https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jieyz-1119b54 We’re changing things up a bit this week with our first documentary, the 2007 doc “Helvetica,” brought to us by musician Davy Andrews. Yes, it’s about the font. Yes, really, stop asking. This may not be the kind of topic you’d expect to be worth the full 80 minutes of runtime that it occupies, […]
Ep. 27: My Own Private Duncan Idaho — ”Dune” (1984)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vv22z-1105f1e With the big budget blockbuster Denis Villeneuve’s shot at Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi story due out next week, we figure there’s no better time to revisit the David Lynch version from more than 35 years ago. I was actually in Europe last week, where the new movie was already playing, but resisted seeing it […]
Ep. 26: Captain America and the Walking Dead — “The Losers” (2010)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3c5ri-10f3aab Chris Evans, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba and Jeffrey Dean Morgan? In a mid-budget, summer blockbustery, Michael-Bay-attention-span action movie? It’s OK, we’d never heard of it either. Guest and Editor in Chief of Baseball Prospectus Craig Goldstein joins us as we strap in for a tight 97 minutes of explosions that neither need, nor are […]