Screen Stuff Podcast

Screen Stuff Podcast

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Screen Stuff Podcast episodes

  • #55: WIN IT ALL
    Win It All. Elgin and Paul check out (and check-raise) #WinItAll: Netflix’s Win It All, directed by Joe Swanberg and starring Jake Johnson and co-written by them both. Neither your standard Hollywood fare nor a mumblecore independent film, Swanberg’s latest Chicago-based collaboration with Johnson is about the charming man-child Eddie, who tries to kick his poker […]
    29 min
  • #54: THE SON

    The Son.

    Paul and Elgin review #TheSon:

    AMC’s The Son, based on the novel of the same title by Philipp Meyer and starring Pierce Brosnan (who took over for Sam Neill, who dropped out of the project).

    Set in the early 20th century (with significant flashbacks to the mid-19th century), this drama tells the story of the First Son of Texas Eli McCollough (Brosnan) and his family’s struggle to maintain their legacy during the so-called Bandit Wars. It aims to chronicle (and perhaps deconstruct) the ascendancy of Texas as a major power.

    We not only pick apart 007’s rather challenged Texas twang, but also examine the show’s depictions of the Comanches, Mexicans, and Mexican Americans. How does this show fare against other westerns (such as Dances with Wolves) that we’ve watched? In the era of peak TV, does this latest effort from AMC have enough for us to stick with it?

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  • #54: THE SON
    The Son. Paul and Elgin review #TheSon: AMC’s The Son, based on the novel of the same title by Philipp Meyer and starring Pierce Brosnan (who took over for Sam Neill, who dropped out of the project). Set in the early 20th century (with significant flashbacks to the mid-19th century), this drama tells the story of the First Son […]
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  • #53: SHOTS FIRED
    Shots Fired, plus quick takes on Making History, 13 Reasons Why, Patriots Day, Deepwater Horizon, the latest batch of Amazon pilots (including Oasis and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and the Girls series finale. Elgin and Paul review #ShotsFired: FOX’s Shots Fired (28:50), created by Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Sanaa Lathan, Stephan James, and Tristan Mack Wilds, […]
    55 min
  • #52: GET OUT
    Get Out. SPOILER ALERT! Paul and Elgin have an in-depth, spoilery discussion about the amazing film #GetOut: Get Out, written and directed by Jordan Peele and starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, and LilRel Howery. As two Korean-American males, we wanted to add our two cents to the national conversation on Peele’s directorial debut, which is nearly totally fresh on the […]
    50 min
  • #51: BIG LITTLE LIES
    Big Little Lies. Elgin and Paul review #BigLittleLies: HBO’s Big Little Lies, created and written by David E. Kelley and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, based on the novel by Liane Moriarty. The seven-episode limited series stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley. What’s so good (and not so much) about this character study about three complex women, which is also supposed to be a […]
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  • #50: KONG: SKULL ISLAND
    Kong: Skull Island, plus quick takes on Logan, Train to Busan, Feud, Girls (Season 6), Crashing, Love (Season 2), and Baskets (Season 2). Paul and Elgin review #KongSkullIsland: Kong: Skull Island (25:55), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, and Corey Hawkins. What does the latest reboot […]
    57 min
  • #49: THE YOUNG POPE
    The Young Pope. Paul and Elgin review #TheYoungPope: Sky Atlantic, Canal+, and HBO’s The Young Pope, created by Paul Sorrentino and starring Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara, and James Cromwell. (Minor gaffe: Esther, not Sofia, is the female character whom the Young Pope is speaking with in the clip we play; Elgin corrects this, but only […]
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  • #48: TABOO
    Taboo. Elgin and Paul review #TabooFX: BBC One and FX’s Taboo, created by Tom Hardy, Edward “Chips” Hardy (his dad), and Steven Knight, and starring Tom Hardy. Already inspiring a supercut of grunts, Hardy plays an antihero who returns to London after a decade in Africa, seeking revenge against the East India Company, as the War of […]
    31 min
  • #47: LEGION
    Legion, plus brief takes on The Great Wall, John Wick: Chapter 2, 24: Legacy, Powerless, Superior Donuts, and Detroiters (as well as The Good Place and The Golden Girls). Elgin and Paul review #LegionFX: FX’s Legion (33:30), created by Noah Hawley and starring Dan Stevens. Does the small screen adaptation of the comic match its big hype? In the lead-in free-for-all segment […]
    55 min

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