Lynn & Carl speak with Michael James Reed, starring in the St. louis Actors' Studio's production of Uncle Vanya (& currently nominated for St. Louis Theater Circle best supporting actor in a drama for Proof). Then they talk new releases: Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Sharper and Your Place of Mine. Plus the Awards and Theater roundup.
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 10 min
This week, Lynn & Carl talk to Joe Gfaller from the Metro Theater Company about their new show Spells of the Sea (and their next show, Go Dog Go). Then they discuss new releases Magic Mike's Last Dance and Turn Every Page. Plus the Theater roundup.
Feb 09, 2023•51 min
After a brief hiatus, Lynn & Carl return to talk to Myah Gary about her new play, "Feminine Energy" from Mustard Seed Theatre at Fontbonne beginning this weekend. Then the new releases: Knock at the Cabin, You People, Shotgun Wedding, Poker Face and Triangle of Sadness. Plus a look at the Oscar noms and the Theatre Roundup - including SIX!
Feb 02, 2023•51 min
Lynn & Carl speak with Chauncy Thomas from The Black Rep's Production of Death of a Salesman, opening next week. Then they look at new releases: A Man Called Otto, M3GAN, The Pale Blue Eye, the Dionne Warwick documentary, Wildcat and the Abbey Road Studios documentary - If These Walls Could Sing.
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Lynn & Carl welcome Cam Wiggs from Popcorn for Breakfast, Jim Batts from We Are Movie Geeks and St. Louis Film Critics President Jim Tudor from Zeke Film (plus a cameo from Max on Movies) to give their favorite, least favorite, most disappointing and thoughts on trends in film for 2022.
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Lynn & Carl talk to Chris Clark from Cinema St. Louis about their big news of purchasing the legendary Hi-Point Theatre. Then they discuss new releases: Babylon, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Plus the Saint Louis Film Critics Awards announcements.
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Lynn & Carl speak with Mark Fishback, who plays Santa in the Elf the Musical Tour at the Fabulous Fox December 20-24. They then discuss new (& not so new) releases: Avatar: The Way of Water, RRR and The Menu. Plus StLFCA, CCA, and the Theater Roundup.
Dec 16, 2022•59 min
Lynn & Carl talk about the movies they are trying to cram in their brains before the Saint Louis Film Critics Association's year-end awards including another look at Tar and new releases: The Whale, White Noise, Empire of Light, Emancipation and Spoiler Alert. Plus Lynn has the Saint Louis Area Theatre Roundup.
Dec 10, 2022•58 min
Lynn & carl speak with some of the delightful actresses from The New Jewish Theater's (jccstl.com) production of Jerry's Girls, Lisa Rosenstock & returning guest Christina Rios. They talk about the show, Wakanda Forever and new releases: Violent Night, Wendell & Wild, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Devotion, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, The Inspection and The Swimmers. Plus Pat Maroon takes the high road on body shaming.
Dec 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Lynn & Carl talk to Dea Hoover from AreWeThereYetDea.com Tours to talk about her new book about Hannibal, MO. Followed by the new releases: Knives Out: Glass Onion, The Fabalmans, Strange World, A Christmas Story Christmas and People who we Hate at the Wedding. Plus Carl apologizes for being in the car with a crappy signal.
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Lynn & Car speak with Jennifer Theby Quinn, whose one-woman show, "The Twelve Dates of Christmas" will be Nov 25 - Dec 23 at Westport. then they discus the new releases: A Christmas Story Christmas, Disenchanted, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, She Said and Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. Plus The Muny Announced it's 105th Season.
Nov 19, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Lynn & Carl speak with Kevin McBeth (NOT MacBeth) of SLSO.org 's IN UNISON CHORUS about their Gospel Christmas: Thursday, December 15, 2022, 7:30pm. Plus new releases: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Enola Holmes 2, Spirited, Aftersun, Fire of Love and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Also SLIFF Wraps Up this weekend with His Girl Friday & Jeremiah Johnson and the Stages gala with Norbert Leo Butz.
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Lynn & Carl speak with Chris Clark from Cinema St. Louis to discuss the 31st annual Whitaker St Louis International Film Festival featuring local movies, Golden Anniversaries and major new films- Empire of Light, She Said & A New Home (to name just a few). Then Lynn touches on new releases: Armageddon Time, The Banshees of Innersheran, Causeway & Good Night Oppy. Plus Carl took part of the 100th Greater Saint Louis Honor Flight.
Nov 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Lynn & Carl speak with longtime journalist Charlie Brosworth Jr. He & his co-author Joel Schwartz (defense attorney for Russel Faria) will be at the St Louis Jewish Book Festival https://jccstl.com/ on Monday, Nov. 7 to discuss their nonfiction book, "Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case." The Book Fest is Nov. 6-13 at the J. Other guests at the 44th annual book festival include TV producer and reality star Phil Rosenthal, the headliner, on Nov. 5, and former ambassador Mari...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 12 min
This week Lynn & Carl speak with Berklea Going, former Muny Kid who will be starring in Disney's Frozen: The Musical at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Also new releases: Ticket to Paradise, Black Adam, Tar, Raymond & Ray and The Curse of Bridge Hallow. Plus Halloween Happenings & the Theater Roundup.
Oct 22, 2022•59 min
Lynn & Carl speak with Paul Hibbard on his Hysteria Film Fest at the Arkadin Cinema & Bar. And new releases: Halloween Ends, Rosaline, I Love You - You Hate Me and The Good Nurse. Plus the theater roundup featuring Hadestown, A Little Night Music and St Louis Woman.
Oct 15, 2022•1 hr 8 min
This week Lynn & Carl speak with Joe Hanrahan from MidnightCompany.com about "St. Louis Woman" and Lara Teeter from Webster's "American Idiot" Production webster.edu/conservatory. Plus new releases: Amsterdam, Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and The Good House.
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 4 min
This week, Lynn& Carl speak with Gary F. Bell, Artistic Director of www.straydogtheatre.org to discuss Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" opening Oct. 6 and Franki Cambeletta to discuss his 2nd HauntedGarageHorrorFest,com at Westport Playhouse Oct. 7-9. Plus new releases: Hocus Pocus 2, The Greatest Beer Run Ever and Bros.
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Lynn & Carl talk to Robert Ashton from the Albion Theatre Company and about their first play, Heroes. Then it's off to new releases: Blonde, Don't Worry Darling, Sydney & Andor. Plus the theater and scandal roundup
Sep 25, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Lynn & Carl (traveling on the road to Riot Fest in Chicago) speak to John O'Brien from the Fabulous Fox Theatre about their 40th Broadways Series Season with eight shows beginning with "Ain't Too Proud" starting Tuesday. Plus there are bonus shows not in the package - and Carl cannot wait for the Illusionists Magic of the Holidays show. Then Lynn & Carl talk about all the new releases they didn't see and Confess, Fletch.
Sep 18, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Lynn & calr welcome am Wiggs, one half of the Popcorn For Breakfast podcast to talk new releases on Disney+ Day: Pinocchio, Cars on the Road, Clerks III, and McEnroe. Plus a summer movie recap and fall movie preview.
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Lynn & Carl have a great discussion with Stéphane Denève (who recommends Grande Vadrouille: https://youtu.be/T1BKfNQZB0g) from The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO.org) who are beginning their new season on September 14th in Forest Park. Then, Pop Life StL's CB Adams joins to talk classical music, and the new releases: Sing for the Day, Me Time, Honk for Jesus Save Your Soul, Samaritan and Kaepernick & America. Plus Carl binged Only Murders in the Building, so that leads to a wild disc...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Lynn & Carl speak with Martin Casas from Apotheosis Comics about the 60th Anniversary of Spider-Man. All while discussing, She-Hulk Attorney at Law, X-Men, the Umbrella Academy, Daredevil, Deadpool, Ms. Marvel and comics in general. They also discuss new releases: 3000 Years of Longing and Breaking. Plus how to sell your comic collection.
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Lynn & Carl spend the entire show talking to Glenn McCoy, Lynn's former colleague at the Belleville News-Democrat who now works for Illumination making animated features like the Despicable Me / Minions series and The Secret Life of Pets series and has worked on Ice Age, the Dr. Seuss franchise and had has a near 30-year comic strip, The Duplex. Plus a tribute to Jeff Burton.
Aug 20, 2022•1 hr 11 min
This week Lynn & Carl talk to Carrie Houk about the Seventh annual Tennessee Williams Festival St Louis with Bradley Tejeda one of the stars of The Rose Tattoo - Under the Big Top next weekend. They then talk new releases: Bodies Bodies Bodies, Thirteen Lives and Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down. Plus the Monty Python Movie Party at the Grandel, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Fast Times' anniversary and Anne Heche and Oliva Newton-John.
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 5 min
This week Lynn & Carl talk to Lee Anne Mathews, Artistic director of The Westport Playhouse and their show Discover DaVinci & Michelangelo - The Titans Experience (plus a BOGO code: "ThisWeekend"). And they then talk about the new releases: Bullet Train, Luck, Easter Sunday, and Alone Together. Plus The Color Purple is at the Muny.
Aug 06, 2022•1 hr 3 min
This week Lynn & Carl dry off from the rain and flooding and discuss the resilience of the Saint Louis theater community with The Muny's Legally Blonde and Stages' In the Heights. Plus new releases: Paradise Highway, Vengeance, Light & Magic and DC's League of Super Pets
Jul 29, 2022•41 min
This week Lynn & Carl get right to it in this heat with new releases: Jordan Peele's Nope, The Gray Man on Netflix, American Pie: The Day the Music Died on Paramount +, The Last Movie Stars on HBO Max, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris in theaters. Plus Sweeney Todd at The Muny and the Local Roundup.
Jul 23, 2022•57 min
Lynn & Carl speak with Chris Clark from Cinema St. Louis and Joey Puleo on "A New Home" documentary. Chris will give an overview of SLFS and Joey will talk about filming the Bosnian community, and we'll discuss local filmmaking. The new releases: Thor: Love and Thunder and Phantom of the Open. Plus RIP James Caan
Jul 09, 2022•1 hr 4 min
This week Lynn & Carl talk to Taylor Gruenloh about the Tesseract Theater Company's new season including The Length of a Pop Song - email him for some FREE tickets: contact@tesseracttheatre.com. Plus they discuss new releases: Mr. Malcolm's List, Rise, Endangered, The Princess, Beavis and Butt-head Do the Universe and Minions: The Rise of Gru. Then a preview of Thor: Love & Thunder and the Theater Roundup.
Jul 02, 2022•1 hr 5 min