Film Roundup: Trainwreck, Ant-Man, and Irrational Man

Jul. 17, 2015

It’s opposite day at the movies: we get an Apatovian woman-child instead of a man child, and the latest Marvel superhero is super tiny.

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Credits

Guests:

Kyle Buchanan - pop culture writer for the New York Times, author of “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road” - @kylebuchanan
Grae Drake - film critic-at-large - @graedrake

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Matt Holzman, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Ryan Kailath

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