I sing praises for La La Land and determine if Damien Chazelle was able to top Whiplash. And later, I review Jackie and discuss the first trailer for the highly anticipated Alien: Covenant.

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Intro: 0:00 - 4:38

Review - La La Land: 4:38 - 26:12

Review - Jackie: 26:12 - 38:59

News - Alien: Covenant trailer: 38:59 - 44:03

This week in new releases/Outro: 44:03 - 47:58