In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Forrest Gump vs. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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In the mid-90’s, Eric Roth wrote a screenplay that wowed audiences around the world; The script that became Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump. In the late 2000’s, Eric Roth sort of wrote that screenplay again; the script that became David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So which one is better?
Featuring: Garrett Holmes, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns.
Spoilers: Forrest Gump, The curious Case of Benjamin Button (both the films and the novel and short story from which they were adapted), Super 8, E.T., Flight of the Navigator, Apollo 13, Back to the Future, Fight Club, Inglourious Basterds, 12 Monkeys, Panic Room, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Terminal, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and That Thing You Do.
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Featuring: Garrett Holmes, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns.
Spoilers: Forrest Gump, The curious Case of Benjamin Button (both the films and the novel and short story from which they were adapted), Super 8, E.T., Flight of the Navigator, Apollo 13, Back to the Future, Fight Club, Inglourious Basterds, 12 Monkeys, Panic Room, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Terminal, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and That Thing You Do.
213 episodes
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In the mid-90’s, Eric Roth wrote a screenplay that wowed audiences around the world; The script that became Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump. In the late 2000’s, Eric Roth sort of wrote that screenplay again; the script that became David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So which one is better?
Featuring: Garrett Holmes, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns.
Spoilers: Forrest Gump, The curious Case of Benjamin Button (both the films and the novel and short story from which they were adapted), Super 8, E.T., Flight of the Navigator, Apollo 13, Back to the Future, Fight Club, Inglourious Basterds, 12 Monkeys, Panic Room, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Terminal, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and That Thing You Do.
…
continue reading
Featuring: Garrett Holmes, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns.
Spoilers: Forrest Gump, The curious Case of Benjamin Button (both the films and the novel and short story from which they were adapted), Super 8, E.T., Flight of the Navigator, Apollo 13, Back to the Future, Fight Club, Inglourious Basterds, 12 Monkeys, Panic Room, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Terminal, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and That Thing You Do.
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