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On this week's The Richard Crouse Show Podcast we meet:\n\nJames Purefoy, direct from the south west of England, via Zoom. If you were a fan of HBO\u2019s \u201cRome,\u201d you know him as joyfully decadent Roman general and politician Mark Antony. Perhaps you were a fan of \u201cThe Following,\u201d which saw him play a college professor-turned-serial-killer and cult leader for three seasons opposite Kevin Bacon. The versatile actor has a list of credits as long as my arm including the film he joins me to talk about today, \u201cFisherman\u2019s Friends.\u201d No, it\u2019s not about the cough drops\u2026 it is a is a good-natured crowd pleaser about a real life singing group from Cornwall in England who went from singing at the local pub, when they weren\u2019t on the water making a living, to producing the biggest selling traditional folk album of all time. Purefoy plays Jim, the leader of the group, who was initially skeptical about their chances for success outside their tiny village. When we did this interview he was sitting in his garden, and proudly showed me all the produce he\u2019s been growing since the beginning of the pandemic. That also means that from time to time you\u2019ll hear a bird chirping or a bit of wind\u2026 it\u2019s not your speakers, it\u2019s just nature on Purefoy\u2019s property.\n\nThen we spend time with Rod Lurie, a West Point graduate who became a film critic and was once banned from screenings for referring to Danny DeVito as \u201ca testicle with arms.\u201d He is a journalist and author and, since 1999, a filmmaker.\n\nIn this interview we talk about West Point, why he stood at attention at a screening of \u201cPoltergeist\u201d and, of course, his latest film, \u201cThe Outpost.\u201d\n\nIt\u2019s an intense recreation of the Battle of Kamdesh, a bloody 2009 confrontation that saw 400 Taliban fighters attack Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, a station manned by 53 American soldiers and just days before it was to be disbanded. Critics are raving about the film. \u201cIndieWire\u201d said that Rod shot \u201cmuch of the 45-minute long ambush in hectic, agile long-takes that allows him to capture the Battle of Kamdesh for all of its terror, and with a clarity that allows us to feel that terror in our bones."\n\nThe film is also being praised by veterans, including those who fought in the battle, for its realistic depiction of warfare and the life of a soldier.\n\n\u201cThe Outpost\u201d is available now on VOD, wherever you legally rent or buy movies.\n\nFinally Richard welcomes Phil Dellio, author of "You Should've Heard Just\xa0What\xa0I Seen: Pop Music at the Movies and on TV."