Valley West Cinemas

Valley West Cinemas

This is the podcast where we take a group of related films and eliminate all but three.

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October 16, 2022 56 mins

For our final episode, Sean and Aaron discuss podcasting, independent filmmaking, and we take our red pens to the Freddy and Jason franchises. Thanks for listening!

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In this special episode, Aaron takes a break from eliminating movies to discuss the film TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME with guest Nikki.  Warning: There will be spoilers!

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This week Aaron and Tara take their red pens to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phases 1 and 2. Is Iron Man the best? Does anyone care about Ant-Man? And why does Tara hate Captain America?

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This week Aaron and Sean take their red pens to the filmography of director Michael Bay, the king of blowing stuff up.

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We're back!  Part 2 of our Serial Killer movies episode looks at Seven, Natural Born Killers, American Psycho, Copycat, and Monster.

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It's a two-parter! This week Aaron takes a red pen to serial killer movies with special guest Tara. Is Hannibal Lecter the king of serial killer movies?

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This week Aaron takes his red pen to a list of unseen horror films that you may have missed. Does "slow-burn" mean "boring" to you? Are there too many zombie movies? And who else misses video stores (seriously)?

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Aaron and Tara take their red pens to bad movies and ask, "Are they really that bad?" Is Batman & Robin a secret masterpiece? Is Waterworld an epic disaster? And who doesn't love the Spice Girls?

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July 20, 2022 39 mins

This week Aaron takes his red pen to the sequels of 1989.

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This week Tara and Aaron discuss recent events in America and movies that feature unwanted kids or abortions.

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This week Aaron and special guest Sean discuss the death of actor Vic Morrow on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie.  Then, we take our red pens to the filmography of that film's director, John Landis.  Should he have been allowed to make more movies? Where do we draw the line with forgiveness?

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This week Aaron takes his red pen to movies we missed like Morbius, The Matrix 4, Scream 5, Bob's Burgers, Turning Red, and a few others.

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This week it's The Office showdown as we take our red pens to the films of John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson, with special guest Nikki!  Is Friends better than The Office?  Is it hard for sitcom actors to choose good films?  And does the beard make John Krasinski a good actor?

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We don't eliminate any films this week and instead look at twelve documentaries Aaron recommends.

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May 26, 2022 57 mins

This week it's the films of Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard, with special guest Tara! Is Depp any good without Tim Burton (or the Pirates franchise)? How many movies has Amber Heard actually been in? And is The Lone Ranger kind of... racist?

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This week we take our red pens to Modern Disney Animated Films with special guest Tara! Is Encanto a new classic? Is Frozen maybe TOO popular? And can we talk about Bruno?  Or Raya... or Moana... or Bolt...

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This week we take our red pens to four ACTION franchises with special guest John! Is Die Hard better than Lethal Weapon? Is John Wick a modern classic? And how far can Fast & Furious go before it's too silly?

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This week Tara and Aaron discuss Alien Horror Movies! Did anyone see Scarlett Johansson's naked alien film? Is Prometheus great or trash?  And why are there three Species sequels?

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This week we take our red pen to disaster movies about bad weather. Does Twister hold up? Is Sharknado secretly genius? Why does the weather hate Jake Gyllenhaal?

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This week we take our red pens to the DC Extended Universe with new guest John! How much versus was actually in Batman v Superman? Which Suicide Squad is the best? And how bad is Wonder Woman 1984?

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