We reconnect with punk-hacker Lisbeth Salander in The Girl in the Spider's Web then reinvent our lives with Beautiful Boy. Later we discuss the passing of comic book legend Stan Lee, new trailers for Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and Toy Story 4, what makes a great female protagonist plus we also talk Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, The Dark Knight, The Florida Project, The Girl in the Spider's Web (novel), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Macbeth (2015), Hello I Must Be Going, Class Rank, and Outlaw King.

0:00 - Intros: We Did It Again...Sorry...

10:48 - Review: The Girl in the Spider's Web

51:11 - Review: Beautiful Boy

1:15:40 - News: RIP Stan Lee; Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and Toy Story 4 Trailers

1:23:36 - Mail: What Makes a Great Female Protagonist?

1:36:31 - Picks of the Week: Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, The Dark Knight, The Florida Project, The Girl in the Spider's Web (Novel), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Macbeth (2015), Hello I Must Be Going, Class Rank, and Outlaw King

1:49:50 - Outros: Fantastic Beasts!

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