Episodes

Tuesday Jan 26, 2016
160 - The Boy
Tuesday Jan 26, 2016
Tuesday Jan 26, 2016
This week we review the haunted doll movie "The Boy" and discuss the news of McG's "Masters of the Universe" reboot, as well as Sam Raimi's American remake of the French thriller "A Prophet." We discuss, at some length, the #OscarsSoWhite activist campaign and it's effects of the official membership rules enforced by the Academy of Motion Pictures. At the end of the program we also review Otto Preminger's 1944 noir "Laura."

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 Nov 24, 2015
152 - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 2 (w/ guest Mindy Crouchley)
Tuesday Nov 24, 2015
Tuesday Nov 24, 2015
This week we are joined by author and YA fiction enthusiast Mindy Crouchley to review the final installment of the Hunger Games franchise "Mockingjay Part 2." We discuss the film in context to the aftershocks of recent political violence, the deeper themes of YA distopian literature, and weather or not Francis Lawrence should make an "Aliens" film. Cassidy does a solo review of the Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara romantic-drama "Carol," and for our Netflix homework we also review the 1991 ensemble comedy "Soap Dish," starring Sally Field, Kevin Cline, and Robert Downey Jr.

Tuesday May 19, 2015
131 - Mad Max: Fury Road
Tuesday May 19, 2015
Tuesday May 19, 2015
Leading up to our review of "Mad Max: Fury Road" we catch up on some movie news and discuss our favorite post-apocalyptic wasteland movies. Cassidy also regales Richard with more stories of disastrous apartment hunting episodes in LA, and at the end of the show we review the David Wain comedy "They Came Together."

Wednesday Apr 29, 2015
129 - Unfriended and Ex Machina
Wednesday Apr 29, 2015
Wednesday Apr 29, 2015
Cassidy talks the horrors of LA traffic and Richard describes his time at Portland's CthulhuCon. We also discuss Adam Sandler's racism allegations on the set of his new Netflix movie, Jared Leto's tattooed joker pic, and we review the 'cybernatural' horror film "Unfriended" and Alex Garland's sexy robot movie "Ex Machina."

Tuesday Mar 31, 2015
126 - It Follows
Tuesday Mar 31, 2015
Tuesday Mar 31, 2015
This week we talk about what Cassidy did over spring break, Richard's legitimate fear of doctors, and we discuss,at length, the function of a good movie villain. We also review the critically acclaimed teen horror film "It Follows" and in our Netflix homework we review the extremely challenging, German sex-comedy "Wetlands."
It Follows trailer

Tuesday Mar 03, 2015
123 - Maps to the Stars
Tuesday Mar 03, 2015
Tuesday Mar 03, 2015
This week we catch up with the movie news and review David Cronenberg's new film "Maps to the Stars." We also talk about the functional role of the protagonist and review the quirky indie flick "Frank" in our netflix homework.
Maps to the Stars trailer
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Tuesday Feb 24, 2015
122 - The Kingsmen & 87th Oscar recap
Tuesday Feb 24, 2015
Tuesday Feb 24, 2015
This week we forgo the movie news to do a thorough recap of the 87th Academy Awards ceremony; the surprises, the hosts, the performances, and the winners. We also review the spy action-comedy "The Kingmen." In our Netflix homework we review the teen sci-fi freak-out,"Detention."
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Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
118 - Blackhat and Inherent Vice
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
This episode we review Michael Mann's new film "Blackhat," Paul Thomas Anderson's burnout caper comedy "Inherent Vice," and we discuss the upcoming films of 2015 that we're most excited to see. At the end of the program, for our Netflix homework, we also review Jim Jarmusch's 1995 film "Dead Man," staring Johnny Depp.

Tuesday Jan 06, 2015
117 - Top-10 Films of 2014
Tuesday Jan 06, 2015
Tuesday Jan 06, 2015
Here it is, our official top-10 films of 2014. We compare our lists and make brief mention of our runner-ups as well. We also do a shorter bottom-5 list of the worst films of 2014. Guess how much overlap there might be!