Ep. 542 - Doctor Sleep (GUEST: Patrick Klepek from Waypoint)

The Filmcast

David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Patrick Klepek, senior reporter at Waypoint, to talk about the politics of Terminator: Dark Fate and the digital resurrection of James Dean. For their feature review, the cast return to the Overlook Hotel in Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. Does the belated follow-up film live up to iconic original?
Read about the backlash against the James Dean casting in the Hollywood Reporter.
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Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we’ve been watching (~11:20) .
Patrick Klepek - Marianne on Netflix .
David - OITNB: Season 7, Lobby Baby, Greener Grass, Rick and Morty S4 .
Jeff - Living with Yourself .

Devindra - Castle Rock S2, The end of the F***in world S2 .

Feature (~56:00)
Doctor Sleep
Spoilers (~1:20:00)

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