This week Alex and Wesley trade holiday-break stories. Alex watched a bunch of movies: The Gambler, Butter on the Latch, and Thou Wast Mild and Lovely. Wesley watched and loved The Honorable Woman.

Before taking off, Alex remembers he saw The Interview, so there’s a discussion of its hilarity (or lack thereof) and it possibly being unnecessary after the bro-pocalypse of This Is the End. Also: Wesley has officially had it with “bromance,” and, to Wesley’s shock, Alex hasn’t seen one of Wesley’s favorite movies. Alex also reads a bit from next month’s new Prince Movies Book Club book, Morrissey’s Autobiography, which he makes sound as good as he knows it is.

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Here are links to this week’s topics:

The Gambler
“Risking Business: Why See a Remake of ‘The Gambler’ When There Is a Better Version in ‘A Most Violent Year’?,” Grantland, January 6, 2014 

Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
“Pay Attention to Josephine Decker,” NewYorker.com, February 13, 2014

The Honorable Woman
“Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Honorable Woman’ Is a Political Thriller Worth Investigating,” Grantland, August 7, 2014

The Interview
“Use the Farce: The Underwhelming ‘The Interview,’” Grantland, December 29, 2014
“This Is (Hopefully) Not the End,” Grantland, December 18, 2014

Autobiography 
Autobiography by Morrissey, memoir, 2012