Mickey Welde joins us and turns us into positive thinkers! We discuss movies that make us feel happy. We each had our own reasons for each movie on our lists and a good time was had by all. This one was recorded a ways back but it all still holds true. Except for the going places part, and the kids are older... anyway ALL of these movies are recommended and should be watched! Negativity was at an all time low during this one, so buckle up and be read to smile. We all need that.  Check out more of Mickey on the Mickey Welde Podcast.

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10 Movies that Make Us Happy with Mickey Welde

Hartman joins us to figure out the best and worst of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We discuss our favorites in the MCU. Talking about the Marvel Cinematic Universe....Wow.

Best and Worst of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

We are joined by Brian Kulak, author, former English teacher and current K-5 principal and more importantly, mentor to one of our two Mikes! We discuss the roles of mentors in films and in real life as well as how educators and writers are portrayed in movies. You can find Brian's book  LEVEL UP LEADERSHIP: ADVANCE YOUR EDUGAME  at https://leveluplead.com  

Mentors in Movies with guest Brian Kulak

We are back for Season 4 and predict what movies will look like in a post-Covid world. We also go over some of our old, bad, movie takes.

The Now Times and Bad Takes

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a fun, light-hearted story of a teenager trying to find his place in the world.  He has to navigate high-school, relationships, responsibilities and being a super-hero. He wants to keep his city safe from criminals and villains but he also wants to go to a dance in his high-school gymnasium.  Its a nice departure from the norm while still fitting firmly in the MCU. It also has a real John Hughes thing going on which totally works. We compare that to Suicide Squad which had all the potential in the world of being a fun anti-hero movie.  It wasn't.  It missed the mark in a lot of ways. It was a bummer to think of what might have been...

S3E12 - Spider-Man: Homecoming and Suicide Squad (A Lost Episode)

Mike and Mike offer movie suggestions to each other based on movies that they think the other hasn't seen.  But they watch a lot of movies so these recommendations are a little off of the beaten path.

S3E11 - 10 Movies that You Should See

We all loved certain movies as kids that maybe don't stand the test of time.  But we love them anyway.  We can't even tell they were bad some times. Those movies are a blind spot for us, in a fog of nostalgia. We dive deep and list five or so of the movies that are on our list of movies that we just don't know if they are any good.  But our lists are good, we think.

S3E10 - Blinded By Nostalgia

Two films that are more than they seem on the surface are the focus of this episode. Groundhog Day (1993) almost needs no introduction, but it does need repeat viewings to let the viewer in on how deep the movie runs. About Time (2013) is billed as a comedy but offers s much more than laughs. Get ready to think about life and all the choices that you may regret because these movies are time travel adjacent.

S3E9 - Groundhog Day and About Time

The movie is Arrival (2016) starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forrest Whitaker directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer.  It's so much more than expected.  It surpasses expectations and transcends the genre.  We liked it.

S3E8 - Arrival

The Big Sick and The Hero look at what happens when life throws you something unexpected.  And hard. There are no obvious choices in life when dealing with families, culture, expectations, fame, drive, and love.  Then add in sickness. These two films take different looks at these things... different from each other and different than most films.  The Big Sick is a comedy with a surprising amount of heart. Kumail is a comedian and meets his match in Emily, a lovely girl who is perfect for him.  The only problem is that Kumail is expected to abide by an arranged marriage set up by his Pakistani Muslim immigrant parents. And then Emily gets sick. The Hero is a breakout performance by a man that we have adored for decades in Sam Elliott. He plays a Western icon given a potentially life ending diagnosis. Despite very serious premises, each of these films have so much to offer in heart and comedy. Both have amazing supporting casts and are strong contenders for awards.

S3E7 -The Big Sick and the Hero

Subdued.  Avant-garde.  Weird. Maybe words that we could use to describe our two offerings on this episode of Person to Person (2017) and Lemon (2017).   But do we?  These each have star-studded casts full of great actors or comedic geniuses. So what does that add up to?

S3E6 - Person to Person and Lemon

He's back, and this time its complicated. John Wick is reluctantly brought back into the life of being a gentleman assassin. But I warn you, do not make him angry, you wouldn't like him when he's angry. Hand to hand combat is on full display once again and is not to be missed.  We compare and contrast to The Hitman's Bodyguard. The laughs fly as freely as the bullets do in this one. Its a lighthearted tale of two killers on a road-trip to testify against a war criminal with a few pit-stops to win over their lady-friends.

S3E5 - John Wick 2 and The Hitman's Bodyguard

Get Out and Split. Horrible name of this episode or regular names of two pretty good horror films from 2017? Could be both.  We aren't big horror movie fans as a rule so these two must have had something going on to peak our mutual interest.  Spoiler. They did.  Listen in to find out what we think.

S3E4 - Get Out and Split

Wonder Woman and Logan. Two superhero films that take risks. We liked them both. Here's why...

S3E3 - Wonder Woman and Logan

Space. Some have called it the final frontier. I call it a scary, dark, deathtrap of a bad idea for a vacation destination.  But hey, its not all about the destination, its about the journey, right? Well, that's what Passengers posits and we have plenty of thoughts on that... Life stars some big name actors and some big time horror in the form of a little space creep called Calvin. Its very unsettling. But our conversations on these two movies is as fun as can be...

S3E2 - Life and Passengers

You love movies and so do we! We look at a current movie, discuss, review and compare to an older work by one of the filmmakers or something in the genre! Comparing now to then, get it? On to some movie talk! On Twitter @NowAndThenMoviePod

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