Episode 22: Moonstruck

 

Snap out of it! And snap into a new episode of Nightcaps at the Theater! On tonight’s episode, all we can advise is “Guarda la Luna!”, Look to the Moon, because 1987’s Moonstruck is ready to take your heart and possibly your hand. Just as wolves howl at the moon, so too must we review classic movies staring Cher. Another one of our holiday picks, this John Patrick Shanley written romantic farce awakens the inner Italian American in all of us. Join Loretta Castorini in her trials/tribulations when it comes to balancing her love life and typical Brooklyn bound family. When Loretta falls for the troubled baker/opera lover/brother of her fiancé, she goes through an emotional crisis, that parallels her home life. Can she manage to come to terms with her love, her parents’ infidelity, and still make it to the opera to meet a young Nick Cage? You will have to listen to find out. You are all animals! Wolves! Take us to the Bed! We don’t care! Just turn off that damn Vikki Carr record!

Tonight, on the Marquee:

• A love story from NYC to Sicily … 1987’s Moonstruck.
• V. Court – The Good Place, Cheers, Big Mouth, Hot Ones, Rupaul’s Holislay Spectacular, All Stars Season 4, and American Gods: Season 2.
• Movie Phone – Shrek: Retold, Shrek Film Franchise, Between Two Ferns, A Ship to India, Wreck it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet, SpiderMan: Into the Spiderverse, Avengers 5, 101 Dalmatians Reboot, The Lion King Live Action, and Life Size 2.
• Troddin the Boards –Shrek the Musical, Beetlejuice, King Kong, Suessical, and To Kill a Mockingbird, and Mamma Mia.
• Off to the Races with Disc Jockeys – Spring Awakening, Run DMC, LL Cool J, Will Smith, and Sandman.
• Gimme, Gimmie, Gimmie an Affair after Midnight.
• Italian Families: Eating, Talking, Shouting…so many good times.
• Fake Hands, and Passion for Bread. You are a Wolf, take me to the bed!
• Thicc Stacks of Cash…belongs in a Museum
• 80s Cher Smooth Seduction Jazz Getting Ready Montage.
• Edgy vs. Alternative Nick Cage.
• The Chaos behind “The Perfect Scene.”

“Shrekophilia” – The newest kink?

RDJ Filmography – The highs and lows of being high and low on coke.

“Nowadays, you can’t bring a young girl home alone with your ventriloquist dummy.” – Fun and Fancy Free.

“What are numbers, Baby?!?” – Cher as a bookie.

“How Long Must I Wait?” –For Death to Claim Me?

“Get me the BIG KNIFE!” – Ronnie STAHP!!!

“Watch! The House!” – Ya Stunad!

Art Provided By: John Cafiero @bonehaver420

Music: "Riviera Jazz" Provided By: Crazy G