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Tim and Andrew commemorate the Semiquincentennial with a list of their top “America” movies. Alphabetizing on the fly takes more effort than expected.

Tim and Andrew get atomic again and discuss Nicholas Meyer’s The Day After. The TV movie that traumatized an entire generation.

Tim and Andrew keep slummin’ with a couple of small screen hoaky horrors by Robert Zemeckis.

The “slummer” series continues with a couple of Spielberg’s small screen samplings from Amazing Stories. The man sure likes trains.

Tim and Andrew discuss Spielberg’s newest sci-fi outing, Disclosure Day. They both wish it had a better title.

Tim and Andrew continue the summer series with a look at Joe Dante’s Eerie Indiana output. A weird kid’s show, as well as a show for weird kids.

Tim and Andrew are back with a new Summer Series: Small Screen Slummin.' They'll be looking at the television work of established film directors. For the first episode, they take a look at David Lynch's Twin Peaks and On the Air.

Tim and Andrew’s annual rundown of the Best Pictures nominees. They offer some predictions as well.

Tim and Andrew give their thoughts on a few films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival: Carousel, Chasing Summer, The Incomer, and The Musical.

For the last episode of the 2000 series, Tim and Andrew cover John Frankenheimer lamentably last film.

Tim and Andrew head to Blockbuster and expound profusely on 2000’s version of Hamlet. It won’t help you pass the test, but it is interesting.

Tim and Andrew use a lot of SAT words to give their thoughts on Wicked: For Good.

Tim and Andrew dig back into the crypt for Dracula 2000 and a few more cinema skeletons.

Tim and Andrew hop back to 2000 and check out Frequency. A movie you probably, maybe, sort of remember. A Twilight Zone episode fused with a police procedural.

England’s loudest band returns from the dead in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.

The summer series comes to an end with the most triumphantly joyous Bill and Ted trilogy. Believe it or not, there are some things to overthink.

1994’s Timecop gets discussed in the penultimate episode of the summer series. An interesting idea that gets sort of muddled in the 90s of it all.

Tim and Andrew, or perhaps miT dna werdnA, snap some polaroids and discuss Christopher Nolan’s noiry mind trip Memento. They do their best to remember Sammy Jankis.

Tim and Andrew compare blood donor stories with Kathleen Turner’s in Peggy Sue Got Married. Nic Cage does his uncle a favor, to the chagrin of many.

Tim and Andrew loop out with Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. “Do you ever have déjà vu?” “Didn’t you just ask me that?”

Tim and Andrew take a quick break from time travel flicks, to travel back to 2000 and give Guy Ritchie’s Snatch its due 25 minutes.

Tim and Andrew next tackle the moebius and gordian Primer in their summer series on Time Travel movies. Turns out a lot can be achieved with just $7000.

Tim and Andrew hop back in time once again with Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys. Terry Gilliam’s riff on La Jetee. Let’s just say it hits a little different now than it did in the 90s.

Tim and Andrew check out Rian Johnson’s time-travel noir, Looper. They debate whether or not it counts as a “time loop” film and if a certain character should have died.

Tim and Andrew discuss the new Amblin’-esque Pixar flick, Elio. They also dig into the importance of supporting original stories, even if they are a little derivative.