Today we’re talking 1961’s The Hustler, which might just be the greatest movie about the game of pool that has ever been made. Starring Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, and George C. Scott, it’s a tale of an up-and-coming pool hustler trying to make it big but, more importantly, it’s the story of a man trying to figure out what makes a person a “winner”.
This week includes a special announcement from King Ezekiel as well as the feedback we received over the past 8 weeks of coverage. Thank you to everyone who contributed and continues to listen. We wouldn’t do it without you.
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This week we talk about putting eyes on Neowise, how to get through preaching door-to-door, downloading knowledge matrix-style, weird bucket list items, the best credits sequences on TV, the Lovecraft Country trailer, and more.
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This time on “Off the Clock”, Patron topics. A.Ron tells us about Andy Samberg’s new movie, Palm Springs. Jim tells us about Black Crouch’s time-travel novel, Recursion. And we conclude our discussion of The Last of Us Part 2 now that we’ve both played through the entire game.
The Hunt for Red October is a classic naval thriller starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in the lead roles. As a big Tom Clancy fan, it’s also one of A.Ron’s favorite films. Does it hold up 30 years later? Join us on the podcast to find out.
In this very spooky mid-season finale, we are pleased by the throwback nature of the settings and scares, as well as the impressive visuals coming out of a show that appears to be rising from the dead. Join us for our discussion of the episode and recent Season 10 finale announcements.
The year is 1995 and Kevin Costner is an apex movie predator who takes to the box office sea in search of prey. Unfortunately, there are much bigger fish in that sea than Waterworld and thus begins Costner’s slip from the heights of stardom. Join us for a discussion of this ambitious film which we both love and hate.
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This time on “Off the Clock” we discuss the premiere of Hamilton on Disney+, as well as the movie and first season of What We Do in the Shadows on FX, and Naughty Dog’s latest entry in The Last of Us series.
We’re still trying to figure out Michonne’s hostile posture toward the new group of survivors in S09E07 of The Walking Dead.
A big thank you to Ann Merin for commissioning this podcast on Chaos on the Bridge, William Shatner’s 2014 documentary that peeks behind the scenes of the first few years of Star Trek: The Next Generation with cast interviews describing tumultuous power dynamics both in and out of the writers room. Frankly, it’s a must-see movie for fans of TNG and now we’ve finally seen it. Give the podcast a listen to find out what we thought.