The 2024 1A Movie Club Roundup

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🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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2024's year in film saw a sequel 36 years in the making.

There was also a musical that had theater-goers singing along. And a drama-comedy set around a Polish Holocaust tour.

We break down the best and most disappointing films of the year. We also talk documentaries, TV shows you need to binge, and what to plan to watch in the new year.

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0:00.0	The Indicator is a podcast where Daily Economic News is about what matters to you.
0:04.5	Workers have been feeling the sting of inflation.
0:06.5	So as a new administration promises action on the cost of living, taxes, and home prices,
0:11.3	the S&P 500 biggest post-election day spike ever,
0:14.5	follow all the big changes and what they mean for you.
0:17.1	Make America affordable again.
0:20.4	Listen to The Indicator, the Daily Economics podcast from NPR.
0:27.8	Let's recap.
0:33.7	2024's year in film saw a sequel sequel 36 years in the making.
0:38.6	You're saying that someone called Beetlejuice.
0:40.0	Don't say his name.
0:41.4	If you say his name three times, he will appear.
0:44.7	A musical that had theater goers singing along.
0:47.6	Popular.
0:49.0	You're going to be popular.
0:51.9	And a drama comedy set around a Polish Holocaust tour.
0:55.8	You think of ourselves as these very American creations, you know, and I guess that we are.
0:59.6	I guess that's like the essence of America.
1:01.3	People created from other cultures.
1:03.3	But like in some parallel black whole universe, you and I are Polish and we probably got like
1:07.1	long beards and we can't shake hands with women.
1:09.8	That was Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, wicked, and a real pain.
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