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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 Latecomers#48: Dial M for Murder (1954)
Show Notes This week we revisit Hitchcock for the second time (but certainly not the last) with Dial M for Murder. Grace Kelly is effervescent and remarkably…
The Latecomers#49: Ben Hur (1959)
Show Notes This week Amity goes for a round two with Charlton Heston and it goes so much better as we watched 1959 epic Ben Hur. That chariot race sure is…
The Latecomers#50: Marathon Man (1976)
Show Notes Dustin Hoffman is on the run this week in 1976’s Marathon Man. We return to William Goldman, never disappointing, for this one as he adapted his own…
The Latecomers#51: Raging Bull (1980)
Show Notes This week we watch Scorsese classic Raging Bull from 1980 and wonder where the thrills are. Punching we see, raging misogyny, yup, that’s here too…
The Latecomers#52: Rocky (1976)
Show Notes Sylvester Stallone wrote this movie! We watched Rocky from 1976, the film that kicked off a franchise and the stardom of one of the biggest names of…
The LatecomersS6E48 - #53: Pulp Fiction (1994)
Show Notes Oh the Tarantino of it all! We watched Pulp Fiction this week and would like to give you content warnings, but we couldn’t narrow it down – so be…
The LatecomersS6E47 - #54: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Show Notes This week an amalgamation of tones – no, not a symphony, but 1969 western classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Is this the clearest thruple…
The LatecomersS6E46 - #55: Wait Until Dark (1967)
Show Notes This week we discuss one of the thrillingest thrillers of all time – Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn. It’s a combination of home invasion with a…
The LatecomersS6E45 - #56: Frankenstein (1931)
Show Notes Our Christmas episode brings another Universal Monster: this time it’s Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s creation – because monster seems strong for…
The LatecomersS6E44 - #57: All The President’s Men (1976)
Show Notes This is a re-release because we like thrilling films and have talked about them a bunch – so here’s an oldie -originally released 12/4/18 when we…
The LatecomersS6E43 - #58: Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Episode Notes It’s another story from the author of Planet of the Apes – but it’s completely different. This week we watch POWs lose the plot in 1957’s Bridge…
The LatecomersS6E42 - #59: Planet of the Apes (1968)
Show Notes This week we discuss 1968’s Sci Fi classic The Planet of the Apes. Amity is confused by audience confusion when the leading man tells us exactly…
The LatecomersS6E41 - #60: The Sixth Sense (1999)
Show Notes Dead man walking – the headline of the review that spoiled this movie for Lemuel in 1999 is both heinous and funny now, twenty some years later when…
The LatecomersS6E40 - #61: Cape Fear (1962)
Show Notes This week we travel to the coast with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in 1962’s Cape Fear. Mitchum’s Max Cady is dangerous – for his predilections…
The LatecomersS6E39 - #63: Spartacus (1960)
Show Notes This week we discuss Spartacus from 1960, directed improbably by Stanley Kubrick and staring problematic and not particularly charismatic Kirk…
The LatecomersS6E38 - #64: What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
Show Notes This week, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis thrill us in 1962’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The fireworks between these ladies are historic and…
The LatecomersS6E37 - #65: Touch of Evil (1958)
Show Notes We have a second helping of Orson Welles this week with 1958’s Touch of Evil. Once we maneuver past Charlton Heston in brown face and Janet Leigh as…
The LatecomersS6E36 - #66: The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Show Notes This week, don’t get too attached to them, we watched The Dirty Dozen from 1967 and we’ll miss all of them. Amity lets you know the perfect time to…
The LatecomersS6E35 - #66: The Matrix (1999)
Show Notes This week we revisit Keanu with 1999’s The Matrix. He has perfect anime hair, Carrie Ann Moss has a pleather wardrobe, Lawrence Fishburn has glasses…
The LatecomersS6E34 - #67: The Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948)
Show Notes Come with us to Mexico as we learn about the Hays Code and how to make a villain a protagonist as we watch John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra…
The LatecomersS6E33 - #68: Halloween (1978)
Show Notes This week we revisit John Carpenter’s Halloween from 1978 – and all its brethren as well. We discuss it’s fit into the list of thrills and then…
The LatecomersS6E32 - #69: The Wild Bunch (1969)
Show Notes This week we watched Sam Peckinpah's alternate history western, The Wild Bunch, from 1969. Amity got lost in the combination of Spanish and…
The LatecomersS6E31 - #70: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Show Notes We’re robbing a bank this week as we watched Sydney Lumet’s 1975 biopic Dog Day Afternoon. Al Pacino is magnetic as the “mastermind” of a failed…
The LatecomersS6E30 - #71: Goldfinger (1964)
Show Notes Sean Connery is Bond, James Bond this week as we watched Goldfinger from 1964. Not too rapey and also not too good at being a spy, Sean Connery…
The LatecomersS6E29 - #72: Platoon (1986)
Show Notes This week we take a trip to the jungles of Vietnam with some very young, very famous men in Platoon from 1986. Par for the Vietnam war movie course…
The LatecomersS6E28 - #73: Laura (1944)
Episode Notes This week we overcome and bring you the second take of our episode on Otto Preminger’s Laura from 1944 – a continuation of the noir block of the…
The LatecomersS6E27 - #74: Blade Runner (1982)
Episode Notes This week we watched Ridley Scott’s 1982 neo-noir classic Blade Runner (The Final Cut). One in a long line of tales of a future where men make…
The LatecomersS6E26 - #75: The Third Man (1949)
Episode Notes Wells, Orson Wells. This week we watched 1949’s Zither laden classic The Third Man. We take on problematic men and when to stand by them. Vienna…
The LatecomersS6E25 - #76: Thelma and Louise (1991)
Episode Notes TW: Sexual Assault This week we watched the vivacious and vibrant Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon absolutely take back their power in 1991’s…
The LatecomersS6E24 - #77: Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Episode Notes It’s a sequel wherein there are two terminators but no judgment day – this week we watched James Cameron’s 1991 favorite Terminator 2: Judgement…
The LatecomersS6E23 - #78: Gaslight (1944)
Episode Notes Brace yourselves for some heinous intimate partner abuse this week as we try to let Ingrid Bergman know it’s not in her head with Gaslight from…
The LatecomersS6E22 - #79: The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Episode Notes Things are getting exciting in here with 1960’s western classic The Magnificent Seven. Yul Brenner and Steve McQueen lead an all-star gunslinger…
The LatecomersS6E21 - #80: Rebecca (1940)
Episode Notes Sometimes a great director and a great actor can be foiled by a narcissistic producer who is obsessed with the idea of “picturization.” This week…
The LatecomersS6E20 - #81: The Omen (1976)
Show Notes In Amity’s least favorite watch in a while, we tackle the 1976 giallo The Omen. Even Gregory Peck’s comforting presence can’t pull me out of the…
The LatecomersS6E19 - #82: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Show Notes This week we watch the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. We discuss all things Robert Wise, the rise of AI, how this differs from…
The LatecomersS6E18 - #83: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Episode Notes In the quietest Opera film of all time, we witness Lon Chaney’s remarkable talents in 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera. It’s a wide ranging…
The LatecomersS6E17 - #84: Poltergeist (1982)
Episode Notes Buckle up because it’s getting blatantly paranormal in here as we watch 1982’s Poltergeist – a Steven Spielberg production and a Tobe Hooper…
The LatecomersS6E16 - #85: Dracula (1931)
Episode Notes Bela Lugosi wows us this week as we watch 1931’s Dracula. He doesn’t do all the intonations that are used now as shorthand for Dracula, but he…
The LatecomersS6E15 - #86: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Episode Notes Though we may not find this particularly thrilling, we did enjoy the watch of 1945’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “The Portrait of Dorian Gray.”…
The LatecomersS6E14 - #87: The Thing from Another World (1951)
Episode Notes This week we travel to the frozen north with 1951’s The Thing From Another World. It’s inept military v. sociopathic scientists and together…
The LatecomersS6E13 - #88: 12 Angry Men (1957)
Episode Notes This week we spend some time with some grouchy dudes with 1957’s 12 Angry Men. Henry Fonda breaks all kind of juror rules in an attempt to serve…
The LatecomersS6E12 - #89: The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Episode Notes This week we watch World War II epic The Guns of Navarone wherein men are men, guns are guns, Greeks are Irish, and men love each other…
The LatecomersS6E11 - #90: The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Notes: This week on a wet one, we watched 1972’s Poseidon Adventure – a lonely haberdasher, forlorn singer, a steward, a police detective, his hostage wife, a…
The LatecomersS6E10 - #91: Braveheart (1995)
Episode Notes History be damned this week as we watch Mel Gibson’s Braveheart from 1995. We discuss anachronisms, fallacies, and ahistory as we breakdown the…
The LatecomersS6E9 - #92: Body Heat (1981)
Episode Notes This week as it’s barely spring where we are, we discuss Lawrence Kasdan’s directorial debut, 1981's Body Heat. A sweaty William Hurt and a…
The LatecomersS6E8 - #93: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Episode Notes This week we watched the birth of a genre with George Romero’s 1968 classic ghoul flick Night of the Living Dead. We put up with Barbara, ask…
The LatecomersS6E7 - #94: The China Syndrome (1979)
Episode Notes Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas support a spectacular turn by Jack Lemmon this week as we discuss 1979’s The China Syndrome. It’s been a week, so…
The LatecomersS6E6 - #95: Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Episode Notes This week some trigger warnings to start: racial slurs, violence, abusive behavior – it’s a return to Kubrick this week as we discuss #95 on…
The LatecomersS6E5 - #96: Blue Velvet (1986)
Episode Notes This week we return to our roots with David Lynch’s Blue Velvet from 1986. Baby McLaughlin and baby Dern take us into Lumberton where we listen…
The LatecomersS6E4 - #98: Safety Last! (1923)
Episode Notes This week, we take on the oldest movie Amity has ever seen – 1923’s classic Safety Last! Known for it’s iconic images of Harold Lloyd hanging…
The LatecomersS6E3 - #98: Blood Simple (1984)
Episode Notes This week, we discuss Joel and Ethan Cohen’s first film, Blood Simple. A cuckolded bar owner pays a sweaty PI to off his wife and her lover and…
The LatecomersS6E2 - #99: Speed (1994)
Episode Notes Keanu – Bullock – Hopper – Ruck – Daniels – Morton. We have a party on a bus this week and it’s all you’ve ever wanted. We watched #99 on AFI’s…
The LatecomersS6E1 - #100: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Episode Notes It’s a whole new world this week as we embark on our sixth season: watching the AFI 100 Thrills List. First up, one of the oldest movies Amity…
The LatecomersS5E136 - The Golden King Awards – A Season 5 Wrap Up Part 2
Episode Notes We continue discussing our favorites – from film performance to WTF moment this week as we do our final wrap on the adaptations of Stephen King…
The LatecomersS5E135 - The Golden King Awards – Season 5 Wrap Up Part 1
Episode Notes This week we are giving some performers and programs their flowers as we discuss our bests from best King cameo to best television series that we…
The LatecomersS5E134 - Chapelwaite (2021) Episode 10: The Keeper
Episode Notes It’s our last Stephen King Recap – for the foreseeable future, and a promising start comes to a somewhat lackluster finish. We talk about the…
The LatecomersS5E133 - Chapelwaite (2021) Episode 9: The Gathering Dark
Episode Notes Fresh off our holiday hiatus we discuss the penultimate episode of Chapelwaite, which is also our penultimate Stephen King consumption episode…
The LatecomersS5E132 - Chapelwaite (2021) Episode 8: Hold the Night
Episode Notes In a sleepy episode, we discuss the Chapelwaite episode “Hold The Night” wherein our intrepid hero is surrounded by people who aren’t up for the…
The LatecomersS5E131 - Chapelwaite (2021) Episode 7: De Vermis Mysteriis
Episode Notes This week things are popping off! We watched episode 7 of 2021’s Chapelwaite and it’s getting tense at the estate. Realities are setting in that…
The LatecomersS5E130 - Chapelwaite (2021) Episode 6: The Offer
Episode Notes Charles starts out the episode in turmoil and it only gets worse. We get another well placed flashback (this time it confirms something we…