EP115 – Double The Trouble With The Skeleton Twins

Skeleton Twins begins with a dark coincidence of siblings attempting suicide on the same day. Luckily the characters portrayed by Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig aren’t successful. These estranged twins reunite with the hope of repairing their relationship. Writer and director, Craig Johnson uses some of his experiences with his own sibling relationships to inform his choices in this film.

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EP114 – Identity Thief Will Steal More Than Your Wallet

Identity Thief was released 10 years ago but if feels like yesterday that we watched Jason Bateman, the original Sandy Patterson, chase down Melissa McCarthy’s Sandy Patterson to clear his name. Seth Gordon directs this Craig Main and Jerry Eetten written hilarious film about Identity theft. Rounding out the cast is John Cho, Amanda Peet and Jon Favreau as a very jerky boss. Robert Patrick is a skip tracer trying to find Dawn Budgie, AKA Melissa McCarthy, thus chasing the two of them and Eric Stonestreet is a hilarious side character.

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Ep112 – We Don’t Want To Be A Spanish Prisoner

The Spanish Prisoner is a film that keeps the audience on it’s toes. Written and directed by David Mamet and released in 1997 is largely set in New York City. The synopsis as curated from IMDB.com states “An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there’s more to it than that.” This one confused us a bit. It stars Campbell Scott, Ben Gazzara, Steve Martin and Rebecca Pidgeon.

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Ep111 – Do You Golf Better Than Happy Gilmore?

Happy Gilmore, a film from 1996 written by Tim Herligy and Adam Sandler. Directed by Dennis Dugan who is known for also directing Big Daddy and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. It stars Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, and Julie Bowen, along side an ensemble cast telling the story of a hockey player with a strong slap shot and parlays those skills on the golf course in an attempt to win a monetary prize to save his grandmother’s house.

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