“The Sheep Detectives” And Amazon’s Box Office Bets (With Griffin Newman)
5/14/20261 hr 29 min
Wake up sheeple, it’s The Sheep Detectives! This week we’re joined by our very own executive sheepherder Griffin Newman to discuss the new cozy mystery for families. After the mysterious death of their shepherd, played by Hugh Jackman, his band of sheep team up to solve the mystery in a picturesque British countryside. Surprisingly, it’s very good! Knitting together themes of memory and grief, tied up in a wooly bow. We discuss the plot and characters, our histories with upsetting kid’s movies, the exceptional voice performance of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and more. We get into Amazon and MGM’s current play for the box office, fall down a He-Man rabbit hole, and also talk about some other cozy mysteries. Next week, we look back at the year so far, and look forward with a Summer movie preview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAlison Willmore· Host0:00
[theme music] From Blank Check Productions, this is Critical Darlings, a podcast about the movies everyone's talking about, one new release after another. Please welcome your hosts, Richard Lawson and Alison Willmore.
Richard Lawson· Host0:24
[applause] Marie Bahardi, thank you for that wonderful introduction. [laughs] [laughs] Had to do it. Uh- Well done.
Ben Frisch0:34
Well done ...
Richard Lawson· Host0:34
we're here, as always, with our producer, Benjamin Frisch.
Alison Willmore· Host0:37
[laughs] Just keep it going. Keep it going.
Griffin Newman· Guest0:40
[laughs] Hi, Richard. Good morning. I'm trying to think of a sh- you just knocked me out, man.
Richard Lawson· Host0:45
[laughs] [sighs] Uh, we're al- we also have a special guest. Um, our executive Bah-ducer.
Griffin Newman· Guest0:52
[laughs] [laughs] Okay. Perfect. Clean.
Richard Lawson· Host0:54
Griffin Newman.
Ben Frisch0:55
Yeah.
Richard Lawson· Host0:55
Hello, Griffin.
Griffin Newman· Guest0:55
Hi. Uh, Bah-ram you to all three of you.
Richard Lawson· Host0:57
Oh, there you go.
Alison Willmore· Host0:58
Thank you.
Richard Lawson· Host0:58
Bahram you.
Alison Willmore· Host0:59
Thank you.
Richard Lawson· Host0:59
Yeah.
Alison Willmore· Host0:59
Thank you.
Richard Lawson· Host0:59
Uh, The Babadook is strong in this one, I guess.
Alison Willmore· Host1:01
It is.
Richard Lawson· Host1:02
Yeah.
Alison Willmore· Host1:02
Absolutely.
Richard Lawson· Host1:02
I was just gonna say I wrote about it, this movie, in my newsletter, premierparty.com. Um, and I confess that I don't like the Babe movies that much because they kinda creep me out.
Griffin Newman· Guest1:11
[laughs] Wow.
Alison Willmore· Host1:12
That's... I, I mean- [laughs] ... wow, just coming in hot immediately.
Richard Lawson· Host1:16
[laughs] I know. I know, but this one didn't, probably 'cause it's not real animals, but yeah.
Alison Willmore· Host1:19
Yeah.
Griffin Newman· Guest1:19
I was trying to, uh, identify what is the difference between the Babe movies and this? Like, what- Yeah ... pushes the two Babes, in very different ways for me, into masterpiece