Myopia Movies

Sleepless in Seattle

As we continue our Nora Ephron month, we return to Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle, the film where a child hacks the airline industry to pull a pervy Kevin McCallister and hook his dad up with a stranger. 
How will Sleepless in Seattle hold up?
Host: Nic
Co-Host: Matthew, Daniel
Written and Directed by Nora Ephron
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Bill Pullman, David Hyde Pierce, Frances Conroy

You’ve Got Mail

This week, we fall in love with Tom Hanks as he becomes the world's biggest catfisher. We watched You've Got Mail, TimeWarner couldn't keep AOL together, what hope did HBOMax have....
How will You've Got Mail hold up?
Host: Nic Hoffmann
Co-Host: Daniel, Matthew
Panel: Nur
Written and Directed by Nora Epron
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Steve Zahn, Dave Chappelle, Dabney Coleman, John Randolph

Karate Kid (1984)

This week we talk the Karate Kid (1984)! In honor of the renewal of Cobra Kai and the announcement of the Academy Award Nominees, we talk about the Academy Award Nominated film, Karate Kid! Nominated, of course, for Pat Morita's masterful performance as Mr. Miyagi!
How will Karate Kid (1984) hold up?
Host: Nic
Co-Host: Matthew
 
Directed by John G. AvildsenStarring: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller, William Zabka

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

Wilfred Brimley? In Star Wars? It happened in Ewoks: The Battle for Endor! After the bloodbath beginning, join us for magic, talking Ewoks, and Brimley calling kids beggars. 
How will Ewoks: The Battle for Endor hold up?
Host: Nic
Co-Host: Matthew and Daniel
Panel: Charlie Rose
Directors Jim Wheat and Ken WheatStarring: Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Siân Phillips, Carel Struycken, Niki Botelho, Paul Gleason, Eric Walker

X-Files: I Want to Believe

This week we ruin a beloved franchise and ask the question, can pedophiles be heroes? We watched X-Files: I Want to Believe, or alternate title, X-Files: Where are the !@#$@#$!@ Aliens? 
How will X-Files: I Want to Believe hold up?
Host: Nic
Co-Host: Matthew
Panel: Candace
 
Directed by Chris CarterStarring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, Mitch Pileggi, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley

X-Files: Fight the Future

This week on Myopia Movies, we open the vault to release the movie that makes you love the X-Files, so that next week we can cover the movie that made you hate the X-Files. X-Files: Fight the Future is tight, fast, entertaining and exciting. Someone who didn't watch the show could understand it, but the sequel? Oof. Anyway, enjoy the first movie, because next week may have some rage.
How will X-Files: Fight the Future hold up?
Host: Nic
Directed by Rob Bowman
Starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis, Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi, Blythe Danner, Terry O'Quinn, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood
 
 

The Star Wars Holiday Special

This week we end the year suffering for your pleasure. We watched The Star Wars Holiday Special where we learn that Chewbacca just kind of bails on his family for the entirety of the Skywalker Saga. 
How does The Star Wars Holiday Special hold up?
Host: Nic
Co-Host: Daniel
Panel: Candace, Nur, and Lauren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH8rxarVG8
 
Directed by Steve Binder and David AcombaWritten by Rod Warren, Bruce Vilanch, Pat Proft, Leonard Ripps, Mitzie WelchActors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels,Peter Mayhew, James Earl Jones, Bea Arthur, Art Carney, Diahann Carroll, Harvey Korman

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

This week on Myopia Movies, we learn that there was no need to make The Mean One, there had been a horror version of the Grinch since the year 2000. We watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Jim Carrey went through torture training for this role, but what could the audience do?
How will How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) hold up?
Host: Nic
Panel: Charlie, Matt, and Daniel
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley (the dog), Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon, Clint Howard