Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Vinyl, and 11.22.63 — plus new LA-set works, such as Love and Knight of Cups; new sitcoms Fuller House and The Real O’Neals; the end of Downton Abbey; and Sean Parker’s Screening Room.
Elgin and Paul chatter about
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — a big-time, capes-of-wrath blockbuster from Warner Bros. — directed by Zack Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and Gal Gadot. Is Snyder a soulless artist or a visual genius whose writing team needs to make just a few key adjustments? Was this movie just trying to do much (serving as the launching pad for several DC comic book films) and, thus, too unwieldy — or is that just a lame excuse that masks flaws that go much deeper?
- Vinyl — yet another prestige period piece created by Martin Scorsese and Terrence Winter (with input from Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger) for HBO — starring Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, who is yet another highly talented but troubled white man (this time a music executive in the ’70s) facing a mid-life crisis in the big city. Is this show from some of the biggest names in screendom and music compelling enough for us to keep watching? In other words, is Richie’s journey on par with those of Don, Walter, and Tony? Has the frenetic Scorsese aesthetic (which is all over the pilot) lost some of its allure? What are the merits (if any) of this look back at a bygone New York City?
- 11.22.63 — a mini-series about time travel and the Kennedy assassination, based on a Stephen King novel, from Hulu — starring James Franco and Chris Cooper, as well as Sarah Gadon. What does this show add to both the time-travel genre and the collection of works on the Kennedy shooting? Is Hulu’s decision to release just one episode a week for eight weeks frustrating or a relief?
- In the lead-in free-for-all segment, Elgin discusses numerous modern-day rom-coms set in Los Angeles, including Love, (the recently cancelled) Togetherness, and You’re the Worst, as well as Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups, while Paul shares his thoughts about the end of Downton Abbey, as well as the nostalgic, retro(grade) sitcom Fuller House and the new sitcom (based on Dan Savage‘s life) The Real O’Neals. They both talk about Sean Parker’s Screening Room — a startup that wants to provide day-and-date in-home movie streaming.
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