Box Office GROSS: The Top 50 Hit Films of 2005
Box Office GROSS: The Top 50 Hit Films of 2005
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Revisiting the top 50 highest-grossing films of 2005 with the hindsight of twenty years, looking into the mostly-forgotten films that made the most money, why they were hits in their moment, and why they did or (more likely) did not endure in the popular culture.
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The show centers on revisiting forgotten cinematic hits, exploring themes like cultural relevance, box office appeal, and critical reception, with episodes analyzing films such as 'White Noise' and discussing reactions to the supernatural thriller genre of the mid-2000s.
Revisiting the top 50 highest-grossing films of 2005 with the hindsight of twenty years, looking into the mostly-forgotten films that made the most money, why they were hits in their moment, and why they did or (more likely) did not endure in the popular culture.
It took us fourteen episodes but we invite the great Jesse Hawken (JUNK FILTER) to be our guest as we have finally arrived at a REAL GROWN-UP MOVIE on this project: Sydney Pollack's political thriller THE INTERPRETER., a movie that is basically completely forgotten now because it is not really equipped to deal with the political implications of its general premise, but a handsomely made, professional thriller starring two compelling actors that a lot of people paid money to see on original release, more than a lot of higher-profile films released around it.
We practice our Afrikaans accents, discuss the film's well-meaning but muddled racial politics, its waste of Catherine Keener, and its insane status as the only film to ever get permission to film inside the United Nations chambers, a status is maintains despite having a climax where an extremely famous blonde woman points a gun at a pretend version of Robert Mugabe.
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