End Credits #Repeat - January 24, 2024

This week on End Credits, we’re going back to school! At the end of November? Sort of. Our movie of the week takes places at a boarding school where the only magic is the power of human connection and interaction. We’re reviewing the new Alexander Payne movie called The Holdovers, which features our man of the week (pictured above) actor Paul Giamatti!

This Wednesday, November 22, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss:

A-Pauled. Our movie this week stars Paul Giamatti, a great actor that has been working over 30  years in the industry including movies, TV and theatre, but he’s been fairly under appreciated in his own time. Did you know Giamatti’s only ever received one Oscar nomination? You would be totally surprised what it was for if you could remember because it’s not the movie you think. Anyway, with all these thoughts about Giamatti, we will dedicate the first part of the show to Paul.

REVIEW: The Holdovers (2023). Every year, the students at Barton Academy go home for a two-week holiday, but a few unlucky kids are stuck at school. They’re called “The Holdovers”. This year, the hated classics teacher Mr. Hunham (Paul Giamatti) is supervising, but his typical Scrooge-like demeanour is going to be tested by the gifted but troubled “Holdover” Angus, and the head of the school’s cafeteria Mary, who’s trying to navigate the first Christmas after her son was killed in Vietnam. Can these three lost souls change their fate, and, more importantly, do we care?

End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.