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Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Two men – Secret Movie Club Team members Edwin Gomez and Craig Hammill – who both love John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13, but who disagree on its noted predecessor, Howard Hawks’ classic Western, Rio Bravo! Craig loves the film, but Edwin thinks you should skip it! Can he convince Craig that saying “get along, little doggie” to Rio Bravo is fine, or will Craig get Edwin to admit he should respect and acknowledge the film’s influence on the movies Edwin loves? And how long will they talk about forgotten sci-fi Sean Connery-led High Noon-riff Outland?
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) are once more joined by Celeste Menchaca, this time to talk about a single actor: consummate professional, incredible stunt performer, and enigma, Tom Cruise! From Risky Business to Jerry Maguire, Magnolia to Eyes Wide Shut, Collateral to Tropic Thunder, and Mission: Impossible to Mission: Impossible 2. Celeste views Tom as an action-man. Daniel loves Top Gun: Maverick. Craig admires Tom’s work ethic. Edwin makes a lot of what-could-be-called-jokes with movie titles. CLC talks about [REDACTED].
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) adds their entry to the pile of conversations about essential 1929 Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí short, Un Chien Andalou. If you’ve been to film school, you’ve seen it! If you haven’t, it’s on YouTube! The Team also discusses Surrealism in film. Connor loves the hell sequence in Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. Edwin thinks Head is amazing. Daniel admires the work of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, hates hand-ants, and reveals what he knows about P3. Craig mostly talks about his dreams and Jack Nicholson.
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Alex Olivier, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) reviews Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 cult-hit neon-noir, Drive, and the rest of Refn’s filmography! Drive is one of Alex’s favorite films, but he’s less hot on some of Refn’s other works. Edwin loves Bronson. Craig defends the violent and divisive Only God Forgives. Daniel predicts a resurgence in popularity of the Miles Teller-starring Too Old to Die Young in a post-Top Gun: Maverick world. Connor contributes.
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Like Alma vs Elisabet, Secret Movie Club Team members Edwin Caesar Gomez and Craig Herbert Hammill go head to head on which version of America’s favorite ape is the best! Craig stands with the original 1933 King Kong, while Edwin professes to love most the 1976 remake starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges! Peter Jackson’s 2005 update is also discussed… and may, in fact, be the ACTUAL favorite of one of our competitors! Everything is discussed: the music, the effects, the themes, the performances, the legacies, Craig’s grandpa and more! Who wins? You decide!
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) is joined by writer/producer Eileen Shim to gush over Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's legendary high fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings. A long discussion ensues about all three films – The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King – and what the trilogy means to the team. The conversation is so big it even spills over into usually off-topic segments! Craig is in awe of the Helm’s Deep sequence and Jackson’s grit. Daniel views the Appendices behind-the-scenes documentaries as a “filmmaking Bible.” Eileen and Connor weigh the merits of The Hobbit films. Edwin is absent for dubious reasons.
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) journeys to the heart of Ray Ramayya’s bizarro good-bad masterpiece, Ryan’s Babe, programmed for Connor’s birthday! Three of them highly recommend the experience. They also ask what makes a bad movie good? Edwin likes classics like Mac and Me, while Connor prefers newer, weirder stuff like After Last Season. Daniel shouts out The Snowman. Craig explains how the origins of Secret Movie Club are inextricably linked to “so-bad-it’s-good” cinema. A new segment debuts.
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) debates whether or not the “perfect” movie exists, using John Hughes’ 1986 teen comedy treasure, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as a starting point. Are the best movies perfect? And does a movie being perfect make it the best? Daniel surprises no one by bringing up Hot Fuzz. Edwin chooses Assault on Precinct 13 and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Connor and Craig can’t stop talking about Robocop. Also discussed: Ferris Bueller’s white privilege, John Hughes’ overshooting.
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Alex Olivier, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) converses about John Huston’s 1948 Humphrey Bogart-starring adventure classic, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, programmed along with The Maltese Falcon for Alex’s birthday! The team also shares their opinions on the Classic Hollywood era of film. Craig, Daniel and Alex love the movies, while Connor and Edwin can only appreciate and admire them. Edwin does love Singin’ in the Rain though. Daniel reads a list of his favorites. Alex talks about why he likes noir.
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) is joined by filmmaker Eva Doležalová to talk about Nacho Vigalondo’s twisty two-million debut, Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes), and Eva’s own experiences making her shorts Raven, Carte Blanche, and the upcoming Serpentine! Sci-fi seems to be the realm of high-concept low-budget greatness, with films like Coherence, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Melancholia, Shivers, and Cube; though Craig also brings up noir-riff Brick and horror-comedy Braindead. Connor expresses his admiration for M. Night Shyamalan. Edwin throws in Trainspotting to the mix.