On this very special bonus episode, Paul geeks out with the ever entertaining Jed Bookout (Twitter / Instagram: @jedbookout) as Jed enumerates and extrapolates upon his top seven sports films of all time. Jed's list is tailor-made for cinephiles, straddling the eclectic margins of the genre: a celebration of genre-defiant game-changers like "<I>Speed Racer<I>" & "<I>Shaolin Soccer<I>" & "<I>The Wrester<I>" to name just a few.

From here, we segue into a fruitful discussion revolving around Jed's favorite Soderbergh films (spanning from "<I>Magic Mike XXL<I>" to "<I>Sex, Lies, & Videotape<I>" to "<I>Out of Sight<I>") before finally delving into some intriguingly hot takes on "High Flying Bird": likening moments in the 2019 Netflix film to everything from John Ford's "<I>The Searchers<I>" to Sidney Lumet's "<I>Network<I>" to Spike Lee's "<I>Bamboozled<I>" the snappy, dialogue-heavy style of Aaron Sorkin's works.

Do not let the title of this episode fool you. A comprehensive overview of quirky / under-appreciated sports movies & Soderbergh's immense oeuvre, the conversation dribbles all over the court in the best possible way! 

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