The Film Thugs Movie Show

Let's say it right off the bat... Ryan Coogler is a bad ass. It is officially undeniable.

The man mad a sequel SERIES to Rocky that represents some of the strongest in the franchise. He killed it with Black Panther, hell... he even started with a bold statement in Fruitvale Station.

So... how does he do when he is going fully original.

Not just fully original, original elevated genre... that's a period piece... with a lead actor playing twins.

Given his track record... it was really just a matter of how much of the cover he was going to tear off the ball.

Well... listen to get our take on how much of that cover was left.

Not sure if you are aware, but this show is hosted by two VERY lapsed catholics.

It is also a show hosted by two men with a combined near decade and a half of experience as altar servers. Basically, we have covered all of the services. 

Weddings? Yep? Easter? No question. Christmas Eve Midnight Mass? Yep. Christmas Day? Of course? Regular Sunday? Shit... more than I can remember.

So this time out, it's kind of exciting to tackle the biggest show in the Catholic.

The Papal Conclave.

Yep. Whenever a Pope shuffles off this mortal coil, or just retires (which, evidently, you can just do) all the Cardinals from around the world gather tougher in The Sistine Chapel and vote until we get a Pope.

You know the drill, white smoke, black smoke. Habemus Papam. The whole thing.

This movie takes us into the politics and the human drama behind the scenes at this historic event. 

So... what do we think?

Saturday Night Live (originally called "Saturday Night," due to American Sportscaster Howard Cosell having a show on CBS called Saturday Night Live.) premiered less than a month and a half after Jim was born. By the time it hit it's real stride in the mid 80's, it had become an institution, and Jim's sports team.

Like a sports team, SNL has good and bad seasons. It has super stars and draft busts. It has great seasons with bad episodes, bad seasons with good episodes, bad episodes with good sketches, good episodes with bad sketches.... 

For this show we went to an actual real life movie theater and watched "Saturday Night," a fictionalization of the 90 minutes leading up to the first episode of Saturday Night Live, directed by Jason Reitman (son of comedy LEGEND Ivan).

How well does the movie pull it off?

Do they get the characters right?

What about Gilda?

You're just gonna have to listen to find out.

It is rare for a movie to completely defy description.

Yes, we could just talk about what happens in this movie, but... just listen and you'll understand.

We continue our hit streak with some Hitchcock related horror... Oz Perkins, son of Anthony, really knocks it out of the park with this unsettling little gem that is a refreshing entry from a director with an incredible sense of story and tension, and an even better eye.