Uncertain Age

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye place a bet on the 2013 movie Last Vegas, where four lifelong friends—played by Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline—reunite in Sin City for a bachelor party. Does the film hit the jackpot or is it a case of what happens in Vegas should have stayed in Vegas? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s...

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye play the cinematic lottery and watch the 2022 film Jerry and Marge Go Large, starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening, where a retired couple go all-in after finding a mathematical loophole in the WinFall lottery. Is the film a safe bet or a useless Scratch-it of your precious time?  Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s...

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye go back to the egg for the 1985 classic Cocoon, where a retirement community discovers a hidden pool containing alien cocoons, hence the name. Is the film as rejuvenating as it was back in the day, or is it a pile of pupa? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know a...

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye check in to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the 2011 British comedy drama involving seven retirees relocating to India to start their next—and last—phase of life. Is the service to our liking or will we be demanding a refund? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us kno...

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye revisit the 2002 Alexander Payne film, About Schmidt. What’s it about? Schmidt, of course. Does star Jack Nicholson’s performance make you forget that he’s, well, JACK FREAKING NICHOLSON, or does Schmidt’s journey through grief, regret, and redemption ring hollow? Find out on Uncertain Age!

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and an artificially intelligent Dale Basye are visited by the 2023 film Jules, which stars Ben Kingsley as a widower whose quiet routine is upended when a UFO crashes in his backyard. Is Milton truly having a close encounter or is this just a sign of early onset dementia? Find out!

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye pay a visit to the poignant 2020 drama The Father. Anthony Hopkins plays, well…Anthony: a man struggling with memory loss and confusion who refuses help from his daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman). Does the film offer a compelling portrait of dementia or is it ultimately, um: forgettable? Find out!

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye exhume the 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude where Bud Cort plays Harold Chasen, a wealthy young man obsessed with death and staging fake suicides who meets Maude Chard (Ruth Gordon) a free-spirited 79-year-old woman who embraces life to its fullest. Does the film put the “fun” in “funeral”? Find out!

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye put on their metaphoric jerseys and review the 2023 comedy 80 for Brady, where acting legends Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field play lifelong friends who bond over NFL quarterback Tom Brady. Will the film have you on your feet cheering or rolling your eyes with full-contact cringe? Find out!

Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye bite into Grumpy Old Men: the 1993 comedy that reunited once-Odd Couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The film follows two curmudgeonly neighbors who have been feuding for years. Grumpy Old Men was a critical and commercial success and started the popular Grumpy-Core movement…or would have, if such a thing had existed. Does t...

Welcome to Uncertain Age: a podcast about movies & TV shows, only viewed through the lens of those—shall we say—of a certain age. Each week, hosts Anna Nicholas and Dale Basye review a movie or show and discuss how it portrays older characters and themes. Anna is a writer, director, actress, and studied law before realizing that life is too short. Dale Basye is a writer, film critic, musician,...