The Life of Chuck

Описание: Pete and Trevor want to take this opportunity to thank Charles Krantz for 39 great years! Thanks Chuck! And thanks for Mike Flanagan for making this little miracle of a movie that we were lucky enough to see in theatres. Listen to hear our immediate reactions (while giving you plenty of warning before heading into spoilers).

This is also the seventh week for our ongoing Project Superman, wherein we watch every single live-action theatrical Superman movie. Today we talk Superman Returns, the forgotten early 2000s entry into reviving the Superman franchise.

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Intro and history with Stephen King and Mike Flanagan (0:00)

Review of Superman Returns (9:28)

Spoiler-free review of The Life of Chuck (39:40)

Spoiler-talk (53:30)

About The Life of Chuck:

The Life of Chuck is a 2024 film inspired by Stephen King’s novella from his collection If It Bleeds. The story unfolds in three parts, told in reverse, tracing the seemingly ordinary life of Charles “Chuck” Krantz against a backdrop of strange cosmic events.

Charles “Chuck” Krantz – Tom Hiddleston
Young Chuck – Jacob Tremblay
Marty Anderson – Chiwetel Ejiofor
Felicia Gordon – Karen Gillan
Sarah Krantz – Mia Sara
Albie Krantz – Mark Hamill
Also starring – Carl Lumbly, David Dastmalchian, Matthew Lillard, Q’orianka Kilcher, Annalise Basso, Rahul Kohli, Violet McGraw, Kate Siegel, Benjamin Pajak, Cody Flanagan, Heather Langenkamp

Mike Flanagan – Director / Screenwriter / Editor / Producer
Trevor Macy – Producer
Stephen King – Story (original novella)
Eben Bolter – Cinematographer
The Newton Brothers – Composer

About Superman Returns:

Superman returns to Earth after a five-year absence to find that the world has moved on without him

Brandon Routh – Clark Kent / Superman
Kate Bosworth – Lois Lane
Kevin Spacey – Lex Luthor
James Marsden – Richard White
Frank Langella – Perry White
Sam Huntington – Jimmy Olsen
Eva Marie Saint – Martha Kent
Parker Posey – Kitty Kowalski
Kal Penn – Stanford
Tristan Lake Leabu – Jason White
Marlon Brando – Jor-El (archive footage and CGI)

Bryan Singer – Director / Story / Producer
Michael Dougherty – Screenwriter / Story
Dan Harris – Screenwriter / Story
Jon Peters – Producer
Gilbert Adler – Producer
Newton Thomas Sigel – Cinematographer
John Ottman – Editor / Composer
Elliot Goldenthal – Additional Music