Middle Country Public Library Podcast

This week we have our first Movie Chat of 2024! Join Sara, Nicole, and Sal as they discuss the 2012 Australian film, "The Sapphires" starring Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell, Shari Sebbens, and Chris O'Dowd. The story follows four talented young Aboriginal women who start a music group and end up entertaining troops during the Vietnam War in 1968.

You can reserve your copy at the library or watch it streaming for free on Pluto TV or Tubi.

It’s time for another Movie Chat! This week, Nicole spins the wheel and comes up with 1964's comedy, "Dr. Strangelove, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb" starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. Get your copy here : http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1516626 and watch before listening to this week’s episode as there will be spoilers. Then comment and let us know what you thought!

Tom Cruise could very well have the biggest movie of this summer premiering this week with the newest Mission: Impossible film...the team takes a look at the second in the series on this Movie Chat. The film stars Mr. Cruise plus returning cast member Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott, Richard Roxburgh, Brenden Glesson, John Polson, and "she-looks-way-too-young-and-pretty" Thandie Newton.

You can check out the details of this 2000 film here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120755/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 and if you'd like to watch along and have an MCPL card, reserve your copy here: https://tinyurl.com/pod71323

Did you know we've have over 35 movie chats? You can browse our list of episodes here: https://www.mcplpodcast.com/?s=movie%20chat

Sal's pick for this Movie Chat is this year's crazy dark comedy/horror flick, Cocaine Bear...a film loosely based on a true story. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, the film stars Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Brooklynn Prince, Christian Convery and the late Ray Liotta.

Find out what happens when a bear gets its nose into many bags of cocaine. Does hilarity ensue? Listen to find out. Have a library card? Reserve a your copy of Cocaine Bear here: http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2111785

Join Sara, Dennis, and Sal as they have a thoughtful discussion on 2022's romance-fantasy Three Thousand Years of Longing starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. 

As Nicole breathes a sigh of relief, witness the final part of our three part series of Star Wars Movie Chats...

PS - This one gets SPICY, folks!

We discuss:

Star Wars : Episode 7 - The Force Awakens

Star Wars : Episode 8 - The Last Jedi

Star Wars : Episode 9 - The Rise of Skywalker

Do you agree with our thoughts? Comment below and let us know.

Here are the other 2 Star Wars Movie Chats:

https://www.mcplpodcast.com/e/episode-196-movie-chat-special-the-star-wars-saga-part-i/

https://www.mcplpodcast.com/e/episode-221-movie-chat-special-the-star-wars-saga-part-ii/

Amok! It's time for another Movie Chat, and this week we are watching 1993's Hocus Pocus, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker. 

It's all part of our annual SPOOKTOBER at the podcast. For the month of October, we will focus on something spooky to get you in the mood...

Here's the IMDb listing : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107120/quotes/?ref_=tt_trv_qu

Have an MCPL card? Reserve your copy today : https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1525371

This week, Sara finally gets to talk about the 2022 "folk horror" flick, Men.

Men stars Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear. It is directed by Alex Garland, who also directed another Movie Chat film, Ex Machina. Listen to that episode here: https://www.mcplpodcast.com/e/episode-117-movie-chat-ex-machina/

MAJOR SPOILERS will be mentioned during this episode. If you'd like to watch before listening, MCPL patrons can reserve a copy:

BluRay http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2092461

DVD http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2092462

Also check out the IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13841850/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

It's time for another movie chat and SPOILER ALERT we will be chatting about Sara's pick, Vicious Fun, a "Horror-Comedy" from 2020. 

Here's the IMDb listing https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11778118/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Have an MCPL card and want to reserve your copy? Go here : http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us:2084/record=b2088466

May the 4th be with you!

On this May 4, 2022 we celebrate Star Wars with the second of our three part series on the Star Wars Saga. This week, we use the force on Nicole and convince her to watch the original three Star Wars films (or the "middle three" in story chronological order):

Star Wars : Episode 4 - A New Hope

Star Wars : Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars : Episode 6 - The Return of the Jedi

MCPL cardholders can take out the trilogy here : https://tinyurl.com/starwarsmc1

Want to listen to Part 1? Get it here:

https://www.mcplpodcast.com/e/episode-196-movie-chat-special-the-star-wars-saga-part-i/