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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Kal Penn + The Captain

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Adnan talks to Kal Penn about Harold and Kumar, working for Obama, Van Wilder, breaking into the film industry as a minority, and Kal tells a fantastic story about an Indian stripper (11:43). The Captain (39:33). Were Alex Rodriguez’s criticisms of Derek Jeter fair? Adnan has two run-ins with the law. Adnan rips White Castle burgers. Adnan binges a bunch of Jack Nicholson movies including The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Last Detail, Five Easy Pieces, and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (57:31). Adnan’s advice for Keith Olbermann. Do doctors tell all patients their cholesterol is a little high? Most awkward sex scene in film history? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:51.7

If the function of art is to help an audience feel less alone, then five easy pieces

0:56.3

to succeed. That's a great learn from Edward Guffman of San Francisco Chronicle. That's

1:01.5

our old movie we were talking about this week because I went on an absolute better this

1:05.5

week. I don't know what happened. What happens? Actually, I know what happened. I had trouble

1:09.3

sleeping and no one had trouble sleeping. I just ended up reading. And this week I didn't

1:13.1

read a ton. Wait till you see where our wild card is because I was reading CalPen's

1:16.1

book. Fantastic. You can't be serious. The guy is hysterical. He's got 27 minutes of

1:20.1

great stories. Harold and Camargo and a white castle. President Obama. You name it. He's

1:24.2

got a cover. Indian stripper named Sonny. You're going to want to hear it. But I once I finished

1:28.2

the book, I said, okay, I've got to, you know, he wants a little movie here and there. And

1:30.9

I finally discovered on HBO Max the TCM hub. It was like discovering Platonium because

1:36.7

I went in there and I saw this great Jack Nicholson collection. I'm like, oh my God. So I went

1:40.9

on a crazy Jack Nicholson binge this week. I had not seen five easy pieces in 30 years.

1:46.1

Bob Raeflson, the director recently passed with the age of 89. Ty Burr, my guy wrote a great

1:50.9

appreciation for Bob Raeflson. You know what? I'm going to watch five easy pieces again. And then

1:54.5

I went down that wormhole, baby. I had never seen the last detail. I'm like, oh my God, it's on

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