Heather: WELL, WITH THE HOT,
WARM TEMPERATURES, SUMMER IS
HERE WITH A VENGEANCE.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT SUMMER MOVIES
ARE FILM CRITICS CHUCK KOPLINSKI
AND PAM POWELL!
HEY, CHUCK, STAYING COOL?
Guest: DOING MY BEST.
IT'S A LITTLE ROUGH BUT I'M
DOING MY BEST.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Heather: I'M GREAT.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
"ADVENTURE LAND".
Guest: STARRING TWO PEOPLE I
DON'T NORMALLY LIKE.
BUT I LIKE THEM IN THIS MOVIE.
JESSE PLAYS A GUY NAMED JAMES
THAT HAS A TRIP PLANNED TO GO TO
EUROPE THIS SUMMER AND IT
DOESN'T GO WELL.
HE GETS STUCK IN THE STATES AND
GETS A JOB AT ADVENTURE LAND AND
MEETSCC1:
A YOUNG WOMAN, CRISTIN
STEWART.
SHE'S OFF-BEAT, ODD AND WEIRD.
AND OF COURSE HE IS ATTRACTED TO
HER.
AND HAD SOME GREAT SUPPORT HERE,
TOO.
RYAN REYNOLDS PLAYS THE GUY WHO
HE'S STUCK IN HIS LIFE.
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN
HIS LIFE AND HAS TO FIND
DIRECTION.
AND ALSO GREAT COMIC SUPPORT IS
THERE FROM CRISTIN WIIK AND BILL
HADER, THE TWO OWNERS OF
ADVENTURE LAND, DOING THINGS
HERE AND THERE TO SAVE MONEY AND
KEEP THE THING GOING.
"ADVENTURE LAND" IS A SWEET,
UNEXPECTEDLY SMART, MEMORABLE
MOVIE I LIKED MORE THAN I
THOUGHT I WOULD AND CAPTURED THE
ESSENCE OF SUMMER FOR ME.
Heather: CAN'T HAVE SUMMER
WITHOUT SUNSHINE.
"LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE".
Guest: AND A ROAD TRIP.
SUMMER IS THE PERFECT TIME TO
TAKE A ROAD TRIP.
THEY DO TAKE A ROAD TRIP.
WHAT A CAST, GREG KINEAR, TONI
COLETTE, THE PARENTS.
AND THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER PLAYED
BY ABIGAIL SPENCER.
SHE'S ENTERED A BEAUTY CONTEST
AND SHE'S RUNNER-UP.
THEY HAVE TO GET TO ARIZONA TO
GET TO THE FINALS -- OR LOS
ANGELES, I SHOULD SAY, IN THEIR
BROKEN DOWN, CRAPPY V.W.
BUS-VAN, WHICH HAS MORE PROBLEMS
THAN WE CAN MENTION.
PAUL DANA IS THE LITTLE GIRL'S
BROTHER, DEALING WITH INNER TER
MILE.
STEVE CARELL IS THERE.
AND ALLEN ARKIN IS THE GRANDPA
AND TEACHES ABIGAIL HOW TO
DANCE, BUT NOT IN THE MOST
APPROPRIATE WAYS.
Heather: I WAS GOING TO SAY
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE TALENT
PORTION.
Guest: THE GIRL'S GOT
TALENT.
[LAUGHTER]
Guest: I SAW IT A YEAR AGO.
IT HOLDS UP.
IT'S A LITTLE RAW, BUT FUNNY,
FUNNY.
Heather: YES.
PAM, ARE YOURS JUST AS FUNNY
WITH THE "WAY, WAY BACK"?
Guest: IT'S FUNNY.
THERE'S OVERLAP IN THE "WAY, WAY
BACK".
ACC1:
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT STEVE CARELL AND
HOW CAN YOU DISLIKE STEVE CARELL
IN "IRRESISTIBLE".
HE'S UNLIBELABLE IN "WAY, WAY
BACK".
HE PLAYED THE BOYFRIEND OF PAM,
TO
TONI COLETTE.
THEY'RE BLENDED FAMILIES AND
BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO THE
OCEAN FOR A SUMMER VACATION.
IT ENDS UP BEING A COMING OF AGE
MOVIE AS THE BOY IS RELEGATED TO
THE WAY, WAY BACK OF THE STATION
WAGON.
IT'S A TERM LOST, MUCH LIKE THE
STATION WAGON IS.
HE'S NOT TREATED VERY WELL BY
TRENT, STEVE CARELL'S CHARACTER.
HE RUNS AWAY DURING THE DAYTIME
AND WINDS THIS WATER PARK CALLED
WATER WHIZ.
IT'S A DILAPIDATED, OLD WATER
PARK, RUN BY OWEN, STEVE
ROCKWELL.
THEY BECOME A FAMILY AND HELP
HIM REALIZE WHO HE IS AND HOW TO
STAND UP FOR FOR HIMSELF, WITH A
LOVE INTEREST THERE AS WELL.
IT IS A REALLY SMART AND SWEET
MOVIE.
IT'S A RELATABLE MOVIE, BUT YET
STILL VERY, VERY CREATIVE.
GREAT ACTING, AND A WONDERFUL
STORY.
I THINK OF SUMMER WHEN I THINK
OF "THE WAY, WAY BACK".
Heather: YOU MUST ALSO THINK
"MYSTIC PIZZA" WHEN YOU THINK
SUMMER.
THAT'S YOUR SECOND SELECTION.
Guest: IT IS.
"MYSTIC PIZZA" IS FROM 1988.
ONE OF THE CHARMING THING ABOUT
THE MOVIE, THERE WERE LOTS OF
BIG STARS, AND THEY WEREN'T
STARS IN 1988.
WE'VE GOT JULIA ROBERTS AND LILY
TAYLOR AND ANNABELLE FICSH.
THEY PLAY SISTERS AND WORK AT A
PIZZA PLACE AFTER THEY GRADUATE
HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY'RE
DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR
LIVES.
IT'S COMING OF AGE MOVIE.
AND THEY FIND THEIR LOVE
INTEREST AND IF WE FOLLOW THEM
THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS, THEY
FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT
IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
IT'S FUNNY TO LOOK BACK AT THE
MOVIE MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO,
AND IT STILL HOLDS WATER WITH
WHAT IT MEANS TO GROW UP.
I ENJOYED THIS.
IT'S FUN TO LOOK BACK AT THESE
BIG STARS WHO WEREN'T BACK IN
THE DAY.
Heather: YEAH, GREAT
SELECTIONS IN CASE YOU'RE ONE TO
ESCAPE THE HEAT AND ENJOY A
MOVIE OR TWO AT HOME.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SELECTIONS
TODAY.
Guest: THANK YOU.
Heather: YEAH.
THERE'S A LOOK AT THE REEL TALK
WITH CHUCK AND PAM WEBSITE,
WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THEIR
NEWSLETTER.
YOU CAN CONNECT WITH THEM
THROUGH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND
INSTAGRAM ON THAT WEBSITE.
THERE'S A LOOK AT THEIR FACEBOOK
PAGE.
GIVE THEM A LIKE.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT FUN THINGS
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE AWAY.
WE'LL CONNECT YOU AT