Episode 252 - Speedy + more

This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:11:10), we talk about the 1928 Harold Lloyd silent comedy Speedy (directed by Ted Wilde), in addition to the 4th through 7th episodes of Wayne Spitzer's Dead of Night. In part two (1:11:11-2:05:54) we talk in shorter form about 10 additional features: Sam Qualiana's 2011 no-fi SOV project Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast, the 2004 Jon Turteltaub-directed Nic Cage Disney adventure blockbuster National Treasure, Sam Raimi's well-loved 2004 superhero sequel Spider-Man 2, the 2025 Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein legasequel / reboot Final Destination: Bloodlines, the 1993 Marco Brambilla dystopian action classic Demolition Man, David DeCoteau's 1987 Alien riff Creepozoids, Steven Spielberg's 2011 animated picture The Adventures of Tintin, the disaster pictures Airport '77 (directed by Jerry Jameson) and The Concorde: Airport '79 (directed by David Lowell Rich), and the 2022 Ulrich Seidl liminal drama Rimini. In part three, we talk briefly about everything else we've watched since last time, and make our picks for next week.

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