Summer Movie Season: April 2023

As the 2023 summer movie season winds down, regional climates continue to rise. In an attempt to mitigate the heat and make sense of the cultural temperature, host Garret Castleberry sits down with Kyle Hammonds to examine the recent film economics rollercoaster with a mini-series focus, the 2023 Summer Movie Season. Each week, Garret and Kyle will examine one month of the summer film schedule, starting with the "prequel" month to summer moviegoing, April (6:21). Movies released in April include Amazon Studios's adult biopic Air and video game adaptation The Super Mario Bros. Movie. After a gauntlet of oppositional analysis techniques, our hosts seek to interpret whether moviegoing represents a seminal pastime or a dying practice now past its time.   

Hosts: Garret Castleberry, Kyle Hammonds

Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)

Recommended screenings:
Ben Affleck (Director). Air. Los Angeles, USA: Amazon Studios/Artists Equity/Mandalay Pictures. 2023.

Repressed screenings:
Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, & Pierre Leduc. (Directors). The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Paris, France: Universal Pictures/Nintendo/Illumination Entertainment.

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