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In a jam-packed penultimate episode, the gang grades all films from the fourth quarter of 2023 and reviews three brand new ones:

• THE BOYS IN THE BOAT [00:10:51] - George Clooney strikes again with a rather detail-oriented period piece that somehow makes one nostalgic for a time they (nor the director) ever lived. Hear why it worked.

• THE COLOR PURPLE [00:22:03] - okay, so to try to get it straight, it's a reboot (k...

Five new movies covered this week:

• POOR THINGS [00:04:24] - Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe feature in what is truly one of the most remarkable feats on screen all year. Hear why the gang loved this one so much.

• AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM [00:34:13] - Jason Mamoa and Amber Heard return. Surely the parking lots of movie theaters were packed for this one over the holidays, right? Right?

• ANYONE BUT YOU [01:02:43] - ...

Two new movies covered this week:

• WONKA [00:01:11] - For some reason, none of the other studios wanted to go up against the Timothy Chalamet-led gritty origin story that nobody in particular asked for. Your Movie Masters discuss if there was legitimately anything to fear.

• MAY DECEMBER [00:47:31] - With the proper theatrical new release offerings being as slim as ever this week, the gang takes a look at "May Decem...

Four new movies covered this week:

• EILEEN [00:02:28] - Anne Hathaway! Mystery/Thriller! Boston accents! What could go wrong? Well...

• THE BOY AND THE HERON [00:21:35] - Hayao Miyazaki has clearly been busy slaving away on this latest offering from Studio Gibli. Obviously, this one's a visual feat. But how does it work as a movie?

• THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE [00:41:21] - An excellent documentary surroundi...

Four new movies covered this week:

• GODZILLA MINUS ONE [00:01:30] - Toho's follow-up to the universally-praised breakout "Shin Godzilla," could the Japanese studio make lightning strike twice?

• DREAM SCENARIO [00:30:52] - In a landscape where any given number of new Nicolas Cage movies are playing or streaming at any given moment, this was the one that many people were claim they "heard was a great on...

Three new movies covered this week:

NAPOLEON [00:01:08] - believe it or not, one Movie Master actually loved this movie. Hear the logic.

SALTBURN [00:38:19] - a predictable offering in a post-"Euphoria" world, find out how the transgressive antics of this film were received by the gang.

WISH [01:04:34] - Disney's latest and perhaps most meta release to date.

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Four new movies covered this week:

• THANKSGIVING [00:01:54] - Eli Roth made a movie based on the fake trailer he made to run between "Deathproof" and "Planet Terror" however many years ago... and your Movie Masters had to see it.

• NEXT GOAL WINS [00:24:17] - Taika Waititi made a movie based on real events surrounding the American Samoa Olympic soccer team and then cast himself as the on-screen narrat...

SIX new movies covered this week:

• THE MARVELS [00:01:17] - if you're caught up on the 16+ viewing hours of LORE that goes into this film, you may then pay money to view it. Otherwise, listen to this.

• IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE [00:23:56] - it's holiday horror season. Was this movie a fun time or just a pun grind?

• RADICAL [00:38:57] - one of a couple of foreign films this week, hear why it's worth yo...

New movies covered in this episode:

The Marsh King's Daughter [00:01:14] - Daisey Ridley aka Rey Skywalker of the Skywalker ennealogy returns to reprise her role as Rey Skywalker in the gritty origin tale "The Marsh King's Daughter: A Star Wars Story." Just kidding, this is a movie where she just shoots dudes in the swamp.

Divinity [00:22:15] - IT'S DORFFIN' TIME. Heavily-stylized lo-fi sci-fi w...

New movies covered in this episode:

Five Nights at Freddy's [00:01:44] - at the teenage/YouTube reaction film event of the year, how did your Movie Masters fare amongst the hordes?

Dicks: The Musical [00:23:51] - the essence of the adage about judging something by the cover (and even the studio in this instance) was heavily in play here. Hear the gang express genuine surprise toward how good this one actually turned o...

New movies covered this week:

Killers of the Flower Moon [00:08:30] - the latest from Martin Scorsese. Clocking in at well over 3 hours, the gang explores how the director is able to make legitimate epics without leaving much (if any) filler behind.

The Other Zoey [00:44:36] - a very, very odd film based on a nonsensical inciting incident that begets a litany of others. Can any sense be made of this one? Your Movie Master...

New movies covered this week:

• TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR [00:03:04] - the spookiest film of the season, as in: it scared off the studios from putting anything up against it. Like... nothing whatsoever. Hear about the effects of the phenomenon at the local theater.

• SHE CAME TO ME [00:13:21] - Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman, and more... could the film itself live up to the star power?

• SHELTER IN SO...

New movies covered this week:

• THE ROYAL HOTEL [00:14:21] - hey, that Julia Garner's one hell of an actress, right? "Ozark" is an all-timer. But what can she do with... this script?

• THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER [00:35:18] - what is this... the fifth (?), sixth (?) installment of the franchise? At least two of your Movie Masters know, as they binged the entire series before taking this one in. Could David Gordon...

New movies covered this week:

• SAW X [00:01:57] - the tenth installment of the franchise actually takes place between the first and second. Hear why this particular horror IP is the stone cold #1 favorite of at least one of your Movie Masters.

• THE CREATOR [00:32:16] - speaking of favorites, "Rogue One" is unabashedly a top 5 movie for another Movie Master. Could a standalone movie built from the ground up wit...

In this episode, the gang runs through all of the films screened in quarter three of 2023 and assigns them all tier grades:

• S-tier (exceptional, near perfect)

• A-tier

• B-tier

• C-tier

• D-tier

• F-tier (a complete waste of time, "kill it with fire")

Tune in to hear which films achieved exceptionally rare S-tier rankings!

As always: moviemasters760@gmail.com for all questions, concerns, comments, and mov...

New movies covered this week:

• EXPEND4BLES [00:02:07]- Do you get it? The '4' is an 'A' because this is the fourth installment in the franchise. Could the film itself live up to this level of forward-thinking innovation and cleverness?

• IT LIVES INSIDE [00:18:53] - Pretty sure this was the horror movie about a demon (or whatever) that lived in a jar but then the jar broke and the protagonists had to find...

As we enter another spooky season, the gang has pitted all of the horror movie villains from the first nine months of 2023 against each other in a sixteen-seed tournament to determine the ultimate in evil powers.

This episode features the consensus voting from all four Movie Masters across all four rounds in real time, right down to the final winner.

Whether you want to reinforce these picks or disagree and want declare a...

New movies covered this week:

• "A Haunting in Venice" [00:01:32] - it's been established in previous episodes that at least one Movie Master has an obsession for whodunnits. With another offering based on the work of Agatha Christie, does this one check out?

• "Camp Hideout" [00:17:22] - with one of the coolest posters of quarter three, this one looked rather promising. Having now watched it, on h...

New movies covered this week:

• "The Nun 2" [00:01:40] - the second installment in "The Nun" franchise, but also the eighth installment in "The Conjuring" franchise. Do you love franchises or what?

• "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3" [00:27:17] - the third installment in the "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" franchise, but also part of the RitaVerse and Hanksocosm, as Rita Wilson and ...