"...and the best game you can name is the good old hockey game."
John and Curtis celebrate Canada's game (ice hockey) this week and take on some of their favourite (and not so favourite) hockey films, including SLAP SHOT (1977), THE ROCKET (2005), MIRACLE (2004), and more. At the beginning of the episode, they also discuss their movie watchlist additions and what they watched this week. Shoot to win and join in for the fun!
Tune in next week for the latest John Carpenter watch series installment: THEY LIVE!
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:15 Watchlist Additions
00:08:01 What We Watched This Week
00:19:40 Hockey Movies Discussion (favourite movies, weird ones, hot takes, tasty bits)
00:56:45 Coming Up Next!
HOCKEY MOVIES DISCUSSED
THE MIGHTY DUCKS TRILOGY (1992-96); SLAPSHOT (1977); THE ROCKET (2005); GOON; MIRACLE (2004); YOUNGBLOOD; SCORE! A HOCKEY MUSICAL; RED ARMY; ICE GUARDIANS; MVP: MOST VALUABLE PRIMATE; INDIAN HORSE; THE SWEATER (1981); 30 FOR 30: KING'S RANSOM
MOVIES WE WATCHED
JOHN: Game of Thrones (Season 5); Spider Baby; Inland Empire;
CURTIS: The Northman; Hatching (2022); Better Call Saul (Season 2); The Innocents (2022)
WATCHLIST ADDITIONS
JOHN: Madeline’s Madeline (2018), The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2010), The Americanization of Emily (1964)
CURTIS: Waco: Rules of Engagement; The Church (1989); Let Sleeping Corpses Lie; Dead Ringers
CREDITS AND PLUGS
Intro: "The Hockey Song" by Stompin' Tom Connors; excerpts from MIRACLE (2004), SLAP SHOT (1977), and THE MIGHTY DUCKS (1992)
Outro: "Big League" by Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
Quinn: @seatstruckreviews
Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'
John: johnnycakes.substack.com
@johnnycakes on Letterboxd
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