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The Asian A.V. Club What to Watch podcast returns with a REALLY packed episode of movies and tv shows that we think you should be watching right now or have on your radar.
In this episode we've invited Germany based journalist / critic (and just all around specialist of all things movie and TV) Patrick Heidmann to the show. I've known Patrick for awhile now as he's been doing the international festival circuit for decades and has such great taste in general!
As it's the main summer blockbuster season, both Patrick and I have stories to tell about getting invited to events centered around hot titles. Patrick went to a Jurassic World Rebirth press event and was charmed by a baby dinosaur, I went to the Squid Game premiere and FELT like a dinosaur surrounded by baby influencers.
Of course we get to talking about films, kicking off with the moving doc My Mom Jayne, by actress and now director Mariska Hargitay, about reclaiming her relationship with the iconic pinup star mom, Jayne Mansfield. Then we go 28 Years Later to experience dir: Danny Boyle returning to the zombie world he made famous two decades ago.
We then head over to Korea to talk about their summer superhero smash film Hi-Five by dir: Kang Hyeong-cheol and how local IP can still go up against Hollywood smashes like F1, which we also had some enthusiastic thoughts on!
Our film quick takes looks at how surprised we were with the silly action comedy Deep Cover and our love of the indie film Sorry Baby (which everyone should go see asap!!)
For TV, the return of The Gilded Age brings alot of questions why we watch this show in the first place (here's a hint: the actors), the surprisingly breezy limited series Outrageous introduces us to the scandalous Mitford sisters, we get our Scandi-crime fix through the compelling new drama Mafia, plus our thoughts on the final season of Squid Game, having The Bear back in our lives, and easy cozy tv shows like Poker Face and Elsbeth.
It's PACKED, but we were just so excited to share our thoughts on all these titles! So plug in, and enjoy our latest Asian A.V. Club: What to Watch podcast!