Author: Shiri Sondheimer

April 17, 2014

Prediction: The Edge of Tomorrow

Shiri’s Prediction: This film presents me with a serious conundrum. It looks awesome. Solid, time-bendy sci-fi war flick with cool armor and explosions. Sort of PKD-ian if...

April 16, 2014

Shiri is Listening To:

Jason Isbell: Southwestern (2013). Country but not too country… really more bluegrassy. Which is what I always say instead of admitting I like a country...

April 15, 2014

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Process Blog For A Movie Review

We’re trying to stay a little bit more current here at the Last Chance Salon, but with Luke on vacay, we’ll be way, way more than fashionably late...

April 15, 2014

And Then, This Happened…

April 14, 2014

Prediction: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Shiri’s Prediction: Dear Michael Bay and Megan Fox, You have already completely destroyed one thing dear to my childhood. I can’t even look at a...

April 13, 2014

Sentenced: The 4-13-14 Edition

I am Sentenced this week by a body of work. This body of work was, and is being, produced by a beloved friend of mine who...

April 12, 2014

Shiri is reading…

(2001) image via isserly.tumblr.com I, apparently, tried to read another of Michel Faber’s books quite some time ago (The Crimson Petal and the White,...

April 11, 2014

WTF Friday: Ramune. Why?

What is ramune? It is this: (image via japanramune.com — FYI I chose this website because it had the best photo and the site cracked me...

April 10, 2014

Happy Birthday, Bats.

You should watch this. It is absolutely gorgeous.

April 10, 2014

Prediction: Under the Skin

Shiri’s Prediction: Okay, I cheated a little it because I read an article in the New York Times about the film before I watched the...

Watch this space, new episodes coming soon!!! March 13, 2017
When we decided to put the podcast on hold there was always a hope that we would be able to start it up again. Well, that day has come. We are going to change the format up a bit, more details about that as we record new episodes. And, to get everyone's appetite whetted, we […]
Hiatus... April 5, 2016
Luke here. This blog and the podcast that it exists to support are a labor of love. In a crazy week, sitting down and recording an episode or banging out some blog posts is one of the things I look forward to the most. That being said, the two of us are crazy busy, and […]
58: Going Places March 21, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri take a ride in the Midnight Taxi Tango. Next, we journey into the television version of The Expanse. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
57: Altered Procedurals March 7, 2016
57: Altered Procedurals This week, Luke and Shiri talk Vertigo’s Sheriff of Babylon. Next, we talk the new X-Files and Lucifer. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and Arrrrrrgh.
56: Inglorious, Hateful Assholes and the Person Who Writes Them February 8, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri bid farewell to two legends, David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Next, we talk Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight and Inglorious Basterds. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrgh.
55: The Game Has The Feet… January 25, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri talk Conan Doyle’s original procedural superstar Sherlock Holmes. Next we enter the mind palace of The Abominable Bride. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) January 11, 2016
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) This week, Luke and Shiri talk The Force Awakens. That is all. Lot’s to talk about. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrrr and the Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
53: Us and Ms. Jones December 28, 2015
53: Us and Ms. Jones We had a whole fancy episode planned, but we end up mostly just talking about Jessica Jones and then end, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgggghhhhh.
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland December 14, 2015
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland After a “What We’re Excited About” Lightening round, Luke and Shiri leap out into The Expanse to discuss Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Next, we splat into Scottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland. We end, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Argggghhhhh.
Turkey stole our episode. November 30, 2015
Well, we have been running without a safety net around here for a bit. And, it has finally caught up with us. In the past we have kept a buffer. Just one or two episodes already recorded and ready to go. In case work, home life, NaNoWriMo, or the celebration of turkeys interfered with the recording of […]