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
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and an artificially intelligent Dale Basye are visited by the 2023 film Jules, which stars Ben Kingsley as a widower whose quiet routine is upended when a UFO crashes in his backyard. Is Milton truly having a close encounter or is this just a sign of early onset dementia? Find out!
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye pay a visit to the poignant 2020 drama The Father. Anthony Hopkins plays, well…Anthony: a man struggling with memory loss and confusion who refuses help from his daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman). Does the film offer a compelling portrait of dementia or is it ultimately, um: forgettable? Find out!
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye exhume the 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude where Bud Cort plays Harold Chasen, a wealthy young man obsessed with death and staging fake suicides who meets Maude Chard (Ruth Gordon) a free-spirited 79-year-old woman who embraces life to its fullest. Does the film put the “fun” in “funeral”? Find out!
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye put on their metaphoric jerseys and review the 2023 comedy 80 for Brady, where acting legends Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field play lifelong friends who bond over NFL quarterback Tom Brady. Will the film have you on your feet cheering or rolling your eyes with full-contact cringe? Find out!
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age! This week, AR (Anna) Nicholas and Dale Basye bite into Grumpy Old Men: the 1993 comedy that reunited once-Odd Couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The film follows two curmudgeonly neighbors who have been feuding for years. Grumpy Old Men was a critical and commercial success and started the popular Grumpy-Core movement…or would have, if such a thing had existed. Does the film hold up? Or is it long-in-the-tooth? Find out!
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Welcome to Uncertain Age: a podcast about movies & TV shows, only viewed through the lens of those—shall we say—of a certain age. Each week, hosts Anna Nicholas and Dale Basye review a movie or show and discuss how it portrays older characters and themes. Anna is a writer, director, actress, and studied law before realizing that life is too short. Dale Basye is a writer, film critic, musician, and author of the Circles of Heck series for Random House.