September 18, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” and “The Long Walk”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz chit the chat over film — in particular, both generations of Spinal Tap.

The reviewed:

  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (dir Simon Curtis, starr Paul Giamatti, Dominic West, Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale, and Arty Froushan).
  • The Long Walk (dir Francis Lawrence, starr Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill).
  • Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (dir Rob Reiner, starr Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fran Drescher, Don Lake, John Michael Higgins, Jason Acuña, Nina Conti, Griffin Matthews, Kerry Godliman, Chris Addison, Brad Williams, Paul Shaffer, Kathreen Khavari, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Garth Brooks, Questlove, Trisha Yearwood, Chad Smith, and Lars Ulrich).

The forthcoming:

  • A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (dir Kogonada, starr Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, Kevin Kline, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge).
  • Him (dir Justin Tipping, starr Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, and Tim Heidecker).
  • The Senior (dir Rod Lurie, starr Michael Chiklis, Mary Stuart Masterson, Brandon Flynn, James Badge Dale, and Rob Corddry).
  • Afterburn (dir J J Perry, starr Dave Bautista, Samuel L. Jackson, Olga Kurylenko and Kristofer Hivju).

“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” and “The Long Walk”