THE MERCY OF THE GODS (2024)

ENCORE: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022)

We continue with encore presentations of mothers in space for May. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert use slapstick, sci-fi, and hotdog fingers in this hallucinatory exploration of agency and commitment and the everything bagel. There's IR and a critique of capitalism in this movie. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

THE MERCY OF THE GODS (2024)

The minds behind The Expanse are back with a novel about academic infighting and enormous space bugs. Dan identifies with one of the characters! It's a brutal look at how humanity does and doesn't survive contact with utter cruelty. There is lots of IR (and academic intrigue!) in this book. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

ENCORE: ALIENS (1986)

Mothers: Can't live with them, can't have existed without them. Science fiction is dominated my male voices, some of them have mommy issues. Here are some of our mommy issues. (Octavia Butler, author of one of encores, is the only creator to be exploring the issue from the inside.) First up is Aliens, the ultimate not-without-my-daughter text. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

ENCORE: WATERWORLD (1995)

Presenting the Schlock or Awe collection, encore presentations of the best worst movies we've seen. Patrons get episodes ad-free. Fourth wave: Urine for a treat. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001)

We are forced, once again, to ponder the power of charisma in creating the illusion of perfection. Of course things never go wrong for George Clooney. Unless he portraying a small-time legal fixer (see: Michael Clayton [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-clayton/id1712381882?i=1000704517048&l=es-MX]), in which case we just know we're watching a fantasy. Steven Soderberg, also at the top of his game, makes this a movie that's about criminal enterprise but goes down like a spa day at a luxury Vegas hotel. There is IR, kinda, in this movie. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.