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 2006 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.
The great Alex Goldman (Hyperfixed, Amityvilleville) returns, in much better health than our Narnia episode, as we discuss Jared Hess's post-Napoleon Dynamite blank check, the Mexican wrestling comedy NACHO LIBRE! This film is an absolutely perfect entry for the theme of our show, a movie with an easily summarized elevator-pitch premise and famous lead that a lot of people saw and everyone sorta remembers, that made money 20 years ago but basically no one feels passion for revisiting. We discuss its genial charms, its shapeless yet insistent narrative, its dicey racial insensitivity, its intermittently gorgeous photography, the small but pivotal ways Mormonism informs Hess's work, the potential respect and disrespect for the people of Mexico, the art of professional wrestling, and Jack Black's long, fruitful but complicated career as a Popular Culture Personality.
Alex is one of the best in the business and we had an absolute blast having him back, this conversation is one of my favorites that we've done in a while, check it out!
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