96. Paterson & Fantastic Beasts

Harry Potter is back! At least, in franchise form. JK Rowling and director David Yates have extended the cinematic Potterverse by just a smidge with Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, a Hogwarts textbook turned glittering 1920s-set romp. Sam's review will help you decide whether its mix of jolly magical critters, delightfully stereotypical culture clashes, and Nazi analogues is for you.Danny also reviews Paterson, in which rising star Adam Driver fully embraces the spirit of nominative determinism by playing a damn driver - a bus driver, to be exact. The unhurried, reflective film has set critics raving, but features no wizards or dragons. If Jim Jarmusch is hoping to launch a 15-film extended universe franchise with this, well, all we can say is good luck mate.Also! We discuss listener suggestions to improve classic films, for example making 12 Angry Men's 12 men angrier and Jaws friendlier to sharks; we look forward to Adam McKay teaching us a thing or two about Dick with his upcoming Cheney biopic; and we get into a long brainy chinwag about the wokeness of Harry Potter and whether you can retcon diversity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.