FilmBookCast Ep. 116 – SHIRLEY (2020)

Kevin Allen June 20, 2020Last Updated: June 20, 2020

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FilmBookCast Ep. 116

FilmBookCast is an entertainment industry podcast on the latest movie and television news.Each week, Kevin Allen discusses entertainment news, including TV and film trailers. In FilmBookCast Ep. 116, Kevin looks at previews of Palm Springs, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, Desperados starring Nasim Pedrad, and Deep Blue Sea 3. TV trailers include a preview of Close Enough from the creator of Regular Show; JG Quintel, a look at season two of Hanna on Amazon Prime Video, as well as a trailer for Netflix’s Cursed, starring Katherine Langford.

Among this week’s headlines: the Oscars ceremony has been pushed back two months. Kristen Stewart will play Princess Diana in a movie due to start filming in 2021. Jimmy Kimmel is taking the summer off.

Kevin wraps up every episode with a movie review. In FilmBookCast Ep. 116, he spotlights Shirley, directed by Josephine Decker.

Shirley‘s plot synopsis: “Renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband. The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naive young couple at their door.”

Shirley stars Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, and Odessa Young.

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MOVIE AND TV SHOW NEWS

Film News 2:15

Movie Trailer News 6:58

TV Show News 9:26

TV Trailers 13:55

FEATURED REVIEW

Shirley 16:29

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