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In a special Easter episode, spiritual advisor Triston Andrews joins us as we discuss Martin Scorsese's “The Last Temptation Of Christ”, Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”, George Floyd lore, beating Satan with the boys, disaster movies, the importance of the crucifixion, the bicameral mind, and grouchy brows.

In this episode, we discuss Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, teenage boredom and mundanity, how we all need to chill out, how it ties into Citizen Kane and Dazed & Confused, wizards vs. eunuchs, the American Dream, glam rock, and the Oscar-Mayer Weiner mobile.

In this episode, we discuss Dan Trachtenberg’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, John Goodman being a physical beast, ungrateful guests, our breakfasts, abrupt genre shifts, genuine conspiracy theorists, and the Periodic Table of Funny.

In this episode, we discuss David Robert Mitchell’s Under The Silver Lake, Quentin Tarantino’s Friday the 13th, Nick’s illnesses, pre-COVID Los Angeles, Hitchcock, right-wing radicalization, the White Ring, how poorly our lives are going and the black experience.

In this episode, comedian and special guest Chris D’Aiello joins us as we discuss Alejandro Iñárritu’s Birdman, what it means to be a standup comic, a guy’s dream room, dying on Fear Factor, Shakespeare adaptations, merging reality and fantasy, and the fall of the Amazing Comedy Theater.

In this episode, we discuss Ted Kotcheff's First Blood, the Arnold and Sly rivalry, balancing action and drama, afro-yamakas, police brutality, how Rambo is a homicidal maniac, our funerals, and whether or not the CIA is trying to take down Let Em Watch.

In this episode, friend of the hosts Jake Johnson crashes the show as we discuss Steven Spielberg's Minority Report, environmental storytelling, being Marvelpilled, living in a digital bureaucracy, trouble at the DMV, the art of DVD menus, and living the van life.

In this episode, we discuss John McTiernan's Predator, genre blending, eugenics, subverting Arnold as an action hero, Asian accents, UFC champions, the importance of memorable side characters, furries in Chuck E. Cheese, and why Arnold is the forgotten final girl.

In this episode, spiritual advisor Triston Andrews joins us as we go off the rails and discuss David Fincher's Zodiac, how Bernie Sanders might be the killer, Riverside never getting the credit it deserves, the Unabomber, our personal lore, and pretty much everything except Zodiac.

In this episode, we discuss Oliver Stone's JFK, the importance of editing, coverups, why conspiracies are now a partisan issue, how women don't understand obsession, sigma Nixon edits, and what happens when the groupchat leaks.

In this episode, we discuss David Twohy's Pitch Black, what race Vin Diesel is, color theory, shifting protagonists, worldbuilding and original sci-fi, why Jons is a good ol’ boy, and why it's the best film for Islamic representation.

In this episode, we discuss Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight, why it endures as a classic campy comedy, how relatable it is to angsty teenagers, how Edward might be a little slow, and Jacob's favorite kind of licorice.

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In this episode, we discuss Antoine Fuqua's Training Day, different potential castings, Jake and Alonzo's relationship, meticulousness, Mexican food, and how the movie would be different if Alonzo was a pedophile.

In this episode, we discuss Zack Snyder's adaptation of Watchmen, whether or not Dr. Manhattan is natty, how Watchmen ties into emo music, how faithful it is to the source material, and Redditors.

In this episode, we discuss Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, Keanu Reeves' acting skills, Dracula peaking in high school, melodrama and grandiosity in Dracula adaptations, the original Nosferatu, and skittles.

In this episode, we discuss David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future, how to pronounce Ralph Fiennes, surgery as a metaphor for social media, and Riley having a brain aneurysm at 9m39s.

In this episode, we discuss Ridley Scott's Gladiator, why it's the perfect dad movie, how Maximus is a Marvel superhero, and why the frost sometimes makes the blade stick.