FX's Fargo, Glenn Kenny's "Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas," Best TV Shows Based On Movies

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Chris Rock stars in Season 4 of FX's hit series "Fargo," which premiered on Sunday night. On this week's Cinephile, Adnan reviews the first two episodes of the Noah Hawley drama, along with the 1954 Marilyn Monroe film "River of No Return." Adnan also speaks with Writer and Journalist Glenn Kenny about his new book "Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas." And in honor of "Fargo," the guys give their picks for the Best TV Shows Based on Movies." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Even when it isn't peak Fargo and despite being weighted down by ambitions that aren't fully
0:26.9	realized us far, there are sweeping swathes of greatness here. That's Dan Feinberg, a highly
0:32.1	report talking about Fargo. That's right Fargo is back folks season 4. They had the debut of
0:37.2	episodes 1 and 2. Started at 9 p in the DVR, done by 1145. Yes, with commercials you're looking
0:44.6	at about a solid two hours plus of entertainment. So it felt like a mini movie and it was fantastic.
0:50.0	We're going to talk all about that plus. River of No Return, an old Robert Mitchem Merylman
0:54.6	Row film. I finally got around to watching some news about movies being pushed back. Still
0:58.8	the contract dispute with Scott Regas because I hope we'll get that ironed out. I'm willing to pay
1:02.7	him nothing and he wants some money. So we'll see how that works out. Plus the Mount Rushmore TV
1:06.5	shows based on movies and honor of Fargo. And the big one this week, a great interview with Glen
1:11.2	Kenny. We're talking 30 plus minutes. He is an excellent American film critic and journalist
1:16.1	right to the New York Times and Roger Ebert.com. Used to write for premier. New book made men
1:21.5	the story of good fellows. It's out for the 30th anniversary. I read the book in one week,
1:26.2	358 pages. It's absolutely fantastic and you're going to love the interview with Glen because
1:31.3	he gives some great answers. He's funny. He's insightful. So looking forward to that coming up
1:35.4	momentarily. As always, appreciate all of your support. Please do go to Apple Podcast where you can
1:40.1	subscribe, rate and review. That's how we keep the podcast going. So please do do that. Don't just
1:46.0	okay, right, Verk? Now the ellipse service. Now please do it right now. It's good. Stop what you're
1:49.3	doing. Go to Apple Podcast. Subscribe, rate, review. And that's how we keep this thing afloat. I love
1:54.4	the fact we had a couple of really good comments here. This is the first one from me. Me. Me. That is
2:00.4	MEH exclamation point. MEH question mark. So meh meh. And I love the fact that subject simply says
2:06.8	Joe. That's right. My producer Joe Engelbracket specifically about Joe. Way to take out Braveheart.
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