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Mar 2020
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Gerald's Game Movie Revisited

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The Losers take off the cuffs and kick back on the cabin couch to revisit Mike Flanagan's Gerald's Game. Together, they discuss what makes the source material so complicated for the screen, Bruce Greenwood's unbelievable physique, and why the dog should have been voiced by Jim Belushi. 


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