PopaHALLics #118 "Feuding Friends"

PopaHALLics #118 "It Takes Two to Tango"
Relationships can be a tricky dance, whether you're mismatched cops working a murder case ("Deadloch"), a movie star & a "civilian" falling in love ("Starstruck"), or socialites mistakenly trusting a writer who will betray them ("Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans"). Not to mention two assassins living together ("Mr. & Mrs. Smith")!

Streaming:

• "Masters of the Air," Apple +.  Austin Butler ("Elvis") and Callum Turner play pilots and friends more like siblings in this "Band of Brothers"-esque look at the 100th Bomb Group during World War II.
• "Deadloch," Prime. A local straightlaced cop (Kate Box) and a brash outsider (Madeleine Sami) reluctantly team up to solve murders in a small town in this quirky feminist noir comedy.
• "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," Prime. In a relationship dramedy inspired by the 2005 Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt movie, Donald Glover and Maya Erskine play assassins who become a couple.
• "Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans," FX. Writer Truman Capote becomes friends with a group of rich glamorous socialites and then spills all their secrets in a magazine article. Starring Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore, Chloe Sevigny, and Tom Hollander as Capote.
• "Starstruck," Max. A movie star (Nikesh Patel) and a "little rat nobody" (Rose Matafeo) try to have a relationship in this screwball BBC rom-com created by Matafeo.
• "Death & Other Details," Hulu. A young woman (Violett Beane) boards a luxury liner, only to find "the world's greatest detective" (Mandy Patinkin) who abandoned her in her childhood time of need. But she'll need the help of the hard-drinking sleuth to prove her innocence when a murder occurs.

Books:

• "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud & The Last Trial of Harper Lee," by Casey Cep. In this true story, a rural preacher murdered five family members for insurance money until a relative shot him dead at the funeral for one of the victims. In the audience at the vigilante's trial: "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee, hoping to write a book like her friend Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." "Furious Hours" also follows the attorney who first defended the preacher and then his killer.
• "Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, & a Swan Song for an Era," by Laurence Leamer. The bestseller that inspired the miniseries "Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans" (see above).

Chapters

• 1:29 A Super Bowl Sunday Story
• 2:37 Everybody's Watching the Super Bowl
• 2:45 The "Christmas Story" Scene
• 3:30 "Masters of the Air"
• 5:41 "You Care About All These Young Men"
• 7:10 A Series Like "Band of Brothers"
• 8:53 "Deadloch"
• 9:30 "The Katering Show"
• 9:34 "Get Krackin" Parodies Morning TV
• 9:45 Fans of "Broadchurch"
• 11:29 Quirky Sense of Humor
• 12:25 "Furious Hours" True Crime Book
• 12:38 A Serial Killer
• 15:26 Harper Lee Looking for Her "In Cold Blood"
• 16:53 "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
• 17:34 Kate & Sister Obsessed with "The O.C."
• 18:00 The Original Flick
• 19:49 TV Version Slow-Paced
• 20:45 "Capote's Women" Book
• 21:44 Betrayed by Truman!
• 24:29 "What an Evil Little Troll!"
• 25:43 "Feud: Truman Vs. The Swans"
• 26:47 "My Favorite Murder" Indicates Shooting Accidental
• 27:27 "Starstruck"
• 27:45 Rose Matafeo's Background
• 29:27 Rom-Com Problems
• 29:34 LIked It Enough to Watch 1.5 Seasons in 1 Go
• 30:12 Our "Death & Other Details" Mini-Review
• 30:32 "Frothy Escapist Bit of Fare"
• 30:58 What's the Deal with Mandy's Accent?
• 31:27 "Not Invested ... Don't Care"