Popculture Spotlight

Old Man and The Gun is the last film ever to have Robert Redford as its star as he plays Forrest Tucker a notorious bank robber also starring Casey Affleck. Sorry To Bother you is a dark comedy about a telemarketer Cash Green who gets a promotion and it's not all what its set out to be also with Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler and Armie Hammer in supporting roles. I discuss both movies  Old Man and the Gun and Sorry to Bother you listen and enjoy!

Catch-22 based on the famous novel is about a US Bombardier during world war 2 Jon Yossarian played by Christopher Abbot who wants nothing more than to get out of it go home and is sick of going on missions. With Geroge Clooney, Kyle Chandler and Hugh Laurie in supporting roles. The Sisters Brothers is a western Comedy starring Joaquin Phoneix and John C Reilly as two brothers who are hired guns after gold with Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed in supporting roles. I talk about both Catch 22 and The Sisters Brothers on this podcast listen and enjoy!

James McAvoy, Micheal Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult have been the stars of the last 4 X-Men movies some great some not over this last decade ill talk about them and those movies in this podcast and the overall legacy of all 4 movies listen and enjoy!

Jake Johnson is one of the funniest comedic actors of our time from the hit tv show NewGirls to movies like Jurrasic World and let's be cops he's always hilarious Mission: Impossible Fallout is the sixth installment of the franchise starring Tom Crusie and Henry Cavill its nonstop action and fun I discuss Both Jake Johnson and Mission: Impossible Fallout on this podcast listen and enjoy! 

Rooney Mara has been consistently brilliant acting in films like the Social Network, Girl with The Dragon Tatto, Carol, and A Ghost Story. Wildlife is the debut film for director Paul Dano the film stars Carrie Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal and deals with a kid Joe Brinson played by Ed Oxenbold figuring out who his parents really are for the first time. I talk about Both Rooney Mara and wildlife on this podcast listen and enjoy! 

Operation finale is a film about Israel's government hunt for a hidden retired Nazi Leader staring Oscar Issac and Sir Ben Kingsley A simple Favor is a thriller about two moms starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively I discuss both on this podcast listen and Enjoy!

Jon Bernthal has become a huge presence in pop culture over the last five years appearing in big movies like Fury and Sicario and hitting big on Television as the Punisher. GLOW is one of the best shows on right now it stars Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Marc Maron as Female Wrestlers and a failed Movie director I talk about Jon Bernthal's meteoric rise and Netflix's Glow listen and enjoy! 

Game Night is a hilarious Ensemble comedy led by Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams with lots of twists and turns and The Favourite is a period comedy about Queen Anne of England with a stellar female cast led by Emma Stone, Rachel Weiz, and Olivia Coleman its both dark and hilarious! two movies one podcast listen and enjoy. 

Zac Efron and Lilly Collins star in this film about serial killer Ted Bundy and his longterm relationship with Elizabeth Kendall I have waited a year for this film and I talk about a lot of things in this film From the Evolution of Efron and Collins to the best scenes in the movie listen and enjoy!

Avengers EndGame is here after 22 Films over a decade the infinity Saga is ending I saw the movie but have no interests in SPOILERS or giving away plot details this podcast has no SPOILERS instead I want to talk about the best performances in the movie what makes Infinity War and EndGame special movies The legacy of Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man What's next for the career of Chris Evans and who are the key actors now in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

Under The Silver Lake is a Los Angeles thriller Staring Andrew Garfield and Vice is a Dick Cheney Biopic starring Christan Bale, Amy Adams, and Sam Rockwell both are complicated and interesting and I discuss them both listen and enjoy!

Mid90s is a Coming of age story about a kid named Stevie who finds Skateboarding for the first time BlacKkKlansman is a true story about how an African American infiltrated The KKK Both movies have famous directors Mid90s with Jonah Hill and BlacKkKlansman with Spike Lee I talk about both of these very good but very different films on this podcast listen and enjoy!

Andrew Garfield got his so-called big break joining a massive franchise to play spiderman but since being fired form wearing tights he has had a career renaissance in meaningful smaller films  First Man is a Neil Armstrong biopic with a twist its from the duo that brought us LA LA Land director Damien Chazelle and actor Ryan Gosling who portrays Armstrong listen an enjoy to hear my Thoughts on actor Andrew Garfield career thus far and the space epic First Man! 

Barry is a comedy-drama on HBO starring Bill Hader as a Hitman who wants to quit to become an actor and Jack Ryan is Amazon's version of bringing Tom Clancys beloved CIA agent to life this time on television played by John Krasinski Both of these shows I love Hader and Krasinski are terrific listen and enjoy to hear about both of these unique shows and actors!

Robert Pattinson is one of my favorite actors working today and Solo a Star Wars Story is a complicated film/blockbuster from one of my favorite movie franchises I talk about both of them on this podcast listen and enjoy! 

Homecoming is a brilliant fictional show on Amazon from Sam Esmail about soldiers returning from war its a thriller with lots of twists and turns. Triple Frontier is a Blockbuster Netflix Movie Starring Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Issac, Ben Affleck, Garret Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal about a heist planned by a retired Special Ops team. I talk about both on this podcast in great length listen and enjoy! 

Miracle Workers is a new comedy series on TBS Captain Marvel is the biggest movie in the world these two things collied on this podcast I talk about both the hilarious new show and the next Gritty Marvel Movie enjoy! 

Crashing is a wonderful show on HBO that I enjoyed created by 2 of the funniest people on planet earth Judd Apatow and Pete Holmes My problem was how this show ended and who Pete Holmes ends up with in the end it bothered me listen to hear why  

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are two of my favorite actors who have both made pivotal movies in my life that I love but whose work do I enjoy more? Listen to find out    

Heres my list of the 10 best acting performances of 2018 I tend to enjoy/reward Actors who take risks and that's what I think I did listen and enjoy and see if you agree or disagree with my choices