S&A Podcast 2: Capering Around New York with On The Rocks & The In-Laws

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This week on Schlock and Awe on Schlock & Awe I grab myself a Martini and scamper around the city of New York City with Sofia Coppola's latest On the Rocks and the 1979 comedy of errors The In-Laws.  This is a Double Caper of sorts, with plenty of Shenanigans.    

Other Movies Also Discussed: 

Captain America: The First Avenger 2011,
Captain Marvel, 2019
The Trial of The Chicago 7, 2020
Port of Shadows, 1938
The Philadelphia Story, 1940


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