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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Athlete A, HBO's Oz, Dave Merheje, Best Sports Documentaries

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Adnan reviews the new Netflix documentary "Athlete A," which tells the story of USA Gymnastics' cover up of a sexual predator within their organization. He also reviews the groundbreaking HBO series "Oz" and Orson Welles' 1947 film "The Lady from Shanghai." Adnan also speaks with comedian Dave Merheje about season 2 of his hit Hulu series "Ramy." In honor of "Athlete A" the guys give their picks for the greatest sports documentaries of all time and then re-pick the 2019 Oscars for this week's Total Recall! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Above all, though, it makes you wonder about men and power.

1:55.9

I am not aware of it, but I'm interested to see what people think of me.

2:55.8

If you read a lot of Agatha Christie books, I'm reliable narrator and all the rest of that.

3:01.2

D-Black 519, I think it's an excellent movie.

3:03.5

I have not seen many Kevin Spacey movies since everything came out about him, so I don't

3:07.4

know if that would color my perception of the film, but I thought he was tremendous

3:10.7

and the movie is verbal, can't.

3:12.6

Obviously, I remember the final 10 minutes are so incredibly gratifying, but I think

3:17.0

the whole movie is really exceptionally well-paced, Brian Singer directed it, one in a Academy

3:21.4

Award, I believe, for the screenplay by Christopher McCory, and all the performances.

3:24.9

Give me the keys.

3:25.9

Benicio del Toro, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollock, Pete Possilway, playing a Pakistani, I mean,

3:32.5

the whole cast is great.

3:33.5

I got this review from a question mark, a dollar, and an exclamation point.

3:39.7

This is a great show for any film buff.

3:41.2

However, the one flaw is way too many spoilers.

3:43.5

I'd name blows through all major plot points, I quickly realized I can't listen unless I've

3:47.2

seen what he's reviewing.

3:48.2

He should have a secondary sex with spoilers like slash film cast.

3:52.2

This is a good point.

3:54.2

Lately, we've been reviewing a lot of older movies.

3:55.8

For example, the lady from Shanghai from 1947, so I'm not going to feel bad about giving

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