This week we watched the 2023 sci-fi comedy drama film Asteroid city. Written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson, Its plot mostly presents a stage play which follows a Junior Stargazer convention and the unexpected arrival of extraterrestrials and UFOs. The ensemble cast includes Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum. Come join us!!

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This week we’re starting our Summer Blockbuster Month and we watched the 2014 animated fantasy film How to Train Your Dragon 2. Written and directed by Dean DeBlois it is set five years after the events of the first film, and follows Hiccup and his friends as they encounter Bludvist, a madman who wants to conquer the world by use of a dragon army. It stars Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou and Kit Harington Come join us!!

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This week we saw the new horror film based on the creepypasta of the same name Backrooms. Directed and co-scored by Kane Parsons in his directorial debut, in the film, a furniture store owner and his therapist discover a dimension of seemingly endless liminal spaces accessed through the basement of the store. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell. Come join us!!

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In kind of an Epic Month pick we watched the 2025 horror film Sinners. Directed by Ryan Coogler set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, it stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. The film co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo. Come join us!!

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Taking a break from Epic Month watched the first Star Wars movie in seven years The Mandolorian and Grogu. Directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor it tells the story of Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu are enlisted by the New Republic to rescue Rotta the Hutt in exchange for information on a target. The film stars Pedro Pascal, Jeremy Allen White and Sigourney Weaver. Come join us!!!

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Continuing Epic Month we watched the 1971 musical drama Fiddler on the Roof. Directed by Norman Jewison, the film centers on Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman, who is faced with the challenge of marrying off his five daughters amidst the growing tension in his shtetl. It stars Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michèle Marsh, Neva Small and Paul Michael Glaser. Come join us!!

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Continuing Epic Month we watched the 1962 biograpohical drama Lawrence of Arabia. Directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel it is based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom (also known as Revolt in the Desert). It stars Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer and Arthur Kennedy. Come join us!!

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This month begins Epic Month and to kick it off we watched the 2009 superhero film Watchmen. Directed by Zack Snyder, and written by David Hayter and Alex Tse, it tells the story of a group of mostly retired superheroes who investigate the murder of one of their own before uncovering an elaborate and deadly conspiracy with which they are all connected. The film stars Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson. Come join us!!

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