{"id":818,"date":"2021-11-12T12:44:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=818"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:44:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:44:41","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=818","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 281"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">In Episode 281, Madden and Kolsky discuss Derek&#8217;s morning drinks and Kolsky&#8217;s morning show appearance before remembering to talk about&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tom Hanks&#8217; new Apple TV+ film Finch (3:15) which is not a bad movie but forgettable enough that Derek can&#8217;t keep the title in his head for more than seven consecutive minutes&#8230;<\/li><li>The new Netflix western film The Harder They Fall (10:20) and how it&#8217;s a highly entertaining bit of popcorn cinema&#8230;<\/li><li>The return of Netflix&#8217;s treasured Big Mouth (23:00) and spoiler alert: it&#8217;s still great!<\/li><li>Another momentum-shifting week on The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies (27:40) as the Emerald Cell finally loses a daily challenge and faces infiltration via an overdramatic elimination starring Amanda as one of the great heels in show history&#8230;<\/li><li>The Season 2 premiere of The Challenge All-Stars (46:35) and how the episode was somewhat disappointing, but there&#8217;s still a lot of hope for a good season&#8230; <\/li><li>Homework for next Thursday (59:00), including: more of The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies, AND more Challenge All-Stars, plus Yellowjackets on Showtime, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on Disney+ and Mayor of Kingstown on Paramount+&#8230;<\/li><li>A few minutes on USA Men&#8217;s Soccer (1:00:45) ahead of a critical USA v. 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