About this episode

The episode reviews Ridley Scott's film 'The Dog Stars', discussing its story, performances, and direction.

For this week's main podcast review, Katie Johnson and Giovanni Lago join me to review and discuss the latest film from legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott, "The Dog Stars," starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Allison Janney, and Benedict Wong. The film follows the survivors of a global flu pandemic as they adjust to the new world around them in the wake of this disaster. Ridley Scott may be a masterful technician with an iconic resume of many classic films, but how is his latest? Please tune in, either on video or audio only, as we discuss the story, performances, Ridley's direction, the writing by Mark L. Smith, the crafts, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! https://youtu.be/EnD9JRaL_58 Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this…

People in this episode

Host: unknown

Guests: Katie Johnson, Giovanni Lago

Topics covered

• film review
• Ridley Scott
• pandemic
• survival
• performances
• direction

Keywords

• The Dog Stars
• Ridley Scott
• film review
• pandemic
• survivors
• performances
• direction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Dog Stars, NextBestPicture.com

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