Home Theater United 46 - Hidden Gems (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

Episode46- Hidden Gems | Home Theater United Podcast

What movies do you consider to be Hidden Gems? Join host Sam Posten and guests Todd Erwin, John Rice and Josh Steinberg as they highlight 3 movies each which they feel deserve wider exposure and acclaim than what they got theatrically or on home video. Sam: The mistAntebellumInside man...

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What movies do you consider to be Hidden Gems? Join host Sam Posten and guests Todd Erwin, John Rice and Josh Steinberg as they highlight 3 movies each which they feel deserve wider exposure and acclaim than what they got theatrically or on home video.

Sam:
The mist
Antebellum
Inside man

Todd:
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call
Grand Canyon

Josh:
Rope
Tomorrowland
Sunshine

John:
A Monster Calls
Paper Towns
Never Let Me Go

Plus we play a new game: "Know what's mad? That I have never seen THIS movie" and a whole new (not really!) Good Bad and Ugly!

 

[Sam Posten]

Sam:
The mist:

Antebellum:

Inside Man:


Messed up GBU... Gran Tourismo:

 

[Sam Posten]

John:
A Monster Calls - Trailer - Amazon - imdb
Paper Towns- Trailer - Amazon - imdb
Never Let Me Go- Trailer - Amazon - imdb

GBU - Mortal Engines- Trailer - Amazon - imdb

 

[Sam Posten]

Todd:
Solo: A Star Wars Story - Trailer Amazon imdb HTF review
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call - Trailer Amazon imdb HTF review
Grand Canyon - Trailer Amazon imdb

GBU - The Creator - Trailer Amazon imdb

 

[Sam Posten]

Josh:
Rope:

Rope (1948) 7.9 | Crime, Drama, Mystery​

1h 20m | Approved

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Sunshine:

Sunshine (2007) 7.2 | Sci-Fi, Thriller​

1h 47m | R

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Tomorrowland:

Tomorrowland (2015) 6.4 | Action, Adventure, Family​

2h 10m | PG

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GBU: Ad Astra

Ad Astra (2019) 6.5 | Adventure, Drama, Mystery​

2h 3m | PG-13

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[Sam Posten]

 

[Sam Posten]

https://www.youtube.com/@StreamingNewsViews/videos

 

[Sam Posten]

The Podcast Police:

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[JohnRice]

Thanks Sam. It was a blast, even though my internet got flaky.

 

[JohnRice]

One thing I need to clarify, the screenplay for Never Let Me Go was written by Alex Garland, but it's adapted from a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. I was so concerned with my internet going in and out, we'd discussed Garland previously, and I didn't mention Ishiguro along with Garland

 

[DaveF]

Listening to the new episode, in the “hidden gems” section, trying to play along:

• Solo. I’m going to say neither hidden nor a gem. Nothing about a Star Wars movie is “hidden”. I saw it release weekend in London in 4DX at the Leicester Square theater on vacation. It was a fun movie and immediately forgotten.
• “Sunshine”. haven’t seen it, been meaning to for years so maybe I’ll remember to find and watch it next year.
• ”Ghostbusters (2016)”. I watched it last weekend for the first time. Or rather, I started watching it, but got so bored that I quit halfway through. I found a review that captured my feelings, and made me feel not alone
• A Monster Calls: haven’t heard of it. Likened to Pan’s Labyrinth is intriguing. Will try to find it.

I’m reminded of a podcast I liked, since discontinued, called “Unjustly Maligned”. And I loved that framing as a way to talk about movies and TV and books and everything that you think are much better than what they received overall. It can be a “hidden” gem that no one knew about it. Or it can be a hugely marketed, big-IP, completely unmissable franchise movie that got slammed for the misfortune of not meeting expectations.

 

[DaveF]

• Tomorrowland: Guess I need to watch this one now. I’ve always been curious but I never heard anything especially good or “yes see this” I’ve just ignored it.

 

[JohnRice]

A scene from Once Upon A Time In America, since I mentioned it in the podcast.

 

[Sam Posten]

The Podcast Police:

Todd can you confirm that the police have not shown up?

 

[Todd Erwin]

Todd can you confirm that the police have not shown up?

Not yet...

 

[JohnRice]

This arrived today.

I'veNeverSeenIt.

 

[Sam Posten]

Draw us like your French girls!

 

[JohnRice]

I got The Goonies as well, which was also mentioned in the podcast. I've actually seen that, once, but well back into the previous century.