The Latecomers

Episode Notes This week we marvel at the transformation of Thomas Jane in the 2017 Netflix film 1922. Sepia-toned and sad with many a reference to both King and beyond. And it’s our 150th episode!   Recommendations: The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) and His House (Netflix)   Next up: Mr. Mercedes Episode 1 and 2 (2017) (Available on Peacock or Amazon)   Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @lateco...

Episode Notes Sex Weekend Shenanigans this week as we discuss Gerald’s Game in a very blunt NSFW episode. There almost isn’t a trigger warning not to include here – so join with caution. Jessie wants to indulge her husband and in doing so nearly causes her own demise. Join this wide ranging conversation that ranges from good BDSM practice to what a conversation with Kim Kardashian might be like.  ...

Episode Notes Recorded prior to the election - we tackle Chapter 1 of the most recent adaptation of the novel It from 2017. Even though there is no chapter designation this time, we take the cue from the sequel. We wax poetic about the talent of the kids bringing this story to life and the whole of the Skarsgård family and we rank horrors. This is a high of the season and we would love for you to...

Episode Notes Jake Chambers – a hero with the initials JC – is the only one who can save the tower, which serves as the foundation for the entire multiverse – a compelling set up to the astonishingly short Dark Tower from 2017. 4250 pages are distilled here into a tight 95 minutes that is entertaining and well acted but bears nearly no resemblance to the source material. We talk Dark Tower, fantas...

Episode Notes Jake comes to the end of his quest this week in the final episode of Hulu’s 11.22.63. Success proved to be failure and still we aren’t pleased with Jake’s actions or lack thereof. We make a comparison to the source material, lament the quick ending, and wonder who would have been better to remove the Franco-ness of it all. Then we discuss the upcoming schedule. Recommendations: Haunt...

Episode Notes It’s the heel turn episode this week as we watch episode 6: “Happy Birthday Lee Harvey Oswald” – is Bill messing things up? Yes. Is it Jake’s fault for checking out completely? Um, yeah, yes it is. So what do you do when you have a “brother” that is mucking up your plans? If it’s 1963 you have him committed. And with that, Amity takes her leave of Jake Epping entirely. Will we finish...

Episode Notes Join us for installment three of 11.22.63 wherein we take a Grey’s Anatomy detour thanks to the spectacular performance of TR Knight in these episodes. There’s a great deal of hurry up and wait in these middle episodes and Jake goes on an emotional roller coaster – in love! Fired! Murderous! It’s a whole vibe. Recommendations: The Outer Limits and The Vow (on HBO) Next up: 11.22.63 E...

Episode Notes Traveling back again to Holden Kentucky to watch Jake Amberson aka Epping aka James Franco just completely whiff any proof of self-preservation instinct as he repeatedly goes to a second location with a multiple murderer, though maybe Josh Duhamel is more charming than we are aware of. Then, once Jake finally puts the kibosh on Frank Dunning once and for all and makes the inexplicabl...

Episode Notes Firstly, we apologize because it sounds at time as though we are recording on an actual racetrack – we’re doing our best but the freeway is very very close to our house. Now, for the show itself – we watched episode 1 – The Rabbit Hole of 2016’s Hulu miniseries 11.22.63. We’ve got Stephen King (YAY). We’ve got time travel (YAY). We’ve got James Franco (Y…yeah). This week we get the l...

Episode Notes Skepticism and frustration abound this week as we discuss the Cusak/Jackson vehicle Cell that had everything going it and still ended up chaotic bad. We were rooting for the plethora of talent to tell us a good story but with indecision racking the ending, the film falls flat. Do quick edits a good action scene make? How gay is Sam Jackson’s character? Is Cusak’s girlfriend really an...

Episode Notes Buckle up because we’re going on a ride this week as we accompany Maria Bello on the worst road trip of her life (CW: Sexual Assault). We settle further into our belief that when you see Ann Dowd, you should run far and fast in the opposite direction. If you don’t take that hint, then I urge you to turn back at the “last chance to turn back” gas station. But if you find yourself in t...

Episode Notes This week we persevere through kitty co-hosting and losing almost all of one of a double record to bring you a heaping helping of adaptations of Stephen King’s “Gramma.” After an aperitif of Lovecraftian history, first up we discuss Barrett Oliver, who is abused by his parent and grandparent all in the span of 20 minutes in the 1986 episode of Twilight Zone. Then, we expand both them...

Episode Notes We missed you so for our first week back, we cover a whole bunch of things. We tried watching the first and last episode of Under the Dome which made for an impossible episode – so we spend a bit of time trying to sort through it. Then we move directly to 2014 film The Good Marriage (available on Amazon Prime) with the stunning Joan Allen and real cad Anthony LaPaglia. We’ve forgotte...

Episode Notes Is this necessary? Nah. Is it good? Yeah! We watched the third adaptation of Carrie starring actual teen Chloe Grace Moretz and a scenery chewing Julianne Moore. This Tommy is actually charming and this Billy is definitely on his third strike. More about the movie than about the plot, because we all know how this one goes, but it’s a fun watch. Recommendations: Palm Springs (Hulu) Ne...

Episode Notes Pierce Brosnan is visited by a plethora of ghosts, all with different agenda’s in this week’s miniseries: 2011’s Bag of Bones. He bucks his history of icy coldness with some full body sobbing in this pretty if harried adaptation. Amity has come to the end of her goodwill to Melissa George, but she is impressed with Mick Garris. Lemuel sticks up for Melissa and lauds Pierce. We discus...

Episode Notes Oof. This is a rough ride this week as we watched the remake by the original filmmaker of Children of the Corn. Twenty-five years after the original film and what have we in this version? More perverse child sex! Less likeable characters! No monster at all! Wait, what? Yeah, that’s right – that’s the remake that was put together for all of us to… enjoy? We’re so sorry if you watched...

Episode Notes This week we dug into 2009 Christian Slater vehicle “Dolan’s Cadillac.” We debate the merits of early pregnancy knowledge, the uselessness of cops and the grief black women go through for a paycheck. We also discuss various aspects of Christian Slater from his abs to his monkey heart. Recommendations: The Perfection (Netflix) and Shirley (Hulu) Next up: Children of the Corn (2009) Em...

Episode Notes This week we discuss a monster masterpiece with a torturous ending, 2007’s The Mist. Wherein during our discussion we absolutely remember Carol and breeze past the fact that a main character in this film is also in the Walking Dead – sorry Laurie Holden, but we hated you in that show. Marcia Gay Harden utters the best line in cinema history and that barely dents the fact that the end...

Episode Notes This week we get locked in with John Cusack as he investigates Sam Jackson’s evil room in 2007’s 1408. Cusack’s writer is bull-headed and determined and gets way more than he bargains for. We discuss the physical specimen that is John Cusack, the throwbacks this film indulges in and how we are likely never going to a hotel ever, ever again. Recommendations: Dora and the Lost City of...

Episode Notes We wrap up our month of nightmares on our least favorite of the pairs. First, we spend a lot of time on the dick of our “protagonist?” – and Amity says dick more times than she thought possible in a 15-minute time span. Then we turn to a hell on Earth populated but rock stars who only want us to – suffer? It’s an odd night. We give a rundown of the best Dreamscapes and which are simp...

Episode Notes First up “The Road Virus Heads North” wherein Tom Berenger gets buyers remorse. Second up this evening, Jeremy Sisto goes treasure hunting in “The Fifth Quarter” and while he might do a bulk of the work, it’s his lady who cleans up. Recommendations: Star Trek Discovery (CBS All Access); The Love Birds (Netflix) Next up: Nightmares and Dreamscapes Episodes 7 & 8 Email us at lateco...

Episode Notes We get a double dose of William Macy in “Umney’s Last Case” – half soft-boiled detective and half hard cooked writer. Then we watch the world forget with Ron Livingston and Henry Thomas as the road to hell is paved with good intentions in “The End of the Whole Mess.” Recommendations: Blood Quantum (Shudder); The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) Next up: Nightmares and Dreamscapes Episodes...

Episode Notes This week we watched night one of a on-month event from 2006 – Episodes 1 and 2 of Nightmares and Dreamscapes. First up, the audacious one hander starring William Hurt, “Battleground.” 43 minutes of nonstop violence done entirely sans dialogue. Next up we tackle Lovecraftian tale “Crouch End,” which is kind of a nothing? But Claire Forlani is in it, so that’s something. It’s an inter...

Episode Notes In a town in the desert, we encounter a Sheriff by the name of Tak… given name Collie Entragian. No, really, that is the name of Ron Perlman’s character in this deceptively violent television film from 2006 – Desperation. We visit this aptly named hamlet along with a veritable whose who of acting talent and we learn the true nature of God. No, really, listen to find out. Recommendati...

Episode Notes This week we watched the TV miniseries Salem’s Lot, starring a heavily chapsticked Rob Lowe. We marvel at the unchanging Donald Sutherland, lament the lack of Rutger Hauer and discuss how similar vampirism and Covid-19 are in how your life is touched. We urge you to stay separate, stay safe, and check out this movie if you can. Recommendations: The Night Stalker; Run (HBO) Next up: D...