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Did we need another Sense & Sensibility? Turns out, maybe yes. Romance novelist (and cultural anthropologist!) Nikki Payne joins us to weigh the merits of director Georgia Oakley’s new adaptation, and separate the Willoughbys from the Bradleys. Then we read a hotline email about esoteric movie insights and subject Alonso to the first Christmas Movie Minute of the year!

What’s Good?
Alonso - I’ll Believe in Anything by Jacob Tierney
Drea - Libby and their addition of an AI opt-out
Nikki - Take Charge of My Heart on Netflix
Kevin - Casey Abrams concert
ITIDIC
Netflix Reports Box Office for the First Time for La Bola Negra’s Big Success
Soderbergh to Step in to Finish The Batman 2
Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson on Graham Norton
Staff Picks
Drea - Wildwood
Alonso - Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Nikki - Rye Lane (hey, we did an episode!)
Kevin - Carrie (1976)
Alonso’s Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas



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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Years ago, Mahershala Ali announced that he was working with Marvel to develop a new feature Blade with himself as the titular vampire slayer. The first director attached to the project was Bassam Tariq. Blade ended up in project hell, never quite able to get off the ground, despite Ali getting in great shape and training with swordplay. Eventually Ali and Tariq took advantage of Marvel’s delinquency (and Ali's training) to develop Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother. It’s a film that centers on the American Muslim experience, but is by turns dramatic and action-packed. The team discusses the film and uses the opportunity to talk about some of their favorite films with MacGuffins.
What’s Good
Alonso - Carrie on Amazon Prime
Drea - Her friend is cancer free!
Kevin - It’s finally cold (by Southern California standards)
ITIDIC
Indiewire Editorial: Are There Too Many Horror Movies?
Crazy Rich Asians to Be Adapted Into a Series, With Same Cast and Filmmakers
After Years of Concern, TCM Looks Like It’s Sticking Around at Skydance
Staff Picks
Drea - Tenzing
Alonso - The Devils
Kevin - The Book of Eli
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Just the gang today to talk about a movie that has divided critics and moviegoers alike...at least, those moviegoers who actually took the very secretive bait that DIGGER's ad campaign was offering. Tom Cruise and Riz Ahmed star in this latest film from Alejandra G. Iñárritu. Then, we've got a different kind of movie quiz about films set in their not-so-distant future.
What’s Good
Alonso - Every Time a Bell Rings by Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen
Drea - Luna Wants Tuna
Kevin - Returning to GBBO
ITIDIC
WB Watertower Already Repainted to Reflect Merger
Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay Might Be Making the Next Transformers Movie
Staff Picks
Alonso - The Social Reckoning
Drea - Fjord, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, and Dr. Strangelove
Kevin - Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass



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Director Lance Oppenheim's debut feature, Primetime has a sales pitch that's hard to deny: Robert Pattinson as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. So does the movie live up to that enticing promise? We have true crime buff, former Dateline devotee, and co-host of All Things Cozy, Gillian Walters, with us to discuss the film as both a work of fiction and a portrait of real (if complicated) man and moment in TV history. Then we'll talk about some of our most memorable morally ambiguous movies
What's Good
Alonso - Magazine Break
Drea - Lili Reinhart's wig in The Love Hypothesis
Gillian - Spooky Kitty Soap Holder from Bath & Body Works
Kevin - The Sixty-Year Mission screening
ITIDIC
Viral Lesbian Bar Article From Boston Globe Is Piquing Hollywood’s Interest
An Indie Filmmaker Is Distributing His Movie Via One Traveling Copy of a DVD
Staff Picks
Drea - Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Alonso - No Sleep Till
Gillian - The DUFF
Kevin - Hope (kinda) & Avengers: Endgame (still)


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This week we've got expert musical improvisors Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino with us to discuss a movie about a middle school musical gone way off course, at the hands of a drama teacher pushed to the edge. Part comedy, part film noir, it's the feature debut of director Giselle Bonilla, and it was a Sundance premiere. THE MUSICAL! Then we talk about other films that use film noir tropes to comedic ends, and pitch some actually-pretty-genius new movies in that genre too.
Look out for Jess and Zach's movie, Mock Trial
Listen to Off Book (or see it live!)
What’s Good
Alonso - Get your colonoscopy!
Drea - Bob the Drag Queen even makes the Love Island Reunion show fun
Jess - The Gilded Age on a plane
Zach - The Wolves of Glendale, Go to the Woods
Kevin - seeing the Rams live
ITIDIC
AMC Burbank Pepper-Spray Guy: Villain or Hero?
New California Post Production Tax Credit Becomes Law
Staff Pick
Alonso - You Had to Be There
Jess - Original Cast Album: Company (w/”Co-Op” double feature)
Drea - The Incomer
Zach - The Court Jester
Kevin - Resident Evil

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Alonso Duralde
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Sr. Producer Laura Swisher