We're still feeling the gay ass vibes of Pride and talking about one of the gayest film directors there ever was, Joel Schumacher, with our pals and hosts of the film history podcast, Mixed Reviews, Gavin Mevius and Louie Rendon.
We're breaking down Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, The Lost Boys, The Client, St. Elmo's Fire, Phantom of the Opera, and more. Add Joel Schumacher to Anne's list of men + Cesar Romero's TAILOR and drama with Andrew Lloyd Webber, can you imagine?
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Our episode of Mixed Reviews on Olivia Newton-John
Movies discussed: Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Lost Boys, The Client, St. Elmo's Fire, Phantom of the Opera, and MORE
Wrote the screenplays for The Wiz, Car Wash, Sparkle and submitted for A Chorus Line 👀
Jennifer Lawrence on Bryan Singer
Joel did costumes for The Last of Sheila w/ Stephen Sondheim
DC Cab is surprisingly not horribly offensive and Mr. T is giving a semi-serious performance
Joel helped discover Colin Farrell, Julia Roberts, Demi Moore and Matthew McConaughey
Reggie Love in The Client was Anne's sexual awakening and shout out to Mary-Louise Parker as Brad Renfro's mom who just wants a walk-in closet
The Lost Boys holds UP but Jami Gertz is STILL a billionaire
Joel's Batman movies are GLORIOUS and Louie says they are in the same world as The Animated Series
Drew Barrymore and Debi Mazar as Sugar & Spice
Vivica A Fox as Miss B. Haven, Claudia Schiffer as love interest, Vendela as Nora Freeze in Batman & Robin
Bill Finger co-created Batman with Bob Kane
We LOVE Gossip Gerty
Gavin has great goss on Cesar Romero and family drama
Chase Infinity is named after Nicole Kidman's character in Batman Forever (Chase Meridian) and Buzz Lightyear ("to infinity and beyond") 🫠
Joel Shumacher's body count is NO JOKE
Chace Crawford movie, Twelve, was ROUGH
Andrew Lloyd Webber hating on Phantom now but he wanted Joel to direct based on The Lost Boys and Joel was attached from 1988 to when the movie was made in 2004.
We need Frost/Nixon style play with ALW and Joel Schumacher in a summer house
Prestige watch: Cousins with Isabella Rossellini and Sean Young
Ana Ortiz episode of You Might Know Her From told a story about Mark Indelicato
