469 - Send Help

Eavesdropping at the Movies by Eavesdropping at the Movies

Mar 19, 202600:24:46TV & Film

Send Help sees Rachel McAdams marooned on a desert island with her asshole boss in a cartoonishly gory comic adventure the likes of which made director Sam Raimi's name. We discuss how feminist it really is - at the very...

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