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We closed out spooky season with Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho and the new A24 film, Lamb. How did our expectations based on the respective director and distributor impact our viewing process? Also ARE sheep scary?

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Two films with directors known for their distinct styles with Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho and Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch. But style without substance does not necessarily a movie make...

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Stephen Park of the new Wes Anderson film The French Dispatch drops by to discuss his love of cooking shows, performative casting, and being a pioneer for Asian representation in Anderson films. 

More about The French Dispatch:

On the occasion of the death of its beloved Kansas-born editor Arthur Howitzer, Jr., the staff of The French Dispatch, a widely circulated American magazine based in the French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, convenes to write his obituary. Memories of Howitzer flow into the creation of four stories: a travelogue of the seediest sections of the city itself from The Cycling Reporter; “The Concrete Masterpiece,” about a criminally insane painter, his guard and muse, and his ravenous dealers; “Revisions to a Manifesto,” a chronicle of love and death on the barricades at the height of student revolt; and “The Private Dining Room of the Police Commissioner,” a suspenseful tale of drugs, kidnapping and fine dining.

Starring Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothee Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Christoph Waltz, Jason Schwartzman, Tony Revolori, Rupert Friend, Henry Winkler, Bob Balaban, Stephen Park, and Anjelica Houston. 

More about Stephen Park:

He is an actor known for In Living Color, Fargo, Do the Right Thing, and A Serious Man. 

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It's a sci-fi double feature with Denis Villeneuve's long awaited Dune. Talk about the confidence you have to have to make a part 1 of a film not knowing if you'll be guaranteed a part 2. Also the new Apple TV+ show Invasion has some of us realizing how much we miss appointment television.

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Welcome ridiculously creative couple Jorge R. Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua to the podcast for their new Netflix limited series Maya and the Three. We chat about creative constraints, representation, classic movies, everyday sacrifices, and metal. 

More about Maya and the Three:

In a fantastical world, where magic turns the world and four kingdoms rule the lands, a brave and rebellious warrior princess named Maya is about to celebrate her fifteenth birthday and coronation. But everything changes when the gods of the underworld arrive and announce that Maya's life is forfeit to the God of War — a price she must pay for her family's secret past. If Maya refuses, the whole world will suffer the gods’ vengeance. To save her beloved family, her friends, and her own life, Maya embarks on a thrilling quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy that foretells the coming of three great warriors who will help her defeat the gods and save humankind.

Starring Zoe Saldaña, Gabriel Iglesias, Allen Maldonado, Stephanie Beatriz, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Alfred Molina, Kate del Castillo, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Rosie Perez, Queen Latifah, Wyclef Jean, and Rita Moreno.

More about Jorge and Sandra:

Jorge R. Gutiérrez is an Annie and Emmy award winning artist. He is the creator and director of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and The Book of Life. 

Sandra Equihua is also an Annie and Emmy award winning artist! They just so happen to be married and both provide voices in Maya and the Three. 

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Denis Villeneuve finally gets to unleash his version of Frank Herbert's Dune. Also some delightful animated fare with the technocentric Ron's Gone Wrong and the Mesoamerican epic Maya and the Three. 

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DC FanDome brought us Black Adam, Blue Beetle, The Flash, The Batman, and more... but do we really care at this point? Also What Happened, Brittany Murphy? makes us question if we're contributing to toxic behavior by watching perspective-less "documentaries".

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Welcome Devon the Tiger from Netflix's Sexy Beasts! Devon just so happens to be the other DHK. She shares what it was like behind the scenes filming the prosthetic-tastic dating show, how one attempts to eat while in the makeup, and answers her most frequently asked questions.

More about Sexy Beasts:

Ready to say goodbye to superficial dating? SEXY BEASTS is the dating show that takes looks completely out of the equation using fantastical, cutting edge prosthetics to transform the daters - giving them a chance to find love purely based on personality!

More about Devon:

Devon is a recruiter from California now living in London. She is a human 99.9% of the time. 

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Does What Happened, Brittany Muprhy? have anything new to contribute or is it just exploitative docu-tainment? Also is Bergman Island meant for anyone but super film nerds?

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It's a James Bond-athon with No Time to Die, GoldenEye, and Casino Royale. Also is it possible to truly update Bond so he's no longer (to quote Judi Dench's M) a "sexist misogynist dinosaur"? Plus our dream castings for the next 007. 

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