It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?

We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.

Welcome back to the next picture show, a movie the week podcast devoted to a classic film in the way it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.

I'm Scott Tobias here again with Keith Phipps.

And Tasha Robinson.

Last week, we discussed the Warriors, Walter Hill's 1979 cult classic about the modern day gangs of New York.

This week, we're returning again to

the deadly streets of the Big Apple at night with John Wick, Chapter 3 Parabellum, the latest

in a popular action series about a retired assassin who's caught in an endless cycle of killing

and revenge. When we last left Keanu Reeves John Wick in the second chapter, he had

orchestrated a killing in the second chapter, he had orchestrated

at killing in the Continental Hotel.

As operated by Ian McShane's Winston and Lance Reddick's concierge, the Continental is supposed

to be a haven for assassins like himself, a place where they can set aside their differences

and recuperate in peace.

In other words, it's a safe space for these snowflakes. Now that Wick has

violated this cardinal rule, the ruling body of the underworld called the High Table, has sent

an adjudicator, played by Asia Kate Dillon from Billions, to hold Winston and Wick to account.

The solution for Wick is to put a $14 million bounty on his head

and basically declare open seasons for any group of assassins who wants to try to take the

notorious Baba Yaga down. For Wick, that means squaring off against wave after wave of gangs,

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