If there are no plans for this Friday Movie Night at 9PM EST (let me know if there are and I’ll step aside), then a double feature is coming your way. First up is Sorcerer (1977), which is not a fantasy film, but rather, a highly-acclaimed remake of the classic trucker thriller The Wages of Fear (1953), wherein a team of drivers must transport a large cargo of nitroglycerin through the South American jungle. It is directed by William Friedkin, the guy behind The French Connection and The Exorcist. Critics call it a butt-clencher. Let’s check it out. After that is Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), his stop-motion-animated darker take on the original novel that transplants the setting to the fascist era. Sounds neat; let’s watch.

We’ll start at 9PM on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Letterboxd:

• Sorcerer: https://letterboxd.com/film/sorcerer/
• Pinocchio: https://letterboxd.com/film/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sorcerer: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/89430
• Pinocchio: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/942306

CWs for Sorcerer:

• Domestic violence.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Head squashed.
• Blood and gore.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Terrorism.
• Explosions.
• Suicide.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Crying baby.
• Shaky cam.
• Poor representation of South America.
• Nudity.
• Homelessness.
• Sad ending.
• Car crash.
• Honking car horn.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Pinocchio:

• Animal deaths.
• Animal abuse.
• Deaths of pets.
• Child abuse.
• Gaslighting.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Broken bones.
• Shaving.
• Torture.
• Amputation.
• Unconsciousness.
• People falling down stairs.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Drowning.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Death of child.
• Suicide.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Ghosts.
• Mannequins.
• Clowns.
• Hospital scene.
• PTSD.
• Claustrophobia.
• Fascism.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Nazis.
• Boy ridiculed for crying.
• Sad ending.
• Honking car horn.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sorcerer: https://vimeo.com/780136246
• Pinocchio: https://vimeo.com/802312510