New TWITCH STREAM - Friday Aug 11! (Patreon)

Hey all,

Time to keep the twitch stream rolling with our August entry! This is one of those streams where I desperately wanted to show ONE movie (that would be Peyton Reed's BRING IT ON) and the entire theme sort of built out from there. So without further ado I present to you "SUPPORT THE GIRLS" a marathon of movies I adore, featuring mostly female casts getting up to all sorts of hijinks (and which somehow doesn't include Support The Girls, a movie I still need to see!)

The marathon will start THIS Friday Aug 11 at 11:15am Pacific time.

As always it will be shown on https://www.twitch.tv/filmcrithulk

To the lineup!

1115a - Pre-roll

1120a - Secret Short Screening!

1145a - How To Marry A Millionaire (1953) - Starting things off with a classic I've never actually seen! But what else could be better than discovering a screwball comedy starring Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, AND Marilyn Monroe as they try to flirt their way up the social ladder and likely learn all sorts of lessons! Huzzuh!

125p - 9 to 5 (1980) - Another all-star triumvirate, this time Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and the great Dolly Parton are trying to get revenge on their all-time shitty boss (Dabney Coleman, who is also amazing in this). Can't wait for first timers to be astonished at how brazen and bananas this thing is.

315a - Bring it On (2000) - An incredible tongue-in-cheek comedy that, along with Down With Love, reminds us just how much we lost when Hollywood decided not to just let Payton Reed DO HIS THING. Dunst and Union are both spectacular, fully committing to the hyper-reality of this film. And while there's a lot that would be tweaked today, for a film 23 years ago it's *actually* trying to address cultural appropriation (in a way that the modern D'Amelio types of the world would never) it has all the right spirit! See, that was a cheerleading pun. Get used to those!

455p - A League of Their Own (1992) - The Penny Marshall classic was a staple of my VHS years and one of the favorite movie of like, ten, of my friends. It's honestly been yeeeeeeeears since I actually sat down to watch it so it will hopefully be a fun bit of rediscovery (and NOT like Reality Bites. Again, I'm so sorry, but we hadn't had a good HATE CHAT in a while haha). But this at least has #loripetty4lyfe 

605p - Thelma and Louise (1991) - We continue the Geena Davis double feature with this classic two hander from her and Susan Sarandon. It was the kind of film that became so popular it was parodied ad nauseam, but all of which seems to dismiss the raw power at the center of this aching narrative. It's a film about rage, relentlessness, and the rarified air of partners who are so much more just friends (CW: themes of sexual assault / misogyny, etc).

815p - Set It Off (1996) - One of those absolutely under-represented gems of the 90's. This film was Widows before Widows, a powerful, charismatic heist film staring none other than Vivica A. Fox, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Kimberly Elise. All of whom are incredible. It also has a hell of a soundtrack. Can't wait for first timers.

1020pm - Secret Screening #1 - Wait, why so early with the secret screening? It's because I'm dOiNg A tHiNg and god you're gonna hate me.

1200am - Secret Screening #2 - This one just makes so much more sense in the midnight spot.

130am - Secret Screening #3 - I'm so sorry.

It's gonna be a blast.

<3HULK

(Also next month we're back to September Sing Along with musicals)