Movie Memory Machine

The Last Song (2010)

The Machine sends us to March 31, 2010 to cover the romantic drama, starring Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, and Greg Kinnear.
17-year-old piano prodigy Ronnie Miller (played by Miley Cyrus) has been on a rebellious streak ever since her parents’ divorce three years ago: her grades have tanked, she’s been arrested for shoplifting, and she hasn’t played the piano since her dad moved out. Her mother, Kim (played by Kelly Preston) sends her and her brother Jonah (played by Bobby Coleman) from their home in New York to the small town of Wrightsville Beach, Georgia, to spend the summer with their father, Steve (played by Greg Kinnear). Ronnie, who is still angry at her father because of the divorce, spends much of her time palling around with local bad girl Blaze (played by Carly Chaikin) - until her quest to protect a nest full of sea turtle eggs brings her face to face with handsome teenaged aquarium volunteer Will Blakelee (played by Liam Hemsworth). As a summer romance blooms between Ronnie and Will, she starts to rekindle her relationship with her father - and the piano as well.
 
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Mini-Transmission: Don Juan Demarco

In this mini-episode, we try out Marlon Brando's method of acting through an earpiece, Landen tells a story about Faye Dunaway, and we play The Trailer Game.
 
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Don Juan Demarco (1995)

The Machine sends us to April 7, 1995 to cover the wistful romantic drama Don Juan Demarco starring Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, and Faye Dunaway.
Don Juan DeMarco (played by Johnny Depp), is the world’s greatest lover. He wanders the streets of 1990s New York City wearing a cape, hat, and Zorro mask, seducing beautiful women who are utterly powerless to resist his charms. But he’s despondent, because the love of his life, Dona Anna, has rejected him. DeMarco tries to take his own life by jumping off a billboard, but he is talked off the ledge by eminent psychiatrist Jack Mickler, played by Marlon Brando, who takes him into his care for a ten-day mental health evaluation at a local hospital. Over the course of multiple sessions, DeMarco tells Mickler the dramatic, sensual story of his sexual awakening and how his exploits as the world’s greatest lover drove a wedge between him and his one true love. As Mickler attempts to uncover the truth behind DeMarco’s tall tales, the young man’s colorful stories lead him to rekindle the passion in his own relationship with his wife, Marilyn, played by Faye Dunaway.  
 
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Mini-transmission: Reminiscence

In this mini episode, we create a Reminiscence video game, speculate on the unseen character of Francis on the Ocean, and play The Trailer Game.
 
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Reminiscence (2021)

The Machine sends us to August 20th, 2021 to cover the romantic, science fiction, action-filled film noir Reminiscence, starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, and Cliff Curtis.
In a futuristic, flooded Miami, war veteran Nick Bannister (played by Hugh Jackman from "Deadpool & Wolverine") and his business partner Watts (played by Thandiwe Newton) run a business where patrons can re-live fond memories. The process, called reminiscence, is accomplished using a large machine that projects the unconscious client’s memories as Bannister guides them with a series of verbal prompts. Bannister falls hard for one of his customers, Mae (played by Rebecca Ferguson), a beautiful nightclub singer who hires him to search her memories for her lost keys. After a brief, passionate relationship, Mae disappears, and a despondent Bannister begins obsessively re-living his memories of her to discover clues about who she was and where she went. His investigation leads him from the depths of Miami’s criminal underworld to the gilded halls of a wealthy property tycoon’s estate as he slowly uncovers Mae’s sad and sordid past as a drug addict with ties to the mob.
Written and directed by Lisa Joy
 
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Mini-transmission: Money Monster

In this mini episode, we recast Money Monster as a 1990s thriller, discuss an important Portlandia sketch, and play the Trailer Game. 
 
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Money Monster (2016)

The Machine sends us to May 13, 2016 to cover the pulse-pounding thriller Money Monster, starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jack O'Connell.
Lee Gates (played by George Clooney) is the host of Money Monster, a brash, bawdy, over-the-top financial analysis show where he shares hot stock tips and berates his viewers into making big, risky investments with the promise of Wall Street riches. Gates is arrogant, selfish, and frequently in cahoots with the CEOs of the companies he promotes on his show. His longtime producer Patti Fenn (played by Julia Roberts) can no longer stand him and has finally quit. But during her final Money Monster broadcast, an enraged gunman barges into the studio, straps a bomb to Gates’ chest, and threatens to blow it up if anybody cuts off the broadcast. His name is Kyle Budwell (played by Jack O’Connell), and he’s a working class deliveryman who lost his life savings after investing with IBIS Clear Capital, a company Gates heavily promoted on the show that recently lost hundreds of millions of dollars due to a glitch in their trading algorithm. Kyle rants to the camera about the excesses of the 1% while brandishing a gun in Gates’ face and demanding answers from Ibis CEO Walt Camby (played by Dominic West). As Gates defends his life on live TV, Patti and the Money Monster crew work with a rogue IBIS executive and a group of Icelandic computer hackers to uncover the truth: Walt Camby stole the money to use in an elaborate market manipulation scam involving a South African mining company. Outraged, Gates joins forces with Kyle and they march down Wall Street together to confront Camby with the evidence of his wrongdoing live on air.
Written by Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore, Jim Kouf
Directed by Jodie Foster
 
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Mini-Transmission: Hope Springs

In this mini episode, we discuss whether Hope Springs is in the Deadpool universe, which townsfolk they would be, dare to attempt impressions, and play the Trailer Game!
 
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Hope Springs (2012)

The Machine sends us to August 8, 2012 to cover the domestic dramatic comedy Hope Springs starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell.
Omaha housewife Kay Soames (played by Meryl Streep) has been married to her husband Arnold (played by Tommy Lee Jones) for 31 years. They sleep in separate bedrooms. Arnold barely looks at her and avoids all physical contact. They haven’t had sex in five years. Desperate to restore some sense of intimacy and romance to her life, Kay suggests that they travel to the tiny town of Hope Springs, Maine, to seek out the services of famed couples’ therapist Dr. Bernard Feld (played by Steve Carell). Arnold refuses to acknowledge that anything is wrong in the relationship, but he reluctantly goes with her, complaining the entire way. During several intensive therapy sessions over the course of a week, Dr. Feld coaches the two of them through a series of exercises that help reignite their passion for one another and bring love back to their marriage.
Written by Vanessa Taylor
Directed by David Frankel
 
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Mini-Transmission: S1M0NE

In this mini episode, we discuss which celebrities who have gone through the digitization process that we'll see forever, Truman brings up EuroVision, Landen tells a story from his brief stint in Hollywood, and we play the Trailer Game!
 
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Theme song by Porky’s Groove Machine.
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