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In preparing for new release NOCTURNAL ANIMALS  we take the threats of authors very seriously by looking back at Jack Nicholson terrorizing his family in THE SHINING and Emma Thompson picking on Will Ferrell for being a dork who needs to die in STRANGER THAN FICTION. To do that we welcome back returning guest  Margo from the podcast Book vs. Movie , and   the world's biggest Tom Ford fan, Ben Zuk.

On this episode we discuss vulnerability in male sexuality with David Hart of Pop Culture Case Study. To do so, we reveal our own hopes, dreams, and desires such as the goal line stand of Jack Nicholson's hairline in CARNAL KNOWLEDGE. Or our innermost fears such as an inability to speak Spanish on a road trip with friends in Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN. All of that and a look at a frontrunner in 2016's Best Picture race with MOONLIGHT. Also: Our Oscars expert Ben Zuk blindly predicts the Academy Awards, and our host Mike struggles to name ten good movies.

New release LOVING has us  IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, albeit of a particular scandalous variety. For that we of course turn to Judi Dench in NOTES ON A SCANDAL as that relatively forgotten Oscar contender goes up against Wong Kar-wai's modern classic. But first, is the latest from Jeff Nichols going to be perceived as a new classic come Oscar time? All of that and a battle between MIDNIGHT SPECIAL and ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES in our latest episode. 

On this episode we present an anthology of New York anthology films. Starting with new documentary TRUE NEW YORK, listen as your favorite Arizona and Kentucky residents explore this city of numerous romantic comedies through the eyes of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen (NEW YORK STORIES) and Brett Ratner (NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU). Also: we concoct a new electoral path to the Presidency with friend of the show Michael Shannon, by drawing a big red dildo over the country.

Returning guest  Ben Zuk  joins the show to help us translate the glowing critical response to new release ARRIVAL. Being less than enthusiastic on that film we hang out with the jaded and bored Scarlett Johansson & Bill Murray in Sofia Coppola's LOST IN TRANSLATION. That modern classic battles it out with Brad Pitt and the rest of the INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS in Quentin Tarantino's tribute to international cooperation. Also: Ben refuses to come back to discuss Sofia Coppola's SOMEWHERE, even with the promise of WE BOUGHT A ZOO.

For an episode that confronts the domestic terror that is Dakota Fanning we need three guests.  Ben Zuk  and  David Hart of Pop Culture Case Study  discuss new release AMERICAN PASTORAL which inspires a look back at Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS and Kelly Reichardt's NIGHT MOVES with  Andrew Pierce of AB Film Review and The Last New Wave . Do we prefer Dakota young, innocent, and running from an alien invasion with expert runner Tom Cruise OR plotting with Jesse Eisenberg on nefarious uses for fertilizer? Find out in this episode and also... Andrew speaks with great authority on the DVD black market in Thailand.

For new release CERTAIN WOMEN guest  Ben Zuk  helps us present our own anthology of Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams film collaborations. In WENDY AND LUCY a young woman becomes financially stranded in Oregon during a trip cross country with her dog, while in MEEK'S CUTOFF a group of settlers' wives are unable to participate in the decision making when their guide gets them lost on the Oregon Trail. Which place from these films proves the biggest roadblock for their respective characters? For that we bring in  Andrew from AB Film Review and The Last New Wave  as he is the self-proclaimed most isolated podcaster on Earth. Also: two of the three voices on this show verify that they did not record naked.

We continue to reflect back on the presidential election, though this time we do so with the help of Philip Baker Hall as Richard Nixon in SECRET HONOR. That 1984 Robert Altman film is up against J.C. Chandor's 2013 movie ALL IS LOST. This episode has been inspired by the election of Donald Trump which has hosts Chris and Mike considering a life of isolation with new release PETER AND THE FARM. Also in this darkest timeline episode: Alfred Hitchcock is accused of being the James Cameron of his time, Hugh Jackman is anointed the hero of CHAPPIE, and James Cromwell's character from L.A. CONFIDENTIAL shoots BABE.

The episode that everyone has been waiting for, our Holocaust Denial Super Fun Happy Hour inspired by the new film starring Rachel Weisz, DENIAL. Listen to the insane ramblings of your two hosts Chris and Mike, along with some other far more harmful ramblers found in the 1999 Errol Morris documentary MR. DEATH: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRED A. LEUCHTER, JR. and the 2014 German film LABYRINTH OF LIES. Also: we discuss the merits of moving to Canada post 2016 Presidential Election and decide that America is the It from IT FOLLOWS. 

We go off the grid with guest Ben Zuk and Viggo Mortensen for new to video CAPTAIN FANTASTIC. Our travels and limited supplies do include copies of previous situation this actor has found himself in with A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and THE ROAD. Along the way we discuss David Cronenberg's portrayal of baseball and sex (one of which bothers our host a great deal more) and eating canned fruit with Robert Duvall as the best way to spend the end days. Join us for Mike and Ben's murder-suicide pact in our latest episode!

On this episode we account for the cinematic crimes of Ben Affleck in his new film THE ACCOUNTANT. This inspires guest Ben Zuk to join in a MIDNIGHT RUN of assessing the merits of that film starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin against De Niro and Kevin Costner in THE UNTOUCHABLES. All of this and some compliments to the beauty of Andy Garcia in an episode produced from the set of MIDNIGHT RUN!

On this episode Ben Zuk returns to program another Woody Allen film INTERIORS, which is combined with HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG for the biggest downer double feature after seeing the new popcorn thriller THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. Though not similar in style or tone, all three films feature women who long to go home but doing so results in tragedy. We also discuss the literary merits of beach reads and AMERICAN PASTORAL as a $14.99 paperweight.

On this episode we get all dressed up with  Jairo from The True Bromance Film Podcast  for an Australian film making its way to the States in THE DRESSMAKER. The fashionable feud fought by Kate Winslet inspires us to battle it out between ZOOLANDER and THE NEON DEMON. Also Jairo gives advice on the appropriate attire for an evening at the bondage club.

On this episode we take a trip to the states of Kevin Smith. First we travel True North with  guest Kristen Lopez  of  Journey in Classic Film  and the  podcast Ticklish Business  for the second part of that trilogy in YOGA HOSERS. Then it's back to the States with co-host Chris Maynard and one of his guilty pleasures in JERSEY GIRL going up against the extreme and horrific politics of middle America in RED STATE. We also make time (as we do every episode) to objectify the glorious onscreen nudity of Jeff Goldblum and Patrick Swayze.

We take a trip SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU with  Cinemabun podcast host Tonja  to discuss the city of Chicago and challenging first dates. Tonja also talks about  her new web series WINGCHICK .  Then  returning guest  Dwight from The Broken Brain  and the  Amygdala Magazine podcast   dives into THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT's policy on gun control, DAVE's overthrow of the government, and the troubles of dating when the likes of Michael J. Fox and Martin Sheen are on your back about running the country.

We look at the world of finance (something we know nothing about) from a female perspective (also something we know nothing about). Thankfully we have three films and three women directors to guide us, led by the 2016 summer indie EQUITY. This thriller causes us to question the thrills we get out of watching Jennifer Aniston suffer in 2006's FRIEND WITH MONEY and the failure to build the Orlando version of Versailles in the 2012 documentary THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES. This episode is brought to you by the latest cargo pants craze from Old Navy.

This episode is a walk in the woods with Andrew from  AB Film Review and The Last New Wave  as we go on the search for one of our cinematic favorites THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Will the new 2016 BLAIR WITCH bring back our teenage obsessions with the original or kill the franchise again like BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2? Also we educate listeners on how to acquire podcast funding from the Australian government.

We return from our podcasting disappearance with an episode on the Norwegian black comedy action film IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE. Stellan Skarsgard plays a grieving father out to get the men responsible for his son's death, playing it in a very different way than Tom Wilkinson IN THE BEDROOM from 2001, and of course differently from Jack Nicholson in the 1995 film THE CROSSING GUARD. All of this and our prediction for the remake of IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE starring Liam Neeson (that is not a joke).

On this episode we try out elective goat testicle surgery for the new documentary NUTS! This strange procedure and film inspires a look back at goats on the silver screen, such as the poor victims of Sith and Jedi alike in THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS and the Satanic plotting of one very sneaky goat in this year’s early horror hit THE WITCH.  We also beg for advertising dollars from FarmersOnly.com to support our future goat film viewing.

On this episode we play peeping toms with the cinematic master of that lost art  by  discussing the new documentary DE PALMA. This inspires a conversation on that director’s approach to movie making and watching films in BLOW OUT and BODY DOUBLE. We also take a trip down memory lane to the days of VHS, the current state of our tangible film collection and the move to digital, while also (of course) making time to lament John Travolta's hair loss.