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Welcome back to Box Office Culture! In this episode Tony and Front of House Director and resident Cinephile Greg Moran discuss the Fall movie schedule. Late fall is awards season, and today the fellas talk about which films they are excited about. Hear what films they project to be the best of the season on this week's episode of BOC!Show NotesBeetlejuice | Sept 5TrailerTransformers One | Sept 20TrailerThe Wild Robot | Sept 27TrailerBookMegalopolis | See it in IMAX!TrailerAI Gen QuotesJoker | Oct 4TrailerAlways Sunny High School Reunion Dance SceneSaturday Night - Late OctoberTrailerHere | Nov 1TrailerThanksgivingGladiator II | Nov 22TrailerWicked | Nov 22TrailerMoana II | Nov 27TrailerChristmasMufasa: The Lion KingTrailerA Complete Unknown | Dec 25TrailerNosferatu | Dec 25TrailerDon't forget to rate and review the show to help us grow! Make sure to check out the video feeds on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and comment, like and subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when the next episode drops! We love hearing back from you and leaving a review or a comment on the video feed is the best way to let us know what you think! United Theatre...

Welcome back to Box Office Culture! In this episode Tony and Front of House Director Greg Moran discuss the Fall movie schedule. Which movie is going to end up being a classic? Which will be a certified dud? Find out now on this week's episode of BOC!Show NotesBeetlejuice | Sept 5TrailerTransformers One | Sept 20TrailerThe Wild Robot | Sept 27TrailerBookMegalopolis | See it in IMAX!TrailerAI Gen QuotesJoker | Oct 4TrailerAlways Sunny High School Reunion Dance SceneSaturday Night - Late OctoberTrailerHere | Nov 1TrailerThanksgivingGladiator II | Nov 22TrailerWicked | Nov 22TrailerMoana II | Nov 27TrailerChristmasMufasa: The Lion KingTrailerA Complete Unknown | Dec 25TrailerNosferatu | Dec 25TrailerDon't forget to rate and review the show to help us grow! Make sure to check out the video feeds on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and comment, like and subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when the next episode drops! We love hearing back from you and leaving a review or a comment on the video feed is the best way to let us know what you think! United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwittera...

Welcome back to Box Office Culture! In this episode Tony and Producer Lee discuss Prequels! Hot off a watch of Godzilla Minus One (now steaming on Netflix) and Furiosa (widely reviewed as an amazing addition to the Mad Max universe, and at least one IndieWire reviewer called it "one of the greatest prequels ever made.")Are they necessary? What do they add to the legacy of films that have already been out and the book was already thought to be closed upon? Find out now on this weeks episode of BOC!Don't forget to rate and review the show to help us grow! Make sure to check out the video feeds on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and comment, like and subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when the next episode drops! We love hearing back from you and leaving a review or a comment on the video feed is the best way to let us know what you think! Music: Lords of the Land, Xavy Rusan, Epidemic Sound

Welcome back to Box Office Culture! In this episode Tony and Producer (and begrudging cohost) Lee discuss Summer Blockbusters!What are they? Do they need to be released in Summer? What mold must they fit into? Which ones are they excited about the most? Find out now on this weeks episode of BOC!Don't forget to rate and review the show to help us grow! Make sure to check out the video feeds on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and comment, like and subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when the next episode drops! We love hearing back from you and leaving a review or a comment on the video feed is the best way to let us know what you think! Music: Lords of the Land, Xavy Rusan, Epidemic Sound

Welcome back to Box Office Culture! In this episode Tony and Producer Lee jump into Beneath the Planet of the Apes in preparation for the premiere of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. They talk worshipping Atom Bombs, Vietnam allegories and the societal structures of Ape City. They also discuss the history of the series to see how POTA's past can inform its future.Don't forget to rate and review the show to help us grow! Make sure to check out the video feeds on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and comment, like and subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when the next episode drops! We love hearing back from you and leaving a review or a comment on the video feed is the best way to let us know what you think! Music: Lords of the Land, Xavy Rusan, Epidemic Sound

Welcome back to Box Office Culture! In this episode Tony and Producer Lee dive into DUNE pt. II. The fellas talk Spice Melange, the Bene Gesserit and religious fanaticism, and what they're looking forward to in DUNE pt. III! Listen now to hear more! Don't forget to rate and review the show to help us grow! Make sure to check out the video feeds on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and comment, like and subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when the next episode drops! We love hearing back from you and leaving a review or a comment on the video feed is the best way to let us know what you think! Music: Lords of the Land, Xavy Rusan, Epidemic Sound

In the second half of this two part episode, Tony is once again joined by Misty Blux and Lee Metzger to talk about the things they are looking forward to the most in 2024. TonyDune: Part IIMickey 17New Albums from Vampire Weekend and Billie EilishMistyTerrifier IIIStardew Valley: 1.6 UpdateMaxxxineLeeOne D&DLOTR: The Ward of the RohirrimGhostbuster: The Frozen EmpireIG: @dusttodigitalMusic: Lords of the Land, Xavy Rusan, Epidemic SoundUnited Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

On this week's Box Office Culture Tony is joined by Producer Lee and Misty Blux to talk about their favorite things from the year 2023.LeeBaldur's Gate IIIDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesThe Fellowship Film FestWhat Brought Me Joy - StrawberriesMistyNo One Will Save YouLive Action One PieceLeave The World BehindWhat Brought Me Joy - Hell House LLCTonySiloI'm Just Ken - BarbieZach Bryan's "I Remember Everything" feat. Kacey Musgraves What Brought Me Joy - Richie in The BearUnited Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

On this week's Box Office Culture, Tony is joined once more by Producer Lee to talk Lord of the Rings. Besides premiering in December, what is it that connects the Lord of the Rings Trilogy to the Holidays? We discuss that and more on this episode of Box Office Culture.United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

Today on Box Office Culture: Matt Singer, Editor & Film Critic for ScreenCrush.com, member of the New York Film Critic Circle, won a Webby Award for his work on Independent Film Channel's website IFC. com and was the on-air host of IFC News, he ran Critic Wire, the film critic wing of the magazine and media company Indie Wire, appeared on numerous podcasts and co-host of the Film Spotting Streaming Video Unit Podcast. his writing has been featured in the Village Voice, Time Out NY and Time Out Chicago and online at the AV Club and ScreenCrush. He's also appeared on television on CBS This Morning, MTV, and E! His previous book is Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular and he joins Tony today to talk about this newest Book Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel and Ebert Changed Movies Forever.United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

Today Tony talks about movies coming up in this holiday season. We cover The Marvels, Trolls Band Together, Napoleon, Pedro Almodovar's Double Feature: Strange Way of Life & The Human Voice, It's a Wonderful Life, and The Elf Experience. Also coming up in December: Wonka, Migration, Wish, Santa With Muscles, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and The Boy and the Heron.Also announcing: The Fellowship Film Fest! Make sure to catch the next Load-In podcast with Producer Lee to hear more about that!Music: Lords of the Land, Xavy RusanUnited Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

Tony is joined by Producer Lee on this week's Box Office Culture to talk about Variety article "Crisis at Marvel: Jonathan Majors Back-Up Plans, ‘The Marvels’ Reshoots, Reviving Original Avengers and More Issues Revealed" by Tatiana Segel. They cover marvel fatigue, X-Men and Fantastic 4 Reboot, moving on from (or bringing back) past fallen heroes and more in this week's episode. Tune in to find out more!The Marvels drops on November 9th so get your tickets now!Don't forget to subscribe to the show so you can know when a new episode is out as soon as it drops. United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

NOW I AM BECOME DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS. It's finally here, gang. The double-feature movie event we've all been waiting for. Start your day off in Barbieworld and end with a BANG! Or flip the script and go Boom and Bust. We suggest a breakfast of bourbon and cigarettes before seeing Oppenheimer, and then a midday brunch of Cosmopolitans and ice cream sundaes for a Barbie matinee. Oppenheimer's massive rollUnited Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

Which one is better? UNITED's own Conor Knapp joins Tony to discuss the differences, similarities, past, and futures of the James Bond and Mission Impossible franchises. From John Woo's white doves, to driving motorcycles off of cliffs into paragliding action sequences, Tony and Conor cover it all on today's episode of Box Office Culture!United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTokMake sure to rate and review the show! If you write a review, you'll get a shout-out on the show, and Tony will read your words on air.

This week's episode of Box Office Culture was recorded LIVE in our Black Box auditorium. Yann Martel's bestselling "Life of Pi," now regarded as a literary classic, has been adapted into Ang Lee's beautiful 2012 film and most recently into the hit play that opened this past March on Broadway. "Life of Pi' is centered on the concept of choosing your own story. To celebrate this theme and the overall creative process,Tony was joined onstage in an intimate conversation with artist Alexis Rockman - the inspirational artist and tiger vision concept artist for the Life of Pi film; shipwreck survivor Steve Callahan who served as the marine and survival consultant on the film; and Life of Pi on Broadway resident director Ashley Brooke Monroe. United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

Tony and Producer Lee are joined by the ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI based on foundational large language models, whatever that means. Tony asks ChatGPT how it feels about the Writers Guild Strike, its ethics and values, and then the fellas have a little fun checking out ChatGPT's scriptwriting capabilities. It's a fun ep, check it out! Make sure to rate the show, leave a review and subcribe!United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

Producer Lee is back on the pod to talk CinemaCon, the preeminent conference for all things cinematic. Tony runs down the items that he is most excited about, and Lee provides whatever it is that he does. Make sure to leave a review and subscribe so you know as soon as an episode drops!United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

Tony and Producer Lee do what they love most, and list the names of movies for 49 minutes! Today we're talking about the series that the UNITED has to offer. Such series as the Neighborhood Watch, Rewind, Story to Screen, the Italian Heritage Series (presented in partnership with the Dante Society of Westerly) and newly announced series Scene and Heard and Food on Film. Scene and Heard will focus on films centered around music, concerts, and musicians, while Food on Film will be a restaurant partnership series featuring curated plates that tie the culinary to the cinematic. Listen to find out more, and check out the Coming Soon tab on our website to see upcoming show times for these movie series and more! And don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! It really helps the show out!Neighborhood Watch4/27 - Midsommar5/25 - 5-25-776/9 - SorcererRewind4/12 - A Patch of BlueItalian Heritage with the Dante Society of Westerly3/27 - Umberto D.Scene and Heard5/2 - Inside Llewyn DavisFood on Film6/18 - Tampopo w/ Nana's of WesterlyUnited Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

We brought in the Glue Guy of the UNITED to talk Oscars. Lee Metzger hosts our sister show The Load-In and today we're talking Oscar Ballots. Make sure to leave a review telling us what movies you think should win on Sunday and we'll go over them on the next episode.United Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok

Tony is joined by the UNITED's own Carly Callahan in discussions about adapting intellectual property to the stage, lessons from Broadway and more on today's Box Office Culture.LinksRatatouille the TikTok MusicalSlave PlayPOTUS, or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him AliveUnited Theatre WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookYouTubeTikTok