Snipers, Best Men, and Black Hats

Hosted by Barbara Bogaev Jan. 16, 2015

We’re emerging from our post-Oscar-nominations hangover today, and ready to talk about new releases. We talk about what’s new at the box office in our weekly film segment.

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Credits

Guests:

James Rocchi - The Lunch - @jamesrochhi
Grae Drake - film critic-at-large - @graedrake

Host:

Barbara Bogaev

Producers:

Andrew Walsh, Christian Bordal, Matt Holzman, Jolie Myers, Anna Scott

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