2026 Movies and TV Shows

Last night, we watched the Lorne Michaels documentary on Netflix. Very good. It jokes about him being an impenetrable guy who doesn't talk about himself, but ultimately it does reveal a lot about him and the whole process he goes through as SNL producer.

It covers his childhood in Canada, his role as a writer for Laugh-in, his variety show work, and his apprenticeship under Lily Tomlin. They focused on his departure from SNL after 5 years, and his return 5 years later.

But it's the routine - the formula, really - that he's established for the development of each week's show. And he's still a night person; wakes at noon, stays up till 4 am. He has a retreat way up in Maine. That's where he decompresses.
 
Another documentary, also on Netflix. The SCTV documentary just became available. It was great, with lots of clips, the whole cast interviewed (before O'Hara died, and they had earlier interviews with Flaherty), and a bunch of "fans" commenting - such as Bob Odenkirk, Bill Hader, Tom Hanks, and Conan O'Brien.

Apparently, they all met while performing Godspell in Canada. It covers all the years, and ends with them refusing to let NBC move them to Sunday Prime time. But oddly, it doesn't cover their move to Cinemax for 83-84.
 
scotchandcigar said:
The SCTV documentary just became available.
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That must be why I'm seeing so many clips of SCTV on YouTube! I knew what it was but I never saw it before and it's really funny.



and that led to Kids in the Hall clips, which besides the movie is another sketch comedy show I knew existed but never really saw. This one made me smile:

 
scotchandcigar said:
Another documentary, also on Netflix. The SCTV documentary just became available. It was great, with lots of clips, the whole cast interviewed (before O'Hara died, and they had earlier interviews with Flaherty), and a bunch of "fans" commenting - such as Bob Odenkirk, Bill Hader, Tom Hanks, and Conan O'Brien.

Apparently, they all met while performing Godspell in Canada. It covers all the years, and ends with them refusing to let NBC move them to Sunday Prime time. But oddly, it doesn't cover their move to Cinemax for 83-84.
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There's a doc out there now about that Godspell period. You Had to Be There (film) - Wikipedia

The Netflix doc is weird...they produced one years ago with Scorsese, but shelved it.
 
I made it to a Tuesday $6 movie at the cinema this Tuesday. I saw "Clayface" I did not know it was a DC movie or that the setting was Gotham.
It was rather weird (not Stuart show weird) on the serious side, but I did not lose interest. It was a combination Tom Cruise "Vanilla Sky" and Jeff Goldblum "The Fly" and I guess Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with the shapeshifting. They played Chicago "If You Leave Me Now" when Clayface was getting his surgery. Then they played it near the end of the movie only with a new female singer rather than Chicago, I will have to look that one up. All in all, Clayface deserved a better fate than what he got.

And I'm fascinated that the Elizabeth Holmes documentary/movie is still drawing.
The next movies I'd like to see "Wild Horse Nine" Parker Posey. "I Play Rocky" and just for the heck of it "Godzilla Minus Zero"
 
And I just saw an ad for "The Misadventures of Cliff Booth" Imax showing in late November and on Netflix streaming in late December.
I hope our theater will have it before Netflix.
 
The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth, written by Quentin Tarantino as a sequel to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, is set in 1977. It will be in IMAX theaters for two weeks beginning November 25 and will be available on Netflix beginning December 23. A few independent theaters (such as TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and the Paris Theatre in New York) and a few regional chains (such as Galaxy, Reading and Megaplex) will also show the movie. And why are movie previews still called "trailers" when they no longer trail the main feature – and haven't for several decades?

 
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