TFS the Season: Episode 2 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys

TFS the Season: Episode 2 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys

The TFS Staff
TFS the Season

Hosts Diego Crespo (@thediegocrespo) and Mike Schindler (@mumbles3k) celebrate Shane Black Friday with two of the auteur’s finest Christmas movies. They discuss why Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the quintessential Shane Black film, why The Nice Guys counts as a Christmas movie, and why Black’s obsession with Christmas works so well.

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