429 - Geek Challenge: Wolf vs. The Insider

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">In honor of the late Christopher Plummer, Paul and Arlo host a</span> <strong>Geek Challenge</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">with two films featuring one of Canada’s greatest. First, Paul has Arlo watch Mike Nichols’ 1994 horror (?) film</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wolf</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, starring Jack Nicholson as a middle-aged book editor who finds the beast inside courtesy of a wolf bite (with a five-minute cameo from a scenery-chewing Plummer). Then, Arlo makes Paul watch Michael Mann’s 1999 ripped-from-the-headlines thriller</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Insider</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, with Russell Crowe as a scientist taking on Big Tobacco, Al Pacino as the journalist trying to tell his story, and Plummer doing one hell of a job as Mike Wallace. Plus, Paul tries to get Arlo to watch Craig McCracken’s new animated series</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Kid Cosmic</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NEXT: the boys sharpen their fangs on a</span> <strong>Four-Color Flashback</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">discussion of the first two volumes of Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque’s</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Vampire</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><strong>BREAKDOWN</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:00:55  -  Intro /</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kid Cosmic</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:10:29  - </span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wolf</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:55:45  - </span> <em><span style= "font-weigh