Ep. 612 - The Father

The Filmcast

News, Tv & Film, Entertainment News

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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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

David - Culturally Relevant: One Year in the Seattle Pandemic

Devindra - OLED TV accessories guide

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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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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