208. Agatha All Along, Blink Twice, The Penguin, and The Uglies

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It's Kevin and Lauren this week and they talk Agatha All Along, Blink Twice, The Penguin, The Uglies, Happy Death Day, and The Roommate.

The show kicks off classy with Lauren taking us to Broadway again. She talks about the new Mia Farrow and patty Lupone play, The Roommate. It's a great story of two women, late in their lives and with very different experiences, coming together to form a special bond. Definitely gives soem Grace and Frankie vibes.

Kevin uses his excellent skills for transition to move the topic to Agatha All Along, using Patty Lupone as the bridge. Disney+ dropped the first two episodes at once so it was a great starting off point. The new show uses what Wandavision started, but quickly begins moving in it's own direction, showing Agatha's journey out from under Wanda's spell.

Next, Lauren takes us to the movies with the new thriller, Blink Twice, starring Channing Tatum. It's a solid mind bender and the directorial debut of Zoe Kravitz. The film deserves it's trigger warning, as it's a take on the Jeffrey Epstein saga. It's a great new turn for Tatum's career and well worth the watch, if you can handle the subject matter.

In an even less artful transition than the first one, Kevin uses Zoe Kravitz to segue to The Penguin on HBO. It stars Colin Ferrell, reprising his role from The Batman. This series gives him the opportunity to flesh out the character in a way that the movie couldn't. Ferrell does an amazing job disappearing into this character, as does the shockingly good (bad?) Cristin Milliotti. This one is going to be a solid watch.

Like last week, Lauren's final contribution of the episode is a bit of a roast. She caugh The Uglies on Netflix and it's... not good. This one is getting wrecked on Rotten Tomatoes and Lauren struggled to find a reason to recommend it. At least she watched it so you don't have to!

Kevin closes out the show with a bit of a flashback with the Happy Death Day movies. They'd always been on his spooky movie watch list, so he took the chance to jump in this season. They are more comedy slasher than horror, but they are fantastic movies! Jessica Rothe is fantastic and these movies belong on everyone's Halloween watch list!

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