Mar 2, 2021
Episode 473
New Movies:
The Last Champion - When his mother dies, scandal-ridden ex-Olympian John Wright returns to a hometown that has not forgiven him.
Check out Jason Bryant's The Last Champion on a series of podcasts here: https://www.mattalkonline.com/the-last-champion-series-2020/
Safer at Home - Two years into the pandemic, a
group of friends throw a wild online party. After taking ecstasy,
things go terribly wrong and the safety of their homes becomes more
terrifying than the raging chaos outside.
Crisis - Three stories about the world of
opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl
smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect
recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind
her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor
battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug
company with deep government influence bringing a new
"non-addictive" painkiller to market.
Tyger Tyger - After robbing a pharmacy, a
selfless woman and her mute friend kidnap a drug addict then hit
the road to distribute the stolen "life saving" medication, but
find themselves trapped in the fringe lands of a law-less and
psychedelic city.
The
Vigil - A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his
former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a
malevolent entity, in writer-director Keith Thomas' electrifying
feature debut.
The
United States vs Billie Holiday - Follows Holiday during her career
as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an
undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy
Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
Undisputed Classic
The
Coal Miner’s Daughter -The life of legendary Loretta Lynn, the dirt poor Appalachian Mountains girl who
rose from humble beginnings to become the "Queen of Country
Music."
1991
The Doors - The story of the
famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer,
Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los
Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in
1971.
My
Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - A rodeo rider decides to quit his
line of work after a serious injury, but when he visits his family
and finds out that his dad is not well, he'll have to risk it one
more time.
Shipwrecked - A young Norwegian boy in 1850s
England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his
shipmates are actually pirates.
Next
Week - Coming 2 American (Amazon), Raya & the Last Dragon (Disney
+), Boss Level (Hulu), Sentinelle (Netflix), Sophie
Jones
Classic -
1991
- Closet Land, The Hard Way, Le Femme Nikita, New Jack
City
