This week, our Nicolas Cage movie marathon continues with 2002's "Adaptation." We talk about Nic Cage, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper and more. Listen now.

EP 198: Adaptation.

Sometimes you need to break it all down to put it all back together, which is exactly what Hayley and Justin are thinking this week as they dissect 2015's Demolition, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and Judah Lewis -- a Blu-ray disc that J-Mo scooped up on a whim out of the Shoppers Drug Mart discount bin a few years ago not long after watching the 2014 JMV joint Wild. It's a bit of an odd-ball movie and its reputation is less than stellar, but both hosts find a lot to like in this emotionally stunted coming-of-age story that manages to side-step expectation at seemingly every turn.

If you'd like to watch the film before listening along, it is currently streaming for free in Canada on Tubi at the time of publication.

We'll be back next week with the back-half of this demolition derby, as we watch Stallone and Snipes go head-to-head in the lib-future action satire Demolition Man.

ADHD-DVD - 11 - Demolition

This week we're putting this whole frickin' town in our rearview, as we make a return trip to Affleckville alongside the sweetest man in Michigan, FED Talks podcaster and all-around film fan EJ Feddes, who has brought an unseen selection from his own collection: 2010's The Town, directed, co-written and starring Ben Affleck, and co-starring Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Chris Cooper and Pete Postlethwaite in his final film role. Ben's follow-up to previous pod-fodder Gone Baby Gone, he's back on the Boston streets with a crime thriller often compared to Michael Mann's Heat -- a comparison it shockingly does not buckle under the weight of.

Speaking of, things get heated during a debate over whether mob goons deserve to be killed for the crimes of their capo. And J Mo needs to know: can you tell a city from its bridge?

To hear more from our lovely guest, including multiple episodes of his show on which Hayley has appeared, you can find EJ on his own show, FED Talks.

Hayley and Justin are back next week to tee up Dead Reckoning: Part I, as we finally watch the Tom Cruise race car classic Days of Thunder, directed by the late great Tony Scott.

ADHD-DVD - 18 - The Town (with EJ Feddes)

Great old school rock tune about a celebrity stalker wiling to do whatever it takes for a shot at fame...even kill!

Kill

TV's Kevin & Kat take a little side avenue before they close out Season One. It's like that time on LOST where like two or three episodes before the series finale, they just threw in a big flashback episode about Jacob & the Man in Black. Allison Janney was there. I feel like this has become pretty standard on TV since LOST kind of pioneered this format. You can't really watch a season of an HBO show without this happening now. Or even Apple TV+, which really THINKS it's the new HBO but I am not convinced.

Anyway, this is a commentary over an episode of Miami Vice. That commentary begins at 16:57!

Get episodes one whole ass week early at www.patreon.com/tvskevin

Miami Vice S4E22 "Mirror Image" - Run The Julias

The Secret (1979) / Lone Star (1996)

This week we’re looking for clues as we try to solve a southern fried cold case with John Sayles and get to the bottom of a shocking murder with Ann Hui

#153 - The Gauntlet Movie Mystery

This page is dedicated to fallen comrades Stan Phillips and Tim Zeman.

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.

The movie star with the megawatt smile. Join TV's Kevin Lanigan & Kat Scott as they dive into the incredible body of work of Julia Roberts. From Ant Bully to Ocean's, we'll talk about them all. Probably! www.patreon.com/tvskevin

New tracks tagged #chris cooper