#81: PHILIP K. DICK’S ELECTRIC DREAMS

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.

Elgin and Paul check out #ElectricDreams:

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, a new anthology series from Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Televisions and available through Amazon Prime. Based on the short stories of Dick, the hour-long episodes feature many well-known actors, including Bryan Cranston, Juno Temple, Janelle Monáe, Greg Kinnear, Steve Buscemi, Anna Paquin, Terrence Howard, and Vera Farmiga.

Many have said this is Amazon’s answer to Netflix’s Black Mirror. Is it really? We also talk about this series in the wider context of anthology series, present and past.
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#80: PHANTOM THREAD

Phantom Thread, with briefer takes on Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Girls Trip, Call Me by Your Name, The Florida Project, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and I, Tonya.

Paul and Elgin review #PhantomThread:

Phantom Thread (37:25), written, shot, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, and Lesley Manville. It’s one more period piece from PTA featuring DDL, this time set in London during the ’50s. What does their second collaboration yield? We weigh in on what, at first, appears to be yet another dramatic film about a difficult male genius and his female muse. Does the oddness of the film draw us in or repel us (something we also asked ourselves when we saw Aronofsky’s mother!). Warning: We get into spoiler territory late (56:23) in the discussion.
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#79: THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Elgin and Paul review #MrsMaisel:

Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, with showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, and Luke Kirby. Set in New York in the late 1950s, this gorgeous show (whose period details equal those of Mad Men) focuses on Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel (Brosnahan), who “accidentally” becomes a stand-up comic after her husband walks out on her and their tony Upper West Side existence. We absolutely marvel at the performances (especially Brosnahan’s), the dialog, and the camerawork and production design while quibbling with some of the unrealistic aspects of the heroine’s success given the times she lived in (and nope, that has nothing to do with her friendship with Lenny Bruce!).
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