Jun 25, 2020
Look at me. Barry Sonnenfeld managed to adapt Elmore Leonard’s novel “Get Shorty” into a fun gangster crime-thriller comedy that’s also a satire of the entire film industry. John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, Danny Devito, and James Gandolfini shine as they are caught up in Chili Palmer’s...
Jun 18, 2020
The “Dickens of Detroit,” Elmore Leonard, crafts an ambitious
crime story about a fish-out-of-water gangster that plays with
metafiction and postmodernism. In episode 140, join Luke & James as
they follow Chili Palmer’s adventures in Hollywood trying to get
involved in the movie business.
Topics: the Tarantino...
Jun 11, 2020
Philip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” was adapted by Paul Verhoeven in 1990 into a full-tilt Arnold Schwarzenegger flick filled with so much social satire and action-movie camp that it was bursting at the seams (just like the characters!). Join Luke & James in episode 139 as they...
Jun 4, 2020
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