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The Filmcast

Ep. 612 - The Father

The Filmcast

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

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David, Devindra, and Jeff talk about the future of theater-going. Jeff praises the new animated series Invincible. For the feature review, the cast watches The Father, the Oscar-nominated film starring Olivia Coleman and Anthony Hopkins. Tune in to find out why this depressing look at aging is the quintessential Dave’s pick.

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Weekly Plugs
Jeff - This week! Dungeon Run returns! twitch.tv/thedungeonrun

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~26:15)
David - Bad Trip
Devindra - Calls, Tina
Jeff - Invincible, Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American, City of Ghosts

Feature (~1:12:42)
The Father
Spoilers (~1:27:49)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:41.7

Hello everyone and welcome to the Slash FilmCast.

0:44.4

I'm David Chen and after this podcast recording, I'm going on a trip to Paris guys.

0:49.1

Joining me today is Divin your Hard War.

0:51.9

I also have trouble telling Olivia Coleman and Olivia Williams apart, it's too hard.

0:57.4

And Jeff Kanada.

0:58.8

I may not be THE FATHER, but I am a FATHER.

1:02.8

Alright, welcome to the show everyone.

1:05.2

Today on the podcast, of course, we're going to be reviewing The FATHER, which is a new

1:10.4

film starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Coleman.

1:12.2

It's going to be really interesting to talk about.

1:13.9

I'm looking forward to the discussion.

1:16.2

In the meantime, we got a little bit of moving news.

1:18.1

We got some what we've been watching.

1:19.2

We got some weekly plugs for you.

1:21.1

All of that in store for you on this week's The Slash FilmCast.

1:24.0

You can find more episodes of the podcast at slashfilmcast.com, email us at slashfilmcast

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