Fri, 30 June 2023
The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are pushing through the 1970s decade in film, and this episode's stop is with 1971, as the guys discuss the Norman Lear-directed satire "Cold Turkey" about an entire small Midwestern town trying to quit smoking for a cash prize, and the grimy thriller "Klute" starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. Available on Spotify and Apple Episode 384 includes: -James Gunn casts his Clark Kent and Lois Lane, plus "The Flash" is bombing. -New Babylon 5 animated movie and a "Bird Box" sequel set in Barcelona that actually looks good. -Nate thinks "No Hard Feelings" is okay, while Ben cheers on "Elemental" -By the Decade -- 1971 -- "Klute" / "Cold Turkey" -The guys discuss the scattershot paranoia crime thriller "Klute," where Jane Fonda won a Best Actress Oscar, and then the attempted social satire about the tobacco industry's grip on America, "Cold Turkey." |