Ep 387 – Mother – Megan Gailey
*FILMS DISCUSSED: MOTHER, AMERICAN ASSASSIN, THE SHAPE OF WATER, DOWNSIZING* Graham and Chris welcome first time guest, Megan Gailey. Megan and Chris were both shocked by Mother. Graham found American Assassin to be good spy fun. The Shape of Water has a new trailer making it look even better. Downsizing had all three intrigued. Two good DVD/VOD in Wonder Woman and The Big Sick. Make sure to snack early for this ep!
There is a strong argument to be had that Macbeth is the best play ever written – better than Hamlet, better than King Lear. It’s leaner and cleaner than those plays, with a relentless narrative drive, exceptional characters and an absolute cracker of a plot. It’s a natural for big-screen adaptation, and there have been…
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DetailsYou know, it drives me crazy when a movie could be great if it just pushed the envelope a little further. Sadly, Cooties is just such a movie. It looked like so much fun, but just doesn’t go far enough in both the humor AND the gore aspects. The premise is silly enough: Something contaminates…
DetailsIt’s been way too long since Johnny Depp has actually been in a role that wasn’t a comically overblown weirdo in a unfunny script. I think we’ve had enough pirate shenanigans from him, though vexingly there is yet another Pirates of the Caribbean movie to come, and surely Jonathan Frid of Dark Shadows fame should…
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