Ep 127: A Very Notorious Couple of Cats

Sales and Crabb watch the movie Cats and are more entertained by each other’s reactions than by the film itself. The only achievement of the film was to quench Sales’ desire for Idris Elba, now replaced by Adam Driver.

• Cats (2019) directed by Tom Hooper, starring Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba (see official trailer)

• Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot

• Cats Reviewed: It’s Not Quite Weird Enough by Anthony Lane (New Yorker, 19 Dec 2019)

• Cats Review: a purr-fectly dreadful hairball of woe (Rhyming review of Cats) by Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian, 19 Dec 2019)

• Cats Headed for $100 Million US Box Office Loss: Financial loss made worse by necessary CGI fixes, re-release by Rebecca Rubin (CBC, 30 Dec 2019)

• Marriage Story (2019) starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver (see official trailer)

• The Report (2019) starring Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm (see official trailer)

• The Gentlemen (2020) directed by Guy Ritchie starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant (see official trailer)

• The Crown: Season 3 (2019) starring Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter (See official trailer)

• Diana's lament applies to Meghan, but must 'every strong woman in history' confront such savagery? by Julia Baird (SMH, 10 Jan 2020)

• Legendary interviewer Michael Parkinson interviewed by Leigh Sales (7.30, 9 Oct 2019)

• Morning Wars (known as ‘Morning Show’ in US) starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. (See official trailer)

• Newsroom (2012 - 2014) HBO Drama (see official trailer)

• All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator by Monique El-Faizy and Barry Levine

• She Said Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite A Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

• Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

• Hannah Gadsby: Douglas

• Cornelia Parker Exhibition Museum of Contemporary Art Australia: 8 Nov 2019 to 16 Feb 2020

• Simple by Ottolenghi (You can also find the 2 salad recipes in Ottolenghi’s Guardian columns: Peach, raspberry and watercress salad, Watermelon, green apple and lime salad )

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