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now. Well, look, we're going to do this thing. We're going to have a conversation.

From Chicago, this is film spotting. I'm Adam Kempiner. And I'm Josh Larson.

Henry Sugar was 41 years old, unmarried and rich. He was rich because he had a rich father

who was now dead. He was unmarried because he was too selfish to share any of his money with a wife.

He was six feet two inches tall and not perhaps as handsome as he thought he was.

He paid a great deal of attention to his clothes. Henry Sugar is one of a handful of characters,

populating four new short films directed by Wes Anderson, all adapted from stories by Roald

Dahl and all currently streaming on Netflix. That was Ray Finds as Dahl finds one of a very

small handful of actors who appear in the films, joining him, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel,

Ben Kingsley and Rupert Friend. This week, reviews of all four shorts and more. He said his

mouth inches away from the microphone ahead on film spotting.

Welcome to film spotting. We've been looking forward to these new Wes Anderson shorts for weeks now

and Josh. We can finally talk about them. Unfortunately, as with many films that are exclusive

streaming platforms, it's pretty hard to know who, if anyone, is watching them. I guess we,

we do have a letter box, so we at least know if our cinephile friends are checking them out.

Yeah, that gives us a sense and on social media in general, you'll see people talking about it,

but it does feel different and weird compared to standard theatrical release. That's for sure.

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