Episode 13. David Mamet Month: Spartan

This is SPARTAN!!! And David Mamet Month is coming to a close. We
end the first Mamet Month (so there will be more Mamet month's to
come? You betcha!) with his 2004 action thriller, Spartan,
starring Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill, Tia
Texada, and basically the entire cast of State and Main—so we
really come full circle.

But before we go to the desert, we announce NEXT MONTH'S THEME:
3rd films in a franchise:


9/3: Alien 3

9/10: Before Midnight

9/17: Three Colours: Red

9/24: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker



What else did we watch this week? Dre kicks off with Amazon
Prime's The Vast of Night, a little science-fiction period film
with a lot of listening. While Goodman watched two movies:
Spider-man: Far From Home and its director, Jon Watt's (more or
less) first film, Cop Car, so he can see if Marvel picked the
right director for the job.

Then we get into Spartan and discuss Mamet's script and
direction, the cast—including Val Kilmer and his top 5
performances, and Geoff Pierson who also starred in The Wrong
Missy (with a bonus review from Goodman)—all the Mamet regulars
(including his brother and two daughters), and give a special
remembrance for Morris Lamore.

In the BOOM (Based On Other Movies) test kitchen, Goodman cooks
up an Instant Pot quarantine classic: Mushroom Risotto


2 cups chicken stock - Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

1 cup Arborio rice - Get Carter (1971)

12 oz. frozen mushrooms - The Dark Knight

Garnish with Parmigiano Reggiano - Terminal Velocity



Can you name the film?

Then swing your chain, walk your dog and join us on The Quote
Parade!

Coming up next week, we kick off a new theme for September
with David Fincher's first film (and what was almost his last):
Alien 3.

SONG CREDITS:
Theme music: "70s Funk" by Frank Cogliano
What we watched music: "Let's all go to the lobby" by Jack K.
Tillar (lyrics)
BOOM! music: "Daddy O" by Little Red Church
Closing music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert
The Quote Parade music: "Pelican Parade" by Richard J. Freitas
and Geraldine Brioso