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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Big Little Lies, Casino, Hardcore, Meryl Streep Films, 2018 Oscars

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Adnan reviews HBO's critically acclaimed drama "Big Little Lies" along with Martin Scorsese's "Casino," Paul Schrader's "Hardcore" and Humphrey Bogart's "In a Lonely Place." In honor of Big Little Lies and her 71st birthday, this week's Mt. Rushmore segment focuses on the all time greatest Meryl Streep roles! The Oscars have been officially delayed, Aaron Sorkin could bring his next star-studded film to Netflix, and Robert De Niro joins James Gray's "Armageddon Time." All that and more on this week's Cinephile! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

As big little lies douse you with twisty dramatic coastlines along the Pacific, it will turn

0:28.2

your stomach with its characters warped marriages, zen affectations and blind privilege.

0:33.4

That's Matthew Gilbert of Boston Globe. We're talking big little lies. It's right two seasons

0:37.7

of that show on HBO 7 episodes a piece. I watched 14 episodes of that for my viewing pleasure.

0:43.6

In addition to that, it's the 25th anniversary of Casino. Let's dive into that Scorsese gangland epic.

0:49.8

In addition to that, a Paul Schreeder film that I love called Hardcore. It was on TCM at

0:55.2

two in the morning, Saturday early morning. Thank God we have DBR. I recorded it. I watched it. I

0:59.9

loved it. I haven't seen it in 20 years. And a Humphrey Bogart movie, which Ben Mankwoods,

1:04.0

host of TCM, who does a phenomenal job, says it might be Bogart's best performance. It's a movie

1:09.3

called In a Lonely Place. In addition to that, some Oscars news, some news about Aaron Sorkin's

1:14.9

new film, A Melt Rush or a Meryl Streep in honor of his 71st birthday. And just a few more

1:19.8

total recalls that go 2018 Oscars the films from 2017. As always, thank you so much for your

1:25.9

support. My man, Joe, tells me, listen, we had a huge, listen, a huge drastic decline in

1:31.5

listenership because the pandemic, I think we were probably down about 60, 70%. We have now

1:35.8

climbed back. I think we're only down about 30%. So thank you to all of you. Obviously, I think

1:40.2

things are reopening. People are going to the gym more people are commuting more. They're

1:43.4

listening to the podcast. So thank you so much. Spread the word. Let's get back the levels

1:47.1

that we were before this terrible calamity effect of this all. Go to Apple Podcast. You can

1:52.1

subscribe, rate and review. Thanks to this comment here from a history teacher. I've liked

1:57.3

him since his ESPN days, his reviews are authentic. Not over the top. He loves his work. It's

2:01.8

a pleasure to listen to and recommend to any movie lover. Well, thank you, history teacher.

2:05.4

I always loved history. I got to tell you what a great subject. I know history majors.

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