12: American Gangster, Part 2

12: American Gangster, Part 2

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11: American Gangster, Part 1

<div>Dave and Joanna talk about this fast-paced but very long film with so many cameos but maybe too many characters. Denzel gives a stellar performance as real-life gangster Frank Louis, but how much is real is up for debate . . . after all, gangsters aren’t known for being enti ...  Show more

10: Munich, Part 2

<div>In the second part of the Munich discussion, Dave and Joanna talk about the strange arc this story takes and the theme of going home after changing. Plus we’ll hear what really happened in the assassination attempts of Ali Hassan Salameh, and yes, we’ll talk about that</ ...  Show more

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