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The Latecomers

Amity Armstrong

Amity and Lemuel have seen a lot of things, but they have missed some major cultural plot points. The Latecomers is their recaps and reviews of the shows that have shaped entertainment and culture because when it comes to the good stuff - better late than never.

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01:10:56

S6E47 - #54: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

The Latecomers ·

2023/01/05

Show Notes This week an amalgamation of tones – no, not a symphony, but 1969 western classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Is this the clearest thruple in cinema? Are we supposed to love them or hate them? Are we supposed to forget all the murder? It’s very confusing this week on the podcast. Recommendations: Glass Onion (Netflix) and Spirited (Apple +) Next up: Pulp Fiction (1994) Email us at

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01:28:53

S6E46 - #55: Wait Until Dark (1967)

The Latecomers ·

2022/12/29

Show Notes This week we discuss one of the thrillingest thrillers of all time – Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn. It’s a combination of home invasion with a particularly fragile heroine. Though she may be fragile, she is no fool, and she’s electric to watch. Her husband, on the other hand – listen to hear our opinions on that prize. Next up: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Email us at

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01:18:32

S6E45 - #56: Frankenstein (1931)

The Latecomers ·

2022/12/22

Show Notes Our Christmas episode brings another Universal Monster: this time it’s Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s creation – because monster seems strong for everyone who isn’t named Frankenstein in this film. We discuss the loveliness of Karloff, some strong child acting, renaming and relabeling by the writers and producers of this movie and makeup and how children can handle what grown women apparently couldn’t. Listen along! Next up: Wait Until Dark

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01:30:30

S6E44 - #57: All The President’s Men (1976)

The Latecomers ·

2022/12/15

Show Notes This is a re-release because we like thrilling films and have talked about them a bunch – so here’s an oldie -originally released 12/4/18 when we were just baby podcasters - Amity and Lemuel get a touch political in this week’s episode. We also swear a whole bunch. We mourn the state of journalism, marvel at the parallels in the news (as well as Robert Redford’s beautiful hair) and pitch Serial season 3. Listen along! Next up: Frankenstein

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01:09:23

S6E43 - #58: Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The Latecomers ·

2022/12/08

Episode Notes It’s another story from the author of Planet of the Apes – but it’s completely different. This week we watch POWs lose the plot in 1957’s Bridge on the River Kwai. Directed by David Lean, this epic tells the story of Alec Guinness’ Nicolson and William Holden’s Shears and their collision course. Recommendations: Emmett Otter’s Jug Band Christmas Next up: All The President’s Men(1976)

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01:27:46

S6E42 - #59: Planet of the Apes (1968)

The Latecomers ·

2022/12/01

Show Notes This week we discuss 1968’s Sci Fi classic The Planet of the Apes. Amity is confused by audience confusion when the leading man tells us exactly where we are going in the first two minutes of the movie. She also morns the voice of the female human, because this movie decides to mute or murder all the human women. Lemuel tries to explain science fiction before the moon landing to save the experience for us all. Recommendations: Is the Black Enough For You? (Netflix); Wednesday

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01:21:31

S6E41 - #60: The Sixth Sense (1999)

The Latecomers ·

2022/11/24

Show Notes Dead man walking – the headline of the review that spoiled this movie for Lemuel in 1999 is both heinous and funny now, twenty some years later when applied to M. Night Shyamalan’s masterpiece of playing fair with the audience, The Sixth Sense. We discuss stand out child performance, who in M. Night’s life repeated “Look at my face” so many times that it made it into the film, and Philadelphia’s presence in this and other films. Recommendations: The Rings of Power (Amazon); Drink Master

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01:07:02

S6E40 - #61: Cape Fear (1962)

The Latecomers ·

2022/11/17

Show Notes This week we travel to the coast with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in 1962’s Cape Fear. Mitchum’s Max Cady is dangerous – for his predilections and his cunningness and Peck’s Sam Bowden is really very little match for him. The menace that Cady casts over the entirety of the film is palpable and you will be concerned for every girl and woman you see, with good reason. Recommendations: Wakanda Forever (In theaters) Next up: The Sixth Sense

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01:34:56

S6E39 - #63: Spartacus (1960)

The Latecomers ·

2022/11/10

Show Notes This week we discuss Spartacus from 1960, directed improbably by Stanley Kubrick and staring problematic and not particularly charismatic Kirk Douglas. We discuss the historical accuracies and inaccuracies, the majesty of Woody Strode, colonizers who are self aware, and how fun Peter Ustinov is. Recommendations: Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix); The School of Good and Evil (Netflix) Next up: Cape Fear

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01:33:00

S6E38 - #64: What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)

The Latecomers ·

2022/11/03

Show Notes This week, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis thrill us in 1962’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The fireworks between these ladies are historic and lead to an entire Ryan Murphy series, but we focus on the picture itself, the marvel of filmmaking, and the destruction of the child actor. Recommendations: 5000 Years to Earth; Wet Hot American Moon Juice Next up: Spartacus (1960) Email us at

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01:40:22

S6E37 - #65: Touch of Evil (1958)

The Latecomers ·

2022/10/27

Show Notes We have a second helping of Orson Welles this week with 1958’s Touch of Evil. Once we maneuver past Charlton Heston in brown face and Janet Leigh as the whitest white person that ever set foot in Mexico, there are some absolutely spectacular things in this movie, largely down to Welles’ direction and acting, both of which are superlative. Recommendations: The Book Makers (PBS Documentary) Next up: What Ever Happened To Baby Jane

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01:56:34

S6E36 - #66: The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The Latecomers ·

2022/10/20

Show Notes This week, don’t get too attached to them, we watched The Dirty Dozen from 1967 and we’ll miss all of them. Amity lets you know the perfect time to turn this movie off to make it a madcap comedy. We discuss how Telly Savales is forever more con than pro. And we wonder at the moral of it all. Recommendations: Frank Lloyd Wright (PBS Documentary); A Soldier’s Story (1984) Next up: Touch of Evil

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02:00:07

S6E35 - #66: The Matrix (1999)

The Latecomers ·

2022/10/13

Show Notes This week we revisit Keanu with 1999’s The Matrix. He has perfect anime hair, Carrie Ann Moss has a pleather wardrobe, Lawrence Fishburn has glasses with no arms and Joey Pantoliano just wants some steak. We discuss the themes and the effects and the deep and resounding love – because we now know that Neo isn’t the one. Recommendations: The Devil in Ohio (Netflix) Next up: The Dirty Dozen

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01:45:20

S6E34 - #67: The Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948)

The Latecomers ·

2022/10/06

Show Notes Come with us to Mexico as we learn about the Hays Code and how to make a villain a protagonist as we watch John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre from 1948. Down on their luck in an inhospitable (to them) town, Dobbs and Curtain try their luck at gold, with all the caucasity you would expect. We discuss what makes a western, how to kill off your main characters, how you miss that you are panhandling from Tom Wolff (as played by John Huston himself), when a man is leading and when

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01:37:13

S6E33 - #68: Halloween (1978)

The Latecomers ·

2022/09/29

Show Notes This week we revisit John Carpenter’s Halloween from 1978 – and all its brethren as well. We discuss it’s fit into the list of thrills and then replay our original episode discussing the series, just in time to get into spooky season. Join us for all things Pleasence, the shape, scream queens and staggering music stings. Next up: The Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948) Email us at

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01:27:25

S6E32 - #69: The Wild Bunch (1969)

The Latecomers ·

2022/09/22

Show Notes This week we watched Sam Peckinpah's alternate history western, The Wild Bunch, from 1969. Amity got lost in the combination of Spanish and deliberate camera confusion but tries super hard to not hold that against the film itself. This bunch is wild, y’all – not particularly bright, not particularly deft, but wild, certainly. Can you find a good man amongst them? Recommendations: Devil in Ohio (Netflix) Next up: Halloween

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01:28:10

S6E31 - #70: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

The Latecomers ·

2022/09/15

Show Notes We’re robbing a bank this week as we watched Sydney Lumet’s 1975 biopic Dog Day Afternoon. Al Pacino is magnetic as the “mastermind” of a failed bank heist. Queer identity, the poverty cycle, and the absolute boneheaded-ness of police are on display in this humanist heist film. Recommendations: Light and Magic (Disney +); American Horror Story (Hulu) – the latest season Next up: The Wild Bunch

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01:44:08

S6E30 - #71: Goldfinger (1964)

The Latecomers ·

2022/09/08

Show Notes Sean Connery is Bond, James Bond this week as we watched Goldfinger from 1964. Not too rapey and also not too good at being a spy, Sean Connery slinks his way through this film in white dinner jackets, terrycloth onsies and a tan and manages to save the day, through no fault of his own. Pussy Galore, Oddjob, and “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” are just some of the true icons from this reverse heist, the third Bond film which trades in an unexpected amount of fun with a villain who

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01:43:37

S6E29 - #72: Platoon (1986)

The Latecomers ·

2022/09/01

Show Notes This week we take a trip to the jungles of Vietnam with some very young, very famous men in Platoon from 1986. Par for the Vietnam war movie course, this is a hard watch with a ton of violence and racism. A fetal Charlie Sheen tries to find himself on the battlefield while being pulled between the humanistic Sgt. Elias played by Willem Dafoe and the hard edge drinker Sgt. Barnes played by Tom Berenger. No one is a saint, but can they at least hold on to their humanity? Listen to find

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01:21:41

S6E28 - #73: Laura (1944)

The Latecomers ·

2022/08/29

Episode Notes This week we overcome and bring you the second take of our episode on Otto Preminger’s Laura from 1944 – a continuation of the noir block of the AFI list. A cavalcade of possible murders abound and we don’t even really know who the victim is – it’s a twisty-turney mystery (in 1944 at least) and we get into the tropes and trollops (we mean Vincent Price) this week. Recommendations: Gentleman Jack (HBO Max); Prey (Hulu). Next up: Platoon

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