Episode 259: 'Bullet Train' with Bilge Ebiri
We’re going off the rails with Vulture film critic Bilge Ebiri (codename: The Moray).
Maximum Film! · Ify Nwadiwe, Alonso Duralde, Drea Clark
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Show Notes
It is not enough to ask, “is this movie like Smokin’ Aces?” One must also ask, “how do you feel about Smokin’ Aces?”
Love it or hate it, Bullet Train is a movie that is very much what it is. And what is it, exactly? Listen and we’ll explain to the best of our abilities. Plus, the gang invents their own assassin personas, all of which are just begging to be made into some kick-ass fan art.
[Note: there are spoilers, but there’s also a warning beforehand!]
What’s Good
Alonso - Severance
Drea - grand return to the Midwest
Bilge - Idris Elba
Ify - golf lessons/Maria Lewis/macros
ITIDIC
- Universal Has Earned $3 Billion in Global Box Office this year
- ‘Jurassic World’ star Bryce Dallas Howard was paid “so much less”
- 50 Years After She was jeered onstage, The Academy has Issued An Apology to Sacheen Littlefeather
(Here’s Sacheen Littlefeather’s speech in context)
Staff Picks
Alonso - Fall (2022)
Drea - Walking and Talking (1996)
Bilge - In the Line of Fire (1993)
Ify - Smokin’ Aces (2006)
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With:
Ify Nwadiwe
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Bilge Ebiri
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher