Boot. Leg Betty The Bette Midler Blog. NPRMovies You Missed Hocus PocusOctober 1. AM ETHeard on Weekend Edition Saturday. Movies You Missed gets into the Halloween spirit this week. A colleague we found in the elevator was wearing a Hocus Pocus pin but had never seen the movie. We decided to fix that. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSBETTE MIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson Oh, look. Another glorious morning makes me sick. SCOTT SIMON, HOST Oh, but I love mornings. They can only mean one thing. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSMIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson I smell children. SIMON Actually, thats why I come in here. Its that time to talk about our favorite movies that we may have somehow inadvertently missed. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSMIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson Ive missed you. Did you miss me, tooWatch South Will Rise Again online. Stream Preacher season 1, episode 5 instantly. Divine Access Movie Watch Online' title='Divine Access Movie Watch Online' />SIMON And since its October, its time for our favorite Halloween movies. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSOMRI KATZ As Max Dennison Oh, come on. Watch Tigerland Online. Its just a bunch of hocus pocus. SIMON How did you know Hocus Pocus begins on All Hallows Eve in Salem, Mass., in 1. Three witches, the Sanderson sisters this is going to hurt now suck the life out of a small child and turn her older brother into a cat. They are hung for their crimes. Have a good time dunking apples. Three hundred years later, theyre brought back from the dead by a virgin named Max Dennison whos a nonbeliever and lights the black flame candle, and thus begins an all night struggle to keep the Sanderson sisters from stealing the lives of all of the children of Salem. Jeffrey Pierre is a producer on our show called MORNING EDITION. He had not seen Hocus Pocus until we found him and made him. The films of John Waters arent for everyone. If youre sexually repressed, homophobic, or just dont like Divine, you might want to avoid his work altogether. Dance Moms Cheryl Burke On Claims That Abby Lee Miller Is Talking Trash About Her In Prison Tom Petty Honored By Jason Aldean Keith Urban At 2017 CMT Artists Of. Mr. Pierre, thanks so much for joining us. JEFFREY PIERRE, BYLINE Thank you, Scott. SIMON And lets get this straight, you were accosted by our editor in an elevator, werent youPIERRE Well, I dont know if Id use that word exactly. But I was in an elevator, and she noticed that I had a Hocus Pocus pin. And her next question was, well, you know, what did you think about the movie Do you love it And I was like, well, Ive actually never seen the movie. And she asked me why I had the pin. And it was a gift that just looks good on my denim jacket, and yeah. SIMON Well, what did you think of Hocus PocusPIERRE So I obviously saw it as an adult. And I was asking myself, you know, does this movie have the fundamental elements of something that would I would have liked as a kid. And the answer is yes. I did like it. It had your classic, you know, parents just dont get it moment. It had, you know, kids running around the city, no adult supervision. I like that. You know, and a young Sarah Jessica Parker I you know, it was nice to see her before her stint in Sex And The City. But I did like it. Yeah, it was a really good movie. SIMON It is a great cast with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy and Bette Midler, also a young Thora Birch. PIERRE Yeah. SIMON But its one of those it was made 1. I gather. PIERRE I really I cant see why, you know, because when I was I was three years old in 9. But I saw movies like the Olsen twins Double, Double, Toil And Trouble. And you know, movies like that were like a classic for me always growing up. So I cant really understand why it would take so long for it to catch on. But you know, I guess theyre making a second movie pretty soon, so they must have done something right. SIMON Yeah. Bette Midler is terrific, isnt sheSOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSMIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson Thank you, MaxPIERRE Yeah, shes great. Yeah. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSMIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson For that marvelous introduction. LAUGHTER, APPLAUSESIMON And we also get to hear her sing. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSMIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson I put a spell on you, and now youre mine. LAUGHTERMIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson You cant stop the things I do. Singing I aint lyin. PIERRE Yeah. That see, that was another great thing about the movie is that, you know, you get a nice classic singalong. And it works with that parents just dont get it because now theyre in like a transfer. They have to dance for the night, you knowSo that was pretty good. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSMIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson Singing And now youre mine. SIMON I mean, it has its dark moments. PIERRE It does. It does. The thought of eating kids and there was this one gruesome moment where the catSOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSKATZ As Max Dennison Binx, look out. Voyage Of Time: Life`S Journey Full Movie Part 1. PIERRE Gets run over and then it comes back to life. And I just remember seeing the cats, like, mangled body in the street. And I was like, dear God. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSKATZ As Max Dennison Oh my god. PIERRE Is this something that kids would be able to see But you know, it does have its darkness to it. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSSEAN MURRAY As Thackery Binx I hate it when that happens. What I told you I cant die. SIMON You enjoyed the movie a lot. PIERRE Yeah. Its got all your classic elements. Watch The Bride Mediafire. And then I think that will do well with any crowd. And one thing about this button, I will say, Scott and this wasSIMON Which is of the threePIERRE The three yes, the three sisters on a pin. I have been everywhere around the city. It doesnt matter if Im in northwest D. C., southeast D. C., southwest D. C. Somebody will come up to me. And theyll be like, oh my god. You have a Hocus Pocus button on. And Ill be like, oh, yeah. Its a button. And theyre like, no, no, no. You dont understand. This movie, it matters to me. Or this movie was amazing. And theyll tell me the story about how they love Hocus Pocus and how, you know how every Halloween they have to watch it. And Im just like, oh my god. So even before I saw this movie, I guess I was already moved by the fact that so and when I say so many different types of people, Scott so many different types of people, people that I wouldnt even expect to come up to me in the store and comment on the pin. So I dont just think its a great movie. Apparently, all of D. C. does as well, so yeah. SIMON Jeffrey Pierre is a new movie critic. And hes a producer at MORNING EDITION. Thanks so much for joining us. PIERRE Thank you, Scott. SIMON Hope we talk to you again. PIERRE Yeah, of course. SOUNDBITE OF FILM, HOCUS POCUSMIDLER As Winifred Winnie Sanderson Singing I put a spell on you, and now youre gone. My whammy fell on you, and it was strong. Your wretched little lives have all been cursed cause of all the witches working, Im the worst.