NBA legend Charles Barkley became addicted to movies as a rookie, when he'd sneak into theaters to escape the limelight for a couple of hours. By the time he changed careers from baller to broadcaster, he was a bonafide film buff, with strong opinions on all kinds of movies. In this hilarious episode, Sir Charles talks to Ben Mankiewicz about the similarities between a film crew and a basketball team, the secret to hosting Saturday Night Live, and the courtroom classic that never fails to make him laugh.

Films Mentioned:

• Space Jam
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
• A Quiet Place
• All the Way*
• The Beekeeper
• Jaws
• Arsenic and Old Lace
• It Happened One Night
• Gladiator
• Any Given Sunday
• Die Hard
• Live Free or Die Hard
• My Cousin Vinny
• A Bronx Tale
• Pulp Fiction
• Malcolm X
• The Karate Kid
• Stripes
• Taps
• Taxi Driver
• Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• The Ten Commandments
• Ben-Hur
• In the Heat of the Night
• Brian's Song
• Field of Dreams
• The Sixth Sense
• Dirty Harry
• Rawhide

*Available on Max as of 01/21 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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