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E141 is our first episode back from a long hiatus. It is a catch-up episode for the first-half of 2019. There are about 20 movies talked about in-depth or recommended. Show Notes: 00:22 - We're Back from the Hiatus 01:49 - Plenty to Talk About 02:59 - The Standoff at Sparrow Creek 08:14 - Under the Silver Lake 20:44 - Serenity 25:33 - John Wick 3 28:36 - Us 32:10 - The Beach Bum 37:17 - Captain Marvel, Shazam!, and Endgame 45:01 - Dragged Across Concrete 51:44 - Her Smell 57:24 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters 64:15 - Fighting with My Family 67:05 - Booksmart 70:31 - Pet Sematary and Brightburn 76:31 - High Flying Bird 85:14 - Hellboy 89:27 - Outros

E140 contains 5 favorite movies that released in 2018 from both Jonathan and Trevor as well as the two of them creating a collaborative Top 5 for 2018. Show Notes: 00:20 - History Repeats Itself 11:21 - Segment I: 5 Favorites from Jonathan 16:12 - Shoplifters 18:39 - Annihilation 24:42 - BlacKkKlansman 29:37 - Eighth Grade 31:18 - Segment II: 5 Favorites from Trevor 31:36 - The Tale 35:02 - Unsane and Hereditary 37:33 - Upgrade 44:04 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 50:37 - Segment III: Collaborative Top 5 51:18 - Brainstorm for the First Three Spots 55:17 - What About the Final Two Spots? 67:37 - A Final Rundown: Upgrade, Three Identical Strangers, Into the Spider-Verse, Eighth Grade, and Blockers 69:59 - Outros

E139 houses discussions and reviews of three new 2018 releases. "Blindspotting," "Eighth Grade," and "Mission: Impossible - Fallout." Show Notes: 00:38 - Segment I: "Blindspotting" Review 02:42 - A Lot of Ground to Cover 04:29 - Performances and Rapping 05:48 - Gentrification and Definition of Perceptions 10:17 - No Escaping a Black Male with a Felony Conviction 13:32 - Highly Recommended 16:17 - Segment II: "Eighth Grade" Review 16:43 - An Emotional Ringer 20:29 - Technology and Gratification 23:02 - Brutal Hurdles with Good Outcomes 25:41 - Parents Don't Understand 28:10 - Impressionability 33:54 - The "Sail Away" Que 36:01 - Segment III: "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" Review 37:35 - Ranking the Mission: Impossible Films 41:07 - Emotional Connection 43:24 - Too Long 44:43 - Action Sequences 48:50 - The Inevitable Will Happen 52:22 - Ethan's the Guy

E138 houses discussions and reviews of three 2018 releases. "Uncle Drew," "The First Purge," and "Sorry to Bother You." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "Uncle Drew" Review 00:34 - Lil Rel Howery and Kyrie Irving 02:07 - Bad Grandpa with Basketball Stars 05:06 - Nick Kroll 06:31 - A Ham Sandwich! 07:41 - Playground Stakes 12:09 - Segment II: "The First Purge" Review 12:57 - Blaxploitation Purge 14:13 - The Value of Killing 16:10 - The Crack Kingpin Savior 17:25 - Socio-Political, Economic, and Cultural Lense 21:20 - Saving Four People 25:40 - Segment III: "Sorry to Bother You" Review 26:27 - Mainstream Social Awareness 28:59 - Uncle Tom for the 21st Century 31:01 - In Your Face 33:37 - The Girlfriend and Her Values 40:16 - Grand Gestures 44:21 - Outros

E137 houses discussion and review about four studio sequels released in 2018; "Incredibles 2," "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," and "Ant-Man and the Wasp." Show Notes: 00:20 - Four Forgettable Sequels setup 01:00 - Segment I: "Incredibles 2" Review 02:11 - Screenslaver 03:52 - No Backbone and Low-Hanging Fruit 07:01 - Animation and Action 08:34 - Is it Helen or Mr. Mom? 12:36 - Bao 13:37 - Segment II: "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" Review 13:59 - Nostalgiafest 16:08 - Grain of Salt 20:32 - Dino Auction and the Mansion 24:29 - Actually Jurassic World 27:05 - Segment III: "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" Review 29:15 - Too Close for Comfort 32:45 - Taylor Sheridan's Sequel 34:06 - Assaulted with Technology 36:25 - Small Movie for Big Things 39:54 - Segment IV: "Ant-Man and the Wasp" Review 41:41 - Ghost and Goliath 45:20 - Where's the Wasp(s)? 48:08 - The Quantum Realm 51:26 - Outros

E136 houses reviews for three new 2018 movies, "The Tale," "First Reformed." and "Hereditary." Show Notes: 00:20 - Dark Subjects 01:08 - Segment I: "The Tale" Review 01:57 - Fractured Perspective 05:41 - Asking the Hard Questions 08:15 - Trail of Abuse 09:43 - Her Body 11:33 - Laura Dern 15:38 - Segment II: "First Reformed" Review 17:01 - Spectrum of Perspectives 18:31 - An Unreliable Protagonist 24:30 - Amanda Seyfried and Questionable Behavior 27:34 - Radicalized and the Upperhand 31:26 - Subverting Expectations and Political Satire 34:21 - Two Sides of the Same Coin 37:16 - Segment III: "Hereditary" Review 37:30 - Coping with Grief and Loss 40:14 - Constantly Working 42:13 - Jarring Imagery and the Process 44:11 - The Dinner Sequence 46:26 - Paimon 49:02 - No Happy Ending 52:06 - Family Laundry 55:21 - Mileage May Vary 58:39 - Last Fifteen Minutes

E135 houses three reviews of 2018 heist movies; "Solo: A Star Wars Story," "American Animals," and "Ocean's 8." Show Notes: 00:20 - Introductions 01:35 - Segment I - "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Review 02:10 - Easy to Like, Easy to Pick Apart 03:57 - Hologram Teases 06:28 - Qi'ra 09:51 - Dryden Vot's Showroom 12:35 - Alden Enrenreich's Han Solo 15:37 - Quality Assurance Checkpoints 17:32 - Beckett, Val, and Rio Durant 21:45 - L3-37 and the Millennium Falcon 24:38 - Chewbacca and Han Shoots First 30:41 - Segment II - "American Animals" Review 31:32 - Limitations of a Docudrama 33:20 - Impact of What They've Done 36:30 - They'll Convince Themselves of Anything 39:57 - They Want to Get Caught 43:38 - Segment III - "Ocean's 8" Review 44:33 - Where's My Reaction? 48:15 - Doubting Women 52:46 - Diminishing Returns 54:31 - The Crew 57:59 - Flash and Style 61:21 - Outros

E134 includes reviews for two superhero releases in May; "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Deadpool 2." Show Notes: 00:20 - A Deliberate Pause 03:04 - Segment I: "Avengers: Infinity War" Review 03:09 - The MCU Mindset 07:54 - Emotional Weight 11:26 - Breadcrumbs 14:32 - Scenes Without Action 16:53 - The Russo's Action 21:18 - Thor, Cap, and Tony 25:31 - Predictions 29:11 - Mega Event 31:09 - Segment II: "Deadpool 2" Review 31:46 - Second Chances 33:20 - 9 to 5 with Pathos 38:51 - The Big Guy 42:49 - Cable and a Dial that Goes to 11 46:01 - Domino and Action 49:12 - Sluggish 51:24 - Making Rob Liefeld Cry

E133 houses a new segment called Two Likes & Two Dislikes highlight the career of Steven Spielberg as well as two reviews for "Ready Player One" and "A Quiet Place." Show Notes: 00:20 - He Makes Two Movies a Year 04:06 - Finding New Segments 06:18 - Segment I: Two Likes & Two Dislikes 06:49 - "Always" 08:52 - Holly Hunter 11:00 - Big Themes 14:24 - "Saving Private Ryan" 14:55 - Mechanics and the D-Day Sequence 17:33 - A Fictional Layer 19:52 - "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" 22:53 - The First Act 25:09 - "Jurassic Park" 25:37 - The Book 32:20 - Segment II: "Ready Player One" Review 33:42 - Weighed Down 35:26 - Nostalgia Skins 38:58 - The Overlook Hotel 40:48 - Real or Fictional 43:20 - The Message 46:13 - You Can't Keep Going Back 47:31 - Segment III: "A Quiet Place" Review 48:30 - Conservative Values 51:27 - Taking Advantage of Sound 53:36 - Having Babies 58:04 - Family Survival

E132 includes reviews for three March movies; "Pacific Rim Uprising" directed by Steven D. Knight, Wes Anderson's new stop-motion feature "Isle of Dogs," and "Unsane" directed by Steven Soderbergh. Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "Pacific Rim Uprising" Review 00:58 - The GoBots and Robot on Robot 05:34 - Boyega, Eastwood, and Day 07:51 - Meet the Jaegers 11:29 - A lot of Jibberish 17:55 - Busy Action Cutscenes 21:27 - Segment II: "Isle of Dogs" Review 22:06 - Japan and Cultural Appropriation 24:35 - Complicated Imagery and Critical Thinking 27:46 - Japanese Language and Subtitles 29:03 - Ambition, Animation, and Scrutiny 33:51 - Letdown by Unmemorable Characters 40:43 - Segment III: "Unsane" 41:48 - Doubt 46:14 - Horrors of Insurance Fraud 49:16 - Compliant Faculty 52:21 - Soderbergh and iPhone 55:23 - The Stalker 57:58 - Making it Look Easy

E131 houses two reviews. First "Annihilation" written and directed by Alex Garland. Second "A Wrinkle in Time" directed by Ava DuVernay. Show Notes: 00:20 - Adjusting to a New Setup 01:41 - Representation Matters 04:37 - Segment I: "Annihilation" Review 05:54 - Writer and Director Alex Garland 08:47 - Female Diversity 13:58 - Co-Exist 17:00 - A Believable Horrifying Narrative 19:32 - Science Contrasted with Visual Effects 25:39 - Fear and the Bear 31:07 - Hypnotic Jennifer Jason Leigh 35:46 - Humanity 39:14 - Inside the Lighthouse 47:02 - Positive Evolution 50:42 - Segment II: "A Wrinkle in Time" 52:03 - Love your Faults 54:25 - In the Light vs in the Dark 59:57 - Why Calvin Matters 64:12 - Kids without Fathers 66:08 - Oprah and Size 70:52 - Camazotz 74:08 - Meg and Mrs. Which 77:22 - Reuniting and Final Thoughts

E130 houses a review for Marvel Studios 18th feature film "Black Panther" as well as a segment on shared universes in cinema. Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "Black Panther" Review 01:12 - Music of Black Panther 02:16 - Black Awareness and Black Panther 04:59 - Filling MCU's Own Void 08:38 - The Action, Good and Bad 10:46 - Killmonger and His Contrast 18:07 - Challenging the Throne 20:22 - The Ease of Vibranium 23:26 - Okoye and the Women of Wakanda 26:07 - Signs of Improvement 28:31 - Black Panther's Impact on Marvel's Platform 34:19 - Origins and Heart-Shaped Herb 39:48 - Ending and Spirit World 46:07 - Segment II: Shared Universes 48:17 - What Can Wakanda Share? 55:00 - Infinity War Speculation 59:05 - Exhaustion Points 62:58 - DC Finding Footing 65:45 - Reactions to Villains 69:34 - Cracking the Marvel Code 74:25 - Outros

E129 features your host's individual Top 10 as well as creating a collaborative Top 5 for the year of 2017. Show Notes: 00:20 - Happy New Year! 00:51 - PS Score Prize 01:43 - Segment I: Jonathan Chang's Top 10 02:01 - Blade Runner 2049 03:51 - Brigsby Bear 05:26 - Call Me By Your Name 06:45 - Dunkirk 08:24 - Good Time 09:29 - Lady Bird 11:16 - Logan 13:36 - Mudbound 15:48 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi 17:45 - Raw \ Your Name 19:05 - Segment II: Schofizzy's Top 10 19:39 - Ladybird 23:21 - Logan 24:21 - Wind River 27:31 - Blade Runner 2049 29:24 - Good Time 30:57 - Get Out 32:41 - The Lost City of Z 35:14 - The Blackcoat's Daughter 37:31 - War for the Planet of the Apes 41:13 - A Ghost Story 49:05 - Segment III: Top 5 Film's Top 5 51:16 - Get Out 52:45 - Debating Shared Titles: Logan, Lady Bird, Good Time, and Blade Runner 2049 58:46 - Potential Titles: Dunkirk, Brigsby Bear, and Mudbound 65:29 - Finalizing our Top 5 69:06 - A Great Year at the Movies

E128 features discussion and our review of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and also has the PS Score results from E126.   Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: E126 PS Score Results 01:54 - Refreshing Your Memory 03:13 - Flatliners 04:01 - New Ideas 04:54 - Segment II: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Review 06:01 - Lifelong Star Wars Fans 09:58 - Beyond 13:29 - The Apprentice Outgrows the Master 17:16 - Expanding with Nostalgia 23:23 - Salty at Rian Johnson 26:42 - How Luke is Presented 31:56 - Break the Rules 34:15 - Minority Representation 36:47 - Hux and Humor 40:34 - Leia and the Female Perspective 45:47 - Kylo Ren and the Offer 50:43 - Removing the Mask 54:50 - Rey's Parents

E127 includes reviews and discussion for "mother!" and "Kingsman: The Golden Circle." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "mother!" Review 01:13 - Decompressing the Experience 03:05 - Trinity or "Triality" 08:02 - Battery 09:41 - Perspectives 12:01 - In Your Face 15:28 - It Ruined Date Night 23:31 - Segment II: "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" Review 24:20 - Finger-bang into Oblivion 27:26 - Another White Guy 29:35 - Put 'em on Ice 31:08 - Best Thing in the Movie 33:18 - Poppy and the Rest

E126 features a new round of the PS Score and results from E125. E126 also includes reviews for three new movies; "Wind River," "Good Time," and "It." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: E125 PS Score Results 02:42 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #4 05:56 - "LBJ" Trailer Talkback 07:14 - Segment II: E126 PS Score 07:42 - PS Score: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (JC 52% & TS 75%) 08:19 - PS Score: American Made (JC 61% & TS 83%) 09:27 - PS Score: Flatliners (JC 33% & TS 50%) 10:45 - Segment III: "Wind River" Review 11:08 - A Complex Situation 14:10 - Renner; A Seasoned Minimalist 16:19 - We Need to Do Something About This 18:37 - A Restrained Director 22:15 - Supporting Cast 23:27 - Segment IV: "Good Time" Review 24:00 - One Nightmare After Another 27:06 - Robert Pattinson's Tour de Force 28:44 - The Safdie Brothers 30:52 - Therapy Bookends 33:39 - Segment V: "It" Review 34:26 - Pennywise is Back 37:23 - Deviations from the Book 39:23 - Reoccurring Stephen King Themes 43:30 - Shared Experience Structure 46:44 - A Nightmare on Neibolt Street 50:45 - A Retread that's Fresh 53:38 - More Deviations and No Ritual of Chud 57:03 - The Blood Oath 59:47 - Best of Both Worlds 62:11 - Chapter 2 'This is the End' Cast Projections

E125 features a new round of the PS Score and the results from E123. E125 also includes a review and discussion on Christopher Nolan's latest "Dunkirk." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: E123 PS Score Results 04:42 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #3 07:44 - "It" (1990) Talkback 11:01 - Segment II: E125 PS Score 12:17 - PS Score: The Dark Tower (TS 30% & JC 41%) 13:56 - PS Score: Detroit (TS 73% & JC 83%) 16:24 - PS Score: Annabelle: Creation (TS 55% & JC 51%) 21:32 - Segment III: "Dunkirk" Review 22:27 - Nooks and Crannies History 25:02 - Unconventional Feat of Storytelling 30:17 - Era Defining Cinematic Experience 34:45 - Question About Ejecting 38:00 - Tom Hardy [An Actor of All Eras] 39:53 - Mole 42:03 - Cowardice or Heroic 47:26 - Sea 53:31 - Shot for IMAX 59:17 - Score and Emotions 64:54 - The Magic of Cinema [and Netflix] 72:02 - The Story of Dunkirk 74:53 - Slap in the Face to Exposition

E124 feature a review "War for the Planet of the Apes" directed by Matt Reeves as well as discussion about the Planet of the Apes franchise as a whole. Show Notes: 00:20 - Realizing There's No Dawn Episode 03:03 - Creating a Home 06:12 - Buying into the Apes 09:04 - We Did it to Ourselves 14:45 - PTSD from Dawn 17:13 - The Virus 20:57 - Donkey(s) and Koba's Followers 25:39 - Maurice and Rocket 30:40 - Bad Ape and Luca 35:55 - Best Trilogy of My Adult Life 41:08 - "I Meant to Kill You" 46:53 - Echoing Sentiments 48:43 - Outros

E123 features a new round of the PS Score and results from E121. E123 includes reviews for Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver" and the 16th installment of the MCU "Spider-Man: Homecoming" Show Notes: 00:22 - Segment I: The PS Score 00:43 - E121 PS Score Results 03:06 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #2 05:34 - "The Dark Tower" Talkback 10:41 - PS Score: Dunkirk (JC 90% & TS 90%) 12:31 - PS Score: Girls Trip (JC 67% & TS 70%) 13:52 - PS Score: Valerian (JC 32% & TS 75%) 16:26 - Segment II: "Baby Driver" Review 16:40 - Rank Edgar Wright's Movies 21:49 - DJ Ansolo 25:59 - Redefining the Musical 29:55 - An Impersonal Personal Movie 32:30 - Expectation on Action 35:38 - Kevin Spacey 37:10 - Seeing All the Angles 39:21 - Samples and Songs 43:02 - Segment III: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" 44:00 - The Good Stuff 50:56 - A Movie Game 52:53 - A Dependent Guy 55:30 - The Purple Rock 57:29 - All the Shockers 60:23 - Tom Holland is Spider-Man 65:17 - Dump the Iron Man Anything 69:33 - Karen is Too Easy 72:43 - Vulture and Iron Man 2 75:20 - 16 Deep and More Marvel

E122 features a review of Michael Bay's fifth installment in the Transformers franchise "Transformers: The Last Knight." Show Notes: 00:20 - Breaking the Bad News 01:08 - Coming Full-Circle 04:22 - The Order of Witwiccans 06:35 - Roll Call 09:47 - These F*%king Kids 13:08 - Merlin and the Arthurian Legend 18:59 - Outdoing Childhood Imagination 22:03 - Alien Junk 25:32 - Clarity of Action 28:00 - Expanding IP 33:40 - Toxic Application 35:58 - Bumble Bee's Whaaa? Moment 38:57 - 100 Pages of History 43:14 - Finding your Enthusiasm 47:49 - They're All Too Long 50:18 - Quotable Dialogue 55:08 - Outros