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Nov 2024
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Episode 374: “Woman of the Hour” with Lu...

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We are taking a look at Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, the new Netflix movie focusing on the true story about serial killer Rodney Alcala’s 1978 appearance on The Dating Game. Plus we look at other true crime stories dramatized on film. Lucy Fitzgerald from Wine & Crime joins us.

What’s Good:

Alonso - End of Daylight Savings Time

Drea - Memorizing Geography

Lucy - Going to Italy

Ify - Magic-Con
 

ITIDIC:

  1. Newsom calls for big boost in funding for California’s film and TV tax credit, throwing Hollywood a lifeline
  2. Nicole Kidman Says She’s Acting in So Many Projects Because ‘I Can Create Jobs for People’ and Help Newcomers in Hollywood
  3. ‘Oregon Trail’ Action-Comedy Movie In Development at Apple

Christmas Movie Minute:

  1. Hallmark Mystery
  2. Christmas Charade
  3. Five Year Christmas Party
  4. See You Next Christmas

Staff Picks:

Alonso - Chasing Chasing Amy

Drea - A Real Pain

Lucy - True Crime Bullshit & Somewhere In The Pines

Ify -  Don’t Breathe

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With
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Ify Nwadiwe

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

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