Empathy Machines

Regan MacNeil, a playful 12 year old, begins communicating with an invisible figure through a Ouija board, but as her behavior turns terrifying and doctors fail to explain it, her mother seeks help from a skeptical priest.

After the deaths of three children suspected to be killed by wolves, writer Russell Core is hired by the mother of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate her son in the Alaskan wilderness.

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing something they shouldn't have at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar. Jeremy Saulnier. 2015.

A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family. Jeremy Saulnier. 2013.

Solitary, cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, a killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. Yet, the longer he waits, the more he thinks he's losing his mind, if not his cool. David Fincher. 2023.

The husband of a missing woman becomes the main suspect in her disappearance. David Fincher. 2014.

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided by eccentric hacker Lisbeth Salander in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years. David Fincher. 2011.

As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business. David Fincher. 2010.

The commandant of Auschwitz and his wife strive to build a dream life for their family in a house next to the camp. Johnathan Glazer. 2023.

A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery. Johnathan Glazer. 2013.

A young boy attempts to convince a woman that he is her dead husband reborn. Johnathan Glazer. 2004.

Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them. Johnathan Glazer. 2000.

A young aristocrat falls in love with a poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic. James Cameron. 1997.

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species. James Cameron. 1989.

A cyborg from the future, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg. James Cameron. 1991.

A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction. James Cameron. 1984.

For our 50th episode we cover our personal favourite movies of 2025.

A single mom at war with her son is trying to find a hobby for him. One day, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster. John Carney. 2023.

A chance encounter between a down-and-out music business executive, and a young singer songwriter new to Manhattan, turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents. John Carney. 2013.

A young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention. John Carney. 2016.

A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story. 2006. John Carney.

Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/pumpkin-hollow License code: BIAKSFKPDNIIUMX4

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/pumpkin-hollow License code: BIAKSFKPDNIIUMX4

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. Paul Thomas Anderson. 2025.

A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam. Diao Yinan. 2019.