Creed III x Akira (with Cameron Carr)

Welcome back to The Morgue! 

On this episode, the Morticians invite friend and collaborator Cameron Carr for a blow by blow on CREED III🥊 and an appropriately Japanese pairing: Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA🫀. Discussed (among other things)—the latitude Michael B. gives his anime influences, the ways both films tackle male relational issues and emotional trauma, that whole "next Denzel" conversation, and whether it truly is impossible to bring Otomo's classic to live action.

Plus: can you imagine if Tom Cruise *hosted* the Oscars? Grab your boxing gloves or sick scarlet biker suit and scrub in! 

TIMESTAMPS

[0:00 - 23:05] Intro & News! Sam Levinson's 'Idol' followup; new funding for MACRO, a rival to A24?;  Bob Odenkirk remaking 'The Room'; Chris Rock's new special

[23:25 - 1:17:05] Creed III (2023) dir. Michael B. Jordan

[1:17:20 - 1:59:40] Akira (1988) dir. Katsuhiro Otomo