This Week at the Silver Screeners' Drive in - June 2

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Welcome to Silver Screeners, a free virtual, inclusive community for seasoned cinephiles, baby-cinephiles, and those wanting more film friends ran by buds, Julia & Olivia who dig into the world of tv and film every week!

💬 What Silver Screeners Are Talking About…

📽️ Film

Movie Theater Owners Advocates for Their Vote in the Oscars

Variety confirmed that there is a push to include more theater owners and exhibitors within the new class of members. An anonymous exhibitor stated, “The Oscars have a new requirement for voters to watch all the movies, right? So why wouldn’t you include the group you know for certain watches everything? We watch everything…It’s a no-brainer”

📺 TV

Survivor Season 50 Cast Announcement

In honor of its fiftieth season, Survivor revealed the returning players (and some winners). Some players include The White Lotus’ creator, Mike White, Season 45’s Winner, Dee Valladares and two future players in Season 49. Throughout the airing of the most recent season, 48, fans were able to vote on certain game choices like if there should be more idols or what final immunity challenge should be.

🍿 Pop Culture

Max Changes its Name…Again

The streamer, Max will return to  to its original name, HBO Max. This switch comes after two years ago when HBOMax changed to Max.

📹 New Videos Just Dropped!

📏 SIX DEGREES CELEB | Who's Next? Who's Before?

Julia and Olivia attempt to connect actors in six degrees without Kevin Bacon.

🏌️ THE LAST OF US S2 EP 1 | What We Love & What We Don't

Julia and Olivia discuss through memes and a powerpoint to go through their non-spoiler thoughts for the first episode of the new season of the Last of Us.

☀️ AFTERSUN (2022) BROKE US- Commentary/Reaction

Julia and Olivia cry to Charlotte Wells' debut feature film, Aftersun (2022), starring Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio.

🎤 CASTING BOYBAND BIOPICS LIKE FILM TWITTER

In honor of the strange Beatles biopic casting, Julia and Olivia spin the wheel of film twitter fan casts for other (fake) boyband biopics.

🥒 THUNDERBOLTS* IS RELATABLE | Film Breakdown and Our Thoughts

Olivia’s most anticipated film of all time, Thunderbolts*, finally released and Julia is along for the ride.

📱 GUESS THE FILM BASED ON THE FAKE AITA POST

Julia and Olivia try to guess films based on the fake AITA (Am I the Asshole) Reddit post.

🪵 GUESS THE FINAL DESTINATION DEATH

To celebrate the release of Final Destination Bloodlines , Olivia takes on a Julia curated quiz where she has to guess the Final Destination film and death based on a five-ten seconds clip.

🌈 June Movie Club ANNOUNCEMENT: Pride Month

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6/1 - 6/14

But I’m a Cheerleader(1999) - dir. by Jamie Babbit

Rated R | Streaming on Tubi

Megan Bloomfield, a high school cheerleader, is sent to a residential in-patient conversion therapy camp to "cure" her lesbianism. At camp, Megan realizes that she is indeed a lesbian and, despite the "therapy", comes to embrace her sexuality.

6/15 - 6/28

Bottoms (2023) - dir. by Emma Seligman

Rated R | Streaming on Amazon

Unpopular best friends PJ and Josie start a high school fight club to meet girls and lose their virginity. They soon find themselves in over their heads when the most popular students start beating each other up in the name of self-defense.

📅 Upcoming Videos

(6/1) - 🎡 THE LAST OF US SEASON 2 FINALE @ 4pm

Julia and Olivia contemplate their thoughts on the Last of Us season 2 and hopes for the third season.

(6/9) - 🏠 WOULD YOU RENT THIS MOVIE HOUSE? @ 4pm

Julia and Olivia decide between two fictional houses they would rent from.

(6/16) - 🥊 QUEER FIGHT CLUB TOURNAMENT @ 4pm

To celebrate Pride Month and one of the Movie Club selections, Julia and Olivia create an imaginary fight club where iconic lgbtq+ characters fight each other.

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