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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 LatecomersS5E69 - Cell (2016)
Episode Notes Skepticism and frustration abound this week as we discuss the Cusak/Jackson vehicle Cell that had everything going it and still ended up chaotic…
The LatecomersS5E68 - Big Driver (2014)
Episode Notes Buckle up because we’re going on a ride this week as we accompany Maria Bello on the worst road trip of her life (CW: Sexual Assault). We settle…
The LatecomersS5E67 - Mercy (2014)
Episode Notes This week we persevere through kitty co-hosting and losing almost all of one of a double record to bring you a heaping helping of adaptations of…
The LatecomersS5E66 - The Good Marriage (2014)
Episode Notes We missed you so for our first week back, we cover a whole bunch of things. We tried watching the first and last episode of Under the Dome which…
The LatecomersS5E65 - Carrie (2013)
Episode Notes Is this necessary? Nah. Is it good? Yeah! We watched the third adaptation of Carrie starring actual teen Chloe Grace Moretz and a scenery chewing…
The LatecomersS5E64 - Bag of Bones (2011)
Episode Notes Pierce Brosnan is visited by a plethora of ghosts, all with different agenda’s in this week’s miniseries: 2011’s Bag of Bones. He bucks his…
The LatecomersS5E63 - Children of the Corn (2009)
Episode Notes Oof. This is a rough ride this week as we watched the remake by the original filmmaker of Children of the Corn. Twenty-five years after the…
The LatecomersDolan’s Cadillac (2009)
Episode Notes This week we dug into 2009 Christian Slater vehicle “Dolan’s Cadillac.” We debate the merits of early pregnancy knowledge, the uselessness of…
The LatecomersS5E61 - The Mist (2007)
Episode Notes This week we discuss a monster masterpiece with a torturous ending, 2007’s The Mist. Wherein during our discussion we absolutely remember Carol…
The LatecomersS5E60 - 1408 (2007)
Episode Notes This week we get locked in with John Cusack as he investigates Sam Jackson’s evil room in 2007’s 1408. Cusack’s writer is bull-headed and…
The LatecomersS5E59 - Nightmares and Dreamscapes Episodes 7 & 8 (2006)
Episode Notes We wrap up our month of nightmares on our least favorite of the pairs. First, we spend a lot of time on the dick of our “protagonist?” – and…
The LatecomersNightmares and Dreamscapes Episodes 5 & 6 (2006)
Episode Notes First up “The Road Virus Heads North” wherein Tom Berenger gets buyers remorse. Second up this evening, Jeremy Sisto goes treasure hunting in…
The LatecomersS5E57 - Nightmares and Dreamscapes Episodes 3 & 4 (2006)
Episode Notes We get a double dose of William Macy in “Umney’s Last Case” – half soft-boiled detective and half hard cooked writer. Then we watch the world…
The LatecomersS5E56 - Nightmares and Dreamscapes Episodes 1 & 2 (2006)
Episode Notes This week we watched night one of a on-month event from 2006 – Episodes 1 and 2 of Nightmares and Dreamscapes. First up, the audacious one hander…
The LatecomersS5E55 - Desperation (2006)
Episode Notes In a town in the desert, we encounter a Sheriff by the name of Tak… given name Collie Entragian. No, really, that is the name of Ron Perlman’s…
The LatecomersS5E54 - Salem’s Lot (2004)
Episode Notes This week we watched the TV miniseries Salem’s Lot, starring a heavily chapsticked Rob Lowe. We marvel at the unchanging Donald Sutherland…
The LatecomersS5E53 - Riding the Bullet (2004)
Episode Notes This film is based on the very first mass market E-book sold and kicks off a discussion about e-reading vs. paper and the history of books from…
The LatecomersS5E52 - Secret Window (2004)
Episode Notes We are going on a spoiler frenzy this week as we discuss 2004’s Secret Window starring Johnny Depp and Maria Bello. There’s a twist – so watch…
The LatecomersS5E51 - Dreamcatcher (2003)
Episode Notes Problematic issues ahoy! This alien body horror psychic conglomeration is brought to us by Stephen King’s accident and attendant oxy usage…
The LatecomersS5E50 - Carrie (2002)
Episode Notes This week we take in the backdoor (failed) pilot, television film Carrie from 2002, starring the deeply creepy Angela Bettis and the barely there…
The LatecomersS5E49 - Rose Red (2002) Part 3
Episode Notes We make it through our Rose Red visit in record time. The end of this miniseries is abrupt and full of Emery making himself a villain. We learn…
The LatecomersS5E48 - Rose Red (2002) Part 2
Episode Notes The house is awake and the death commences as we get into Part 2 of the Rose Red miniseries. We puzzle as to the grossness of Emery’s character…
The LatecomersS5E47 - Rose Red (2002) Part 1
Episode Notes Rose Red, named not for a fairy tale character but for a big house, is the focus of this and the next two weeks. As we shelter in place, we dive…
The LatecomersS5E46 - Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
Episode Notes We watched the nostalgic gem Hearts in Atlantis this week and feel the loss of Anton Yelchin keenly. His work opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins make…
The LatecomersS5E45 - Storm of the Century – Part 3 (1999)
Episode Notes Finally we get to the bottom of what Andre Linoge wants – and we were pretty much right all along. We debate why only a single man stands against…
The LatecomersS5E44 - Storm of the Century – Part 2 (1999)
Episode Notes Entering into part two of Storm of the Century and what we know is Mr. Linoge wants something. But what he wants remains elusive this entire…
The LatecomersS5E43 - Storm of the Century – Part 1 (1999)
Episode Notes We find ourselves in a white out on Little Tall Island this week as we start in on Storm of the Century, a 1999 television miniseries starring…
The LatecomersS5E42 - The Green Mile (1999)
Episode Notes We watch Frank Darabont’s second Stephen King prison film this week with The Green Mile. Praise all around for the spectacular cast. Tom Hanks…
The LatecomersS5E41 - Apt Pupil (1998)
Episode Notes This week we watch the third in our series of novellas from Different Seasons – Apt Pupil. The young wunderkind Brad Renfro stars alongside Ian…
The LatecomersS5E40 - Quicksilver Highway (1997)
Episode Notes We travel Route 666 with Christopher Lloyd in his finest cenobite cosplay this week with the 1997 television movie Quicksilver Highway. This is…
The LatecomersS5E39 - Trucks (1997)
Episode Notes Trucks (1997) King on Screen: All trucks great and small Come with us to Lunar, Nevada, the smallest town that ever incorporated as we watch as…
The LatecomersS5E38 - The Shining (1997)
Episode Notes This week sees our first second adaptation with the ABC miniseries of The Shining. We will watch other second-attempts but we’ll never forget our…
The LatecomersS5E37 - The Night Flier (1997)
Episode Notes Up this week is The Night Flier, or Stephen King’s Night Flier to avoid any confusion starring the inimitable Miguel Ferrer and the vaguely…
The LatecomersS5E36 - Thinner (1996)
Episode Notes Ringing in the new year with a movie that has it all – racism, sexism, fatphobia, and slut shaming. It’s a bonanza and we get into it all. We…
The LatecomersThe Langoliers (1995)
Episode Notes A good story told bad, we discuss 1995’s miniseries The Langoliers. Plagued by bad CGI, pacing problems and some award worthy overacting, The…
The LatecomersDolores Claiborne (1995)
Episode Notes Kathy Bates is back and as good as ever in Dolores Claiborne, where she gets the to be the eponymous character. Jennifer Jason Leigh channels all…
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The Mangler (1995)
Episode Notes We went in with high hopes: Robert Englund, good. Tobe Hooper, good. Stephen King, good. Ted Levine – that’s just icing on the cake. But this…
The LatecomersThe Stand (1994) Part 4
Episode Notes We make our stand this week as we discuss the final entry in The Stand miniseries. We are told explicitly that Flagg is failing, he knows it, his…
The LatecomersThe Stand (1994) Part 3
Episode Notes Come to Boulder, we have everything! Power? Check. Bar-B-Que? Check. Churches full of corpses? Check. A Can-Do Attitude? Check. Dive in and make…
The LatecomersThe Stand (1994) Part 2
Episode Notes The plague is over and the survivors are on the move. We watched Part 2 of The Stand – The Dreams. We fall in love with Nick and Tom and hope a…
The LatecomersThe Stand (1994) Part 1
Episode Notes This week we dive into part one of the 1994 ABC miniseries of The Stand. We lament Frannie, lust after Nick, commend Stu, but not his feet…
The LatecomersThe 100th Episode
Episode Notes This week we do a Recast-o-polooza retrospective on the first five seasons of the show. Season One: Twin Peaks – we manage 2 maybe 3 characters…
The LatecomersThe Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Episode Notes Rewatching the TNT modern classic, Lemuel and Amity watched The Shawshank Redemption in a new and novel way – with forethought from beginning to…
The LatecomersThe Tommyknockers (1993)
Episode Notes Leaving Castle Rock for the neighboring town of Haven, this week Lemuel and Amity had Tommyknockers knocking at the door. We discuss the origins…
The LatecomersNeedful Things (1993)
Episode Notes Back in Castle Rock with Alan Pangborn, we delve into a far too short film with far too much crammed into it. I once believed there was no such…
The LatecomersThe Dark Half (1993)
Episode Notes This week we look deep into Timothy Hutton’s blue, blue eyes and ask, what do the sparrows mean, though? The confusion runs deep as we watched…
The LatecomersGolden Years (1991)
Episode Notes We called an audible and watched the entire Golden Years series for this episode. A miniseries of awesome characters doing… well… not much. And…
The LatecomersSometimes They Come Back (1991)
Episode Notes This week we tackle Sometimes They Come Back, a CBS television movie starring Time Mathieson and not Margot Kidder. We have you standard King…
The LatecomersIt (1990) Part 2
Episode Notes We take on the backend of the original It miniseries from 1990. Amity gets more Jonathan Brandis and everyone is treated to John Ritter yelling…
The LatecomersIt (1990) Part 1
Episode Notes This week we eschew the theater for part 1 of the original miniseries of IT. We talk structure, casting, too many gone too soon, the magic of…
The LatecomersMisery (1990)
Episode Notes We have our ONLY Oscar performance of the season as we watch the deeply disturbed Annie Wilkes, masterfully brought to life by the spectacular…
The LatecomersGraveyard Shift (1990)
Episode Notes It’s time to get messy with a very moist monster. We watched Graveyard Shift and Amity has many thoughts on accents and Lemuel has many thoughts…
The LatecomersPet Sematary (1989)
Episode Notes Amity and Lemuel check out the original adaptation of Pet Sematary. Fred Gwynne really delivers that Maine accent and the leading lady is…
The LatecomersThe Running Man (1987)
Episode Notes This week, Amity and Lemuel watched the Bachman book The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the implausibly named Ben Richards. It’s a…
The LatecomersCreepshow 2 (1987)
Episode Notes Lemuel and Amity watched the first sequel of the season with Creepshow 2 and instantly regretted it. We breakdown a problematic Native American…
The LatecomersStand By Me (1986)
Episode Notes Lemuel and Amity watched the Rob Reiner helmed coming of age tale Stand By Me and contrast childhoods of the 60s, the 80s and today. We break…
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Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Episode Notes Lemuel and Amity watched Maximum Overdrive without ingesting any cocaine, and boy does it show. Though we’re grateful for the editing out of many…
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Silver Bullet (1985)
Episode Notes This week we visit a werewolf in (SPOILER)’s clothing – listen to find out who. We talk sad Coreys, drunk Garys and under utilized Everetts, oh…
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Cat’s Eye (1985)
Episode Notes This holiday week we talk about a trilogy of humor with Cat’s Eye – with one problematic tale, one retread, and one surprisingly good romp. And…
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Firestarter (1984)
Episode Notes This week Lemuel and Amity watched a movie that’s barely a movie: Firestarter starring a misused cast of stars and the most problematic character…