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As Spooky Season trots on, Aaron and Jacob make some noise for The Silence of the Lambs. While procedurals don't typically satisfy their palate, they eagerly devour the cinematic craft of the skin-crawling thriller.

Spooky Season continues as Jacob and Aaron bring Orphan into the fold. Older but not wiser having seen the twisty thriller, the two nurture their discussion the only way they know how - with lessons on giraffe legs.

To celebrate Spooky Season, Jacob and Aaron invoke The Love Witch, and fall under the spell of its seductive 60s style. Like the bizarre film, the resulting podcast is pure chaos magic.

This week, Aaron and Jacob are here to chew bubblegum and watch They Live... and they're all out of bubblegum. The two have no need for any six-minute slugfests - Carpenter's serving up lots of 80s cheese, and they're more than happy to consume.

As Spooky Season opens, Jacob brings Aaron along for the ride to Escape from Tomorrow, where dreams of a filmmaking career come to crash and burn. The two address the various elephants in the room to decipher if the guerrilla filmmaking is Dumb-o, Goofy, or, um, icky.

This week, Jacob and Aaron extract thoughts from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In discussing the mobius-strip movie of repeated relationships, Jacob's looking to start things with an unpopular opinion, while Aaron is Thinking of Ending Things.

Swinging back to the other list, Aaron and Jacob talk like you through The Jungle Book. Both are taken in by its Shere simplicity compared to the remake, but Kahn't believe the villain didn't think beyond the Bare Necessities by using sleeper agents

At some point in time, Jacob and Aaron encounter Predestination. Can they compose themselves well enough to discuss the mind-bending sci-fi thriller? That's for them to know, and you to find out; it's a prerecorded paradox.

Aaron and Jacob wind up with Sucker Punch and aren't surprised to discover it really sucks. The two exchange blows aimed at its director, and cross off items on their list before they can escape his oppressively unpleasant vision.

This week, Jake's on a mission from Aaron to watch the Blues Brothers. Both end up grooving with the film's anarchic style; perhaps a little too much, as their attempts to stay on topic are a metaphorical 103 car crash.

The podcast is brought back to Jacob's list this week, as the Lazarus Effect puts him and Aaron through hell. As the stories go, Jesus compels them to call out to their good friend David.

It's Idiocracy on the podcast this week, as Aaron and Jacob judge Mike Judge's offloaded oft-cited satire. But before they deduce the bad ingredients preventing the film from cultivating its comedy, they are dumbfounded by the discovery of "Dorfman in Love."

This week, Jacob and Aaron hit record from quarantine to inspect REC's quarantine. The two consider it a breakout movie within the spread of found footage films.

All paths lead to Yojimbo this week, as Aaron and Jacob take another stab at Akira Kurosawa's filmography. They both side with the samurai's journey being a lot of fun, even if Jacob would bet a Fistful of Dollars on knowing how it goes.

Jacob presents Aaron with a choice film from his list, the Belgian drama Two Days, One Night. They also take a quick bite to talk about streaming services that will barely last that same timeframe.

This week, Jacob is back aboard Aaron's list for the Denzel Washington/Gene Hackman military drama Crimson Tide. The two have no disagreements about the film being far from sub-par.

Aaron suffers growing pains diving back into Jacob's list as the two reconvene on July 4th for one of Adam Sandler's most infamous films, Grown Ups. They both think it chocolate-wasted its premise with a lot of groan-inducing comedy.

The guys emerge from quarantine to enter a world where a pandemic threatening to wipe out all of humanity is exacerbated by virulent racism: Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men. The two find the sci-fi film holds unfortunate evergreen relevance, but don't despair like Clive Owen! They still find plenty of things to kid around about.

Stories of marriage, and deaging hitmen. Dishonest settlers and bright little women. Stars in old ages, cars, wars, and clown grins. One of these will have a Best Picture win...and Jacob and Aaron have seen them all. Hear which are their favorites, and their predictions for the big night. Spoilers for the discussed films begin at... The Irishman - 6:20 Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood - 19:25 Ford...

As the sun sets on spooky season, Aaron and Jacob sink their teeth into the seductive 80s cheese of Fright Night. Both find it to be a bloody delight that just might stake claim to being the ultimate Halloween treat.

Aaron and Jacob are animated to talk the Looney-Tunes stop-motion spectacle of Army of Darkness' spooky, scary skeletons. The film takes Aaron back in time to his homemade fantasy epic, and both hail it as the potential king of cinema, baby.

This week, Aaron and Jacob revive their Mel Brooks dispute with Young Frankenstein. Both do agree that not all its parts are as lively as others, but things get Wilder when Jacob mobs Aaron with his fiery takes.

Jacob and Aaron are psyched to get back to their routine with the social satire American Psycho. Aaron hides his frustrations behind a facade over how well it holds up, while both are glad to have no reservations about director Mary Harron's intentions.

In the pilot episode of Gr(eat/ate)ways to Cinema, Jacob's list of movies immediately spells trouble for Aaron, who has to get through the grind of Grindelwald. Aaron finds its beastly blend of retcons, wheel-spinning, and tone-deaf developments to be far from fantastic, but Jacob still kinda likes it, Hogwarts and all.

Aaron and Jacob come together to talk the mind-bending, low-budget sci-fi film Coherence, hoping to turn their enthusiastic response into a coherent discussion.