TFR Ep. 584: The Power Of The Dog, Benedetta, TFR Libs
Chris Scalzo
The Power Of The Dog image © Netflix
Benedetta image © Pathé Distribution
This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Jane Campion’s latest film with a stellar ensemble of Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict’s Cumberbatch, America’s sweetheart Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, and Kodi Smith-McPhee in the Netflix original, ‘The Power of The Dog’. A western about masculinity, love, and violence. Then Paul Verhoeven has entered the twilight years of his career. Is he still turning out bangers? That’s right, it’s the not quite nunsploitation thriller, ‘Benedetta’. There’s the always illuminating review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week! The big show then closes with Matt and Chris playing another round of your favorite fill-in-the-blank game, ‘TFR Libs’!
Note: Not only does Chris misquote ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, it’s..”I’ll love you ‘til the day I die”, but he also incorrectly dates ‘Black Xmas’ as a 90’s film when it was clearly released in 2006. There goes another intern. At Christmas no less…
00:00-11:50: Intro/The Power Of The Dog
11:51-21:00: Physical Media Picks
21:01-33:47: Benedetta
33:48-51:27: TFR Libs
51:28-53:07: Wrap Up
Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey