John (Rory Cochrane) came to Hollywood to live out that Bukowski life and grind away at being a writer. He's spent years working garbage temp jobs, renting an actual house (a luxury in 2026!), and apparently only writing to his uncle instead of working on novels, shorts, poems or screenplays. But, at least John has some equally scummy friends (Ron Livingston and Christian Meoli), a potential (and equally vapid) love interest in Kyra Sedgewick, a new job working for a slumlord (James Le Gros) and a new roommate from the midwest (Sean Astin).Is his life going to turn around? Will he complete a novel and fall in love? Will he treat his enthusiastic and dorky new roomie with respect and appreciate all the things he does for him? Will irate people throw bottles at him or will dudes make weird passes at him when he's really bummed out? Marvel at how young Rory Cochrane is. Check out Renee Zellweger in a blink and you'll miss it role and ponder how differently her career would have been without Jerry Maguire. We've also got Shawnee Smith as "little tramp girl", and JT Walsh in a George Hickenlooper film (a guy who almost made it big with "Sling Blade"). Tune in and find out if this is a lost gem from the mid 90's.#rorycochrane #reneezellweger #kyrasedgewick #ronlivingston #seanastin #90s #indiefilm #podcast #moviereview