Ep. 815 - Black Bag
Added 2025-03-18 16:00:13 +0000 UTCDavid, Devindra, and Jeff try not to spoil the excellence of Adolescence, assess the questionable hairstyles of The Electric State, and preach to the choir with the latest season of The Righteous Gemstones. Then they go deep into the spy world with Black Bag.
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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Matt Goldberg’s Review of Black Bag
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on MacBook Air M4 review
Jeff - DLC 591 with Isla Hinck
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:09:09)
David - Adolescence, Invincible S3, Matusow
Devindra - The Electric State, Control Freak
Jeff - Righteous Gemstones S4, Metallica: Apple Immersive
Featured Review (~01:07:48)
Black Bag
SPOILERS (~01:23:19)
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Comments
(jokes 😂)
Rick C
2025-03-24 17:48:57 +0000 UTCDavid on Invincible... there are so many characters that come up from the past that I don't remember that I need a guide... CONFUSING! 😫 David on Game of Thrones... there are so many characters that come up from the past that I don't remember that I need a guide... BRILLIANT! 🤩😀👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🤣
Rick C
2025-03-24 17:48:41 +0000 UTCNote to Jeff... as someone who remembers the Napster/Limewire era... Metallica isn't known as a band that gives stuff away 😂
Rick C
2025-03-24 17:46:14 +0000 UTCI haven't watched but as we were discussing watching it soon... I made a comment to my wife that I have no doubt Chris Pratt's hair is going to kill me throughout the entire movie 😂
Rick C
2025-03-24 17:44:30 +0000 UTCHey, my Jeff Cannata book came in!! Anybody else’s come in this weekend?
Chris Nichols
2025-03-24 17:28:46 +0000 UTC@dave did u see the making of adolescence on YouTube, it’s insane
Asher Maitin
2025-03-21 18:09:46 +0000 UTCWe NEED an in depth afterdark episode ASAP for Adolescence!!
Patrick Neon
2025-03-21 00:49:47 +0000 UTCAdolescence will be another Mass for Jeff. I'm sure it's amazing but man it's sounds like a rough watch. I can't bring myself to watch it.
Ashley Bouchie
2025-03-19 21:58:43 +0000 UTCSteven Soderbergh has directed ten films and multiple tv shows since he retired from filmmaking. What a world.
Brian Priestley
2025-03-19 20:37:39 +0000 UTCThey do occasionally and had interview with a few of the stars on last weeks episode. Also hello to Jason!
Alex Green
2025-03-19 14:48:51 +0000 UTCI actually do not know if they cover TV (I think no) but have been hoping there will be an all time epic hello to Jason Isaacs in honor of his full frontal scene
Joy o Napping
2025-03-19 02:36:15 +0000 UTCNow that you’ve discussed Dave’s pronunciation of “won,” can you talk about Jeff’s pronunciation of “finale”? I’ve never heard anyone else pronounce it with a long “a” as in “father,” only a short “a” as in “cat.” Is this a regional thing?
Peter Behravesh
2025-03-19 00:45:02 +0000 UTCYeah, I first heard about it from Kermode and Mayo last week. They loved it.
BENJAMIN SHULTZ
2025-03-18 23:49:28 +0000 UTCDavid was not exaggerating about Adolescence. Wow! 🤯
Maxaveli
2025-03-18 23:43:56 +0000 UTCSo Jeff is saying Presence was hot garbage and Black Bag was cold garbage.
David Esposito
2025-03-18 23:41:53 +0000 UTCWhen I saw Black Bag last night, other than the people in my group, there was only one other person in the theater. However, this was a 10:15 pm showing on a Monday night, so I don't think that means much. We saw Novocaine before it and we enjoyed both movies quite a bit.
Stranger2Reality
2025-03-18 20:32:15 +0000 UTCI'm sad to hear Devindra's theater was pretty empty. This was the most full a theater has been for me in a while. I usually watch movies on Fridays around noon, so I was surprised at how many people there were. Not a full house, but easily the most people I've seen at a theater this year.
Matthew Poonamallee
2025-03-18 20:07:51 +0000 UTCAmazing episode as always thank youuuuuuuuuu!
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2025-03-18 20:05:58 +0000 UTCDid Dave forget to pay off the joke from weekly plugs? Edit: I posted too soon.
Luke Johnson
2025-03-18 18:47:58 +0000 UTCI agree with Devindra so much - Millie Bobby Brown’s heinous hair styling/ wig(s) distracted me the entire way through the absolute slog that was The Electric State
Carole Mariani
2025-03-18 18:18:39 +0000 UTCThe number of comments I’ve seen from the unwashed masses calling this movie boring is so concerning. I loved it, I don’t get how anyone couldn’t be on the edge of their seat the whole time. I guess I just enjoy my spy movies “tinkered” instead of “impossibled.”
Nervous_NRG
2025-03-18 18:15:03 +0000 UTCI watched Adolescence knowing nothing about it and WOW it blew me away
Cindy McIntyre
2025-03-18 17:06:27 +0000 UTCHey guys - just a heads up that whilst Netflix themselves probably haven’t done the best job promoting Adolescence, the UK media has been all over this and promoting the hell out of it. It’s huge over here.
Alex Green
2025-03-18 16:20:59 +0000 UTCThey should ‘The Producers’ the new ‘Starship Troopers’ movie
J.S.
2025-03-18 16:11:39 +0000 UTC
