To talk about Dune is to dissect the complex layers of Frank Herbert’s worldbuilding and storytelling, famously considered difficult to adapt for film simply because of its grand scope. Fortunately, Denis Villeneuve’s take on the first half of

42: No Time To Die (2021)

Oct 25th, 2021 2h 10m

No Time To Die features Rami Malek as a classical Bond villain out to destroy the world, but it’s merely the set dressing. At its core, the final entry in Daniel Craig’s Bond’s arc is a dramatic story about the passage of time and the inescapab

41: Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Sep 15th, 2021 1h 34m

We’re nostalgic for Spider-Man 2 for a multitude of reasons: Sam Raimi’s signature camp-infused humor, wild action with a splash of horror, and a poignant emotional core all make the second Spider-film a timeless classic. The vertical fight

40: Pig (2021)

Aug 31st, 2021 1h 27m

Nicholas Cage’s pig has been kidnapped, and it’s up to him and a fail-son entrepreneur to team up and get her back. But this isn’t just another revenge film. It’s not really a revenge film at all, in fact we’re not really sure what it is. One t

39: The Green Knight (2021)

Aug 19th, 2021 1h 35m

We’re back to the movie house, which means you have to strategize your piss timing or suffer in silence. It’s a new A24 film, baby! It’s directed by podcast favorite A Ghost Story’s David Lowery! Is it any good? Much like Dev Patel’s Sir Gawain

38: Twilight (2008)

Aug 3rd, 2021 1h 32m

The Twilight movies are up on Netflix, so let’s revisit the infamous franchise that defined a genre, spawned numerous memes, and sent ripples of change through the film industry that remain felt today. Made for a mere $37M, Twilight earned a bo

37: The Lighthouse (2019)

Jul 23rd, 2021 1h 9m

Two guys become awkward roommates in this buddy comedy about a lighthouse keeper and his new lighthouse keeper assistant. But then spooky stuff starts happening, and now we must ask ourselves: is this shit real, or is it a dream? One of these g

36: Nomadland (2020)

Jun 22nd, 2021 1h 5m

Nomadland wants to make one thing very clear: capitalism destroys people’s lives. We enjoyed Nomadland for its masterful visual storytelling but mostly for its poignant message and relevancy. Though the adapted story is one of the year 2011, it

35: Sound of Metal (2020)

May 26th, 2021 1h 26m

Sound of Metal is a brutal depiction of grief endured by a metal drummer, played by Riz Ahmed, who suddenly loses his hearing. Ruben moves into a shelter for deaf, recovering addicts, and sells his RV to raise the money needed for pay for a coc

34: Concrete Cowboy (2020)

Apr 28th, 2021 1h 9m

Concrete Cowboy is a coming of age story about Black cowboys, not in the wild west but in north Philadelphia. 15-year-old Cole is taken to live with his estranged father Harp, and introduced to his close-knit urban horse riding community. Cole

33: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Apr 13th, 2021 2h 3m

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is an anomaly in many ways, and the story of how this once fabled director’s cut came about is worthy of a movie itself. But how does the film itself stack up? It depends on your level of interest and knowledge of t

32: Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Apr 6th, 2021 1h 27m

Ohoho what’s this? A new release? You better believe it, buster. We’ve tightened up our supply chains and we’ve vertically integrated in order to deliver our takes from the Hollow Earth directly into your earholes in 5-7 business days or your m

31: War of the Worlds (2005)

Mar 30th, 2021 1h 27m

We close out the month with the conclusion to our Cruise / Spielberg double feature, War of the Worlds. It’s a decidedly post 9/11 film featuring a classic Spielbergian family with a divorced dad, rage fueled adolescent son, and an increasingly

30: Minority Report (2002)

Mar 2nd, 2021 1h 24m

Minority Report contains multitudes. On one hand, it depicts a dystopian, Cyberpunk-Esque future America with an even more powerful police state. On the other hand, there are slapstick scenes that would be at home in an episode of The Three Sto

29: Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Feb 17th, 2021 1h 41m

Kong: Skull Island slipped under the radar for a lot of folks, this podcast included. Whether people were feeling disappointed by the “Monsterverse’s” inaugural Godzilla (2014), or simply uninterested in another movie about big monkee, it’s a r

28: Ratatouille (2007)

Feb 4th, 2021 1h 20m

The dead whisper through time and space. They speak to a rodent, driven by pure ambition, rejecting its assignment as a bottom feeder of humanity’s filth. Rather, it will infiltrate their world. It assimilates into a culture of fine dining and

27: Vivarium (2019)

Jan 20th, 2021 1h 25m

Cucks, large adult sons, parasitic super-organisms: Vivarium has it all! Lorcan Finnegan’s surreal take on modern horror was one that we liked overall, even if some of us were underwhelmed by the ending. Trying to solve the mystery of The Boy/M

26: White God (2014)

Jan 5th, 2021 1h 28m

White God opens on an eerie, apocalyptic scene. The streets of Budapest are empty, and a lone girl bikes through the city. Suddenly, dogs. In perhaps the only film to feature 250 real (not CGI) dogs on screen at once, director Kornel Mundruczo

25: Juno (2007)

Dec 23rd, 2020 1h 29m

Our final episode of 2020 revisits the classic teen pregnancy film Juno (2007), starring Elliot Page, who recently came out as trans. With this in mind, we explore the gender dynamics of a film about pregnancy, in which the pregnant character i

24: Blade Runner (1982)

Dec 8th, 2020 2h 7m

Ridley Scott takes us on yet another journey into the distant future (2019) with all the neon and yellow peril we’ve come to expect from the 1980s. In the future, people are governed by megacorporations, cops have exclusive access to advanced t

23: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

Nov 25th, 2020 1h 13m

Y, Yorgos? Y?It’s a Greek tragedy! It’s magical realism! It’s horror!The Killing of a Sacred Deer is our second entry from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (see Episode 8: The Favourite) and, once again, proves to be a controversial one. In fac

22: The Village (2004)

Nov 11th, 2020 1h 24m

Spoilers for The Village are present in this episode, as well as M. Night Shaymalan classics The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs. Don’t get mad.To say The Village is a complex film to discuss would be an understatement. A relic of 2004, wh

21: The Witch (2015)

Nov 3rd, 2020 1h 17m

Like a witch inviting young children to their hut, we invite you, dear listener, to join us for a spooky Halloween/Election Day bonus episode on Robert Eggers’ 2015 feature debut, The Witch: A New England Folktale. Set in the early 1600s, a fam

20: Her (2013)

Oct 27th, 2020 1h 20m

"I think anybody who [records a podcast] is a freak. It's a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity."Sentient AI is a mainstay of science fiction, and movies have always been fascinated by the question of wh

19: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Oct 13th, 2020 1h 16m

Boggis and Bunce and Bean,One fat, one short, one lean.These horrible crooks, so different in looks.Were nonetheless equally mean.In a valley somewhere in the anglophone world, a community of animals exists parallel to humans. These wild an