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Film noir expert Rachel Walther joins Michael Phillips to test a quote commonly attributed to Jean-Luc Godard. But whether it belongs to Godard, Howard Hawks, or someone else entirely, it points to a persistent question about what audiences really want from movies.
From Gun Crazy and Double Indemnity to Jackie Brown, No Country for Old Men, and the James Bond franchise, they consider the enduring appeal of sex and danger and whether the famous formula still holds up more than a century after it was first proposed.
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PV & FRANNY
A girl with a glockenspiel. A boy with a guitar. A high school full of weirdos, mascots who may or may not be unhinged, and a mystery that isn’t what anyone thinks it is.
A dead-serious love story… that refuses to behave like one.
One flier turns into a band. One band turns into obsession. And before they ever play a real set, everything is already ridiculous.

ACT ONE
Overton High is chaos in a controlled environment.
The mascot smokes. The journalist thinks she’s breaking Watergate. The nicest bully in school politely refuses lunch money.
And then there’s PV.
Brilliant. Intense. Completely uncompromising.
She doesn’t want to start a band. She wants to build something real.
Franny Blevins just wants to be part of it.
What begins as an awkward coffee shop encounter quickly turns into a partnership built on music, rules, and one very firm boundary:
No romance. Ever.
Which becomes a problem almost immediately.
As Franny gets pulled deeper into PV’s world, her music, her logic, her investigations, and her completely upside-down way of seeing everything, the stakes escalate in the most unexpected ways.
A hate note that isn’t hate.
An audition that turns into an interrogation.
A band that starts to feel like something much bigger… and much messier.
Act One is the beginning of the band, the beginning of the obsession, and the moment everything starts to spiral just slightly out of control.

🎭 CAST
NARRATOR – Ty Burrell
AJAY – Rahm Braslaw
JUDY – Samantha Morelos
MARIAN – Eileen Fogarty
PV – Kensington Tallman
RYUZO – O’Neill Monahan
FRANNY – Liam Richardson
GROUNDSKEEPER – Fred Armisen
DALE – Ruben Ray
TAP WATER BOTTLED WATER JINGLE – Chris Mann
🎬 PRODUCTION
Written by Tommy Wallach
Directed by Mark Knell & Jack Levy
Executive Produced by Shaan Sharma, Jack Levy, and Mark Knell
Table Read is a Manifest Media production.

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When Coyote vs. Acme was shelved in 2023 for a corporate tax write-off, the response from film fans was as swift as a roadrunner and as explosive as a pile of TNT. When it was picked up by another distributor (Ketchup Entertainment), the outrage turned to anticipation – justifiably so, say Adam and Josh. Plus, they honor the late Tim Curry with a review of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and listeners weigh in with their favorite ‘90s movie villains, and more.
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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:36)
Coyote vs. Acme (00:02:37-00:33:49)
Filmspotting Family (00:33:50-00:39:12)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (00:39:13-01:11:45)
Notes / Polls (01:11:46-01:30:30)
Credits / New Releases (01:30:31-1:34:25)
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With the new Oasis doc Don't Look Back in Anger coming soon to theaters—and inspiring this month's ⁠Movie Death Match⁠ (The Last Waltz vs. Stop Making Sense)—we're sharing Adam and Josh's Top 5 Music Docs from 2023.
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From the writer/directors of Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Apple TV’s Cold War comedy Mayday was a promising title on the 2026 streaming movie calendar. Unfortunately, Matt and Jordan agree that the film isn’t the equal to those earlier films (no thanks to a phoned-in performance from Ryan Reynolds), despite a clever premise and the presence of Kenneth Branagh, who is having the time of his life. Matt digs into Branagh’s strange career in the Rec Seg, suggesting an early Branagh effort (as both director and star) as an alternative, and Jordan answers with a film that finds Christian Bale as a fighter pilot caught behind enemy lines. Plus, Bran-agh Flakes!, a Jordan-hosted game.
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Intro (00:00:00–00:05:43)
Mayday (00:05:44–00:26:32)
Rec Seg! (00:26:33–00:44:40)
Game: Bran-agh Flakes (00:44:41–01:02:24)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:02:25–01:11:29)
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