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It\\u2019s 1969. Four guests check into the El Royale Hotel: a priest (Jeff Bridges), a vacuum salesman (Jon Hamm), a singer (Cynthia Erivo), and a hippie (Dakota Johnson). They all - save one - have something mysterious going on behind the scenes and the hotel itself is not what it appears to be. When they check in, there\\u2019s a storm a-brewin\'.

Join Guy, Karen, Margaret, and producer/film festival programmer/Who Shot Ya\\xa0contributor and now Pop Rocket guest\\xa0Drea Clark\\xa0as they pick apart Drew Goddard\\u2019s neo-noir ensemble\\xa0Bad Times at The El Royale. They get into the movie\'s twists, turns, non-linear construction, Cynthia Erivo\'s breakout performance, and how it\'s kind of likeQuentin Tarantino\'s\\xa0Pulp Fiction, but not nearly as macho.

All Abouts

Drea is all about a long read article from The Texas Monthly called\\xa0The Love Story that Upended the Texas Prison System\\xa0about the alliance and romantic relationship between a lawyer and an inmate that ultimately brought attention to a nationwide scandal and disrupted the system of abuse of prisoners in Texas.

Margaret is all about the second season of the Slate podcast\\xa0Slow Burn, which covers the impeachment of former president Bill Clinton.

Karen is all about\\xa0The LA Dodgers\\xa0pulling ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers (as of last Wednesday) in the National League Championship Series.

Guy is all about Glenn Close\'s performance in her new movie\\xa0The Wife.

That\'s My Jam

Karen -\\xa0Trashcan Sinatras - All Night

Margaret -\\xa0Alvvays - In Undertow.

Drea -\\xa0Tierra Whack - MUMBO JUMBO

With\\xa0Guy Branum,\\xa0Karen Tongson,\\xa0Drea Clark, and\\xa0Margaret Wappler.

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Produced by\\xa0Laura Swisher\\xa0for\\xa0MaximumFun.org. Edited by\\xa0Shana Daloria.