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This week we continue our Year of Animation by digging to the works of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli with 2005's Howl's Moving Castle. It has wizards that might be birds, demons with top hats, a turnip headed scarecrow, and Billy Crystal as a sassy fire. You know, the usual.  Bonus: We do actually have some news we get into because a bunch of Batman related things happened and it wouldn't be In...

This week we share our adventures at the drive in, experiments in drunken cooking, and watching webinars for fun. We talk about the passing of an important Batman creator, Alien 5 might be alive, and that the Mothman needs to be seen by everyone. We revisit 2014's It Follows and see if our feelings have changed about it over six years while looking out the windows for creeper old ladies slowly wal...

This week we devote the entire episode to telling the true life story of how the Superman radio show took on the Ku Klux Klan and won and we talk about the newly released DC Comics graphic novel Superman Smashes The Klan. 

This week we continue our journey through the Year of Animation by looking at Brad Bird's first feature film, 1999's The Iron Giant. Set in the year 1957 and in the shadow of Sputnik, a young boy happens across a giant robot from another world that can't remember why it is here. We are joined on this episode with special guest El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, a friendly giant that also...

This week we learn about time traveling fathers, exploding tables, and distant dogs barking, we actually have news to talk about with HBO Max set to release the Snyder Cut of Justice League, the Simpsons are going to look correct again, and we say good bye to a behind scenes person who helped make Star Wars as big as it is now, and speaking of that Star War, we are celebrating the 40th anniversary...

This week we catch up over our three week break, The Mandalorian is getting a lot of Star Wars shoved into it, Steve is the true hero we need at this time as he solves the mysteries of long lost deli sandwiches, we take a look at Sam Raimi's first comic book/superhero film with 1990's Darkman and we see how well a movie about skin masks that disintegrate holds up, and Steve gives Paul a quiz to se...

This week we talk about our weekend watches, a prophecy about Community may come to pass, Saturday Night Live not being so live, and continue our journey through the Year of Animation as we look at 1986's Transformers: The Movie. Does what could have been a simple cash grab feature length toy commercial transform into something more meaningful and fun? Does it hold up over 30 years later? Do we wa...

This week we talk a long time about not much going on, The Purge has started in the south, we celebrate the 30th (plus one week) anniversary of the live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and talk about whether or not the jokes and suits hold up, and Steve serves up some fresh slices of pop culture pizza questions for Paul. Stick around till the end to hear one of the worst songs we have eve...

This week we struggle to find any new news as most of the entertainment world has been shut down or put on hold, googly eyes make everything better, we talk about the first season of Star Trek: Picard and about how there is a lot to like with it but also a lot to be frustrated by (with full spoilers, be warned) and in celebration of 'National Take a Walk Day', Paul challenges Steve to a quiz about...

This week we talk about how we are dealing with self isolation, the best places to find the white gold known as toilet paper, Tiger King is a crazy documentary, and we continue our Year of Animation as we stay in 1982 and talk about another darker fantasy film, The Last Unicorn. 

This week we watched a lot of stuff in isolation, the movie studios are putting a lot of current films out on VOD early, Drew Struzan turns a year older and we need to appreciate him more, T-Rexs are running loose in Spain, we take a look at the independent low budget film The VelociPastor and ask what makes a bad film good, and we take a look back at the faraway year of 2018 with our Box Office B...

This week Paul gets to meet some of the voices in his head, AvengersLand looks pretty amazing, we say goodbye to Max Von Sydow, Dracula is getting Blumed, we talk about the pros and cons of fan art and how it can be a stepping stone for creators to get noticed, and Steve serves up Paul some fast food fails. 

This week we talk about the real Hamburglar, looking at houses is weird, 007 has a license to move his release dates, Hocus Pocus is getting a sequel, McGruff really is a crime dog, we talk about Mike Flanagan's Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep and if he is able to successfully serve two masters, and Paul asks Steve questions about what is older.  

We continue our trek into the Year of Animation by looking at 1982's The Secret of N.I.M.H. Can a film that combines cute woodland creatures, science fiction, sword fights, and wizard rats somehow all come together and stick the landing? Guess you will have to party with us underneath the rosebush to find out.

This week we miss each other's faces as we try to prepare for Snowpocalypse 2020™ the best way we know how: hiding in our separate homes stocked full of beer and talk about pop culture via Skype. Rick Moranis is back, Birds of Prey gets a slightly different title, who knew Fortnite was an interpretation of a literary classic?, and to celebrate the holiday all about love, we look at 1981's My Blood...

This week Star Wars changes their focus, Doctor Strange just got more groovy, what is your preferred robbery weapon of choice?, we talk about the character of Harley Quinn and her origins and how she was portrayed in Suicide Squad, and we pit animated characters against one another to the death. 

This week we kick off our yearlong dive into animated films by looking at Ralph Bakshi's Wizards. A film that neither one of us had previously seen from a creator that has pushed boundaries in what an animated film can be. Is the journey to the land of Scortch worth taking? 

This week Paul finds another reason to be angry at Ernest Cline, everything is becoming a musical, we find out what Steve's weapon of choice would be if he had to be in a trial by combat, we talk about the Mr. Rogers documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' and how one man's wanting to listen and care will affect many generations to come, and Steve wants to know if people knows all of the people in...

This week we get all vampirey as we first talk about the new Morbious trailer, then find out there are a lot of number 1 comics in the top 100 for the decade, also there's a different version of the Episode IX script out there and people are debating if it is better than the actual film, we sink our teeth in into the BBC/Netflix limited series Dracula and determine if it is love at first bite or i...

This week we talk about our holiday break and sweating ICP fans, Steve is angry at John Williams, Luke Skywalker was a late addition to Rise of Skywalker, Penis Man is at large, we talk about about the Batman story arc Hush and its animated adaptation, and Steve puts on a Wizard hat and asks Paul questions about 1996. 

This week we do a round table discussion (i.e. Very Spoiler Heavy, you have been warned) of Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker with friend of the show Jeff and... JOE?! We go through our feelings and expectations about the closing chapter of the Skywalker Saga and about what worked and didn't work. We talk force ghosts, Goonie daggers, and claw machine driven sith lords. We hope you enjoy it...

We complete our journey through the Year of Cannon as we walk from New York to Atlanta with Jean-Claude Van Damme in 1989's Cyborg, a film that only exists because Cannon was collapsing and wanted to use sets and costumes from two other unfinished projects because they had already spent money on them. We then pick our three favorite films that we watched over the year and give our final thoughts a...

This week we talk about our how our holidays went, Snyder flashes us his extended cut, we take a bite out of National Cookie Day, wonder how drunk do you have to be to rob a Steak N' Shake, we discuss the divided reviews of Hideo Kojima's new game, Death Stranding, and whether investing 10 plus hours into a game before it becomes interesting is rewarding, and Steve answers questions regarding Trai...

This week we continue our journey through the Year of Cannon with special guest Terry and his pick being Jean-Claude Van Damme's coming out party in 1988's Bloodsport. We trade scissor kicks, head butts, and multiple music montages as we explore the fiction and the reality behind the Kumite and whether or not Cannon struck gold once again. 

This week Warner Brothers might be making the same mistake again with their superhero films, Star Trek is heading in a different direction, we have scientific proof that Tom Hanks is one of greatest human beings, we discuss the 4 new episodes of Netflix's The Toys That Made Us, and we bust our exclusive Black Friday shopping deals.