Movie Club – February 2021 – Bromance

As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they’ve seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr

Best Picture – In the Heat of the Night (1967) – Berkreviews Movie Club

It's season 6 of Movie Club and Corey and Jonathan have decided to watch some best picture winners that they had not seen. There are many over the years, but in the month of January 2022 they will check out four of them. Jonathan picks two and Corey picks two following the normal guidelines for the movies selected for the podcast. As far as the podcast goes, each episode features an in-depth review of the movie for the week. They begin with a spoiler-free review before diving in completely after the needed spoiler warning. However, before getting into the review of the week, Jonathan and Corey discuss what other movies they've seen since the last episode as well as anything else they feel like discussing. To help them decide which of the many films to watch each month they started creating themes for them all. Be sure to follow them on Social Media @berkreviews and @coreyrstarr Best Picture Week 2 – In the Heat of the Night (1967) A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/berkreviewsmovieclub/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/berkreviewsmovieclub/support

1. Best Picture – In the Heat of the Night (1967) 51:14
2. Best Picture – The Artist (2011) 36:10
3. Through the Cracks – My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) 01:05:29
4. Through the Cracks – The Velvet Underground (2021) 01:10:11
5. Through the Cracks – In the Earth (2021) 50:21

Week 1: The King’s Speech (2010)

Plot Synopsis: The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

Directed by Tom Hooper

Cast:

• Colin Firth
• Geoffrey Rush
• Helena Bonham Carter
• Jennifer Ehle
• Michael Gambon

Week 2: Tango and Cash (1989)

Plot Synopsis: Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a mismatched LAPD crime-fighting duo has to put its differences aside to even the score with the evil kingpin who put them behind bars once and for all.

Directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy

Cast:

• Sylvester Stallone
• Kurt Russell
• Teri Hatcher
• Jack Palance

Week 3: The Fisher King (1991)

Plot Synopsis: A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.

Directed by Terry Gilliam

Cast:

• Jeff Bridges
• Robin Williams
• Mercedes Ruehl
• Amanda Plummer

Week 4: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Plot Synopsis: Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution – escape to Bolivia.

Directed by George Roy Hill

Cast:

• Paul Newman
• Robert Redford
• Katharine Ross
• Strother Martin
• Henry Jones