Episode 47. The Taylor Sheridan Experience: Sicario & Sicario: Day of the Soldado

As soon as Sicario came out, we knew Taylor Sheridan was a good
screenwriter.  Three films later (with two more about to
drop in the next few weeks), he's cementing his status as a great
screenwriter. And for the next month or so, we're diving deep
into his filmography, starting with a double dose of Sick-ario
action with the original and the sequel, Sicario: Day of the
Soldado.

But first we have to talk about the 2021 Oscars (the Lauren
Lapkus snub still hurts) and what we watched this week. Dre
started with Mortal Kombat (not the good one); the 1974 James
Caan film, The Gambler; The Father featuring Anthony Hopkin's
Academy Award winning performance (sorry, Chadwick); and the
latest film by someone he follows on Twitter (Brian Duffield),
Spontaneous, which is about high school kids spontaneously
exploding (could happen).

Goodman couldn't stomach finishing Mortal Kombat, so instead he
rewatched the Quentin Tarantino gear-head exploitation film,
Death Proof (one half of the great Grindhouse combo) and Friends
with Kids, written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, and
starring half the cast of Bridesmaids.

Then we go all inter-agency taskforce and move to the El
Paso/Juarez border for a hell of a lot of drug cartels and the
badasses waging war on them... if only it was a war worth
fighting. We talk the casts, the quotes, the trivia, and
more!

Next week we're going full Tom Clancy with the Michael B.
Jordan starring Without Remorse, written by Taylor
Sheridan and directed by Sicario: Day of the Soldado's Stefano
Sollima. Let's see if the magic is back!
SONG CREDITS:
Theme music: "70s Funk" by Frank Cogliano
Closing music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert