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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Featurette

#InsidetheBucket Podcast #90

This week's episode of Inside the Bucket is online! Revel in the digital mastery! On this hippity-hoppity edition of Inside the Bucket, Matt is rejoined by Sandwich John and Brandon to give you all this week's movie and television news and reviews from our website SANDWICHJOHNFILMS.COM . Already dripping with SJF ballsy grease, the boys endeavor to discuss several items of supposed importance. This week, they turn their attention to mostly movie news, as they discuss the first image from the solo Wonder Woman movie, as well as news of Harrison Ford returning to the Indiana Jones universe. Then it's on to this week's box office report, as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice blasts into theaters, while Alleigant takes a stunning fall from grace. The boys also discuss movies and television shows hitting Blu-ray this week. After a short break to discuss Brandon's plantar fasciitis, it's on to Rants and Raves, where the boys bitch and gripe about al

Movie Review: 'City of Gold'

The foodie doc City of Gold resonates with the flair of a great underground LA restaurant. Review by Matt Cummings No matter where you live - outskirts of town, Downtown Wherever, or in the barrio - there are bound to be special places where you eat. For LA food critic Jonathan Gold, it's much more than reporting on the quality of the meal but plugging into the culture of his hometown. This is where the IFC documentary City of Gold finds itself, existing as far more than food criticism or consumption, but on popular criticism itself. Pulitzer Prize winner and LA Weekly critic Jonathan Gold is as much the subject here as the food he remarks on, gaining adoration from both fans and restaurant owners for his fairness and amiable personality. He samples the most diverse lineup of food you've ever seen (or eaten), most of which is inaccessible to a majority of people living in our country. Beginning as a copy reader for the paper, Gold is the perfect encapsulatio