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Screener Squad: Shrinking Season 3
SHRINKING SEASON 3 REVIEW From prolific creator and showrunner Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Cougar Town, Ted Lasso) comes the third season of Apple TV‘s hit Shrinking. When we first met licensed therapist Jimmy Laird (Jason Segel) he was a grief-stricken widower and single father spiraling out of control, lost in a haze of substance abuse and one night stands. Over the
Highly Suspect Reviews: Lorne
LORNE MOVIE REVIEW There has been no shortage of media analysis of the unexpected phenomenon that is Saturday Night Live. More books and documentaries about aspects of it from all different viewpoints have been released than would be practical to print here. But not much in specific is said about the man himself: the guy who pitched it, turned it
Hollywood Royalty: Mini Ep. 7: The Arrangement
HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: MINISODE EP 7: THE ARRANGEMENT For our next venture into 60s/70s Faye, we look at the reunion between the actress and her early mentor, writer/director Elia Kazan with 1969’s The Arrangement, adapted from his own novel. The film tells the story of a top advertising executive named Eddie (Kirk Douglas), who experiences a midlife crisis that causes him
The Gathering: Season 4 Episode 6
THE GATHERING: SEASON 4 EPISODE 6 Our BROWN COAT subscribers and above party-podcast is back with three new segments! Our first one is free to listen to, as the troops rally to play a game of Movie Jeopardy shepherded by Chris. Then, subscribers can listen to a round table of “what’s great right now” and The Nathan Flynn Letterboxd game
Screener Squad: Brothers Under Fire
BROTHERS UNDER FIRE MOVIE REVIEW What do soldiers fight for? Some would say that they fight for mom, apple pie, baseball, and a little ideal we sometimes take for granted called freedom. But for those who have actually been a soldier, perhaps they would say that mainly soldiers fight for each other. Brothers under Fire features Kiefer Sutherland leading his
Screener Squad: DTF St. Louis
DTF ST. LOUIS SERIES REVIEW Henry David Thoreau famously said, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” One can only imagine what he would think of the sex lives of lonely, middle-aged suburbanites suspected of murder. Jason Bateman and David Harbour play Clark and Floyd, two friends who are sexually unsatisfied in their respective marriages. To spice up
