That's No Moon

     This week we bring 2023 to a close with our most topical episode yet... 

     After Augie Steenbeck and his family arrive for the Junior Stargazers Convention, he is convinced to finally tell his four children about the death of their mother. Soon Midge Campbell, a weary actress, and her daughter occupy the cabin next door as the little roadside destination is full of kids, singing cowboys, and high ranking military personnel. All of which will be dwarfed by a close encounter and the metafictional nature of it all. Wes Anderson's latest feature, Asteroid City.
     The Motherworld has long been a vast monarchist military empire supported by endless conquest and currently fueled by rage over their assassinated royal family. When the all consuming machine reaches the quiet farming planet of Veldt, the garrison left behind will push the people into revolt. Giving former soldier, Kora, only 9 weeks to rally support for the usually peaceful inhabitants. Zach Snyder's first entry in what he hopes to make a sprawling sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon- Part One: A Child of Fire.
     All that and Dave ages, Kevin still feels the holly jolly, Tyler swings manically, and Craig prepares a tearful goodbye for Mr. Beepy. Join us, won't you?
   Episode 341- That's No Moon

The Chilean Epistle

     This week- two films about reaching out to the wide world through the written word.
     It is the last issue of the Eunni-sur-Blazé bureau of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Star. Take a look at the final articles to ever roll off those presses and the lovingly crowd sourced obituary of its managing editor and co-founder. A parody tribute to the gone 1950s glory days of The New Yorker. A film that takes many of that publications best contributors and twees them to maddening levels. A film so Wes Anderson that if it's ever screened with any of this other films it may rip apart our reality... The French Dispatch.
     Daniela is eager to explore her sexuality despite the oppression of her heavily Protestant family. She starts a blog to share her exploration with others in similar circumstances. Before long she finds herself in a precarious position at home and questioning everything she was raised to believe while also perusing relationships with two coworkers at her religious television internship. Will she return to her faith? Will she pick the religious boyfriend or the secular girlfriend? How many different lives can she juggle before they all collapse upon her? How long until her mother discovers her blog? Will Daniela settle or remain Young & Wild (Joven y alocada)?
     All that and Dave becomes the night, Tyler forgets something, and Kevin makes peace with visitors from beyond the sky. Join us, won't you?

 
Episode 254- The Chilean Epistle