• The Hateful Eight 70mm Roadshow will be coming to the Music Box Theatre in Chicago: http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/features/hateful-eight
• Scroll down a little for Lauren’s Darth Vader photo
• The Hateful Eight opens in limited release in the USA on December 25, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 051: Star Wars: The Force Awakens or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 51 Notes

• From The Onion, “Harrison Ford Begs Agents To Just Let Him Die Now”
• The Washington Post interview with George Lucas, “George Lucas: To feel the true force of ‘Star Wars,’ he had to learn to let it go”
• Listen to our ancient predictions in “Episode 11: 2015 Year in Review”
• Alan and I reported from Star Wars Celebration in “Episode 26: Star Wars Celebration Anaheim” and we made a video!
• Christopher Shea was our guest in “Episode 37: Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation”
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens wide in the USA on December 18, 2015

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Trailer

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Episode 50 Notes

• The novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale was published in 1851. We can’t stop talking about it.
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) prominently featured whales
• The second email that I read was about “whale tale” NOT “white tail”. That makes a lot more sense.
• In the Heart of the Sea opens wide in the USA on December 11, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 049: Krampus or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 49 Notes

• Let’s Kill Krampus successfully launched on Kickstarter in 2013/2014
• Alan will be playing Bruce McClane in Yippee Ki-Yay, Merry Christmas A DIE HARD CHRISTMAS MUSICAL every Friday and Saturday from 12/4/15–1/9/16 at MCL Chicago
• Der Struwwelpeter (Shockheaded Peter) is a collection of creepy German children’s stories
• Krampus opens wide in the USA on December 4, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 048: Creed or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 48 Notes

• Rocky (1976) was nominated for 10 Oscars and won “Best Picture”, “Best Director”, and “Best Film Editing” at the 1977 Academy Awards
• The name of the robot in Rocky IV (1985) is Sico
• Muhammed Ali and George Forman’s epic 1974 fight known as The Rumble in the Jungle is the subject of the documentary When We Were Kings (1996)
• To hear “Whatever Works” listen to “Episode 17: Fifty Shades of Grey”
• Ryan Coogler previously wrote and directed Fruitvale Station (2013) also starring Michael B. Jordan
• Creed opens wide in the USA on November 25, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 047: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 47 Notes

• We reviewed the previous film way back in “Episode 6: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”
• Donald Sutherland’s infamous rear view appearance was in Animal House (1978)
• We reviewed The Martian (2015) in “Episode 44: The Martian”
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 opens wide in the USA on November 20, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 046: Spectre or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 46 Notes

• You can purchase Sean Dove’s book, The Last Days of Danger on Amazon.com
• Spectre first appeared in Thunderball (1956) and is an acronym of Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion
• Jaws appears in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979)
• Christopher Shea was our guest on “Episode 37: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”
• We reviewed The Martian (2015) on “Episode 44: The Martian”
• NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars
• Spectre opens wide in the USA on November 6, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 045: Steve Jobs or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 45 Notes

• Fassbender portrayed Magneto in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
• Hear all about Zach’s ex-wife in “Episode 22: The Divergent Series: Insurgent”
• Steve Jobs opens wide in the USA on October 23, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 044: The Martian or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 44 Notes

• Matt Damon played Max in Elysium (2013)
• Project MKUltra was a CIA mind control program from 1953–1973. Read about it. It is insane.
• Ordo 1, FotF 0
• CornfedGGGirl likes to use fancy words like Ultracrepidarian
• The Martian opens in the USA on October 2, 2015

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Episode 43 Notes

• Mt. Everest is 29,029′ and K2 is 28,251′
• Olympus Mons on Mars is about three times the height of Mt. Everest
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster was written by Jon Krakauer
• Carissa is referencing “Episode 39: Straight Outta Compton”. She was the guest on “Episode 30: San Andreas”
• You can support Alan’s marathon cause at gofundme.com/metoskiemarathon
• Everest opens in the USA on September 25, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 042: The Visit or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 42 Notes

• Alison Bechdel would prefer that you refer to it as the Bechdel-Wallace test
• The “M” stands for Manoj
• The Visit opens in the USA on September 11, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 041: Black Mass or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 41 Notes

• Scott Cooper previously directed Crazy Heart (2009) which Jeff Bridges won a “Best Actor” Oscar for
• Johnny Depp and Mortdecai (2015) were previously discussed in “Episode 11: 2015 Year in Review”
• Jack Nicholson’s character in The Departed (2006), Frank Costello, was partially based on Whitey Bulger
• To hear all of Stephen Winchell’s lies, listen to “Episode 38: Fantastic Four”
• Alan and Nicholas both appear in The Man from Orlando (2012)
• Black Mass opens in the USA on September 18, 2015

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Episode 40 Notes

• The Bourne Identity was released in the USA on June 14, 2002
• Topher Grace starred as Eric Forman on 179 episodes of That ’70s Show (1998–2006)
• Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg acted in Adventureland (2009) together—not to be confused with Zombieland (2009)
• Jon Cryer played Lenny in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
• Make sure you don’t get Jonathan Kaplan’s Project X (1987) confused with Nima Nourizadeh’s Project X (2012)
• We reviewed Fantastic Four (2015) in “Episode 38: Fantastic Four”
• American Ultra opens in the USA on August 21, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 039: Straight Outta Compton or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 39 Notes

• Stephen Winchell joined us in “Episode 38: Fantastic Four”
• There have only been three times that someone under 18 has won an acting Oscar (Tatum O’Neal, Anna Paquin, and Patty Duke)
• The Music Box is a great movie theatre in Chicago
• Straight Outta Compton opens in the USA on August 14, 2015

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Episode 38 Notes

• Alan has been a guest on The Space Lincoln Star Trek Podcast a couple of times
• Roger Corman produced a version of The Fantastic Four (1994) that was never officially released
• Jessica Alba played Sue Storm in Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
• Alan’s favorite Marvel movie is Punisher: War Zone (2008)
• Despite what Stephen claims, Spider-Man made his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962
• We reviewed Ant-Man (2015) in “Episode 35: Ant-Man”
• Josh Trank also directed Chronicle (2012). At one point he was announced as the director of one of the upcoming Star Wars Anthology films but that didn’t last forever.
• Fantastic Four (2015) opens in the USA on August 7, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 037: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 37 Notes

• Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames are the only actors to appear in all five Mission: Impossible films
• Simon Pegg plays Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible franchise and Scotty in the Star Trek franchise
• Alan was wrong about Jon Voight portrayed Ethan Hunt in the TV version of Mission: Impossible (1966–1973). As far as I can tell, Jon Voight was not in the TV show and the character of Ethan Hunt was created for the film series.
• The previous films in the series are Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible (1996), John Woo’s Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), J.J. Abrams’ Mission: Impossible 3 (2006), and Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
• At the time Mission: Impossible was released, Pierce Brosnan had just portrayed James Bond in GoldenEye (1995)
• M:I5 director Christopher McQuarrie wrote The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Despite Alan’s claims, “Theme from Mission: Impossible” was written and composed by Lalo Schifrin
• Christopher Shea is excited about Arri’s Alexa 65 camera. It was used for an underwater scene in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and will also be used to shoot Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One (2016)
• We reviewed Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) in “Episode 16: Kingsman: The Secret Service”
•  Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opens in the USA on July 31, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 036: Pixels or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 36 Notes

• If you like listening to people eat, I recommend Mike & Tom Eat Snacks
• Alan’s favorite Adam Sandler films are Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), and Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
• This movie seems influenced by The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) and similar in spirit to Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
• Some of Chris Columbus’ early directorial highlights include Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Home Alone (1990), and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
• Robin Williams played a robot in Chris Columbus’ adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Alan and I both love The Last Starfighter (1984)
• We reviewed Ted 2 (2015) in “Episode 32: Ted 2”
• Pixels opens in the USA on July 24, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 035: Ant-Man or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 35 Notes

• Dave Chapelle was pretty young when he co-wrote and starred in Half Baked
• You can watch the first season of Marvel’s Daredevil (2015–) on Netflix
• Them! (1954) is a classic example of ants on film but let’s not forget their unfortunate appearance in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Once again we’re reminded of Antz (1998) and A Bug’s Life (1998)
• Listener Paul Kreft’s comments were about “Episode 33: Inside Out”
• Ant-Man opens in the USA on July 17, 2015

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Episode 34 Notes

• The previous films in this franchise were The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), and Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Emilia Clarke is Sarah Connor and the Mother of Dragons
• Jason Momoa was Emilia Clarke’s husband Khal Drogo on HBO’s Game of Thrones (2011–)
• Terminator Genisys directed by Alan Taylor opens in the USA on July 1, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 033: Inside Out or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 33 Notes

• Herman’s Head aired on Fox from 1991–1994
• I couldn’t find the Entertainment Weekly article online but Alison Bechdel briefly mentions the test in this recent Time interview: “Alison Bechdel on Fun Home, Her New Book and That Famous Test“
• Yes you can buy Disney Pixar Inside Out Uggs
• Do not get this film confused with In & Out (1997)
• Also, do not get Antz (1998) confused with A Bug’s Life (1998)
• Grumpy Bear really is one of the Care Bears but I guess he’s actually blue
• “Student Changes Name To Adam West Because It’s Cheaper Than Changing Ryanair Flight Booking”
• Inside Out opens in the USA on June 19, 2015

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Episode 32 Notes

• Mark Wahlberg also starred in Ted (2012)
• In between the two Teds, MacFarlane directed A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
• In the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) S2E2 “The Measure of a Man” Data goes on trial to see if he is a sentient being. Riker removes his hand at one point to show that he is a machine.
• Ol’ Yellow Eyes is Back is an actual real album by Brent Spiner. Yowza.
• We reviewed Ex Machina (2015) in “Episode 25: Ex Machina”
• Ted 2 opens in the USA on June 26, 2015

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Episode 31 Notes

• Jurassic Park (1993) was released on June 11, 1993, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) was released on May 23, 1997, and Jurassic Park III (2001) was released on July 18, 2001
• Cate Blanchett’s character from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) featured a slightly similar haircut to Bryce Dallas Howard’s character in Jurassic World
• Dinosaurs (1991–1994) was a weird ABC show with puppets
• I told my Jurassic Park date story in “Episode 14: The Boy Next Door”
• Jurassic World opens in the USA on June 12, 2015

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Episode 30 Notes

• Carissa was originally going to guest on a review of The Forger (2014) that we recorded but the files got messed up. Oops.
• John Travolta was featured in HBO’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
• ODB changed his name to Big Baby Jesus in 1998. He kind of explained why to MTV: “ODB Explains Why He’s Jesus”
• The Rock may have popularized the term “jabroni” but even he admits that he didn’t invent it.
• Learn what you can do at prepareandhelp.com
• Paul Giamatti played an orangutan in Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes (2001)
• Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos was released in 1992
• The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake cause 63 deaths and over 3,700 injuries
• Brad Peyton also directed Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
• Stay tuned for updates about The Films of the Future Book Club
• San Andreas opens in the USA on May 29, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 029: Tomorrowland or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 29 Notes

• Brad Bird previously directed The Iron Giant (1999), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
• The four Pirates of the Caribbean films have grossed over $3.6 Billion in theaters worldwide
• Tomorrowland was a part of Disneyland when the park opened in 1955
• Britt Robertson plays the lead, Casey Newton, in Tomorrowland
• We review Ex Machina (2015) in “Episode 25: Ex Machina”
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) was distributed by Twentieth Century Fox
• Tomorrowland directed by Brad Bird opens in the USA on May 22, 2015

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Episode 28 Notes

• The previous films in this franchise are: Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
• For a lot more discussion about the shiny, clean version of Mad Max, listen to “Episode 24: Furious 7”
• More recently, George Miller directed Babe: Pig in the City (1998), Happy Feet (2006), and Happy Feet Two (2011)
• The film I mentioned seeing at the Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre was Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015)
• Check out our Star Wars Celebration coverage: “Episode 26: Star Wars Celebration Anaheim” and “Star Wars Celebration Anaheim VIDEO”
• Here’s the info you’re dying for: The Films of the Future Book Club
• Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller opens in the USA on May 15, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 027: Age of Ultron or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 27 Notes

• Marvel actually has a slightly useful overview of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Agent Carter (2015–) was the other Marvel TV show I couldn’t think of
• Sean Dove’s illustration work can be viewed at andthankyouforflying.com
• You can read “the world’s weirdest web-comic” by Brian J. Crowley at hamsterrage.com
• Stacy Crowley has a cooking blog at spatoola.com
• Check out all kinds of strange cool things at americannature.us
• Satisfy all your Wee Ninja and plush mustache needs at shawnimals.com
• Read Devil’s Due Entertainment’s Operation Nemesis—a graphic novel about vengeance and the Armenian Genocide
•  The Radiolab episode that I referenced was “American Football”
• Avengers: Age of Ultron opens in the USA on May 1, 2015

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Download: Films of the Future 026: Star Wars Celebration Anaheim or subscribe on iTunes

Episode 26 Notes

• Check out our video recap: “Star Wars Celebration Anaheim VIDEO”
• BB-8 is a practical robot! Watch here: BB-8 droid from The Force Awakens rolls out on stage at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim
• Harrison Ford revisited another classic character in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Carrie Fisher has had a successful career as an author, including the memoir, Wishful Drinking (2008).
• There’s a video to convince David Lynch to change his mind about season 3: Twin Peaks without David Lynch is like…
• Learn more about Star Wars Science so that you can lift holograms with your brain

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Episode 25 Notes

• We reviewed Chappie (2015) in “Episode 20: Chappie”
• Alan was a guest on the “Space Lincoln 11: Alan’s 95 Beefs” episode of The Space Lincoln Star Trek Podcast and will appear on another that hasn’t been posted yet
• I gave Ex Machina high praise in “Episode 11: 2015 Year in Review”
• Wikipedia has the answers to all of your Leisure Suit Larry questions
• Ants attack in Phase IV (1974)
• EVE was actually the name of the robot that WALL·E (2008) falls in love with
• Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac will face off in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
• Based on The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) I’m pretty sure there are female Wookiees
• This is Alex Garland’s directorial debut but his film writing credits include: 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2010), and Dredd (2012)
• Ex Machina opens in the USA on April 10, 2015

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Episode 24 Notes

• The previous films in the franchise are The Fast and the Furious (2001), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
• Michelle Rodriguez played Ana Lucia on Lost (2004–2010)
• CNN’s report of Paul Walker’s death: “‘Fast & Furious’ star Paul Walker killed in car crash”
• There have only been two posthumous competitive Oscar winners for acting: Peter Finch (1976, “Best Actor”, Network) and Heath Ledger (2008, “Best Supporting Actor”, The Dark Knight)
• From Wikipedia: “List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees”
• Alan’s mother, Janis joined us for our review in: “Episode 21: Cinderella”. Listener, Cornfed Girl’s links have been added to that episode’s show notes.
• The David Sedaris story that Alan referenced is called “Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol”
• Arnold Drummond was (kind of) the name of Gary Coleman’s character on Diff’rent Strokes (1978–1986)
• Furious 7 directed by James Wan opens in the USA on April 3, 2015

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Episode 23 Notes

• Alan’s story about Whoopi Goldberg is in “Episode 18: 2015 Oscars Pre-Reactions”
• They recently announced that there will be a sequel to Zoolander (2001)
• You can watch the Old School (2003) scene here: Tranquilizer to the Jugular
• Alan’s mom, Janis gave Cinderella (2015) five stars in “Episode 21: Cinderella”
• Marlee Matlin won the “Best Actress in a Leading Role” Oscar for Children of a Lesser God (1986)
• Perfect Strangers (1986–1993) ran for 8 seasons on ABC
• Craig T Nelson plays Deputy Ward Wilson in Stir Crazy (1980)
• Mod-Bot 2020 helped us review Chappie (2015) in “Episode 20: Chappie”
• From Variety, “SXSW: Will Ferrell’s ‘Get Hard’ Stirs Controversy With Gay, Racial Jokes”
• Get Hard opens in the USA on March 27, 2015

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Episode 22 Notes

• Apparently this is a sequel to a film called Divergent (2014)
• The Hunger Games (novel) was published on September 14, 2008 and Divergent (novel) was published on April 25, 2011
• Battle Royale was released in Japan on December 16, 2000
• Michael Keaton starred in Multiplicity (1996)
• Volcano and Dante’s Peak were both released in 1997
• Armageddon and Deep Impact were both released in 1998
• Mars Attacks! and Independence Day were both released in 1996
• Kate Winslet starred in Titanic (1997)
• The Divergent Series: Insurgent opens in the USA on March 20, 2015

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Episode 21 Notes

• Janis doesn’t have a Films of the Future email address. Sorry.
• Walt Disney’s animated Cinderella (1950) came out between Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• According to Wikipedia, “The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later.”
• Brandy starred in a made-for-TV version of Cinderella (1997) based on the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
• This version stars Lily James as Cinderella and Richard Madden as Prince Charming. James is best known as Lady Rose MacClare on Downton Abbey (2010–) and Madden plays Robb Stark on Game of Thrones (2011–)
• Alan has a small part on Sirens (2014–) Season 1, Episode 7 “Till Jeff Do Us Part”
• In order to pass the Bechdel test a film must have at least two women in it who talk to each other about something besides a man
• Kenneth Branagh definitely did direct Thor (2011)
• Cinderella opens in the USA on March 13, 2015

List of Cinderella resources provided by listener, Cornfed Girl:

• Cinderella Around the World
• Grades K–2
• Grades K–2
• Grades 3–5
• Cross-Curricular Plans
• Middle School
• Middle School Multi-Cultural Cinderella

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Episode 20 Notes

• We previously discussed (and disagreed about) Chappie in “Episode 11: 2015 Year in Review”
• For a little background on why Die Antwoord play themselves in the film check out “Learn How Die Antwoord Ended Up Starring in Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie”
• Short Circuit (1986) featured white dude Fisher Stevens as an Indian man
• Robocop (1987) came out around the same time so people definitely had robots on the mind back then
• Yes, Short Circuit had it’s own song, “Who’s Johnny” by El DeBarge
• Hugh Jackman is Wolverine
• For more of our thought about Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) listen to “Episode 17: Fifty Shades of Grey”
• Chappie opens in the USA on March 6, 2015

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Episode 19 Notes

• According to EW, “Will Smith on turning down ‘Django Unchained’: ‘I needed to be the lead'”
• Will Smith played Captain James T. West in Barry Sonnenfeld’s Wild Wild West (1999)
• Listen to our song about healthy communication in a relationship in “Episode 17: Fifty Shades of Grey”
• Ocean’s 11 (1960) was remade as Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
• Focus directors, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa previously directed Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) and I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) and wrote Bad Santa (2003) and Cats and Dogs (2001) together.
• In a recent interview with Esquire, Will Smith described After Earth (2013) as “the most painful failure in my career.”
• Alan claims that “I Put A Spell On You” and “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” are the same song
• Focus opens in the USA on February 27, 2015

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Episode 18 Notes

• For a list of Oscar nominated films that we’ve reviewed with links to the episodes, visit: 2015 Oscar Nominations
• My favorite ice cream is Graeter’s Toffee Chip
• Edward Norton starred in The Incredible Hulk (2008) before Mark Ruffalo played the same character in The Avengers (2012)
• From Wikipedia: Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice.
• Brad Bird directed The Incredibles (2004) and performed the voice of Edna ‘E’ Mode. He is directing Tomorrowland which is scheduled to be released on May 22, 2015
• Home Improvement ran on ABC from September 17, 1991 to May 25, 1999
• Schindler’s List (1993) won “Best Picture” at the 1994 Oscars
• Guinan was a character Whoopi Goldberg played on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
• Neil Patrick Harris will host the 87th Oscars live on ABC on Sunday, February 22, 2015.

Other Films Mentioned in this Episode

• Birdman (2014)
• The Boy Next Door (2015)
• Interstellar (2014)
• American Sniper (2014)
• Boyhood (2014)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
• The Imitation Game (2014)
• The Money Pit (1986)
• Catch Me if You Can (2002)
• Selma (2014)
• The Theory of Everything (2014)
• Whiplash (2014)
• Hellraiser (1987)
• Foxcatcher (2014)
• Footloose (1984)
• Into the Woods (2014)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
• Out of Africa (1985)
• Nightcrawler (2014)
• X-Men: First Class (2011)
• Inherent Vice (2014)
• Inside Out (2015)
• Gone Girl (2014)
• Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)

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Episode 16 Notes

• Matthew Vaughn directed Daniel Craig in Layer Cake (2004) and yes, Robert De Niro plays Captain Shakespeare in Stardust (2007)
• Samuel L. Jackson’s actual line from Unbreakable is, “Because of the kids. They called me Mr Glass.”
• Mark Gatiss (not Colin Firth) plays Mycroft Holmes in the BBC’s Sherlock (2010–)
• Alan calls Batman Begins (2005) a “brave movie” but I can’t get over how poorly I think the action scenes are edited
• According to 2010 census data, Logan Square was 50.74% Hispanic
• Kingsman: The Secret Service opens in the USA on February 13, 2015

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Episode 15 Notes

• For some reason I can never remember if his name is Channing Tatum or Tatum Channing
• I highly recommend Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces
• At least part of Jupiter Ascending takes place in Chicago
• The lizardish Gorn make their first appeared in the Star Trek (1966–1969) episode “Arena”
• Those Wachowski’s are most well known for The Matrix (1999) and it’s sequels but their most recent film was Cloud Atlas (2012)
• The running time for Speed Racer (2008) is 2 hr 15 min
• Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element (1997) starred Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich. Maybe I was being too hard on it but I still love The Professional (1996) a million times better.
• The scene I was trying to describe from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) is known as the “Coruscant Speeder Chase” and the other scene is the one in Dex’s Diner
• Sean Bean played Ned Stark on Game of Thrones—Lord of Winterfell, Lord Paramount of the North, and Warden of the North but definitely not the King of the North
• The Animatrix (2003) was a collection of nine animated shorts set in the Matrix universe
• Star Wars: Clone Wars was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and was stylistically similar to his previous series, Samurai Jack (2001–2004)
• Paul Thomas Anderson discussed the Magnolia (1999) running time and many other topics on a recent episode of WTF with Marc Maron: “Episode 565 – Paul Thomas Anderson”
• Jupiter Ascending opens in the USA on February 6, 2015

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Episode 14 Notes

• Quentin Tarantino is often credited with rebooting John Travolta’s career with Pulp Fiction (1994)
• The 2015 Oscar Nominees will be announced this Thursday, January 15
• Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon starred in Fear (1996)
• Rob Cohen also directed the original The Fast and the Furious (2001) and xXx (2002)
• I was 15 years old when Jurassic Park was released on Jun 11, 1993 so my story checks out so far
• John Corbett portrayed the cool-dude DJ, Chris Stevens on 110 episodes of Northern Exposure (1990–1995)
• Ryan Guzman, who plays Noah, was born in 1987
• DragonHeart (1996) was written by Patrick Read Johnson and Charles Edward Pogue
• Rob Morrow plays Dick Goodwin in Quiz Show (1994). He did leave Northern Exposure to  pursue his movie career but I think he was only completely absent from 8 episodes. Paul Provenza played the doctor who comes to Cicely to replace him.
• Alan did not say that Wilco was overrated
• The Boy Next Door opens in the USA on January 23, 2015. Send an email to kendall@filmsofthefuture.com if you wanna come see the movie with us in Chicago.

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Episode 13 Notes

• Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven (1992) won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film Editing
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) both tell the story of the battle of Iwo Jima from opposite sides
• Catharsis is from the Greek, meaning “purification” or “cleansing”
• I accidentally confused Terry Brooks and Terry Pratchett—oops
• The novelization of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was written concurrently with the feature film
• Do not confuse this film with Sniper (1993) starring Tom Berenger
• American Sniper opens wide in the USA on January 16, 2015

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Episode 12 Notes

• Big Fish (2004) was Nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Score by Danny Elfman and was nominated for four Golden Globes in including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
• We discuss my initial experience viewing Batman (1989) in “Episode 1: Birdman”
• Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have made eight films together
• Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian was really almost a thing: “6 Insane Sequels That Almost Ruined Classic Movies”
• Alan really wants to see Tim Burton direct an adaptation of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns (1986)
• From Variety “Michael Keaton Isn’t Jealous of Ben Affleck: ‘I’m Batman, I’m Very Secure in That’”
• Check out this Batman Snickers Ad
• In case of a nuclear attack on the UK, the BBC was prepared to broadcast The Sound of Music (1965) to improve morale as part of it’s Wartime Broadcasting Service
• We love the Music Box Theatre!
• Alan is performing in Yippee Ki-Yay, Merry Christmas: A Die Hard Musical though January 10 at MCL in Chicago
• Before Films of the Future, Alan and I made this together: Kendall Bruns – “Blue Christmas (Ft. Bald Elvis)”
• Big Eyes opens in the USA on December 25, 2014

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Episode 11 Notes

• “A Sad Fact of Life: It’s Actually Smart to Be Mean Online” by Clive Thompson is the Wired article that I reference about negativity bias
• You should probably watch the trailer for Virtuosity (1995) starred Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington
• Alan would like you to start using #lucasjokes
• Johnny Depp and Mike Myers are both 51 years old
• The Terminator was released on October 26,1984 and Back to the Future was released on July 3, 1985
• “George Lucas is just not that into you, J.J. Abrams” is the sad article that Alan references
• “Video of giant squid in ocean depths is a big breakthrough, expert says”
• Man on Wire (2008) won the Oscar for Best Documentary, Features
• American Sniper is opening with a limited release in the USA on December 25, 2014
• To the Wonder (2012) is the Ben Affleck/Terrence Malick film that came out after Tree of Life (2011)

Future films discussed in this episode, sorted by currently announced release date:

• Predestination (January 9, 2015)
• Vice (January 16, 2015)
• Cymbeline (January 23, 2015)
• Mortdecai (January 23, 2015)
• Strange Magic (January 23, 2015)
• Jupiter Ascending (February 6, 2015)
• Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (February 20, 2015)
• Chappie (March 6, 2015)
• In the Heart of the Sea (March 13, 2015)
• Home (March 27, 2015)
• Furious 7 (April 3, 2015)
• Ex Machina (April 10, 2015)
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (April 17, 2015)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (May 15, 2015)
• Tomorrowland (May 22, 2015)
• San Andreas (May 29, 2015)
• Untitled Cameron Crowe Project (May 29, 2015)
• Jurassic World (June 12, 2015)
• Inside Out (June 19, 2015)
• Terminator Genisys (July 1, 2015)
• Pan (July 24, 2015)
• The Walk (July 27, 2015)
• Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (December 18, 2015)
• The Revenant (December 25, 2015)
• The Hateful Eight (2015)
• Knight of Cups (2015)
• Untitled Cold War Spy Thriller (2015)

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Episode 10 Notes

• Boogie Nights was released in the USA on October, 31 1997
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002) was partially inspired by the true story of a man who found a loophole in a frequent flier mile promotion… Snopes: Pudding on the Ritz
• Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood were both released in 2007
• I had no idea what Alan was talking about but you should probably watch this YouTube video: Joaquin Phoenix’s Forehead
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the original title of the first Harry Potter book when it was released in the UK but the exact reason for the name change is debatable
• We first discover that Captain Picard is a big fan of the Dixon Hill detective novels in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, “The Big Goodbye”. Data faces some major challenges dealing with a hologram version of Moriarty in the “Elementary, Dear Data” episode.
• Benicio Del Toro plays the titular character in The Wolfman (2010)
• “Gravity’s Rainbow” is also the name of a song by Klaxons
• Cigarettes & Red Vines is the definitive Paul Thomas Anderson resource
• The Thrilla in Manila and The Rumble in the Jungle are two different fights
• Inherent Vice opens in select theaters December 12, 2014 and wide

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Episode 9 Notes

• Alan is referencing some discussion of the Jesus Christ Superstar (Original London Concept Recording) from “Episode 8: Exodus: Gods and Kings”
• Rankin/Bass produced an animated version of The Hobbit (1977) for television that told the entire story in 90 minutes
• According to Wikipedia, “Mammon, in the New Testament of the Bible, is material wealth or greed, most often personified as a deity, and sometimes included in the seven princes of Hell.”
• Peter Jackson started making Middle Earth films with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring which was released on December 19, 2001
• I directed a short film featuring Alan as Spidertooth, “The Chronicles of Feldspar: Mystery Box”
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies actually is being released in HFR 3D
• Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opens in the USA on December 17, 2014

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Episode 8 Notes

• Song lyrics don’t always have to rhyme
• Exodus: Gods and Kings is kind of like a remake of Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956). Both films are based on a very popular book.
• Noah (2014) was Darren Aronofsky’s take on a biblical story starring Russell Crowe. According to IMDB, users that liked that film also liked 300 (2006)
• We previously mentioned Reign of Fire (2002) featuring Christian Bale in “Episode 004: Interstellar”
• Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ (2004) grossed over $611 million worldwide
• Hey—we talked about Prometheus (2012) again!
• Gladiator (2000) won five Academy Awards including Best Picture
• Braveheart (1995) was released in the USA on May 24, 1995
• Alan loves the Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) film but Kendall fell in love with the original concept recording from his parents’ vinyl collection
• This is the first article that I saw claiming that the casting of Exodus: Gods and Kings was racist: You Probably Shouldn’t Go See Ridley Scott’s Pretty Racist ‘Exodus’ Movie
• It’s “The Book of Revelation”, not the “The Book of Revelations”—oops
• Exodus: Gods and Kings opens in select theaters on December 3, 2014

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Episode 7 Notes

• There’s a new intro song!
• The Great Outdoors (1988) is a (great?) John Hughes written comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy
• Alan and I both really like Reese Witherspoon in Alexander Payne’s Election (1999). Pick Flick!
• Alexander Payne did in fact direct Sideways (2004). He and Jim Taylor even won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for the film.
• Laura Dern plays Dr. Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park (1993)
• Wild opens in select theaters on December 3, 2014

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Episode 6 Notes

• This will most likely be the final episode featuring this version of the theme song
• Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) featured many Stormtroopers
• “Taking Care of Business in a Flash” was Elvis’ motto
• The term “doublespeak” in usually used in reference to George Orwell’s book, Nineteen Eighty-Four
• According to the publisher, there are more than 65 million copies of the original three books in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins in print and digital formats in the USA
• Francis Lawrence directed this film as well as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) but the first film was directed by Gary Ross
• If you’d like to know more about GGG, Dan Savage has a podcast: Savage Lovecast
• The popcorn story that Corn Fed Girl is referring to was told in “Episode 1: Birdman”
• Hoi polloi actually refers to the masses or the common people
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 opens in the USA on November 21, 2014

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Episode 5 Notes

• Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens is scheduled to be released on December 18, 2015 and apparently takes place 30 years after the events of The Return of the Jedi (1983)
• The third season of Twin Peaks (1990–1991) will air on Showtime 25 years after season two ended
• Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) featured Derek Richardson as Harry and Eric Christian Olsen as Lloyd
• Alan was totally right, Dumb and Dumber (1994) was a huge hit years before There’s Something About Mary (1998)
• Jeff Daniels plays Flap Horton in Terms of Endearment (1983)
• Jim Carrey had a huge year in 1994—Dumb and Dumber was released on Dec 2 but he also starring in Ace Venture: Pet Detective (Feb 4) and The Mask (July 29) that year
• Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear star as conjoined twins in the Farrelly brothers’ Stuck on You (2003)
• Carrey did write an editorial about vaccines for the Huffington Post in 2009: The Judgment on Vaccines Is In???
• I fixed the email!
• Alan’s cat has never farted.
• Dumb and Dumber To opens November 14, 2014
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