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The only living Waterworld fan. Planet Hollywood Historian. Preservationist for the failed 1994 ABC series THE BYRDS OF PARADISE starring Timothy Busfield. Let Joe Dante direct the WALT DISNEY’S ENCHANTED TIKI ROOM movie.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · May 16

I'm finally starting this project to watch the entire Touchstone Pictures filmography (every film associated with the Disney label whether through production or distribution) from 1984-2016 & share my thoughts on each release in this thread. Follow along as I revisit the hits, misses & obscurities.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 4m

Yep. I’m not happy that in the same episode they gave TOY SOLDIERS two thumbs down however

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

The supporting cast of OSCAR (1991) was such a deep bench of talent.

Don Ameche as Father Clemente in OSCAR (1991)

Tim Curry as Dr. Thornton Poole in OSCAR (1991)

Marisa Tomei as Lisa Provolone in OSCAR (1991)

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1h

You love to see it.

Screenshot of Siskel and Ebert’s Two Thumbs Up score for OSCAR (1991)

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 49m

a man in a dark room with the words he can 't keep getting away with this

ALT: a man in a dark room with the words he can 't keep getting away with this

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 51m

I haven’t seen the documentary, but your review just makes me want to seek it out first before even giving Safdie’s film a shot.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1h

You love to see it.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1h

Yes! So glad more folks are able to watch now.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · May 8

I know this song better than my own family members’ phone numbers & birthdays.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly!

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 2h

He looks like me trying to figure out what to do with my hands when I’m speaking to a large group of people.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 2h

My Cousin Vinny may have been Tomei’s breakout but this is where I fell for her.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 2h

Seriously! I think it’s one of those comedies that didn’t hit on release but has aged pretty well in hindsight.

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Such a deep bench. You can go all the way down the cast list and everyone is killing it. Even for Stallone it is his best attempt at comedy in my opinion.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

Have you already done a commentary episode on the Jurassic World Dominion Winter Olympics commercial with Rexy?!

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

Losing Stallone to MAGA was a personal tragedy for me

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3h

The supporting cast of OSCAR (1991) was such a deep bench of talent.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 22h

At the time Allen & Midler, the reigning Queen of Touchstone, playing a married couple might’ve seemed like a hit comedy recipe but Paul Mazursky’s talky play on Scenes from a Marriage never fully works. Watching a film that mostly takes place in a shopping mall is a welcomed nostalgia trip though.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 15h

Good to know we may eventually see the TWISTER: RIDE IT OUT pre-show with the split screen welcome from Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt who hated working with each other so much they refused to be on camera together again once the film wrapped.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 15h

That makes so much sense. An important detail I was definitely not aware of Still saddens me for the reason that these incredible works will essentially disappear aside from youtube rips.

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Correct take 🔥

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 17h

There’s really no excuse for THE LOTTERY to not be on Disney+ !

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It is a marvel at how bad some CGI was even half a decade after Jurassic Park.

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I’m feeling lucky

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 18h

You’re not the only one lol

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Bob has had some work done