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Pump Up the Volume (1990)

This week’s prestige film is Pump Up the Volume. Christian Slater plays a mild mannered highschooler by day who transforms into pirate radio station DJ Happy Harry Hard-on by night, to scandalize his conservative town with profanity laced tirades about sex, drugs, and the utter meaningless of life. Is this movie just teen-agey angsty bullshit, or does it have something relevant to say in 2021 where everyone has a microphone and a public platform? Join us for the podcast to find out.

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1022 – Here’s Negan

This is the one we’ve been waiting for. Carol sends Negan on a spirit quest to come to terms with all the things he’s done is his past, from the horrific to the just plain cowardly. Was it worth the wait? Join us for the podcast to find out what we thought.

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Sideways (2004)

This week, we’ve got my absolute favorite Paul Giamatti movie, Sideways. It’s a well-written but also hilarious movie where an extremely depressed Paul Giamatti begrudgingly helps his college roommate philander his way through northern California wine country. It has some all-time classic Giamatti moments that we can’t wait to talk about. Get Sideways with us this on this podcast.

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S05E08 – Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort

Here’s the continuity you’ve been looking for. We finally deal with the tragedy of Rick’s artificially preserved best friend, Birdperson in an episode loosely based on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Check out the podcast to hear us hypothesize about the canon implications of this episode, among other things, and join us back here during the week of September 5th for the back-to-back airing of the final two season 5 episodes.

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1021 – Diverged

Our dream of seeing AMC make an hour-long episode of “Cooking with Carol” finally comes true this week on TWD S10E21: “Diverged”. Seriously, Carol makes soup for AN ENTIRE HOUR and the episode is…  well, about as good as our Cooking with Carol Skit. A big thank you to Mysteriana for creating the Watching Dead…

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LWJ&A – Episode 304 – If it Don’t Make Monitors it Don’t Make Sense

Lunchtime! This week A.Ron debates the entire world about whether he should add a fourth monitor to his streaming setup, we talk about Disney’s plans for the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, give our advice on sock fashion in your 30s, and answer a bunch of other viewer questions.

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The Suicide Squad (2021)

What a difference a word, and one excellent writer / director, makes! The Suicide Squad is a complete 360 from the steaming pile of garbage that was Suicide Squad. It’s fun, action-packed, ultra-violent and everything we would hope to see from the evolution of subversive superhero movies.

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Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump is an artifact of a more innocent age; a time before Tom Hanks learned to make fire. Before Robin Wright made binge-watching a lifestyle. Before Hollywood acknowledged that Pulp Fiction had changed the way audiences engaged with movies. Join us for the podcast to take a trip back in time and find out if this Academy darling still holds up.

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Ted Lasso S2, Foundation, Schmigadoon, The Pacific, Zola, Shadow and Bone – Off the Clock

This week we talk about the first 2 episodes of Ted Lasso’s latest season, the first Foundation novel and a bit about our hopes / expectations for the Apple TV+ series, Schmigadoon!, The Pacific, Zola, and Shadow and Bone. Plus, we answer questions from our Patreon “Executive Producers” about our plans for future coverage and whether we think great long-form stories on TV are killing shorter-form stories in movies.

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S05E07 – Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion

Oh boy, the community is divided over this episode. Turns out, so is our podcast. Join us for a discussion of S05E07 “Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion” which is either a perfect example of why the haters don’t deserve anymore Rick and Morty or a perfect example of why the latest season is complete crap, depending on which type of toxic fan you are.

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