Low Key

What happens when you give jail inmates more control over their lives? Let's poor some hooch, light up some coffee cigarettes, and talk about Netflix's Unlocked: A Jail Experiment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode, your pod pals Keith, Aaron and Tim talk about Netflix's the Three Body Problem, how the Game of Thrones guys love killing everyone you love, and how weird it is when supermodels are cast as cops and EMTs. We like the Three Body Problem, based on the novel by Liu Cixin that Tim is not sophisticated enough to understand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we talk about our love of the brilliant X-Men 97, dream re-cast the 2000 X-Men movie, and pitch the greatest comic-book story that will never, ever be made. We also imagine a solution to the Logan-Scott-Jean love triangle, talk about past great animated shows, and envision a plan for world peace inspired by Magneto.Come to me, my X-Men (fans).P.S. Tim was wrong about X-Men #168 being the first issue he ever bought. It was #185. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Netflix's Damsel flips the typical woman captured by beast narrative on its head, and lets the women take the lead but is it successful? Aaron and Keith talk about Millie Bobby Brown's performance as a fantasy heroine, why Damsel might have the best dragon CGI ever, and the oddness of so many reviewers focusing on gender while completely missing the impactful Grendel parallels for the main antagonist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the Dune 2 worth the hype, or does the adaptation fail to build on the original film's strengths? Aaron, Keith and Tim talk through the challenges of watching science fiction epics, why the Dune series is flipping the typical hero formula, and how Dune 2 is likely to influence future Hollywood projects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode we talk about Griselda, the story of a woman who can sell drugs and kill people as well as any man.Tim loves it, Keith has some reservations, Aaron finds some things goofy.Also, since we recorded this conversation, the lawsuit filed by Griselda's son has been settled. Hooray! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer-director Issa Lopez enlists The Greatest Actress Ever, Jodie Foster, and rising star Kali Reis to reinvent HBO's gloriously gloomy crime series.Also: Check out Sonya Alexander's terrific interview with Issa Lopez for Moviemaker Magazine right here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This is a true story. We discuss the first four episodes of the magnificent Fargo Season 5.Also here's the deal with the nipple rings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Did people who got offended by No Hard Feelings actually see No Hard Feelings?We also talk about Hall & Oates, Nelly Furtado, ?uestlove and the youth of today Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode, we talk about how Low Key Season 2 is the Wire Season 2 of Disney+ shows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about Netflix's live-action pirate adventure series One Piece, and whether it bodes well for the future of live-action anime adaptations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We dig into the space procedural Ahsoka, the 400th Disney+ Star Wars series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 finally puts our favorite, Rocket Raccoon, at center stage, even if he spends most of the movie asleep. We're divided on the latest from the great James Gunn, but that leads to a discussion of our favorite superhero movies ever and which comic books we wish we could adapt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We think Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux are very good in The White House Plumbers, and we realize the writers had a very difficult job to do, and we love and respect all writers everywhere. But this just wasn't our thing.Also, Aaron wonders why there are so many Nazis in our films and TV shows, because fuck those guys.Finally, Tim recommends the excellent 2004 mockumentary Confederate States of America by Kevin Willmott. And this is maybe Keith's least-favorite conversation ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prepare to be delighted by Rye Lane, a film about two people who've recently broken up with others and make a quick connection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.