This week’s episode of Someone Else’s Movie was originally supposed to have been recorded last summer, but my guest got a gig so we had to postpone it.

Well, now the gig is rolling into the world: It’s Nine Perfect Strangers, a miniseries adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s novel starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Grace Van Patten, Regina Hall, Bobby Cannavale and half a dozen other very gifted performers that premieres on Hulu in the U.S. tomorrow and on Amazon in Canada on Friday. And its director, Jonathan Levine — maker of extremely entertaining films like All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, 50/50, Warm Bodies, The Night Before, Long Shot — is here to talk about Billy Madison, the Tamra Davis comedy that took Adam Sandler from Saturday Night Live to proper movie stardom, and also is not nearly as dumb as you might remember it. 

I mean, it’s pretty dumb, but in a conscious way. I think. We break it all down for you.

Wanna listen? You can! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play and Stitcher to get it instantly, or download the episode directly from the web. And then you can move on to all the stuff I forgot to post about last week … like the latest episode of NOW What, which offers a look at the COVID risks Ontario’s back-to-school policy does nothing to mitigate, according to the Ontario Parent Action Network. The episode also includes my chat with The Suicide Squad‘s Nathan Fillion, which you may have seen earlier this month.

And then, read stuff! There’s last Friday’s What to Watch page, my longer reviews of Brand New Cherry Flavor and Free Guy, and a look at Cineplex’s new subscription service, CineClub. Well, it’s more of a discount program. But it does require a subscription, so  there.