The Back Half

#8: Daddy's Home 2, Björk's Utopia and the troll doll

Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman are joined by New Statesman film critic Ryan Gilbey to discuss Mel Gibson's return to the big screen in Daddy's Home 2. Then, they analyse the new Björk album Utopia, and finally celebrate the noniversary of the troll doll.Get in touch on Twitter and send us your noniversary suggestions via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ns_podcasts" target="_blank">@ns_podcasts</a> or <a href="https://create-beta.acast.com/episodes/8f2a1933-9878-4781-aa4a-58053e8b7ca7/www.twitter.com/tom_gatti" target="_blank">@tom_gatti</a>.Utopia by Björk is out now on One Little Indian Records.Our theme music is "God Speed" by Pistol Jazz, licensed under Creative Commons. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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