Episodes

Thursday Apr 05, 2018
227 - Ready Player One
Thursday Apr 05, 2018
Thursday Apr 05, 2018
This week we talk about Steven Spielberg's new action blockbuster, "Ready Player One," based on the famed novel of the same name, and we play a voicemail by a listener who worked on the movie's special effects. We also talk about the possibility of a female Indiana Jones movie, James Wan's "Tommyknockers" remake, and the reshoots troubling this year's X-Men output. At the end of the program, we review the 2006 drama "Half Nelson" for our Netflix Homework.
Ready Player One trailer
Half Nelson trailer

Thursday Mar 22, 2018
226 - Thoroughbreds
Thursday Mar 22, 2018
Thursday Mar 22, 2018
Keith and Cassidy get back on the review wagon with discussions about the satirical new teen thriller "Thoroughbreds" and last year's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales." This comes with a heap of hot movie news about Danny Boyle directing the new Bond film, Ava Duverne directing a movie about DC's New Gods, and a "Men in Black" reboot supposedly in the works, starring Thor: Ragnarok's Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.

Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
225 - Oscars 2018
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
Ashley Laurence joins us again to tally up the Oscar predictions we made in Episode 222. We also talk about other Academy Awards highlights including fashion choices, Jimmy Kimmel's comedy bits, and all the political speeches. At the end of the program, we say farewell to 2017' by talking about the movies we're excited to see as we get deeper into 2018.
Oscars fashion highlights

Thursday Mar 01, 2018
224 - Annihilation
Thursday Mar 01, 2018
Thursday Mar 01, 2018
This week, Keith's soundtrack knowledge is put to the test with a quiz on tonally-inappropriate power ballads from 80s and 90s action movies. We also review Alex Garland's new horror-sci-fi film "Annihilation," and for our Netflix homework we review the independent sci-fi-drama "The Discovery."
Annihilation trailer
The Discovery trailer

Thursday Feb 22, 2018
223 - Black Panther
Thursday Feb 22, 2018
Thursday Feb 22, 2018
This week we review the cultural phenomenon that is Marvel's "Black Panther" and for our Netflix homework, we discuss the sci-fi horror film "The Cloverfield Paradox." Keith also evades certain death via house spider, we go over some backed up movie news, and Cassidy talks about why he had to log onto facebook with stranger's cell phone.
Black Panther trailer
The Cloverfield Paradox trailer

Thursday Feb 08, 2018
222 - Paddington 2
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
Thursday Feb 08, 2018
This week we record live from San Diego with Keith's wife Ashley Laurence. We make some Oscar predictions and we review the much acclaimed "Paddington 2. For our Netflix Homework, we also review the nominated documentary "Icarus."
Paddington 2 trailer
Icarus trailer

Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Bonus Episode - Let's Take a Survey
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
In lieu of a regular episode this week, we present to you a special bonus short. Here we answer some random survey questions by friend-of-the-show Mike Fallek of the "Lets Start a Cult Podcast." Listen to his show to get the full context, but you can also enjoy the entirety of our hot takes here.
Topics include:
Is acting lying?
Are slides better than swings?
Will you order mac and cheese from a restaurant?
The value of idle chit-chat.

Thursday Jan 25, 2018
221 - The Post
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
This week we review Stephen Spielberg's new awards-courting drama "The Post," along with shorter reviews for "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," and the divisive Netflix original "Bright." Kieth goes over his experience seeing "Hamilton" live for the first time and we talk about what comes up when we google our own names.
The Post trailer
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle trailer
Bright trailer

Thursday Jan 11, 2018
220 - Top 10 of 2017
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
This week we run through our top 10 and bottom 5 movies of 2017. There's a few surprises along the way and we also go over last year's favorite films as selected by our listeners.

Monday Jan 01, 2018
219 - The Disaster Artist
Monday Jan 01, 2018
Monday Jan 01, 2018
This week we review "The Disaster Artist;" James Franco's biopic about the infamous cult film "The Room." Cassidy also review's "I,Tonya;" the biopic about the infamous Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding. We give you our movie resolutions for 2018, and at the end of the show, we round out our last Christmas-themed Netflix homework with 1954's "White Christmas."