Saturday Night Cinema
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This Week's Movie
Kate & Leopold
Commentary from Movie Maverick Mike
Mangold makes Gold
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As mentioned by your host Mikayla, “Kate & Leopold” was one of the first major movies from director James Mangold, a filmmaker who’s gone on to considerable success.
I remember thinking, when Mangold put together the cast for 1997’s “Cop Land” 6 years prior - who does this kid think he is? He convinced Hollywood kingpin Sylvester Stallone to take a serious role (and put on weight!), and share the screen with stars Ray Liota, Harvey Keitel, and cinematic godfather Robert DeNiro - not bad for a 34 year-old with one directorial credit to his name!
I’ve found Mangold to be hit-or-miss since then: “3:10 to Yuma” and “Knight and Day” are two of the most underrated movies of the early 2000s - probably because the former has an unwieldy title (based on the 1957 original), and audience fatigue for westerns by 2007; and the latter because Tom Cruise doesn’t make romantic comedies. (You can look it up - he makes romantic action films e.g.“Far and Away”, “Days of Thunder”, and romantic dramas e.g. “Vanilla Sky”, “All the Right Moves” - but not rom-coms).
But I found 2005’s “Walk the Line” pedestrian, albeit with a great script, and 2017's “Logan” dramatically indulgent.
His 2023 “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” was a great homage to its predecessors - but with an eye-watering $326 million budget (before marketing), it's hard not to be cynical about the experience.
Let’s see how Mangold fairs with the “Star Wars” franchise - his proposed prequel, set thousands of years before Luke Skywalker found his dad’s lightsaber, is giving off “Game of Thrones” vibes - should it ever go into production.
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Remembering Shaun Higgins
We remember Shaun O'l Higgins, long-time member of the Community Advisory Board and Saturday Night Cinema host, who passed away unexpectedly on October 1, 2024. KSPS PBS is stronger today because of Shaun's dedication and vision. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.
Mike Hoff
Mike has been writing about movies and Hollywood for over 30 years, including radio, TV, newspapers and online. He appears regularly as a movie reviewer on CTV Morning Live in Calgary, and has even appeared on CTV's Fame Factor. He's been a screenwriter, extra and lecturer throughout Alberta and Washington.
Mike's love of movies comes down to a few key moments - being allowed to stay up late as a child to watch James Bond in "You Only Live Twice" on TV, watching "Star Wars" age 12 with a HUGH bucket of popcorn, and seeing a sneak preview of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when no-one knew that it would become THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME - maybe the only time in history only 20 people were in the theatre for this film. Also, "Aliens" on a cool July day downtown, "Rear Window" at a repertoire theater, and tearing up as a young man watching "Fiddler on the Roof" at a film-club presentation in Tacoma.
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Ryan Tucker
Ryan Tucker started from humble beginnings in south central Washington. He was only 8-years-old when he was given his first camera and began his journey into the celluloid. Making short films in the backyard with his younger brother, Ryan quickly discovered Dogma filmmaking (accidentally and unaware of what that even meant).
By 20, Ryan was a self-made “hundred-aire” and decided to spend a ton of money he didn't have on "film school" in California. Once he exhausted all financial options, Ryan returned home to beautiful Spokane. He is now a videographer and editor for Spokane Public Library and hosts a monthly live talk/sketch comedy show at Central Library called Lilac City Live.
Today, you can usually find him collecting vintage video formats such as VHS, Laserdisc, CED, Beta. He relives his favorite childhood movies with all five of his hilarious, sweet children and poorly explains plots to movies to his devastatingly beautiful life partner who made his real-life movie come true.
Mikayla Daniels
Mikayla Daniels is an Alaskan born and raised writer and filmmaker. She holds her MFA in TV and Screenwriting from Stephens College and her BA in film from Eastern Washington University.
In 2018 her feature script “Wingman Lost” was chosen as an Athena List Finalist and she wrote an essay that has been published in the new book “When Women Wrote Hollywood”.
Mikayla is a regular contributor to the book reviews section of “The Journal of Screenwriting” and writes TV/Movie reviews and entertainment news for Netflixlife.com. She also is regularly invited to sit on film and writing panels and to judge and screen for film festivals worldwide.
Follow Mikayla on Facebook: @palealaskan
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