Our Favorite Summer Movies Ever! (As Of Now)

0:00 Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from iHeartRadio, your pop culture news, views, reviews, and celebrity interviews on Full the Movies, TV Music, and Pomp Culture U CRABE Weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon. Na, Na, Hello, and welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon. I of course, I'm Kyle McMahon and I am joined. We are bringing back the rotating panel of guest hosts and I am joined for the first time by the promo girl herself, Amanda Biez. What's up? Hey, what's up? How are you? I'm good? How are you good? You are relatively new to I Heart what the last two months or so? Yeah? I got hired in May, okay, so two months? Yeah, yeah, And what do you think it's good? Yeah? I like it. It's a lot of learning, it's a lot of kind of see where I fit in and what my interests are. And it's just been a great experience.

1:02 I love working with Krista. She's Krista Cooper. Yeah, shout out to Krista because she is just so she's so amazing. And what about me, He's also here, to be honest, No, you're great too, So I love that you put up with my I don't want to say crap, but like crap, like everything that comes with me, like my craziness. Like today, for instance, I look like a seventy four year old sun burnt corpse because I am doing these as you know, I'm doing these photona laser treatments. Yeah, courtesy of my friends at Care Aesthetics and Delaware.

1:46 They are amazing. But what happens is I go and they do all this crazy magic. But then like the next three days, I'm like this. Then you guys can't see obviously, but I am super red, super swollen and kind of look like a corpse. Well, you know, the beauty is pain, that is true, they say. So it takes time, it does, and then in four days I'll look, you know, amazing. Trust the process. Trust the process. It's hard to trust the process and the process isn't processing. I guess, just trust it. We're going to make that an ig quote. Trust the process, even though it's hard to trust the process when the process is processing. Yeasing. All right, So I'm really excited because we haven't done this format with Pop Culture Weekly in years, like literally it might have been COVID because you know, every all the other talents were in here regularly, and so I had a rotating panel of guest hosts that every week, you know, maybe we had six people that every week we would rotate. So I had somebody that would like join me and we would just gus stuff. And then that all went away with COVID where it's just me by myself in this building. Yeah, it was like and then you know, somebody said something about you know, one of the listeners was like, when are you going to bring back the thing?

3:12 And I'm like, clearly you're saying that I'm boring by myself, But that's fine, so let's do it. And I also do like being I like interacting, you know what I mean. It's just better this way. So anyway, so we're also going back to the old format now that we can, which is the first segment is what's out this week? I had to find that. So in movies, Long Legs. Have you heard of Long Legs? No? Okay, So I'm a huge horror fan. Wait I have. I've seen all of these commercials for it. Yeah. So the log line for it is FBI agent Lee Harker is a sign into an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn revealing evidence of the occult, but Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again. Yes, that's on my watch list. Yeah it is. Yeah, I want to see that. I'll probably see that this weekend too, who knows. See. The cool thing about having this show is that I often get to see them before they come out, whether you know it's a screener I go to New York, or whether they send me a screener for home or whatever. I missed both of the Twisters and log Leg Long Legs the screeners just because of when they happened. I was out of town, so like, wouldn't it worked? But then I just use my Regal Unlimited

4:44 pass, which I freaking love, and go to Regal whenever I want. Do you know the Regal and Limited. One of my friends has it, and she's like she loves it. Yeah, she swears by it. Yeah, it's twenty two dollars a month for unlimited movies. I think that she gets like free popcorn too. Yeah, he has like points yes something, yeap. Then you get ten percent off concessions and then you rack up points for literally every dollar that you spend, so then you can use those points on free popcorn, free drinks, free you know, tickets like whatever. Like, so you could bring a friend with the free tickets that you get from going for free. Like It's like crazy. I love it. I'm obsessed with it. But anyway, yes, So do you have any interest in Blong Legs? Yeah? Well, sometimes I would want to see the trailers, but I feel like nowadays trailers tell the whole story, yes, and I don't like that. I feel like the whole entire movie is summed up in two minutes. Yeah, and I hate that. That's why I do not like seeing the trailers. But then a part of me won't see the trailers because I want to know what to expect, right, But I just feel torn, So I just end up not watching the trailers. But I believe that it will be good. You know what I do. If I know that I'm going to see the movie, I want watch the trailer.

6:00 If I've like never heard of it or whatever, I'll watch it until I decide that I want to see it. So if I'm like, oh, what's this and then thirty seconds in, I'm like Ooh, I want to see this. I close my eyesh in the theater, which people I think I'm weirdo. But but that way nothing is spoiled. Yeah. So I've seen just enough to see it to know if I want to see it or not. Yeah, exactly. Part of the problem is with that is that if I'm not doing it on like YouTube or something, you hear it. Well, I don't even mind that because I'll like, in my head, I'll be like la. But if it's on YouTube, Okay, So if I'm in the theater and doing this and I shut my eyes, I often miss what it's called because when my eyes are shot, they end up flashing the title at the end. So, but like on YouTube or whatever, I'm obviously it says what it is, So that way I know.

6:53 So I haven't figured out a way around that yet because I haven't been able to time, like with my eyes closed, I don't know when they're going to show what the movie? You know, the title of the movie. Yeah, anyway, but what else is that? Oh? And music, Katy Perry has released her first song in years, and it's the lead single off of her upcoming album one four three, which comes out September twentieth, and the lead single from this song is called Woman's World. Have you heard it yet? I haven't. It's like very dance poppy, and actually she said that the album one for three, which stands for I Love You, is like a dance pop Lady Gaga ish Madonna ish album. Oh wow.

7:40 Yeah, so I'm really interested in what this album will be, you know what I mean. Yeah, I think about Katy Perry, and I think about the two thousands. Yeah, yeah, yeah that's what I grew up. Yeah too, Yeah, Firework and Poor and like all those bops. You know what I mean. I completely forgot about her Gonna Lie, which I'm really sad about because I was a massive fan in middle school. Yeah, Like I bought her perfume, did you? I bought Killer Queen. Yeah. I was obsessed with Katy Perry. I feel like everyone has a Katy Perry face. Mine was in middle school. But I was such a big fan, and I completely forgot about her. I don't know, like she just wasn't releasing music. Well, yeah, she was like doing American Idol and like all that. Yeah, she did release some albums, but like, what was the one called Smile Smile in two thousand. Oh, Prism was twenty thirteen. Yeah, was that her last one? No?

8:37 Then Witness came out in twenty seventy. Oh my god. Witness was awesome because it had Swish Swish. Do you remember that song Swish Swish Fish another one in the back, yes, yeah, Oh my god, I forgot I love that song. Then she really Smile in twenty twenty, which didn't really like Light Up the World, but it did have Harley's in Hawaii, which was a great song. And then Never Really Over remember that song never If it's really over, then it's never really over. It was Katy Perry. Yeah, what the heck? Yeah? Oh my goodness. Yeah, why did I not know? And then now four years later she'll release one four three, so I'm excited for that. Did you know that she has a cat named Kitty Perry. Oh, I guess I know about Katy Perry.

9:22 I was a big Katie Cat. Yeah. Talking about Katie Perry is bringing back all my Katie Cat you know memory when I was in middle school. Yeah, and wow, this is all about nostalgia today, watching Twister and listening to Katy Perry and Roar was my thing that was a great That is a great song. Yeah. Man, I became obsessed with Tigers because of that song. That's awesome. Yeah. So so I love Katy Perry. I'm curious, you know. I'm looking forward to the album One Republic. I love One Republic and their brand new album today or their brand new album called Artificial Paradise comes out today or is out now, depending on when you're listening to this. Eminem the Death of Slim Shady, I am Have you heard Whodini? No, you haven't heard. I feel like you're too young for Eminem. I do know Eminem. I know you do. I know some Eminem songs, but I can't think of it. So Eminem was like a huge part of my life since I was a kid. And Houdini, which is like the first single off of this new album. The Death of Slim Shady Coup de Gras is like a return to form for him.

10:39 So it's like it reminds me of like his old pop hits. Anyway, we just played it Slim Eminem. Yes, it's his character. Yeah, Oh, he has a character. Yeah. Oh I love artists do that. Yeah, So you know Stan, like when you say like I Stan, Katie that's the song that I know about Eminem. Yeah, that's where Stan came from. Oh yeah, that song like there was somebody right into him and then they died in a car accident exactly. So that's where the term Stan comes from. So when you're like, I Stan, Katie Perry, yeah, it comes from the song Stan. Yeah. What the heck?

11:20 Yeah? Oh my god. And so Eminem, you know, back in the day, did this character slim Shady, And that was like where he put all of his kind of poppy, like crazy you know, stories and all that, you know, like the murdering his wife and all that stuff like that was all this no, no, no, the character. Oh you know, so when he's talking about that in songs and stuff like that was the character of slim Shady. Then later on like he was doing kind of more I don't want to say, more serious hip hop, but like less poppy, more hard. That was like not so shady. So he's brought back slim Shady with this album, The Death of Slim Shady, and it's like back to the fun like poppy crazy yeah bops, you know what I mean. Yeah, So I love some I love Eminem, I love some Shady. I hope that he doesn't really kill him. That sucks.

12:16 But yeah, but when artists do that, I kill their characters. Yeah, yeah, no, because people get emotionally attached to the character. I know I'm a stand of slim shady, but I understand why the artist does it. Yeah. Yeah, I'm playing these characters for yours. They probably get tired of it. Yeah for sure. Listen, this is not who I am anymore, so right yep, But I just don't like yeah, no me either. What else? Jojo Siwah has released her Guilty Pleasure album. When I say released, I mean unleashed. I should say she has unleashed it onto all of us unsuspecting pop culture people. Fans. You have some thoughts on Jojo, I do. I just I don't understand why.

13:03 I just I feel like I just look at Jojo Siwa and the first thing that comes to my mind is why. But it's not like in a way where it's like why, it's just like no genuine curiosity why, which I don't know if that makes it better. It's not like I mean I am judging a little bit, like who doesn't? Yeah, but like why, yeah, why? I'm totally with you. I don't understand her. She gives off homeschooled kid energy. Yeah, and not only that, but like homeschooled kid like child star energy. Yeah. Not that there's anything wrong with homeschooled kids, my beloved listeners, but but they do give off sometimes there are homeschool kids that give off some I'm gonna get canceled, but you know, they give off some vibes to give they're giving that homeschool and and then there's plenty of homeschool kids that are fine, fine, but there's a certain type of kids sometimes that is a homeschool kid, and Jojo gives that homeschooled vibe. For instance, not the instances as you and I had talked about. When it happened. She was in an interview and somebody said something and she was like, I have created a new genre of music. And the interviewer was like, oh what, and she was like gay pop and it's like, uh, bro, you're doing like dancy pop music like before

14:39 millions of artists before literally thousands of artists I could probably name off the top of my head that literally do the same music. Lady Gaga comes first for me. Yeah, Lady Gaga, Madonna Shaer like you know, they're so so so Britney Spears like, I mean, bro, like what makes you so different? Yeahjo exactly, And that's what I mean, Like she's given off that like homeschooled, like child star energy. I feel like she's a bit out of touch with reality. Yes, I get that a lot, And I mean I just don't think that she understands reality. Yeah, the way that I think most people would understand reality. She just gives me airhead kind of vibes when it comes to that kind of stuff. Yeah, I think you had it on the head at least for me when you said like she's like out of touch, because it's like you didn't know that there were people who did dance pop music for the last one hundred years. Yeah, it's like a airhead to me because it's like you didn't do research in the market that well, it's not even like research like did you exist? Have you ever heard of a Madonna or a Lady Gaga or Britney Spears song like yeah, have you lived? You know what I mean? It's so weird.

15:54 How old is she? I don't know, maybe thirty, I don't know's I really don't know. I have no idea. I'm guessing. I'm really bad at people's guessing people's ages. She's told one, Oh my god, but she gives off that like she's very pretty. She is pretty, but like she I don't know, she has like that older she does. I see it, you know what I mean. I see it, at least in this picture, But she has I don't know. I don't know. I would. I would like to have a conversation with her. I would. I would love to talk to her too. Maybe we should have her on the show one time. We should, you know what, listen, because I feel like I don't want to judge too harshly, But at the same time, how can I not when you're putting this out there for the world. Of course, you know I'm going to have an opinion on it, of course, But I just feel like, I, like I said, why, I would like to genuinely just talk to her and get her thoughts and to see is this real Jojo? Yeah? Is this like fake like it's okay right? Or is it? Or is this how you really are? Yeah? I don't know. And don't get me wrong, like I'm judging her right now. She seems like she's such a sweet soul, and like you know what I mean, Like I'm not judging her as like a well, I mean, I guess I am judging as a person, but like not like you know what I'm saying, like I'm judging some of her. So in other words, when you put yourself out there, which I you know, pretty much my entire life has been out in the public in some way, you know, through whatever the Oprah shows or radio

17:26 or TV or whatever. I've pretty much grown up in the public eye. So knowing that I know that what I when I do that, I'm putting myself out there to be judged, whether I like it or not. I don't have to listen to what people say or you know, I mean, you should see some of the comments. Sometimes I get that I do read because I'm I can't help it, even though it's probably not good for my mental health sometimes. But I have to understand that if I'm going to be in this business, if I'm going to be in media or in content creation, and you know they're I'm opening myself up to ridicule, you know, and I might not like what everybody has to say. I might not like what anybody has to say, but that is part of the deal, you know what I mean. I can't be like, oh, I want to put myself out there and create content and then be like, no, please don't say anything about me with your opinion. Yeah. Yeah, So when I say that to Jojo or when I say that about Jojo, I'm also saying that knowing that, like, I get it. It's hard. You're putting yourself out there. You're trying to be maybe authentic or maybe it's a character I don't know, but whatever it is, like you got, no matter what, you have balls to be able to go out there with your kiss looking outfit and your the star on your eye and you know what I mean, like do this in published Yeah exactly. So good for you for that, But I'm still going to judge when I think it's appropriate. Oh yeah, for sure, cause I know that I don't think I could be doing half the stuff that she's doing it in public. Yeah, with the

19:00 sane mind. Yeah, And like, I mean, she's got confidence, which I don't. Even though sometimes you know, sometimes people be like, who are you so cocky? I'm like, I'm actually that's overcompensating for my terrible lack of self confidence, you know what I mean. A lot of guys will do that, especially I feel like, oh, at least I'm saying a lot of guys because obviously most of my friends are guys, so I kind of know more. Even guys will do it like when you're at the gym, like uh, oh, yeah, that's all you can lift, bro, you know what I mean. And then they'll like hurt themselves like trying to outlift you, they like pull something. I've seen those videos, yeah, because they're they're like trying to, you know, make up for their kind of lack of confidence by like overcompensating to show their boys that they're the alpha, you know what I mean. Like whatever, anyway, I don't know, speaking of going off on random tangents and here we are to Jim showing off anyway, Yes, guilty pleasure. I I do want to give it a listen. I think like Karma Carmo's the first single, right like yeah, or she did that like like weird dance like which like which again, you know, good for her for getting out there. She can do it, you know, girl if you or well, I don't know what her pronoun. I'm not sure either. I feel like I don't want to, you know whatever, but she can do that or they can do that. Yeah, you know, good for them. Yeah. So that is our what's out this week segment? So what did we watch this

20:30 week? That's the next segment, What do we watch this week? Here's the intro music? What did we watch this week? So? I saw a Maxine Do you know that movie? I do know that movie? You've seen Ex and Pearl? Yes, don't tell me anything about Mex No, like, no spoilers. No, Oh, I never give spoilers. Okay, okay, but I will tell you this is not a spoiler. It is amazing, gonna be so excited. Yes, if you love X and Pearl, you will love this. Ty West the writer director blah blah is a genius and I wish he just makes horror movies like this all the time. So I saw that. Uh, And then I saw in d C for last week. I was in DC for PBS Capital fourth and I got one night where we had a break for the night and I didn't have anything scheduled with them until the next day. Yeah, so I was like, I'm gonna go to the movies. They were like, cool, have fun, So I went and saw Quiet Place Day one. It is so good.

21:33 I loved it. I always butcher her name and I feel horrible and there's literally no reason I should. I love her. Lupita Neoga, I love her too, but I already know that whenever her name is on a movie, yeah, it's about to be the best movie. Yeah, I've ever like she. I don't know her acting's just she's phenominal. Yeah, she's so incredible. Chills every single time I see her on the screen, no matter what, it's just chilled. Yeah. Did you like Quiet Place one and two? Yeah? Okay, so you'll love this. It's obviously you know, it's a it's a day one of what happens but in New York City. What's special about it for me is the story behind it.

22:15 Like they didn't just they weren't just. They could have easily been like, oh, here's day one, here's it doesn't really matter the plot, here's cool, crazy stuff happening. No, they like really made an incredibly kind of moving film with the backdrop of a Qui place. It's awesome. Yeah, well that's so exciting. Yeah, you got to see it. What did you watch this week? I watched shows I feel like I'm more of a show person. I do like movies, but I tune in every single Sunday for House of the Dragon. Okay, I'm one of those I've never seen House of the Dragon or Game of Thrones. I'm about to walk out.

22:56 I know this isn't that wild. Yeah, how the Dragon? And I'm a really big reality TV show? Okay, So I watched ninety Day Fiance and all that stuff. What Okay? So I got addicted to ninety Day Fiance when I was moving into my house and had to put something or you know, would put something on like while I'm doing stuff. Yeah, around my house, and I got addicted to ninety Day Fiance and my six hundred pound sisters or something, oh thousand pounds sisters. Yes, me too. Oh I tuned in for those And was it a thousand pound best friends?

23:37 Yes? Yes, that too? Yeah when they went to the water park or whatever, yes, Oh my goodness, I remember that part. Yeah. Yeah. So how was House of the Dragon this week? Oh? It was? It was phenomenal? Is it it was a very sad episode? Is it as good as Game of Thrones? Well, it depends on Is it Game of Thrones? One through six you're talking about season or Game of Thrown six through eight season, Oh is there? Like, oh yeah, there's definitely a cutoff. Definitely a cutoff. Okay, So one through six are like amazing, and six through eight or seven and eight are like, yeah, So how is the Dragon? I feel like it is good. The storytelling is there? Storytelling for House of a Dragon is one hundred percent there, and it is just so raw. I don't know, like the characters, the dragons, the plot. It just is one of those shows, in my opinion, where you watch it and it literally feels like you are in this world with these people, okay, and it is seeing these dragons fly and seeing how these people are trying to resolve this if issue that's happening. It's just so you have so many opinions on it, and it tells you from multiple sides what's happening. So sometimes you might be like, Okay, I understand why this person is doing it, but then it goes to someone's's point of view on the other side, so you're like, oh, man, I understand why that. So it's hard. But

25:07 I am Team Black, which is it's about it into Team Greens or Team Black. So I am Team Black and that is Forner Targarian, and the team Green is for Agon Targarian, which I probably you probably don't know who these people are, but basically they're fighting for the throne. Okay, So is this a prequel or a sequel? It's a prequel prequel. This is before Game of Thrones. This is like like centuries before Game of Thrones happened. So could I watch this without watching Game of Thrones? I would, yeah, yeah, you definitely can. I would probably recommend watching it before Game of Thrones, okay, because it takes you back all the way to the Targerian dynasty, which is Targerians is the name of the house that rules this city called Westros, which is what Game of Thrones is taking place in.

25:49 Okay, So they are the original rulers, and in Game of Thrones it's different because the Targerians are not ruling in Game of Thrones. It's interesting to see how Sita Dragon unfold with all of these Targarians because in Game of Thrones there's only two Targerians left. So it's like, how did this house that overtook the whole entire world of West thro oath? How did they with other dragons, with all of their children, with all of theirs, Like, how did they go from the most powerful house in the world to only two of them being fugitives? Okay, how did that happen? All right? Awesome? What else is you watch anything else? Cool? No, I'm sorry, that's all good. We are going to take a quick break and pay the bills, so it'll take sixty seconds. And we love our advertisers because they allow us to bring this show to you. They pay our bills, so we can, you know, do this every week. Yeah, anyway, see you in sixty all right, we are back. Thank you for hanging out with us Pop Culture Weekly. I am Kyle McMahon.

27:06 I'm here with Amanda Bias. Excuse me. I was gonna say Amanda the promo girl, and then I was like no, So I was like, the the anyway because I feel like you need a nickname, you know what I mean? The promo girl? Is that stupid? Yeah? A little bit, Amanda. We'll think about it, yeah, or vote we have we should do a thing. Yes, yeah, all right, look for that. Okay, So our feature presentation, it's our feature presentation favorite summer movies, our feature presentation favorite summer movies. You go first, what's your first one? My first one? When you first told me first summer movie, the first one that came on was The Sandlot. I grew up with that movie, so did I and I watched that movie every single summer, and I just that movie just brings so much nostalgia to me. Yeah, I just get so happy when I watch it. I don't know, it's it's familiar, it's what I grew up with, the characters. I just I don't know, it's that movie for me. It is so good and same thing for me. I grew up with that movie. It is a classic. It has that nostalgia, it has those feels, you know what I mean, Like, it's just that movie. I love that movie so much. I would say my first one is The Goonies. Oh. The

28:38 Goonies for me actually kind of similarly to The Sandlot. It's something I grew up with. It reminds me of summer. I don't know if I first saw it in the summer or something. I'm obviously a chunk of it seems to take place in the summer. It's just one of those movies that, like, I feel good. I can't say a bad word about it, Like it's just ultimate summer for me, Like you go in this big adventure with your friends, like you know, and and I don't know. It's just so summary for me. Do you you've seen it? Right? No? What? I haven't seen it, but I do know about it. You've never seen the Goonies. I no, you don't have to apologize.

29:19 I just feel bad for you. You have got to watch it. I'm serious. I'll watch it. You need to put You will love it as much as you love the Sandlot. Oh really, yes, Okay, it'll be one of those movies I think that you'll watch every summer. Okay, I know I know about the Goonies, but I have never actually sat down with like my fuck at a popcorn and like watched it and it's full. Okay, yeah, you got to do it. And it has a killer song. The title song is called Goonies Are with the Backwards Are good Enough? Goonies Are good Enough? And it's by Cindy Lauper, and it is so eighties and so summary and so fits that movie. And it's like a fun adventure song. It's awesome. Yeah, but uh yeah, So my first one would be the goodies. I'll put it, I'll put it on the list. Please do. What's your next one? My next one is Jaws, Jaws. I love Sharks. That's on my list too, by the way, it is. Yeah, so Jaws. And there's multiple Jaws movies. I like them all, like I like them all. There's not one where I'm just like whatever. But I guess if I had to choose, I feel like I would do the original. Okay, the first one and me yeah, same for me. I do love the one. I think it's three when they're in like Sea World or something, that one's good or when I was a kid, that freaked me out. And then I watched it as an adult and I was like, this is really bad animation.

30:49 How was I scared of? It's so it's so fake, but it's so good. It is good, like in uh huh you look past exactly, You're like there. But what's interesting is the first one, Jaws one, I feel like had great effects, you know what I mean, But it's like they almost went for like too much effects in the third one. So it like it's dated now, but I still love it. Oh, yeah, for sure, it's still good. Yeah, Like the story's still there exactly. So fun fact, my dad, they you know, my that side of the family was born in New York and he went to Academy of Dramatic Arts or something in New York, and he auditioned for Jaws.

31:33 And it was between like him and like three other guys. And obviously I didn't get it. But yeah, I mean not he didn't audition as the shark Jaws, but I think it was like the guy's son or something in the movie. But but yeah, so that's a fun fact. But what I love about Jaws, well, I mean there's many things, but like to this day, like I feel like that move has made everybody scared of sharks, every single person, you know what I mean, Yes, but you know it's interesting. So I was at the beach this weekend last weekend, and finally I have not been to the beach. So I have family that lives at the beach. You know, you and I are an hour and a half away from the beach at Max, Like it's like a way of life for us here. I have not actually been on the beach, like on the sand in like two years, which is crazy for me because any other time I'd be down there all the time. But my life has been so crazy the last few years. Actually, it's probably probably been three years. But so I went down to visit my family and we all got together at the beach. I went on the beach and I started worrying about sharks before, like even like the night before. And because I am an anxiety ridden person sometimes, I was up to like four am studying sharks and like, yeah, and did you know you're not supposed to wear dangly jewelry in the water. You're not. Yeah, like, nothing flashy because it'll catch their eye. But I do feel pretty confident now that I could take

33:06 on a shark. Oh my god. Well it depends on which one. So I am ready for any shark, No, I am. So So here's the thing. So I saw this woman on TikTok, because you should always get information from TikTok. Yeah, that's all you have to tell me. No, no, but she said, and she's like a shark girl or whatever, say to bop the nose. So okay. So yeah, you put your arm out and you lock your elbow when it's coming to you, and you look directly at it and as it's coming up to you, you put your hand out, elbow locked, arm stretched, and you hit its nose and gently guide it away from you. Guide. Yeah, And so I was so confident to hop in that water the next day. No, I was like, Okay, sharks, I'm not scared of you because I'm gonna I lock my elbow and jently guide you the other way. But then I saw jellyfish in the water. So that is what made you not want to get into the water. Yeah, No, I get it though.

34:14 Yeah, so the jellyfish, I was like, ooh, I didn't prepare my anxiety didn't prepare me for that. So I didn't go on a freaking black hole of jellyfish fighting videos. It's okay, I'm understand. Jellyfish can sting even if they're dead. Oh they can. Yeah. So that's interesting because my cousin was like, I think that one's dead, Like, so you're good, No, you're not. Oh my god. I think it depends on what kind jellyfish it is, Okay, because when they're dead, I do think that they can still stain and that part of their body is still active. Okay. Yeah, jellyfish scare me because you you can't really get away from them. Yeah, like I can't touch it, and they're like so all over the place. Yeah, like they can be right here, but their legs or whatever part of that body. Yeah, it's like all out right. That's scary. Yeah, maybe I should just start I'll start bringing sticks with me that you know what I ended up doing.

35:10 It's so funny. I think somebody took a video of it. I ended up making my cousin and my aunt. They I got in like an inner tube and they got in the water and I sat in the inner tube and they had the rope and recording me around of it. What No, I would have been why? Because that way I couldn't get sung by his bellyfish. I mean they would. But I've been going to the beach of Kyle. Now that I think about it, that's so like mean of me to be like, hey, you guys get in the water and cart me around in the inner tube so I don't get stuck. Oh my god, I'm a prince. What can I say? See, I feel like I do love I love sharks. I don't think that I'm scared. I mean I wanted to work with sharks. I yeah, you wanted to be like a animal person, right, yeah, I wanted animal oh a marine biology, Yeah, okay, I love I've always loved the ocean. So sharks for me is my They're my favorite animals. So all my bucket list is I want to go shark diving with great lights eventually. Oh my god, Well I can come with you and protect you because I know how to take them all. Not a great white, oh my god. Maybe a tiger tiger shark yeah, oh yeah, so Jaws anyway, bringing your back up, Okay, this is our add especially mine. Yeah, but tangent. But it's such a classic summer move. Like everybody's seen that movie. Everybody loves

36:43 that movie. If you don't, you're like not even American. Did you go? Did you go to the Jaws ride in Universal? Yes? I never got a chance to do that, and that is my villain origin story. I so upset about that ride clothing. When did it close? You know, I don't know it closed before I got it chance to go on there. That's all that matters. I had seen it and then like I'd say, the next year or something, they got rid of it. That's yeah, So I like just made it in time. I love Universal so much, all right, So that was yours? Okay, Vacation, National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase. You're joking, I've never seen this. Do you know what movie I'm talking about? No? God, what are these movies? You've seen? Christmas Vacation? Right? What? You've never seen National Lampoons Christmas Vacation? Wait? I don't even know what you're saying.

37:34 What? Slow down? You've never seen National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, the National Lamb, Langoon, Lampoon, Lampoons, Chris Christmas Vacation. What? No, No, I cannot believe. I can't believe that title, National Lamb. Oh it's a family. Well, okay, you've never seen this? Oh what is that? It's Oh my goodness, Nick, No, what is that? You've never seen this movie? With this family? It's on like seventeen times a day on Christmas. I've never seen that movie. Okay, Wow, First of all, you're going to add that to your list to for the Christmas. Hey, you got to make me a list because I'm just like, yeah, you have to put this on my letterboxed.

38:28 Oh I'm on letterbox? Oh you are? Oh? Can we be friends? Yes? Nick? Nick Allison Drini the man, the production legend, the sports talent. Hey, okay, I had to bring Nick in. I can't believe this. So I'm embarrassed Amanda, not on purpose, but we're going over our favorite summer movies. Summer movies, okay, And I said, oh, vacation, yes you no, Chevy Chase Legend, Chevy Chase guys. Yeah, And She's like, what's that? And I was like, oh, well, you've seen National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. And she was like, what what are you saying? Okay, now we have an issue, like time do we get to Christmas Vacation? Now an issue has has arisen here, time out. I don't know why I'm timing out, but I she's never seen She has no idea what that is one of my favorite movies, like for any season. I only I watched it a lot during Christmas, I say, is I'm sure everybody else does during the holiday time, but that's a movie I can pop on in the summer too, even Yeah, I'll pop that movie on and sometimes it's just on if you still have cable. I'm one of the few people in the world that still has cable, and it'll be one of those random channels at like eleven o'clock at night. But it is a fantastic movie, one of my favorite movies of all time in any genre. Yeah. Yeah, you first of all, have need to watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Like that's mandatory. You should probably leave work early. Yeah, it's like literally that important. Yes, so vacation. The worst part might be, though, is if she

40:00 does watch it, come back in here and tells us she doesn't like it. That would be horrible. Yeah. First of all, I don't know. I don't know how I would view going forward, Amanda, But I mean, does that prove that? And again, Amanda is younger than we are, Yeah, so does that prove or maybe is any evidence that that generation doesn't like the movie? Because that's how I might take it, and that would be crippling to my emotions resenting this is the biggest movie you've ever watched? No, are you gen z? I think I don't know. Yeah, because we're millennial. We're millennial, I know that, but I don't after that. But even your guess is as good as money. So we were babies when that came out. Yeah, that's true. I think it must have been It's really would be like gen X age or boomers or whatever, but like I just feel like it's multi generational absolutely, you know what I mean. Yeah, that's a great one, absolutely one of my And again, I know you got a got me off topic with the summer movies and that hit me with Christmas Vacation. Yeah, that is a vacation.

40:58 What do you think about that too? Yeah, yeah, it's it's definitely up there. Also, I mean it's not Christmas vac exactly. And I don't know if that's because I actually watched Christmas Vacation every me too, right, is that weird? But like so maybe that's the reason why, but uh yeah both should be on the list. Yeah yeah. And then of course there was European Vacation. Yeah, that's what the heck? And then Vegas Vacas nice? What Yeah? And then wasn't there didn't they make another one? Oh? It was vacation. It was like a re not a remake at Helms right, yeah, where he played didn't was a dusty I think? Yes, yes, yes, yes, which is like a sequel yeah kinda wow. I didn't even think about that part that franchise. Yeah, do you watch Community? Have you ever seen Community, No, I have to leave. That's a great show, Chevy Chase. I think I think that was like his last big acting job. Yeah, Community, and I love Community, So that was the show probably what ten years ago is like twenty twelve. Was it that long. It had to have been that long. Yeah, yeah, because imember watching it in high school.

41:55 So yeah, he was in that too. I want to know if you've seen that, maybe you might do you know who Chevy Chase though, right, if you see him in anything? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. That is I'm trying to think of like something else you would well and me throwing out movies like Caddie Shack and like something like that. That is nobody's listening on the other end of that. I'm trying to say, this is what he looks like today. But Clark Griswold, baby, Yeah, you know it's funny. You can go to like different people's houses or something that I know, like and you have never mentioned Christmas vacation before, and like they'll have like the Clark Griswold black Hawks, like Chicago black Hawks, like Jersey and yeah, yeah, yeah, there's like random memorabilia like that from the movie that you would think it's just like sports memorabilia, but like, no, that's I was in the house in Christmas making stuff like that. I have a cup that is the boot, you know what I'm talking about. Yeah. Yeah, and then I don't have but vacation pajama Christmas pajamas and all kinds of stuff. Yeah, exactly allowed to curse on this program. Yeah, shitter's full. That's that. That's the line from the movie. I got that on the Pajamas. I'll tell you she is so lost. Yeah, that's just glanced at her. I just shwed her pictures. She's like, I have no idea, Like, she's like phenomenal movie. Yeah, since you've graceless with your presence for a moment, what is your favorite summer movie? That's a tougha Like I'm trying to you know, you want to know one of them when I was younger that I went to the movies and saw them that I don't know. It stuck with me over the years. Disturbia with disturbing accounts of summer bank. I love Disturbia with Shila buff Didn't it come out and go into the theaters in

43:28 the summer to watch it? So Yeah, that's what, like, that's the first movie that great? That was? That was like his first big movie, wasn't it. Yeah? It was right after Transformers. It was like his birth is. Oh, I forget Transformers came first. Yeah, I think Transformers came first and that was like the big one. Then this was like his big movie after that, which I thought was a really good movie. I loved the Serbia also has no idea what we're talking about? How would you do? How would I know? Because of your face? Have you seen it? No, we're gonna write you a list today, Yes, and we're gonna send you home with it. You know, I feel like I haven't watch nothing. I mean, you haven't seen Christmas vacations. You might as well have seen nothing. Ever, God are you? We're gonna be friends on letterbox. By the way, my letterbox is Kyle McMahon. Are you one letterbox neck? I'm gonna pull in Amanda here?

44:15 What is letterbox? I see how it is now both of us. You're the only one that knows everything. Man. I don't know everything. I don't know what that is. She doesn't know Christmas Vacation. Letterbox is a social media app that is just for films. Okay, so I don't want to say it's like a Facebook for film but so you log the movies you watch, okay, Yeah, you create list, watch list, he has seeing them all. Yeah, and Letterboxed is grabout to get him on that. You should and you should do it because it's cool and you could like rate and review your as you log them to. Yeah, and you could go back, you know and be like, oh, I saw this movie back on this date, or oh I did see that movie. What did I think about it? I forgot? I'm going to set him out.

45:00 He would love that. Yeah, he likes to keep tracking. He was come here to watch out this movie or chet out this movie. I just watched it. It's some crazy movie I've never heard of. And he will love letter by have him followed me because yeah, he's always looking for suggestions. Yeah. Sure, And that's the other cool thing. So like I could look at Amanda's like watch list or her log, like her diary log of like what she's watched, or I could see her lists of like my favorite summer movies. We could do you know what I mean, a list of favorite summer movies. And I could go and see what she put like, it's really cool. Yeah, I don't have to get on that for sure. And now back to the summer movie. Are you talking about movies that came out during the summer or that take place in the summer either either.

45:42 I do franchises like the Screen Franchise, Friday Franchise, and I put them in like a list and I ranked them. Yeah, that's what I do. Yeah, with that kind of stuff. Yeah, it's so much fun. That's a you could have a whole discussion on best franchises. Absolutely well, the Vacation one entire you do. Bring back the beefy Counch burrito, Thank you very much. Keep the freaking nacho fries are good too, Nacho fries and Bby crunch burrito, the breakfast, Lunch and Dinner of Champions. I love how that's your mic drop. Thanks all right, So, okay, Vacation, I feel like torn up. That was a ride. But Vacation is so good. It reminds me of when I was a kid.

46:27 It reminds me of being on summer vacation, like as a kid. I love that movie so much. All right, what's your next one? My next one will probably be it's a musical it's called In the Heights, Oh yeah, from New York. Yeah, yeah, I love that musical. I feel like people don't like it a lot because it didn't get that much good ratings like when it came out. But I loved it. I mean that's Lynn Manuel, right, yeah, he is amazing. Love his penwork, like it's just oh yeah, and that takes place in uh, what do you call it? Heights? Washington Heights, Washington. Thank you, I'm like there too for her, Yeah, Washington Heights. Yeah.

47:09 I felt like when I I watched it in the theaters with my sister and my parents, and I just felt like it was the first time that I saw a movie that dove in depth, like with Hispanic culture at that time time. So it was a movie where I really saw myself because I'm Puerto Rican, so I really resonated with a lot of the characters that it's hard to do like and today. Yeah. So it was like it felt like I was going and seeing like my family, you know, and it was like, oh, this is so cool. And the music. I loved the music, yeah, I mean it was just such a good catchy like salsa Hispanic. I just it felt like Home, you know, because that's you know, of course from But yeah, it's one of my favorites.

47:57 Yeah, so I I love limb Manuel Manuel. I started watching it and I thought I probably watched the first twenty minutes and I thought it was amazing, and then something happened and I didn't finish it. I know, you got to finish that movie, Kyle. Yeah, it was like the opening scene with the bodega, not like it's so it was so amazing, and I do want to watch it, and to be honest, I kind of forgot about it. But now that you're bringing it up, it's I'm going to be watching it, like in the next week or so. Yeah, that's a good one. I know what you did last summer. Have you ever seen that? No, you've never seen that. I've not seen your movies. Oh I'm sorry. It's a scary movie. I know, I know what it is, but I have never seen it. Okay, my buddy Ryan Philippi isn't it from He's from Delaware and it's got an awesome cast.

48:52 But it was I was a kid when I saw that, and it is a thriller. It's a horror. It's who'd done it? It's a mystery it is. I love it. You know, is it an Oscar winning film? Like no, but it wasn't trying to be. So it's amazing for what it is and I love it. And it reminds me of summer and like those kind of summer scary nights you know where I used to love. I mean still do love to watch like a scary movie on the weekend or whatever. But it has the summer vibe too. Such a great for me, great summer movie. So Malana Milana, that's a good one. I think that ma is one of my top Well, Malana is my favorite Disney movie, Okay, so I mean she has to be in this list because it's the ocean. Yeah. So it's like, I don't know, I don't know when Malana came out. I don't even know if Wana came out in the summer. But it's just a movie that I found myself playing a lot during the summer year because it's oceany and it's like, you know, it's it's Molana. Yeah, it's Maana. And Malana's too coming out, yes, and Moana live action yes. Yeah. The rock will be seated, Yeah, I will be seated. For that. That's a good one. My I have two more, which I'll do one Summer of Sam, which clearly you haven't seen that one. Either. Summer of Sam is based on a true story came out in ninety nine. It is.

50:22 The log line is, during the summer of nineteen seventy seven, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders. Okay, that sounds interesting. Yeah. Oh, John Leguizama's in it. Who I love? He's Puerto Rican Yeah, oh wait, wait, what's his name? John Leguizamo's that? Who is that? The philandering Vinnie unwittingly almost becomes a victim of the psychopath, and soon he and numerous people in his orbit, including his wife Dianna played by Morris Servino Miras Servino, his punk rocker friend Richie, an aspiring porn star Ruby played by Jennifer Esposito, or trying to figure out the identity of the killer before it's too late. It's directed by Spike Lee, who I love Spike, and you know the the what do you call it? Killer? The Son of Sam killer was like a real thing in New York in the seventies, so it takes place during that time, and it takes place in the summer. You know, there wasn't like air conditioning and stuff. It's it's really good. It's so good. It's like a awesome edge of your seat. Is it like a psychological thriller? Yes, okay, I love the movies. Yeah, it's like a psychological slash crime thriller. Okay, Yeah, it's really good. So that's that's my next one. What's your last one? I think I guess my last one will probably be Friday thirteenth.

51:35 That's a great one, like one of my favorite movies ever. By the way, me too. Yeah, like, no, none in particular, Like I like any all. Yeah, like them all. I know that the first one gets a lot of hate. People just don't understand it the way I do. Yeah. Yeah, it is for me quintessential. That's why I never used big words. It is a quintessential summer movie. Like it takes place at freaking camp, you know what I mean. It is a classic. It is one of my favorite movies ever. And I not only watch it every summer, but I watch it every Friday the thirteenth. Yeah, if I do every fall. Actually, me and my sister were going to go to Camp Crystal Lake because it's a New Jersey I did you did so much? I didn't get to go last year, and I am buying tickets early. Yeah. Go. It is a lot of fun.

52:20 And then at the end, did you say the night? No? I. At the end they have like a campfire thing and you watch Friday the thirteenth. It's really cool. Yeah, it's so much fun. Camp Crystal Lake in New Jersey. Yeah, okay. My last one is The Florida Project. So the Florida Project is I like how you talk about these movies like knowing that I didn't even watch them. Project. So what that's about is what if I did watch it, you did it? So the Florida Project too. I, you know, I'll put the link in the show notes because I interviewed the cast and and write a director and it is really cool as an independent film. The log line is set in the shadow of the most magical place on Earth. Six year old Mooney and her two best friends forwards their own adventures. While mooney struggling mom and a kind hearted motel manager protect the kids from the harsh reality that surrounds them. It's by Sean Baker, who's amazing. It was filmed literally right outside of Disney and partly inside of Disney Cool, and it's basically about the reality of these kids that live in motels right outside of Disney World. So you have Disney, who I love, but you know, they're this big, multi billion dollar company in this beautiful parks and all, but then half a mile away you have kids that are so poor that they're living in a motel because they don't have place to go. So it's about that. It's very summary for me.

53:49 And it also takes place in Florida, which for me is summary all year. I don't know for me, that's a summary movie. Now that I'm like talking about it, I'm like, all my other choices are either like, you know, fun and adventury and like or thriller or whatever, and then this, I'm like, okay, now sad like but but it's a great movie and you really really really should see it. You got to write this stuff. Yeah, I'm going to send you a list of all these make a letter box list and just be like movie rerecks by car Yeah for sure. All right, So that is our feature presentation. This was your first show. What do you think? It was? Pretty fun? Pretty fun, pretty fun? Pretty Okay, it was not that great?

54:29 No, no, it's going higher. I thought you wanted to be honest, kid, No, it was. It wasn't really what I expected. I thought it was going to be more like, I guess, like structured life, structured. But I kind of liked that it wasn't, though, because it made it flow more natural. Yeah. So I think that it was really nice and it was just exciting, awesome to be able to talk about this kind of stuff and yeah, we're going to come back more often. Yeah, awesome because I would love to get their reactions for these movies and like, just have somebody to discuss the stuff with again, you know what I mean. Normally I'm discussing the last few years, have been discussing it by myself to our listeners, who are amazing. But for them to interact with me, they're sending emails or or you know, saying something on social or whatever. So it's not like that immediate interaction where you and I can just be like, yeah, what I don't know that know what movie you're talking about? The iconic classic? All right? So that is our show for today. Thank you, Amanda Biez for being here. I really appreciate it. You're amazing having me, of course, and thank you for all you do with all the promo stuff. You're awesome. And thank you for listening. You are awesome. And the reason that this show keeps growing every single day, every single episode is because of you and all the support

56:01 that you give me and us and this show. You know, your emails, your shares, your social messages, you know the talkback button. You guys are awesome and I love it. If you haven't yet, please give us a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps to continue to grow the show, which means I can continue to bring you great conversations and great guests and great celebrity interviews and all that good stuff. So we have some more stuff that's pretty cool coming up in the pipeline, including more video, so I'm really excited about that. We'll be more interactive on socials coming up with some regularly scheduled, more frequently posted content coming up on all the socials, so that'll be fun too. All right, until next week. That was our favorite summer movies list as of now, because you know it's going to change next summer. But that's our favorite movies list of now. I'll see you next week. We thank you for listening to pop Culture Weekly. Here all the latest at Popcultureweekly, dot com, maor maor ma, and