Episode 499: If You’re Listening Russia, Tear Down This Movie

As the summer ends with a bit of a whimper, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy delve into eight films and try to find something worth your time. The director of Backcountry goes back into the woods with Missy Peregrym to face a different threat (Out Come the Wolves) while the filmmakers behind Howards End and The Remains of the Day get a documentary in their honor (Merchant Ivory). Tyrese Gibson gets caught up in a heist during the Rodney King riots (1992) and Lee Daniels takes Andra Day through an exorcism (The Deliverance). Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer plot a murder (The Wasp) and Casey Affleck tries to keep his sanity in space (Slingshot). Finally, John Cho discovers a new AI is dangerous (AfrAId) and Dennis Quaid and the director of 3 Ninjas: High Noon At Mega Mountain give Republicans a greatest hits tale about their God (Reagan).

0:00 - Intro

1:18 - Out Come the Wolves

13:10 - Merchant Ivory

21:01 - 1992

32:49 – The Deliverance

43:06 – The Wasp

54:05 - Slingshot

1:07:20 - Afraid

1:16:53 – Reagan

1:34:27 - Outro