The Suspense is Killing Us Kevlar C

The big banks are Big Bads in this trio of finance-based potboilers! You're about to overdraft...on death!

BOILER ROOM (2000, Ben Younger)
THE INTERNATIONAL (2009, Tom Tykwer)
ARBITRAGE (2012, Nicholas Jarecki)

We're talking about three movies based on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series, in descending order of likelihood you've ever seen it!

THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999, Anthony Minghella)
RIPLEY'S GAME (2002, Liliana Cavani)
RIPLEY UNDER GROUND (2005, Roger Spottiswoode)

To analyze the work of cantankerous crime writer James Ellroy, we're discussing an award winning classic, a notorious Brian DePalma flop and also Street Kings. Whatever you desire, this episode has it!

LA CONFIDENTIAL (1997, Curtis Hanson)
THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006, Brian DePalma)
STREET KINGS (2008, David Ayer)

Special guest Seth Goodkind joins us to discuss the iconic Charles Bronson, specifically the time in his career when he made movies for Golan/Globus that were directed by J. Lee Thompson. It wasn't exactly the prime of his career...or was it? No.

10 TO MIDNIGHT (1983, J. Lee Thompson)
MURPHY'S LAW (1986, J. Lee Thompson)
KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS (1989, J. Lee Thompson)

We take a look at some of the, uh, lesser known output of actress/movie star Halle Berry. Hey, they can't all be GOTHIKA.

RICH MAN'S WIFE (1996, Amy Holden Jones)
THE CALL (2013, Brad Anderson)
KIDNAP (2017, Luis Prieto)

Greetings and salutations, we're taking a look at the career of counterculture icon Christian Slater!

GLEAMING THE CUBE (1989, Graeme Clifford)
KUFFS (1992, Bruce A. Evans)
HARD RAIN (1998, Mikael Salomon)