Podcast appearances and mentions of Billy Crudup

“He's at the height of his Lost powers here” - Ben on J.J. Abrams On this week's episode, we welcome Ben Worcester onto the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza to chat about the super-fun action sequel, Mission: Impossible III! How great is this engagement party scene with Ethan working the room? Has there been a better M:I villain than the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal of Owen Davian? Is this the M:I flick with the most Ving? And how lucky is Ethan to have Aaron Paul for a brother-in-law? PLUS: Does Ethan Hunt have the same bartending skills as Brian Flanagan? Mission: Impossible III stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Owen Davian; directed by J.J. Abrams. This episode is brought to you in part by Rocket Money! Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Download the Rocket Money app and enter our show name—We Hate Movies—in the survey so they know we sent you! Don't wait! Download the Rocket Money app today and tell them you heard about them from our show! Don't miss our next Worldwide Digital Event, happening Friday, June 20th at 9pm/eastern where we'll be LIVE talking about a total superhero all-timer, Superman II! Join us that night to revel in all the fun with Zod & Friends, everyone at the Daily Planet, and the two legendary performances from Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman! Replay available for 14 days after broadcast!  Tickets are going fast for our three-night residency during the Oxford Comedy Festival! We'll be doing six shows over three nights from July 18 through 20. Tickets are going fast—our shows on Quantum of Solace and Hellraiser are already SOLD OUT—so don't wait, snag your tix today!  Throughout 2025, we'll be donating 100% of our earnings from our merch shop to the Center for Reproductive Rights. So head over and check out all these masterful designs and see what tickles your fancy! Shirts? Phone cases? Canvas prints? We got all that and more! Check it out and kick in for a good cause! Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

It's all happening!Today, we are once again joined by Brant's wife, Valerie, to talk about Cameron Crowe's cinematic love letter to classic rock. Journey into the world of 1970's rock n' roll with William Miller, as he rides along amidst the band members, the roaring crowds, the girls, and the thriving counterculture of one of America's most nostalgic atmospheres.Today's root beer is Fitz.Intro and Outro music by Stockmusic331 on Pond5Send us a text

For this episode of Sound Speed Action, we're continuing our countdown to Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning. We're joined by returning guest and friend of the pod, Chris Cheng, to break down the franchise's third installment — Mission Impossible III (2006).It's a movie of firsts: JJ Abrams (of Lost and Alias fame) makes his feature film directorial debut, Simon Pegg arrives as tech whiz Benji, and it's the only Mission film ever co-produced with China. Oh — and it dropped right in the middle of the Tom Cruise Turbulence Era: the Oprah couch jump, the Matt Lauer meltdown, the Paramount fallout, and an infamous episode of South Park.Our conversation starts with the highs, but quickly uncovers some shared frustrations:* Abrams overindulging in his signature moves (lens flares, violin overload, blown-out colors, endless close-ups)* Wasting powerhouse talents like Philip Seymour Hoffman and Michelle Monaghan* Failing to make the part of the movie that is in China a meaningful, fun, colorful, vibrant part and character of the story* Skipping the iconic “light the fuse” title sequence* A very long rooftop scene of “I need you to trust me” (you'll know it when you see it)* The fulcrum scene that really tests your ability to suspend your disbeliefStill, the movie isn't without its charms:* The mystery box tool of “the rabbits foot” here is mysterious and fun* New characters played by Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Billy Crudup, and Laurence Fishburne* Set piece standouts like the Vatican heist and Davian's bridge escape* Philip Seymour Hoffman channeling straight menace in one of the creepiest villain performances of the series (but we have some issues with this too…)This entry in the franchise is a very divisive one. It marks the halfway point for us in this franchise countdown. But get ready and hold onto your butts because this latter half of the franchise consistently kicks things up a few gears. Back with more soon!Mission Impossible III is streaming now on Prime Video and Paramount+. It's also available to rent or buy on all major platforms. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sohrabsmovieq.substack.com

Join us on The Road to Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as we look back at each film in the iconic action franchise. On this episode, Ashley and Dylan discuss the third entry in the series directed by J.J. Abrams, Mission: Impossible III. Listen as they share their thoughts on the film, reflect on the introduction of Julia and Benji to the series and ponder if this is Tom Cruise's best acting performance in the series. Mission: Impossible III (2006) Directed by: J. J. Abrams Written by: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, J. J. Abrams Based on Mission: Impossible by: Bruce Geller Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Crudup, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne Hosts: Ashley Hobley: https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyhobley.bsky.social  Dylan Blight: https://bsky.app/profile/dylan.explosionnetwork.com  Follow our Trakt: Ashley - https://trakt.tv/users/ashleyhobley  Dylan - https://trakt.tv/users/vivaladil  All Episodes: https://wdyww.podbean.com/  Support Us: https://explosionnetwork.com/support  

By the end of watching this movie, you will either be pro-forest, pro-guns, or pro-woman empowerment. But you can only choose one. In this episode, we discuss the 1997 movie, Princess Mononoke. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The Japanese version stars: Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori, and Hisaya Morishige. The US version stars: John DiMaggio, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thorton, Keith David, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gillian Anderson, and Billy Crudup. Every movie we discuss will be available on either: Netflix, Hulu, HBO MAX, Youtube, Tubi, Freevee, Apple TV, Pluto TV, or Amazon Prime. You can request movies by emailing us at specrapular@gmail.com Go follow our Youtube channel where ALL of our episodes are posted now: ⁠⁠Specrapular⁠ ⁠(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ppqS8Japy4yT4cVfcGEKw) The next movie we are going to discuss is Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Ray Liota, Joe Pesci, and Robert De Niro. It is available on Netflix. Intro music by: Luis Find more music from Luis at: instagram.com/breatheinstereo Season 8 Episode 3

When you try to walk through a town, maybe grab a bite to eat, then suddenly you're in handcuffs and multiple people are suffering from stab wounds. Sounds like a normal day to Mike. NOTHING IS OVER!In this episode, we discuss the 1982 movie, First Blood. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, and Richard Crenna. It is available on Pluto TV.Every movie we discuss will be available on either: Netflix, Hulu, HBO MAX, Youtube, Tubi, Freevee, Apple TV, Pluto TV, or Amazon Prime.You can request movies by emailing us at specrapular@gmail.comGo follow our Youtube channel where ALL of our episodes are posted now: ⁠⁠Specrapular⁠ ⁠(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ppqS8Japy4yT4cVfcGEKw)The next movie we are going to discuss is Princess Mononoke, from 1997. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The Japanese version stars: Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori, and Hisaya Morishige. The US version stars: John DiMaggio, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thorton, Keith David, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gillian Anderson, and Billy Crudup.Intro music by: Luis Find more music from Luis at: instagram.com/breatheinstereoSeason 8 Episode 2

Chelsea and guest Elizabeth Laime (Nobody's Listening, Right?) dive into “Dare I Say It?” Naomi Watts' menopause-focused book and extract all the tea! They unpack Naomi's unexpected love story with Billy Crudup, Liev Schreiber, and herself. Then they scream about Stacy London's fashion tips and Elizabeth tells an amazing story you'll never recover from!  A content warning: This episode contains discussions of sensitive topics including suicide. Take care while listening and find helpful resources here. Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Show Notes: Minnie Driver Memoir Episode (with Elizabeth Laime)  Luminous Eye Corrector by DMTLGY (eye product Chelsea mentions) Will Taylor Swift, Beyoncé & Barbie change everything?? (Glamorous Trash Ep)  Where to find our guest: Elizabeth Laime Instagram Nobody's Listening, Right? Podcast Nobody's News Podcast Nobody's Listening, Right? Instagram *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Visit Brooklinen.com and use code TRASH to get $20 off your order of $100 or more. Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Elon Musk sending an email to federal workers asking what they've accomplished in the last week, before speaking with Chelsea Handler, Billy Crudup and Matthew Tkachuk.

Today is a bit of a surprise entry in the list of Beeper Bob Classics as it's not a movie the boys thought would resonate with the man. Big Fish starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, and many more. Big Fish follows the many craftfully told stories of Edward Bloom and how they affected the lives of those who knew him. A heartfelt movie about the many dynamics of a relationship between a man and his father, Big Fish certainly has earned itself a reputation on the streets, but can it get a good score in the Where To Stick It arena?Support the showCatch new episodes of the Where to Stick It Podcast every Tuesday and Thursday. If you like the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon where we upload exclusive content each month for only $3 a month.

Herzlich willkommen zu einem neuen BB RADIO Mitternachtstalk Podcast! Ich bin Jens Herrmann, und heute erwartet euch eine Stimme, die ihr garantiert schon unzählige Male gehört habt – ohne es vielleicht bewusst zu wissen. Mein Gast ist einer der gefragtesten und fleißigsten Synchronschauspieler Deutschlands: Peter Flechtner! Er ist die deutsche Stimme von Ben Affleck – und nicht nur das. Auch William Fichtner, David James Elliott, Billy Crudup, Ty Burrell oder die Anime-Legende „Lupin III“ verdanken ihm ihre markante deutsche Stimme. In der Synchronkartei ist er immer ganz vorne mit dabei – kein Wunder, bei über 40 Jahren Erfahrung in der Branche! Seine Stimme begleitet uns in Filmen, Serien, Hörspielen, Werbespots und Videogames. Kurz gesagt: Er ist aus unserer Medienwelt nicht wegzudenken. Seine Karriere begann früh – schon als Kind war er im Radio zu hören. Entdeckt wurde er durch Oliver Rohrbeck, den ihr als Stimme von Ben Stiller, Chris Rock und natürlich Justus Jonas aus den „Drei ???“ kennt. Über Rohrbecks Mutter, die eine Kinderagentur leitete, kam er zum Sprechen – und der Rest ist Geschichte. Später ging es für ihn ans Theater, wo ihn Klaus Sonnenschein, der Chef der „Tribüne“, entdeckte. Doch während das Theater seine Leidenschaft war, brachte die Synchronarbeit das nötige Kleingeld – und so nahm seine Karriere in den Studios Fahrt auf. Peter Flechtner kennt die Branche wie kaum ein anderer. Und nicht nur das: Er hat selbst Hollywood-Luft geschnuppert! Er spielte in Steven Spielbergs Meisterwerk „Schindlers Liste“ mit und war auch in „Wie ein Licht in dunkler Nacht“ an der Seite von Melanie Griffith zu sehen. Heute plaudert er mit uns über seine unglaubliche Karriere, die Höhen und Tiefen des Schauspiel- und Synchronbusiness und verrät uns, warum ihm seine erste Synchronrolle überhaupt keinen Spaß gemacht hat. Außerdem bekommt ihr spannende „Behind-the-Scenes“-Stories und erfahrt, wie er als Punk in Berlin unterwegs war. Das wird spannend, unterhaltsam und definitiv ein Talk mit viel Stimme – also viel Spaß jetzt mit Peter Flechtner, der Stimme Hollywoods!

Two Dudes get in touch with their wild side with Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 classic, Princess Mononoke. Featuring the voices of Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thornton, John DiMaggio, Keith David, Jada Pinkett Smith and Gillian Andersen. Get $5 off your Martie order at https://martie.com/TWODUDESWATCHCARTOONS Follow the pod

Esta semana Juan Luis Álvarez nos propone volver a los platós televisivos que se han convertido en microcosmos perfectos para desarrollar grandes series. El morbo de la televisión en tres tipos de programas muy diferentes: un magazine mañanero, un show cómico de sábado por la noche y un riguroso informativo ochentero. The morning show (Apple TV, 3 temporadas, 30 episodios) ¿Qué sucede cuando las personas en las que confías demuestran ser deshonestas? The Morning Show narra la caída libre de un informativo matutino a raíz de un escándalo sexual, y su lucha por sobrevivir en una era en la que las noticias, ciertas o falsas, las tienes en el móvil: en la palma de tu mano. Qué gran reparto: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Whitespoon, Billy Crudup, Steve Carrell, Julianna Margulies, Jon Hamm... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN7O7LgLpQQ Studio 60 (Serie de TV 2006, sin plataforma, 1 temporada 22 episodios) Serie que sigue el día a día de un estudio de televisión, mostrando lo que ocurre entre bambalinas respecto a un programa televisivo de sketches cómicos. Creada por Aaron Sorkin (El ala oeste de la Casa Blanca) obtuvo excelentes críticas. Es uno de los mejores trabajos de la carrera del desaparecido Mathew Perry (Friends). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=795To7kc6YA The newsreader (Movistar y Filmin, 2 temporadas, 12 episodios) En el despiadado mundo de los informativos de televisión en 1986, el ambicioso reportero Dale Jennings y la estrella de las noticias Helen Norville forman pareja en un programa nocturno de éxito. Juntos cubren noticias históricas como el desastre del Challenger, la crisis del sida o la llegada del cometa Halley. Sus vidas personales y profesionales empiezan a mezclarse mientras el mundo a su alrededor afronta grandes cambios a un ritmo vertiginoso. Gran trabajo de la protagonista Anna Torv (Fringe). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFtdR4nAKYc

So the Halloween Boutique Psychotronic Reviews podcast decided to do an episode on the 2009 movie WATCHMEN but our discussion went a bit long as we discussed the background to the movie, and its source material. So we decided to break it into two episodes. The second is all about the movie itself.Directed by Zack Snyder, written by David Hayter and Alex Tse, and starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Good, Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, was not the success that the studio had hoped. With the usual debate between the fans of the graphic novel and superheroes in general, backlash and praise were both the norm.Now fifteen years later, the movie has become somewhat of a cult classic. With its fabulous special effects, splendid acting, and changes to the story to make it fit within a movie length, the film, though polarizing, continues to find audiences through streaming. Your cohosts take a look at the film itself and give their thoughts.

The Cameron Crowe directed 2000 nostalgia music flick about a band on the run, starring Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup and Patrick Fugit, and featuring the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman. Joe & Adam dig into director's cuts, the fine differences between nostalgia for a general past time versus a nostalgia for being young (with added Chat-GPT for clarity/confusion), and this film's missing heart of darkness. Send us as email at moviesyouforgotyouforgot@gmail.com with your thoughts, feelings and ideas, plus any suggestions you have for a film you forgot you forgot. We'll add it to the communal list! Enter into consideration. Rate us on your podcast platform of choice, suggest us to a film-involved pal, and (and!) follow Adam on Letterboxd @errorways, he will follow you back and enter into friendly respectful cinematic based chat.

Random movie number 8461 on Metacritic's all time movie list, "Big Fish" (2003) is a fantastical drama directed by Tim Burton, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, and Billy Crudup. The film weaves together tall tales and family tension as a son tries to uncover the truth behind his father's larger-than-life stories. Is there more reality in the myths than we think? Listen on and find out. Want to contact us? 15krandommoviereviews@gmail.com Follow, rate, and review our podcast on all audio platforms here: https://linktr.ee/15krandommoviereviews Follow us on Tiktok to see our favourite (and least favourite) scenes: https://www.tiktok.com/@15krandommoviereviews We are Colin and Niall, two movie enthusiasts from Ireland who wanted to take a different approach to movie watching and reviewing. So we came up with the idea to randomly choose a movie from Metacritic's all time movie list (which at the time of starting our podcast was over 15,000 movies, hence the title!). We take pleasure in bad movies as well as good! We hope you enjoy our podcast and follow us on your favourite podcast platform (or Youtube). See all our review ratings for all our movies in all our episodes in spreadsheet form! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BLin0MnPslu13i003F9PE9c6CBOCs4RQfWcblt65PhI/edit?usp=sharing Our list of movies reviewed on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls526575109/ Our list of movies reviewed on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/15krandommovier/list/15k-random-movie-reviews-1

In episode 96 astrologers Kristina Martin and Tara Redfield take on A-List Couple, Oscar-Nominated Naomi Watts and Emmy-Winning Billy Crudup.     First, we dive into Naomi's chart and find a mysterious, alluring, and shy Scoprio rising. Then we notice she has Neptune in the first house which gives her great strength at shape shifting for acting roles, but Chiron in Aries tells us that identity and confidence is no easy feat for her. Her Sagittarius moon tells us she's a natural in the business of publication and being an advocate for her own truths. She will be releasing her first book, Dare I say It, in January 2025.   Next, we look at Billy's chart and see an interesting stellium in Cancer. Yes, there is a strong sense of masculinity with Mars and the Sun conjunct, there is also noteworthy moodiness and gentleness behind the bravado thanks to this watery placement.  A Venus/Pluto connection tells us there is depth and a need for intimacy, but a Mercury/Uranus aspect shows scattered and anxious energy.   Born months apart, they share many of the same outer planet placements, telling us they're learning similar lessons. With conjunct Sagittarius Moons, a very strong connection, supports mutual emotional understanding and a shared love of adventure. Their airy trine Mercuries tell us that their communication is open, honest, and clear-headed. The trouble could lie in Billy's challenging T-square and Naomi's unaspected Sun. We see conflicting egos and potential emotional unpredictability.   Listen in to hear what Venus score this couple received!     CONNECT WITH US   Connect with Kristina Martin Book a Reading www.klmastrology.com astrologyklm@gmail.com www.instagram.com/klmastrology     Connect with Tara Redfield Book a Reading www.anotherdaygreener.com anotherdaygreener@gmail.com www.instagram.com/anotherdaygreener/ www.tiktok.com/@anotherdaygreener

About a year ago, Bridget Fonda was a real dream lady to me. One of the most beautiful women I'd ever seen. I've felt that way since seeing Jackie Brown as a kid. Unfortunately, I keep watching awful movies with her in them and the magic is crumbling away. Bridget Fonda, Elias Koteas, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Maury Chaykin, Graham Greene and Don Mckellar are in this. You might ask how one could possibly go wrong with a cast like that. How could this film be anything but magical? Well, unless you're a Grandma in the mid 90s, you're probably gonna be befuddled. Tune in and find out the specifics. If you're enjoying this run, don't forget we have so very many episodes on Billy Crudup, John Cazale, Robert Longstreet, Radha Mitchell, Brandon Lee, Brad Pitt, Wesley Snipes, horror movies and now? Erotic movie reviews YOU CAN WATCH ON YOUTUBE! YOU CAN SEE US AND THE HORNY CLIPS! Head to the youtube channel for We Doing Boners. All of our links are at linktr.ee/wedoingfilmographies

Do you know who Glenn Gould is? I did not. Nor did Jules. You wanna know more? Well, it's time to listen to us talk about... 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould. This came out in '93 and it's quite the mix of narrative, music and interviews, all attempting to give you a feel for the late, legendary composer. Is it successful? Is it entertaining? Is Colm Feore handsome and amazing? Did Don McKellar co-wrote this? We certainly answer those questions and also do you have any ludes? If you're enjoying this run, don't forget we have so very many episodes on Billy Crudup, John Cazale, Robert Longstreet, Radha Mitchell, Brandon Lee, Brad Pitt, Wesley Snipes, horror movies and now? Erotic movie reviews YOU CAN WATCH ON YOUTUBE! YOU CAN SEE US AND THE HORNY CLIPS! Head to the youtube channel for We Doing Boners. All of our links are at linktr.ee/wedoingfilmographies

Kenny and Mike talk and spot faith elements in the popular 2000 fim Almost Famous, written / directed by Cameron Crowe, and starring Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Frances McDormand, Phiip Seymour Hoffman, and Anna Paquin. Crowe won an Academy Award for best screenplay.  Faith Spotted: The place and function of community as a source of accountability and support to help one mature as a person as well as in faith. The importance of love that serves serves others and brings others together rather than seeking to lift up and serve oneself.  The difficulty but necessary process of letting a loved one experience life, loss, and success rather  than keeping strict control over the individual. 

This week on the blog, a podcast interview with playwright and screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher on Columbo, Sherlock Holmes, favorite mysteries and more!LINKSA Free Film Book for You: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cq23xyyt12Another Free Film Book: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/x3jn3emga6Fast, Cheap Film Website: https://www.fastcheapfilm.com/Jeffrey Hatcher Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jeffrey.hatcher.3/The Good Liar (Trailer): https://youtu.be/ljKzFGpPHhwMr. Holmes (Trailer): https://youtu.be/0G1lIBgk4PAStage Beauty (Trailer): https://youtu.be/-uc6xEBfdD0Columbo Clips from “Ashes to Ashes”Clip One: https://youtu.be/OCKECiaFsMQClip Two: https://youtu.be/BbO9SDz9FEcClip Three: https://youtu.be/GlNDAVAwMCIEli Marks Website: https://www.elimarksmysteries.com/Albert's Bridge Books Website: https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindthePageTheEliMarksPodcastTRANSCRIPTJohn: Can you remember your very first mystery, a movie, book, TV show, play, a mystery that really captured your imagination? Jeffrey: You know, I was thinking about this, and what came to mind was a Disney movie called Emile and the Detectives from 1964. So, I would have been six or seven years old. It's based on a series of German books by Eric Kastner about a young man named Emile and his group of friends who think of themselves as detectives. So, I remember that—I know that might've been the first film. And obviously it's not a play because, you know, little kids don't tend to go to stage thrillers or mysteries and, “Daddy, please take me to Sleuth.But there was a show called Burke's Law that I really loved. Gene Barry played Captain Amos Burke of the Homicide Division in Los Angeles, and he was very rich. That was the bit. The bit was that Captain Burke drove around in a gorgeous Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, and he had a chauffeur. And every mystery was structured classically as a whodunit.In fact, I think every title of every episode was “Who Killed Cock Robin?” “Who Killed Johnny Friendly?” that kind of thing. And they would have a cast of well-known Hollywood actors, so they were all of equal status. Because I always think that's one of the easiest ways to guess the killer is if it's like: Unknown Guy, Unknown Guy, Derek Jacobi, Unknown Guy, Unknown Guy. It's always going to be Derek Jacobi. John: Yeah, it's true. I remember that show. He was really cool. Jim: Well, now I'm going to have to look that up.Jeffrey: It had a great score, and he would gather all of the suspects, you know, at the end of the thing. I think my favorite was when he caught Paul Lynde as a murderer. And, of course, Paul Lynde, you know, kept it very low key when he was dragged off. He did his Alice Ghostly impersonation as he was taken away.John: They did have very similar vocal patterns, those two.Jeffrey: Yep. They're kind of the exact same person. Jim: I never saw them together. John: You might have on Bewitched. Jim: You're probably right.Jeffrey: Well, I might be wrong about this, either Alice Ghostly or Charlotte Ray went to school with Paul Lynde. And Charlotte Ray has that same sound too. You know, kind of warbly thing. Yes. I think they all went to Northwestern in the late 40s and early 50s. So maybe that was a way that they taught actors back then. John: They learned it all from Marion Horne, who had the very same warble in her voice. So, as you got a little older, were there other mysteries that you were attracted to?Jeffrey: Yeah. Luckily, my parents were very liberal about letting me see things that other people probably shouldn't have. I remember late in elementary school, fifth grade or so, I was reading Casino Royale. And one of the teachers said, “Well, you know, most kids, we wouldn't want to have read this, but it's okay if you do.”And I thought, what's that? And I'm so not dangerous; other kids are, well they would be affected oddly by James Bond? But yeah, I, I love spy stuff. You know, The Man from Uncle and The Wild Wild West, all those kind of things. I love James Bond. And very quickly I started reading the major mysteries. I think probably the first big book that I remember, the first novel, was The Hound of the Baskervilles. That's probably an entrance point for a lot of kids. So that's what comes in mind immediately. Jim: I certainly revisit that on—if not yearly basis, at least every few years I will reread The Hound of the Baskervilles. Love that story. That's good. Do you have, Jeffrey, favorite mystery fiction writers?Jeffrey: Oh, sure. But none of them are, you know, bizarre Japanese, Santa Domingo kind of writers that people always pull out of their back pockets to prove how cool they are. I mean, they're the usual suspects. Conan Doyle and Christie and Chandler and Hammett, you know, all of those. John Dickson Carr, all the locked room mysteries, that kind of thing. I can't say that I go very far off in one direction or another to pick up somebody who's completely bizarre. But if you go all the way back, I love reading Wilkie Collins.I've adapted at least one Wilkie Collins, and they read beautifully. You know, terrifically put together, and they've got a lot of blood and thunder to them. I think he called them sensation novels as opposed to mysteries, but they always have some mystery element. And he was, you know, a close friend of Charles Dickens and Dickens said that there were some things that Collins taught him about construction. In those days, they would write their novels in installments for magazines. So, you know, the desire or the need, frankly, to create a cliffhanger at the end of every episode or every chapter seems to have been born then from a capitalist instinct. John: Jeff, I know you studied acting. What inspired the move into playwriting?Jeffrey: I don't think I was a very good actor. I was the kind of actor who always played older, middle aged or older characters in college and high school, like Judge Brack in Hedda Gabler, those kind of people. My dream back in those days was to play Dr. Dysart in Equus and Andrew Wyke in Sleuth. So, I mean, that was my target. And then I moved to New York, and I auditioned for things and casting directors would say, “Well, you know, we actually do have 50 year old actors in New York and we don't need to put white gunk in their hair or anything like that. So, why don't you play your own age, 22 or 23?” And I was not very good at playing 22 or 23. But I'd always done some writing, and a friend of mine, Graham Slayton, who was out at the Playwrights Center here, and we'd gone to college together. He encouraged me to write a play, you know, write one act, and then write a full length. So, I always say this, I think most people go into the theater to be an actor, you know, probably 98%, and then bit by bit, we, you know, we peel off. We either leave the profession completely or we become directors, designers, writers, what have you. So, I don't think it's unnatural what I did. It's very rare to be like a Tom Stoppard who never wanted to act. It's a lot more normal to find the Harold Pinter who, you know, acted a lot in regional theaters in England before he wrote The Caretaker.Jim: Fascinating. Can we talk about Columbo?Jeffrey: Oh, yes, please. Jim: This is where I am so tickled pink for this conversation, because I was a huge and am a huge Peter Falk Columbo fan. I went back and watched the episode Ashes To Ashes, with Patrick McGowan that you created. Tell us how that came about. Jeffrey: I too was a huge fan of Columbo in the 70s. I remember for most of its run, it was on Sunday nights. It was part of that murder mystery wheel with things like Hec Ramsey and McCloud, right? But Columbo was the best of those, obviously. Everything, from the structure—the inverted mystery—to thw guest star of the week. Sometimes it was somebody very big and exciting, like Donald Pleasence or Ruth Gordon, but often it was slightly TV stars on the skids.John: Jack Cassidy, Jim: I was just going to say Jack Cassidy.Jeffrey: But at any rate, yeah, I loved it. I loved it. I remembered in high school, a friend and I doing a parody of Columbo where he played Columbo and I played the murderer of the week. And so many years later, when they rebooted the show in the nineties, my father died and I spent a lot of time at the funeral home with the funeral director. And having nothing to say to the funeral director one day, I said, “Have you got the good stories?”And he told me all these great stories about, you know, bodies that weren't really in the casket and what you can't cremate, et cetera. So, I suddenly had this idea of a Hollywood funeral director to the stars. And, via my agent, I knew Dan Luria, the actor. He's a close friend or was a close friend of Peter's. And so, he was able to take this one-page idea and show it to Peter. And then, one day, I get a phone call and it's, “Uh, hello Jeff, this is Peter Falk calling. I want to talk to you about your idea.” And they flew me out there. It was great fun, because Falk really ran the show. He was the executive producer at that point. He always kind of ran the show. I think he only wrote one episode, the one with Faye Dunaway, but he liked the idea.I spent a lot of time with him, I'd go to his house where he would do his drawings back in the studio and all that. But what he said he liked about it was he liked a new setting, they always liked a murderer and a setting that was special, with clues that are connected to, say, the murderer's profession. So, the Donald Pleasant one about the wine connoisseur and all the clues are about wine. Or the Dick Van Dyke one, where he's a photographer and most of the clues are about photography. So, he really liked that. And he said, “You gotta have that first clue and you gotta have the pop at the end.”So, and we worked on the treatment and then I wrote the screenplay. And then he asked McGoohan if he would do it, and McGoohan said, “Well, if I can direct it too.” And, you know, I've adored McGoohan from, you know, Secret Agent and The Prisoner. I mean, I'd say The Prisoner is like one of my favorite television shows ever. So, the idea that the two of them were going to work together on that script was just, you know, it was incredible. John: Were you able to be there during production at all? Jeffrey: No, I went out there about four times to write, because it took like a year or so. It was a kind of laborious process with ABC and all that, but I didn't go out during the shooting.Occasionally, this was, you know, the days of faxes, I'd get a phone call: “Can you redo something here?” And then I'd fax it out. So, I never met McGoohan. I would only fax with him. But they built this whole Hollywood crematorium thing on the set. And Falk was saying at one point, “I'm getting pushback from Universal that we've got to do all this stuff. We've got to build everything.” And I was saying, “Well, you know, 60 percent of the script takes place there. If you're going to try to find a funeral home like it, you're going to have all that hassle.” And eventually they made the point that, yeah, to build this is going to cost less than searching around Hollywood for the right crematorium, And it had a great cast, you know, it had Richard Libertini and Sally Kellerman, and Rue McClanahan was our murder victim.Jim: I'll tell you every scene that Peter Falk and Mr. McGoohan had together. They looked to me as an actor, like they were having a blast being on together. Jeffrey: They really loved each other. They first met when McGoohan did that episode, By Dawn's Early Light, where he played the head of the military school. It's a terrific episode. It was a great performance. And although their acting styles are completely different, You know, Falk much more, you know, fifties, methody, shambolic. And McGoohan very, you know, his voice cracking, you know, and very affected and brittle. But they really loved each other and they liked to throw each other curveballs.There are things in the, in the show that are ad libs that they throw. There's one bit, I think it's hilarious. It's when Columbo tells the murderer that basically knows he did it, but he doesn't have a way to nail him. And, McGoohan is saying, “So then I suppose you have no case, do you?” And Falk says, “Ah, no, sir, I don't.” And he walks right off camera, you know, like down a hallway. And McGoohan stares off and says, “Have you gone?” And none of that was scripted. Peter just walks off set. And if you watch the episode, they had to dub in McGoohan saying, “Have you gone,” because the crew was laughing at the fact that Peter just strolled away. So McGoohan adlibs that and then they had to cover it later to make sure the sound wasn't screwed up. Jim: Fantastic. John: Kudos to you for that script, because every piece is there. Every clue is there. Everything pays off. It's just it is so tight, and it has that pop at the end that he wanted. It's really an excellent, excellent mystery.Jim: And a terrific closing line. Terrific closing line. Jeffrey: Yeah, that I did right. That was not an ad lib. Jim: It's a fantastic moment. And he, Peter Falk, looks just almost right at the camera and delivers that line as if it's, Hey, check this line out. It was great. Enjoyed every minute of it. Can we, um, can I ask some questions about Sherlock Holmes now?Jeffrey: Oh, yes. Jim: So, I enjoyed immensely Holmes and Watson that I saw a couple summers ago at Park Square. I was completely riveted and had no, absolutely no idea how it was going to pay off or who was who or what. And when it became clear, it was so much fun for me as an audience member. So I know that you have done a number of Holmes adaptations.There's Larry Millet, a St. Paul writer here and I know you adapted him, but as far as I can tell this one, pillar to post was all you. This wasn't an adaptation. You created this out of whole cloth. Am I right on that? Jeffrey: Yes. The, the idea came from doing the Larry Millet one, actually, because Steve Hendrickson was playing Holmes. And on opening night—the day of opening night—he had an aortic aneurysm, which they had to repair. And so, he wasn't able to do the show. And Peter Moore, the director, he went in and played Holmes for a couple of performances. And then I played Holmes for like three performances until Steve could get back. But in the interim, we've sat around saying, “All right, who can we get to play the role for like a week?” And we thought about all of the usual suspects, by which I mean, tall, ascetic looking actors. And everybody was booked, everybody was busy. Nobody could do it. So that's why Peter did it, and then I did it.But it struck me in thinking about casting Holmes, that there are a bunch of actors that you would say, you are a Holmes type. You are Sherlock Holmes. And it suddenly struck me, okay, back in the day, if Holmes were real, if he died—if he'd gone over to the falls of Reichenbach—people probably showed up and say, “Well, I'm Sherlock Holmes.”So, I thought, well, let's take that idea of casting Holmes to its logical conclusion: That a couple of people would come forward and say, “I'm Sherlock Holmes,” and then we'd wrap it together into another mystery. And we're sitting around—Bob Davis was playing Watson. And I said, “So, maybe, they're all in a hospital and Watson has to come to figure out which is which. And Bob said, “Oh, of course, Watson's gonna know which one is Holmes.”And that's what immediately gave me the idea for the twist at the end, why Watson wouldn't know which one was Holmes. So, I'm very grateful whenever an idea comes quickly like that, but it depends on Steve getting sick usually. Jim: Well, I thoroughly enjoyed it. If it's ever staged again anywhere, I will go. There was so much lovely about that show, just in terms of it being a mystery. And I'm a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. I don't want to give too much away in case people are seeing this at some point, but when it starts to be revealed—when Pierce's character starts talking about the reviews that he got in, in the West End—I I almost wet myself with laughter. It was so perfectly delivered and well written. I had just a great time at the theater that night. Jeffrey: It's one of those things where, well, you know how it is. You get an idea for something, and you pray to God that nobody else has done it. And I couldn't think of anybody having done this bit. I mean, some people have joked and said, it's kind of To Tell the Truth, isn't it? Because you have three people who come on and say, “I'm Sherlock Holmes.” “I'm Sherlock Holmes.” “I'm Sherlock Holmes.” Now surely somebody has done this before, but Nobody had. Jim: Well, it's wonderful. John: It's all in the timing. So, what is the, what's the hardest part about adapting Holmes to this stage?Jeffrey: Well, I suppose from a purist point of view‑by which I mean people like the Baker Street Irregulars and other organizations like that, the Norwegian Explorers here in Minnesota‑is can you fit your own‑they always call them pastiches, even if they're not comic‑can you fit your own Holmes pastiche into the canon?People spend a lot of time working out exactly where Holmes and Watson were on any given day between 1878 and 1930. So, one of the nice things about Holmes and Watson was, okay, so we're going to make it take place during the three-year interregnum when Holmes is pretending to be dead. And it works if you fit Holmes and Watson in between The Final Problem and The Adventure of the Empty House, it works. And that's hard to do. I would say, I mean, I really love Larry Millett's book and all that, but I'm sure it doesn't fit, so to speak. But that's up to you to care. If you're not a purist, you can fiddle around any old way you like. But I think it's kind of great to, to, to have the, the BSI types, the Baker Street Irregular types say, “Yes, this clicked into place.”Jim: So that's the most difficult thing. What's the easiest part?Jeffrey: Well, I think it's frankly the language, the dialogue. Somebody pointed out that Holmes is the most dramatically depicted character in history. More than Robin Hood, more than Jesus Christ. There are more actor versions of Holmes than any other fictional character.We've been surrounded by Holmes speak. Either if we've read the books or seen the movies or seen any of the plays for over 140 years. Right. So, in a way, if you're like me, you kind of absorb that language by osmosis. So, for some reason, it's very easy for me to click into the way I think Holmes talks. That very cerebral, very fast, sometimes complicated syntax. That I find probably the easiest part. Working out the plots, you want them to be Holmesian. You don't want them to be plots from, you know, don't want the case to be solved in a way that Sam Spade would, or Philip Marlowe would. And that takes a little bit of work. But for whatever reason, it's the actor in you, it's saying, all right, if you have to ad lib or improv your way of Sherlock Holmes this afternoon, you know, you'd be able to do it, right? I mean, he really has permeated our culture, no matter who the actor is.Jim: Speaking of great actors that have played Sherlock Holmes, you adapted a movie that Ian McKellen played, and I just watched it recently in preparation for this interview.Having not seen it before, I was riveted by it. His performance is terrific and heartbreaking at the same time. Can we talk about that? How did you come to that project? And just give us everything.Jeffrey: Well, it's based on a book called A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullen, and it's about a very old Sherlock Holmes in Surrey, tending to his bees, as people in Holmesland know that he retired to do. And it involves a couple of cases, one in Japan and one about 20 years earlier in his life that he's trying to remember. And it also has to do with his relationship with his housekeeper and the housekeeper's son. The book was given to me by Anne Carey, the producer, and I worked on it probably off and on for about five years.A lot of time was spent talking about casting, because you had to have somebody play very old. I remember I went to meet with Ralph Fiennes once because we thought, well, Ralph Fiennes could play him at his own age,‑then probably his forties‑and with makeup in the nineties.And Ralph said‑Ralph was in another film that I'd done‑and he said, “Oh, I don't wear all that makeup. That's just far too much.” And I said, “Well, you did in Harry Potter and The English Patient, you kind of looked like a melted candle.” And he said, “Yes, and I don't want to do that again.” So, we always had a very short list of actors, probably like six actors in the whole world And McKellen was one of them and we waited for him to become available And yeah, he was terrific. I'll tell you one funny story: One day, he had a lot of prosthetics, not a lot, but enough. He wanted to build up his cheekbones and his nose a bit. He wanted a bit, he thought his own nose was a bit too potatoish. So, he wanted a more Roman nose. So, he was taking a nap one day between takes. And they brought him in, said, “Ian, it's time for you to do the, this scene,” and he'd been sleeping, I guess, on one side, and his fake cheek and his nose had moved up his face. But he hadn't looked in the mirror, and he didn't know. So he came on and said, “Very well, I'm all ready to go.” And it was like Quasimodo.It's like 5:52 and they're supposed to stop shooting at six. And there was a mad panic of, Fix Ian's face! Get that cheekbone back where it's supposed to be! Knock that nose into place! A six o'clock, we go into overtime!” But it was very funny that he hadn't noticed it. You kind of think you'd feel if your own nose or cheekbone had been crushed, but of course it was a makeup. So, he didn't feel anything. Jim: This is just the, uh, the actor fan boy in me. I'm an enormous fan of his work straight across the board. Did you have much interaction with him and what kind of fella is he just in general?Jeffrey: He's a hoot. Bill Condon, the director, said, “Ian is kind of methody. So, when you see him on set, he'll be very decorous, you know, he'll be kind of like Sherlock Holmes.” And it was true, he goes, “Oh, Jeffrey Hatcher, it's very good to meet you.” And he was kind of slow talking, all that. Ian was like 72 then, so he wasn't that old. But then when it was all over, they were doing all those--remember those ice Dumps, where people dump a tub of ice on you? You have these challenges? A the end of shooting, they had this challenge, and Ian comes out in short shorts, and a bunch of ballet dancers surrounds him. And he's like, “Alright, everyone, let's do the ice challenge.” And, he turned into this bright dancer. He's kind of a gay poster boy, you know, ever since he was one of the most famous coming out of the last 20 some years. So, you know, he was suddenly bright and splashy and, you know, all that old stuff dropped away. He has all of his headgear at his house and his townhouse. He had a party for us at the end of shooting. And so, there's a Gandalf's weird hat and there's Magneto's helmet, you know, along with top hats and things like that. And they're all kind of lined up there. And then people in the crew would say, can I take a picture of you as Gandalf? “Well, why, of course,” and he does all that stuff. So no, he's wonderful. Jim: You do a very good impression as well. That was great. Now, how did you come to the project, The Good Liar, which again, I watched in preparation for this and was mesmerized by the whole thing, especially the mystery part of it, the ending, it was brilliant.How did you come to that project?Jeffrey: Well, again, it was a book and Warner Brothers had the rights to it. And because Bill and I had worked on Mr. Holmes--Bill Condon--Bill was attached to direct. And so I went in to talk about how to adapt it.This is kind of odd. It's again based in McKellen. In the meeting room at Warner Brothers, there was a life size version of Ian as Gandalf done in Legos. So, it was always, it'll be Ian McKellen and somebody in The Good Liar. Ian as the con man. And that one kind of moved very quickly, because something changed in Bill Condon's schedule. Then they asked Helen Mirren, and she said yes very quickly.And it's a very interesting book, but it had to be condensed rather a lot. There's a lot of flashbacks and going back and forth in time. And we all decided that the main story had to be about this one con that had a weird connection to the past. So, a lot of that kind of adaptation work is deciding what not to include, so you can't really be completely faithful to a book that way. But I do take the point with certain books. When my son was young, he'd go to a Harry Potter movie, and he'd get all pissed off. Pissed off because he'd say Dobby the Elf did a lot more in the book.But if it's a book that's not quite so well-known—The Good Liar isn't a terribly well-known book, nor was A Slight Trick of the Mind--you're able to have a lot more room to play. Jim: It's a very twisty story. Now that you're talking about the book, I'll probably have to go get the book and read it just for comparison. But what I saw on the screen, how did you keep it--because it was very clear at the end--it hits you like a freight train when it all sort of unravels and you start seeing all of these things. How did you keep that so clear for an audience? Because I'll admit, I'm not a huge mystery guy, and I'm not the brightest human, and yet I was able to follow that story completely.Jeffrey: Well, again, I think it's mostly about cutting things, I'm sure. And there are various versions of the script where there are a lot of other details. There's probably too much of one thing or another. And then of course, you know, you get in the editing room and you lose a couple of scenes too. These kinds of things are very tricky. I'm not sure that we were entirely successful in doing it, because you say, which is more important, surprise or suspense? Hitchcock used to have that line about, suspense is knowing there's a bomb under the table. And you watch the characters gather at the table. As opposed to simply having a bomb blow up and you didn't know about it.So, we often went back and forth about Should we reveal that the Helen Mirren character knows that Ian's character is doing something bad? Or do we try to keep it a secret until the end? But do you risk the audience getting ahead of you? I don't mind if the audience is slightly ahead. You know, it's that feeling you get in the theater where there's a reveal and you hear a couple of people say, “Oh, I knew it and they guessed it may be a minute before. But you don't want to get to the point where the audience is, you know, 20 minutes or a half an hour ahead of you.Jim: I certainly was not, I was not in any way. It unfolded perfectly for me in terms of it being a mystery and how it paid off. And Helen Mirren was brilliant. In fact, for a long time during it, I thought they were dueling con men, the way it was set up in the beginning where they were both entering their information and altering facts about themselves.I thought, “Oh, well, they're both con men and, and now we're going to see who is the better con man in the end.” And so. when it paid off. In a way different sort of way, it was terrific for me. Absolutely. Jeffrey: Well, and I thank you. But in a way, they were both con men. Jim: Yes, yes. But she wasn't a professional con man.Jeffrey: She wasn't just out to steal the money from him. She was out for something else. She was out for vengeance. Jim: Yes. Very good. Very, if you haven't seen it, The Good Liar folks, don't wait. I got it on Amazon prime and so can you.Jeffrey: I watched them do a scene, I was over there for about five days during the shooting.And watching the two of them work together was just unbelievable. The textures, the tones, the little lifts of the eyebrow, the shading on one word versus another. Just wonderful, wonderful stuff. Jim: Yeah. I will say I am a huge Marvel Cinematic Universe fan along with my son. We came to those together and I'm a big fan of that sort of movie. So I was delighted by this, because it was such a taut story. And I was involved in every second of what was going on and couldn't quite tell who the good guys were and who the bad guys were and how is this going to work and who's working with who?And it was great. And in my head, I was comparing my love for that sort of big blow it up with rayguns story to this very cerebral, internal. And I loved it, I guess is what I'm saying. And, I am, I think, as close to middle America as you're going to find in terms of a moviegoer. And I thought it was just dynamite. Jeffrey: It was very successful during the pandemic--so many things were when people were streaming--but it was weirdly successful when it hit Amazon or Netflix or whatever it was. And, I think you don't have to be British to understand two elderly people trying to find a relationship. And then it turns out that they both have reasons to hate and kill each other. But nonetheless, there is still a relationship there. So, I pictured a lot of lonely people watching The Good Liar and saying, “Yeah, I'd hang out with Ian McKellen, even if he did steal all my money.” John: Well, speaking of movies, I am occasionally handed notes here while we're live on the air from my wife. And she wants you to just say something about the adaptation you did of your play, Stage Beauty, and what that process was like and how, how that process went.Jeffrey: That was terrific because, primarily Richard Eyre--the director who used to run the National Theater and all that--because he's a theater man and the play's about theater. I love working with Bill Condon and I've loved working with Lassa Hallstrom and other people, but Richard was the first person to direct a film of any of my stuff. And he would call me up and say, “Well, we're thinking of offering it to Claire Danes.” or we're thinking…And usually you just hear later, Oh, somebody else got this role. But the relationship was more like a theater director and a playwright. I was there on set for rehearsals and all that.Which I haven't in the others. No, it was a wonderful experience, but I think primarily because the, the culture of theater saturated the process of making it and the process of rehearsing it and—again--his level of respect. It's different in Hollywood, everybody's very polite, they know they can fire you and you know, they can fire you and they're going to have somebody else write the dialogue if you're not going to do it, or if you don't do it well enough. In the theater, we just don't do that. It's a different world, a different culture, different kind of contracts too. But Richard really made that wonderful. And again, the cast that he put together: Billy Crudup and Claire and Rupert Everett and Edward Fox and Richard Griffiths. I remember one day when I was about to fly home, I told Richard Griffiths what a fan Evan-- my son, Evan--was of him in the Harry Potter movie. And he made his wife drive an hour to come to Shepperton with a photograph of him as Mr. Dursley that he could autograph for my son. John: Well, speaking of stage and adaptations, before we go into our lightning round here, you did two recent adaptations of existing thrillers--not necessarily mysteries, but thrillers--one of which Hitchcock made into a movie, which are Dial M for Murder and Wait Until Dark. And I'm just wondering what was that process for you? Why changes need to be made? And what kind of changes did you make?Jeffrey: Well, in both cases, I think you could argue that no, changes don't need to be made. They're wildly successful plays by Frederick Knott, and they've been successful for, you know, alternately 70 or 60 years.But in both cases, I got a call from a director or an artistic director saying, “We'd like to do it, but we'd like to change this or that.” And I'm a huge fan of Frederick Knott. He put things together beautifully. The intricacies of Dial M for Murder, you don't want to screw around with. And there are things in Wait Until Dark having to do just with the way he describes the set, you don't want to change anything or else the rather famous ending won't work. But in both cases, the women are probably not the most well drawn characters that he ever came up with. And Wait Until Dark, oddly, they're in a Greenwich Village apartment, but it always feels like they're really in Westchester or in Terre Haute, Indiana. It doesn't feel like you're in Greenwich Village in the 60s, especially not in the movie version with Audrey Hepburn. So, the director, Matt Shackman, said, why don't we throw it back into the 40s and see if we can have fun with that. And so it played out: The whole war and noir setting allowed me to play around with who the main character was. And I know this is a cliche to say, well, you know, can we find more agency for female characters in old plays or old films? But in a sense, it's true, because if you're going to ask an actress to play blind for two hours a night for a couple of months, it can't just be, I'm a blind victim. And I got lucky and killed the guy. You've got a somewhat better dialogue and maybe some other twists and turns. nSo that's what we did with Wait Until Dark. And then at The Old Globe, Barry Edelstein said, “well, you did Wait Until Dark. What about Dial? And I said, “Well, I don't think we can update it, because nothing will work. You know, the phones, the keys. And he said, “No, I'll keep it, keep it in the fifties. But what else could you What else could you do with the lover?”And he suggested--so I credit Barry on this--why don't you turn the lover played by Robert Cummings in the movie into a woman and make it a lesbian relationship? And that really opened all sorts of doors. It made the relationship scarier, something that you really want to keep a secret, 1953. And I was luckily able to find a couple of other plot twists that didn't interfere with any of Knott's original plot.So, in both cases, I think it's like you go into a watch. And the watch works great, but you want the watch to have a different appearance and a different feel when you put it on and tick a little differently. John: We've kept you for a way long time. So, let's do this as a speed round. And I know that these questions are the sorts that will change from day to day for some people, but I thought each of us could talk about our favorite mysteries in four different mediums. So, Jeff, your favorite mystery novel”Jeffrey: And Then There Were None. That's an easy one for me. John: That is. Jim, do you have one?Jim: Yeah, yeah, I don't read a lot of mysteries. I really enjoyed a Stephen King book called Mr. Mercedes, which was a cat and mouse game, and I enjoyed that quite a bit. That's only top of mind because I finished it recently.John: That counts. Jim: Does it? John: Yeah. That'll count. Jim: You're going to find that I am so middle America in my answers. John: That's okay. Mine is--I'm going to cheat a little bit and do a short story--which the original Don't Look Now that Daphne du Murier wrote, because as a mystery, it ties itself up. Like I said earlier, I like stuff that ties up right at the end. And it literally is in the last two or three sentences of that short story where everything falls into place. Jeff, your favorite mystery play? I can be one of yours if you want. Jeffrey: It's a battle between Sleuth or Dial M for Murder. Maybe Sleuth because I always wanted to be in it, but it's probably Dial M. But it's also followed up very quickly by Death Trap, which is a great comedy-mystery-thriller. It's kind of a post-modern, Meta play, but it's a play about the play you're watching. John: Excellent choices. My choice is Sleuth. You did have a chance to be in Sleuth because when I directed it, you're the first person I asked. But your schedule wouldn't let you do it. But you would have been a fantastic Andrew Wyke. I'm sorry our timing didn't work on that. Jeffrey: And you got a terrific Andrew in Julian Bailey, but if you wanted to do it again, I'm available. John: Jim, you hear that? Jim: I did hear that. Yes, I did hear that. John: Jim, do you have a favorite mystery play?Jim: You know, it's gonna sound like I'm sucking up, but I don't see a lot of mystery plays. There was a version of Gaslight that I saw with Jim Stoll as the lead. And he was terrific.But I so thoroughly enjoyed Holmes and Watson and would love the opportunity to see that a second time. I saw it so late in the run and it was so sold out that there was no coming back at that point to see it again. But I would love to see it a second time and think to myself, well, now that you know what you know, is it all there? Because my belief is it is all there. John: Yeah. Okay. Jeff, your favorite TV mystery?Jeffrey: Oh, Columbo. That's easy. Columbo.John: I'm gonna go with Poker Face, just because the pace on Poker Face is so much faster than Columbo, even though it's clearly based on Columbo. Jim, a favorite TV mystery?Jim: The Rockford Files, hands down. John: Fair enough. Fair enough. All right. Last question all around. Jeff, your favorite mystery movie? Jeffrey: Laura. Jim: Ah, good one. John: I'm going to go with The Last of Sheila. If you haven't seen The Last of Sheila, it's a terrific mystery directed by Herbert Ross, written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins. Fun little Stephen Sondheim trivia. The character of Andrew Wyke and his house were based on Stephen Sondheim. Jeffrey: Sondheim's townhouse has been for sale recently. I don't know if somebody bought it, but for a cool seven point something million, you're going to get it. John: All right. Let's maybe pool our money. Jim, your favorite mystery movie.Jim: I'm walking into the lion's den here with this one. Jeffrey, I hope this is okay, but I really enjoyed the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes movies. And I revisit the second one in that series on a fairly regular basis, The Game of Shadows. I thought I enjoyed that a lot. Your thoughts on those movies quickly? Jeffrey: My only feeling about those is that I felt they were trying a little too hard not to do some of the traditional stuff. I got it, you know, like no deer stalker, that kind of thing. But I thought it was just trying a tad too hard to be You know, everybody's very good at Kung Fu, that kind of thing.Jim: Yes. And it's Sherlock Holmes as a superhero, which, uh, appeals to me. Jeffrey: I know the producer of those, and I know Guy Ritchie a little bit. And, I know they're still trying to get out a third one. Jim: Well, I hope they do. I really hope they do. Cause I enjoyed that version of Sherlock Holmes quite a bit. I thought it was funny and all of the clues were there and it paid off in the end as a mystery, but fun all along the road.Jeffrey: And the main thing they got right was the Holmes and Watson relationship, which, you know, as anybody will tell you, you can get a lot of things wrong, but get that right and you're more than two thirds there.

Welcome back to Morgan Hasn't Seen with Jeannine Brice & Morgan Robinson!! The sunny vacations develop into a worldwide trip on this week's episode as Ryan Murphy writes and directs Julia Roberts going in search of balance in the worlds of food in Italy, prayer in India, and love in Bali as Jeannine and Morgan talk EAT, PRAY, LOVE (2010) co-starring Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis & Billy Crudup! Our YouTube Channel for Monday Madness on video, Watchalongs, Live Discussions & more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://its-a-wonderful-podcast.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Amazon Music & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Morgan: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jeannine: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keep being wonderful!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/support

Telly Savalas. Keith Gordon. Greece. Strife. Big dogging. Is this movie fantastic? Is it whatever? Are the two leads weirdly fantastic? Is this video the only place you're going to find any footage of this movie? I am the man now, dawg? Tune in! We covered absolutely every Keith Gordon thing we could find. We dug deep. I emailed people, I tried to find torrents in weird places, I checked archives. I almost bought a betamax copy of "My Palikari", but then I'd have had to buy a Betamax player (I probably would have been $400 in on one movie if I'd done that). But? I spend way too much money on a VHS of it. It took me forever to find it, but here we are. This is probably the last Keith Gordon project we get to cover. And we specifically did it on video cause we have a lot of respect for ol' Keith and wanted to send him out nice. Catch up on all the other Keith episodes right here and then dive into Billy Crudup, Radha Mitchell, Robert Longstreet, Brandon Lee, Ray Liotta, John Cazale and spookies! You could even subscribe to us on whatever podcast platform you use, cause we put this on all of them. Also? Please review us on Apple Podcasts and you can tell us what movie you want us to cover and we will do it! What a deal!

Happy Monday, Goons, and welcome to our Last of AugUSt month, where we discuss the last or final entry of a popular horror franchise! This week, Mikey & Ade review 2017's Alien: Covenant (trying to squeeze this in before the Alien Romulus release).  This film is the sequel to 2012's Prometheus, and both are directed by Ridley Scott, who brought us the very first Alien (1979). This installment follows a crew of spouses on a colony ship, who are abruptly awakened and eventually travel to a planet on a rescue mission, only for terror to ensue. Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Billy Crudup, Amy Seimetz, with appearances from Guy Pearce (not Richie), Noomi Rapace and James Franco, the film definitely has its ups and downs. What did you think of this one? Are you excited for Romulus? Listen in and let us know your thoughts in the comments! The film is currently streaming on Hulu, if you'd like to rewatch ahead of time.  Stay tuned all month for the rest of our picks! You can always find us on our social media: Instagram: Slasherspod Facebook Group: Mutant Goons From Beyond You can find our merch, and links to all our online presence here: linktr.ee/slasherspod Theme song is I wanna Die by Mini Meltdowns. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ZAk6lUDsaJj8EAhrhzZnh ; https://minimeltdowns.bandcamp.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slasherspod/support

FAVORITES: This episode is from 7/12/22, right before the start of the World T&F Championships in Eugene Oregon. It features an interview with Olympic Champion/World Champion sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross, who is on the NBC broadcasting team at the Paris Olympics and was the newest cast member of Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2021. If you are watching T&F from Paris, you'll see a lot of Sanya! Plus, our favorite sports movies of all time and some hot new up-and-coming sports from around the world. Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners for using these special urls and codes to support them. Our exciting new sponsor is: Miracle Suit https://miraclesuit.com Use code sisters Plus: Prose  https://prose.com/sisters Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters at checkout Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters at checkout  Listen to other Summer of '24 FAVORITES: FAVORITES: Root Canal Fro-Yo Rage FAVORITES: Lian Interviews Dave Barry + Ridley Pearson, Lab Rats Test Soy Milk FAVORITES: College Drop-Off Dolan-Style Julie's Favorite Sports Movies: We're celebrating Satellite Sisters Summer Sports Spectacular this week. Here's Julie's list of favorite sports movies. A League of Their Own This is a Satellite Sister Solid Gold choice. This movie has everything: sisters, baseball, Geena Davis, Rosie O”Donnell, Madonna in center field, and Tom Hanks telling the players,” there's no crying in baseball”. Bend It Like Beckham A wonderful coming of age/cultural assimilation/girl power story about Jess Bijam who wants to play soccer like her idol, David Beckham but struggles to respect her traditional Indian family values. And, hello, Keira Knightley plays Jess's friend and David Beckham makes a cute cameo. Bull Durham It's hard to pick my favorite baseball movie but the kitchen scene with Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner makes Bull Durham my top pick. The movie is about baseball in a very deep way but also has breezy romantic comedy.  Rocky I loved the original Rocky. It's the ultimate underdog movie and has one of the best theme songs ever. Also, Talia Shire shines in the film.  Hoop Dreams An excellent documentary following two young Chicago basketball prospects trying to use their athletic talents to get to a better life. The two stars face racism, poverty, injury and other roadblocks trying to make their dreams come true. The film left me in tears.  Friday Night Lights Watch the original movie with clear eyes and a full heart. Before there was Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor, there was Billy Bob Thornton and Tim McGraw in a film that follows the coach and players of a high school football team in Odessa, Texas. As a transplant, I am beginning to appreciate what Friday night football means to Texas communities. The film is as much about Texas culture as it is about football.  Bad News Bears Haven't we all been on a team for work or play where you feel like a group of misfits or outcasts? This is a movie about kids who never expect to care about competing or winning. Tatum O'Neal is the 11-year old star pitcher. Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher turned coach is perfect. The ending involves a championship game and a big celebration for the Bears.   Liz's sport movie faves include Robert Redford in Downhill Racer and Bill Murray in Caddyshack! Plus Without Limits, a great T&F movie with Billy Crudup as Steve Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland as Coach Bill Bowerman Lian names the great cycling flick Breaking Away and The Cutting Edge, a skating rom-com that does the sport proud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We review Alien Covenant (2017) on The Atomic Cinema Experiment. This is a sci fi movie podcast. Alien Covenant is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv all links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Email: mftvquestions@gmail.com Audio version: https://the-ace-atomic-cinema-experime.pinecast.co

Welcome back to another episode of The Video Store Podcast, the podcast that really knows how to rock!

Six years after the mixed(but generally panned) MI2, J.J. Abrams takes a whack at the Ethan Hunt story. Was it a good change or does it self-destruct in five seconds?Director: J.J. AbramsProducer: Tom Cruise, Paula WagnerScreenwriter: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, J.J. AbramsDistributor: Paramount PicturesProduction Co: Cruise-Wagner Productions, Paramount PicturesRating: PG-13Genre: Action, AdventureRelease Date (Theaters): May 5, 2006Budget: $150,000,000 (estimated)Gross US & Canada: $134,029,801Gross worldwide: $398,479,497Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne

I've got jungle fever, Jules got jungle fever, we've got a new Snipes, it's JUNGLE FEVER Snipes has a wife and a young daughter. But? He's got a new secretary. And it's Annabella Sciorra. So what's a guy to do??? The correct answer is nothing, but I'm ugly so I don't really know about temptation like that. But the actual interesting parts of the story are John Turturro and his racist acquaintances (just kidding, everybody is racist in this) and ol Sammy Jack's himself as Gator, a crackhead who even has a song and dance about being a crackhead. How will things go for everyone? Great probably, right? Will Halle Berry put some parts in her mouth for a small sum? Will Sciorra's dad beat the f*ck of of her for dating a ______? Will Snipes have to cover his mouth and nose while searching through a trap house cause Holy sh*t there's lot of cocaine smoke in the air? And what's gonna happen to dear Gator? Spike Lee? Rules. Catch up on the rest of the Snipes filmography, and then treat yourself to episodes covering so many movies from Billy Crudup, Radha Mitchell, Keith Gordon, Ray Liotta, Robert Longstreet, John Cazale, Brad Pitt and Brandon Lee. Also? Spookies. That's right, there's even Halloween episodes.

National Ice cream sundae day.  Entertainment from 1994. Liberty Bell cracked, Erector Set invented, Last bare-knuckles boxing match.  Todays birthdays - John Pemberton, Jeffrey Tambor, Angelica Houston, Kevin Bacon, Toby Keith, Billy Crudup, Beck.  Ernest borgnine died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard    https://defleppard.com/Ice cream sundae song - The Hungry Food BandI swear - All 4 OneWink - Neal McCoyBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent   https://www.50cent.com/I'd like to buy the world a coke - TV commercialI should have been a cowboy - Toby KeithLoser - BeckExit - Its not love - Dokken     https://dokken.net/Follow Jeff Stampka on Facebook and cooolmedia,com 

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Scott Mantz, film critic, producer and co-host of the Enterprise Incidents podcast, get Tom Cruise to deactivate their brain bombs while tackling 2006's Mission: Impossible III.  Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne and Simon Pegg.  The Enterprise Incidents podcast is available everywhere, and make sure to follow Scott Mantz on Twitter and Instagram. You can also purchase tickets to Star Trek Las Vegas through Creation Entertainment. Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Purchase the latest exclusive SpyHards merch at Redbubble. Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes. Theme music by Doug Astley.

In a special Father's Day episode Maura and Donny discuss the 1998 novel “Big Fish: A novel of mythic proportions” by Daniel Wallace. Tim Burton helmed the 2003 film adaptation. The all star cast features Ewan Mcgregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Marion Cotillard, Danny Devito, Steve Buscemi, and Robert Guillaume.Connect with A Reel Page Turner: https://www.facebook.com/groups/352221223264794https://www.areelpageturner.com/Twitter: @AReelPageTurnerInstagram: @AReelPageTurnerTikTok:@areelpageturner

"The Morning Show" was one of Apple's first massive television shows, attracting the talent of Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and more. Now, with its third season, the popular show is looking to achieve more success with the Television Academy by earning its first Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Writing For A Drama Series. Episode 3x07, "Strict Security," writer Bill Kennedy was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work on the episode, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the show, which is now available to stream on Apple TV+ and is up for your consideration in all eligible Emmy categories. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quite often, stories that don't work have more to teach us than the stories that do. Maybe Maria Semple's novel (upon which this film is based), is simply one that's challenging to adapt to the screen. Whatever the case, this move has missed the mark on some basic storytelling principles (it has too many backstory info dumps, a Deus Ex Machina, and weak narrative drive). If you want to understand the impact these things have on a story, and on the reader/viewer, this episode is for you! - V."If exposition is not used properly, it will ruin your story." Valerie Francis REGISTER FOR THE 2024 SPRING WEBINAR SERIESFor access to writing templates and worksheets, and more than 70 hours of training (all for free), subscribe to Valerie's Inner Circle.To learn to read like a writer, visit Melanie's website.Follow Valerie on X, Instagram and Threads @valerie_francisFollow Melanie on X, Instagram and Facebook @MelanieHillAuthor

We didn't like Julia Roberts growing up. Not at all. But then we watched "Everybody Says I Love You" and "I Love Trouble" and we were like "oh! I get it!" So we were mildly excited to love this movie. DID THAT HAPPEN? Tune in. We can travel to Italy with Luca Spagetti, to India with Richard Jenkins, and then we can wrap it all up with in Bali with Javier Bardem calling his son sweetheart. Perhaps this is a real gem. Also Billy Crudup is her husband and he makes a cool song during the movie. Rate, review, subscribe. It would legitimately be pretty great if you did.

Pew pew, pop pop! Ahhhhh! This has that guy in it that people are pretty sketched out on now. He plays John Dillinger. He goes to jail and robs banks and goes to jail and associates with some people who are bad news. One of us is surprisingly into this! One of us is like "why is this movie full of history lies!". Who is it? And did you know Crudup is in this? And Christian Bale? Whoa! What about the scary guy from "Don't Breathe"? Yep, and he's prettttty cool. Mann it up with a Michael Mann full of men doing guns and money.

Episode 32: This week we take a little r&r to tell tales and throw our lures out in the water in hopes of catching that one Big Fish. Jon's pick, starring Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange  and the late Albert Finney just to name a few of this stellar cast. Directed by Tim Burton.Big Fish trailer.Make sure to join up on the trail next week when we cover the 1944 film Gaslight.Help to support our other projects @KinecticOnslotCircle of Jerks PodcastA Cut Above: Horror ReviewSpecial shout to The Bird Beats for our theme.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WE ARE A GOLDEN POD! This week we're covering Cameron Crowe's semi auto-biographical classic, Almost Famous, with our very special guest, Robbie Fox from Barstool sports and his own podcast @MyMomsBasementwithRobbieFox . We talk about Robbie starting in Barstool, his parallel's with a young Cameron Crowe, and cover the entire movie! Almost Famous stars, Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee and is directed by Cameron Crow. What do we love about podcasts? To begin with, everything, so give this a watch LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more. Please Like and Subscribe! Click the Bell to Get Notifications! Please give us a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It helps potential sponsors find the show! Sign up for @Riversidefm: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_5&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=reviewinghistory Sign up for @BetterHelp: betterhelp.com/reviewinghistory Buy Some Merch: www.reviewinghistorypod.com/merch Email Us: Reviewinghistorypod@gmail.com Follow Us: www.facebook.com/reviewinghistory twitter.com/rviewhistorypod letterboxd.com/antg4836/ letterboxd.com/spfats/ letterboxd.com/BrianRuppert/ letterboxd.com/brianruppert/list…eviewing-history/ twitter.com/Brianruppert #comedy #history #podcast #comedypodcast #historypodcast #barstoolentertainment #barstoolsports #mymomsbasement #robbiefox #barstoolradio #almostfamous #cameroncrowe #rock #katehudson #pennylane #stillwater #allmanbrothers #music #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #film #cinema #movies #moviereview #filmcriticisms #moviehistory #hackthemovies #redlettermedia #historybuff #tellemstevedave #tesd

On the 22nd July 1934 John Dillinger left a movie theatre in Chicago having just enjoyed the Clark Gable film, Manhattan Melodrama. He didn't get far before FBI agents shot him four times - the era of the romantic bank robber was over - or was it? Johnny Depp's portrayal of Dillinger is iconic, even if we think the legacy rating of Public Enemies is low. Also starring Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Jason Clarke, Billy Crudup, Stephen Lang, Branka Katic, Stephen Dorff, David Wenham and James Russo, Tim Hewitt and Ollie think it's a movie overlooked. Links discussed Public Enemies The book on which PE is based Ollie on X Tim on X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We caught up with Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil, the masterminds behind Mortal Media, while at CES 2024. Their unique backgrounds as professional athletes give them a competitive edge when building their entertainment projects. A couple highlights: They partnered with Billy Crudup on the Apple TV series Hello Tomorrow and revived a cult classic with White Men Can't Jump on Hulu. Now they've got some animation collaborations in the works, integrating AI and machine learning to animate new worlds.

Join us as we talk about our top five  anticipated picks (theatrically released) for Spring 2024. 0:09:15 - Box Office and upcoming releases. 0:22:00 *** What's Streaming  *** MAX SERENDIPITY, Dir. Peter Chelsom – John Cusak, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, Molly Shannon, Eugene Levy, 2001. THE BATMAN, Dir. Matt Reeves – Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, Barry Keoghan, 2022. PRINESS MONONOKE, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki – Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka, Billy Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton, Minni driver, John DiMaggio, Claire Danes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gillian Anderson, Keith David, Tara Strong, 1997. 0:33:45 - Trailers:  ADAM THE FIRST – David Duchonvy, Oakes Fegley, T.R. Knight, Feature. SEIZE THEM! – Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan, Nick Frost, Paul Kaye, Feature. SUNCOAST – Woody Harrelson, Nico Parker, Laura Linney, Cree Kawa   0:48:30 - Our Top 5 Anticipated Picks for Spring 2024.   Hosted, produced and mixed by Grayson Maxwell and Roger Stillion.  Guess appearance by Christopher Boughan.  Music by Chad Wall. Quality Assurance by Anthony Emmett. Visit the new Youtube channel, "For the Love of Cinema" to follow and support our short video discussions.  Roger wears aviators!  Please give a like and subscribe if you enjoy it.   Follow the show on Twitter @lovecinemapod and check out the Facebook page for updates.  Rate, subscribe and leave a comment or two.  Every Little bit helps.  Send us an email to fortheloveofcinemapodcast@gmail.com

The Finale Pod is "On Air" for our final episode of our 2nd season! We are discussing Alex's pick: the Season 3 finale of The Morning Show. We cover what happens when a tech billionaire wants to buy a legacy media company and the fallout from withholding evidence from the FBI–yikes! Don't forget to leave a comment on our Instagram @thefinalepod and share your thoughts on The Morning Show!   We start our recap discussion at the 13:30 mark if you want to fast forward past the Co-host Quickfire Catch-up, our Love It Lately recommendations, and the Icebreaker Intermission about if we are morning show people (or not).   The overall TFP rating for the Season 3 finale of The Morning Show is 6.267.   Network: Apple TV+ Genre: Drama; Satire; Tragicomedy Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Jon Hamm   Join us in a few months for Season 3 of The Finale Pod!   Follow The Finale Pod on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefinalepod/   Submit a question or comment to us at: thefinalepod@gmail.com  

Season 3 of The Morning Show is now streaming on Apple TV+. With some of the most engaging actors working in television (Jennifer Anniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup and Nicole Beharie), showrunner Charlotte Stoudt talks with us about some of the most shocking and groundbreaking scenes that are meant to blow your mind this season. This dramaturge-turned-showrunner, Stoudt's love of working with other writers is palpable. “The delight of sharing a story space with other writers is one of the great joys of this job. I never get tired of sitting across from a writer and having them say, ‘What if we did this?' It's like a Christmas present every day,” Stoudt says.   Stoudt also gives her advice on what to include in a spec script, no matter what kind of writing job you're up for. “The best writing samples give some insight and truth about what it means to be alive. That can take any form – comedy, sci-fi ­– I don't think the genre matters if you're able to put something of your most primal self on the page. There has to be something that's alive inside of you, that hooks you and makes you go, ‘Who is this person telling this story?'” To hear more about the challenges and delights of running The Morning Show, take a listen to the podcast.  

Billy Crudup stars in The Morning Show, now back for its third season. We also talk about going to rock star camp for his role in Almost Famous and his iconic Mastercard commercials.Also, Justin Chang reviews A Haunting in Venice.

Bill and Amanda get together to talk about the first two episodes of the new season of Apple TV+'s ‘The Morning Show.' They begin their conversation by commenting on the heavenly lighting, special effects, and camerawork of the Season 3 premiere and catching up on all the story lines from the end of Season 2. They then discuss all of their favorite moments and scenes so far while shining a light on the acting performances of the star players, particularly Reese Witherspoon, Jon Hamm, and Billy Crudup (4:55). Finally, Bill and Amanda make their predictions on how the season will end (40:28). Hosts: Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ladies return this week with a full episode of testosterone, starting off with their “cool men” lists promised from their discussion on last week's question: “Are there any cool men that actually exist?” (1:01) Then, they discuss Prince Harry and his legal actions against various media entities in the U.K. (23:47), Michael Fassbender's crash in Le Mans (28:11), Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup's wedding (31:00), Jonah Hill's interesting new lifestyle brand (32:35), and more. Hosts: Juliet Litman and Amanda Dobbins Producer: Jade Whaley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Tig welcomes Billy Crudup, her co-star from the new season of “The Morning Show” on Apple TV. The award-winning actor is also known for starring in the movies “Mission: Impossible III,” “Spotlight,” and “Almost Famous” with an unforgettable portrayal of the fictional rock star and self-proclaimed “golden god“ Russell Hammond. Billy and Tig find surprising connections between their fathers and their Southern ties. They offer acting tips to a student preparing for a school play and help settle a listener's conflict with roommates that involves porta potties, pizza and vegans. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp (go to Betterhelp.com/TIG for 10% off the first month of online therapy) and Rocket Money (go to RocketMoney.com/tig and start canceling unwanted subscriptions today). Need advice? Submit your question for Tig at dontasktig.org/contact.

Ari Shapiro co-hosts NPR's All Things Considered, co-stars in a cabaret act with Alan Cumming, and sings with the band Pink Martini. Now, he's written a book, a memoir called The Best Strangers in the World.Billy Crudup stars as a fast-talking salesman — selling timeshares on the moon to frustrated earthlings — in the Apple TV+ series Hello Tomorrow! We also talk about going to rock star camp for his role in Almost Famous and his iconic Mastercard commercials.

Billy Crudup stars as a fast-talking salesman — selling timeshares on the moon to frustrated earthlings — in the Apple TV+ series Hello Tomorrow! We also talk about going to rock star camp for his role in Almost Famous, his iconic Mastercard commercials, and The Morning Show.

We remember two accomplished performers from different fields: Sharp-witted comedian Richard Belzer, probably best-known for playing the dramatic role of Detective John Munch on Law & Order, and major-league catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster Tim McCarver.Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews Hello Tomorrow! starring Billy Crudup.

This week let's suit-up with Billy Crudup! We all sit down and indulge in some ‘Classic Crudup,' like priceless voiceover campaigns, 800 numbers, and timeshares on the moon. After all, to quote the great William Gaither Crudup, “poolside furniture is my specialty.”Please support us by supporting our sponsors.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.