TC had the chance to interview the movie’s lead actor, Kumail Nanjiani, so it seemed like a fine excuse to review the movie. The review runs first, followed by the interview and a post-screening Q-and-A Kumail conducted in Dallas.
This movie centrally involves international adoption. Bob Sturm has participated in an international adoption. He discusses both the movie and the adoption process.
Split is a movie with a lot of material to discuss, from the viability of escape attempts to where evil comes from. I talk about all of them with Josh Campbell.
It was recently revealed that KSCS morning show host Hawkeye pulled off a prank where he faked being MTV Sports host Dan Cortese in order to make a guest appearance on the Bob and Dan Show. In the interview, he dropped a multitude of references
Boxing Helena is a movie Dan McDowell will reference from time to time on BaD Radio when trying to shock. TC Fleming is calling his bluff, bringing Dan in to review the movie.
Megan and I talk about the Washington thriller Miss Sloane. That includes discussions of guns, the constitution and the crazy conversation 2 girls were having in the line for refreshments.
The Ticket’s Trey Mitchell is back as guest host, and he’s always got a good sense for picking out movies. Watching Se7en with 2016 eyes, there are a lot of surprises. The last time I watched the whole movie start to finish was more than a deca
My good buddy Justin and I recently took a trip to Seattle. He lives in Michigan now, so we took this rare opportunity where we were in the same room to get something on wax. Moonlight was what was showing at the Egyptian, so we took a chance o
Movies about aliens are the best, and Arrival is a good one. There’s a lot to think on. It does a good job of illustrating many of the mind-boggling elements that would feature into any actual contact scenario. We try to walk through some of th
A couple months back, I talked with Old 97’s guitarist Ken Bethea about coming on the podcast. He gave me a list of movies he was excited about seeing in theaters, and Doctor Strange seemed like a good fit. He has some enthusiasm for the the co
We took a chance this week, rolling the dice on an Ewan McGregor vehicle showing at the Angelika. It kind of paid off in that the movie touches on a lot of deep topics that spark plenty of talk. The look at parenting and how much it can be blam
When I started this podcast, I made a list of my favorite movies that I’d like to get to one day. The Prestige was on the list. It’s about as well-crafted a movie as you can see. Mike Williams agrees. He is an actual magician who performs aroun
This is a wonderful movie that gives a lot to talk about. I’m glad to have the situation line up where I’m talking about it with such wonderful guests. My wife and I were visiting our friend Justin who moved to Michigan, and it worked out so th
We are back to new movies this week, and it’s a pretty solid one. There were things that made it worth seeing, like a couple deft twists. I talked about those with Central Track’s Angela Jones. There were also things that held it back, like som
You have probably not seen this movie before. But if you had, we might not be talking about it. It’s a movie that sticks out because when you watch it, you can’t believe that you never heard a thing about it. Because it’s a really good comedy.
With nothing in theaters right now jumping out, it seemed like there would be no bad time to look back on this odd gem from 2009. I’d been meaning to get Ryan Maffei back on the podcast. I think all of those things came together pretty nicely,
The idea for this podcast came up when watching the last season of Silicon Valley. A character refrences making an Ocean’s-11-like plot, and there was a lot of discussion that week about what the plot might be. Jake and I talked about it on It’