The Toy Department features radio professionals Matt Kolsky and Derek Madden discussing, debating and dissecting all things sports, entertainment and pop culture. It's a free-wheeling, unfiltered chat about the lighter side of the modern world.
In Episode 374, Madden and Kolsky sort through the topics and decide it’s important to get right into:
The exploit’s of The Challenge’s Ravyn Rochelle in Seal of Desire (2:40), a mediocre erotic thriller…
This week’s episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion (7:35) and how the Conquest phase seems to be taking this season in a much better direction…
The Martin Scorcese epic Killers of the Flower Moon (31:25) which both of our hosts enjoyed tremendously, despite the extreme running time…
A few thoughts on the Oscar nominations (42:25) and the kerfuffle surrounding Barbie’s nominations (or lack thereof)…
The Hulu mystery series Death and Other Details (50:55) and how it’s yet another middling murder mystery, but at least it’s fun!
The Kaley Cuoco/David Oyelowo film Role Play (53:40) and how it’s not the film you expect, in part because it doesn’t seem to totally know what it is…
Homework for next week (1:02:05), including: another episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion, finishing Fargo on Hulu/FX and Beef on Netflix, the television series version of Sexy Beast, and the movie American Fiction (currently in theaters)…