The Ben Affleck Hall of Fame and ‘Animals.’ Plus: ‘Other Mommy’ Is Jump-Scary and Silly
Ben Affleck gets a long-overdue Hall of Fame treatment on The Big Picture, while the hosts debate the merits of Other Mommy—a horror film that won the box office but bored one co-host—and Animals, Affleck’s latest Netflix thriller that’s messy but oddly watchable. The conversation vee
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