“Whitey on the Moon” opens the podcast. That must mean we’re talking about Damien Chazelle’s First Man. Opening in third place at the box office this weekend, behind new Oscar front runner A Star Is Born, First Man premiered at the the Venice Film Festival to several high profile rave reviews. Once it screened at the Telluride Film Festival, many Oscar watchers pegged it to be an Oscar front runner. Then, something happened along the way… We review the film and talk about its Oscar chances. Plus, why did the internet and critics turn against it after such a warm initial welcome?On the TV front, Brian Grazer is barreling forward with an Aretha Franklin-focused third season of Genius. That assumes he can gather the appropriate rights, of course. We talk about what this means for the anthology series (hint: it’s a game-changer) and who could play the great Aretha Franklin (hint: Jennifer Hudson is already starring in a Franklin biopic).
Finally, we take a look at the 2019 Comedy Emmy race with Veeppresumably back in the race.
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I adored First Man. Its success or lack thereof with the Oscars and other big awards makes little difference to me. Justin should win his second Oscar for score for sure.
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The Good Place isn’t going away from any Best Comedy discussion anytime soon after tonight:
Rolling Stone: ‘The Good Place’ Recap: Welcome to an alternately melancholy and hilarious journey through the five stages of inevitable-eternal-damnation grief in the season’s best episode so far: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-recaps/the-good-place-recap-season-3-episode-3-jeremy-bearimy-738480/
AV Club: A stunning The Good Place looks into the abyss and discovers grace
https://tv.avclub.com/a-stunning-the-good-place-looks-into-the-abyss-and-disc-1829843074
Indiewire: ‘The Good Place’ Reinvents Itself Yet Again, Hiding Its Best Easter Eggs in the End Credits https://www.indiewire.com/2018/10/good-place-season-3-episode-4-refereneces-easter-eggs-jeremy-bearimy-recap-spoilers-1202013334/
EW: “The Good Place” recap: Everything changes, again
https://ew.com/recap/the-good-place-recap-season-3-episode-4/
Vox: Season 3 is finally back on track:
https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/18/17993390/the-good-place-season-3-episode-5-jeremy-bearimy-recap-earth
Under The Radar: A “miraculous, crucial episode…a masterpiece.”: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/the_good_place_season_3_episode_5_jeremy_bearimy
Den of Geek: On another winning episode, our gang is forced to confront some deep existential questions…you know, more than usual:
https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/the-good-place/276992/the-good-place-season-3-episode-4-review-jeremy-bearimy