Best Bev Ellis Podcasts (2024)

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Sean Ellis Part 1 (replay) The HBO series Trial 4 is fatally slanted toward the defendant 30:03

2h ago30:03

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Send us a Text Message. The HBO film Trial 4, is a virtual hagiography for Sean Ellis. The HBO-Netflix documentary is so slanted in favor of Sean Ellis it is difficult to digest. In order to believe Sean Ellis is innocent, you'd have to believe that his uncle, best friend, and girlfriend were (are) lying. To our knowledge none of these witnesses, t…

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 1:07:02

24m ago1:07:02

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For episode #600 of Have You Ever Seen, we're completing the Quentin Quest. With this, we have reviewed everything Tarantino has directed (well, discounting Four Rooms). Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is the man's most-emotional film and it's his most-personal too. The outstanding cast is headlined by the hilarious Leonardo Di Caprio, the gruff (and…

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Karen Read Wrap Up- a hung jury shocked Massachusetts, corruption was apparently not enough to sway all jurors 38:46

5d ago38:46

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Send us a Text Message. A shocking outcome for the Karen Read Trial, A hung jury! How could this happen?There are many issues to investigate, what was the split among jurors? What more would it have taken for a unanimous verdict? The sad reality is that the system is broken, when an obviously corrupted case made it to the jury. This verdict is a re…

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Cleo From 5 To 7 40:32

5d ago40:32

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The French New Wave was headlined by names like Truffaut & Godard, but Agnes Varda was a vital writer/director in the movement too. Her Cleo From 5 To 7 is set in in Paris and plays out in real time (90 minutes, though, not 2 hours). The beautiful and compelling Corinne Marchand wanders around the city, killing time until she will find out whether …

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Karen Read June 30 2024-Do we have a deadlocked Jury? Aunt Bev loses it on the defense...yet again 35:12

12d ago35:12

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Send us a Text Message. It appears we may have a deadlocked jury on the Karen Read case. It has been reported that one juror had been visibly crying, but no further information was forthcoming. Would the State of Massachusetts retry Karen Read, in light of a pending federal investigation? Some law enforcement witness would likely have been arrested…

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10 Directors' Most-Underrated Movies 40:29

12d ago40:29

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Have You Ever Seen doesn't post listicles or Top 10 lists very often, but for episode #598 on a holiday in our home and native land, that's exactly what you're getting on Canada Day. We each talked about 5 different directors and the most-underrated movie each of them has made, with an unintentional theme of twins and doppelgangers coming up again …

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Turtleboy interview June 2024-A wide ranging interview with Aidan Kearney of TB News-don't miss this episode 1:01:12

19d ago1:01:12

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Send us a Text Message. Aidan's covers the current state of his drummed up witness intimidation case. 16+ counts of intimidation, some of which are against, armed state troopers, and asking witnesses to tell the truth (news flash they didn't). We also cover the Karen Read case up until last week. Strap in this is a good one. TB News-https://bit.ly/…

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This Is Spinal Tap 47:47

20d ago47:47

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We post our last episode in June (#597 overall) and wrap up this month of joyful movies by yapping about the hilariously quotable This Is Spinal Tap. Director and co-writer Rob Reiner and the Guest/McKean/Shearer trio lead a team of funny people through 82 minutes of improv, providing us with so many classic lines. This is the greatest mockumentary…

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Karen Read-June 10, 2024-Trooper Proctor's testimony shocks Massachusetts, forensics dominate the remainder of the week 48:58

26d ago48:58

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Send us a Text Message. Some of the most alarming testimony in this case was revealed, as Trooper Michael Proctor was called by the prosecution. He had called Karen Read some of the most sexist and derogatory names, via text to his high school friends and to his superiors at the Massachusetts State Police. At times, there was audible gasps from the…

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American Fiction 1:00:01

27d ago1:00:01

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American Fiction is more of a dramedy or a clever satire than a true comedy, but few movies in recent years have been funnier than this is. Writer/director Cord Jefferson crafted a remarkable film, even though he balances maybe a few too many plots in his big-screen debut (racial strife, white guilt, difficult family issues, money troubles, inabili…

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Karen Read Case-June 3, 2024 What a week it was, forensics and inverted video, were on the docket 1:00:16

1M ago1:00:16

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Send us a Text Message. We finally had a State Police Trooper on the stand, But it was not lead detective Proctor. We also had some Mass State Police forensic techs on the stand, Adam Lally seemingly wanted to bore the jury to sleep and he was largely successful. One of the scientists appeared near tears when she had to name Detective Proctor. We e…

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Footloose 47:35

1M ago47:35

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Everybody cut (everybody cut) in the 1984 version of Footloose. The story takes us to a repressed middle-American town where dancing is outlawed until Kevin Bacon rages against that particular machine. He's the city slicker with fast feet who pushes back on John Lithgow's religious father figureness. They both do very good work here and so does the…

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5 takeaways from the Karen Read Trial to date:Lemme tell ya a couple a three things (or so) 57:25

1M ago57:25

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Send us a Text Message. Some new revelations and some old "gems". The newly revealed 2:22am phone conversations between Brian Albert and Brian Higgins occurred was revealed, what was the topic of conversation? Because no one knew that John O'Keefe was injured / dead. The condition of the body. A six thousand pound SUV struck John going twenty-four …

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Reality Bites 49:00

2M ago49:00

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There were a few keystone movies about Generation X that came out around 30 years ago, but Reality Bites is one of the red-letter titles. Ben Stiller was making his directorial debut and he also plays the third part of a love triangle with Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke. Ryder was at her peak in this time frame while Hawke---who was at least doing so…

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To Have And Have Not 36:56

2M ago36:56

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Bogie and Bacall's first movie together was directed by Howard Hawks and was based on a book by Ernest Hemingway, so that's some serious cache. Of course, Hawks barely used anything from his friend's To Have And Have Not novel other than the title, even though the screenplay is filled with snappy lines. This is "Casablanca In The Caribbean" and it'…

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Karen Read Trial Week 4- Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus=False in one, False in all-A disastrous week for the Commonwealth 1:28:26

2M ago1:28:26

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Send us a Text Message. Where to begin? More Commonwealth witnesses try to fight against data, after previously agreeing the information was accurate. Allie McCabe got flustered when the Life 360 data, showed major inconsistencies in her timeline. Colin Albert followed Mrs McCabe and the Commonwealth's case took more hits on witness credibility, ph…

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Edge Of Tomorrow 51:21

2M ago51:21

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Memorial Day is a good time to talk about a war movie, even if the intense Edge Of Tomorrow is almost as witty as it is heart-pounding. The one that's better known as "Live Die Repeat" has a Groundhog Day-esque hook as military hype man Tom Cruise restarts a day every time he dies. Emily Blunt is in "keep up with me" badass mode while Cruise unchar…

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Karen Read Trial Week 3-Prosecution struggles continue, Brian Albert's testimony rings false 1:06:37

2M ago1:06:37

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Send us a Text Message. The third week of Karen Read's murder trial continued with the Commonwealth's case. Much like last week, each day got worse for the Commonwealth. Brian Albert got caught trying to distance himself from knowing Karen, the defense presented photographic evidence to the contrary. This segment combined with later testimony regar…

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Dial M For Murder 39:26

2M ago39:26

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After 3 weeks off, Bev returns to the podcast to chat about Alfred Hitchcock's chamber piece. His Dial M For Murder stars a few very talented liars. Well, the characters are, not the actors. The best of those is Ray Milland, who's tremendous in this as one of Hitchcock's most-diabolical villains. His wife was unfaithful and he has a coldblooded pla…

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Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow 33:34

2M ago33:34

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Ryan's quest to review at least one movie starring all the actors on the AFI's Top 50 Stars list has been achieved with this one-man-talk about Vittorio De Sica's comic anthology. Sophia Loren was the last one standing. She and "Mar-chell-o", not "Mar-cell-o" Mastroianni star in all 3 chapters of Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow, each time as Italian …

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Week 2 of the Karen Read Trial-The majority of Commonwealth’s witnesses have been turned by the defense. It was a tough week for the prosecution 1:04:44

2M ago1:04:44

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Send us a Text Message. What a week it was, Some of the worst and most suspect police activity in Commonwealth history was exposed. The testimony regarding forensics and crime scene management, seemingly made the evidence obtained by the state, useless. The police used a leaf blower to recover blood in the snow, however it also revealed the lack of…

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On The Town 36:56

2M ago36:56

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Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra were both tremendous movie stars, but their names haven't come up very often in 11+ years of Have You Ever Seen. So after covering plenty of dark films in recent weeks, Ryan talks alone in this 589th episode about these singers and dancers in their light musical romp. It's glossy and the songs are mostly good, but this …

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Karen Read Trial Week One-What a ride, the homicide investigator is a low life and other blockbusters! 53:23

2M ago53:23

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Send us a Text Message. What a ride the first week of trial was. The opening statements were diametrically opposed. The Prosecution opened in a flat and confusing manner, barely making an accusation. The Defense opened, dropping several bombs including the fact that State Police Homicide Investigator Proctor illegally accessed Karen Read's phone. H…

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Little Caesar 27:09

2M ago27:09

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The early-'30s were a tumultuous time, so it's fitting that we were introduced to violent gangster flicks during that timeframe. The Public Enemy & Howard Hawks' Scarface are both better than Mervyn LeRoy's Little Caesar, but Edward G Robinson's star-making performance is just as iconic as what Cagney & Muni did in their shoot-'em-up crime movies. …

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Dark Victory 28:10

3M ago28:10

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We've only covered Bette Davis twice before now (including the classic All About Eve), but she's nearly as good in Dark Victory as she was in that or in anything else she ever made. Geraldine Fitzgerald does solid work here too, but George Brent, Ronnie Reagan and even Humphrey Bogart just aren't as up to snuff. In any case, Edmund Goulding directs…

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Alvin Campbell-How does an alleged serial rapist accumulate 10 plus victims, and remain free? 43:12

3M ago43:12

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Send us a Text Message. Alvin Campbell allegedly acquired 10 plus victims of rape and sexual assault, before he was arrested. There was plenty of DNA, that was quickly identified as his. Is it because he is the brother of the current Massachusetts Attorney General and former Boston City Councilor? The tale of two siblings could not be more differen…

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Batman 53:16

3M ago53:16

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Tim Burton's dark 1989 take on the billionaire who dresses as a bat came decades after Bob Kane and Bill Finger invented the character. And while Ryan talks a little about the other films in this long-running series (and the '60s TV show), the star of this one-man show is the '89 Batman. Michael Keaton proved the naysayers very wrong in this stylis…

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Karen Read Update-Jury Selection begins and the Commonwealth, still has not submitted discovery! 42:31

3M ago42:31

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Send us a Text Message. The Karen Read trial begins with jury selection. The Commonwealth STILL hasn't completed discovery and has asked when testing is finished to submit the "evidence". I don't think that's how discovery works. The Commonwealth can afford a not guilty in this case, however they cannot withstand the corruption revelations that are…

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Cape Fear 46:46

3M ago46:46

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Our 6th of 7 episodes during this Revenge Month takes us to America's Deep South as we talk about Robert Mitchum making Gregory Peck's life a living hell in Cape Fear. What's more, the convicted rapist threatens the lawyer's family in some of the worst way's a hateful person can. "Rape" is never spoken in the dialogue, but it's a constant theme. Mi…

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Revenge Of The Nerds 52:19

3M ago52:19

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Since this is still Revenge Month, the time has come for a one-Ryan episode about Revenge Of The Nerds. Yes, there are a few controversial scenes where our otherwise-lovable heroes strike back against mean-spirited football players...although what they do to the jocks' snobby cheerleader girlfriends is far worse. But this IS a tacky, sex comedy tha…

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Mandy 48:00

3M ago48:00

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Nicolas Cage can't be accused of making safe choices during his 40+ years of acting. He's appeared in his share of crap this century, but he also has plenty of terrific titles on his resume. Mandy is one of the best ones he's ever starred in and it's certainly one of his most unique. Director Panos Cosmatos leads Cage through a phantasmagoric odyss…

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(Replay) Plymouth Mail Truck Robbery 1962-The equivalent of 13 Million in cash stolen, and never recovered 29:54

3M ago29:54

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Send us a Text Message. In August 1962 the U.S.Postal Service wanted to save money on armored car services. Instead of high security, they had a truck driver and one guard transport money, in mail trucks from Cape Cod post offices, to the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. What could go wrong? It took local criminals about three weeks to rob this truc…

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The Heath Street Gang-not so bright but members were deadly, one dolt committed a shooting, while on an ankle monitor 35:33

3M ago35:33

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Send us a Text Message. The Heath Street gang has been a blight on the Bromley-Heath Housing project for decades, but a large scale raid in 2024, has decimated the gang. The gang's members were deadly, but not very smart. During one foray into murder, one Heath Street gang member, shot another, while the duo tried to kill a gang rival. Another memb…

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Hustlers 54:01

3M ago54:01

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Outside of Out Of Sight, it's hard to find a Jennifer Lopez performance that's any better than her work in Hustlers. Her fair-weather friends in this though? Well, except for Keke Palmer, not so much. But J Lo's stunning sex appeal and swagger overwhelm everything else. Lorene Scafaria's Goodfellas-esque execution of the story are pretty snazzy too…

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Foxy Brown 31:50

3M ago31:50

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Blaxploitation movies were very popular with audiences 50 years ago. Jack Hill's Foxy Brown is a classic largely because of Pam Grier, who was not only a staggering beauty with 12/10 sex appeal, but she also plays a badass you could root for. And her sublime performance in Jackie Brown happened largely because of how much QT liked this flick. Ryan'…

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Karen Read Update-March 30, 2024- Five government witness will have to lie at trial, motions to dismiss denied 34:00

4M ago34:00

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Send us a Text Message. During the last week of March 2024, two motions in this case were denied. A motion to dismiss filed by the defense and a motion to disqualify the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office. The judge did excoriate the DA's office for an absurd media package they had produced and distributed, the DA stated that the lead homici…

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Gone Girl 1:09:45

4M ago1:09:45

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Gone Girl begins our 2nd (Probably) Annual Revenge Month as Rosamund Pike plays a narcissistic sadist who wants vengeance on her lazy, cheating husband. Ben Affleck plays that husband, a very-flawed man who has to deal with tabloid "journalists" as he tries to figure out why his wife is missing...and possibly dead. David Fincher's mystery movie has…

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(Replay) Keith Luke 2009-A lunatic who carved a swastika into his forehead, went on a rampage that left two dead and one raped and shot 43:13

4M ago43:13

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Send us a Text Message. Keith Luke 22, appears to be a somewhat conflicted white supremacist, he claimed to have committed this murderous act over racial animosity, however in the days before this madness, he tried, persistently to date at least two women of color. His racism seemed to be a symptom of him being an "incel", involuntary celibate. He …

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Jojo Rabbit 53:23

4M ago53:23

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This 579th edition of Have You Ever Seen wraps up our 9th Annual Oscar Month on the very day that also happens to be this podcast's 11th anniversary. Jojo Rabbit is one of the funniest movies of recent years and it's also one of the best. The tone is remarkable and it's consistent, especially considering something as deadly serious as Hitler, Nazis…

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You Can't Take It With You 35:37

4M ago35:37

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Jimmy Stewart wasn't a big star yet when he worked with Frank Capra for the first time in this picture. No matter. You Can't Take It With You belongs to the top-billed Jean Arthur and especially Lionel Barrymore anyway. A word that didn't come up in Ryan's solo show here is "screwball", although this Best Picture winner is clearly working in that g…

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Update Karen Read Case-March 2024-The FBI reveal that that Karen's car was not the murder weapon 37:59

4M ago37:59

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Send us a Text Message. Bombshells were dropped in the last hearing from the promised "Touhy" information, supplied by the DOJ. Some of the information revealed; Three FBI accident reconstructionists have reported that Karen Read's vehicle did not strike John O'Keefe and John was not killed by a vehicle strike. BOOM! Why is Karen Read still under i…

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Going My Way 49:01

4M ago49:01

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Oscar Month takes us back to the long-ago past as we talk about the genial one that took home 7 Oscars 8 decades ago. But Going My Way didn't make it easy on us. This fluffery somehow one-upped the Double Indemnity at those Academy Awards. Bing Crosby even won a trophy for his role as a helpful priest, despite having a real-life personality that co…

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Oscars Post-View 2024 33:49

4M ago33:49

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It was an Oppenheimer kind of night. Some called the 2024 Academy Awards broadcast a snooze, but the Ellises had a good time watching the show, especially the comedy bits. The Mulaneys, the Cenas, the Spielbergs (yeah!) and especially the Goslings were funny and very entertaining. We also mostly agreed with---or at least respected---the people and …

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Amanda Grazewski-Amanda disappeared from Derry N.H. under suspicious circumstances, never to be seen again 41:13

4M ago41:13

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Send us a Text Message. Amanda Grazeski has been missing since 2020, she disappeared after staying overnight with "friends". The problem is / was her friends are hard core drug abusers, with endless criminal charges on their records. Police have looked for Amanda, but their investigation is hampered by the transient nature of both Amanda and her "f…

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The Last Emperor 49:20

4M ago49:20

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Our first Best Picture winner in this year's Oscar Month, The Last Emperor, went 9 for 9 at the awards that year. John Lone, Joan Chen and Peter O'Toole are all solid in the starring roles, but there's something fairly soulless and even a little opaque about this spectacular production...especially for a Bernardo Bertolucci film. Bertolucci and his…

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Coquette 25:00

4M ago25:00

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Surprise! Back in January, Ryan posted a solo show talking about Horse Feathers. Well, here's another unexpected, unpromoted show about a movie star from the early days of cinema. Mary Pickford is a legend for business reasons though as much as she is for her films. She was a producer when not many women were AND she created the United Artists stud…

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Harmony Montgomery Update-Adam Montgomery has been convicted of murder in this heart wrenching case 39:29

5M ago39:29

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Send us a Text Message. Adam Montgomery's life was complete chaos, since conception. He was shooting heroin by seventeen and believe it of not it just got worse from there. He was in jail when Harmony was born and inexplicably fought tooth and nail for custody, despite being an abusive a-hole to the child and her addled mother. Adam is currently se…

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Oscars Preview 2024 1:01:23

5M ago1:01:23

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This is our 9th Oscars Preview Show and this is one of the few times where we don't have too many bad things to say about the nominees. Bev went easier on Oppenheimer than she did last summer after seeing it. We each have nothing but praise for some of the great (downer) films like Anatomy Of A Fall and The Zone Of Interest. At least the Academy di…

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(Replay)The Murder of James "Whitey" Bulger-Karma caught up with Whitey in 2018 35:29

5M ago35:29

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Send us a Text Message. In a stream of unending incompetence the federal government moved notorious gangster and murderer James "Whitey" Bulger was moved to a prison in West Virginia, despite knowing that confirmed violent, gangsters from Massachusetts were being housed there. Two violent gangsters discovered that Bulger would arrive at the prison …

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Contempt 50:51

5M ago50:51

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Jean-Luc Godard was prolific after he went from reviewing films to making them in the early '60s. He directed a few classics of the French New Wave, many of which are beloved by Sight & Sound voters. In Contempt, bombshell Brigitte Bardot is impossibly beautiful, but she's also quite good at playing passive-aggressive anger. She and the dreamy Ital…

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