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Total Movie Recall

Release Date: 02/16/2021

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This week on Total Movie Recall, we take a hard pivot from all the toxic masculinity of weeks past and Steve shows his gentle, romantic side. Somehow, Ryan makes this about his sad sack heartache but in the end, everybody calms down and moves on with a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.

The Princess Bride (1987)

d. Rob Reiner

w. William Goldman

Starring:
Cary Elwes
Mandy Patinkin
Robin Wright
Chris Sarandon
Christopher Guest
Wallace Shawn
André the Giant
Fred Savage
Peter Falk
Billy Crystal
Carol Kane

A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the William Goldman novel "The Princess Bride" which earned its own loyal audience.

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Train to Busan (Sang-ho Yeon, Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok)

A Clockwork Orange dick sculptures

The Birdcage (Mike Nichols, Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman)

Udo Kier

Wings (David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee, Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard)

Frazier (David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce)

The Simpsons (James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer)

Spider-Man Homecoming (Jon Watts, Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr.)

WandaVision (Jac Schaeffer, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn)

Iron Man 2 (Jon Favreau, Justin Theroux, Stan Lee, Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow)

The MCU saviors James Gunn & Taika Waititi

Perry Mason 2020 (Ron Fitzgerald, Rolin Jones, Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk)

The Red Badge of Courage (John Huston, Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick)

Chinatown (Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston)

The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George)

Walt Whitman

Waukegan, IL and Ray Bradbury

Albert Camus

J.R.R. Tolkien

James Baldwin

The Four Feathers 1939 (Zoltan Korda, John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith)

The Four Feathers 2002 (Shekhar Kapur, Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson)

Emo music vs. Emo Philips

The Wonder Years (Carol Black, Neal Marlens, Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Daniel Stern)

The Princess Bride novel (William Goldman)

Adventures in the Screen Trade (William Goldman)

Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, William Goldman, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross)

All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, William Goldman, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden)

Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton)

The Lumière brothers

The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor)

Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert)

George R. R. Martin

This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest)

Guilder, The Cliffs of Insanity, Shrieking Eels, Six-fingered Man, The Pit of Despair

Quibi's Home Movie: The Princess Bride remake

The Crow (Alex Proyas, James O'Barr, Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis)

Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer)

The Beastmaster (Don Coscarelli, Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn)

Liam Hemsworth

WarGames (John Badham, Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood)

Wes Anderson coffee table book

The Mandalorian (Jon Favreau, Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito)

Terry Gilliam

Jackie Chan

Kung Fu Cult Master

Fright Night (Tom Holland, Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse)

Robin Hood Men in Tights (Mel Brooks, Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees)

Hot Shots! (Jim Abrahams, Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino)

Criminal Minds (Jeff Davis, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook)

PEN15 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman)

John Waters

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