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13. Can You Ever Forgive Me (2018) Jan 03, 2019

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Chris got new glasses. If Harold Ross could be seen wearing eyeglasses in the offices of the New Yorker in the 1920's...he'd knock them off his face in incredulous wonder at the chance to contemplate the films of Bruce Robinson that star Richard E. Grant, like "Withnail & I" and "How To Get Ahead In Advertising". Oh, and we discuss 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?", starring Melissa McCarthy and REG...to which Jason decidedly says NO and Chris says, yes, he can. In this way we are both true to form. Of all things, IRON MAIDEN comes into focus thanks to Matt The Engineer's trenchant observations and clarifications of Chris and Jason's confusion over Bruce's Davidson, Robinson and Dickinson. Also a NEW SEGMENT: Jason Reads Chris the Entertainment Headlines to hilarity and a little dead air. J Woww, Travis Scott, Green Acres, and a few choice words from Morgan Freeman, too.

12. Roma (2018) Dec 27, 2018

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Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma': if you've seen it, you know why the film has received unanimous critical acclaim, with reviewers calling it "achingly beautiful" and "engrossing". 'Roma' was chosen by Time magazine and the New York Film Critics Circle as the best film of 2018, and by the National Board Of Review as one of the top ten best films of 2018. It's earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. It was also selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 91st Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. No awards love as yet for Professor Zovek but there's always hope!

Does it live up to the hype? Check out our latest episode and find out! Also; Rants 'n Raves, Engineer Matt, terrible Mexican pronunciations, and fried-chicken-scented fireplaces!

11. The Favourite (2018) Dec 20, 2018

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Yorgos Lanthimos' aptly-named new film 'The Favourite' is gorging on every awards nomination like The Queen attacking a cake. Our intellectual discussion covers the towering brilliance of Olivia Culman, Lanthimos' genius other film 'The Lobster', and the career implications of being cast as "Wanking Man" in a movie. Chris shares his own actorly experience playing a man whose acne medication renders him impotent in an episode of 'The Good Wife'. Jason rants about another commercial, Chris raves about his parents (we think/hope?) and we shout-out great Rachel Weiss performances, Le Carre adaptations and MUCH MORE!

10. Widows (2018) Dec 13, 2018

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'Widows' failed to make much of a mark at the box office. Critical acclaim hasn't YET translated into Awards Season loot, with so far only an ensemble acting nod from the Critics' Choice Awards. In other news The Critics' Choice Awards are apparently a thing. But there ARE things to celebrate and recommend in this flawed but often-compelling would-be action/heist/social commentary flick. We celebrate. We recommend. And we contemplate whether boating is a thing for Chicagoans and Chris' dysfunctional relationship with MoviePass. Also: we receive bonus pottery with Lance Henrikson, discuss The Art Of Not Interviewing Drew 'Barrimore', read Viewer Mail But From Listeners, do our Rants 'n Raves segment, AND MORE!

9. Monkey Shines (1988) Dec 06, 2018

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An athlete is rendered a paraplegic through a devastating jogging accident. A trained helper monkey arrives as his live-in assistant. A well-meaning but drugged out lab rat performs monkey-altering experiments. Some sort of Manimal transference takes place and the bodies and histrionics pile up from there. It's 1988's George A. Romero horror classic "Monkey Shines" starring Chicago P.D.'s pre-contractually-required-anger-management Jason Beghe, Janine Turner, John Pankow and the indispensable Stephen Root, as well as the greatest and most hilarious pair of little monkey arms-on-sticks ever designed by FX man Tom Savini. PLUS: Can you ever trust anyone whose favorite food is Linguine & Clam Sauce? New Segment "Rants 'n Raves". AND ALSO: Listener Mail, Jason has a big admission of guilt, and Chris introduces a new thing where he edits himself BACK into the podcast after his initial jokes fall flat. Finally, the boys torpedo any impending State Farm Insurance podcast sponsorship.

8. The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (2018) Nov 29, 2018

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Is the new Coen Brothers movie the best Western of all time? Or is it more like FOR the Best Western Hotel chain? We root around in the prairie dust, the hoofprints, the majestic vistas and, in the simple finality of man's ruthless violence towards his fellow man, find some of life's imponderables answered. Also: James Franco, Tom Waits, and an excellent animal cast of equines, owls, trained fish, and Clancy Brown.

7. Disney's The Parent Trap (1998) Nov 22, 2018

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"White-lady aspirational materialism and a special kind of empty that feels warm", is the beating heart at the center of Nancy Meyers movies, says our guest Alex in this episode, and boy did she hit the nail on the head. It's an alternative universe where nothing is really wrong, except perhaps some of the basics of filmmaking. But let's not go into it with our eyes hooded in suspicion of California vineyard owners and London-based wedding-dress designers. We also cover the 1961 version of The Parent Trap, and the material's origin's in Nazi Germany (for real).

6. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Nov 15, 2018

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Is 'Bohemian Rhapsody' the Biopic that Freddy Mercury and Queen deserve? More urgently, is "I Love My Car" to this movie what "Why Did You Do That" is to "A Star Is Born"? Episode also features Jason's voice going up a Freddy-like 2 octaves when it's revealed that Chris never saw "Amadeus"...and Chris buries the lead on The Time He Co-Starred With Rami Malek. Also: the perils of 70'S wigs. And: what ARE the good or great music biopics? Plus: Viewer Mail But From Listeners.

Bonus: Excelsior, Stan Lee Nov 14, 2018

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BONUS EPISODE! It's hard to capture in words the scope of the effect that Stan Lee had on the world of pop culture, or on the emotional development of co-host Chris. So we don't even try. Instead we stroll through the world of comics that Stan helped cultivate, flipping through a tattered old issue we had on hand, from the front cover and the opening splash to the ad for army men on the back. Thank you, Stan, for infusing the mythic with humanity. And vice versa. Excelsior!

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5. Superman II (1980) Nov 08, 2018

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1978's SUPERMAN is one of the most beloved superhero movies ever made and Christopher Reeve is THE iconic Superman. How, then, did SUPERMAN II turn into such a cynical, inferior sequel, with the filmmakers snatching defeat from the jaws of certain victory? Hear how Brando suggested to the director that he appear as either a donut or a talking suitcase, and how the original creative team vanished from SUPERMAN II.

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