A young Hindu man tries to rise above his predetermined social standing by working as a driver for an affluent family, until he's asked to take the blame for a crime he didn't commit. The Doctors catch up with this moving epic about upward mobility in modern-day India and find themselves blown away by the performances and personal conflicts. So what's kept this from being our favorite film of the year? Load this one up, sit back, and enjoy the ride. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear what you think of the show, a project we’ve discussed—or even something we haven’t! We can’t wait to hear from you! FB: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodRx/ TWTR: https://twitter.com/hollywood_rx INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_rx/ EMAIL: [email protected] LISTENER CONTEST N° 5: World Cinema. In this week's contest, the gracious Dr. G poses the question⏤what well-know film out of India is alluded in White Tiger...and WHAT is the exact dialogue reference. (Bonus points for guessing the correct answer without looking it up online!) SUBMIT your answers on Twitter to: #HRXContest PRIZE = bragging rights and a shoutout from the doctors. MATERIAL LINKS: Aravind Adiga article/interview in The Guardian... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/16/booker-prize HollywoodRx is a proud member of the Fourwardly podcasting network. https://www.fourwardly.com

M. Night Shyamalan has done it again: Crafted a film with a catchy hook that infuriates as much (if not more) than it intrigues. This time around, a group of resort vacationers end up on an isolated beach where they begin aging at a supernatural pace. If that sounds like the year you just spent at home in quarantine, you're not alone -- but you probably had more fun than the Doctors did in piecing together this so-called puzzle. The questions pile up like sands in the hourglass... JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear what you think of the show, a project we’ve discussed—or even something we haven’t! We can’t wait to hear from you! FB: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodRx/ TWTR: https://twitter.com/hollywood_rx INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_rx/ EMAIL: [email protected] LISTENER CONTEST N° 4: Can it be true...? In this week's contest, the delightful Dr. D takes the reins with a question posed by the very film under discussion. OLD asks what movie did Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson make together??? Dr. G thought it might be a red herring. What do you think? (Bonus points for guessing the correct answer without looking it up online!) SUBMIT your answers on Twitter to: #HRXContest PRIZE = bragging rights and a shoutout from the doctors. HollywoodRx is a proud member of the Fourwardly podcasting network. https://www.fourwardly.com

Why did it take so long for someone to realize that a musician should direct a music documentary? The Roots' Questlove took the buried treasure of 50-year-old footage of a multi-day music festival in Harlem, and turned it into the most compelling and mesmerizing music film (and history lesson) in decades. The Doctors were riveted from the first scene -- and are certain you will be too. Get ready to party like it's 1969! JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear what you think of the show, a project we’ve discussed—or even something we haven’t! We can’t wait to hear from you! FB: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodRx/ TWTR: https://twitter.com/hollywood_rx INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_rx/ EMAIL: [email protected] LISTENER CONTEST N° 3: Connect the Dots…In this week's contest, the diabolical Dr. G queries our dear and faithful listeners to tell us which Gil Scott-Heron song is referenced in Summer of Soul but has been mentioned in a previous episode of the show??? Be sure to listen for his "big clue" during the contest announcement! (Bonus points for guessing the correct answer without looking it up online!) SUBMIT your answers on Twitter to: #HRXContest PRIZE = bragging rights and a shoutout from the doctors. HollywoodRx is a proud member of the Fourwardly podcasting network. https://www.fourwardly.com

Rare is the film that does time travel right, and one day the Doctors will review one of the few that do. Until then, there's this "high concept" actioner that casts a present-day, perpetually clean-faced Chris Pratt as a man whisked off to the future to save humanity⏤an easy task compared to saving this film. Your good doctors waste no time in breaking down how they wish they had their 2+ hours back. We've go your future right here! JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear what you think of the show, a project we’ve discussed—or even something we haven’t! We can’t wait to hear from you! FB: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodRx/ TWTR: https://twitter.com/hollywood_rx INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_rx/ EMAIL: [email protected] LISTENER CONTEST N° 2: Connect the Dots…In this week's contest, the diabolical Dr. G offers a list of actors who all have something in common with the incomparable J.K. Simmons. Do you know what that common thread is??? (Bonus points for guessing the correct answer without looking it up online!) SUBMIT your answers on Twitter to: #HRXContest PRIZE = bragging rights and a shoutout from the doctors. HollywoodRx is a proud member of the Fourwardly podcasting network. https://www.fourwardly.com

The Doctors emerge from hiding to join Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy and Noah Jupe in director John Krasinski‘s sequel to his ground-breaking 2018 sci-fi gripper—and can hardly contain themselves about what they find. Krasinski deftly continues the story of this strong but broken family, as they pick up the pieces and struggle to survive. Layered script work, seamless effects and nuanced performances all come together to deliver a more-than-worthy follow-up to its remarkable predecessor. PLUS: The first “Listener Contest”, a fiery edition of Trailer Trash Talk, and an exciting announcement—the first of many! You won’t want to miss a word. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear what you think of the show, a project we’ve discussed—or even something we haven’t! We can’t wait to hear from you! FB: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodRx/ TWTR: https://twitter.com/hollywood_rx INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_rx/ EMAIL: [email protected] LISTENER CONTEST N° 1: Find the phantom film…hiding in plain sight. Somewhere in the episode, the doctors discuss a fictitious movie as though it were real. Can you figure out which one it is??? (Bonus points for guessing the correct title without looking it up online!) SUBMIT your answers on Twitter to: #HRXContest PRIZE = bragging rights and a shoutout from the doctors. HollywoodRx is a proud member of the Fourwardly podcasting network. https://www.fourwardly.com

It's another Oscar season, folks, which can only mean one thing: Time for the Doctors to treat the nominees with all the delirium and inebriation they deserve. Hear them slog through their favorite drinking game as they hash out this year's nominees and personal choices, and knock quite a few back in the process. No filters! More slurred words, rambling rationale, and meandering sentiments than...well, than the awards ceremony itself. Tune in, tank up, and flop out! JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear what you think of the show, a project we’ve discussed—or even something we haven’t! We can’t wait to hear from you! FB: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodRx/ TWTR: https://twitter.com/hollywood_rx IG: https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_rx/ EMAIL: [email protected]

Director Chloé Zhao and stellar-as-usual Frances McDormand pack a powerful, pastoral punch in this Grapes of Wrath for the 21st century. As post-retirement road movie, Nomadland has beguiled audiences with its frankness and understated emotion and the Doctors are no exception, even as they struggle with the line between documentary and narrative. PLUS: Booster Shot! Streaming with Dr. D! A Follow-up Visit! And Trailer Trash Talk! More ground covered here than an RV with a bottomless tank. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter & Instagram. Or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear what you think of the show, a project we’ve discussed—or even something we haven’t! We can’t wait to hear from you! FB: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodRx/ TWTR: https://twitter.com/hollywood_rx INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/hollywood_rx/ EMAIL: [email protected]

Bridgerton infuses pre-Victorian romance with an IV of diversity training and a snuff box's worth of whatever the hell Baz Luhrmann's on. Too steamy? There's always WandaVision, which puts its heroine in a literally sex-less world of homogeneity governed by the laws of classic television comedies. This double diagnosis has the Doctors break down two of the most watched programs of the streaming season. Grab your headphones and clutch those pearls -- it's going to be a bumpy ride...

George Clooney stars in and directs this unique take on the "last man on earth" genre, wherein a lone Artic research scientist tries to warn a returning spacecraft that there's no home to return to. If that all sounds too grim, don't worry -- there's plenty of dubious action to make anyone question the science. Bundle up...

Look, up there on your screen! It's Gal Gadot! It's Chris Pine! It's Kristin Wiig! It's...excruciating! The long-awaited (?) follow-up has burned up the streamwaves, giving DC's #1 heroine a break from all the lightweight crime of an '80s coloring book. Mallrats and fanny packs, beware! You don't need a golden lasso to rope this one in.