Bret Easton Hell Yes: A Bret Easton Ellis Fancast

Katie and Steve (In the Mix, The Hard Times) discuss the London cast recording of the American Psycho musical soundtrack. Can Matt Smith fill Christian Bale’s iconic shoes? Will Duncan Sheik’s lyrics tap into the mind of a killer? Is some guy’s ass what Patrick Bateman bones? Listen and find out!

Returning guest Lenny Burnham (the Filmographers, Arden) joins Katie to talk  Facebook drama, the horrors of LA dating, and bafflingly incorrect portrayals of technology.

Katie and Dave (In the Mix) discuss Roger Avery’s 2002 film adaptation of the Rules of Attraction. Are these characters doomed to repeat the same mistakes forever? Are we laughing with the movie, or at it? Is this adaptation as good as Bret Easton Ellis thinks it is? All this and more!Attachments area

Lenny and Katie dissect the American Psycho 2: All American Girl, the direct-to-DVD sequel starring Mila Kunis and William Shatner that seemingly nobody really wanted to make.

Katie and Madi talk feminism, homophobia, and existential despair.

The first movie based on one of Bret Easton Ellis’s novels sure was a doozy. Katie talks with cartoonist Emma Wolgast and then returning guest Sean Wright about this adaptation that couldn’t have captured the spirit of the original less if it tried.

In the thrilling conclusion to their discussion of White, Katie and Liz ponder why Bret is the way he is, and talk about some instances of Bret seemingly stumbling into good points by accident.

Katie and Sara (Arden, Paste Magazine, Vox) discuss whether this book has a plot, whether Clay has a personality, and whether Imperial Bedrooms works, either as a sequel or on its own terms.

In part one, Katie and Leslie talk Bret the unreliable narrator, Bret the distant father and Bret the runaway son. Then Katie and Langdon talk about Stephen King’s opinion of Lunar Park, the strange, specific grief of losing a parent, and the influence of 9/11 on the story.