This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:11:43), we conclude our coverage of Kinji Fukusaku's original Battles Without Honor or Humanity series, also known as The Yakuza Papers, with Volume 5 - Final Episode, in addition to "Darkness Falls" - the 20th episode of season 1 of X-Files. In part two (1:11:44-2:29:03) we talk in shorter format about seven additional features: the 2024 MCU TV series Agatha All Along, the 1996 Coen Brothers' fake true crime masterpiece Fargo, Stephen Herek's 1989 teen comedy classic Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Teruo Ishii's 1973 ero guro jidaigeki Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight, the 1981 Filipino James Bond ripoff For Y'ur Height Only (starring Weng Weng and directed by Eddie Nicart), the 2006 M. Night Shyamalan fairytale flop Lady in the Water, and the 2006 Martin Campbell James Bond reboot smash Casino Royale. In part three, we talk briefly about the other stuff we've watched since last time, make our picks for next week.
We encountered some technical difficulties recording this week so apologies for somewhat uneven audio.
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