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Episode 109 - Green, Lean, and On My Screen

Hey, folks! This week, the dynamic duo talk about A24's The Green Knight as their Recent Review and Excalibur (1981) as their Geriatric Cinematic. 
What’s more epic than stories of knights from days gone by? The 6th installment of our Berserk anime tribute for this week's Variety Time. It’s gotten to the point of no return, and we’re here for it. 
Scarlett Johansson is in the news for her lawsuit against Disney. A lot to glean from this topic, so it’s our only story.
Next week, we’re reviewing James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, releasing August 6th on HBO Max and in theaters, and we mash that up with Gunn's first screenplay, Tromeo and Juliet. You can find the 1996 Troma movie available to rent on Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube TV, and other VOD Services. 
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News - 2:40
The Green Knight - 24:50
Spoilers - 47:43
Variety Time - Berserk Tribute Review (Part Six) - 1:06:45
Geriatric Cinematic - Excalibur (1981) - 1:24:40

Episode 108 - What Ever Happened to Old People?

Hey everyone! We’ve chosen M. Night Shyamalan's Old as our Recent Review this week, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as our Geriatric Cinematic. We have a lot to say about these two films. We love some character studies!
Our Variety Time segment revolves around the decades-long feud between the stars of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'s Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. We also have some news about the latest Predator directed by Dan Trachtenberg and Universal purchases a trilogy of the new Exorcist movies.
 
Next week, we’ll review A24’s The Green Knight, which you can see in theaters on July 30th, and Excalibur (1981), which you can rent on Apple TV, Prime Video, and other VOD services.
 
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News - 4:33
Old- 22:40
Spoilers - 39:39
Variety Time - A Legendary Feud - 57:37
Geriatric Cinematic - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - 1:17:27

Episode 107 - My Gunpowder Milkshake

Hey everyone! Kelsey’s back and better than Mark. This week we talk about Netflix's Gunpowder Milkshake as our Recent Review and Leon: The Professional (1994) as our Geriatric Cinematic.
In the news, Marvel’s Blade picks up a director, Park Chan-Wook, A24, and Robert Downey Jr. all land at HBO, and Lionsgate gets the rights to Kevin Smith's Clerks III. Kelsey also talks about her trip to New England for our Variety Time. Woo!
On next's show, we slow it down a bit. The dynamic duo reviews M. Night Shyamalan's Old and mashes that up against 1962's What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? for their Geriatric Cinematic. You can find Shyamalan's latest movie premiering in theaters on July 23rd and the Bette Davis / Joan Crawford starring film available to rent on Prime Video, Apple TV, and other VOD services.
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News - 2:46
Gunpowder Milkshake - 18:31
Spoilers - 38:25
Variety Time - The Return of Kelsey - 50:24
Geriatric Cinematic - Leon: The Professional (1994) - 1:17:32

Episode 106 - So. Much. Blood.

Hello you lovely people! This week's show is filled with widows, sex, and blood...but not in that way. Mark brings back Meg to discuss Marvel's Black Widow for their Recent Review. The two take a deep dive into the bad in a good way (?) Netflix's Sex / Life for their What The F*** Did We Just segment. Lastly, we take a look at the artfully violent jidaigeki film, Lady Snowblood, through the Geriatric Cinematic gauntlet.
Next week's show has the return of Kelsey! Be there as the dynamic duo reviews Gunpowder Milkshake and see if it'll hold against Leon: The Professional. You can find the Karen Gillan starring movie streaming on Netflix on July 14th and catch Luc Besson-directed assassin film streaming on Starz or available to rent on Apple TV, Prime Video, and other VOD Services.
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Marvel's Black Widow - 5:10
Spoilers - 23:12
What The F*** Did We Just - Sex / Life - 48:16
Geriatric Cinematic - Lady Snowblood (1973) - 1:22:22

Episode 105 - Gimme That Soul. Hold The Knife.

Hey folks, we have a documentary-filled episode for you today! Kelsey is on vacation so Mark brought in Megann to help with this week's show. The two take a look at Questlove's directorial debut, Summer of Soul, for their Recent Review, and find try to figure out what's the big deal with the 1970's Gimme Shelter for their Geriatric Cinematic.
We get to find out what was the documentary that changed Mark's life in this week's Variety Time and Meg talks about her run-in with an expensive guitar.  You're going to wanna sit down to enjoy this story.
On next week's show, we finally get to talk about Marvel's Black Widow! Megann returns with a friend to join Mark and discuss the long-awaited newest MCU installment. We pair that action-packed film with 1973's Lady Snowblood for our Geriatric Cinematic.
You can find the Scarlett Johanson starring movie in theaters on July 9th or streaming on Disney Plus Premier Access and the Japanese classic Jidaigeki film can be seen on HBO Max, The Criterion Collection, or available to rent on Prime Video, Apple TV, and other VOD Services.
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Getting To Know Meg - 3:54
Summer of Soul - 20:19
Variety Time - That Doc That Changed Mark's Life - 58:31
Geriatric Cinematic - Gimme Shelter (1970) - 1:20:02

Episode 104 - The Furious Repo

Hey everyone! We’re here to repo your car. Just kidding. But cars are part of the show this week as our Recent Review is Universal Pictures's F9: The Fast Saga and our Geriatric Cinematic is Repo Man (1984).
In the news, we talk about the end of an era as Conan O’Brien airs his final late night talk show episode. Quentin Tarantino has had ideas about his last film and film novelizations if you care to know.
Finally, the Berserk anime is picking up and we cover episodes 17 through 20. Mark’s theory still doesn’t track but he tortures Kelsey with it anyway.
Next week's show is a special one! Kelsey will be out but Mark has a guest lined up. We're reviewing the highly anticipated documentary Summer of Soul for our and will pair that with 1970's Gimme Danger. You can find the Questlove-directed documentary premiering on Hulu and the Rolling Stone doc streaming for on HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, and other VOD services.
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News -  3:10
F9: The Fast Saga - 25:55
Spoilers - 42:15
Variety Time - Berserk Tribute Review (Part Five) - 1:14:53
Geriatric Cinematic - Repo Man (1984) - 1:35:16

Episode 103 - To Censor, or Not to Censor?

Hey everyone! You know the best thing to distract from reality? More reality—on TV. This week our Recent Review is Censor and our Geriatric Cinematic is David Cronenberg's Videodrome.
Our Berserk tribute segment is nearing its end, and things are picking up. And in the news, Kevin Feige's thoughts on more Marvel prequels, John Wick 4 casting, MGM's Blacula reboot, and Stephen Spielberg’s Amblin joining Netflix.
Make sure to join us for next week's show as we finally get to watch Fast & Furious 9 and take it through the Recent Review gauntlet. We pair that up with a lot of WTFs with Repo Man for our Geriatric Cinematic.
You can find the 9th installment of the Fast and Furious franchise premiering in the theaters on June 25th. The Stephen King 1984 adaptation is available to rent on  iTunes, YouTube TV, Prime Video, or other VOD services
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News -  2:52
Censor - 20:37
Spoilers - 36:55
Variety Time - Berserk Tribute Review (Part Four) - 58:28
Geriatric Cinematic - Videdrome (1983) - 1:14:40

Episode 102 - Please Stop Singing At Me

Hey everyone! This week we review Warner Bros. In The Heights as our Recent Review and John Water's Hairspray (1988) as our Geriatric Cinematic. We also talk about Movie Pass schemes, The Book of Boba Fett, and casting for the Toxic Avenger reboot in the news.
If that doesn’t have you stoked—and it really should—we also talk about the next four episodes of the Berserk anime for our Variety Time. Do you have the “Guts” to join us?
Join us next week as we get weird. Our Recent Review will be Magnet Releasing's newest, Censor. We are pairing that trippy horror with the David Cronenberg classic, 1983's Videodrome. You can find the Sundance hit and James Woods starring film available to rent on Apple TV+, Google Play, Prime Video, and other VOD/On-Demand services.
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News -  3:15
In The Heights - 17:25
Spoilers - 37:52
Variety Time - Berserk Tribute Review (Part Three) - 1:01:30
Geriatric Cinematic - Hairspray (1988) - 1:16:30

Episode 101 - A Quiet Place to Blow Out

Hey everyone! This week, we review John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place 2 and Brian De Palma’s Blow Out (1981). We’ve continued with our second Berserk anime series tribute installment, as well, and Mark swears the story is going to get really messed up soon.
In the news, we cover more about Sony proudly, albeit misguidedly, keeping Spider-Man out of his own universe with a new Kraven the Hunter film. We also talk about Danai Gurira in a new MCU Black Panther spinoff, a new installment in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead franchise, and some movie theaters that will be loosening the mask mandate.
On next week's show, we're reviewing the third installment in The Conjuring sequels, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. We get to pair that with 1979's The Amityville Horror and see if it's truly a horror classic. You can find both films streaming on HBO Max or other On-Demand services on June 6th.
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News -  2:27
A Quiet Place 2 - 30:08
Spoilers - 45:23
Variety Time - Berserk Tribute Review (Part Two) - 1:03:11
Geriatric Cinematic - Blow Out (1981) - 1:17:12
 

Episode 100 - Rage Against The Dead

Hey everyone! It’s our 100th episode (obligatory “woo”), so what better way to celebrate than with stories of the undead? 
Netflix's Army of the Dead is our Recent Review, and 28 Days Later is our Geriatric Cinematic. We also cover MCU's The Eternals teaser trailer, Timothée Chalamet cast in a Willy Wonka origin story, and the big AT&T/Discovery merger that'll sure be part of your streaming package.
With the passing of the creator of Kentaro Miura, our Variety Time for the next few weeks will cover the 1997 anime series Berserk in tribute. You're gonna want to join us as Kelsey experiences the series for the first time and Mark pays a nice revisit to this influential anime.
On the next show, the duo traverses the badlands and finally heads back to the theaters! Our Recent Review will be A Quiet Place 2 and we see if 1981's Blow Out deserves to be called a classic. The John Krasinski and Emily Blunt movie hit theaters on May 28th and you can find the Brian De Palma film streaming on Amazon Prime or to rent on Apple TV, YouTube, Google Play, or other On-Demand services.
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News -  2:46
Army of the Dead - 18:07
Spoilers - 38:19
Variety Time - Berserk Tribute Review (Part One) - 1:03:46
Geriatric Cinematic - 28 Days Later (2002) - 1:26:36