This week, we're headed to Harvard Law (what, like it's hard?) as J Mo cashes in a recent thrift store pick-up so we'd have something light and breezy to discuss in the wake of recent events. It's 2001's Legally Blonde, directed by Robert Luketic, and starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Holland Taylor, Jennifer Coolidge, Ali Larter, Osgood Perkins, Raquel Welch and Linda Cardellini. A box office hit that spawned a sequel, a broadway musical (with accompanying talent search reality show), and apparently a forthcoming prequel TV series, and launched its charming lead as a certified household name Movie Star after winning turns in Pleasantville and Election.

Plus: both hosts have been to the theatre this week, and have field trips to report on for Conclave and Heretic. And we go deep into overtime after the end credits with a littany of thoughts on the first trailer for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

If you'd like to watch the film before listening along to our discussion, Legally Blonde is currently streaming for free on Tubi in Canada at the time of publication, and is also available via MGM.

Other works referenced in this episode include The Saint, I Saw The TV Glow, The Transporter, I Know That Voice, Casa Bonita, Mi Amor!, Martha, Shawshank Redemption, My Old Ass, The Fallout, The Fog, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, A Perfect Circle's album Mer de Noms, cable TV, Longlegs, X-Men, Walk The Line, Walk Hard,  Animal House, Cruel Intentions, The Time Machine, Olympus Has Fallen, It's Complicated, American Pie, Barbie, the entire Mission: Impossible series, No Time To Die, The Dark Knight Rises, North by Northwest, Interstellar, The Fast and the Furious franchise, and John Wick among others.

We'll be back next week as we've lined up the No-theme-ber schedule to coincide with the release of one of the last anticipated major release of the year. No, not Wicked. We're circling back to 2000's eventual Best Picture winner, Ridley Scott's Gladiator with Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix, which can be found streaming north of the border currently on Netflix and Paramount+. Until then, we'll see you at the movies!! Hamburger.

ADHD-DVD - 88 - Legally Blonde

Darren Young - BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY

Original Song written/performed by:
The Verve/Keith Richards/Mick Jagger/Richard Ashcroft
1997 via UMG (Virgin Records Ltd.) 

Beat/Instrumentals Prod. Yung Brooke
Engineer Brian Meadows AKA Angel at Heavenly Studios
Mixed by Cole Rutherford (KeepMySecrets)
Additional Mastering by: Devin Patrick for Killumbia Studio
Artwork by Jim Palmer

BitterSweet Symphony

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor who was even a radio DJ.  He just released a five-song EP on November 15th, his second EP release of the year, and he has more new music coming in 2025.  He has performed at notable venues ranging from Rockwood Music Hall to the House of Blues to the Viper Room and even sang in Rome at the Vatican!  His music résumé also includes having composed music for Hollywood films, including a song that was sung by Celine Dion.  With clearly a lot to say musically, his catalog includes an EP last year and three EPs in 2022.

Now Hear This Entertainment

NHTE 565 JD Hinton

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With the upcoming release of "A Complete Unknown," in theaters on December 25th from Searchlight Pictures, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and I went back to 2005 to review and discuss James Mangold's Johnny Cash music biopic, "Walk The Line," starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin & Robert Patrick. Often cited as the template by which other music biopics are unfavorably compared to and quite famously parodied in "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," is Mangold's film worth the criticism it has accumulated over the years? Tune in as we discuss the writing, performances, craftsmanship, music, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review of the Man in Black. Thank you for all your support, and enjoy!

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"Walk The Line"

"You're Cordially Invited" is the new romantic comedy from acclaimed comedy director Nicholas Stoller starring Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell, about a bride and her father discovering their dream wedding venue has been double booked for another bride and her wedding-planner sister. Stoller was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "You're Cordially Invited" Director/Writer Nicholas Stoller

From Amazon MGM comes a new wedding comedy. While this may not be the usual fare for The AKAPAD Film Buff Podcast, it's still a film worth noting—especially for tracking writer-director Nicholas Stoller, one of the leading minds in modern American comedy.

Those who brought you You're Cordially Invited. 
Director & Writer:
Nicholas Stoller
Producers:
Nicholas Stoller
Jessica Elbaum
Executive Producers:
Will Ferrell
Reese Witherspoon
Main Cast:
Will Ferrell
Reese Witherspoon
Geraldine Viswanathan
Meredith Hagner
Celia Weston
Leanne Morgan
Jimmy Tatro
Wesley Mann
Production Companies:
Gloria Sanchez Productions
Hello Sunshine
Distributor:
Amazon MGM Studios

YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED - from comedy master Nicholas Stoller

Football season is officially in the books as the Eagles smashed the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Our full thoughts on the game, the halftime show, and more on this week's podcast. A full Prep Spotlight, and a loaded Tedertainment Tonight with SNL thoughts, a Red Sox doc, a Kobe Bryant doc, and a deep look a some wartime history podcasts! This is a fun one, take a listen and hit us up @3pointpod!

Thanks to: Memorial  Healthcare Wellness Center, Nelson House Funeral Home, Success Group Mortgage & Servicing, Jacobs Insurance, AZee Branding Solutions, Kori Shook & Associates, Shiawassee County Fair, Rivals Taphouse & Grille, z925 The Castle, SportsNet MI

3PP 347: Full Super Bowl LIX Reax, Tedertainment Tonight, Prep Spotlight

This week on the show, it’s Nicholas Stoller — a BAFTA-nominated Hollywood director and screenwriter whose credits YES MAN, NEIGHBORS, THE MUPPETS and FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL. His latest film is YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED, starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, and it’s currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

In today’s conversation, Nick and I discuss the circumstances that brought his first produced film credit as a 28-year-old writer to be a Jim Carrey; also, Nick’s memories from meeting his idol, Oscar-nominee Nora Ephron, the writer of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY and YOU'VE GOT MAIL, and the lesson that Nora taught Nick and that changed his approach to screenwriting forever. All of this… and much more!

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EP 64 | Nicholas Stoller, Director / Screenwriter ('Forgetting Sarah Marshall', 'Yes Man')

"Juke Box Blues" by Maybelle Carter (performed by Reese Witherspoon as June Carter in Walk the Line) remixed with "Hyper Massage" by Love Sound System (from the Yakuza 4 soundtrack).

Highest total satisfaction!

Juke Box Massage

What Is This Episode - Top of Show

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PTA REWATCH P. 7 - INHERENT VICE REVIEW:

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Nonspoiler Review:

Production Story: A Simple Favor  - 3:15

Expectations - 9:02

PTA’s Noir Troll - 11:04

Everybody’s In This - 16:33

Production Values Are Impossible On First Watch- 21:15

What’s the Pitch to Make Someone Watch This? - 24:21

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SPOILER WARNING - 28:03

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Spoiler Review:

PTA is LA - 29:02

Fight the Power - 37:38

The Finale and Dreams vs Nightmares - 43:50

More Worsts/Bests - 47:42

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What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 58:14

Inherent Vice - We Get It Now - Boogie Mikes Part 7 - Ep 492

A podcast by NextBestPicture.com that reviews the latest film releases and discusses various topics within the world of film and the awards race.

The internet has killed film criticism, resurrecting it is Peter A Deluca known throughout the cosmos as AKPAD. Here he wages war against poor hot takes, lazy insight, and trashing a movie just for clicks. This is the last bastion of honest cinema thought.

Co-Host / Producer / Engineer of the Real Good Show and Top Marks podcasts. Sports Announcer. Board Op / Producer @ Sportsnet 650. Formerly a play-by-play voice for the BCHL, NWJHL, and BasketballBC. Former Music Director and afternoon host on Peace FM in Chetwynd and Dawson Creek.

MMO is talk radio for movie fans with weekly news shows, reviews, previews, and special guests. We celebrate the Oscars by making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. If you love cinema, if you love showbiz, welcome home.

3 guys, 3 generations, all from the same mid-Michigan town of Corunna. We all played multiple varsity sports at a high level and are currently working as members of the sports media.

Ted, the Baby Boomer of the bunch, attended Central Michigan University and since the mid 80’s has hosted The Sports Forum radio show and called high school play-by-play of a multitude of sports.

Our Generation-X co-host, Matt Burns, moved on from Corunna where he was a record setting wide receiver and graduated from Grand Valley State University. He now makes his living at ESPN.

Our youngest viewpoints will come from the Millennial of the trio Jerod Fattal. J-Rod starred at quarterback for the Cavaliers graduating in 2017, recently graduated from GVSU, and is working at Bally Sports Detroit.

Along with our unique 3 generation look at sports, pop culture, and current events, we have on a wide variety of guests; from ESPN's Ryan McGee, Ferris St. Head Football coach Tony Annese, media personalities Annie Agar and Wes Blankenship, ESPN Detroit Lions Insider Eric Woodyard, and plenty more!

A podcast welcoming Oscar-winning professionals to discuss the many beautiful, complex and creative sides of Hollywood filmmaking.

Wowee, look at that rolling ghost glide!

They/Them (don't get it twisted)
Free Palestine!! (Anti-zionist Jew from the cradle to the grave)
Disability justice is the future!! (Spina bifida from the NICU to the nickel urn)
I like my beats crispy and my revolution permanent!! 🎶✊🏼

Roll on that bell or bubble! 🧑🏽‍🦼‍➡️🔔⚪

Darren Young is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He is the founder and lead singer for the band “Brigades” (Pure Noise Records). Now Darren’s pursuing a successful solo path while still reuniting with his band from time to time. In 2023 he released his solo LP “Heart Break Hiatus” and his been on tour promoting the album. In late 2024 he dropped his follow up solo LP "Painting a Monster" with singles "Painting a Monster, Astronaut, Face It, Juventus (feat. GaTa) and All for Nothing.

He has been produced by Paul Leaviett & Gene Freeman (Machine), Devin Patrick "King Killumbia" (Def Jam), Additionally outside of Rock, Darren Young has worked exclusively with many major artists such as The Game, GaTa, Gorilla Zoe, Bezz Believe, Pastor Troy & more.

Artist PR & Management contact:
Devin Patrick
info@killumbiainc.com

Now Hear This is a Tampa, Florida-based agency specializing in management, publicity, and related services.  The company president, Bruce Wawrzyniak, hosts a weekly podcast called "Now Hear This Entertainment," featuring interviews with guests who are having success in entertainment (primarily music), with the content presented in a way that not only entertains fans of that guest and fans of good music (interviews) in general, but in a manner that educates musicians, singers, songwriters – entertainers who want to learn from those who are being interviewed.  The guests come from a wide array of genres and locales.

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