{"id":3152,"date":"2023-03-28T14:03:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:06:29","slug":"ken-and-robin-consume-media-the-last-of-us-cocaine-bear-and-psionic-norwegian-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com\/index.php\/ken-and-robin-consume-media-the-last-of-us-cocaine-bear-and-psionic-norwegian-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken and Robin Consume Media: The Last of Us, Cocaine Bear, and Psionic Norwegian Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ken and Robin Consume Media is brought to you by the discriminating and good-looking backers of the Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff Patreon<\/a>. Each week we provide capsule reviews of the books, movies, TV seasons and more we cram into our hyper-analytical sensoriums. Join the Patreon to help pick the items we\u2019ll talk about in greater depth on a little podcast segment we like to call Tell Me More.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Aftersun <\/a>(Film, UK, Charlotte Wells, 2022) As seen through a veil of unanswered adult memory, a young girl (Frankie Corio) vacations with her covertly troubled dad (Paul Mescal) at a disappointing tourist resort. Delicately acted, observation-driven naturalistic drama about the way parents protect their kids by hiding who they really are.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

The Innocents<\/a> (Film, Norway, Eskil Vogt, 2022) Young kids in an apartment complex develop interconnected psionic powers\u2014but one of them is a bad seed. Horror of high-stakes conflict between children made all the more disturbing by its naturalistic presentation.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

The Last of Us Season 1 (Television, US, HBO, Craig Mazin, 2023) In a post-apocalyptic present stalked by fungal zombies, a smuggler closed off by his tragic past (Pedro Pascal) reluctantly agrees to transport a sharp-witted teen (Bella Ramsey) across country to a lab that hopes to turn her immunity into the plague into a vaccine. Brilliantly realized survival horror built around the unusually clear dramatic arc of its videogame source material.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

Good<\/h2>\n

Banacek Season 1 (Television, US, NBC, George Eckstein, 1972-1973) Insurance investigator Thomas Banacek (George Peppard) investigates impossible disappearances for a 10% recovery fee while radiating self-satisfaction, romancing suspects, and dropping \u201cold Polish proverbs.\u201d Peppard\u2019s airy vibe still has its qualities, the padded interstitial scenes less so, but the mysteries are genuinely fun and challenging. \u2013KH<\/p>\n

Cocaine Bear (Film, US, Elizabeth Banks, 2023) Brave nurse (Keri Russell) tries to rescue her daughter as a cocaine bear tears its way through a string of victims in the Chattahoochee\u2013Oconee National Forest. Horror comedy delights in entropic mayhem; peaks too soon.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

Deliver Us From Evil (Film, South Korea, 2022) Ex-spy turned assassin delays his retirement to rescue the young daughter he never knew he had from Thai organ traffickers, pursued by his last victim\u2019s ultra-violent blood brother. Well-staged hard action follows the recent Asian cinema trope of depicting Thailand as a sun-baked Wild West.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n

Okay<\/h2>\n

F9 (Film, US, Justin Lin, 2020) Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) come out of hiding to stop his brother (John Cena) from capturing a world-threatening technology. Disquieting nods toward self-awareness deep into a franchise that works when it fully commits to pure stupidity. I can\u2019t tell whether Diesel is becoming a worse actor with each installment or if Lin has stopped trying to pick his less embarrassing takes.\u2014RDL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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