Episode 87: Life With a Nemesis Is So Much More Fun (minisode)

Episode 88: Is This Coming from the Severed Stump of a Person? (minisode)

A lot's happened since we've been away. Democracy is hanging by a thread and so are a few celebrities. Tom Cruise is taking the pandemic VERY seriously, Harry Styles is maybe doing some home-wrecking, Armie Hammer's getting kink-shamed, and Kim and Kanye are about to start divvying up assets. Plus, Netflix is about to shove 52 movies down our throats.

Episode 87: Life With a Nemesis Is So Much More Fun (minisode)

The days are getting shorter and darker, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the little things - like comedic genius, Rudy Giuliani contracting Covid, or Elliot Page living his truth. Meanwhile, there might be something even MORE sinister behind the HBO-Warner Bros deal than just the death of theaters, and Taylor Swift goes scorched-earth on her nemesis, Scooter Braun.

Episode 86: Out of Time (2003)

Special Guest Frazier Tharpe drops by to discuss Out of Time, the underseen and undervalued tropical noir directed by one of Hollywood's best hired guns. Who knew the fax machine could be so suspensful!

Episode 85 - No One Knows What Cancelling Means (minisode)

When every news story seems to fit into a theme, you've just got to lean in. So even though it's a topic usually reserved for right wing trolls, "Cancel Culture," or whatever the hell that is, is on the menu. David Fincher is making a series about it, Ellen DeGeneres and Hollywood's least-favorite Chris make their comebacks, a celebrity pastor is fired in disgrace, and we have some warnings to dish out for fans jumping into the Depp-Heard debacle.

Episode 84: Pickup on South Street (1953)

Craig and Ryan are playing both sides against the middle in this episode as they discuss Pickup on South Street's fatalistic examination of the Cold War. We discuss casting what-ifs, talk about the distinct look of the film, and ask ourselves the question: can a movie ever truly be apolitical?