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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Hillbilly Elegy, David McKenna - "Embattled," Best Kevin Costner Movies

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Adnan speaks writer David McKenna whose new film "Embattled" follows the son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion. David shares what it was like writing the film and discusses his previous works "American History X" and "Blow." On this week's episode Adnan reviews the new Ron Howard film "Hillbilly Elergy," which has been widely panned by critics, and the guys give their picks for the Mt. Rushmore of Kevin Costner Movies! Where will Waterworld land on their list? Only one way to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The film is like a package of assorted chicken parts that can't be assembled back into something

0:57.0

approximated in the shape of an actual animal. There's way too much of some stuff while

1:01.3

certain essentials are missing entirely.

1:03.9

Allison Wilmore of New York Magazine slash culture with a harsh review. All the reviews

1:09.0

have been harsh when it comes to hillbilly allergy. Ron Howard's new film currently on Netflix.

1:14.4

The book was recommended by my buddy, Nishroff. I think it's an excellent book. JD Vance

1:19.0

is the guy who wrote it and now we have the movie version of it and the movie stinks.

1:23.4

I'll tell you why it does and get into all the other matters of it. However, we have

1:28.0

other good news, which is that David McKenna is sensational. He is the screenwriter of

1:32.6

among others, American History X and Blow. He's in a new movie called Embattled Out and

1:37.0

it is available right now on Apple TV, YouTube, basically wherever you get these types of

1:42.7

movie streaming platforms. It's excellent. UFC tail starring Stephen Dorff, Father

1:48.0

Son's Story. It's funny. It's gripping. It's thrilling. We're going to talk to David

1:52.1

McKenna. He's not only good stories, but his new film and Dorff is fantastic in this film.

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