Uncertain Age
A podcast for movie and TV lovers of a certain age! Every week, hosts AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye help you muddle through media and navigate what to consume: looking at classics, obscurities, and new releases through the lens of maturity. Are actors cast appropriately? Are older characters treated respectfully? Any triggers for people 50+? Life is uncertain. And we need all of the certainty that we can get!
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Episodes
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Saturday Sep 07, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye spin The Weasel’s Tale, Academy Award-winning director Juan José Campanella’s 2019 dark comedy where a group of elderly veterans of the Argentine film industry living together in a grand mansion are visited by a young couple with ulterior motives. Is the film a clever, intricate, and hilarious puzzle of intrigue or an attempt to sharpen the Knives Out formula? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Friday Aug 30, 2024
Friday Aug 30, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye pay a visit to Thelma: the 2024 comedy-drama film starring June Squibb in her first leading role as a 93-year-old woman who gets scammed by a phone cheat pretending to be her grandson. Is the film an uplifting, darkly-comic revenge tale, or an attempt to swindle viewers out of their valuable time? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Friday Aug 23, 2024
Friday Aug 23, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye receive some Wicked Little Letters: the 2024 period comedy starring Olivia Colman where a small English town is thrown into chaos when residents begin receiving anonymous letters filled with crude and offensive language. Is the film a witty stab at the starched mores of polite society, or merely a bloated episode of Masterpiece Theatre? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Friday Aug 16, 2024
Friday Aug 16, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye uncover a swarm of Queen Bees, the 2021 comedy-drama film that follows the life of Helen (Ellen Burstyn), a fiercely independent widow who is reluctantly forced to move into a retirement community after a kitchen fire. Is the film “buzz-worthy” or lacking sting? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye take a spin in Gran Torino, the 2008 drama starring Clint Eastwood. The film centers around Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) a gruff, aging Korean War veteran at odds with his changing surroundings and a Hmong immigrant family who moves next door. Is the film a gripping look at racism and redemption, or is it a tired Eastwood vehicle best left in the garage? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Friday Aug 09, 2024
Friday Aug 09, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye keep their Eye in the Sky: the 2015 political thriller starring Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Is the film a taut, complicated look at modern warfare, or is a trite mess that drones on and on? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Friday Aug 02, 2024
Friday Aug 02, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye bask in The Sunshine Boys, the 1975 comedy starring Walter Matthau and George Burns as feuding vaudeville comedians who are reunited for a TV special about the history of comedy. Is the film a blazing slapstick romp or a tired attempt at humor that will give you third degree Burns? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye join Quartet, the 2012 film set in a retirement home for former opera singers where rehearsals for the annual Verdi birthday gala stir up memories and rivalries among the residents. Is the film a harmonious ensemble piece or does it hit a bunch of false notes? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye head off to Nebraska, the 2013 film starring Bruce Dern as a stubborn man who is convinced he's won a million-dollar sweepstakes and sets off on a quirky road trip with his son David (Will Forte) to claim his prize. Is the film a touching jaunt through troubled family histories or does it break down on the shoulder? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye have a Senior Moment, which also happens to be a 2021 film starring William “Captain Kirk” Shatner as a retired, hot-headed NASA test pilot who loses his driver's license after a drag racing escapade and finds late-in-life love with a baker (Jean Smart). Is the film a fun portrait of reinvention or does it barely get off the launch pad? Find out on Uncertain Age! And if there’s a movie, show, or podcast you’d like us to review, let us know at info@uncertainage.co!