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Talkie Talk #90: Watchlist – Ugly Delicious / Mute / Mom & Dad

Talkie Talk
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Talkie Talk #90: Watchlist - Ugly Delicious / Mute / Mom & Dad
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In today’s episode, Brent, TJ, and Chris talk about what they watched, which ignited a deeper discussion of Netflix’s good and bad tendencies as a film studio, auteur theory, and whether or not Nicolas Cage shows up on set with everything already turned to 11.

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Brent:  Ugly Delicious (03:10)

Chris: Mute (13:45), Moon spoilers (34:10) Mom & Dad (36:00)

Reality Roundup: The Challenge (44:41), Survivor: Ghost Island (54:25)

What to Watch This Weekend (71:45)

Breezy on the Streets: (72:45)

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Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

Mudbound (2017)

Now Available on Netflix
Directed By: Dee Rees
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Jason Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige

These are the Netflix original movies so far: Beasts of No Nation, The Ridiculous 6, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, Special Correspondents, The Do-Over, The Fundamentals of Caring, Rebirth, Tallulah, XOXO, ARQ, The Siege of Jadotville, Mascots, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, 7 Años, True Memoirs of an International Assassin, Mercy, Spectral, Barry, Coin Heist, Clinical, Take the 10, iBoy, Imperial Dreams, Girlfriend’s Day, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Burning Sands, Deidra & Laney Rob a Train, The Most Hated Woman in America, The Discovery, Win It All, Sandy Wexler, Sand Castle, Tramps, Small Crimes, Handsome, Blame!, War Machine, Shimmer Lake, You Get Me, Okja, To the Bone, The Incredible Jessica James, Naked, What Happened to Monday, Death Note, Little Evil, First They Killed My Father, Gerald’s Game, Our Souls at Night, The Meyerowitz Stories, The Babysitter, 1922, Wheelman, The Killer, A Christmas Prince, and now Mudbound. Some are better than others are (as some are Adam Sandler movies), but it does not seem like any would be a five star movie. Only with this latest movie does a Netflix movie seem like it is trying to be a classic.

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1922 (2017)

Now Streaming on Netflix
Directed by: Zak Hilditch
Starring: Thomas Jane, Molly Parker

1922 is the newest Stephen King adaptation to make it to the big screen, via the small screens of Netflix. It also marks the sixth Stephen King adaptation this year alone – following films The Dark Tower, It, Gerald’s Game, and the TV shows The Mist and Mr. Mercedes. It’s like those years where Alicia Vikander or Jessica Chastain just happen to be in 10 movies. I’ll be honest and say I hadn’t even heard of the novella before hearing of this new Netflix horror flick – it seems like they’re coming out of the woodwork now. Is it worth it to return to the well once more for 1922? Surprisingly, yes.

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The Babysitter (2017)

Now streaming on Netflix
Director: McG
Starring: Judah Lewis and Samara Weaving

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Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

Now Streaming on Netflix
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson

Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (yes that’s the full title) is the next high profile original movie from Netflix, after the Bong Joon Ho helmed Okja. It’s almost fitting that this is coming out in horror friendly October – but instead of jump scares, we have the jump cringes of Baumbach comedies. It’s a horror show, how self involved and petty these people are, and the suffering that they endure. But it’s also pretty good and pretty funny.

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