Episode 389: A Real Pain-Venom The Last Dance

Josh is joined by recurring guest Ben Luben for a very logical double feature. First, they talk about Jesse Eisenberg's second directorial effort, "A Real Pain" (Beginning-47:06) including how it balanced subject matter as heavy as the Holocaust with comedic moments, the performances from Kieran Culkin and Eisenberg, the ways in which it explores a particular type of American Jewish experience and much more! Then, they talk about "Venom: The Last Dance" including the ways in which it struggled where its predecessors succeded in striking the right balance of silliness and serious storytelling, what characters should have been brought back from the earlier movies, if it went too far in trying to tell a story about alien researchers and much more!