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The Toy Department – Episode 320

  By toyAdmin | November 4, 2022 - 4:15 pm | Uncategorized
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In Episode 320, Madden and Kolsky rush into things (because Madden has places to be!) so it’s right off the bat with:

  • The latest from The Challenge: Ride or Dies (1:15) where there was some TERRIBLE daily challenge strategy and some really interesting bigger game strategy to break down, plus the MVP and Burn of the week…
  • The Netflix film The Good Nurse (26:20) and how well it is executed… but also whether it’s worth the misery it induces…
  • The Stranger, also a film on Netflix (33:50), and how it is ALSO deeply depressing and largely a miserable time, though perhaps not quite as well-executed as The Good Nurse…
  • The return of HBO’s White Lotus (35:35) for a season two that has an awful lot of potential after an opening episode that’s heavy on set-up…
  • The BBC series Inside Man (39:40), which is available on Netflix, only four episodes long, and pretty excellent after two of them…
  • Homework for next Friday (41:10), including: the new sitcom Blockbuster on Netflix, the film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (available FREE on The Roku Channel), the movie Causeway on Apple TV+, and OF COURSE the next episode of The Challenge: Ride or Dies…

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The Toy Department – Episode 242

  By toyAdmin | January 5, 2021 - 11:09 am | Uncategorized
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In Episode 242, Madden and Kolsky welcome in the new year with clear eyes and full hearts (and talk a teensy bit of The Challenge) before bidding 2020 adieu with discussions about:

  • The Charlie Brooker dark comedy pseudo-documentary special Death to 2020 (3:45) and the experience of laughing at the horrible events of last year, while trying not to wallow in them…
  • The third season of Netflix’s Cobra Kai (11:35) and the problems that this still-enjoyable show is going to have to work through moving forward…
  • The Steve McQueen film Lovers Rock (21:50), the second in his Small Axe series on Amazon, the director’s impressive execution and the wonderful mood created by a simple and relatively short movie…
  • The new Pixar joint Soul (29:25) and the greatness of Pixar animation in general…
  • The new love story drama Sylvie’s Love (39:35) and the impressive work of lead actors Nnamdi Asomugha and Tessa Thompson in a relatively straightforward dramatic film…
  • A few thoughts on the NFL Playoffs (51:50) with an extra special 6-game Wild Card Weekend on deck…
  • Homework for of next Tuesday (1:06:10), including: the HBO Max show How To with John Wilson, the Apple TV+ show Mythic Quest, the new TIger Woods documentary on HBO and the new Netflix film History of Swear Words (narrated by Nic Cage!!!) not to mention NFL playoffs and NBA basketball… and DON’T MISS our coverage of The Challenge: Double Agents on Thursday!!!

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