Today we are looking at 2024’s hit musical movie adaptation, Wicked: Part I, directed by Jon M. Chu, starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Plus we hear from the listener looking for movie recs while they recover from surgery. Author Paul Miles Schneider (The Silver Shoes trilogy) joins us.

What’s Good:

Alonso - BFI Classic’s 3 Women by Justin Wyatt

Drea - Spirit Awards 2024 nominations

Paul - Thanksgiving up in the Pacific Northwest

Ify - Thanksgiving meal (Al Pastor Turkey)

This Week's ITIDICs:

1. Thanksgiving Box Office Record: ‘Moana 2’ Scores Dazzling $225 Million Debut, ‘Wicked’ Adds Huge $118 Million

2.  Sebastian Stan’s Variety ‘Actors on Actors’ Halted Because No Other Talent Wants to Talk About Trump

3. ‘Wolfs’ Director Jon Watts Tells Apple: No Sequel, I Don’t Trust You

Christmas Movie Minute:

1. Holiday Touchdown
2. To Have & To Holiday
3. Christmas Under The Lights
4. A 90s Christmas
5. Deck The Walls

Staff Picks:

Alonso - The Gathering (1977)

Drea - Hard Truths

Paul - Miracle of Marcelino (in Spanish)

Ify - The Wiz

Plugs!

Get the Silver Shoes trilogy from Paul Miles Schneider!

Los Angeles! Come see Alonso, this Saturday, December 7th at Vidiots doing a book signing and introducing the Hitchcock film, Rope, at 4:15pm!

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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher