To Kill a Mockingbird

Published: Jan. 28, 2017, 1:01 p.m.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Set a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the scrupulously honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch, puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent Tom Robinson a black man accused of rape. Alan and Craig talk empathy, the irreplaceable Gregory Peck, the Houston film critics society annual awards and To Kill a Mockingbird on this week's Matinee Heroes! Show Notes 0:52 Craig and Alan discuss the Houston Film Critics Society annual Awards for 2016. 18:31 Discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird 34:07 Recasting 46:41 Double-Feature suggestions 48:16 Final Thoughts 50:49 First impressions of "Smokey and the Bandit"   Next episode we discuss the charming and thoroughly rewatchable movie "Smokey and the Bandit"