“SSDD. Same shit, different day…”
Hello? Jonesy. Jesus Christ, I knew it was you. Where’s he taking you? Massachusetts. He is? Duddits, OK… Jonesy, I will. You hang in there. Jonesy? Jonesy. He hung up… Well, it’s back to hitchhiking for The Losers’ Club as they try to stop Mr. Gray, the big meanie behind Lawrence Kasdan‘s 2003 Stephen King adaptation Dreamcatcher.
Starring Thomas Jane, Timothy Olymphant, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Tom Sizemore, and Morgan Freeman, the star-studded production was matched behind the scenes with Kasdan co-writing the picture alongside Hollywood icon William Goldman. So, what went wrong? How did the stars not align in this one? Why was this a flop?
These are the questions the Losers wrestle with in their latest movie episode. So, grab a toothpick and join co-hosts Randall Colburn, Michael Roffman, Rachel Reeves, and I Blame Society writer-director Gillian W. Horvat as they revisit the curious Kasdan joint and meditate on a kind of blockbuster we just don’t get anymore (and probably never will again).
Stream the episode below and return next week when the Losers revisit a decidedly better received King adaptation in David Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone with author Gretchen Felker-Martin. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS.
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