Another eight movies are on the docket for Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy this week. They include documentaries about the young star of Luchino Visconti’s Death in Venice (The Most Beautiful Boy in the World) and a non-binary black activist (My Name Is Pauli Murray). Ben Whishaw snaps, takes to the streets and goes on a crime spree (Surge) and Freida Pinto tries to solve a mystery happening under her own roof (Intrusion). Tom Skerritt goes off on a journey after a cancer diagnosis to potentially end his life (East of the Mountains) while Melissa McCarthy tries to go on with life after a tragedy (The Starling). Jake Gyllenhaal attempts to solve a crisis as a police dispatcher in Antoine Fuqua’s remake of a recent acclaimed Danish thriller (The Guilty) and, finally, Erik and Steve try to answer the question that so many are asking about Dear Evan Hansen. Why?

0:00 - Intro

East of the Mountains

7:37 – The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

19:33 – Surge

26:06 – My Name Is Pauli Murray

35:53 – Intrusion

44:29 – The Starling

1:02:59 – The Guilty

1:19:50 – Dear Evan Hansen

1:47:42 - Outro

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