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This is our spoiler-free review of Invincible Season 3. We discuss the first six episodes, breaking down Mark's latest challenges as he navigates significant changes in his life as a son, a brother, and a friend. Plus, we share our thoughts on this season's incredible performances and the exciting new additions to the cast.The first three episodes of Invincible Season 3 are streaming now on Prime Video. New episodes air weekly. Check out Geekcentric onYouTube | Instagram | Twitter | TikTokJoin the Geekcentric Discord HERE

Based on Robert Kirkman's award-winning comic book series, Invincible follows 19-year-old Mark Grayson, as he inherits his father's superpowers and sets out to become Earth's greatest defender, only to discover the job is more challenging than he could have ever imagined. Everything changes as Mark is forced to face his past, and his future, while discovering how much further he'll need to go to protect the people he loves. Invincible Season 3 arrives February 6th - first three episodes that day, then weekly through March 13th. Starring Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, and J.K. Simmons, Invincible's voice cast also includes Seth Rogen, Walton Goggins, Gillian Jacobs, Jason Mantzoukas, Zazie Beetz, Grey DeLisle, Zachary Quinto, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Andrew Rannells, Kevin Michael Richardson, Ben Schwartz, Clancy Brown, Jay Pharoah, Mark Hamill, and Melise Jow. The executive producers are Kirkman, Rogen, David Alpert, Catherine Winder, Simon Racioppa, Margaret M. Dean, and Evan Goldberg. The co-executive producers are Helen Leigh and Cory Walker. INVINCIBLE is an adult animated superhero series that revolves around 17-year-old Mark Grayson, who's just like every other guy his age — except his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man. But as Mark develops powers of his own, he discovers his father's legacy may not be as heroic as it seems. Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5knAeTAYpIE0RuswBrKfVe? si=a713499c4f2a42a5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roose366 Gaming Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RooseJp https://www.twitch.tv/roosejp

Film editor Michael Taylor, A.C.E. returns for his 7th visit to the podcast. Taylor is helping to program a series at the Metrograph Cinema in NYC called Filmcraft: American Cinema Editors. This series showcases the best of editing by pairing a screening with a Q&A with its editors. This Friday, December 6th, there is a sold out screening of Elaine May's "Mikey & Nicky" with Ms. May in attendance. (This podcast host will be in attendance as well.) Michael Taylor, ACE, is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is represented by Pete Franciosa at UTA (Franciosap@unitedtalent.com; 310-488-8436). He edited and co-produced the documentary series "My Undesirable Friends", directed by Julia Loktev, which premiered at the New York Film Festival. He recently completed Noah Pritzker's "Ex-Husbands", starring Griffin Dunne, James Norton, and Rosanna Arquette. The film premiered at San Sebastian and will be released theatrically in 2025. He was nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for Best Editing of a Feature, Comedy, for Lulu Wang's "The Farewell", starring Awkwafina, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released by A24. The film won Best Feature at the 2020 Independent Spirit Awards. Awkwafina won Best Actress at the Golden Globes and Gotham Awards. Recent films include Edson Oda's "Nine Days", starring Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong, Bill Skarsgård and Tony Hale, winner of the Waldo Salt Award for Best Screenwriting at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Matt Sobel's "Goodnight Mommy", an Amazon Studios film starring Naomi Watts, Ira Sachs' "Love is Strange," starring Alfred Molina, John Lithgow and Marisa Tomei, Elizabeth Wood's "White Girl", starring Morgan Saylor, and Guy Nattiv's Skin, starring Jamie Bell, Vera Famiga and Bill Camp. Other films include Julia Loktev's "The Loneliest Planet", starring Gael Garcia Bernal, selected for the New York Film Festival, and "Day Night Day Night", winner, Prix de La Jeunesse, Cannes Film Festival. Taylor won Best Editing at the Woodstock Film Festival for the documentary "The Babushkas of Chernobyl", directed by Holly Morris and Anne Bogart. He also edited Margaret Brown's Peabody Award-winning documentary "The Order of Myths", and Brown's documentary "Be Here to Love You: A Film About Townes Van Zandt", as well as Mitch McCabe's "Youth Knows No Pain".

Slice is a 2018 horror-comedy film about the town of Kingfisher: a city where supernatural beings live hand-in-hand with humans. The residents of Kingfisher are alarmed when pizza delivery drivers from Perfect Pizza Base are murdered. Astrid (portrayed by Zazie Beetz), and investigative journalist Sadie Sheridan (portrayed by Rae Gray) are on the case, where it's suspected a local werewolf named Dax Lycander (portrayed by Chance the Rapper) is the murderer. Their curiosity leads them to a citywide conspiracy of corruption and the occult. Caution: movie spoilers. Intro- 0:00 to 3:36. Film Discussion- 3:36 to 48:54. Film Ratings and Outro- 48:54 to End. Only 1 more A24 film till the 2018 A24 Oscars- 74. Mid90s. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a24otr/support

What's better than ONE Marvel's Deadpool movie?! Two Marvel's Deadpool movies! Please note that Marvel did not actually release the Deadpool movies, they are in fact Fox properties, but we'll be damned if we do anything at all that raises the profile of THAT fallen empire. Josh and Ryan are back in part two of our Marvel's Deadpool series with the aptly titled… Deadpool 2! Co-starring a guy you could be forgiven for mistaking as Thanos, a sarcastically charming performance turn by the star of Joker (that's… that's Zazie Beetz, y'all… our podcast note writer has a crush on her), and with appearances by a host of celebrities in C-Tier superhero roles, this gonzo second outing of the merc with a mouth is a rollickin' halfway-decent time! And since you don't get to enjoy the brilliant Marvel's Deadpool performance by our very own Josh, please know that he confidently delivered the entire episode's remarks IN. A. DEADPOOL. MASK. You ready? Time for Maximum Effort. Deadpool 2  was released in 2018 and stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Josh Brolin, and Zazie Beetz. The CineMEH Podcast is a Slyjack Media, LLC production Intro music in this episode courtesy of Pexels artist EpicSoundtracks. Like what you hear? Check out our other podcast, Morning Radio, TBD available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon and Google podcasts. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningradiotbd …Marvel, Marvel, Marvel

In this episode, I discuss a sequel that may or may not have really been needed. That sequel is “Joker: Folie a Deux” which means Joker: two people sharing a delusion. The original “Joker” from 2019 was a movie that most people weren't looking forward to but ended up being a $1 billion dollar surprise at the box office. It wasn't just a great movie based on a comic book character. It was a great movie period with it's entertainingly dark atmosphere and menace and a Best Actor Oscar-winning performance from Joaquin Phoenix. Now Phoenix returns to show us the rest of Joker's story after we last saw him being a bad boy at Arkham Asylum. Does he escape? Does he continue to create bloody havoc? Will he meet a pop star in prison? Well, that last one is true as we see in the trailers with Lady Gaga joining the cast as Harley Quinn. Is this movie worth your time, or should you just watch the original again? Find out with this episode. “Joker: Folie a Deux” also stars Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Harry Lawtey, Leigh Gill, Ken Leung, Jacob Lofland and Bill Smitrovich.Support the showFeel free to reach out to me via:@MoviesMerica on Twitter @moviesmerica on InstagramMovies Merica on Facebook

Send us a textIn this episode Mike slips and falls down a staircase of boredom, Troy longs to escape a prison of pretentiousness, as they go full werewolf reviewing Joker: Folie à Deux.►Connect with 'Bald Guys & Bad Movies':-Facebook: / baldguysbadmovies -Instagram - / baldguysbadmovies -Twitter/X - / baldmovies ►Experience their unique takes on films of all stripes:- Apple Podcasts - ...

Ryan and Dylan review the long-awaited sequel to one of 2019's biggest hits, Joker, and the return of Jaoquin Phoenix to his Academy Award winning role.

For the first time in the podcast's five-year history, Luke & Corrye are flummoxed over a film. What was Todd Phillips trying to tell us with Joker Folie a Deux? What was his message? Why that "twist" ending? PLUS: the major role that fan favorite Michael Biehn almost scored; adios Weinstein Brothers; and the new projects for Will Smith, Adam Driver, and Matt Damon!

Joker: Folie à Deux, Todd Philips' sequel to the hugely successful 2019 hit Joker, opened to a box office similar to Morbius and Madame Web. It also received a D CinemaScore, the lowest for any comic book movie ever. What happened?Directed by Todd Phillips, from a screenplay by Phillips and Scott Silver. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Leigh Gill, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Steve Coogan, and Harry Lawtey.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qvfauLVusjkSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/reelspoilers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the much-anticipated and much-maligned Joker: Folie à Deux in theaters now, join The Watchers as we break down the Todd Phillips film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. #JokerFolieADeux #JokerMovie Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) is a musical psychological thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Steve Coogan, Harry Lawtey, Zazie Beetz and Leigh Gill. The Watchers Archives: Check out our audio only review of 2019's Joker: https://open.spotify.com/episode/57IJaTIsMDIF8vHz4lQVmc?si=554f34cd72474f75 Subscribe, rate and review! Follow The Watchers in the Basement on social media! Use #WatchersBasement to comment about the show! facebook.com/watchersbasement twitter.com/WatchBasement instagram.com/watchersbasement threads.net/@watchersbasement anchor.fm/watchersbasement

Robert Winfree, Mark Radulich, Alexis Hejna, Dorian Price and Mik Wanamaker present their Joker Folie A Deux 2024 Movie Review!Joker: Folie à Deux is a 2024 American jukebox musical psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Silver. Loosely based on DC Comics characters, it is the standalone sequel to Joker (2019). The film stars Joaquin Phoenix reprising the title role as Arthur Fleck, with Lady Gaga joining as his love interest Lee Quinzel. Zazie Beetz also reprises her role from the previous film, while Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener join the cast. It is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Joint Effort and was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.Joker was conceived as a standalone film, although Warner Bros. intended the film to launch a DC Black film series. Phillips expressed interest in making a sequel, which entered development in June 2022, with Gaga and Beetz joining later that year. Principal photography took place in New York City, Los Angeles, and Belleville, New Jersey, from December 2022 to April 2023.Joker: Folie à Deux premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2024, and was released in the United States on October 4, 2024. The film received negative reviews from critics, who praised the cinematography and performances of Phoenix and Gaga, but criticized the musical numbers, story and screenplay. It has grossed $114 million worldwide against its $190-200 million budget.Disclaimer: The following may contain offensive language, adult humor, and/or content that some viewers may find offensive – The views and opinions expressed by any one speaker does not explicitly or necessarily reflect or represent those of Mark Radulich or W2M Network.Mark Radulich and his wacky podcast on all the things:https://linktr.ee/markkind76alsohttps://www.teepublic.com/user/radulich-in-broadcasting-networkFB Messenger: Mark Radulich LCSWTiktok: @markradulichtwitter: @MarkRadulichInstagram: markkind76RIBN Album Playlist: https://suno.com/playlist/91d704c9-d1ea-45a0-9ffe-5069497bad59

Ronald Young Jr. reviews Joker Folie a Deux with Laura Nichols… Laura and RYJ Laura - .5 of 5 starsRYJ - 1 of 5 starsFollow me on IG, Tiktok, and Threads - @ohitsbigron Follow Laura Nichols on Twitter - @larr_bethAvailable in theaters and eventually on MaxStarring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, and Harry LawteyWritten by Scott Silver and Todd PhillipsDirected by Todd PhillipsFor more information about Joker Folie a Deux check out this link Support Leaving the Theater on Patreon using this link

Zach gives an in-depth spoiler review and analysis of the newest DC Comics movie Joker: Folie a Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Katherine Keener, Steve Coogan, Jacob Lofland, and Harry Lawtey. 

Zach gives a non-spoiler review of the newest DC movie Joker: Folie a Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Katherine Keener, Steve Coogan, Jacob Lofland, and Harry Lawtey. 

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham & Tom O'Brien to review and discuss the sequel to the Oscar-winning 2019 film "Joker," Todd Phillips's "Joker: Folie à Deux" starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener & Zazie Beetz. Already igniting a ton of discourse amongst fans, including receiving the lowest CinemaScore in history for a comic book movie (D), this depressing, dark musical from the original team behind the first film has subverted expectations and given everyone much to talk about regarding its themes, performances, musical numbers, technical craftsmanship and more. Tune in as we discuss these elements, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... 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 and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this "Quick Screen" episode, Michael checked out the brand new theatrical film "Joker: Folie a Deux". What are some of his thoughts of this comic book film based on characters from DC Comics and sequel to the 2019 film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Leigh Gill, Sharon Washington, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Steve Coogan, and Harry Lawtey? Check it out and see! Be a part of the conversation! E-mail the show at screennerdspodcast@gmail.com Follow the show on Twitter @screennerdspod Like the show on Facebook (Search for Screen Nerds Podcast and find the page there) Follow the show on Instagram and Threads just search screennerdspodcast Check out the show on Bluesky just search screennerdspodcast Be sure to check out the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Goodpods, Overcast, Amazon Music or your podcast catcher of choice! (and please share rate and review!) Want to be a guest or share your thoughts on the podcast? Send me an e-mail! Thanks to Frankie Creel for the artwork

Well, here we.... go! Joker: Folie à Deux - the sequel to the polarizing but smash hit Joker - has now hit theaters. it's not secret at this point that Todd Phillips and his team had no intention of making a sequel to the first film but Academy Awards, including one for Joaquin Phoenix himself, and a billion-dollar box office run started to turn some heads over at Warner Bros. This is why I've always been very concerned about this sequel, despite still being a BIG fan of that first movie. The trailers certainly looked impressive but my concerns from a story perspective were not swayed. All that being said, the divisive reactions honestly had me so intrigued to go check this one out. I had the pleasure (I guess?) of seeing this one yesterday so let's discuss whether Joker: Folie à Deux is as good as the first film, in spoiler-free fashion! Joker: Folie à Deux: Directed by: Todd Phillips Written by: Scott Silver & Todd Phillips Based on characters created by: Bob Kane & Bill Finger & Jerry Robinson 'Harley Quinn' created by: Paul Dini & Bruce Timm Produced by: Joseph Garner, Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff Executive Producers: Pete Chiappetta, Mark Friedberg, George Kacandes, Andrew Lary, Jason Ruder, Scott Silver, Anthony Tittanegro, Michael E. Uslan Music by: Hildur Guðnadóttir Cinematography by: Lawrence Sher Editing by: Jeff Groth Casting by: Francine Maisler Production Design by: Mark Friedberg Costume Design by: Arianne Phillips Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleason, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Harvey Lawtey Synopsis: While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

Joker: Folie à Deux is a 2024 American musical psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Silver. Loosely based on DC Comics characters, it is the sequel to Joker (2019) and stars Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the titular character, with Lady Gaga joining him as his love interest Harley Quinn. Zazie Beetz, Leigh Gill, and Sharon Washington also reprise their roles from the previous film, while Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Steve Coogan, and Harry Lawtey join the cast. It is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios in association with Joint Effort. Joker was conceived as a standalone film, although Warner Bros. intended the film to launch a DC Black film series. Phillips expressed interest in making a sequel. The sequel entered development in June 2022, with Gaga and Beetz joining later that year. Principal photography took place in New York City, Los Angeles, and Belleville, New Jersey, from December 2022 to April 2023. Joker: Folie à Deux premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2024, and was released in the United States and the United Kingdom on October 4, 2024. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Phoenix and Gaga as well as their on-screen chemistry, while the musical numbers and story received heavy criticism.

pWotD Episode 2711: Joker: Folie à Deux Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 270,085 views on Thursday, 3 October 2024 our article of the day is Joker: Folie à Deux.Joker: Folie à Deux is a 2024 American musical psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay co-written with Scott Silver. Loosely based on DC Comics characters, it is the sequel to Joker (2019) and stars Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the titular character, with Lady Gaga joining him as his love interest Harley Quinn. Zazie Beetz also reprises her role from the previous film, while Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener join the cast. It is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios in association with Joint Effort.Joker was conceived as a standalone film, although Warner Bros. intended the film to launch a DC Black film series. Phillips expressed interest in making a sequel. The sequel entered development in June 2022, with Gaga and Beetz joining later that year. Principal photography took place in New York City, Los Angeles, and Belleville, New Jersey, from December 2022 to April 2023.Joker: Folie à Deux premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States and the United Kingdom on October 4, 2024. It received mixed reviews from critics.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 05:13 UTC on Friday, 4 October 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Joker: Folie à Deux on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Kevin.

Dana and Tom with new guest, Jaylan Salah Salman (Film Critic for In Session Film, Geek Vibes Nation, and Keith Loves Movies) discuss Joker (2019): written and directed by Todd Phillips with Scott Silver, music by Hildur Guðnadóttir, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, and Robert De Niro.Plot Summary: Gotham a city drenched in neon lights and shadows, where the line between reality and delusion blurs. Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a failed comedian and part-time clown, navigates this urban labyrinth as his mind unravels further each day. His existence is a series of humiliations and rejections, a slow burn of despair that ignites into a violent, chaotic inferno.In this dreary setting, the narrative delves deep into Arthur's psyche, exploring his transformation from a marginalized outcast into the infamous Joker. The film is a character study of a man pushed to the brink with a meditation on isolation, mental illness, and the corrosive effects of a society that abandons its most vulnerable. Arthur's journey is not just a descent into madness, but a twisted quest for identity and purpose in a world that has stripped him of both. This is a tale of existential dread and the search for meaning in a world that offers none, a dark and haunting reflection of the human condition.Guest:Jaylan Salah SalmanFilm Critic for In Session Film, Geek Vibes Nation, and Keith Loves MoviesAuthor on Amazon@jaylansalman on IG, Letterboxd, @jaylan_salah on TwitterChapters:00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Jaylan Salah01:52 Getting to Know - Jaylan Salah05:53 Cast and Recognition for Joker09:05 Relationship(s) with Joker18:10 What is Joker About?27:04 Plot Summary for Joker28:32 Did You Know?31:01 First Break31:46 What's Happening w/ Jaylan Salah32:43 Ask Dana Anything41:11 Best Performance(s)49:04 Best/Favorite/Indelible Scene(s)57:32 Second Break58:23 In Memoriam59:43 Best/Funniest Lines01:01:22 The Stanley Rubric - Legacy01:06:36 The Stanley Rubric - Impact/Significance01:10:42 The Stanley Rubric - Novelty01:17:10 The Stanley Rubric - Classicness01:22:07 The Stanley Rubric - Rewatchability01:26:01 The Stanley Rubric - Audience Score and Final Total01:28:52 Remaining Questions for Joker01:36:36 Thank You to Our Guest and Final ThoughtsYou can now find this episode in full video on YouTube: You can now follow us on Instagram, Twitter,

Coringa: Delírio a Dois, enfim, chega aos cinemas brasileiros em 03 de outubro. O filme dá sequência aos acontecimentos de Coringa (2019), aposta que recheou os bolsos de seus investidores com bilheteria mundial de US$ 1 bilhão, a partir de orçamento de US$ 55 milhões. Ademais, a aposta, baseada em um dos mais famosos vilões dos quadrinhos da DC Comics, foi destaque de inúmeras premiações, como o Oscar, que condecorou o protagonista, Joaquin Phoenix, como Melhor Ator. Agora, o comandante da empreitada de 2019, Todd Phillips, que renovou seu status em Hollywood - já que antes era conhecido apenas como diretor de filmes da saga Se Beber, Não Case! - está pronto para chocar o público mais uma vez com as loucuras do palhaço mais famoso da cultura pop. Na trama de Coringa: Delírio a Dois, Arthur Fleck está institucionalizado no asilo Arkham, à espera de ser julgado pelos seus crimes. Enquanto luta contra a sua dupla personalidade, Arhtur não só encontra o amor verdadeiro (na figura de Harley, personagem de Lady Gaga), mas também a música que sempre esteve dentro dele. Coringa: Delírio a Dois também conta com Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener e Steve Coogan no elenco. CONFIRA TAMBÉM- Podcast #159 :: O Dia Que Te Conheci- Podcast #158 :: Golpe de Sorte em Paris- Podcast #157 :: Os Fantasmas Ainda se Divertem Nesse episódio, Robledo Milani e Marcelo Muller debatem sobre esses e outros assuntos relacionados a Coringa: Delírio a Dois, a fim de preparar os espectadores.

Ben and Rob get what they deserve for ‘Joker', Todd Phillips' 2019 character study smuggled into box-office history under a supervillains cape. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy, ‘Joker' tells the story of mentally unwell and financially destitute Arthur Fleck and his journey to become a stand-up comedian; a journey that takes a terrifying wrong turn when Gotham repeatedly turns it back on his suffering. The film lacking an appearance from Batman didn't stop ‘Joker' delighting DC Comics fans as deeply as the critics; becoming the first R rated movie to cross the billion dollar mark at the box office.But how did this seventies morality tale get green-lit in the first place? What inspired Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix as they concocted this beautifully affecting film? Is this film just ripping off Scorcese's ‘King Of Comedy'? Does this entire film we it's existence to an advert for Suicide Squad? And if we browse the DSM-5 medical dictionary of mental illness, can we diagnose the Clown Prince Of Crime?CONSUUUME to find out all this and much MUCH more!PLUS! We have a YouTube with EXCLUSIVE content just for you - click the link below!Find us on your socials of choice or WATCH this episode at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

Joker: Folie à Deux is a 2024 American musical psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay co-written with Scott Silver. It is the sequel to Joker (2019), loosely based on DC Comics characters, and stars Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the Joker with Lady Gaga joining the cast as his love interest Harley Quinn. Zazie Beetz also reprises her role from the previous film, while Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener also join the cast. It is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios in association with Joint Effort. Joker was conceived as a standalone film, although Warner Bros. intended for the film to launch a DC Black film series. Phillips expressed interest in making a sequel but confirmed that Joker was not set up to have one. The sequel entered development in June 2022, with Gaga and Beetz joining later that year. Principal photography took place in New York City, Los Angeles, and Belleville, New Jersey, from December 2022 to April 2023. Joker: Folie à Deux premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 4, 2024. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the production design, costumes, musical sequences, and the performances of Phoenix and Gaga, but criticized the screenplay, character development, and themes.

For this "ReScreen" episode, Michael does a rewatch of the 2019 thriller "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy. What are some of his memories of seeing this film previously and thoughts after seeing the film again? Check it out and see! Be a part of the conversation! E-mail the show at screennerdspodcast@gmail.com Follow the show on Twitter @screennerdspod Like the show on Facebook (Search for Screen Nerds Podcast and find the page there) Follow the show on Instagram and Threads just search screennerdspodcast Check out the show on Bluesky just search screennerdspodcast Be sure to check out the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Goodpods, Overcast, Amazon Music or your podcast catcher of choice! (and please share rate and review!) Want to be a guest or share your thoughts on the podcast? Send me an e-mail! Thanks to Frankie Creel for the artwork

Indy loves Donald Glover's poignant, surrealist, dark comedy series Atlanta, Samantha recommends The Things We Leave Unfinished, an emotional multi-generational novel by Rebecca Yarros, and we preview next week's big watch the seminal childhood summer blockbuster Jurassic Park! I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa Atlanta is an American comedy-drama television series created by Donald Glover. The series follows college dropout and music manager Earnest "Earn" Marks (Glover) and rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) as they navigate a strange, seemingly otherworldly Atlanta hip hop scene. Atlanta also stars LaKeith Stanfield as Darius, Earn and Alfred's eccentric friend, and Zazie Beetz as Vanessa "Van" Kiefer, Earn's on-again-off-again girlfriend and the mother of his daughter.   Rebecca Yarros is an American author. She is best known for the Empyrean fantasy book series, which will be adapted into a television series with Amazon; Yarros will serve as a non-writing executive producer. Yarros graduated from Troy University, where she studied European history and English.   Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen, and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, and is based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp. The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, where a wealthy businessman John Hammond (Attenborough), and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors, including Hammond's grandchildren, struggle to survive and escape the now perilous island.

Our replay of Deadpool coverage continues! This week, we look back at Derrick and Perry's thoughts on the Super Duper Cut of Deadpool 2!Want to tell us what you think? Have any questions or comments for Perry about superheroes in media or comics? Leave a voice message to play on the show. You can also apply to be a guest on the show.FacebookBlueskyThreadsInstagramContact

Join Host Shane, Co-Host Russell, and Dave as we continue the March of the Mutants, with 2018's Deadpool 2! Based on Marvel Comics; Written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Ryan Reynolds; Directed by David Leitch; Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, TJ Miller, Karan Soni, and more! Join us on Patreon for just $1 per month, and you can help us continue to talk about movies! patreon.com/draftyQ Check out our Amazon Wishlist! Buy stuff for us! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/322RUIF15J9O0?ref_=wl_share

Welcome Back Everyone! Thank You for joining us once again! We did it! After very little planning and then months of hoping it would happen, we have reached the final hours of our quest. This week we got another 3 film episode for you as we catch up and prepare for next weeks big finale....Deadpool and Wolverine!   1st Film: The New Mutants (2020) Directed by Josh Boone Starring: Blu Hunt, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Alice Braga, and Charlie Heaton 2nd Film: On The Road to Deadpool and Wolverine! Deadpool (2016) Directed by Tim Miller Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J Miller and Ed Skrein 3rd Film: On The Road to Deadpool and Wolverine! Deadpool 2 (2018) Directed by: David Leitch Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz and Morena Baccarin Thanks for Listening! Email:   Strangerthanflicktion@gmail.com Twitters:  Podcast- @SFlicktion Joey - @SpaceJamIsMyjam Jacob - @Jabcup Johnnie- @Shaggyroaddogg Tim - @timbohh4l Catch Joeys reactions over at Joey Reacts on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@jwararmour/featured Time Stamps: The New Mutants -  Rate and Review - 24:57 Deadpool  - Review and Rate  -  58:55 Deadpool 2 - Review and Rate - 01:27:33 Music Credits:  X Gon Give it to ya by DMX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36EBd2Q4-gg X-Men Days of Future Past Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFFdFaLbhYc Ashes by Celine Dion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX11yw6YL1w The Final Countdown by Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNiTxUEnmKI

Dan and Don return to Podcast 241 to discuss the merc with the mouth's sequel, "Deadpool 2". Starring Ryan Reynolds, Zazie Beetz and Josh Brolin, Deadpool returns to find his "f-word". AND, as before, this is the first time Daniel has seen it! So on the eve of "Deadpool and Wolverine", the team break down the age old question, "Did we need this sequel?". All that and more in this exciting episode of Podcast 241! Click the link, give us a LIKE and a SUBSCRIBE and find out our thoughts on all things Star Wars, DC, Marvel and MORE!.Find some high grade quality lead, shuffle around in your prison wallet and get ready to time-slip, because it's time for some 241!Also, for the central hub of everything Podcast 241, check out our website!LINK: https://www.podcast241.comHave comments or questions? Click the link below and leave us a message!LINK: http://bit.ly/241mailFollow us on:Instagram: @podcast_241Twitter: @podcast241Facebook: Podcast 241Tiktok: @podcast241Twitch: twitch.tv/241studios

With the release of Deadpool & Wolverine just days away, we've reached the final stop on our Mutant Rewatch tour. And what a finale it is! Join The Watchers as we look back at Deadpool 2. The live chat starts at 7 p.m. CT! #DeadpoolAndWolverine ❤️

Couch Potato Theater: Deadpool 2 (2018) / Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Preview Watch the video version of this Couch Potato Theater episode on the Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FandomPodcastNetwork Deadpool month (July 2024) continues on the Fandom Podcast Network with excitement and anticipation for the Deadpool And Wolverine (2024) movie, where these two iconic characters are finally welcomed to the MCU! We celebrate the sequel to Deadpool (2016) with Couch Potato Theater: Deadpool 2 (2018) / Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Preview! We welcome special guest and huge Deadpool fan David Lozano from the Star Wars Stuff Podcast. Welcome to Couch Potato Theater, where we celebrate our favorite movies on the Fandom Podcast Network! Deadpool 2 is a 2018 American adult superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Deadpool. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, it is the sequel to Deadpool (2016) and the eleventh installment in the X-Men film series. The film was directed by David Leitch and written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Ryan Reynolds, who stars in the title role alongside Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T. J. Miller & Brianna Hildebrand. In the film, Deadpool forms the X-Force to protect a young mutant from the time-traveling soldier Cable.  Fandom Podcast Network Contact Information -  - Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/FandomPodcastNetwork  - Master feed for all FPNet Audio Podcasts:  http://fpnet.podbean.com/ - Couch Potato Theater Audio Podcast Master Feed:  https://fpnet.podbean.com/category/couch-potato-theater - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fandompodcastnetwork - Facebook: True Believers A Marvel & MCU Fandom Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143313841014405/ - Email: fandompodcastnetwork@gmail.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fandompodcastnetwork/ - X: @fanpodnetwork / https://twitter.com/fanpodnetwork  Host & Guest Contact Info: - Kevin Reitzel on X / Instagram / Threads / Discord & Letterboxd: @spartan_phoenix  - Kyle Wagner on X: @AKyleW / Instagram & Threads: @Akylefandom / @akyleW on Discord / @Ksport16: Letterboxd - Lacee Aderhold on X: @LaceePants / Instagram: @thelaceepants / Letterboxd: @Laceepants. - David Lozano on X: @STUFFpod / Instagram: @StarWarsStuffPod & @ThatDavidLozano / Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@StarWarsstuffPodcast #CouchPotatoTheater #TrueBelievers #FandomPodcastNetwork #FPNet #Deadpool2 #Deadpool2Movie #OnceUponADeadpool #DavidLeitch #RyanReynolds #WadeWilson #MorenaBaccarin #BriannaHildebrand #NegasonicTeenageWarhead #JoshBrolinCable #Colossus  #Wolverine #HughJackmanWolverine #DeadpoolAndWolverine #JulianDennisonFireFist #ZazieBeetzDomino #LeslieUggamsBlindAl #TJMillerWeasel #ShioliKutsunaYukio #RobDelaneyPeter #LewisTanShatterstar #RobLiefeld #BillSkarsgardZeitgeist  #TerryCrewsBedlam #BradPittVanisher #FredSavage

As we get ready for Deadpool & Wolverine, we are covering the 2nd movie in the franchise which introduces Cable and Domino to the big screen! Ryan Reynolds dons the red suit again and brings his snarky wit against a time traveling half-machine trying to kill a kid who will be responsible for a lot of death and destruction in the future! Oh, and Deadpool has a death wish. How does part 2 hold up? Check out what the guys think and let us know what you think of Deadpool 2! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram

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Two Dudes don their capes & cowls to review the much-anticipated, much-delayed sophomore season of Invincible on Amazon Prime with special guest, Michael O'Rear (Stark Wars). Featuring the voices of Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Sterling K. Brown,Seth Rogen, Zachary Quinto, Gillian Jacobs, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, and more! Follow the pod so you never miss an episode

Joker 2: Folie à Deux Trailer Explained #jokerfolieadeux #joker2 #joker #ladygaga Warner Bros released the first trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux during its studio presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Todd Phillips directed the sequel and co-wrote the film with Scott Silver and Bob Kane. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Joker and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. The cast also includes Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson, Jacob Lofland and Harry Lawtey, with Zazie Beetz returning from the first film. Philipps discussed Joker (2019) and continued on by explaining what led to the sequel. “When we were making the first movie Joaquin and I always talked about making a sequel really because we were having a great time, but we were never really serious”. He continues, “then when Joker became a huge success, we talked about it during the pandemic and decided to do it and we had a blast doing it.” Continuing about the sequel Philipps mentions Lady Gaga and the musical elements of the upcoming film. “We cast Gaga because she's magic. I was a producer on A Star is Born and that was where I was like she has magic in her.” “I've never talked about it as a musical, but it's a movie where music is an essential element.” “The first ways I described Arthur were as weird and aloof and distant, but he has music in him, he has a grace to him. That informed him a lot in the first film. It didn't seem like that big of a step what we did here.”

In this episode I speak about season 6 of Black Mirror on Netflix, the final season of Jack Ryan on Amazon, the movie American Fiction and another addition to our GOATs doing GOAT $hit segment!   The Spun Today Podcast is a Podcast that is anchored in Writing, but unlimited in scope.  Give it a whirl.    Twitter: https://twitter.com/spuntoday Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spuntoday/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spuntoday   Website: http://www.spuntoday.com/home Newsletter: http://www.spuntoday.com/subscribe   Links referenced in this episode:  Black Mirror season 6: https://www.netflix.com/title/70264888   Jack Ryan series finale: https://www.amazon.com/Jack-Ryan-Season-4/dp/B0BYT9NB1G   Tom Clancy writers: https://rare.us/rare-life/tom-clancy-books/ https://tomclancy.com/author/grant-blackwood https://tomclancy.com/categories/jack-ryan-novels https://tomclancy.com/categories/jack-ryan-jr-novels   American Fiction: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23561236/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt   Joe Rogan's new Spotify deal: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/joe-rogan-podcast-spotify-deal-28eb5f74 https://apnews.com/article/joe-rogan-spotify-deal-76fa0e2c9d4b137f510428528ea6226b   Get your Podcast Started Today! https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=SPUN (Use Promo code SPUN and get up to 2-months of free service!)   Check out all the Spun Today Merch, and other ways to help support this show! https://www.spuntoday.com/support   Check out my Books Make Way for You – Tips for getting out of your own way FRACTAL – A Time Travel Tale Melted Cold – A Collection of Short Stories http://www.spuntoday.com/books/ (e-Book, Paperback & Hardcover are now available).   Fill out my Spun Today Questionnaire if you're passionate about your craft.  I'll share your insight and motivation on the Podcast: http://www.spuntoday.com/questionnaire/    Shop on Amazon using this link, to support the Podcast: http://www.amazon.com//ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?&tag=sputod0c-20&camp=216797&creative=446321&linkCode=ur1&adid=104DDN7SG8A2HXW52TFB&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spuntoday.com%2Fcontact%2F   Shop on iTunes using this link, to support the Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTop?genreId=38&id=27820&popId=42&uo=10   Shop at the Spun Today store for Mugs, T-Shirts and more: https://viralstyle.com/store/spuntoday/tonyortiz   Background Music: Autumn 2011 - Loxbeats & Melody - Roa   Outro Background Music: https://www.bensound.com   Spun Today Logo by: https://www.naveendhanalak.com/   Sound effects are credited to: http://www.freesfx.co.uk   Listen on: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Website   Download Episode Transcript [00:00:00] What's up, folks? What's going on? Welcome to the Spun Today podcast, the only podcast that is anchored in writing, but unlimited in scope. I'm your host, Tony Ortiz, and I appreciate you listening. This is episode 254 of the podcast. And in this episode, I speak about. Season six of Black Mirror on Netflix, the final season of Jack Ryan on Amazon, the movie American Fiction, and another addition to our goats doing goat shit segment. Stick around for all that good stuff. But before we get into the episode, I wanted to tell you guys about a quick way you can help support this show if you so choose. Then we'll jump right into the episode. Black Mirror season six was released in 2023. For those of you who don't know, don't follow the show. It is an amazing watch. One of my favorite shows for sure. And it has six seasons available [00:01:00] on Netflix. And if you haven't seen any episode, don't worry. It's not like one of those types of shows where you have to follow specific characters or like watch it from, you know, episode one through to the latest episode. Each season, each season is like a, it's an anthology. So it's like these individual stories, individual short stories, if you will. And each one is kind of like its own movie. Think of it that way. So you can literally go in, check out the descriptions, see which ones you might, might be interested in and like, and it just started that way. That's what I did initially years ago. When I, when I first got put onto the show. And since have watched every single episode. I think every single episode, actually. I was Well, reading up and refreshing my memory on a few of these episodes, I went back and noticed like one or two episodes that I either don't remember or [00:02:00] maybe never even saw. But yeah, and it's not a lot of episodes per season. Some seasons only have three episodes, for example. Some have six, some have five, some have four. This latest season, season six, has five episodes. All of which are really cool. I would say two to three are awesome. Two are awesome. One is really good. And a couple of them I could were my favorites. But they were worth the watch either way. Because it really is a good show. Very well done. And here's the official synopsis of the show. Black Mirror is featuring stand alone dramas, sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno paranoia. Black Mirror is a contemporary reworking of The Twilight Zone, with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world. In the synopsis for this specific season is twisted tales that span eras and terrors. Deliver a [00:03:00] myriad of surprises in this game changing anthology series. Most unpredictable season yet. And as we like to do here on the Spun Study Podcast, wanted to shout out the folks that make it all possible. The writers. Black Mirror was created and is mainly written by Charlie Brooker. And there was one episode here in season six that was written by Bisha K. Ali, shout out to the writers of this amazing series and awesome season.[00:04:00] So the very first episode of the season is called Joan is awful. And the summary is that an average woman discovers a global streaming service has adapted her daily life and her secrets into a drama starring A list actress Salma Hayek. The name of the streaming service is Streamberry. It's similar to think of like Netflix for example. And this lady is essentially, you know, going through her life. Goes to work. Has certain conversations at work. She has a husband or, or at least a fiancé or live in boyfriend or something like that. That they depict their relationship kind of as like very routine, very going through the motions. And she Gets a text from like an [00:05:00] ex boyfriend or an old flame and says that he's in town and just wants to meet to say hi for a drink or something like that and she hesitantly goes Winds up going. I think they wind up kissing or something like that. And then they she leaves and goes home then they are about to Have dinner her and her boyfriend and They put on the TV and they say, Oh, Oh, look, there's a new show called Joan is awful the hell. And her name is Joan and they start playing it and watching it. And it's going through pretty much everything that happened to her that day. So it shows her like in the show, it shows some high, which plays her character going through the motions with a boyfriend, goes to work, shows a very similar conversation that she has. Her assistant is very similar and quirky and shows like what she said behind the back of someone that she fired and almost [00:06:00] identical to like what happened to her in real life. So she's watching it like, wait, what? What the fuck? Is this a joke? Like, what are you doing? What is going on? And then the boyfriend, he's just like, well, what are you talking about? You know, just like a show. But then he even starts catching on like, wait, this is very similar to, this seems like us. And then he sees in the show that she gets a text from an old boyfriend and then she's like, wait, that didn't happen. That's not true. And then, you know, she wants to stop watching for obvious reasons. He wants to keep watching for obvious reasons and so on and so forth. In long story short, the world of this main character like falls apart. And in almost real time, it's showing this on the show, like in the next episode of Jonah's Awful, and just highlighting how she's like a bad person and she's like flipping out and going to, she goes to a lawyer, she tries to sue Streamberry, [00:07:00] she loses her job, and all of this is being depicted on the show as well, right? Like, like a beat behind what's actually happening in real life, and she's like, how the fuck is this happening? And then the lawyer winds up letting her know that in signing the terms and conditions, you know, like the, those like pages and pages worth of terms and conditions that we all just like click the checkbox on and click accept, which I believe South Park did an episode of like years ago, but the lawyer explains how in the terms and conditions, one of the things you signed off on was giving your likeness, right? Signing over your likeness to StreamBerry and it's completely legal and they could do what they're doing. And from a company perspective in StreamBerry, they're using some sort of like AI and like high level tech to enrich their algorithm such that it gives the user, like the [00:08:00] watcher, the most targeted experience possible, which I can totally see a corporation doing. Like something like that through like algorithmic optimization and just like focusing on the bottom line, you know what I mean? Like an evil corporation that just wants to increase profit quarter after quarter after quarter and losing sight of the damage that it's doing otherwise. And then there's another layer to the episode where it gets into this like quantum computing baseline reality versus fictive reality. Type of thing as like the, the Joan is awful, the main character that we see that we think is the real Joan. She starts investigating the company and, and you know, taking matters into her own hands, tries to break into the company and figure out where they have this super computer that's facilitating all this. And she finds out that there's layers and layers and layers to this Joan is awful character. Where she's seeing Salma Hayek, this famous actress, playing her life. [00:09:00] There's, she is the. Actress that somebody else in a different layer or a different level of reality is watching her in a similar way on her streaming service, watching the Joan that we think is the real Joan, they're watching her on TV and so on and so forth. So she's like, wait, she's like contemplating mine, like, not even real. Am I like CGI? Am I like AI or something like that? And then it gets into the question of what's real. What's what are people quote unquote. What if we do create like AI or like sentient AI? Do they really have feelings and thoughts and are they real? Should they have rights, et cetera? It's really, really interesting. It's like a mind bending, when you think you know what the episode is about, it winds up opening up like all these other layers and inevitable questions. And that was definitely either my favorite or tied for favorite [00:10:00] episode of this season, Joan is awful. The second episode of Lock Henry is the one that I would say is like my tied to tied as my favorite episode of the season. And the summary for it is that while filming a nature documentary in a sleepy Scottish town, a young couple catches wind of a juicy local story with ties to shocking past events. Now in this episode, what stood out to me was first of all, like the way it was shot. It's very scenic. It's very beautiful looking the acting is great Everyone in it from like the main character his girlfriend his mother his best friend like stole a show. He was like the comedic relief and It follows this couple that goes Back home to, to the guy, the guy's hometown and the mother's meeting his, his girlfriend for the first time. And this town is really beautiful, but it's like [00:11:00] dead, like almost nobody's around. It's kind of eerie and creepy in that sense, but it's so beautiful and the girlfriend's even even notices that and she's like, what's going on here? Like, you would think that, you know, especially with this weather and this time of year that. This would be like a pop in place, you know what I mean? like a vacation spot for folks and She even asked this to The guy's friend Which is running a family Restaurant slash pub and the friend tells him wait, you didn't tell her about Ian Adar And remember, they're, they're like these film school kids that are, like, home from college to do this like, nature documentary. And that's what they're into. Or to do a documentary period, and they chose to do it about nature, a nature documentary. And, the kid is like no, no, no I didn't wanna, like, speak about that or whatever. And she's like, wait, who's Ian Adar? And [00:12:00] The friend or he and the friend but mainly he, the main character, he starts telling his girlfriend the story of Ian Adar. And this is probably like the scene that, that made the episode for me was his telling of the story of Ian Adar was like perfect spot on storytelling. Like it was just enough. Detail for like listeners and like watchers of the show to like add their own color and the visuals that they showed during his telling of Who Ian the Dar was definitely helped as well But it's absolutely like what roped me into to the episode But essentially this Ian the Dar character was a local guy who's kind of like a loner creepy guy that used to like go into the the pub and drink and and get drunk and Lived in a house down the road with a farm and [00:13:00] the, the main characters father in present time had passed away, but he used to be a police officer and they tell this very suspenseful story of how there was like a one day he got really drunk to see in the dark character after a couple that was on vacation because it used to be a really popular spot, this place. Which ties to the, the girl's expectation of, you know, why isn't this like a more popular place? It used to be. And then this couple went missing. And they couldn't find them. And then one day Enidar is in the pub and got really drunk. And then winds up going home and there's a disturbance in his house. And somebody calls the cops. The father of this kid goes and winds up getting shot by Enidar. As the telling of the story not killed, but then we find out that later on from his like wounds and like stuff like that, he got sick [00:14:00] and it was never the same and then wound up dying. So the mother and, and like the family blame Inidar for the father's death, but ultimately they found like this hidden dungeon in the house and like the remains of these people that were missing. And this Inadar character was some sort of like serial killer guy. And since then, the town became like a ghost town. Hence the state that it's currently in. Now the girl, she's like, We're not doing a fucking nature documentary anymore. We have to do a documentary about this. This is the story. We have to tell the story. And you know, they're film buffs and he's reluctant to do it. Doesn't want to open up like old wounds of you know, the family and the father dying and The story and stuff like that. The friend wants to, wants them to tell the story as well to see if it brings like more popularity back to the town and more tourists and stuff like that. And the girl's [00:15:00] really pushing for it. And even the mother says that she, it's important to tell the story. So then the kid gets on board and they start, you know, investigating and going into the house that was boarded up and going into that dungeon and taking videos and pictures and all this stuff. And the mother's this very like proper, you know, buttoned up lady. And the, like the kids are walking on eggshells around her. Don't want to make so much noise. And you know, she's nice, but very like buttoned up and proper. And long story shorter as they're investigating and the girlfriend is in the house by herself for some reason, like the, The guy went to visit with his friend or something like that. I forgot where he went, but she's just like rewatching some of the footage that they shot that day. And they were recording on top of an old VHS tape of some sitcom show that the mom used to watch and the father. And she finishes watching the footage and, but [00:16:00] the leaves the tape playing while she's like writing something down or something like that. And then the, this other footage comes up. All of that same dungeon area in the house, but it's like old footage. And she pretty much sees the couple that went missing and the mother of the guy and the father, and they're into this like eyes wide shut style, sex torture thing. And the girlfriend is watching this like, what the fuck? And then realizes that the mother and the father, the cop were the ones that killed that missing couple. And they were, you know, they did it again in this like Eyes Wide Shut style, like sex play, torture, craziness. And she like stops it and then right there there's like a knock at the door or the mother opens the door and she's like, Oh, dinner's ready. And she, and she, you know, she's trying not to freak out. And she's like, Okay, I'll be right there. And then winds [00:17:00] up going upstairs and saying that she's going to get some air or something like that. And it's night time, but ultimately she goes, she winds up getting out the house. The mother realizes, you know, goes back to the room, realizes what she saw, and then tries to find the girl. She drives and catches up to her. Then the girl, like, runs into into, like, a wooded area, like, down by a river and tries to hide. Winds up, like, slipping and banging her head, and pretty much she drowns in the river and dies. Then the mother just had another added twist to everything. The mother winds up going back to the, to the apartment, taking out all the VHS tapes and footage and stuff and set and write a letter to her son, which still isn't home by the way, and explaining to him everything and what she was involved in. And what his father was involved in and that with the footage that's on that tape, he'll make [00:18:00] like an amazing documentary and then she winds up hanging herself, which is sick and unexpected. And then the story goes on to, to show the kid, you know, being the film buff that he is, but also reluctant to like the whole thing. He winds up putting out this documentary, the town blows up with like tourism and stuff like that. It like fast forwards, like a year or two later and he winds up winning like all these like awards and, you know, like Emmys, Grammys, whatever it is that you went for this, but it's like that type of event and he's like pretty much miserable. Like, he has obviously what he wanted with this, like documentary filmmaking fame, he brought back life to his hometown, but obviously lost his girlfriend and his mother and is completely mind fucked with what happened. So. Dope, dope episode. Lock Henry. Now the next three, I'll go a little quicker. We have beyond the sea, which was a really good episode. It starts my [00:19:00] guy Jesse from breaking bad. And he and he plays this astronaut, he and another character and it says in an alternative in 1969, two astronauts on a perilous high tech space mission. Grapple with the fallout of an unfathomable tragedy back on earth. And essentially they're these astronauts that are in like in deep space. But they have these only two were made state of the art, like physical bodies back on earth. And they're able through some sort of technology laid down in a pod for like in their like spaceship or wherever they are in space. And It puts them to sleep, but like beams their consciousness into this body that's back on earth and they could do it for, I don't know, five hours, eight hours a day or something like that, or every so often, you know, and while one does it, the [00:20:00] other one has to, you know, be in the spaceship, you know, man, the spaceship and, and everything and the other, you know, does that to spend time with their family, both of them are like married, they have a kid or two. So And They take turns doing this every day and then the rest of the day, you know, they're working out in space and doing the research and work that it is that they do. Then one day, one of them goes back and I forget exactly how it happened, but it was, Oh, I do remember how it happened. The somebody breaks into their house and, it's like this think of like the Sharon Tate style murders. But it's like a religious cult thing that this is like you know ungodly You know, you're like an abomination here on earth. You're not really human It's like that type of mentality that drove these folks to like break into the house. They wound up tying tying up the guy [00:21:00] and He you know his body it that's not his real body But he's you know, he he's beamed in and then they top his wife his kid And they wind up killing his wife and, and child in front of him while he's watching, and he can't do anything about it. And then they, you know, they can't kill him because it's not really his body, but they fuck up the, that machine, robot, AI, whatever, body so he can't ever, like, beam down again. Then he beams back, obviously he's in, in real life, you know, he's in outer space. Not in real life, but, you know. And he's completely distraught. It's a, you know, story blows up. It's pretty much going crazy. And then his other astronaut buddy friend is, finds out about it. And then he, you know, they, they speak back to like space command or whatever it's called. And they try to give the, the friend you know, pointers and things to speak to him about. And, you know, they try to [00:22:00] like keep tabs on him. To see what's going on, you know, don't fuck up like the mission and then, you know, he has to deal with him coming back to his family and his life, but knowing that he left this unstable person up there that just lost his entire family and they think of like he and his wife think of, you know, like once he's like a little bit more settled, you know, They offer him to use his body. So Jesse's character offers him to use his body to go down, you know, to beam down. Just so he could feel the air again and be around people. And he winds up doing this. They wind up doing it every so often. It's apparently, it's helping him. But then he and the wife kind of hit it off a little bit. And he's into painting and they get a little flirty.[00:23:00] The wife you know, pushes back on the whole thing eventually. But then Jesse's character finds out about it, gets upset, tells him that he's not going to let them, you know, beam down anymore. You know, they're not supposed to be doing that anyway. Cause it like breaks protocol. And then the guy convinces him to do it. One more time. Just so he could apologize to the wife and he reluctantly agrees. Then he comes back and then the next time Jesse beams down, he beams down and he sees blood everywhere. He's like, what the fuck? And then he realizes the guy beamed down that last time and wound up killing his wife and kid. And he has no other option but to like beam back up. You know, he beams back up and the story ends with them. Him just like flipping out, but then him telling him to like, take a seat. He's like completely calm and fucking psycho, but tells him, you know, take a seat. Now, now we're even basically, I lost my family. You lost yours. You can't tell anybody about it. Cause you know, there's [00:24:00] nothing anybody can do. We weren't even supposed to be beaming in each other's bodies or whatever the hell. That was a really good episode. Now, the last two that I'll mention Maisie day. The main character is played by Zazie Beetz from Atlanta. Great actress. It wasn't my favorite episode. It's a troubled Hollywood starlet who goes to great lengths to escape packs of invasive paparazzi as she deals with the aftermath of a hit and run. And yeah, it didn't really, it wasn't a favorite episode of mine. She plays a paparazzi that's like in the paparazzi game and wants out, wants a different life. But they're tracking this like super popular actress who's trying to like hide out in rehab because she has like a drug problem. And then there's like this, I don't know, felt like lazy twist unexpected. I don't know, not maybe not lazy, but. Because it got me like I was interested in the episode just because [00:25:00] of like the acting and the writing in general and the characters in it. And it was. Somewhat suspenseful, but like the what happened at the end. I was like, ah, come on which was pretty much the The starlet that they were tracking down Was in this like rehab place and like tied down and they they wound up trying to save her Because they pretty she pretty much went into this rehab place and they like tied her down To, you know, like fight off the, the drugs and, you know, she was going to get sick and throw up and stuff like that. And they didn't want her like breaking out and getting drugs or anything. So it would be like an easier time for her if she was just tied down. So the paparazzi, Zazie Beats, and a couple other folks, they track her down. They try to get a picture of her because it's worth a lot of money in the rehab place. But then they realize that she's tied down. And when they go, they go to free her and she winds up turning into a werewolf. So, and she winds up killing a couple of the [00:26:00] paparazzis as he beats, gets away. And then at the end, I think winds up killing her as well. But yeah, that was a little, just like a little far fetched in my opinion, but that thing was great. And the last one is called Demon 79. This is Northern England, 1979. A meek sales assistant discovers she must commit terrible acts to prevent an imminent disaster. This was another one that was good. It keeps you roped in because you want to know if it's true or not, what she's going through. And it's this Indian girl in 1979. She's a she sells shoes. She works at like a malls department store selling shoes. And the people she works with and, you know, her boss and coworker and stuff like that, they all treat her different and they say, oh, you have stinky food and, and, you know, she's treated, she's very othered, you know, her neighbors or the people treat her [00:27:00] like very differently. And then this like demon appears and that only she can see in here and tells her that she has to essentially kill three people or the entire world would end. So they're showing this and you as the, as the viewer are like, is this real or not? Is she like a schizophrenic imagining demons and shit? Or is this like really happening within this world? And she's going through those same emotions. She's like, she thinks she's going crazy, but then ultimately is convinced of this and winds up going through the motions and doing things with the, with the demon. And the demon tries to like aggro on and, and. And, you know, motivate her to, to kill people and forget what it was. If it had to be only good people, it couldn't be bad people because bad people would be too easy. It has to be like three innocent people or something like that. Or if it was the other way around, if it had to be bad people and couldn't be innocent people and she wound up killing [00:28:00] like an innocent person, I think that's what it was. It's one of the killing an innocent person. That person didn't count. So she wound up killing like an extra person. And then at the end, she winds up getting caught like in the act and is, you know, there's like a cutoff time. It's like midnight at, you know, you know, three days later or something like that. The world was going to end and she's like in the interrogation room with the cops and they're writing her off as fucking crazy. The clock strike struck 12, nothing happened. And then she's like coming to the realization, holy shit, I killed these people. I am crazy. It's 12 o'clock and nothing happened. And then like three or four minutes later, you hear sirens going off and like the towns, like fog horns and everyone in the precinct is like going to the windows and you just see like bombs and fire and plague and just like everything going to shit. And then she comes to the realization of, Oh, I'm not crazy. [00:29:00] So she's happy about that, but then at the same time, oh, but the world is ending so There is that But yeah, Black Mirror Dope series, like I said in the beginning of this little recap and review Go back to see all the seasons all the episodes Some of them are fucking amazing. A lot of them are great most of them are either great or really good and there's like a I could count on one hand, less than one hand, probably just two or three that even, even the ones that, like I mentioned in, in this season six, the last two episodes weren't my favorite, but they were, you know, it wasn't like, Oh, why'd I watch that? You know what I mean? And that is my little recap and review of black mirror season six available on Netflix testing, testing one, two, one, two. Tom Clancy's, Jack Ryan, created by Carlton Qs and Graham Roland. Based on the characters by novelist, Tom [00:30:00] Clancy had its series finale last year in 2023. Very quick aside, because I don't wanna forget Tom Clancy, I, I looked them up like when I, when I'm into like a show or a movie or, or like a book, and I may not know the author or the writer or the creators. I look them up usually like to follow them on, on Twitter or Instagram and just to see like what they're up to, what they're working on currently. And I did that with Tom Clancy being that this is a character that he developed, that he created and has like a bunch of, of novels about him. And I found out that he died in 2013. And since, since he died, he's put out more content, whether it be films, Shows like this one and books and at first I'm kind of like, yeah, that's I guess it kind of sort of makes sense if you, you know, you create certain characters and you have like a, [00:31:00] a large backlog, you know, your state or something can like license out the content and one of your older books could be adapted into a movie or TV show, et cetera. I thought it was like that type of deal. But then I found out that's not the case and that he's since he's. Past again in 2013. He's put out over a dozen new books. We're not he is like physically impossible but He built out such a well known IP in like his name tom clancy and all the characters that he's created and Like Jack Ryan, for example, but also different, like, series of, like, movies and shows, like, The Hunt for Red October, starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin Patriot Games, starring Harrison Ford, etc., that his name alone is the Tom Clancy name, like, it became an entity, essentially. And The publishing house [00:32:00] has other writers that since his death have written under the Tom Clancy banner, if you will, but under the Tom Clancy name. So it'll be a new book by Tom Clancy, but it's really written by Grant Blackwood, Mark Cameron, Dick Couch, Mark Greeney. And Mike Madden probably amongst others by now. I thought that was so fascinating and interesting and just a testament to something that I like to highlight and underscore the importance of owning your content, owning your IP. At whatever level you're on from zero listenership and readership to millions and millions and millions of listeners and or readership, because ultimately, if something does pop off in the direction of being financially viable, why not have your situation set up in a way where you didn't give away the rights, you didn't sell off the [00:33:00] rights for a one time fee or, you know, the short term bag, but you've created something valuable. That can and will go on for decades after you're gone and your kids and maybe even your kids kids Could benefit from it Like why not set it up that way, you know what I mean, but to each their own. Anyway, Jack Ryan is a dope series and The official synopsis is of the show is up and coming CIA analyst Jack Ryan is thrust into dangerous field assignments and it stars John Krasinski From the office, which when I first saw the show, I was like that, like, I know him as like Jim from the office and it's a comedy. And this is like a serious, you know, CIA analyst guy, but it totally works. And it just shows like his range as an actor, in my opinion. Also starting Wendell Pierce, shout out to Wendell Pierce, shout out to the wire [00:34:00] and Michael Kelly. It was a great, like character actor. I think that's what you call a character actor. Shout out to a house of cards where he played Doug. And as we'd like to do here on the sponsored a podcast, because if we don't do it here, then who will let's shout out the writers. First and foremost, Tom Clancy, of course, based on the characters that he created Carlton Kuse, Graham Roland, Joe Griscoviak, Jeff Kempler, Jada Nation, Aaron Rabin, you name it. Vaughn Wilmot, Stephen Cain and Robert David Port. Shout out to each and every one of the writers that, and creators of the series that put together this final fourth series finale.[00:35:00] So like the synopsis says, if you're not familiar with the show, it all revolves around this genius. CIA analyst. He's kind of like a desk analyst research guy that winds up going into the field and then you start finding out that, Oh, he can, he can do the field as well. He has like a background being like a Navy seal, I think, or just like one of those like superhero type characters in, in shows, you know, they could do it all smartest guy in the room, toughest guy in the room. And I love shows like that. Cause I could finally relate to someone, you know what I mean? Let me stop. But definitely, I definitely do enjoy those shows. You kind of like vicariously live through characters like that. And this season, this final season, [00:36:00] had to do with a drug cartel teaming up with a terrorist organization. And how that type of matchup would combine unlimited resources with Like unbridled terror and hate, which is obviously a dangerous combination, especially when, and if it's aimed towards the U S for example, Michael Pena is a big part of this final season as well. Another great actor. If you don't know him by name, he's, he's the, the Spanish guy that is like in everything. When you see him, you'd be like, Oh yeah, I know that guy. And in the very first episode, actually, Ends with a really dope scene where he is in Jack Ryan's apartment. When Jack Ryan gets home with his girlfriend and they get home [00:37:00] from some event that they were at and she's going to go take a shower or something. He's going to the fridge and Michael Peña just points a gun to his head and tells him to turn Pluto back on. So at this point. The story. Basically, Jack Ryan has ascended and he's like assistant to the head of the CIA like sec second line. And they're getting a lot of pressure from, from the Senate to be more transparent and highlight programs within the CIA, like covert operations and stuff like that because there had just been a coup slash murder of a president in a country in Africa and. You know, conspiracy theorists and folks were blaming the CIA as them having something to do with it. So a way that Jack Ryan and Director Wright chose to deal with that was to turn off the funding for all these [00:38:00] programs that you couldn't trace or like where the money was going to and stuff like that. And one of these programs was Pluto, codenamed Pluto. And Michael Peña just shows up, puts a gun to Jack Ryan's head. Remember, Jack Ryan's like the badass, you know, handles everything, knows everything that's going on at all times. And here's this guy, apparently within the CIA as well, in his apartment with a gun to his head, telling him to turn the shit back on, turn the money back on for that operation. And we see Michael Pena's character in Mexico. Like they show a few scenes of him there and like being a bit like a bad ass there. And as the viewer, we're kind of like, wait, is he CIA? Is he part of this cartel? Is he like a double agent? Like what's up with him? And ultimately we find out that he is in the CIA, but he's being used by the folks that are running the Pluto program that are working with This either the drug cartel and or [00:39:00] the terrorist organization side to try to facilitate what they have going on and they're pretty much being paid off. That's essentially what this season is all about. It has great fighting scenes, very suspenseful, like scenes with a helicopter. Oh, I'm sorry, with a plane that they're finally getting away. Jack Ryan's character is and. Mike November's, which is Michael Kelly's character and Kathy Mueller, which is John Krasinski's Jack Ryan's girlfriend played by Abby Cornish and Michael Pena's character. They're all like getting away from a situation that they're in that they're flying out of to take a chow fa the head of this drug organization or not the head. He was like the higher up about to become the head, but he, he was turning against the organization. And like speaking to the CIA to be able to get his family, his wife and daughter out. So they're in this situation where [00:40:00] they are about to get out of the country on this private plane. They load everybody up, but then Jack Ryan and Michael Pena themselves have to stay behind so the plane can go, can fly off. With Jack Ryan's girlfriend, Chao Pha's wife and daughter. Cause you have like a ton of just like jeeps and jeeps and with heavy machinery machine guns and a bunch of soldiers just like coming at them. So the plane can take off. They stayed down to like, you know, give them a cover pretty much and like shooting back at them. And then Michael Kelly's character, Mike November just comes with a fucking helicopter and like mows down all the. Like at the last second when you're like, how the fuck are they gonna get out of this? They're like in this open field completely surrounded or fucked and Mike November shows up in this helicopter and with enough like weaponry to like hold them off [00:41:00] and allow Jack Ryan and Mike and Michael Peña's character to get in the helicopter and get the fuck out of there. It's like dope scenes like that. Acting director writes characters from Queens. Shout out to Queens. There's some dope scenes towards the end of the series where Jack Ryan actually gets captured and he's being tortured, you know He's like tied up. He's being electrocuted fucking whipped and just like fucked up like a sick torture scene and to John Krasinski's Credit did a phenomenal job. It was like so believable and it's like a sick scene and Michael Pena is In this like bunker place where they have Jack Ryan, he like broke into it to save Jack Ryan and there's a part where he, all he has is a spear gun because that's what he couldn't buy in terms of weaponry from like a villager that lived [00:42:00] close by and he gets into this facility and there's a, you know, there's this guy guarding a door and he's walking, you know, he hears something, he's walking around with a gun And Mike Pena fucking spear guns him in the dark, it was such a sick scene. And just wound up like fucking everybody up one by one like John Wick style to ultimately free Jack Ryan. And I like this show in particular because it's not like the bad guys in the show. They make you not relate to them, but they're written in such a way where I don't want to see you empathize with them. But they humanize them a bit, you know, they're not like over the top just like evil for evil's sake type bad guys I think the the best villains in stories there's like something about them that you could relate to or at least that you can sympathize with their Rationale whether you agree with it or not for like doing certain things and there's a few of those characters Within this season within the show in general, but within this season, especially like the ex CIA guy [00:43:00] that felt wronged and he was like a, a hitman for hire basically for, for the bad guys. Chau Fa's character, which was the head of this drug organization and was doing it to get his wife and daughter out. And he killed his brother in law who was like on to him. So on and so forth. But yeah, really good show. It's definitely a fun watch. There's four seasons available on Amazon if you're interested. It's one of those that are just like action and entertaining and well written, in my opinion. And that is Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. Available on Amazon. American Fiction. So a few weeks back, prior to the health related issues that I mentioned that My family's going through right now. My wife and I wanted to do one of our favorite things, which is go to the movies. It's one of the things we really enjoy doing together. And We saw American Fiction. Which was [00:44:00] so, so good to me. On a few different levels. It's about a novelist who This is the official summary. It's about a novelist who's fed up with the establishment, profiting from black entertainment. And he uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain. Before we get into my little recap, let's shout out the writers, as we do here on the Sponsored A Podcast. Because if we don't, who will? American Fiction was written by Cord Jefferson and Percival Everett. Shout out to them for putting this together. It was also directed by Cord Jefferson. Now it has a great, great all star cast starting with the main protagonist, Thelonious Monk Ellison played by Jeffrey Wright, Lisa Ellison, his sister played [00:45:00] by Tracy Ellis Ross, Arthur, who is the publisher of Thelonious character played by John Ortiz. Coraline, who plays a love interest of Thelonious, played by Erika Alexander. Issa Rae is in it, she also plays a writer. Cintara Golden, Keith David, plays Willy the Wonker. It's like a funny little like parody scene within the movie itself. I really like the Myra. Lucretia Taylor plays Lorraine. She's like that housekeeper slash caretaker for, for the mother. Agnes Ellison, played by Leslie Uggams. It's such a good film. So it follows Thelonious Monk Ellison, who's a writer, and he plays like this jaded writer that is a little snobby about his writing. You know, he's respected by his peers, but he definitely doesn't make money, or at least not a lot of it.[00:46:00] And he's snobby towards the genre of writer that seems to just be writing to the market. Issa Rae's character, Sentara Golden, is one of these writers, which makes a beautiful case for it. And like there's a scene where they have a dialogue with each other. And back and forth and makes a strong understandable case for writing to the market because there are writers like that, right? There are writers and creators like that, that literally only write to and for a specific market. There are podcasters like that as well that, you know, they'll do Google trending searches, for example, and say, Oh, X, Y, and Z is trending. Let me do a podcast episode about that. Or writers that write to, Oh, what's popular now, vampires. Made of glitter that also own a knitting factory. Okay, let me write a story about that and they'll literally write a novel, a book, a short story or whatever about that. That's called like writing to the [00:47:00] market. And then you have other folks that write for the art of it, that write what they want to write, whether it's popular or not. I think I would fall more into that camp and they speak about what they want to speak about. So on and so forth. And it's not passing judgment on either. You know, both are, you know, The creator's prerogative, but Monk's character is one that has disdain for the folks like Issa Rae's character, Centaur Golden, who is literally just writing for the market and her case was essentially, you know, if there is a market, if there are people that want to read this type of stuff that you call, you know, trash or like fast food, for example, in fast food type of writing, and I'm able to create that for them to fill that demand. And make a living while doing it. Why is that, you know, like, why are you shitting on that? What's wrong with that? And the answer to that is essentially, [00:48:00] there is nothing wrong with that. That's, you know, the choice of that creator, that writer, and also the choice of that consumer. To consume whatever the fuck they want to consume, right? But what I love for it from a this like writing, you know, This, like, shining the light on this, like, area of like writing and creating Is that the type of, like, story she's writing are Like thought to be like racist and like over the top and highlighting like stereotypes of African Americans And like she's doing a reading for example, and she's you know, speaking normally and then You know being interviewed and then she's reading an excerpt from her story and then she's like, oh, yeah. Sure I would love to read an excerpt. Let me share this passage here. And then she starts reading quote Hey, yo, Sharonda use pregnancy again and not at 19 years old What is that, your eighth baby mama? You know, like, shit like that. She's like, writing in the book. And then Thelonious Monk's character is like, has like such disdain and grossed out and [00:49:00] like, what the fuck, how is this selling? So he as like a kind of to like shit on his certain publishers that don't want to like publish him anymore. And Arthur, by the way, is not his publisher, it's his agent. The character played by John Ortiz. He decides to write this like over the top hood, like spoof almost, and submit that to the publishers that don't want to publish his, his other work. Cause again, it's not selling and the publishers are in the market of, or in the business of making money. So they're like the embodiment of creating for the market, minus the creating part, you know, they're just like peddling, but I digress. He submits it as kind of like a fuck you to them. And then, and they wind up loving it. And they wanna, and he, he submits it like under a pen name. And Arthur, his agent calls him, he's like, yo, they wanna publish it. And he's like, really? They wanna publish my book? He thinks it's his, like, other book that, that he wrote. The more, you know, like, [00:50:00] snooty writing and, you know, the shit that he's into. His literary fiction, if you will. And John Ortiz's character, Arthur, he's like, no, no, the The other book that you sent me over under the pen name and they want to give you a 250, 000 advance or something like, I forget the exact number. That might be it. But he's like, what? He's like, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not going to do that shit. What are you fucking crazy? That was supposed to be a joke. But monks characters in a situation where this is a, another layer of the story where it really resonated with me. His mother, Agnes is elderly. Her memory is starting to slip. They take her to. And they confirmed that it's like early stages of dementia. My father, as I mentioned here in the pod has dementia. So that definitely resonated and as well as him and Tracy Ellis Ross, which is his sister. And they have a third brother Clifford Ellison [00:51:00] played by Sterling K. Brown. But they're like between siblings, they're dealing with the fact of balancing the responsibilities of taking on the fact that their parents are getting older, that their parents are getting sick. And what, how are they going to balance that? And what's that going to mean moving forward? And who's taking on which responsibilities? How are they going to tackle all of the issues that need to be tackled and taken care of? And that's something that definitely hit home. And something that we all inevitably deal with to one degree or another. So he's in this situation where he, they need the money to confront you know, like the changing and added responsibilities in, in, in their lives with their mom being sick. And he's out to a lunch with his sister and, you know, they're speaking about these things, trying to iron out certain details and, you know, speaking about how money's tight.[00:52:00] All around and then his sister right then and there literally has a heart attack while they're having lunch out of the blue Tracy Ellis Ross's character which sucked that she she like died like spoiler alert so early in the story Which just threw a another curveball and an added need for him to get money because the other brother He's like going through a divorce with his family kind of like a midlife crisis coming out the closet like type of thing he's like selfish and doing drugs and more of a burden than a help, you know what I mean? So it all kind of falls on Jeffrey Wright's character. But then he, you know, he has this dilemma where he definitely really needs the money, which Arthur, his agent, is highlighting to him to take care of his mom. But also, his creative beliefs and what he feels about like his integrity, his creative integrity, is being thrust into this situation as well, right? He doesn't want to publish that. But ultimately he does. [00:53:00] Begrudgingly and at the same time, I felt that that situation does a great job of, of being like social commentary for what's wrong with the virtue signaling. And you have these two agents from the publishing company who are white and just like thrilled to speak to the writer, which again was under pen name. And he just kept playing it up and making it more absurd. He was like, yeah, I'm an ex, I'm an ex con. I don't do interviews cause I'm still running from the law. I'm running from the man and this and that or whatever. And they were just like eating it up and they're like, Oh my God, this is so authentic. This is so real. And it was like cool to see like that highlighting of that type of like hypocrisy of what happens when, you know, writing to a market or just like doing something ultimately for financial gain alone. Like when that runs amok, like. [00:54:00] Just highlighting all that is wrong with that type of mentality. And not to be mistaken with that, that is all wrong. But what could be wrong with only thinking that way. Lorraine's character, she was so sweet. Played by Myra Taylor. She is the like, home health aid caretaker of the mom. And has obviously like been with the family for like years. So to the point that she's like family. She was like such, such a sweetheart. And I felt like the ultimate, like, full circle moment for him, for Monk's character was a couple of things. Like, on a personal level, you know, being more open, being, you know, letting your guards down a bit, letting people into your life, letting them love you. He was very guarded, very cagey. Pushed people away. Which is not an uncommon trait for a writer or some types of creatives You know, you're kind of sort of always in your own head and you wind up doing[00:55:00] Things like that even without noticing at times. I know I definitely have and then from a professional level the full circle for for his character was That ultimately he always wanted he wanted And needed money, but also wanted the validation that comes with the recognition of all your peers and being thought of as this amazing writer and he kind of sort of came to the realization that these are two different worlds and it's okay you know i mean it's not like an either or type of situation it's the ideal circumstance that you can do like your artsy fartsy type of writing and everybody and their mother would love it and it would be mainstream and niche at the same time and You'd be a literary hero and a millionaire simultaneously at the same time like sure but very unlikely that Would ever be the type of situation [00:56:00] that you would be in as a creative But there is a happy medium with come again coming to terms with the fact that maybe not always but often it would be a separate different type of approach to to creating and that part of the charm if you will of being on a creative journey is a Finding that medium of the happy medium where you are able to create without compromising your artistic integrity, if you will, and also make some money while doing so, which will help facilitate you being able to do more of what it is that you love to do, which is the writing and creating. And if sometimes you wind up sliding to the left of that spectrum a little bit, and going more towards the making money side, and then sliding back to the right a little bit, and going more towards the doing what you [00:57:00] love side, then so be it. As long as you ultimately stay within that happy medium, which should be the place where you're most happy, I think is the ultimate creative. goal. At least I feel like that's what it is for me. Anyway, tons and tons and tons of that I related to in this movie. I highly recommend it. American fiction. Check it out. Goats doing goat shit. This is the spun today segment where I like to highlight extraordinary individuals that do extraordinary things. Even when, and especially when They don't have to this episode's installment of a go to doing goat shit is none other than Joe Rogan who has made the list before this is probably his third if not fourth time and the reason why as originally reported by Spotify's blog and picked up by the Wall Street [00:58:00] Journal Associated Press and others which I will link to in the episode notes is because in February of 2024 this month Joe Rogan inked yet another Multi year licensing deal with Spotify for those of you who don't know one of the other reasons actually when Rogan initially made the go to doing goat shit list was because he inked a 100 million licensing deal to take his podcast, the Joe Rogan experience exclusive with Spotify for three years. I want to highlight again, it was a licensing deal, which I love harping on and highlighting here on. The podcast, because there's a huge difference between selling something and licensing something. When you license something that you create, you can license it for X amount of dollars, sometimes, and usually less than what you would make if you just sold it outright. But what's great about a licensing deal [00:59:00] is that once that license is up, you still own everything and you can license it out all over again. So Joe Rogan did a licensing deal for 100 million, three years ago that recently expired. And because it was such a lucrative deal for Spotify and its shareholders, which saw many, many, many times that hundred million dollars in stock profits as soon as the news broke. But Rogan since again, maintained ownership of his show was now able to license it yet again. And this time the deal has a few interesting caveats. First and foremost, it's another multi year licensing deal. The number of years I'm not clear on. I'm assuming it's around 3 to 5. But I haven't found actual reporting on the number of years. But it's a 250, 000, 000 licensing deal. Shout out to the [01:00:00] podcast, The Goat. So not only did he make 100, 000, 000 over 3 years with the original deal, Now he's making another 250 million, which includes, by the way, upfront guarantee as well as revenue sharing on his ad sales. But the sickest part, in my opinion, is that it's no longer exclusive with Spotify. This deal was so lucrative with Spotify that they didn't, they didn't even hold on to that part of it. That part of the deal. It said Rogan and team negotiated that. The podcast will once again, go wide, it'll be available everywhere. So if you want to listen to it on Apple, you can, it's already actually on Apple. And there will be a video version available on YouTube as well. Which is interesting because back in the day, before the Spotify deal, Rogan's Pod was wide, you know, it was available on every podcatcher. And the video versions were [01:01:00] exclusively on YouTube just because YouTube had the that's where videos would be seen, you know what I mean? It wasn't by virtue of any deal with YouTube, but that's just where video podcasts were viewed. Part of when Rogan went to Spotify, part of the deal that was negotiated was that Spotify had to develop the capability. Of streaming video as well as audio, and they developed this entire video capability through their app because of Rogan which other podcasters and, and content creators obviously have benefited from as well. But now that the deal is going wide again, or the show rather is going wide again, we will once again be able to watch the podcast episodes on YouTube, not just the video versions on Spotify. But it does seem, for example, that Spotify is keeping, aside from YouTube, seems to be keeping, at least as of the recording of this episode, [01:02:00] the video rights with Spotify, because you can still watch the videos obviously on Spotify, but on Apple, for example, where the podcast is already on YouTube. Available it's audio only so Spotify does seem to be retaining that I would imagine that the video versions of the podcast will be available on YouTube as they stated but probably on some sort of like delayed release like maybe a week later the video will be on on YouTube or something like that but that's just my personal speculation on that shout out once again to Rogan the undisputed heavyweight champ of podcasting goats you For not only having one of the dopest and most important essential outlets on the planet Where folks from any and all walks of life? Can come and share their art and discuss their thoughts and share their [01:03:00] expertise with the world but also for doing it right always doing a show with integrity and honor and giving other podcasts everywhere including myself A template for how to do it right and not just in caring about what you do, loving what you do, pursuing your passions, striving to be a better person, wanting to help others, but in realizing that there's different ideas and thoughts out there, and that it's okay that they coexist. It's okay that they're differing opinions are shared and explored. It's essential, but also in just the integrity that comes with the whole financial aspect of things. And in doing things right and correctly where he was very much the architect of not just selling ads on his podcast back way before the Spotify deal, way before the whole thing blew up when he only had one sponsor, shout out to Fleshlight, where He, again, was very much of the architect of not just [01:04:00] selling shit to sell it, but only selling things that you believed in or that at least you tried and you liked and not, you know, just doing McDonald's ads just because they came with the bigger bag. Having that level of integrity and foresight clearly snowballed all these years later into the 250 million more than doubled up from the previous 100 million deal. So shout out again to Joe Rogan and to Spotify for inking this deal and for making yet another appearance on the Spun Today goats doing goat shit segment. And that folks was episode 254 of the Spun Today podcast. Thank you very, very much for taking the time to [01:05:00] listen. It really does mean a lot and I hope that you all are taking away gems from the episode. And, or it's just helping you pass the time and whether you're at work or at the gym or whatever it is that you do while you're listening to this driving. I hope it can help you pass the time. I hope it finds you and yours in a good, healthy place. Maybe even motivates you and inspires you to do something creative on your end, which I'm definitely a proponent for. If you have another minute or two, please stick around to listen to a few ways you can help support this show if you so choose. And I'll catch you guys next time. Peace.

Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for information about all your favorite fictional universes Tuesday morning saw the announcement of the 96th Academy Award nominees, presented by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. Oppenheimer leads the race with 13 nominations, closely followed by Poor Things with 11 nominations. Killers of the Flower Moon received 10 nominations and Martin Scorsese, at 81, became the oldest directing nominee in Oscar history. Barbenheimer's other half, Barbie earned eight nominations, including best picture, but director Greta Gerwig was notably excluded from the director category. Alongside Barbie, Anatomy of a Fall and Past Lives were also best picture nominations from female directors, setting another Oscar record. American Fiction, The Holdovers, Maestro, and The Zone of Interest round out the rest of the best picture noms.' We're slapping a big ol' RUMOR disclaimer on this one, but Ryan Gosling has reportedly met with Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige to discuss potential roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with one of the rumored characters being Nova. While it's still uncertain if official talks are underway, Gosling recently departed from his long-attached Wolfman project with Universal and Blumhouse, raising speculation about a possible Marvel connection.  The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Universal is developing a new installment in the "Jurassic World" franchise. David Koepp, known for adapting the original 1993 "Jurassic Park" and its 1997 sequel, is set to return to the franchise to write the screenplay, with Steven Spielberg executive producing. The film reportedly aims to introduce a fresh storyline, potentially launching a new era for the franchise.  Lucasfilm has unveiled an action-packed trailer for the upcoming third and final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, set to premiere on Feb. 21 with a three-episode debut and concluding on May 1. The trailer teased the Batch's challenging quest to reunite with Omega, navigating threats from the Empire and seeking unexpected allies. The voice cast includes Dee Bradley Baker, Jimmi Simpson and Wanda Sykes, and titles for all 15 episodes were revealed, which are already fueling fan speculation and anticipation.  The first gameplay trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle" debuted during the Xbox Developer Direct 2024 event on January 18. Wolfenstein series developer MachineGames is set to release the highly anticipated Xbox Series X game in 2024, which features an original story set between the movies "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "The Last Crusade." The gameplay showcased immersive action, intriguing puzzles, and iconic Nazi-punching, all from an unexpected first-person perspective. Developed in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and under the executive production of Todd Howard, of Fallout and Elder Scrolls fame, the game will be exclusive to Xbox Series X and PC.

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 95.1: Oscar Nominations 2024 Released 23 January 2024 For this episode, we briefly discuss the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards, which were announced today by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. BEST PICK – the book is out now from all the usual places, including… From the publisher https://tinyurl.com/best-pick-book-rowman UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3zFNATI US Amazon https://www.amzn.com/1538163101 UK bookstore https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781538163108 US bookstore https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-pick-john-dorney/1139956434 Audio book https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Best-Pick-Audiobook/B09SBMX1V4 To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You can also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us to continue to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as £2.50 per month, but please be aware that future releases will continue to be sporadic.

It's Oscars season, baby! Fresh from this morning's announcements, Daniel and Shahbaz are here to explore and share their reactions to the 96th Academy Awards nominees. The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on January 23, 2024, by actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The winners will be announced during the Academy Awards ceremony on March 10, 2024. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast feeds, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.ca SUPPORT THE MOVIE PODCAST ON PATREON! Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/themoviepodcast Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X, Instagram, Rotten Tomatoes, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on X, Instagram, Rotten Tomatoes, and Letterboxd Anthony on X, Instagram, Rotten Tomatoes, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and Rotten Tomatoes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rafa Sales Ross (Sight & Sound, i_D, BFI, Total Film, Little White Lies) and Marshall Shaffer (Slant Magazine, Decider, /Film, Marshall at the Movies Substack) join Flixwatcher to review Rafa's choice Nine Days. Nine Days (2020) is a fantasy drama written and directed by Edson Oda. It explores themes of the meaning of life, existentialism, morality and spirituality. It stars Winston Duke as Will, a sombre analyst who interviews souls to see if they pass a test to go and become humans. The period of testing lasts nine days, if they are not selected they will cease to exist. Among the souls being interviewed for selection are Zazie Beetz as Emma, Tony Hale as Alexander and Bill Skarsgård as Kane. Will is frequently visited by Benedict Wong's Kyo, a supervisor but also friend who has never been human. Nine Days was unfortunately a victim of the pandemic, it was partially released in the US and it's themes of life, death and suicide was a hard sell for the post-pandemic viewing appetites. The character of Will was inspired by Edson's uncle who died by suicide and one of the one of the selected souls who Will has chosen takes her own life. Recommendability for Nine Days was mixed, mainly due to the themes on life and death, however if you are willing to take a chance you will be richly rewarded with a complex and beautiful film. Strong ratings for engagement and small screen give an impressive overall score of 4.13. [supsystic-tables id=340]     Episode #328 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode #328 Crew of Rafa Sales Ross (@rafiews) and Marshall Shaffer (twitter.com/media_marshall)   You can find their website here https://t.co/zYcTU3VrGF   And at https://www.rafiews.com/     Please make sure you give them some love   More about Nine Days For more info on Nine Days can visit Nine Days IMDB page here or Nine Days Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Tis the season ... awards season, that is! The Golden Globes nominations are out, kicking off the entertainment awards season that will culminate with the Academy Awards. "Barbie" edged out "Oppenheimer" for the most nominations (you can get the full list here) and we break down some of the top nominees. Actor David Rysdahl played a part in two of this year's nominees, first as Donald Hornig, a chemist at Los Alamos, in the movie "Oppenheimer," and now as Wayne Lyon in the current season of "Fargo." He will also appear in the upcoming "Alien" series that is being led by Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley. Rysdahl talks about those roles in an interview with co-host Bruce Miller. Be sure to tune in for the final two episodes of the year that look back at the top movies and tv shows of 2023. Where to watch "Fargo" on Hulu "Oppenheimer" to own on digital services "Barbie" to rent on streaming services Contact us! We want to hear from you! Email questions to podcasts@lee.net and we'll answer your question on a future episode! About the show Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Headliner and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Terry Lipshetz: Welcome, everyone, to another episode of Streamed and Screened and entertainment podcast about movies and tv from Lee Enterprises. I'm Terry Lipshetz, managing editor of the national newsroom at Lee and co-host of the program of Bruce Miller, editor of the Sioux City Journal and longtime entertainment reporter. Bruce 'tis the season. The season is here. Award season. Bruce Miller: It's award season. Never mind the holidays. I think that's a better holiday to celebrate. Great, right? Because you don't have to buy gifts and you just get, the only thing. Terry Lipshetz: You might be buying are subscriptions, subscriptions to streaming services and ways, to watch if you've missed anything, like I have. Bruce Miller: YouTube can be a critic. All you need to do is have all the services so you can see everything. You can walk in my shoes for a day or two. I'll tell you, I have been watching movies around the clock, I kid you not. And I've been seeing a lot of things this week. We came out with the Golden Globe nominations and those were kind of underground for a while. They know. Terry Lipshetz: I was like, I don't think. Bruce Miller: We're going to give them any attention this year because they've had some kind of organizational problems, but it's going to be on CBS and Paramount plus. So I think they have a profile. And even some of the nominees said, well, I don't know how to react to this. So there you are. But it is a great bellwether for the Oscars because they hit just about all of the films that would likely be nominated for something. You'll still see some stray ones, but I think, for the most part, the big names are in there. Terry Lipshetz: Well, and going back to some of the episodes we did this past summer, particularly around Barbenheimer, which know, the big moment of the time we talked about know Barbie is a movie you have to take seriously. This isn't some kid movie about the doll. And we predicted that Barbie could be a big showing at Oscar season. Bruce Miller: It led everything here and it's dominating the music categories. I think it has three nominations in the Golden Globes for best song. Now that says something. Did you think it was a musical? I didn't think it was a musical necessarily, but I wouldn't doubt that the best song Oscar winner would come from Barbie. Terry Lipshetz: Best original song. Six nominees, three of them are from Barbie. I'm not great at math, but three out of six seems like a pretty good odd to, win something. Bruce Miller: And I think in the Oscars they're limited to two nominees. Terry Lipshetz: Okay. Bruce Miller: They used to have it, but I think they've changed the rules now so that two out of the five could be from one movie. Terry Lipshetz: Even going back to some of the acting aspects and the directorial we had talked about, this could be an opportunity for Ryan Gosling. And sure enough, he's nominated. Bruce Miller: Margot Rock was in there, Greta Gerwig. Terry Lipshetz: For best director, best screenplay. I mean, it's what you kind of expected, which is a movie to be taken seriously. Bruce Miller: Oppenheimer. It is interesting to see how it all is going to shift down. I think fillers of the Flower Moon is another big consideration. So those are probably the big three that will get attention at the Oscars and all the other ones. Now we'll be seeing a lot of those critics' awards. We've already had the New York film critics, but I think as you see those kind of spill out, you'll see these same names repeat, and then we'll see where kind of the strongest contenders. Terry Lipshetz: I think, you know, we talked about this with Oppenheimer because Matt Damon did not get a nomination in this. Correct. Bruce Miller: For that. And he did for air. Right? Terry Lipshetz: He did for air. And I think we talked a little bit about that months ago. But Robert Downey Jr. And I think he predicted that would be the one that would get the nomination for a supporting role in Oppenheimer. And that's exactly what happened. Bruce Miller: And without any other competition, that helps. It's when you have two from one movie that it, eh, I don't know if we can pull this out because you're competing against somebody in your own film. And I think there are a couple of those in the Golden Globe competition. Terry Lipshetz: Was there any big surprises for you in the Golden Globes, either on the movie side or on the tv side? Bruce Miller: No. They all said, oh, they were snubbed. Not necessarily. Some of these people deserve not to get a nomination, but they think they should get a nomination. I think it pretty much is as expected. The interesting thing is, are, the foreign films that got into the best picture. Normally if you get one in that category, that's usually enough, but this year I think we have two or three of them. So that's an interesting, development. And, it is more international. There are a lot of first timers, too. Two women in the directing category. That's an interesting thing. So who knows where it's going to lead? And award season is such an unpredictable time. You can start award season by saying, absolutely, Robert Downey Jr. Is going to win. And then by the time the Oscars are given out, he's not a player even snubbed in the nomination, so it ebbs and flows as the time goes. Terry Lipshetz: Yeah, I think what was interesting, for me, at least, I wasn't surprised. For instance, Succession got nominated for a best drama. I mean, I pretty much expected that would get it. And The Crown is usually up. There is one to be considered. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, but to a degree I am. To see The Last of Us nominated in that best drama because it is science fiction, but it's also something that's based off of a video game. And I think that one, it was so long ago, you almost forget that it premiered in 2023 because it came out, I think, the first week in January. Bruce Miller: Right. Terry Lipshetz: That was one where I remember seeing the previews for it and thinking, well, it's on HBO, I'll probably give it a chance. It looks kind of interesting. It seems like something I might want to watch. And by the time I got to the end of the series, I'm thinking, wow, this is one of the best things I've seen, in a long time. It was kind of nice. But I think if you asked me twelve months ago, do you think The Last of Us would end up being nominated in the drama? I probably wouldn't believe it. Bruce Miller: Well, and there are different years, too. One goes calendar year, one goes, season year. And that kind of throws you off, like, well, what year was this? Is this part of this year? Was this the year that white Lotus was involved? It's hard to figure it all out. One of the things people have been mentioning is that may December is listed in the musical comedy, and that's a drama that shouldn't have been in there. But they probably figured they needed one more to fill that it didn't quite make the cut for drama. But there is no color purple in the musical comedy category for best picture. So that says something about that film's chances. It might not be the strong contender that people think. Terry Lipshetz: There's another show that was nominated. It has three nominations for a limited or anthology series, and then also a couple, in the acting categories. But that's Fargo, and that's a show that just debuted a few weeks ago, and I've been sucked into it. It is so good. You set me up so well on that one where you told me it's like the best Fargo since at least maybe the first Fargo. It is so good. It is so, so good. I'm angry now because that first week, they gave us two episodes. I want two every single week. And I get to the end of it, it's like, I got to wait a week. I have to wait one more, so. Good. Bruce Miller: Well, today I have a little surprise for you, because I know you'd like this. Terry Lipshetz: I love surprises. Bruce Miller: I was able to talk with David Rysdahl, and he plays Wayne Lyons. That's Juno Temple's husband in the show, who seems like just the nicest dad, the most beleaguered person. And his mother is that evil, mean kind of woman who controls everything in this part of the midwest. And he's also, if you didn't know, a part of Oppenheimer. So he has double duty here this time. and he talks about both of those jobs. But the more interesting factor of it is that he wasn't really planning to be an actor. He liked acting, but he was geared toward becoming a chemist, which fits in right well with Oppenheimer. And then he has this Midwestern background. He's from Minnesota. How that fits into Fargo. So the stars are aligning for him. And I want you to meet him because he is such a fascinating young actor. He's married to Zazie Beetz, and she was in Atlanta, if you happen to watch that series. They're both so busy now. And he also has a starring role in the next Noah Hawley's series, which is alien. And they'll start filming that after the first of the year. This is one, It's kind of like we're predicting something big is going to happen from this. Bruce Miller: Hey, bud. How are you? David Rysdahl: I'm good. How are you? Bruce Miller: Well, I'm bowled over by your performance. I really am. Bruce Miller: And I'm not trying to grease you. Bruce Miller: Or anything, but you capture the essence of Fargo better than anybody I've seen. Bruce Miller: In five seasons of this series. Bruce Miller: It has to do with the fact that you're from Minnesota. But is there something else that you tapped into? David Rysdahl: I, definitely tapped into my dad and to my uncle, I think there is that sense of being from a place that's hard to authenticate. So the fact that you feel that way means a lot to me. Bruce Miller: did you ever think that you would be playing somebody that you knew. David Rysdahl: So well in so many of your life? You're trying to outrun your parents, and then the reality is that you're going to go play them? I think there's a beautiful irony to it, a universal irony. But when I first got the audition, I told my dad, dad, I'm finally accepting the fact that I am you in a different way. And he loves it. He's like, oh, Dave, you're playing. He's having the time of his life. He's having the most fun of all of us with it, which is great. Bruce Miller: Were you kind of the one everybody would go to like, am I doing it right? Am I getting the acts? I bet Juno was constantly asking you about it. David Rysdahl: Oh, yeah. Rich, Juno, everyone kind of came, and I felt responsibility as a Minnesota. I'm like, I got to get these right? So I actually asked a few. I asked friends from all over the state. I'm from New Walmart, which is a more german influence, so it's a little different than the Fargo, right? But my dad's from. He's norwegian and swedish ancestry from, the middle of the state. And that's where his accent is. Like, it's really Fargo y. And my grandpa had that same. But I wanted to give them a variety. So I had some friends and relatives record just saying how their weekend was. And we got on the scandia, Facebook page and listened to real people there and just tried to make it as authentic as possible. Bruce Miller: Oh, yeah, you really went there, didn't my dad? David Rysdahl: We go home, and my dad, he gave a genuine uff da. And I was like, yeah, see, no, people don't even realize he's like, uff da. And I'm like, we have it on our, coffee mugs. And it's always funny when some of my friends, especially in the Minneapolis area, they're like, we don't talk like that. Bruce Miller: When the movie came out, were you offended by it? David Rysdahl: I wasn't. I thought it was a celebration of Minnesota culture. And Marge Gunderson is, like, a really good person. She's like my aunt. She felt like. Like, I have aunts that speak like that. Who. The idea of what you owe your neighbor, our next door neighbor always blows out our whole yard. We give him a tearing. My mom makes these little coffee cakes, brings them over, and he'll always be over here. He's got this big truck blows out our driveway. My grandpa, he is a volunteer snow remover old guy for 40 years in Clarkfield, Minnesota. So I really thought it was these two filmmakers are talking about this state that they grew up in, the Coens. And I felt like they was celebrating us. Some people, I think, think that it's making fun of it, but I really didn't feel that way. And then being a part of it, it was really important for me that Wayne wasn't a joke, because he's one of the only decent men in this whole season. And I'm like, hey, there have to be some decent men. And I'm from Minnesota. I don't want Minnesotans to come off as like, oh, they're just silly or kind of. There's something genuine there. That's my experience with Minnesota and the Midwest in general. Bruce Miller: He's a good father, too. That I think is extremely important, and, it resonates. Well, how did you hear about it? Did you get a call? And they just, Mike, you might be good for this or what? David Rysdahl: No, it was an old fashioned audition. It was a self tape. came through. We had two scenes. We did the scene, oh, I just want to play floor hockey. My sots with Scotty scene, and then the, oh, you want to take a tumble scene. Those are the two scenes I got to do. And my wife is an actor also, so I got to do them both with her. And then we send them in. They had a few notes. I do it again. And then Noah's like, he wanted a zoom with me, so I did a zoom. My wife was on a black mirror episode in Spain, so I was over there, jumped on a zoom with Noah, and then you don't hear back for a couple of weeks. We were in Berlin. She's half German. I get a call at 11:00 at night from my agents because it's like la time, right? And they're like, you got it. And then we went out dancing until, like, three a. m. It was pretty amazing, but it was a normal casting experience. I think it definitely helped that I just felt like I knew him. Sometimes as an actor, you're like, oh, is this person inside of me? Can I portray him? And I'm like, and Wayne, instantly, I was like, oh, I know him. I know this man. And therefore, it's going to be really fun to audition for it. I don't know if I'll get it, but I definitely know my way into this character. Bruce Miller: It's an easier one to audition for than it would be Oppenheimer, for God's sakes. Bruce Miller: How does that come about? David Rysdahl: Oh, yeah, that one was hard because they gave you dummy sides because you have no idea what the script is. They don't want to give it to anybody. It was literally, you're a professor of physics lecturing to a group of students, and it's like two monologues full of science jargon. One thing about me is I was a chemistry major at St. Olive College. I knew some of the science and allowed me to be like, all right, I know what this stuff is. It's not just words to me. I can make it real. And also, I loved my science professors, so I was channeling them. I channeled my dad in Fargo. I channeled this fun science professor I had, the organic chemist professor I had at St. Olive College for the Oppenheimer. But it was a very different experience because there were dummy sides. You had no idea what the relationship was. They want to make sure that you could do the scientific talk without it feeling like you're an actor. Bruce Miller: So what was that like, though, being part of such a huge film? This. David Rysdahl: so we shot at Los Alamos, and I got there, and I was at a holiday inn, and I couldn't sleep the whole night because I was like, and then you get there the first day, and the first person I met, I got into this van to go to set, and it was, And, and he was like, hi there. Welcome. I'm Killian. And it was just like a normal wasn't. And I was like, oh, yeah, I know. and then we just chatted on the way to set, and he was so down to earth and inviting, and I was like, oh, this is going to be a fun experience. He's my leader in the scene as Killian, but he's also a leader as Oppenheimer. So all those feelings I was having of kind of looking up to him, emulating him as an actor, I could just put into the role. And I think we all felt that all the scientists, he was such a great leader as the lead on the film, and that's exactly what was happening to the scientists. So we could just put everything that was happening in, this meta way into the character. Bruce Miller: Did you have to do a lot of research on him, though? Or did you say, that's not going to read. David Rysdahl: I read the book that it was all based on. We all read the book that it's based on. Nolan wanted us all to read that, and we all read that. And then we also, growing up a chemistry major, I knew a lot of that history already, and it was the breakthrough of thought that was happening at that time. Not only we're starting to realize that we can. I mean, philosophy was changing because at that moment in life and at that turn of the century, and I think we're also there right now with AI. And to have those same conversations now that are mirroring the same conversations we had about this thing that's man made, that's harnessing intelligence or harnessing the power of the atom, and we shooting it during, at the beginning of the Russian invasion, there was a lot of things happening in the world that charged that set. So not only was the research that we were doing in the books, but it was also what was happening in the world. Felt like we were replaying a moment in history that was being recycled in our everyday lives. Bruce Miller: And we'll never be the same again. Bruce Miller: Yeah. Bruce Miller: But then how do we go from being a chemistry major to being an actor? That seems like a leap. David Rysdahl: Yeah. No one from where I'm from is an actor. Right. The idea of being a professional actor was so far outside of my realm of possibilities that I kept it a secret to myself. I acted all through high school. And, I grew up. I was homeschooled, actually, until 7th grade. So I did a lot with, in my home school group, whatever. And then I went to college and I was a chemistry major because I love science. Every elective I could have that was free was an acting course or a writing course. And then I auditioned for the plays and I got into the plays at St. Olive. And then my senior year, I could do apprenticeship at great River Shakespeare Festival. I got into that. I also got an internship at a lab. And it was a very pivotal moment in my life. I was a senior, it was in April. And I was like, I'm going to try it. I'm going to try it. I'm going to go do this great river Shakespeare festival in Winona. I played Laertes in the apprentice program of Hamlet. And I had the time of my life. You got to be around those professional artists, these actors, and life can be like this. You can do this for a living. And one of them was from New York, her apartment in Astoria, Queens. She was going to be gone for a tour. And she was like, well, you can come and live for a month with my roommate. And I was do a sublet. And so I went home and I painted. Told my parents, I'm a tried and living. I'm about to New York. I became a huge Dylan fan at that time, too. And I was like, Bob Dylan came from Minnesota. I went to New York City. Let me just try this out for a year. I painted houses to get $3,000, got a job at this standard hotel. And I used my chemistry major to tutor kids. I tutored a lot of high school kids and did a lot of short films. Spent, my first three years in New York every year. I just felt more in love with it. And it was hard. I was broke the whole time but I was also getting better. And around all these young artists I lived with ten people in Bushwick, Brooklyn. We had three bathrooms and it was like one of these crazy places and one was a musician and a cartoonist. And if nothing else comes from this I get to have had this amazing experience of living in New York and making little short films every weekend. And I remember thinking don't try to look ahead too much. Just look at what's happening right now and appreciate what's happening right now. And if something else comes it comes. And that really saved me. During the dark times when you're confused about what you're doing and you're feeling kind of lost you just kind of like ground yourself in your friends and the art that you're making even if it's at a level that's like a short film. I made like 50 short films in. Bruce Miller: My twenty s. The thing is though. Bruce Miller: You come from a place like I do where they say well that's no career, you've got to have something to fall back on. Bruce Miller: Right. Bruce Miller: And how do you deal with that? David Rysdahl: It was hard as a chemistry major. All my friends were now something many doctors and I did a lot of thought of like well what kind of life do I want to have and who am I trying to impress? Am I trying to impress my uncle who I love to live his life? As long as I feel like it's the life that I'm living and I'm being good to people I'm going to be good to myself, I'm paying my rent. Then who cares? And that choice I think in life everyone has those moments in life. Sometimes people decide to live somebody else's life. But I remember this great Charles Bukowski poem that is about this guy. He talks about he falls in love with a waitress and his family kind of poo poo's it. And then he goes and marries somebody else and is unhappy his whole life and he's in his seventy s and he's divorced and lonely and he's like I should have married. Her name was like Marianne or something and his brother is like well why didn't you? And the idea of like nobody really as if somebody else was living your life or telling you how to live your life and I think that's a choice you have to make is I just kept enjoying it and I was feeling fulfilled by it. Was meeting great people and my soul kept on being fulfilled and that's what ended up being the more important thing than what people thought of it. Bruce Miller: I am not in a rich profession. Every day is different. Every day is interesting. Every day is fun. And I think it's much more important to have those kind of rewards than to be somebody who's just kind of bitter, disgruntled, and maybe makes a lot of money. David Rysdahl: Amen. Bruce Miller: now you prove me wrong and you become very rich and famous, and then you'll have all of it, the best of all worlds. David Rysdahl: Like, I've met people now who are rich and famous. And I can tell you, I feel like we were having more fun broke in our 20s than I did all these short films. A lot of these actors are in their eighty s and we're doing films for no money. And he loved. We were having so much fun. And now I think about being on these big sets, we're doing the exact same thing. This is the same part of the soul it's coming from. You have a little more resources. If you're trying to do this work to become famous, it will eat you alive. But if you love it, if you love the storytelling aspect of the acting, then it doesn't really matter what level you're doing. You get to work with people who maybe just have more resources and are really talented. You get to work with Noah, Holly and Christopher Nolan. And it blows your mind, but your happiness is not contingent on that need. Bruce Miller: But you still get to work with Noah. You're going to be in his next know. David Rysdahl: I know. Bruce Miller: But then you were really good, at the Fargo set. Could I get you coffee? Is there anything more I can do? David Rysdahl: Yeah, you got to ask Noah that. I think he sent me an email after the final day and was like, hey, there's something maybe in alien for you. And I was like, I'm there. And then he called me about a month later and told me about this other guy that you will soon meet. Bruce Miller: You haven't started yet though, right? David Rysdahl: No, we start in February. Bruce Miller: So how did you and your wife juggle this? Because you're both working, you're both busy. Is it like one for you, one for me, or, we'll see you on the weekends or when we can get together or. David Rysdahl: What a great question. She was already working a lot, been together for ten years, and I was doing all these shorts and indies, and suddenly she was gone a lot on bigger projects. And I realized that if we get successful with this, both of us, this is going to be our life. And we had to have a real come to Jesus about that. Are we happy? Are we fulfilled? I mean, it's similar to me, the choice to stay in New York and pursue this thing, it's like you have to ask, know yourself well enough. Like, is this going to fulfill me? Is this going to fill? Like, that's the question every couple, I think has. But now we just enjoy when we're apart, and then when we're together, we're really together. We spend a lot of time together when we're together. And that's what a beauty about being an actor. You also have these moments, like a month where you're both not working. You get to really invest in each other in those moments and then find romantic ways while you're both away shooting to stay and connected. We'll watch movies together over zoom, or have a zoom date, or making sure that during the shoot we'll spend a weekend together and nobody else is invited, just like us being very intentional about our time together. and then also always checking in, like, how are you feeling? Are you feeling good? All right. Creating those avenues of real communication. Bruce Miller: You've got a book in this. You should write this down somewhere, because you know how often you see that people are jealous because they're somehow too busy doing this or whatever, and it's just like, oh, come on, you knew what you're getting into. You know what the demands are. Don't be that way. David Rysdahl: I think stories are interesting when the character gets what they want and then what happens? I think that happens a lot in life. Like, we have this idea of what will fulfill us, and then you get it and then what? Think so? I think for us, it's like, well, we have this life now that we can live. Is it fulfilling to us? Do we want to keep living it? Or if we don't, then let's go to something else. Bruce Miller: What lesson do we learn from Fargo? David Rysdahl: For me, Fargo is all a morality tale, like a fable about the good and the not so good of life. And this season is really about the past trauma, the past debts you can't outrun, right? It's going to catch you, and you're going to have to deal with that. And as a society, I think we're also asking that we all have debt. We have past trauma as a nation, as a society that is being brought up, and we're going to have to sit with it and deal with it before we can actually move forward. For Wayne's character, he can't avoid anymore. There's a lot of avoidance at the beginning of the season, and I think he has to sit in it and go through it together with his. Bruce Miller: Oh, that's great. Was it too cold for you in Canada? David Rysdahl: I bet you, know, I was used to that. And what's nice about Calgary, I don't know if you know that, but they have these warm spells that come up the mountain range. But Minnesota, we didn't have that. It's just know it's blistering the Great Plains, so we actually had a few. In Calgary, it'd be freezing, but then you'd have, like, a week of warmth coming from the know. Bruce Miller: I always say that because we're from the Midwest, we're going to live longer than everybody else because we've been frozen half our lives. And it's like cryogenics, but it's just. David Rysdahl: A good Minnesota way to look at it. Bruce Miller: David, thank you so much. And like I say, and I'm not lying to you, I really warm to your character in this series, and I love this version because I think it has stuff that we can latch on to. I think when they go too far back, it's very difficult to kind of relate to it. But this one is a real test of our strength. But your character, he caught it. He knows exactly what he's doing. David Rysdahl: thank you so much, Bruce. I really appreciate it. Bruce Miller: When we see you for alien, just know I'll, be the one. Oh, good. Maybe then we'll be in person. We'll see what happens. David Rysdahl: Oh, I would love that. That'd be great. Bruce Miller: Hey, thanks so much and have a great holiday season. Terry Lipshetz: All right, Bruce, thanks for that. Real fascinating. Real interesting. Know, it's kind of interesting because obviously he's from the Midwest, so he does sound like he's from the Midwest, but he sounds like he's a little bit in character, but he's also out of character, too, if that makes. Bruce Miller: Right. Right. Well, he knows better and. Hey, where'd he go? He would talk to his dad. His dad was his guidepost there. But there's your second episode of Fargo this week. I'm sorry I can't do better, but there's your chance now, next week, you've got some homework to do before we get to next week, because I want to do the top ten movies of 2023. So I think you have some that you've got to see. I've seen everything that could possibly be a contender. I have even a couple of independent films that I don't even know if they're on anybody's list, but, I want to go through the list of the top ten movies of 2023, and then the following week, we'll do the top ten tv shows of 2023. But that's a calendar year, so make sure you look from January to the end of December. Terry Lipshetz: Looking forward to that. As we slowly wind down this year. Bruce Miller: Hopefully people who listen will send in their list so we can see what you have to say about your favorite films and tv shows. Absolutely. Terry Lipshetz: You can do that through podcasts@lee.net. Send us your thoughts and we'll be happy to share them in a future episode. And for that, Bruce, thanks again for this episode, and we will see you again next week with another episode of streamed and screened.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

INVINCIBLE is back with Season 2 on Prime Video! The series picks up where with the end of the events from last season with Mark (Steven Yeun) and Debbie (Sandra Oh) dealing with the betrayal by Omni Man/ Nolan (J.K. Simmons). Also, Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs) is dealing with what to do with her powers and what kind of superhero to become. The Guardians are figuring out how they can work together, we get the introduction of Angstrom Levy, the return of the Maulers, Allen the Alien's backstory and an emotionally jarring 4th episode with the return of Omni-Man. The series also stars Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Zazie Beetz, Mark Hamill, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Zachary Quinto, Daveed Diggs and Sterling K. Brown. John Rocha, Michael Vogel, Shannon McClung review Episodes 1-4 of INVINCIBLE Season 2 and let you know what their overall impression of the show is and what they liked and didn't like about the series so far. Chapters: 0:00 Intro and Overall Thoughts on Invincible Season 2 Eps 1-4 13:26 Thoughts on Mark's Storyline Thru Invincible S2 Eps 1-4 24:01 Thoughts on Angstrom Levy's Storyline Thru Invincible S2 Eps 1-4 31:22 Thoughts on Debbie's Storyline Thru Invincible S2 Eps 1-4 38:32 Thoughts on Allen the Alien and Atom Eve's Storylines Thru Invincible S2 Eps 1-4 51:45 Thoughts on Omni Man/Nolan's Storyline Thru Invincible S2 Eps 1-4 1:06:20 Thoughts on How The Guardians Are Fitting into Invincible S2 Eps 1-4 and Final Thoughts #Invincible ​#Review​ #TheGeekBuddies   To become a Patron of John Rocha and The Outlaw Nation, please go to https://www.patreon.com/johnrocha​  Follow John Rocha: https://twitter.com/TheRochaSays​ Follow Michael Vogel: https://twitter.com/mktoon​ Follow Shannon McClung: https://twitter.com/Shannon_McClung​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Look, there's a whole lot going down in the first couple episodes of season 2 of Invincible. Who knows where it's going? Who knows if it'll even make sense. All we know is, Mark Grayson is very sad. Is it worth watching? Listen to the pod to find out.Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!Twitter: @confidently_podInstagram: @confidently_podWebsite: https://confidentlywrong.simplecast.comCredits:Hosted by: Wesley Nakamura, Brian Redondo, Savon JonesEdited by: Wesley NakamuraTheme Music: Implied Authority by Bass ElfLink: https://soundcloud.com/bass_elf_music

Daniel and Anthony review Season Two of INVINCIBLE, based on the groundbreaking comic book by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley. The story revolves around 18-year-old Mark Grayson, who's just like every other guy his age—except his father is (or was) the most powerful superhero on the planet. Still reeling from Nolan's betrayal in Season One, Mark struggles to rebuild his life as he faces a host of new threats, all while battling his greatest fear - that he might become his father without even knowing it.  The series stars an ensemble voice cast including Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz, Grey DeLisle, Chris Diamantopoulos, Walton Goggins, Gillian Jacobs, Jason Mantzoukas, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Rogen, and J.K. Simmons. Invincible Season Two debuts November 3, 2023 exclusively on Prime Video with the latter half set to debut in early 2024. Watch and listen to The Movie Podcast now on all podcast feeds, YouTube, and TheMoviePodcast.ca Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/themoviepodcast Contact: hello@themoviepodcast.ca FOLLOW US Daniel on X, Instagram, Rotten Tomatoes, and Letterboxd Shahbaz on X, Instagram, Rotten Tomatoes, and Letterboxd Anthony on X, Instagram, Rotten Tomatoes, and Letterboxd The Movie Podcast on YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, and Rotten Tomatoes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We dive into the world of fan films again, this time with Silver Surfer.  We talked to the filmmakers (Steven Young, CJ Renner, Connor Sell) and what went into the process of making the film in detail along with their enthusiasm for the comic books. Also, what do Waterworld, Zazie Beetz, and Zendaya have to do with this episode? Watch the Silver Surfer Fan Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=984qD-gn07Q&t=2s Follow us on Instagram: @filminminnesota www.filminminnesota.com   

Vincent and Len welcome Van Everette and Dana Dane of the popular syndicated The Scenario Radio Show just in time for chatter about The Blindside, Diff'rent Strokes, Six Degrees of Woody Strode & Chief Dan George, and a cringeworthy Top 5 Django. And then, it's time (00:45) to talk about Jonathan Majors, Regina King, Idris Elba, Delroy Lindo, and especially Zazie Beetz in director Jeymes Samuel's lyrical feature film debut, The Harder They Fall. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, and Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave a Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube  Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The star of the new Steven Soderbergh-created series says that she's only beginning to show the world what she can do. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97  Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been four years since the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror made new episodes of terrifying speculative fiction. The series is now back with a new season that dives into questions of identity, celebrity, apocalyptic demons, and the true crime explosion. This season's cast includes Annie Murphy, Aaron Paul, Zazie Beetz, Salma Hayek Pinault, Kate Mara, and more.Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour

Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Deadpool 2, Joker) is an actor. Zazie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her name and how everyone pronounces it incorrectly, growing up in a pro-nudity culture in East Germany, and her communist grandparents. Zazie explains what it was like going from Germany to Washington Heights, how connected she feels to anyone of mixed heritage, and why she feels intentions are so important. Zazie opens up about her fear of losing people, the physical response she has to anxiety, and how she feels the need to take care of her character in Atlanta. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.