Night of the Pregnant Buddy Gen-Zpires

      This week- four pack of gigglefests Kevin uses to invalidate the claim comedy left us.

     A renegade cop. An eccentric old man with an accent. A special breed of 
nightwalking bloodsucker. As the forces of darkness draw in, will Chuck Stee, the manliest cop to ever ignore people's rights, find and protect The Puritan? Will the Master bring about the Lock-In and an endless night for the city? A stop motion homage to the lost art of 1986 action films... Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires.
     After the pharmacy she works in is robbed June, an aimless wannabe Gen-Z influencer, takes matters into her own hands. Not just solving the crime which has baffled police but also find ways to finally get over her ex, gains some maturity, and possibly move out of her parent's house. The second feature from cult filmmaker and TV comedy veteran Nicholaus Goossen, Drugstore June.
     Dawn just gave birth to her second child and having trouble finding a new balance between home and work. Eden, Dawn's best friend, has a wonderful meet cute followed by a night of passion that leaves her ghosted and pregnant. As Eden navigates pregnancy in her own quirky way, Dawn finds herself worn thin from all angles. A vignetted look at overlooked facets of motherhood and sisterhood, the first directoral feature from voice acting great Pamela Adlon and the second from writer-producer-star Ilana Glazer, Babes.
     Dreux is a hard working waitress whose finally about to get her shot at a management position. Dreux lives with her best friend Alyssa, an aspiring artist, and Alyssa's boyfriend, Keshawn. Keshawn disappears as their landlord tells them they have until 6 to pay their rent, leaving both women stunned, penniless, and in a desperate scramble to get the funds. The first feature from music video director Lawrence Lamont and sitcom writer Syreeta Singleton, One of Them Days.
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   Episode 428- Night of the Pregnant Buddy Gen-Zpires

Talented Lactose

     This week- a pair of films about men on the edges of society taking youths under their wings.

     When washed up former football player, Curtis Plummer, is talked into spending his afternoons with his socially isolated niece, Jasmine. When he discovers her natural football throwing talent, he shapes her into the best quarterback to come out of their depressed former factory town. Inspired by but not even a little faithful to real events of the first girl to participate in the Pop Warner Football tournament, The Longshots.
     On the first anniversary of her daughter's abduction a woman sits on a park bench. Elsewhere, the missing girl and her friends are fighting off demons. And soon The Milkman cometh to both. The second film by Case Esparros, featuring influential performance artist Gary Wilson, and a soundtrack by experimental musician Aaron Dilloway- The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost.
     All that and Craig has a personal moment, Tyler relives his gridiron glorydays, Dave laments his lack of rennet, and Kevin makes a blood offering to the gods of nü-metal but wears the wrong kind of pants. Join us, won't you?
   Episode 412- Talented Lactose