The Weekly Movie Throwdown (Weekly Movie Throwdown)

In our inaugural episode, we kick off a month of Jason Statham appreciation with a discussion of his latest film The Beekeeper. Join us as we dip our toe into the star's '80s action hero-style career, the John Wickness of this film, the thinking around having an assassin codenamed Beekeeper become an actual beekeeper in retirement, and a whole lot more.

Send us your thoughts on the show and Jason Statham at moviethrowdownpod@gmail.com.

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Still to come during Jason Statham month:

Crank (2/12)

Spy (2/19)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (2/26)

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Wow, wow, WOW! We continue Jason Statham month with a truly insane film from the directing duo Neveldine/Taylor. 2006's Crank tells the story of a man who was poisoned and quickly needs to get revenge . . . and find an antidote if there's time left over. In this episode, we discuss where Crank falls in Statham's filmography, the innovative filmmaking used to make it, and lovingly question the plausibility of just about every scene. The show, like the film, is a wild ride.

Send us your thoughts on the show and Jason Statham at moviethrowdownpod@gmail.com.

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Still to come during Jason Statham month:

Spy (2/19)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (2/26)

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If you only think of Jason Statham as a throat-punching, ass-kicking assassin, this film is for you. From 2015, this Paul Fieg action/comedy puts our boy into a whole new role: comic actor. And just like when he's throwing someone through a window, he doesn't disappoint.

Melissa McCarthy is the lead in this one, playing a CIA operative who's forced out into the field to help retrieve a missing nuke. Along the way, she's continually reminded by Statham's character, Rick Ford, that he's a real spy and that she's going to screw up the mission, even though that's pretty much all he ever does.

Equal parts James Bond and Laurel & Hardy, Spy is a really fun one to dive into.

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Still to come during Jason Statham month:

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (2/26)

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We wrap up Jason Statham month we go back to the beginning with a double feature from the actor's early days. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch are both great examples of what Statham brought to the table right from the start. In these two collaborations with director Guy Ritchie he has leading man charisma without the throat-punches and dropkicks he'd go on to incorporate later in his career.

This month has been a fun examination of a career that is surprisingly diverse. Our initial thoughts of Statham as a bull in a china shop who's dropped into various scenarios went out the window quickly as we discovered the nuances of his performances over the years. Fighting, playing for laughs, and even narrating, this badass Brit can do it all.

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It's a new month, which means we're diving into a brand new topic on this week's show. March is Elmore Leonard month here on the podcast, so we're going to check out a few of the dozens of screen adaptations based on the novelist's work. Some are great, some are lukewarm, and one or two are God-awful. But we're gonna have a lot of fun talking about all of them.

Up first is Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight from 1998. This star vehicle for Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney was an important film for almost everybody involved, and it might just be the best Elmore Leonard adaptation to date.

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Still to come during Elmore Leonard month:

The Big Bounce

Stick

Get Shorty and Be Cool

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This week we continue Elmore Leonard month by going from one of the best adaptations of his work last week in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight to one of the worst—a sentiment which might carry over into all of film history. It's 2004's The Big Bounce.

Directed by George Armitage, and written by Sebastian Gutierrez (with some help from Leonard himself), this heist film set in Hawaii has a terrific cast consisting of Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Sara Foster, Movie Throwdown favorite Vinnie Jones, and more. But with a lot of cooks in the kitchen behind the camera it turned into an incoherent mess that makes little to no sense. Upon seeing it Elmore Leonard said he was responsible for two of the worst films ever made, both from the same book that he wrote (a previous version was made in 1969 starring Ryan O'Neal). We do our best to make sense of it all in this episode.

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Still to come during Elmore Leonard month:

Stick

Get Shorty and Be Cool

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Elmore Leonard month continues on the podcast this week with a sort of middle-of-the-road adaptation: Stick.

Steeped in its time—the mid-eighties—this passion project of director/lead actor Burt Reynolds is filled with sub-machine guns, Members Only jackets, and synth music that is super groovy. But while it is a fun ride, reshoots and sub-par editing make it more of a mess than a masterpiece. And to nobody's surprise, Elmore Leonard was not happy with this big-screen version of his novel at all—even though he wrote the first draft of the script!

This is a really fun episode that is full of both praise and ridicule—you won't want to miss it.

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Still to come during Elmore Leonard month:

Get Shorty and Be Cool

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This week we wrap up Elmore Leonard month with a double feature of 1995's Get Shorty and its sequel from 2005, Be Cool. These two are night and day as far as how they handle their respective book adaptations and once again we hear about how studio involvement changes a film into something completely different than it set out to be.

Barry Sonnenfeld's Get Shorty nails the Elmore Leonard tone with its quick wit, effortless humor, and crime-laden story. Be Cool, however, takes that cache and throws it out the window. Director F. Gary Gray says that what we see on the screen is not the same film that he signed up to do—for one thing the original script's R-rated content was pared down to an eventual PG-13. It's another example of the importance of a script above all else.

We break both of these films down in this episode, and once again Mike has read the books on which they're based, so he offers some great insights into just how far afield Be Cool went from the source material.

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It's a new month and that means a new theme here on the Weekly Movie Throwdown. We thought since Dev Patel's directing debut Monkey Man is out next week this would be a good time to look at the actor's filmography to see the steps that got him into the director's chair. What we'll learn is that he's someone who works with very visual filmmakers, something that comes through in Monkey Man. He's also a charismatic young man who handles himself well when he's on-screen alone or at the center of an ensemble.

This week we kick things off with The Green Knight, David Lowery's retelling of the epic tale of Sir Gawain, a young man forced to face his destiny after a life-changing encounter. To help us we welcome Laura Carney, author of My Father's List: How Living My Dad's Dreams Set Me Free. She has an in-depth knowledge of the hero's journey after going on her own adventure to complete her late father's bucket list, and is loaded with knowledge of the teachings of Joseph Campbell. We thought this would make her the perfect guest to discuss The Green Knight.

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Still to come during Dev Patel month:

4/8: Slumdog Millionaire

4/15: Monkey Man

4/22: The Personal History of David Copperfield

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This week we go back to where Dev Patel began his big screen career with Danny Boyle's frenetic and heartwarming story of an Indian underdog, Slumdog Millionaire. It's the beautiful story of a young man who tries his luck on the world's most famous game show to get the attention of the love of his life. But much to the surprise of everybody, he knows all the trivia answers and is suspected of cheating. Through flashbacks director Danny Boyle creates a narrative of the young man's life to show how he came to know the answer to these tough questions.

Slumdog talks a lot about destiny, and the film itself seems to have had a path drawn out for it that, despite some overwhelming odds, led it to eight Oscar wins. it's beloved, and worth a watch. We discuss all its greatness in this episode.

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Still to come during Dev Patel month:

4/15: Monkey Man

4/22: The Personal History of David Copperfield

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So far this month we've looked at Dev Patel the actor, but this week we're examining his work as a director. Monkey Man is his first film behind the camera and it's clear he's been paying attention while on the sets of people like Danny Boyle and David Lowery.

This film, in which Dev also stars, is a visually striking revenge story set in India—something we don't see a lot of in America. It's been well-received so far and with good reason. The young filmmaker has a great eye and a really good sense of what works and what doesn't.

Join us as we discuss this ambitious first feature from someone who is quickly becoming a Weekly Movie Throwdown favorite.

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Still to come during Dev Patel month:

4/22: The Personal History of David Copperfield

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This week we round out our month of Dev Patel films with 2020's The Personal History of David Copperfield, a delightful contemporary-feeling period piece directed by Armando Iannucci. Like other films the actor was involved in, this one felt the wrath of COVID times and was barely seen in theaters. A shame since it's beautifully made and a lot of fun. But it is streaming (at least for now), so we recommend you seek it out.

Next week we're shifting gears and airing a bonus episode where we discuss Alex Garland's divisive new film, Civil War.

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In this bonus episode, we deviate from our usual monthly theme to discuss Civil War directed by Alex Garland. It's a disorienting, fence-sitting road movie that stars Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, and Stephen McKinley Henderson. We discuss why Garland, a Brit, took on this story, the technical aspects of making the film, what its budget means for A24, and a lot more.

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In this episode we kick off a month of '80s TV show adaptations with one of the best: Lord and Miller's 21 Jump Street from 2012. The film stays fairly true to the series but the tone is way lighter—something we think might be necessary to successfully bring one of these now-campy shows to the big screen. The R rating helps, too. We discuss all of that, along with a whole lot more.

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Still to come during '80s TV Show Adaptations month:

5/13: The Fall Guy

5/20: The A-Team

5/27: Miami Vice 

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This week's episode looks at David Leitch's latest film, The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. Much to their surprise, Mike and Steven both enjoyed it for the most part. The discuss its fun tone, the TV show on which it's based, and much more. At the end of the show, prompted by the film's opening weekend box office numbers, they talk about what the rest of the summer—and Hollywood in general—might have in store. Spoiler alert: it's grim,

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Still to come during '80s TV Show Adaptations month:

5/20: The A-Team

5/27: Miami Vice 

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In this episode, we discuss another beloved '80s TV property, The A-Team. The 2010 film version makes nods to the original, but they don't necessarily all hit the mark. With a bit of a tonal issue and way-too-big CGI swing, the film, directed by Joe Carnahan, is fun but could be a lot more so. We have a lot of love for the TV show, so this was always going to have to work hard to win us over. Ultimately it didn't, but it's still entertaining enough for us to enjoy breaking it down.

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Still to come during '80s TV Show Adaptations month:

5/27: Miami Vice

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This week we're wrapping up '80s TV Show Adaptation Month with a doozy: Michael Mann's 2006 Miami Vice. It's a bold swing that ended up being very divisive but is seeing a rise in popularity lately. With quite a lot of on-set drama—including shootings and hurricanes—and diva-like behavior, there's a lot to talk about and we get into all of it.

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In this episode, we kick off hitman month as we discuss the movie Joel Schumacher's Assassins, a vehicle for Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas that really allows them to show off their acting styles. One is batshit crazy and the other is like a stone statue—guess which is which. Julianne Moore gives a ramped-up performance as well that will serve her well in the films she'd do with Paul Thomas Anderson a couple of years later. Also, did you know this was a spec script from the Wachowskis that they sold to Joel Silver when he bought The Matrix? Neither did we! All of that and a whole lot more.

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Still to come during hitman month:

6/10: Hit Man

6/17: The Killer

6/24: Grosse Pointe Blank

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This week Mike and Steven talk in-depth about Richard Linklater's new film Hit Man and how it fits into this month's theme of . . . hitmen. They also discuss Netflix's baffling release strategy of putting these films into a very small number of theaters for a short period of time.

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Still to come during hitman month:

6/17: The Killer

6/24: Grosse Pointe Blank

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Hitman Month continues this week with David Fincher's Netflix film The Killer. He is a director around whom there is a lot of conversation, primarily because of his meticulousness. Mike and Steven get deep into that in this episode and their different interpretations of the film. They also close out the show with a familiar topic: the state of movie theaters.

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Still to come during hitman month:

6/24: Grosse Pointe Blank

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In this episode, Mike and Steven round out Hitman Month with a real gem: Grosse Pointe Blank. This George Armitage-directed rom-com is a beloved story of getting a second chance in life and, well, leaving your career as an assassin behind. It explores regret, existentialism, FOMO, and . . . unions. With great performances from John Cusak, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, and a whole slate of other actors, this is a film for the ages.

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Next week we begin Summer Blockbuster Month with 1989's comic book classic, Batman!

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This week Mike and Steven kick off Summer Blockbuster month with 1989's Batman. This Tim Burton classic had a huge impact on Mike as a kid, and he wasn't alone. The film started a craze of Batmania due to its marketing and merchandising. With Michael Keaton in the title role and Jack Nicholson as The Joker, it became beloved and set the bar for just how big summer blockbusters in the nineties could get.

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Still to come during Summer Blockbuster month:

7/8: Ghost

7/15: BONUS EPISODE: REWATCH AND RETHINK: Class Act

7/22: Terminator 2

7/29 Twisters

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In a world where action and comedy ruled the summer, one film defied all expectations. 1990's Ghost—a romance/thriller/comedy—took the box office not only through the summer, but it was the highest-grossing film of the year. It won Oscars, it revived classic songs, it relaunched the pixie haircut. And despite a lot of hurdles to getting made, it came out with the exact ingredients it needed to become a modern classic. Here at the Weekly Movie Throwdown, we're big fans and when you listen you'll be able to tell that we were really excited to discuss this one.

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Still to come during Summer Blockbuster month:

7/15: BONUS EPISODE: REWATCH AND RETHINK: Class Act

7/22: Terminator 2

7/29 Twisters

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This week we're doing something a little different on the Weekly Movie Throwdown. When there are five-week months we'll post four films inside our topic for that month, and then we're going to offer up a bonus episode where either Mike or Steven brings a bad film to the show that they love and it's discussed . . . for better or worse.

The series is called Rewatch & Reconsider, and it kicks off with 1992's Class Act, a film that Mike loves. Steven, not so much. But the two discuss its odd existence at great length in the episode and share some interesting insights and facts about how it came to be.

Next week we return to Summer Blockbusters Month with Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

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Still to come during Summer Blockbuster month:

7/22: Terminator 2

7/29 Twisters

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This week Steven and Mike welcome a special guest onto the show. Gerik Gooch is a filmmaker and cinephile who brings with him the holy grail of modern summer blockbusters: 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This contemporary classic from director James Cameron was the first film with a $100 million budget and the first to break $300 million at the international box office, so its status as a smash hit is undeniable. The guys discuss its groundbreaking special effects, casting what-ifs, and much more.

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Still to come during Summer Blockbuster month:

7/29 Twisters

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In this episode, we wrap up Summer Blockbusters month with Twisters, the tentpole studio film of 2024. Currently, it's grossed north of $200 million, making it an undeniable candidate for our theme. Mike and Steven break down the expectations of the film, its highs and lows, and there's some big-time tornado talk.

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It’s M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MONTH! We’re kicking things off with one of the director’s more recent films, KNOCK AT THE CABIN, which we hope might be one of the titles that prove he’s settled into being the director we hoped he could be. There’s no twist, but there are still a lot of the better hallmarks of his filmmaking. 

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Still to come during M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MONTH:

8/12: Unbreakable

7/19: Trap

7/26 Old

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M. Night Shyamalan month continues with UNBREAKABLE, the film many consider his best work to date. In the episode we discuss the comic book aspects of it, how it’s photographed so beautifully, the great performances, and much more.

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Still to come during M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MONTH:

7/19: Trap

7/26 Old

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This week we continue M. Night Shyamalan month with his latest film, TRAP. It's more of the same from the writer/director, but with some fun new ideas (at least according to one of our hosts).

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Still to come during M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MONTH:

7/26 Old

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This week we wrap up M. Night Shyamalan month with Old, his tale of a mysterious beach that affects its visitors' aging speed. We also look back on the entire month of films and discuss what we learned about the writer/director and his approach to filmmaking.

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And if you’d like to log as you go you can find everything we discuss this month on our Letterboxd list page here.

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COMING NEXT MONTH: Fixer films featuring Brad Pitt and/or George Clooney

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This week we kick off Clooney/Pitt Fixer Month with Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly from 2012. It's one of only 22 films to ever get an F rating from Cinemascore, and in the episode we try to get to the bottom of what made audiences dislike it so much.

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You can find everything we're discussing this month at this fun Letterboxd list page.

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Still to come this month:

9/9: Hail, Caesar!

9/16: BONUS EPISODE: Rewatch & Reconsider (Title TBD)

9/23: Michael Clayton (with guest Gerik Gooch)

9/30: Wolfs

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Clooney/Pitt Fixer Month continues this week with the Coen Brothers' 2016 Hollywood satire Hail, Caesar! There's a lot to love about this film, but it's also easy to get lost in the details. We discuss its pros and cons, and one of us nerds out over the on-screen typography a bit.

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You can find everything we're discussing this month at this fun Letterboxd list page.

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Still to come this month:

9/16: BONUS EPISODE: Rewatch & Reconsider (Ghost Rider)

9/23: Michael Clayton (with guest Gerik Gooch)

9/30: Wolfs

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This week we take a break from Clooney/Pitt Fixer Month to return to our Rewatch & Reconsider series where we make a case for a film that's generally considered to be "bad," but at least one of us thinks is still a lot of fun. We're discussing Nicolas Cage's 2007 entry into the Marvel world, Ghost Rider.

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You can find everything we've discussed in our Rewatch & Reconsider series on this fun Letterboxd list page.

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Still to come this month:

9/23: Michael Clayton (with guest Gerik Gooch)

9/30: Wolfs

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This week, friend of the show Gerik Gooch joins us to discuss the much beloved George Clooney fixer film Michael Clayton. It's director Tony Gilroy's debut in the director's chair, though the film's note-perfect script is far from his first. We discuss that and a whole lot more.

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Still to come this month:

9/30: Wolfs

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In this episode, we put a bow on Clooney/Pitt Fixer Month with Wolfs, the streaming double-team they put out this week through Apple TV+. This is our first film in the series that features both of the stars, for better or worse. Does it reach the high bar we set last week with Michael Clayton? Listen to find out. But be warned: this is spoiler-adjacent, so if you don't want to hear any of the actual details before getting a chance to check out the film, maybe listen after you have.

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Next month: STEPHEN KING ADAPTATIONS!

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This week, we kick off Stephen King Big Screen Adaptation Month with one of the writer's stories that doesn't get as much love as some of the others. 1983's The Dead Zone, directed by David Cronenberg, is a psychic thriller that stars the great Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen. Joining us to break it all down is author Laura Carney, whose literary insights really class up the show and give us some directions we might not have otherwise gone down.

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STILL TO COME THIS MONTH:

10/14: Doctor Sleep

10/21: Salem's Lot (2024)

10/28: Maximum Overdrive

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Pick up Laura Carney's memoir My Father's List here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637586388/

Visit her online at bylauracarney.com and on Instagram at @myfatherslist.

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