This week, we're shuffling the release order a little bit to talk about 2009's Ondine. Directed by acclaimed Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan, the film stars Colin Farrell as a reclusive fisherman who rescues a mysterious and possibly magical woman from the sea. We talk about the film's origins as a Writer's Strike project, Colin's real life romance with co-star Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, the legacy of mermaids in films, and the career downturns that befall both Jordan and cinematographer Christopher Doyle after this film. Plus - we recorded this on the eve of Barbie and Oppenheimer's release, so you'll get a lot of our surely out of date thoughts on those and a bunch of nervous excitement. Connor pitches a Ben Mendelsohn podcast. Cole breaks down the history of Splash Mountain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.