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