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Episode 236: Green Snake (Ft. Wendy Xu) Sep 12, 2023

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Hugo-nominated comic book artist, Wendy Xu joins us to talk about Tsui Hark's Green Snake (1993). Immortal snake devil sisters, sanctimonious monks, a hapless (and feckless) scholar make for an outstanding experience

Strange & Norrell: Parts 1 - 11 Preview Sep 07, 2023

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As the year turns, so does our taste in reading. Join us in our read-along of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and remember: This land is all too shallow/It is painted on the sky/And trembles like wind-shook rain/When the Raven King goes by

Episode 235: Was She Wicked, Was She Good? Sep 05, 2023

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This time, we talk about M. Rickert's Was She Wicked, Was She Good? and what the dangers of childhood innocence are, and what it costs when it's lost Read it here: https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/was-she-wicked-was-she-good/

Super Mario Bros Preview Aug 31, 2023

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We discuss the questionable merit and irrefutable weirdness of the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie. Finally, a film that asks: can working stiffs be heroes?

Episode 234: Beer With Us, Here Aug 29, 2023

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We get back together to chat what we've been enjoying over a few beers. Join us!

Piranesi: Parts 4 - 7 Preview Aug 24, 2023

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We bid you farewell, Fair Traveler, as we Discover at last the Great and Secret Knowledge of the House in the last parts of this Profound Book, so full of Charm!

Episode 233: Altered States Aug 22, 2023

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Tripping balls, isolation tanks, asshole geniuses. No, this isn't the latest techbro cleanse, but the 1980 film, Altered States. Join us to answer, "to be, or not to be . . . monke"

The House Of Asterion Preview Aug 17, 2023

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We take a small detour from Piranesi to visit another labyrinth. This one was built by Jorge Luis Borges, for his own Favored Child way back in 1947. Be careful, though - Asterion's games of tag are killer

Episode 232: Dungeonmaster Aug 15, 2023

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We talk about The Dungeonmaster (1984), aka Ragewar a movie that shows that we need not accept the Jock/Nerd binary, but accept that both can exist - in the form of onine warrior, X-CaliBR8

Superman II Preview Aug 10, 2023

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Aaron Thorpe returns for the Superman II theatrical and not the Donner cut, more's the pity.

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