Birdman, Fury, and More

Oct. 17, 2014

On Friday, we talk movies in our weekly film roundup. On the docket this week: Birdman, Fury, The Book of Life, and more.

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Credits

Guests:

Mark Ellis - Schmoes Know - @https://twitter.com/SchmoesKnow
Grae Drake - film critic-at-large - @graedrake

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

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

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