 This is the SF Productions podcast network And to enter the movie dead zone from the pop culture bunker I'm Mindy and I'm Mark you can check out our audio podcast how I get my wife tree comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network calm Well, we're now in what is unofficially known as the dead zone in the movie industry We're past the Oscar nominations and it's before the end of March, right? So at this point by mid-January all those movies that that were released like Unlimited release in late December for Oscar consideration have all been out and wide released for a couple weeks now. So what's happening? It's just these movies with poor expectations are being dumped, right? Anything that they couldn't sit in somewhere else or that ups. We have to release this because we made it Let's put it out or it's been sitting on the shelf for a long time, right? So are there any worse seeing a Few have already opened. Yep. Starting with Mordecai, right? This was very oddly Promote, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we have Johnny Depp as Playing this typical Depp character. Yes Very vague. Yeah, it's based on an unknown in the US book series Virtually unknown series of books. Yeah, it's just weird. So can Depp carry that type of movie? Well, not so much. Yeah, because in its first weekend it got four million dollars The movie cost 60 million to make. I just think everybody's pretty much over the Johnny Depp being weird thing. Yes Yeah, you need to find a new hook The boy next door Jennifer Lopez as a gym teacher That's what I understood Accidentally sleeps with a student or something like that and he starts stalking her and this guy looks like he's 30 And then he's in her high school class Well, it got second place in its first weekend got 15 million dollars Assuming most of that. Yeah to pay for the movie went to miss Lopez. I Think it only cost like four million to make so they're pretty happy with that those numbers Then there was strange magic from the mind of George Lucas who apparently only had one good idea For George really it's an animated movie. I just I don't understand why you would release it in the middle of a school month You know and it made five million in its first weekend. So that's you know Enjoy your time on DVD And then we got a lot of films coming up right right between now and the end of March just a Pile a pile is a good way to describe it black or white Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer About race relations in America Well, it's it's he's the grandfather and she's the grand the other Grandmother and they're fighting for custody of their grandchild and you know should the white parent grandparent have custody or the black Grandparent it sounds like it should be an Oscar movie, but it must not be because it was released way too early Yeah way too early and it's one of these message movies. Yeah There's project Almanac it might also be called welcome to yesterday. I did a little research It's one of those two Butterfly effect meets Blair witch projects. Yeah time travel movie found footage movie I am not going to be watching now. Be sure to get the drama mean because I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of shaky camera work Jupiter ascending independence day meets twilight Mila Kunis stars that's not something you want to hear People like Mila Scythe of sci-fi spectacular in February Yeah, never mind For this movie the studio plans to show a Batman Superman teaser beforehand. So see the teaser skip the movie. Yeah, okay Seventh son a 3d fantasy based on the book The Lost Apprentice Mm-hmm Apparently this movie was a victim in a switch of studios Legendary had it with Warner and then they moved over to Universal and this got lost in the shuffle and now they're dumping this film. Yeah Sponge Bob the movie sponge out of water. Yeah now again animated movie being released in the middle of January Maybe it's not really for kids. Yeah, it must be going for the other other audience, which is or of course stoners It's interesting that it's not yet rated and it's two weeks from release as As of this taping and all the kids are gonna want to go see it But then it's gonna end up being you know rated for the stoners. Yeah PG-13 or something and speaking of ratings 50 shades of gray. Yeah, so the question is will the women who read this the housewife porn? Um show up to see it in public. Yeah, it's our rated and Based on everything I've heard if it was faithful to the novel It would be lucky to get an NC-17. Yeah, so I won't be going to see it I didn't read the book either though. So I you know when I knew it was based on Twilight fan fiction So perhaps it will attract the Twilight crowd as well. Possibly. Yeah Kingsman the Secret Service This is one I do want to see absolutely Colin Firth, Michael Cain Mark Hamill and Samuel L. Jackson. We saw a trailer for this last summer Yes, and apparently the studio is looking for a spy franchise out of this The movies was delayed. Well, I guess the weekend it was supposed to come out There were like five other big movies coming out and it decided to pull it This was the earliest they could do it. They think this is counter-programming for 50 shades of gray Same weekend. Okay. Um, as you said, this is the first movie on this list so far. We will actually go to see Yes, definitely definitely in the theater. See this movie, right? Then again, there's hot tub time machine two. Yes a sequel in the dead zone. That's never a good sign Focus a con job romance and it's got will smith and margot Robbie in it And so the only thing that makes this really special to me is They're both going to be in Suicide Squad. Yes, this is kind of a preview to see how they'll work together how they will work together That will be interesting. I really want to see Suicide Squad. Right. Yeah Lazarus effect about bringing dead patients to life Basically remaking flatliners. I was trying to remember the name of that movie. I had to look it up That's that's going to be that same movie. Yeah, it's the same movie essentially. Yeah Yeah Maps to the stars A Cronenberg ensemble thriller. It's but it's like not the stars in the sky It's like Hollywood the maps to the stars. Yeah, you get in Hollywood. Yeah Now It one of the the ensemble is julianne more offer probable oscar wind like the week after Yeah, so this may actually do fairly well Chappy from the maker of district nine A robot is kidnapped and brought up in a dysfunctional family. This sounds just weird enough that I might go see it Yeah, this weird weird concept. Yeah We'll see Huh, we have unfinished business Which is a vince von screwball comedy Yeah, i'm not that fond of vince von and again if it was really good wouldn't it come out in the summer? Yep. Yep So We have the second best exotic marigold hotel. This is a sequel for the first one It might be good. The first one was okay But I I imagine that I will end up going to see it not necessarily with you But with some of the other older women in my life. Yeah, so it's an indie You know, it might actually be good It was very cute. The first one was very cute, you know Cinderella It is from Disney, but it's not animated right Kenneth Branagh Lily James Helena Bonham Carter as the fairy godmother You really love Cinderella The trailer I looked at looks very pretty Now just as an aside Lily James is um from down to nabby She plays Lady Rose. Okay, and then one of the stepsisters is also from down to nabby So this makes it also like I you know kind of a you know Nice to pull in the people that you know that aren't necessarily well known, but you like them, so Divergent insurgent Yes The hunger games clone Marches on yes, tweens will go see it whenever it's actually scheduled. So it doesn't really matter Yeah, you don't want to you don't want it to compete against the hunger games though So, I mean there's still one more hunger games coming out. Yeah, so that's probably why it's now Serena this is at the end of March Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper So it's like this movie has apparently been on the show for two years Well, and then that's why they're pulling it out I guess because Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper are both on a real upturn. Yeah, absolutely And it have been for a while So that gives you an idea how bad this movie must be For big stars like that and have that movie just sitting on the shelf somewhere on the shelf It'll be interesting. Is that a remake of serena or is that something I don't believe so? Okay. Yeah Well I probably won't go see that And while you're not watching that you can check out our radio podcast How I got my wife three comics on itunes or on our website sfpodcastnetwork.com From the pop culture bunker. I'm indy and our mark. Thanks for watching