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While billionaires dive deep to explore the Titanic at their own risks, your friends Seth, Miles, and Eliot deep dive into your favorite television shows and movies each week at no risk at all (well, except for our vanities and reputations). So if you're a fan of movies, TV shows, podcasts, and, well, yourself, grab a seat, a drink, a snack, and of course some popcorn, and join us each week as we deep dive into the stories you love most!
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A Bridge Too Far is based on a real event called Operation Market Garden, where the Allies tried to capture several bridges in the Netherlands to break through German lines. On paper, it looked smart. In reality, it was a disaster. The movie shows the mission from different sides—the generals who planned it, the soldiers who had to carry it out, the Dutch people trapped in the middle, and the Germans waiting for them. It’s got a ton of big stars like Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Robert Redfor...
Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) is one of the most powerful anti-war films ever made. It doesn’t show war as heroic or noble—it shows it for what it really is: cruel, unfair, and driven by prideful men far from the front lines. The story takes place during World War I and follows Colonel Dax, played by Kirk Douglas. He’s ordered to lead his soldiers in a hopeless attack on a German stronghold called the “Anthill.” The mission is doomed from the start, and when it fails—as Dax knew it ...
Set in an alternate 1985 where the U.S. and Soviet Union are on the brink of nuclear war, the film begins with the murder of Edward Blake, better known as the Comedian. His death triggers an investigation by Rorschach, a vigilante with a brutal sense of justice. As the story unfolds, we meet the rest of the retired “heroes”: the detached and godlike Dr. Manhattan, the disillusioned Nite Owl, the bitter Silk Spectre, and the calculating Ozymandias. Each character reveals a different face of mo...
As Death Note moves into its final arc, the story shifts from Light’s victory over L into a new and equally dangerous battle of wits. Light, now fully entrenched as both Kira and the Task Force’s new “L,” seems untouchable. For a time, his plans unfold flawlessly, and the world increasingly bows to Kira’s reign of fear and supposed justice. But the consequences of unchecked power soon circle back to confront him. With L gone, two of his protégés, Near and Mello, emerge as Light’s next adversa...
In this stretch of the series, Light Yagami carefully manipulates events so that his father and the Japanese Task Force grow to trust him. He then makes the calculated decision to give up ownership of the Death Note, losing all memory of being Kira. With his memories erased, Light genuinely throws himself into the investigation and begins working alongside L to catch the killer. At the same time, a new figure enters the picture: Misa, a model who is secretly the Second Kira. Armed with a Deat...
If you had the power to kill anyone, who would you kill? This unsettling question lies at the heart of Death Note and shapes the series from its very first episode. When Light Yagami, a brilliant but dissatisfied high school student, discovers the Death Note—a notebook that allows its user to kill simply by writing a name—he begins with the seemingly noble goal of ridding the world of criminals. Yet within the first ten episodes, the story makes it clear that such power cannot be used without...
Top Gun (1986), directed by Tony Scott and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, is a landmark action drama that cemented Tom Cruise as a Hollywood superstar. The film follows Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a gifted but reckless Navy fighter pilot sent to the elite Fighter Weapons School—known as “Top Gun.” Alongside his Radar Intercept Officer, Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, Maverick competes with the best pilots in the Navy, including his rival, Tom "Iceman" Kazansky. His daring flyi...
Godzilla Minus One (Japanese: ゴジラ-1.0, Gojira -1.0) is a 2023 Japanese kaiju film written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki. It marks the 37th entry in the Godzilla franchise and is widely regarded as one of the most powerful and emotionally resonant installments to date. Set in post-World War II Japan, the story follows Kōichi Shikishima, a failed kamikaze pilot who returns home burdened by guilt and haunted by trauma. As Japan struggles to rebuild after the war, the sudden emergence of Godzi...
The Nice Guys is a 2016 action-comedy mystery film directed by Shane Black and co-written with Anthony Bagarozzi, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as an unlikely detective duo in 1977 Los Angeles. The film follows Jackson Healy (Crowe), a tough enforcer-for-hire, and Holland March (Gosling), a down-on-his-luck private investigator and single father, as they team up to solve the case of a missing young woman named Amelia. What begins as a simple job spirals into a larger conspiracy invo...
"Catch-22" is a classic novel by Joseph Heller, published in 1961, which later inspired a film adaptation. It's set during World War II and follows the absurd experiences of Captain John Yossarian, a US Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier. The title itself refers to a paradoxical rule: airmen who are mentally unfit to fly missions can be grounded, but they must request to be grounded, showing their sanity, which thus makes them fit to fly. The book was based off Joseph Hellers real experiences fl...
Over the Garden Wall is a critically acclaimed animated miniseries created by Patrick McHale (of Adventure Time fame) for Cartoon Network. It originally aired in November 2014 as a ten-episode limited series, and has since developed a strong cult following due to its atmospheric storytelling, haunting visuals, rich symbolism, and poignant themes. It follows two half-brothers, Wirt and Greg, who get lost in a mysterious, dreamlike forest called The Unknown and encounter strange characters as t...
Sinners is a 2025 genre-blending vampire horror musical, written and directed by Ryan Coogler (known for Black Panther and Creed). The film stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role and centers on twin brothers Smoke and Stack Moore who return to their 1930s Mississippi hometown to open a juke joint—only to awaken supernatural, vampiric forces. The film seamlessly weaves together the stories of Black veterans, Chinese railroad workers, Native spiritualists, and poor white Southerners, creating a...
"Valkyrie" is a 2008 historical thriller directed by Bryan Singer and starring Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a real-life German army officer who led a bold plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime during World War II. The film dramatizes the events of July 20, 1944, when a group of high-ranking German officers and civilians launched Operation Valkyrie—originally a contingency plan to preserve government continuity in case of internal unrest—and repurposed...
"Nightcrawler" is a gripping thriller from 2014 that delves into the world of freelance crime journalism in Los Angeles. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Louis Bloom, a driven and morally ambiguous character who starts filming crime scenes and accidents to sell the footage to local news stations. As he becomes more successful, Bloom blurs the lines between observer and participant, navigating the ethical dilemmas of sensationalist journalism and the thirst for breaking news. The movie is kno...
"Cowboy Bebop" is a beloved Japanese anime series that first aired in 1998. It's known for blending multiple genres, including space Western, noir, and jazz, into a captivating narrative. The story follows a group of bounty hunters (or "cowboys") aboard the spaceship Bebop in the year 2071. The main characters are Spike Spiegel, a laid-back and skilled martial artist; Jet Black, a former cop with a mechanical arm; Faye Valentine, a sly and resourceful con artist; Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrus...
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), directed by Guillermo del Toro, is a dark fantasy set in 1944 Spain during the fascist regime. It tells the story of Ofelia, a young girl who escapes her harsh reality under her cruel stepfather, Captain Vidal, by entering a magical labyrinth. There, a mysterious faun reveals that she may be a lost princess and must complete three dangerous tasks to reclaim her place. The film explores deep themes like fascism vs. resistance, innocence and sacrifice, and the line betwe...
The movie this week is the 1992 Western classic Unforgiven, which Clint Eastwood both directed and starred in. This isn’t your typical Western. It’s darker, more realistic, and challenges the way the Old West is usually shown—something that’s interesting, considering Eastwood helped romanticize that world in his earlier films. In Unforgiven, Eastwood plays William Munny, a retired gunslinger and widower with two kids. He’s left that life behind, but gets pulled back in for one last job—a grou...
In 1989, five Black and Latino teenagers—Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise—were wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. There was no real evidence tying them to the crime, but the police got confessions from them through pressure and intimidation. Because of fear, racism, and the way the media blew the story up, the public was quick to judge. These boys were punished for something they didn’t do, and their case became a powerf...
"Interstellar" is a sci-fi epic directed by Christopher Nolan, known for its ambitious exploration of space, time, and human survival. Released in 2014, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Michael Caine. Here's a brief overview: The story is set in a near-future Earth where humanity faces extinction due to environmental collapse. McConaughey plays Cooper, a former NASA pilot turned farmer, who is recruited to lead an expedition through a newly discovered w...
"Captain America: Brave New World" is a 2025 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film featuring Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, who has officially taken up the mantle of Captain America. The film is set five months after Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (Harrison Ford) is elected President of the United States. President Ross assigns Sam Wilson and Joaquin Torres—the new Falcon—to intervene in Oaxaca, Mexico, to prevent the illegal sale of classified items stolen by the mercenary group Serpent, led by...
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