Tune in as Arthur’s buddy Kailey hangs out on 2CC for a deep dive into Wednesday, the 2022 Netflix series that centers around Wednesday Addams—yes, the very same Wednesday of the morbidly eccentric Addams Family. Plenty of topics are discussed here, including a debate over the Love Triangle trope, the show‘s deliciously ruthless critique of … Continue reading #89 – Netflix’s Wednesday | Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (with Kailey)
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#88 – Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Directed by Rian Johnson (with Shawn Allred of Cheapseat Reviews)
Tune in as Shawn Allred (Cheapseat Reviews) drops by for a breakdown of Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the 2022 whodunnit movie that serves as the sequel to 2019’s Knives Out. That’s right, master detective Benoit Blanc is now going from the wealthy Drysdale family to tech billionaire Miles Bron and his band … Continue reading #88 – Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Directed by Rian Johnson (with Shawn Allred of Cheapseat Reviews)
My 2 Cents on Honeymoon
Premise: "A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night." There’s plenty to enjoy about the 2014 horror sci-fi movie Honeymoon, even with its imperfections. The slow-burn pacing builds up a creeping tension that left me uncomfortable for the majority of … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Honeymoon
My 2 Cents on The Only Child by Kayte Nunn
Thank you to NetGalley and Penzler Publishers for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review! What's new, everyone? The Only Child, the just-published mystery novel by Kayte Nunn (The Botanist's Daughter), follows a slow-burn mystery that cuts back and forth between the past and the present. First, there's the year 1949, … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Only Child by Kayte Nunn
My 2 Cents on The Darkest Game by Joseph Schneider
What’s new, everyone? Joseph Schneider has just come out with The Darkest Game, the third standalone entry in his LAPD Detective Tully Jarsdel Mystery series. Marcus Tullius “Tully” Jarsdel himself is a Los Angeles-based homicide detective who was once a history PhD candidate. His erudite and pensive personality makes him an easy target for mockery and dismissal, especially … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Darkest Game by Joseph Schneider
My 2 Cents on The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for giving me a copy of this eARC in exchange for my honest review! What’s new, everybody? Have you ever wished you could pay a visit to a place that would let you take a vacation back in time to any number of notable historical destinations, such as … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (with Johnna Scrabis and Sabrina B. Jordan of Mean Book Club)
Tune in as comedians and podcasters Johnna Scrabis and Sabrina B. Jordan (Mean Book Club) join the show to unpack their thoughts and feelings on 2012’s Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Dark Places, Sharp Objects). What is quite possibly one of the most iconic examples of domestic noir—you could also just call this genre “psychological … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (with Johnna Scrabis and Sabrina B. Jordan of Mean Book Club)
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Verity by Colleen Hoover (with J.W. Friedman and Chris Collision of I Don’t Even Own a Television)
Tune in as J.W. Friedman and Chris Collision hop over from the bad-book podcast I Don’t Even Own a Television to break down Verity, the 2018 psychological thriller novel by bestselling romance author Colleen Hoover (It Ends with Us, November 9). The chills never stop as the book follows broke thriller writer Lowen Ashleigh on the … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Verity by Colleen Hoover (with J.W. Friedman and Chris Collision of I Don’t Even Own a Television)
My 2 Cents on Reminiscence
What’s new, everyone? When the trailer for the science-fiction neo-noir thriller Reminiscence dropped back in June 2021, I thought it was one of the best cut trailers of the year. And then it had its release date of August 30 in theaters and on HBO Max, at which point critics tore into it. Now that I’ve had … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Reminiscence
Interview with Author Manda Collins (An Heiress’s Guide to Deception and Desire)
This isn’t any regular old review, listeners. Nope, 2CC is presenting its first ever author interview (albeit one that kicked off with a technical blunder)! Arthur has brought on historical romance author Manda Collins, whose work includes A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem, the Studies in Scandal series, and the Ugly Ducklings series, with … Continue reading Interview with Author Manda Collins (An Heiress’s Guide to Deception and Desire)
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