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2024 Summer Movie Season Super-Pod, Part 1!

August 27, 2024 • Garret Castleberry • Season 10 • Episode 9

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As the Summer Season winds down, and people everywhere return from vacation to head back to work, school, and everywhere in-between, Special Topics winds back this year's clock to revisit the best (and worst?) of the 2024 Summer Movie Season. Host Garret Castleberry is joined by Kyle Hammonds for an abbreviated retrospect of the summer that was (and wasn't?) in Cinemas. In Part 1, Garret and Kyle narrativize their travelogues to the movies while speculating what cultural factors may have kept audiences at home in April and May. What April and May features did audiences see in theaters? Check us out the Special Topics in Media Facebook group and let us know!

Hosts: Garret Castleberry, Kyle Hammonds

Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)

Recommended Screenings (Garret):
Alex Garland. (Director). Civil War. [Film]. Atlanta, GA: A24/DNA Films/IPR.VC, 2024.

David Leitch. (Director). The Fall Guy. [Film]. Sydney, New South Wales, AU: 87 North/Australian Government/Entertainment 360, 2024.

George Miller. (Director). Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. [Film]. Broken Hill, New South Wales, AU: Warner Bros./Domain Entertainment/Kennedy Miller Mitchell, 2024.

Guy Ritchie. (Director). The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. [Film]. Antalya, Turkey; Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK: Black Bear/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Lionsgate Films, 2024.

Luca Guadagnino. (Director). Challengers. [Film]. Boston, MA: Frenesy Film Company/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)/Pascal Pictures, 2024.

Wes Ball. (Director). Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. [Film]. Helensburgh, New South Wales, AU: 20th Century Studios/Oddball Entertainment/Jason T. Reed Productions, 2024.

Ontological Obstacles (Garret):
Bad Movie Titles.
IP Roping.

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