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Welcome to Popcorn Potus Week! This feels FUN! I am SO excited about all of these movies and I like that we're getting a little comedy with our drama too! Sorry we had to switch a few things around last week on YT but now that we are home, everything will be back to normal.
We had a magical (cliche I know) time at Disney World, it was so great to spend time uninterrupted time together for the whole week and to see it all through my kids eyes. Princesses were met, fears were conquered, miles and miles were walked and although it was anything but relaxing, it was pretty special!
It is always good to be home though, despite the mountains of laundry and things to catch up on, I'm excited to get back to sleeping and watching movies in my own bed :)
After President's Week, I'll be watching Kill Bill Vol.2 (winner of the YT members Sequels poll), Silver Linings Playbook, then get into ST TNG, Masters of the Air, and I got some fun poll ideas from our last extra butter live!
Speaking of that-this month's extra butter LIVE will be 2/28
Poppies are officially on the schedule for March 2nd and the voting form will go out this week, I can't wait, I hope you can all tune in!
I hope you have a good Valentines Day this week, we aren't huge celebrators, but hopefully we can squeeze a date and some chocolate in!
xo
Cassie
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And Cassie, the animated 1967 version of the Jungle Book would also be a nice wholesome family friendly film for your daughter.
I can't stop thinking now! doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo Baby Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo Baby Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo Baby Shark
Jamie Tartt doo-doo, doo-doo, Jamie Tartt. Much better!
lol kevin isnt potus lol..................but love these movie choices this upcoming week
Just remembered… Fair Warning for All the President’s Men. Make sure your volume isn’t up to high at the start. ;-)
warrior (2011) would be a good one. it is fighting but don't think as bad as any other one you've watched so far
Happy Valentine’s Day Cassie and Carly! Love is often under appreciated, and it is often taken for granted. I hope love fills your hearts with warmth and happiness not just today, but everyday, and reminds you that life is nothing without it. Happy Valentine’s Day to the entire PIB community!
Consider seeing Memphis Bell (1990) and/or Red Tails (2012) before catching Masters of the Air.
For an older film, and in my opinion, one of the greatest on this subject, I'd suggest... Twelve O'Clock High (1949), with Gregory Peck, Dean Jagger (White Christmas) and Millard Mitchell (Singin in the Rain)
Todos los Kennedy, reciben lo que se merecen.
Judicabimini.
Yes Finally! I’ve been wanting you to watch these particular 3 for years, and I get them all in 1 week. Though you can’t watch, ‘All the Presidents Men’ and not follow it up with ‘The Post’.
She's already seen The Post I believe.
Cassie, would you ever do another video introducing Carly to something you previously watched on your channel, like the Lord of the Rings movies? And would it be Band of Brothers?
That’s an excellent idea. Band of Brothers is emotionally moving regardless of how many times you’ve seen it.
Hope you will do a youtube edit for "It Happened One Night ". I can't afford to join the higher tiers, but would love to see you react to this classic movie.
William, I can Venmo you $10 for a month if you want, just say so, and you can email me
"Kill Bill, Vol 2". The bloodthirsty violence of Vol 1 takes a slight step back as story telling anxiously takes lead in the second act. The growth of our main character, bleeeeeep, along side an eager story to be told makes Vol 2 well worth the follow up. Hollywood's cool of cool, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper star in "Silver Linings Playbook". This chaotic romantic dramedy is as original as they come. With Robert Deniro iced on an already stellar cast, SLP is one you're likely to watch more than once.
Please finish Kill Bill.
She mentions it in this post
Please do "Lincoln" too.... well worth it!
Looking at your Instagram page. I hear you Cassie, when I am in California, Colorado or even Kelowna British Columbia in Canada I eat whatever I want then I come home to workouts and wheatgrass smoothies.
In that case, stay away from Connecticut, Colombia, or even Cameroon. :-)
Classic Horror poll - not just for Halloween anymore!
Costner can't do accents! It's horrible in this movie and atrocious in Robin Hood. I actually prefer Missiles of October with William Devane as Kennedy over Thirteen Days. But, horses for courses.
Dearest Cassie, I’m IN 13 Days. I’m in the hotel room and hand Kevin Costner the phone and a cup of coffee
omg need to go rewatch that scene, very cool!
Cassie when your boys and little girl are a little older, it would be a fun family trip to visit the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. It's not as fun as DW, but it will give your kids a head start for school, and there are a lot of documents they can bring back as academic souvenirs. There is a museum with the Wright Brothers plane from 1903, and the first plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean, The Spirt of St. Louis - interesting side note, a film was made based on the 1927 flight by Charles Lindbergh, and guess who is the star? Cassie, it's your old pal, Jimmy Stewart. Truth is during WWII he was a hero, flying bombing runs. He was more than acting the part in his movies, he lived that truth.
I loved the Smithsonian Museum as a teenager. Many years ago and part of the space museum was closed during my visit. But I live in Alabama and got to visit Huntsville and the space museum there. Definitely great for kids and adults.
Mary Suratt was the first American women to be hanged. There is a picture of all the people who were to have a rope placed around their necks - 19th century chivalry is fascinating. They are about to kill Mary, but until that time they have a large black umbrella over her face to protect from the sun's rays.
How about POTUS in April? It's true Lincoln was born in February, but he was assassinated in April by John Wilkes Booth. I would strongly recommend one week in April Cassie and Carly watch the following: 1. Abe Lincoln from Illinois (1940) Staring Raymond Massey, 2. Lincoln - staring Daniel Day-Lewis, 3. The Hunt For John Wilkes Booth (2007) - its IMDB score is 8.5. Cassie has mentioned she likes true stories, she can't do much better than those three films. As an historian I know the story well, regarding the assassination plot and what happened over the next two weeks, but I won't spoil that story for Cassie. (not in any of the films...but an interesting anecdote is that Robert Lincoln - Abraham's oldest son was walking on an icy train platform when he started to lose his footing and almost fell in front of an oncoming train. Someone grabbed his coat and pulled him to safety, actually saved his life - that man was John Wilkes Booth's half-brother. Robert would consider himself a jink, he was part of the James Garfield administration when he was assassinated in 1881 and again, he was at the Buffalo World's Fair of 1901 - when William Mckinley was assassinated. Never again would he want to participate in any future governments. In 1901 he was already an old man. Lincoln only lived to be 56. He was making plans to visit Jerusalem with his wife Mary when Booth attacked. You'll have to watch the Hunt For John Wilkes Booth - truth is Lincoln was not the only target.
Wednesday is also Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. A bunch of people will be walking around with Ash on their forehead.
Or growing out their shoulders. [/joke. No disrespect intended to the faithful.]
Ooh can't wait for Cassie to watch Dave. I requested it shortly after becoming a Patron but never thought it would end up on Cassie's radar given its ranking. She's in for a treat with this 90s classic.
You are watching Thirteen Days?!?! I love that movie! Seriously love it. Even with Costner's bad Massachusetts accent. :)
I feel like everyone has that movie they love, but when they show it to other people they have to preface it with "Okay, look X's accent here is bad, it's still a good movie!" Like Robinhood, or Highlander. (I just realized Robinhood is Costner again!)
In addition to All the President's Men (one of my favorite movies of all time), a more recent movie that features The Washington Post is: "POST" (2017) (Tom Hanks). Oscar nominee for Best Picture. Meryl Streep nominated for Oscar for Best Actress. Other newspaper movies I like: SPOTLIGHT (2015) [Oscar Best Picture] [RT=97%, IMDb=8.1, Metacritic=93%] featuring Boston Globe. -Nominated for 6 Oscars, won 2. -Rachel McAdams (nominated for Oscar for Best Actress) is not just a pretty face, but a damn good actor. SHE SAID (2022) (Carey Mulligan) featuring the NYT. Inspirational in that relatively young journalists can have impact.
i saw spotlight and loved it before the channel!
I’m really disappointed Lincoln didn’t make the cut, especially today on his birthday.☹️
I hear you man, great flick
Cassie, his secretary who has been in a lot of movies is his sister, Joan Cusack. I’m still surprised you haven’t seen Sixteen Candles. That is a classic 80’s movie. You’ll actually see John Cusack appearing in his second movie.
The 80s Cusack I'm waiting for? Better Off Dead
You're gonna love "Dave".
For a British PM movie, I like "Darkest Hour" (2017) featuring Gary Oldman as Churchill.
That is a good and obvious choice, which Cassie has already seen, unfortunately for us. I've also enjoyed The Gathering Storm (2002), starring Albert Finney. I cannot say the same for the 2017 Churchill. (No slight to Brian Cox.)
Star Trek VI and Thirteen Days share a couple of lines and thats no accident. If you're curious here is a hint during Kirk's trial Chang references a an event in the movie.
"Poppies are officially on the schedule for March 2nd" I thought it was November 11th... :-P
Weren't you supposed to react to Lincoln for President's Day this year? I seem to remember that was said last year sometime.
I am hoping that Lincoln (2012) will be reacted to as a Black History Month entry.
"Poppies are officially on the schedule for March 2nd..." Heh, that's my birthday lol.
Oh man... I don't know anything about any of those 3 movies at the top although I think I've seen some of either the left or right one. I remember hearing of Dave when I was a kid, but the title was so boring and undescriptive for a 12 year old boy I had no reason to have interest. Can't wait to see Kill Bill 2 and Silver Linings is pretty good. I still to this day sometimes rewatch JLaw's reaction to suddenly meeting Jack Nicholson right after she won her Oscar for that film. It's hilarious.
Welcome home, Cassie! So glad you had a great time in Florida. I know a trip to Disney World can feel like working overtime at a full time job…but the seeing the wonder and excitement in your children’s eyes and creating all those memories is worth the exhaustion. Did you wind up going to one of the coastal beaches? Looking forward to seeing The Lakehouse for the first time with PIB! And I can’t wait for your reaction to Dave! As hysterically maniacal Kevin Kline was in A Fish Called Wanda, his character in Dave is the complete opposite. You’re going to love it! P.S. I totally thought you were singing the Police song “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” at the beginning of your post 🤪
No more star trek tos? Her loss…
I have not seen Dave in ages, what a great, magical movie. You could not have known this but I think Dave would have been the better movie for Carly.
Yay! Carly will be watching All The President's Men too. You guys are the Woodward & Bernstein of reaction video stars!
I was wondering when you would get around to Masters Of The Air. I'm loving the aerial scenes it does have a different feel then Band Of Brothers and The Pacific. I hope you think of it just as highly. I also hope you get around to watching the other sequels in your Youtube members poll on a later date. Welcome home. I'm glad you and your family had an enjoyable time.
"...It was so great to spend time uninterrupted time together..." You sure you don't want to rephrase that? 😅 But also FINALLY KB Vol 2! I've been waiting for it to drop so I can watch both together since they are technically one movie. And President's Men! My second favorite Robert Redford!
I am so damn excited! I never thought Thirteen Days had a shot. One of my favorite movies. Can't wait
Hey Cassie, I wanted to give you my list of TNG episodes that you asked for in the last live. It's a main list and then a second list if you decide you want to watch a few more episodes. MAIN LIST OF TNG EPISODES BEFORE TNG MOVIES: *Encounter At Farpoint (Pilot Episode) *Measure Of A Man (Season 2 Episode 9) *Q-Who (ESSENTIAL) (Season 2 Episode 16) *Yesterday's Enterprise (Season 3 Episode 15)(Some quick background on a character will have to be given before this episode) *Sarek (Season 3 Episode 23) *The Best Of Both Worlds (2 parts)(ESSENTIAL) (Season 3 Episode 26, Season 4 Episode 1) *Family (ESSENTIAL) (Season 4 Episode 2) *Unification (2 parts) (Season 5 Episode 7 & 8) *The Inner Light (Season 5 Episode 25) SOME BONUS EPISODES IF YOU DECIDE TO WATCH MORE: *The Offspring (Season 3 Episode 16) *The Most Toys (Season 3 Episode 22) *The Drumhead (Season 4 Episode 21) *Darmok (Season 5 Episode 2) *I,Borg (Season 5 Episode 23) *Relics (Season 6 Episode 4) *Face Of The Enemy (Season 6 Episode 14) *Attached (Season 7 Episode 8) *All Good Things. . . (Season 7 Episode 25) (Series Finale) JUST FOR FUN: *Menage A Troi (Season 3 Episode 24) (Some fun moments and a meme that went viral) *Second Chances (Season 6 Episode 24) (Star Treks version of a Rom Com) I welcome any comments on my list that are respectful.
Measure of a Man is one of the best episodes imo, I agree regarding the Essential episodes other than perhaps Family. Yes it gives some background on why a character is feeling that way and certain other things (sorry it’s difficult to explain without giving something away). But I think she would be fine with just watching Best of both worlds. As she probably only got time to watch a few. Relics is actually one I hope she watches due to a returning character and it’s just a lot of fun. Redemption could be helpful for Generations though.
Never seen Thirteen Days, but the other two, Dave and All the President's Men, are great! Looking forward to them.
Is it too late for Memphis Belle somewhere?
I don’t think it’s too late for any movie. Hopefully she might watch it during the time she watches Masters of the Air.
No 100% historically accurate Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter? Jk, all 3 choices are great movies imo.
A couple of us tried to get her to watch that documentary this year. Maybe next year.
I imagine Cassie will enjoy Dave. With a bit of romance going on, along with heartwarming parts, that one would be a good one to watch with Carly!
I think she is going to love it. It has all the right feels in all the rights places.
"Do do do doooo do do do dooo do do doo do" A deer, Cassie! A female deer!
I thought she was singing a Police song
I'm very happy you and family had a great time at Disney World during the week! I'm glad y'all had so much fun and happy times, though I cannot say the same for me! Not to be a downer, but if you got my PM you already know, but if not I suppose I can announce it here! About a week ago, my father passed away at the age of 71 due to stage 4 lung cancer, not the kind of thing for me to come back home too after a week in Vegas with my friends! It's been really tough for me😭 because I loved my dad very much despite sometimes he would annoy me and get on my nerves about certain things that I could care less about, but if there was one thing in common he and I had, was our love for movies! One of the saddest things is that my dad was going to have an official birthday this year, he was born on Feb. 29th (leap year), officially he would've been 18 lol! I normally wouldn't say this to you Cassie because I know you got a schedule to keep and this is your Patreon, but I was hoping I could make a special request from you, in my PM I sent you, I made a short list of movies that my dad really loved when he was a kid growing up and a couple that he and I would watch a lot when I was kid! If you want you could turn it into a voting poll if you'd like, just an idea! If it's at all possible you could fit any or all into your schedule throughout the year, it would not only make me happy, but it would make my dad really happy as well, please and thank you so much! Anyway, I'm glad you and the family are back home safely, thank you for the thoughts and prayers during your TRON LEGACY premiere when I told you tragedy struck in my family, you're an angel Cassie! Love and support always, you and Carly are the best, [virtual hug🤗] God bless you, Carly and your family🥰😇🙏😁😉👍🌹
I'm so sorry for your loss
Thing are definitely different is the US, as I really couldn’t imagine us in Britain having a week for the prime minister (he’s not liked very much) lol. Not seen any or these before, so interested to see what they are like. but really looking forward to seeing which TNG episodes you’ve picked and also Masters of the Air because I’ve held off watching it. Also glad you had a great trip.
I'm from the UK too. I agree not many give our prime ministers a lot of praise. I say Hugh Grant in Love Actually is one of my favourite fictional PMs
Maybe next year for Presidents week I suggest My Fellow Americans (1996) with Jack Lemmon and Dan Aykroyd. It’s hysterical but also tender.
I love that one. Especially the one-liners and back-and-forth banter between Jack Lemmon, James Garner, and Dan Aykroyd. "Would you please remind him the Dutch are from the Netherlands and not the Nether regions" 😂😂😂
All the presidents men. suspense v-V-good electric horsemen, R. Redford ( horses, Y ). Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs Kramer -- the spark that lit the flame in the late 1970's for FEMINISM
re: Kramer also super early Meryl Streep. Its her first or second movie.
Dave is a fun movie. Not a fan of most political movies because it is so hard to not have the film makers bias come through. I also hate when they take liberties with historical facts. Did enjoy Lincoln. When is "It Happened One Night " coming out. A true classic. Never be afraid to watch an older movie. If you do you are cutting out decades of classics.
As you may know, she posted a full reaction of It Happened One Night. For a copy to sync, It Happened One Night is available for free on YouTube.
Since you mention polls I'd love to see an animated movie poll. The top movies I'd put on the list are The Last Unicorn (1982) (my vote) The Secret of NIMH (1982) The Land Before Time (1988). The Plage Dogs (1982) 9 (2009) Princess Mononoke (1997) (Studio Ghibli so beware)
Damn what a lineup! The Secret of NIMH absolutely blew my mind as a kid, and The Last Unicorn is an alltime favourite!
Welcome home, Cassie! Happy to hear that you had a magical time, how could you have not? Sounds like a good time coming up for President's week. Although I was really hoping for "Lincoln", I know that I will enjoy what you will be watching. Carly with "All the President's Men" makes it even more special. Can't wait to see the Poppie nominations! I'm so happy that you are all home. By the way, the President song march thingy is called "Hail to the Chief." :) See ya!
I can’t wait for Dave. I love that movie. Kevin Kline is always good. Loved him in In & Out and The Big Chill, just go babe a few. And I loved Cassie’s reaction to Grosse Point Blank. Such a great film. Very underrated.
All The Presidents Men is phenomenal. What the WaPo used to be before Bezos bought it.
In addition to All the President's Men (one of my favorite movies of all time), a more recent movie that features the WaPo is: "Post" (2017) (Tom Hanks). Oscar nominee for Best Picture. Meryl Streep nominated for Oscar for Best Actress.
I thought last summer during a live stream you put "Lincoln" on your calendar to watch on Lincoln's Birthday. (Today). :)
I had to look up Silver Linings Playbook, odd name for a movie. Cassie sneaking in another Romcom on us (haha).
It did get 2nd in the recent poll, that’s likely why it’s being watched.
I'm so bummed you're not going to watch Lincoln. Feels like an incredibly overlooked film for some reason.
Lincoln (2012) is excellent. Maybe she can watch as a Black History Month entry.
Oh cool, Thirteen Days is crazy because even though I knew how the event actually ended, it still managed to be suspenseful.
Frank Capa who directed It Happened One Night also directed Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1938) which was so ahead of it's time. It stars Jimmy Stewart and is one of my all time favorite movies. Just an absolute classic.
Dave is such an underrated film.
13 Days is one of my alltime favourite movies, and Bruce Greenwood is my alltime biggest mancrush! And he's actually the one who plays President Kennedy! Kevin Costner is an advisor.
Glad you and the kiddos had a fun trip Cassie, no doubt you will go back more times. I was curious, what's the plan for "Enter the Dragon", did it finish 2nd on the MA poll? Cheers!
These are three pretty good films! I haven’t seen all the presidents men in ages, I look forward to a rewatch.
If you havent seen it, My Fellow Americans is a great presidentally themed movie
I love "All the President's Men". It was up for the Best Picture Oscar for 1976 but lost to "Rocky". The supporting cast is top notch starting with Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee and Hal Halbrook as "Deep Throat". You'll enjoy it.
Wow, what a great Presidents week -- all 3 movies, especially All the President's Men (1976) [AFI Top 100 w/tandem of Redford and Dustin Hoffman] as one of my favorite movies of all time. Thirteen Days has long been a guilty of pleasure of mine -- watched a zillion times. Then, Silver Linings Playbook and Masters of Air. Awesome.
I'm writing a screenplay called Indiana Jones and the Mountains of Laundry! You will be the lead actress!
Yay! Glad you and the family made it back safe and sound.
Yes! Finally someone important reacting to Silver Linings Playbook! Can't wait!
The rare week when every movie is one I'm looking forward to revisiting! (Plus Grosse Point Blank, which I have to get around to first.)
Cassie, “Dave” is also played by a Kevin. You’d remember him as the weird guy from A Fish Called Wanda.
I really hope she is aware of this fact as she watched "Dave." Hopefully it'll inspire her to see Kline in a new light.
Can't wait for both your reactions to All the President's Men (1976). I forgot to mention in the last upcoming that they really went all out to make the film as authentic as possible. They shot at some of the actual locations where it actually took place, the Watergate Hotel and the same courtroom where the five burglars were tried. Also in the opening scene where the hotel security guard finds the scotch tape over the door lock; That is NOT an actor in a role, that is the ACTUAL security guard that found the tape on the door lock and called the police to the crime scene!
All the Presidents Men is one of my favorite movies! Hard to keep all the names straight, but you’ll do fine!
I’m so happy! Silver Linings Playbook has been in my top requests since Planner debuted the App!🥰
Haven’t seen Thirteen Days, but looking forward to Cassie watching Dave and ATPM with younger Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman
Dave is quite a charming movie, but Thirteen Days is the one I'm really looking forward to. Similar to Apollo 13 it might not be 100% historically accurate but it does a great job of capturing the mood of the nation during a pivotal time.
Can you share the TNG episode shortlist at all yet ? Should generate "lively debate" in the comments !
I’m really excited for this upcoming “POTUS” week! All the Presidents Men is in my top 10 fave movies 😁 I really hope you will like it, along with the other great movies you are watching here. Also- so happy you a had a wonderful family vacay at one other happiest places on earth. To me Disneyland is still the best- it’s the original and where Walt walked 😊❤️
Looking forward to Silver Linings Playbook and Gross Point Blank. Dave was also fun. Master of the Air has been great so far.
So looking forward to seeing you watching Kevin Kline in Dave, your old friend Kevin C in 13 Days, and a young Redford And Hoffman, however tarnished by history that film has become.
Thirteen Days! tells about the closest we came to having a nuclear war.
Oh, wow...all these POTUS movies are great! Can't wait to rewatch all of them, especially All The President's Men!
Thirteen days The history that's very important to learn and Appreciate. Dave is a wonderful film The director of ghostbusters made this movie. All the president's men a great story about true Journalism and history subject I know very well
Really looking forward to Thirteen Days. One of my favourites.
Star trek the final frontier did we not watch this last Sunday?
It got fixed, Brian, good catch, thx!
Great lineup coming this week, particularly “Thirteen Days” and “All the President’s Men.” Can’t wait to get to it!
Where’d you guys stay at WDW, Cassie? Did you hit all the newest stuff?
JFK? Oh, well!
I do love jfk but the first and last films she's seeing are more historically accurate compared to jfk
Welcome back! Disney trips are always fun! Great week of movies, wow. All three are fantastic.
When I saw the 'Do Do Do . . .' lyrics my thoughts first went to The Police and then, realizing that wasn't it, to Darth Vader's theme song.
I was going to say Tom's Diner. 😉🤣
Been watching Masters Of The Air. Very good. Full Recommendation.
episode 3 of MotA was right up there with the best stuff from BAND OF BROTHERS.
Thirteen Days yesssssssss
What a great list!
More classic Hollywood again! Haha