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Tune in as the Rebecca Hall of Fame comes to a close with its fifth and final episode of May! It’s been such a great journey to explore her filmography throughout the month, and the conclusion shall arrive via Arthur’s friend Jared returning to 2CC for a deep dive into The Night House, the 2020 horror movie that cleverly uses negative space to deliver some paranormal and psychological chills. Jared’s pitch for a horror remake of Fifty Shades of Grey with a BDSM demon, Arthur’s recommendation of a song from the boring and uncomfy Sydney Sweeney movie Clementine, and a discussion about the debatable existence of an afterlife comprise just a few of the talking points for this last episode of May. Directed by David Bruckner, The Night House stars Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit, and Stacy Martin. Spoilers start at 31:00 Source: BTS details from effects designer Patrick Horvath – https://twitter.com/patrickhorvath/status/1513334948102500358?s=46 Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Jared: The Masque of the Red Death (1964) • Arthur: I Love My Dad Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as the Rebecca Hall of Fame dishes out its fourth episode of the month! Clayton Jones II and Shawn Murphy (Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies Podcast) are retaking their guest seats for a breakdown of The Prestige. Adapted from the Christopher Priest novel of the same name, this 2006 mystery-thriller follows the increasingly hostile and obsessive rivalry between a pair of talented stage magicians in 1890s London. Talking points for this episode include nitpicking the movie’s unrealistic depiction of drowning, Clayton’s distaste for The Illusionist, and the hosts’ favorite Michael Caine roles in a Christopher Nolan movie. Directed by Christopher Nolan, The Prestige stars Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, David Bowie, Andy Serkis, Piper Perabo, Samantha Mahurin, Roger Rees, Jim Piddock, William Morgan Sheppard, Ricky Jay, Chao Li Chi, and Edward Hibbert. Spoilers start at 27:00 Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Shawn: Abigail • Clayton: Fallout (Prime Video) • Arthur: Abigail Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as the Rebecca Hall of Fame advances forward for the third episode of this theme month! Arthur’s pals Connor Kujawinski and Robyn Zabukovec make yet another reappearance on the show for a review and recap of Resurrection, the 2022 psychological horror film that draws us into a businesswoman’s life as she’s forced to confront the toxic and gaslighting ways of an ex who’s made his unwelcome return to her world. Mistaking strands of hair for a coffee stain, the bizarre and campy work of John Waters, and Resurrection’s ambiguous ending that leaves some viewers feeling ambivalent comprise just a few of the subjects that the hosts go through on this episode. Written and directed by Andrew Semans, Resurrection stars Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, and Angela Wong Carbone. Spoilers start at 26:10 Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Robyn: Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge and The House That Jack Built • Connor: Pain & Gain and Weekend • Arthur: Fallout (Prime Video)  Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as the Rebecca Hall of Fame rolls onward this month with its second episode! This time around, Arthur’s buddy Noah hops onboard for a discussion on Godzilla vs. Kong, the 2021 sequel to Godzilla: King of the Monsters and the fourth entry in the Monsterverse. Running through the various movies on which GVK cinematographer Ben Seresin has worked, arching an eyebrow at the casually positive lens that this movie aims at conspiracy theories, and praising all the gorgeous lighting (especially in the neon-lit Hong Kong brawl) make up a few of the topics that this episode covers. Directed by Adam Wingard, Godzilla vs. Kong stars Rebecca Hall, Alexander Skarsgård, Kaylee Hottle, Brian Tyree Henry, Millie Bobby Brown, Julian Dennison, Demián Bichir, Eiza González, Shun Oguri, Kyle Chandler, Lance Reddick, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Ronny Chieng. Spoilers start at 31:45 Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Noah: Lake Michigan Monster • Arthur: A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as this show kicks off a new theme month for all of May: the Rebecca Hall of Fame! For this first podcast of the month to honor one of Arthur’s all-time favorite actors, Joe Lipsett (Horror Queers, Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr) is returning to the guest chair for a breakdown of Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974, the 2009 period crime drama-thriller that stands as the first film entry in a limited series made for British television called the Red Riding Trilogy. The bleak and nihilistic territory that this series boldly treads into, the surprising amount of homoerotic undertones in 1974, and some gripes with a divisive little filmmaker known as Zack Snyder comprise just a few of the talking points for this episode. Directed by Julian Jarrold, Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 stars Andrew Garfield, Rebecca Hall, Sean Bean, Warren Clarke, John Henshaw, Anthony Flanagan, Robert Sheehan, Eddie Marsan, Sean Harris, Tony Mooney, Steven Robertson, Cathryn Bradshaw, David Morrissey, Michelle Dockery, Daniel Mays, Peter Mullan, and Mary Jo Randle. Spoilers start at 22:50 Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Joe: Silo and Durham County • Arthur: 99 Homes Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as Andy (Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) returns to 2CC for a review and recap of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, the 2018 thriller novel that follows the twists and turns of forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber’s mission to unlock the truth behind Alicia Berenson, the notorious painter who hasn’t spoken even once after apparently murdering her husband years ago (yes, she’s the eponymous “silent patient”). Talking points that Arthur and Andy bring up throughout this bookish episode include the noir vibe that runs throughout TSP, the despicable bigotry of J.K. Rowling, and frustrating misconceptions about borderline personality disorder and other mental illnesses. TW: murder, violence, mental illness, psychosis, forced institutionalization, suicide attempts (on the page and multiple references to past examples), suicidal ideation, sexual assault, self-harm, child neglect and abuse, domestic abuse, drug use, drug abuse, gaslighting, depression, stalking, infidelity Spoilers start at 22:15 Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Andy: WrestleMania XL • Arthur: Música and Monkey Man Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as Arthur’s pal Kate returns to the program for a review and recap of After Hours, the 1985 Martin Scorsese film that plunges you into an overnight odyssey whose ridiculous hijinks can be darkly comedic one moment and genuinely terrifying the next. The movie’s symbolic focus on gender politics and emasculation, a scene that’s borrowed straight from a Franz Kafka parable, and Kate getting flabbergasted by the revelation that Arthur (at the time of recording) had never seen anything with one of the biggest starlets of classic Hollywood comprise a few of the topics that pop up in this cinephilic episode. Directed by Martin Scorsese, After Hours stars Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, John Heard, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Catherine O’Hara, Will Patton, Verna Bloom, and Larry Block. Spoilers start at 20:10 Source: The Scandalous Origins of Martin Scorsese’s After Hours by Andrew Hearst – https://andrewhearst.com/blog/2008/05/the-scandalous-origins-of-martin-scorseses-after-hours#:~:text=The%20Wikipedia%20page%20for%20the,theft%20was%20far%20from%20minor. Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Kate: Wait Until Dark • Arthur: Ready or Not Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as actor, writer, and comedian Clare Blackwood hops onto 2CC for a review and recap of Six of Crows, the 2015 YA novel by Leigh Bardugo that brims with heists, ruthless criminals, and the fantasy worldbuilding of the Grishaverse. Talking points for this bookish episode include the love that the podcasters have for all these morally gray rogues, the teenage ensemble coming across like adults, and Matthias being so damn mean to Nina at first. TW: murder, death, gun violence, slavery, human trafficking, drug addiction, gambling addiction, drug use, past child death, past child abuse, panic attacks, grief, sexual assault, sexual harassment, past forced underage sex work, war, genocide, animal death, ableism, parental death, body shaming Spoilers start at 23:10 Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Clare: The Matthew Swift series by Kate Griffin • Arthur: One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as Seth Vargas (Movie Friends) rejoins Arthur on 2CC for a breakdown of Blindsight by Peter Watts, the 2006 hard science-fiction and cosmic horror novel that will provide plenty of dense and cerebral material to occupy your brain. The concept of self-awareness and the burden it puts on humanity, an inventively scientific depiction of vampire mythology, and an explanation of the Chinese Room comprise just a few of the talking points for this bookish episode. TW: body horror, death, torture, ableism, violence, medical content and injuries, child neglect, bullying, genocide, psychosis, mental illness, and terminal illness Spoilers start at 21:55 Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Good Word: • Seth: Akira Kurosawa’s work, such as Dodes’ka-den, One Wonderful Sunday, and High and Low • Arthur: Shiki Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message

Tune in as some great friends of 2 Cents Critic jump onboard in honor of it turning three years old! Jessica and Saunya (Opinionated Lushes), Dustin Holden (Dustin Can Read & Watch, The Rewatch Recap), Clayton Jones II (Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies), and Connor Kujawinski all band together with Arthur for a whole bunch of trivia and banter. Thanks to them for joining in, and thanks to the listeners out there, too! The complications that this group runs into while entering a Kahoot quiz, the similar vibe that the Saw franchise shares with the Fast and Furious franchise, Dustin’s DVD of 1994’s Threesome that’s been “borrowed” for too damn long, the hypothetical challenges of surviving a slasher horror movie, and the autistic lens through which you can read Yorgos Lanthimos’s work comprise a few of the talking points for this celebratory episode. Here’s how you can learn more about Palestine and Israel: http://decolonizepalestine.com Here’s how you can act to help stop Israel’s genocide of Palestine: http://linktr.ee/savegaza Here’s how you can send eSIM cards to Palestinians in order to help them stay connected online: https://www.gazaesims.com Reach out at [email protected] if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter, Goodpods, StoryGraph, Letterboxd, and TikTok: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic Follow the podcast on Instagram: @twocentscriticpod Follow Arthur on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/144101970-arthur-howell 2 Cents Critic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/two_centscritic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=ee249719-2d0b-44da-976e-746606b942aa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arthur746/message