Episode 168: Spooky Canon Month IV (WEAPONS, 2025)

Frights, camera, action! For the final outing of spooky season, Curtis and John take on Zach Cregger's WEAPONS (2025), starring Julia Garner, Amy Madigan, and Josh Brolin, alongside special guests Magill and Dr Thomas Britt. The boys discussed what they watched this week before diving into the film discussion. Hot topics include the "comedic" aspects of the film, parasitism, the multiple narratives and perspectives, consumption, police corruption and complacency, Gladys, the meaning of "weapons," and so much more. Have a spooktacular season!Tune in next time for the final Sofia Coppola canon entry: PRISCILLA (2023)!NEWS OF THE WEEKShoutouts:The kind folks I met in Toronto at various stores, cinemas, etc. Charlottetown Film FestivalNew releases: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere; Chainsaw Man: The MovieWHAT WE WATCHED THIS WEEKCurtis: Brute 1976; Frankenstein (2025)John: Twin Peaks: The Return (Ep 7-9); Versus (2000); Ogroff; Kidnapped (2010); The American Scream (2010); The Long WalkMagill: Microbudget movies Pater Noster and the Mission of Light and They Call Her Death, Nirvanna the Band the Show the MovieTommy: Tron: Ares; RoofmanTIME STAMPS00:00:00 Introduction00:01:10 News of the Week/What We Watched This Week00:49:49 WEAPONS Discussion01:37:12 Our Scores for WEAPONS01:41:44 Coming Up Next!CREDITS AND PLUGSIntro: "Beware of Darkness" by George HarrisonOutro: "Locked" by Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay, and Zach Cregger (WEAPONS OST)Follow John on Letterboxd—@johnnycakes91For a list of films covered at Genre Gems: https://letterboxd.com/johnnycakes91/list/genre-gems-2025-festival-lineup/ Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'https://curtisrunstedler.ca/Dr Curtis Reads: https://www.youtube.com/@curtisrunstedlerCheck out Magill's games here:https://taigainteractive.itch.ioTommy and Curtis's forthcoming publications here:https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-dis-trusting-the-digital-world-in-imaginative-literature.htmlNew Tommy Britt publication here:https://discovery.researcher.life/article/sleeping-through-the-big-lebowski-sleep-dreams-and-rest-in-the-coen-brothers-films-and-jeff-bridges-music/491e641b97c735e585ac3d652e42704e