Link (1986), Fatman & a Holiday Year-End Catch-Up

Recorded on December 29, 2021, this loose year-end episode keeps the original notes’ joke: Henrique Couto and Michelle announce a review of the year, then mostly avoid reviewing it. Instead, they compare Christmas celebrations, from Henrique’s roast-duck dinner and abandoned latke plans to Michelle’s family visits, new smartwatch and holiday-movie viewing. A new webcam and a sleepy Chicano on “doggo cam” turn the livestream itself into part of the catch-up.The monkey talk begins with Link, the 1986 British horror film starring Elisabeth Shue and Terence Stamp. Henrique describes discovering its unusually polished killer-ape thriller setup, while Michelle explains why monkeys frighten her and reacts to the trailer. Their search expands to the orangutan performers behind Link and Clint Eastwood’s Every Which Way but Loose and Any Which Way You Can. Claims about animal treatment raised during their improvised research are not repeated here because the episode does not verify them.Michelle also reports back on Fatman, the dark Christmas movie with Mel Gibson as Santa Claus and Walton Goggins as the hitman pursuing him. She likes the film’s world-building and the assassin’s affection for his hamster, although both hosts find the third act less compelling than the premise. Henrique adds a spoiler-light reaction to Spider-Man: No Way Home, praising its fan service, character work and readable action while separating his enthusiasm as a Spider-Man fan from his assessment of the film on its own.Live-chat questions widen the conversation into Michelle’s music and webcomics, including At the End of Everything, as well as anime, streaming recommendations and the economics of independent horror distribution. Henrique discusses those platforms only from his experience at the time; no service availability or payment figure should be treated as current. A listener’s COVID-19 quarantine also prompts personal illness stories and viewing suggestions, not medical advice. It is a warm, wandering holiday hangout built around movies, pets, audience banter and considerably more monkey talk than year-end analysis.LinksEmail the hosts: [email protected]