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Join Tom and Alec this week as they take a look at this highly acclaimed Martin Scorsese. This movie is currently #18 on IMDB’s Too 250 movie list. Is this truly that good? Tune in this week and find out!

The Squares are kicking of their next 100 Films with another Kurosawa film. Up to this point, Tom and Alec have been a little disappointed with the Kurosawa films. Will this be the same story, or will this one live up to the expectations? Tune in this week and find out!

They did it! The Squares have reviewed 100 films and have their Top 100 List ready for everyone! Tune in this week for this celebratory episode and to see Tom and Alec’s lists!

Join Tom and Alec this week as they review their 100th movie! They thought it was only fitting to finish up another trilogy before the 100th episode celebration. How will this classic western trilogy compare to the other trilogies they have finished? Tune in and find out!

The Squares have reviewed 100 movies! Tune in to this mailbag episode for some fan mail before the 100th episode celebration!

Join Tom and Alec this week as they break the first rule of Fight Club. This is the second David Fincher film the Squares have reviewed. This film feels about as grungy as Se7en, but is it as good of a film? Tune in this week to find out!

Tune in this week as the Squares finish up their review of the original Star Wars Trilogy! Before episode 100, they had to finish this one up! One of the most highly regarded trilogies of all time. Return doesn’t get as much praise as the first two, but there are a few out there who consider this the best of the three! What will Tom and Alec think? Tune in this week and find out!

Our second personal pick of the week! Tune in for this Burt Reynold’s classic. Tom and Alec address all the biggest questions about this film on this episode. Is this an iconic film? Does it hold up today? Is this a movie that is known to people under the age of 30?  Tune in this week to find out!

The Squares have two episodes for you all today. Two personal picks! The first one is this classic Jim Carrey comedy. This one doesn’t seem to be critics favorite based on the other reviews out there. Will the Squares agree? Is this an underrated gem, or is it just another run of the mill comedy? Tune in and find out!

Join Tom and Alec this week for another adaptation of the Exodus story! This one doesn’t have Charleston, but does have quite the star-studded cast!  Including the late Val Kilmer voicing Moses! Is this the definitive Exodus adaptation? Tune in this week and find out!

It’s time for another four hour movie folks! Join Tom and Alec this week as they review the 1956 classic, The Ten Commandments! How will this film stack up to Ben Hur and Lawrence of Arabia? Tune in this week to find out!

Join Tom and Alec this week as they review another 4 hour movie! Lawrence of Arabia and Ben Hur are both highly acclaimed, classic films, but they are very different films! Will the Squares think as highly of this one as they did Ben Hur? Tune in this week to find out!

Join Tom and Alec this week as they review this Charlton Heston classic! Back in the day, this film won 11 Academy Awards. It is remembered for the incredible practical effects and wonderful storytelling. Do the practical effects hold up? Is it still a good movie by today’s standards? Tune in this week to find out!

The Squares are back!! But not on our normal Monday release day. If you check the calendar, you’ll see that today is April 1st, and on this day, the Squares review a film they wouldn’t typically give the time of day.  This year’s April Fool’s Film is Oscar-Winning, KPop Demon Hunters. This film took Netflix by storm in 2025. Will Tom and Alec jump on the bandwagon? Tune in and find out!!

Join the Squares this week for a surprising personal pick from Tom! Here the squares take a look at this wild Australian classic and ask an important question. Is the Mad Max franchise one of the most underrated franchises out there? Tune in and find out!

The Squares are 10 episodes away from 100 films reviewed! Tune in this week for a recap of the previous 10 films and some movie recommendations from the fans! Having done 90 film reviews at this point, the Squares have gotten some fun new opportunities lately. Recently, Alec had the opportunity to watch a screener of the film Gunfighter Paradise. The film premiered in New York and Los Angeles last...

Tom and Alec enjoyed book so much, they wanted to review two versions of film adaptations! Tune in this week as they take a look at a recent French adaptation of the exciting story!

The squares received a recommendation to review this movie back in a previous mailbag episode. It took a little while to get to it, but Tom and Alec wanted to read the book first! They do that, and now they are ready to review the film and see how the adaptation holds up! Tune in this week for a fun one!

It has been over 40 episodes since the squares reviewed Star Wars. It is about time they get to Empire! Many folks have this as the best Star Wars movie, and it is #15 on IMDB’s Top 250 List. Will the Squares agree with this praise? Tune in and find out!

This week, join Tom and Alec as they review Mel Gibson’s follow up to The Passion. Is it as ambitious as The Passion? Maybe not…but this movie is still quite ambitious. This film has its fair share of fans and critics. Many critics don’t love the historical inaccuracies and violence in the film. What will the Squares think? Tune in and find out!

Tom and Alec are reviewing another Nicolas Cage film! There are not many movies out there like this one. Is this fun comedy a better film than The Rock? Tune in this week and find out!

Join Tom and Alec this week as they review the first foreign film to ever win Best Picture at the academy awards! Will this recent movie live up to the hype? Tune in this week to find out!

Join the Squares this week as they review a non-western Clint Eastwood movie! Clint has many iconic movie roles, but Dirty Harry is probably one of his most iconic! Will this movie hold up as well as the other Clint movies Tom and Alec have reviewed? Tune in and find out!

Join the Squares this week as they kick off the new year with a movie that begs the question…are we living in The Matrix? The Matrix is one of the most iconic films of the late 1990s and has one of Keanu Reeves’s most popular movie roles! Does this movie still hold up in the year 2026? Tune in this week and find out!

Is the Grinch Jim Carrey’s most iconic role? He has had so many great roles but this one definitely stands out! Tune in this week as Tom and Alec go through this charming Christmas movie!