166b: SPOILER'D Normal / Lee Cronin's The Mummy
SPOILER'D: Bob Odenkirk Fights a Town & Lee Cronin Fights His Own Script
No spoiler-free zone here — we're going all the way in. Jose and Mike break down two of 2026's most surprising genre entries back to back.
First up: Ben Wheatley's Normal, where Bob Odenkirk rolls into a small town as an interim sheriff and slowly realizes every single person around him is armed, paid off, and protecting a Yakuza treasure vault. We talk about what makes this feel like a grounded, gorier version of Nobody and how Wheatley's genre-blending sensibility makes Normal feel like the neo-noir Western we didn't…
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