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They say 80% of the job is just showing up. #YabtM

This week features a pair from the 1980s: a gritty British TV movie about a nuclear attack ending civilization, and an action-packed crime drama by William Friedkin set in the neon streets of Los Angeles. So yeah, no real theme here. #YabtM #1980s #Friedkin #ICBMs #Sheffield #losangeles

Kon Ichikawa's film follows the actions of a few starving, ragged soldiers in the final days of WWII, trapped on a Philippine island with no plan to surrender or escape. The grim scenario is contrasted by scenes, filmed in widescreen and Eastman black and white, of stunning beauty. #YabtM #WWII

GERMANY YEAR ZERO (1948) is an Italian Neo-Realist film that follows a young German boy surviving in the blasted remains of Berlin after the end of WWII. Like all films of this genre it is unsentimental and unsparing in it's portrayal of life on the very edge. #YabtM www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6yz...

This week Two more movies about World War Two, both of which come pretty close to pegging the Grim Meter all the way to 10. New episodes drop on Friday! #YabtM #WWII www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNvD...

The older fellers recollect what going to movies USED to be like, with curtains and intermissions. Showmanship. Notice Tadd says nothing at all, as the stuff we're waxing poetic about was over before he was born. #YabtM #Movies #theatre www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHru...

An unlikely remake of an obscure 1978 Harvey Keitel film, THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED concerns a conflicted young man. Does he follow his family avocation and work as a savage mob enforcer? Or does he follow his dreams and try to become a concert pianist? We discuss. #YabtM #france

2016's PERSONAL SHOPPER features Kristin Stewart as a young American woman in Paris holding down two of the most unlikely jobs ever. a personal shopper for a celebrity AND a well-recognized spirit medium. This film holds multitudes, and we try to plow through all of 'em. #YabtM

This week's picks: films about people in France with wildly different abilities. A mob enforcer / aspiring concert pianist. A personal shopper for a celebrity / psychic medium who can see ghosts. New episodes drop on Friday, and we'll sort all this out then! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez93...

This week on Yelling About Movies we talk about Jeff Goldblum. No, Jeff Goldblum is not in either film we review. He doesn't need to be. #YabtM #films www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr8p...

Yep, we're still out cold, taking a little winter nap. We will be back with all-new episodes on Friday, January 24th. Rest up until then! #YabtM #movies

George Lucas's first film, THX 1138 (1971) is his USC Film School senior thesis film turned into a feature. Its a work of social criticism-- a warning of a future where automation has taken over and people are all on sedatives. And by "future," I mean... #YabtM #GeorgeLucas #THX1138 #sciencefiction

My jet pack's busted! Aw, man. John Carpenter launched his feature directing career in 1974 with his outer space comedy DARK STAR, made for a total estimated budget of just $60,000. Here's our discussion. #YabtM

Cold War week continues, with plenty of exclamation points and plenty of Yelling™! This episode, the YabtM gang is divided over THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! (1966)Skot flips everybody off! #YabtM www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIkm...

The Cold War: two very different takes, this week on Yelling About Movies. #YabtM #reviews #YouTube #movies #film #cinema #ColdWar #midcentury #1960s