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The Latecomers
Amity and Lemuel have seen a lot of things, but they have missed some major cultural plot points. The Latecomers is their recaps and reviews of the shows that have shaped entertainment and culture because when it comes to the good stuff - better late than never.
Episodes
The LatecomersRobin Hood (1973)
Show Notes Join us for our second Robin Hood foray and an excellent film overall. Foxy Robin and big bear Little John do their best to stand up to the greed of…
The LatecomersThe Aristocats (1970)
Show Notes What if Lady and the Tramp had 101 Dalmatians -- but cats, in France? Then we have the Aristocats, a fine feline family lead by the possibly perfect…
The LatecomersThe Jungle Book (1967)
Show Notes This week we’re traveling to the Indian subcontinent and spending time with a 10 year old who has no business being in the places we find him. As…
The LatecomersThe Sword in the Stone (1963)
Show Notes Merlin is an incomprehensible madman this week in The Sword in the Stone. Have you seen the Incredible Mr. Limpet? Do you like watching people turn…
The LatecomersOne Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Episode Notes**** It’s 101 Dalmatians and 6000 spots this week. 1961 brings us our first contemporary film, we’re in 50s London that is populated largely but…
The LatecomersSleeping Beauty (1959)
Show Notes A ballet becomes a legitimately beautiful and fun cartoon this week. Briar Rose née Aurora and her crazy "aunts" make it almost all the way to…
The LatecomersLady and the Tramp (1955)
Show Notes This week we’re watching the romantic classic Lady and the Tramp. Keep an eye out for a problematic ethnic portrayal - or seven. At least the ladies…
The LatecomersPeter Pan (1953)
Show Notes**** This week we watch a film that lives deep in the cultural consciousness that we seem to have conveniently added a fun song and a heartwrenching…
The LatecomersAlice in Wonderland (1951)
Show Notes We’re back with Alice as she dreams up Wonderland - and then would very much like to get out of it. Up is down, red is white, and everywhere you…
The LatecomersCinderella (1950)
Show Notes First - I am sorry about the short bursts of crackling, my editing skills were no match. They are few and brief. It’s the beginning of the 1950s and…
The LatecomersThe Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
Show Notes It’s time to close out the 40s with an adventure and a terror. Mr. Toad goes on a wild ride in spite of his friends’ best efforts and then Ichabod…
The LatecomersMelody Time (1948)
Show Notes Seven songs, seven cartoons - from near death by waterfall to Pecos Bill, with Johnny Appleseed and a tugboat in between. This one is chock-full of…
The LatecomersFun and Fancy Free (1947)
Show Notes We’ve got a duology as well as a debate - is this movie fun, and is it fancy free? We start with a staid tale of the power of love which is…
The LatecomersThe Three Caballeros (1944)
Show Notes Back into the world of propaganda and lack of narrative throughline, we learn about birds, burritos and piñatas this week as we discuss The Three…
The LatecomersSaludos Amigos (1943)
Show Notes Travel with us - and the Disney animators - to the wild world of South America - from Lake Titicaca to the Argentine Pampas to Rio, we get a…
The LatecomersBambi (1942)
Show Notes We were introduced to a wobbly legged pre-cursor Simba this week as we watched 1942’s Bambi. With the story arc of simply growing up, we get to see…
The LatecomersDumbo (1941)
Show Notes This week we follow the adventures of a silent baby as he is tormented by all but the one creature who he is supposed to fear - Jumbo Jr. stars as…
The LatecomersFantasia (1940)
The combination of music and animation goes back to the beginning of animation and Disney dives all the way into the motif in 1940’s Fantasia. We get…
The LatecomersPinocchio (1940)
Show Notes We’re going deep on one of the most unsettling movies of all time - Pinocchio. A movie full of horny animals, butts, and human trafficking, we never…
The LatecomersLatecomers: DISNEY ANIMATION
Show Notes Welcome back! We are embarking on a new and hopefully more lighthearted and escapist journey with Disney Animation - and Pixar, of course! Here's a…
The LatecomersSnow White (1937)
Show Notes We enter the vault and go all the way back to the beginning to the Disnification of their first Grimm’s fairy tale with Snow White. Being the…
The LatecomersTrain to Busan (2016) #50 of 50
Show Notes In our final episode of the season, we’re talking Train to Busan from 2016. In a film that mashes 28 weeks later and Snow piercer had a baby we…
The LatecomersMad Max Fury Road (2015) #49 of 50
Show Notes Ready, set, drive! This week we watched Mad Max – Fury Road, a diesel soaked naked prey in an the apocalyptic future vision out of the mind of…
The LatecomersIt Follows (2014) #48 of 50
Show Notes This week we’re talking STDs with 2014’s It Follows. It’s not a slasher movie, but it sure looks up to John Carpenter. Girls just want to have fun…
The LatecomersJohn Wick (2014) #47 of 50
Show Notes It’s the best modern day action franchise – maybe the best American action franchise – John Wick. Never have so many people died because a dipshit…
The LatecomersEx Machina (2014) #46 of 50
Show Notes This week we go back in time to when AI was a remarkable step forward instead of a feature on all of our devices, whether we like it or not, with…
The LatecomersGone Girl (2014) #45 of 50
Show Notes It’s a love story this week as we watch Gone Girl directed by fave David Fincher. We extoll the virtues of Ben Affleck and Carrie Coon and spend a…
The LatecomersSnowpiercer (2013) #44 of 50
Show Notes This week we watch Bong Joon-Ho’s dystopian masterpiece – no not that one, the other one – Snowpiercer. Chris Evans doesn’t want to be a hero, and…
The LatecomersThe Conjuring (2013) #43 of 50
Show Notes Lily Taylor is trying very hard to not kill her kids in the first film of the Conjuring Universe – aptly named the Conjuring. Ed and Lorraine Warren…
The LatecomersZero Dark Thirty (2013) #42 of 50
Show Notes This week, we are on a hunt for the most wanted man in the minds and hearts of Americans lead by the inimitable Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark…
The LatecomersThe Raid: Redemption (2011) #41 of 50
Show Notes First days on the job don’t get much worse than this one – Iko Uwais stars in the pure action film The Raid: Redemption. Cops go into a tenement…
The LatecomersDevil (2010) #40 of 50
Show Notes Five walk into an elevator and one walks out – this week we talk Devil, a 2010 M. Night Shyamalan production. We’ve got some shady people locked…
The LatecomersTaken (2008) #39 of 50
Show Notes This week we watched Liam Neeson pick up his mantle of action hero in 2008s Taken. It’s surprisingly paced and full of short effective fights that…
The LatecomersThe Strangers (2008) #38 of 50
Show Notes Home invasion classic The Strangers brings the Masked Man, Dollface and Pin-up Girl to a newly fractured couple, fracturing them even further. Is…
The LatecomersThe Dark Knight (2008) #37 of 50
Show Notes We watched the best superhero movie – or at least top 3 – this week with the second film in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy, The Dark Knight. Incredible…
The LatecomersThe Orphanage (2007) #36 of 50
Show Notes Creepy kid alert! Adorable kid alert! If you like kids, we’ve got ‘em this week in The Orphanage. Sick ones, dead ones, creepy ones, ghost ones. How…
The LatecomersEastern Promises (2007) #35 of 50
Show Notes This week we watch a naïve midwife and a cynical gangster, whose mostly cynical because he’s actually a cop, in Eastern Promises. One of the least…
The Latecomers28 Weeks Later (2007) #34 of 50
When in an emergency situation, it may be better to do as you are told… if not you might cause an(other) outbreak. We watch a single family take down a whole…
The LatecomersCasino Royale (2006) #33 of 50
Show Notes Daniel Craig makes his Bond debut in 2006’s Casino Royale. Montenegro and Venice are just a couple of expensive places his 00 status takes him…
The LatecomersThe Departed (2006) #32 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine You know it’s gonna be a rough one when Mark Walhberg is the voice of reason even as he yells every line. We watch the epitome of…
The LatecomersThe Protector (2005) #31 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine This week we marvel at the speed and dexterity of one of the best martial arts actors in Thailand’s Tom Yum Goong, or here in the…
The LatecomersIntacto (2002) #30 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine This week we watched some Spanish magical realism – maybe – with 2002’s Intacto. An underground world of betting with your luck – and…
The LatecomersThe Ring (2002) #29 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine This week we watch one of the scariest movies of the 2000s, Gore Verbinski’s The Ring. Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Shannon Cochran…
The LatecomersThe Bourne Identity (2002) #28 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine Sometimes you wake up on a fishing boat and you don’t know who you are. If this has happened to you, consider yourself in good…
The LatecomersJoy Ride (2001) #27 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine Time for a road trip – keep your hands inside the vehicle, driver gets to choose the music, and for the love of God do not taunt the…
The LatecomersBlack Hawk Down (2001) #26 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine It’s time to watch a military debacle with Jerry Bruckhaimer and Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. How many helicopters does it take to…
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Latecomers: Our Own Thrills - New Millennium Addition
Show Notes We're back to give you a roadmap of last 25 movies we think are worthy of discussion when it comes to thrills. From 2001's Black Hawk Down to 2016's…
The LatecomersBlair Witch Project (1999) #25 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine This week, we are going into the woods with three terrible film makers who think wearing jeans on a camping trip is a good idea and…
The LatecomersAir Force One (1997 ) #24 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine This week we go flying and don’t negotiate with terrorists. Harrison Ford plays a noble president surrounded by ignoble hijackers who…
The LatecomersA Time To Kill (1996 ) #23 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine One of the greatest casts of all time and an unflinching look at racism and the failures of the judicial system in the US and…
The LatecomersSe7en (1995) #22 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine David Fincher, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt – what could go wrong. Other than all the murders, of course. We watched Se7en this week and…
The LatecomersOutbreak (1995) #21 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine Buckle in for a possibly uncomfortable flashback as we discuss Outbreak from 1995. Viruses, helicopter chases, sweaty Patrick…
The LatecomersThe Net (1995) #20 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine It’s time for Sandra Bullock to take on an early tech billionaire 1995’s The Net. Horny floppy haired assassins, men who are patently…
The LatecomersThe Killer (1989) #19 of 50
Show Notes Episode 6.5 19 The Killer (1989) #19 of 50 Thrill makers: Gun Fu! Free Palestine John Woo takes us on a hell of a ride in The Killer from 1989…
The LatecomersThe Untouchables (1987) #18 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine Mamet and DePalma bring us into a slick but dangerous 1930s Chicago in 1987’s The Untouchables. Fancy dress, guns, Ennio Morricone…
The LatecomersWar Games (1983) #17 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine We’ve got some OG anti-AI media this week with WarGames from 1983. Matthew Broderick just wants to play the latest video game, but…
The LatecomersWhen a Stranger Calls (1979) #16 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine One of the most unspoiled movies of all time, we watched When a Stranger Calls from 1979. If you have heard of this movie but haven’t…
The LatecomersComa (1978) #15 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine This week we give all our co-workers side eye as we follow Dr. Wheeler on her quest for info in Coma from 1978. She’s noticing things…
The LatecomersThe Three Musketeers (1973) #14 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine This week we follow Michael York’s D’artanan into Paris to meet The Three Musketeers! Four silly men vs. Captain Hook, or rather…
The LatecomersThe Naked Pray (1965) #13 of 50
Show Notes Free Palestine This week we talk about The Naked Prey from 1965 (though you’d be hard pressed to know when it was made just by watching it). Filmed…