Gregory Ellwood

editor-in-chief of the movie and pop culture site HitFix.

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Gregory Ellwood on KCRW

This week’s batch of movies is all about life lessons. And maybe some daddy issues. We talk “Whiplash”, “St. Vincent”, “The Judge” and “Dracula Untold”.

Life Lessons and Daddy Issues

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