Continuing Epic Month we watched the 1962 biograpohical drama Lawrence of Arabia. Directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel it is based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom (also known as Revolt in the Desert). It stars Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer and Arthur Kennedy. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

This month begins Epic Month and to kick it off we watched the 2009 superhero film Watchmen. Directed by Zack Snyder, and written by David Hayter and Alex Tse, it tells the story of a group of mostly retired superheroes who investigate the murder of one of their own before uncovering an elaborate and deadly conspiracy with which they are all connected.  The film stars Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

Concluding this year’s Decades Month at the end pf the 60’s with the 1969 Western buddy comedy Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman based loosely on fact, the film tells the story of outlaws Butch Cassidy and his partner the Sundance Kid, who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of train robberies. The film stars Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katherine Ross. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod                            

Moving along in Decades Month to the 50’s with the 1954 crime drama On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan it tells the tale of an ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman who struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. It stars Marlon Brando, and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

Rolling along into the 40’s for our Decades Month with the 1944 black comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. Directed and produced by Frank Capra, the story follows a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage who risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot.. The film stars Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane and Peter Lorre. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon \Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

This month we’re calling Decade’s Month where each week will be a different decade and we’re starting in the 30’s with the 1933 film King Kong. Directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, the story follows a giant primate dubbed Kong who feels affection for a beautiful young woman offered to him as a sacrifice. The film stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

Next up in his week of 4 episodes is the new film The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, in the film Mario and Luigi with their friends adventure into outer space, where they face off against Bowser and his son, Bowser Jr.It star Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black and Keegan-Michael Key, Benny Safdie, Donald Glover, Glen Powell, and Brie Larson. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod

The third episode of this week of 4 episodes is the 1993 video game adaptation Super Mario Bros. Directed by the husband-and-wife team Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, it follows the brothers Mario and Luigi in their quest to rescue Princess Daisy from a dystopian parallel universe ruled by the ruthless President Koopa. The film stars Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis and Dennis Hopper. Come join us!!!  Website : http://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod    

Next up in his week of 4 episodes and the conclusion Foreign Film Month is the 1985 drama Kiss of the Spider Woman. Directed by Héctor Babenco, set in a Brazilian prison, the film centers on a dialogue between two very different cellmates, a hardened leftist revolutionary and an apolitical gay man. It stars William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, and Denise Dumont. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod                            

4 new episodes are coming this week and first up is the continuation of Foreign Film Month with the 2025 black comedy No Other Choice. Directed by Park Chan-wook and based on The Ax by Donald Westlake, the film follows a desperate paper industry expert who decides to kill off his competition to be assured of the job he seeks to maintain his way of life. It stars Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won. Come join us!! Website : https://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod