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The Game of the Game comes to an end as Zach, Christian, and Mitchell discuss a year's worth of movies and the merits of this new format. Will The Game of the Game return? In The Week in Review, Zach ruminates on giallo and The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh, Mitchell discusses Mouse: PI for Hire, and Christian praises Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2009 film Air Doll. Follow us on Letterboxd: Christian: ⁠https:/...

Get ready to throw some bottles around and destroy everything in your kitchen. We're talking about Cocktail! In The Week in Review, Zach waxes lyrical over Aerosmith's Pandora's Box, and Christian relates his burgeoning interest in Japanese City Pop. Follow us on Letterboxd: Christian: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/⁠ Mitchell: ⁠https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/⁠ Zach: ⁠https://lette...

The lads watch part of a movie this week as they tackle the Japanese silent experiment that is A Page of Madness. A third of this one is lost, and it was originally designed to be watched with a live narrator, but let's see what we can get out of it. In The Week in Review, Zach describes his conflicting feelings on Stephen King's Later, Christian praises K Pop Demon Hunters (again), and Mitchell t...

Barbara Stanwyck goes to jail this week as Zach, Christian, and Mitchell discuss 1933's Ladies They Talk About...an LGBTQ film During The Week in Review, Christian talks Silent Hill 2 Remake, Zach discusses his Doctor Who rewatch, and Mitchell praises 50 First Dates. Follow us on Letterboxd: Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://l...

From the grasslands of Uganda, a new Tarantino emerges! Mitchell, Zach, and Christian discuss 2020's The Girl in the Yellow Jumper. During The Week in Review, Mitchell ponders the trailer for 2026's Pressure, Zach mildly recommends Woody Allen's Zelig, and Christian praises The Beatles (shocker).

Cookie Pocket continues to plumb the depths of the bargain bin this week as Christian, Mitchell, and Zach discuss Fateful Findings, magnum opus of modern auteur and Las Vegas architect Neil Breen. On The Week in Review, Mitchell checks back in with The Walking Dead, Zach praises the 50th anniversary IMAX rerelease of Tommy by The Who, and Christian hums and haws over Hoppers, Pixar's latest ci...

Faced with the challenge of selecting a film based on a "minor" 20th century war, Zach brings Bruce Beresford's Breaker Morant to the table. Christian's legal education is deployed. In The Week in Review, Zach discusses forgotten true crime expose The Shoemaker, Mitchell praises Lady Gaga's Mayhem, and Christian ponders Robert Redford's Academy Award winning directorial e...

Cookie Pocket ventures where no man has gone before this week as Mitchell, Zach, and Christian discuss Harmony Korine's AGGRO DR1FT, a film entirely shot in infrared using extensive generative AI. Is this the cinema of the future or utter nonsense? In The Week in Review, Zach discusses Stephen King's Joyland, Mitchell talks The Walking Dead, and Christian praises Sympathy for Mr Vengeance.

One horror film after another. The boys discuss 1962's Tower of London, directed by Roger Corman and starring Cookie Pocket Hall of Famer Vincent Price. Price has been a feature of Cookie Pocket since its very first season. Will he let us down this time around or rise to the occasion? Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j...

Zach is under the microscope this week as he selects 1987's Wicked City for the group to discuss. Tentacles, demons, and animated sex, oh my! This one isn't for the faint of heart, folks. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMitchell:  ...

Mitchell, Zach, and Christian go back to the beginning this week for a second discussion on 1980's The Changeling, the first film ever discussed on an episode of Cookie Pocket. Have their opinions changed on this cult classic? Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell...

Christian, Mitchell, and Zach discuss the feel bad film of 1981, Andrzej Żuławski's Possession, also known as "that movie where Isabelle Adjani screams in a subway."Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMitchell:   / townf0g   Zach...

Zach takes a literal approach to his latest prompt and selects 1978's  Magic  as a film made using puppetry. The boys discuss psychology, a young Anthony Hopkins, and the five minute challenge. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMitchell:...

Mitchell, Zach, and Christian take on one of the worst remembered films of 2018 and tap their feet along to Queen's greatest hits in Bohemian Rhapsody. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMitchell:   / townf0g   Zach:   / citymistproduct  ...

The boys watch in shock and awe as Jackie Chan crashes through windows, falls down stairs, and commits flagrant police brutality on the streets of Hong Kong in 1985's Police Story. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMitchell:   / townf0g ...

Cookie Pocket's Sixth Annual Holiday Specials come to a close with 1940's Remember the Night, somehow the most festive film we've watched this year. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMitchell:   / townf0g   Zach:   / citymistprod...

The Night of the Hunter was a little lowkey, so the lads watch something more lighthearted for the second Holiday Special of the year. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMitchell:   / townf0g   Zach:   / citymistproduct   Follow Cookie Pocket...

The Holiday Season is upon us here at Cookie Pocket! While we trim the tree and prepare the roast beast, join us for a discussion of 1955's The Night of the Hunter. It's black and white, it's dark, it gets Christmassy right at the end. You know it's got to be a Zach pick for a Holiday Special! Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://let...

The lads continue their international journey as Zach is tasked with selecting a Nigerian romance and picks 2018's Sylvia. Get ready for a lot of tears, hallucinations, and washed out cinematography. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMit...

Mitchell, Zach, and Christian continue to explore new territory as Cookie Pocket heads to India for the first time for a discussion on 2009's 3 Idiots. Music, comedy, drama, life, death, birth, suicide! This film has all that and a bag of potato chips! Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/Ci...

Sometimes an episode comes along that seems almost as if it was tailor made to infuriate Zach. Christian is tasked with selecting a film featuring Kevin James in a starring or supporting role, and you don't need to be a genius to guess what he picks. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/City...

This is a loaded one. Zach is tasked with selecting a film produced in China in the last two years and chooses the lengthily titled Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms, an adaptation of classical Chinese mythology with more than a little Marvel franchise envy. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterb...

Mitchell chooses 2000's Devils on the Doorstep when prompted to select a film directed by someone not generally known as a filmmaker. Don't worry, Zach and Christian hadn't heard of it either! Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMi...

Christian is prompted to select a war film that portrays the Americans as the antagonists and chooses 2003's The Last Samurai. Do Mitchell and Zach think it fits the bill though? Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow Mitchell and Zach on TwitterMitchell:   / townf0g  ...

Zach sidesteps Christian's prompt of "a film that was not released until years after it was completed" somewhat to show Christian and Mitchell Orson Welles' The Other Wide of the Wind. Hold on folks, this is going to be a trippy one. Follow us on Letterboxd:Christian: https://letterboxd.com/clm24601/ Mitchell: https://letterboxd.com/mitchb25j/ Zach: https://letterboxd.com/CityMistProduct/ Follow M...