223. 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' (1979 BBC Series)

We start with Chris' uber-millennial French Press Coffee injury, which you have to hear to believe.  Moving on to viewer comments, Jason is taken to the Woodshed for his previous-episode attempt to tamp down Chris' soliloquy on some obscure comic-book run of issues where blah blah blah....anyway, lesson learned.  Moving onto Bird Box, we remove our critical blindfolds and dive into the where's and why's of the evil force which whatever you do you must not gaze upon but you CAN be safe from in a supermarket.  Matt The Engineer also dives into the world of psycho-acoustics and celery as broken bones.  LiLo's beach club stands in stark contrast to her genius in Parent Trap.  Lin-Manuel buys the Drama Book Shop, but that doesn't excuse his turn in the otherwise fantastic Mary Poppins Returns.

17 Jan 20191h 7min

Christian Bale gained 50 pounds to play Dick Cheney in Adam McKay's 'Vice' so he MUST be good in it, right? AND he won a Golden Globe, and they don't just hand those out like House Select Committee Assignments, after all.  So we get ourselves elected to figure out what's going on in this movie.  Also: Withnail & I rears it's brilliant head again as Chris admits he didn't see 'American Psycho' and thus doesn't really understand when Jason makes any Huey Lewis & The News 'Sports' references.  Plus: Headlines!  And: RIP 'That Guy' Donald Moffat, whose passing garners two classic clips from 'The Right Stuff' and 'The Thing'.

10 Jan 20191h 5min

Who cares about the Golden Globes? Someone, I am sure. In this BONUS episode Jason and Chris react to this Oscar Night Dress Rehearsal, from the hosts, to the winners, to award shows in general. Did we like it? Did we hate it? Did we even WATCH?! Listen to this BONUS episode and find out! (Spoiler: the answer to all three is, "a little ...") E-mail: fullcastandcrewpod@gmail.com Twitter: @fullcastandcrew Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fullcastandcrew/ Instagram: @fullcastandcrew

7 Jan 201945min

Chris got new glasses.  If Harold Ross could be seen wearing eyeglasses in the offices of the New Yorker in the 1920's...he'd knock them off his face in incredulous wonder at the chance to contemplate the films of Bruce Robinson that star Richard E. Grant, like "Withnail & I" and "How To Get Ahead In Advertising".  Oh, and we discuss 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?", starring Melissa McCarthy and REG...to which Jason decidedly says NO and Chris says, yes, he can.  In this way we are both true to form.  Of all things, IRON MAIDEN comes into focus thanks to Matt The Engineer's trenchant observations and clarifications of Chris and Jason's confusion over Bruce's Davidson, Robinson and Dickinson. Also a NEW SEGMENT: Jason Reads Chris the Entertainment Headlines to hilarity and a little dead air.  J Woww, Travis Scott, Green Acres, and a few choice words from Morgan Freeman, too.

3 Jan 20191h 6min

Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma': if you've seen it, you know why the film has received unanimous critical acclaim, with reviewers calling it "achingly beautiful" and "engrossing".  'Roma' was chosen by Time magazine and the New York Film Critics Circle as the best film of 2018, and by the National Board Of Review as one of the top ten best films of 2018.  It's earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. It was also selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 91st Academy Awards, making the December shortlist.  No awards love as yet for Professor Zovek but there's always hope! Does it live up to the hype? Check out our latest episode and find out!  Also; Rants 'n Raves, Engineer Matt, terrible Mexican pronunciations, and fried-chicken-scented fireplaces!

27 Dec 20181h 4min

Yorgos Lanthimos' aptly-named new film 'The Favourite' is gorging on every awards nomination like The Queen attacking a cake. Our intellectual discussion covers the towering brilliance of Olivia Culman, Lanthimos' genius other film 'The Lobster', and the career implications of being cast as "Wanking Man" in a movie. Chris shares his own actorly experience playing a man whose acne medication renders him impotent in an episode of 'The Good Wife'.  Jason rants about another commercial, Chris raves about his parents (we think/hope?) and we shout-out great Rachel Weiss performances, Le Carre adaptations and MUCH MORE!

20 Dec 20181h 11min

'Widows' failed to make much of a mark at the box office. Critical acclaim hasn't YET translated into Awards Season loot, with so far only an ensemble acting nod from the Critics' Choice Awards.  In other news The Critics' Choice Awards are apparently a thing.  But there ARE things to celebrate and recommend in this flawed but often-compelling would-be action/heist/social commentary flick.  We celebrate. We recommend. And we contemplate whether boating is a thing for Chicagoans and Chris' dysfunctional relationship with MoviePass. Also:  we receive bonus pottery with Lance Henrikson, discuss The Art Of Not Interviewing Drew 'Barrimore', read Viewer Mail But From Listeners, do our Rants 'n Raves segment, AND MORE!

13 Dec 20181h 6min

An athlete is rendered a paraplegic through a devastating jogging accident.  A trained helper monkey arrives as his live-in assistant.  A well-meaning but drugged out lab rat performs monkey-altering experiments.  Some sort of Manimal transference takes place and the bodies and histrionics pile up from there.  It's 1988's George A. Romero horror classic "Monkey Shines" starring Chicago P.D.'s pre-contractually-required-anger-management Jason Beghe, Janine Turner, John Pankow and the indispensable Stephen Root, as well as the greatest and most hilarious pair of little monkey arms-on-sticks ever designed by FX man Tom Savini. PLUS: Can you ever trust anyone whose favorite food is Linguine & Clam Sauce? New Segment "Rants 'n Raves".  AND ALSO: Listener Mail, Jason has a big admission of guilt, and Chris introduces a new thing where he edits himself BACK into the podcast after his initial jokes fall flat. Finally, the boys torpedo any impending State Farm Insurance podcast sponsorship.

6 Dec 20181h 7min