Episode 219: Licorice Pizza - Being The Ricardos

Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard for a double feature. First (Beginning-1:04:42), they break down the newest movie from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, "Licorice Pizza" and discuss Anderson's bold choice to place two film newcomers in the leading roles in Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim, the movie's depiction of show business in the 1970s in Los Angeles, the obscure digressions the story takes that include cameos from Sean Penn and Bradley Cooper and much more! Then (1:04:43-End)they talk about Aaron Sorkin's Being the Ricardos and how Nicole Kidman did in portraying iconic actress Lucille Ball, Sorkin's attempt to jump across multiple timelines in telling Ball's story, the choice to focus the movie on a week during which Ball was under fire for allegedly being a Communist and much more!