Episode 85: Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Published: Sept. 29, 2017, 3 p.m.

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Last episode\\u2019s review of mother! has, perhaps unsurprisingly, stirred up some conversation. In fact, it seems to have inspired one of the most thoughtful emails to drop into the Screeners mailbag yet. They couldn\\u2019t pass up the chance to respond to it, so more air time for Aronofsky. No publicity is bad publicity, right?

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Once that\\u2019s over with, it\\u2019s time for some lighter fare. At least, we hope it is\\u2014the \\u201dprofessional\\u201d reviews for Kingsman: The Golden Circle aren\\u2019t what you\\u2019d call \\u201cglowing\\u201d. It has a colon in its title, so we already know Daniel\\u2019s going into it biased. Melody couldn\\u2019t see it in time to compare it to the first one, which was her favorite movie since Mad Max or something, so it\\u2019s missing its biggest supporter. Can the nearly two-and-a-half-hour spy action dramedy overcome these handicaps to get a thumbs-up from the Screeners? It\\u2019ll be a challenge, but Colin Firth hasn\\u2019t shied away from one of those yet.

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In honor of Kingsman\\u2019s genre confusion, this episode\\u2019s Top 3 subject is \\u201caction comedies\\u201d. From Bad Boys to Men in Black, what\\u2019s your favorite Will Smith--er, action movie that also makes some of the jokes? Tell us on Facebook, where you\\u2019re also free to wonder aloud if Josh even works here anymore.

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