Episodes
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015
156 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Big Short
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015
This week we try to round up a few year-end releases with reviews for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," a new bloody adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and the recession-era dramatic comedy "The Big Short." At the end of the show we review the 2010 survival drama "The Way Back" for our Netflix Homeowork.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015
155 - In The Heart of the Sea
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015
This week we discuss Ron Howard's new film "In The Heart of the Sea," based on the real account that inspired "Moby Dick." We also talk about the Golden Globe nominations and Katheryn Bigelow's new terrorist recruitment drama for HBO, alongside her old writing partner Mark Boal's involvement with this year's season of the popular podcast Serial. At the end of the show we try to make sense of the Netflix original special, "A Very Murray Christmas."
Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
154 - Krampus
Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
This week's episode we get in a heated debate about the new holiday-themed horror-comedy "Krampus," of all movies. We also answer letters, discuss Luc Besson's developing 183-million dollar sci-fi project, and at the end of the show we review the documentary "Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World" for our Netflix homework.
Tuesday Dec 01, 2015
153 - Room & Creed (w/ guest Leland Brungardt)
Tuesday Dec 01, 2015
Tuesday Dec 01, 2015
Leland Brungardt of the Olympia Washington comedy podcast Dampercast steps in for Richard this week to review the new "Rocky" spin-off "Creed" and the Netflix original series "Master of None," starring and created by Aziz Ansari. Cassidy also does a solo review of the new Brie Larson drama "Room"(no, not THAT movie) and Leland explains his new obsession with playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Room trailer