Episodes
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#243 The Best Discoveries In 2025, Academy Nominations
#243 The Best Discoveries in 2025, Academy Nominations Welcome to the final show. We will not only cap 2025 by discussing what we discovered in 2025 but we will also discuss the nominations recently aired by the Academy Awards and gotta say, it looks favorable. Furthermore, we will also be saying...
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#242 The Best TV Shows of 2025
#242 The Best TV Shows of 2025 As self explanatory as last weeks’ show. Next Time: The Best Discoveries in 2025 Show Notes 00:00:00 INTRO 00:01:50 The Year in TV 00:07:19 Omissions 00:15:13 #10 00:21:08 #09 00:26:52 #08 00:33:18 #07 00:41:51 #06 00:52:23 #05 01:01:52 #04 01:09:45 #03 01:18:21 #02...
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#241 The Best Films of 2025
#241 The Best Films of 2025 The title says it all. We will also talk about some of the trends in films for the year, honorable mentions, missed opportunities, the miss and disappointments, Next Time: The Best TV Shows of 2025 Otherpodcast.com Show Notes 00:00:00 INTRO 00:04:09 Trends in 2025...
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#240 Clouds of Sils Maria, A Man Called Otto, A Taxi Driver
#240 Clouds of Sils Maria, A Man Called Otto, A Taxi Driver An aging star must traverse through the aches of revisiting a role from her past as her good friend and assistant tries to help the process. Otto is the curmudgeon of his neighborhood and is beholden to help his neighbors as he tries to...
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#239 Wake Up Dead Man, Eternity, Once Upon A Time In America
#239 Wake Up Dead Man, Eternity, Once Upon a Time in America World-renowned detective Benoit Blanc returns to solve the murder of a spiteful priest and the congregation of suspects. An old couple reborn in the afterlife must solve the personal dilemma of the spouse choosing to stay with the…
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#238 Hamnet, Wicked For Good, If Beale Street Could Talk
#238 Hamnet, Wicked For Good, If Beale Street Could Talk A flourishing love story between Agnes and Will that becomes emotionally charged and complicated after one of their three children gets sick, which inspires cathartic events. The story of Elphaba (the villainous and betrayed) and Glinda…
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#237 Predator: Badlands, Bugonia, Amadeus
#237 Predator: Badlands, Bugonia, Amadeus A runt-of-the-litter warrior must prove himself worthy on a hostile planet partnered with a creature and a loquacious android. Two men kidnap a CEO, convinced she’s an alien being out to destabilize and destroy humanity, in the hopes to set a meeting on a...
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#236 Good Fortune, Ballad of a Small Player, Split
#236 Good Fortune, Ballad of a Small Player, Split A small-winged angel switches the lives of a poor gig worker and a rich businessman to teach a lesson in life only to find out how money changes lives too dramatically. A degenerate gambler on his last legs goes on a selfish journey in the…
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#235 Black Phone 2, V/H/S/Halloween, The Endless
#235 Black Phone 2, V/H/S/Halloween, The Endless A few years after murdering his serial killing captor to escape, a brother and sister come across the same killer but in their dreams. A series of 6 found-footage short films centered around Halloween. Two brothers return to the cult they were…
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#234 One Battle After Another, Him, The Usual Suspects
#234 One Battle After Another, Him, The Usual Suspects A washed out revolutionary and his daughter must survive elite forces and an arch nemesis colonel chasing them. A young athlete vies for football glory and dominance when his invite to train under his idol turns sinister. The lone survivor…
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#233 The Long Walk, American Sweatshop, Heat
#233 The Long Walk, American Sweatshop, Heat A group of young men befriend each other while in a contest for riches to see who will be the last to live. A social media moderator must navigate the PTSD of her day job and one particular gruesome video of a woman being tortured. A slick heist crew...
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#232 Highest 2 Lowest, Caught Stealing, Devil In A Blue Dress
#232 Highest 2 Lowest, Caught Stealing, Devil In a Blue Dress A music mogul becomes involved in a strange ransom plot and must navigate New York’s finest and the youth. An ex baseball player is dragged into a dangerous criminal plot with lots of money and bullets in play. Needing money, a veteran...
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#231 Weapons, Night Always Comes, Howl's Moving Castle
#231 Weapons, Night Always Comes, Howl’s Moving Castle A town gets thrown into upheaval after 17 kids from the same class mysteriously disappear. A woman on her last legs in the face of modern poverty must do everything she can to come up with thousands of dollars overnight to save her house and...
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#230 Together, Happy Gilmore 2, Brokeback Mountain
#230 Together, Happy Gilmore 2, Brokeback Mountain A couple on its last legs uncover a strange phenomena when one of them drinks suspicious water and becomes unable to separate from the other. Happy returns after the death of his wife and alcoholism to prove to the world and his daughter that he...
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#229 The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Superman, Cache
#229 The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Superman, Cache Through a warning by the ominous Silver Surfer, the Fantastic Four must save Earth from the cosmic force called Galactus as a family unit with a newborn on the way. Superman is forced to confront complicated human strife in the wake of trying…
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#228 F1, The Old Guard 2, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
#228 F1, The Old Guard 2, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. A washed up and older F1 driver returns to the prestigious sport to help an underdog team win. A group of fate fighters traverse the world as past demons join the fight to take their immortality. A devilish American spy and a brute Russian spy…
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#227 28 Years Later, Materialists, Love & Mercy
#227 28 Years Later, Materialists, Love & Mercy 28 years after the rage virus infected the UK, a young boy goes on a journey to save his mother amidst the chaos and carnage of the countryside. A focused and sensible matchmaker is stuck between choosing the right or the best partner. The life of...
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#226 How To Train Your Dragon, Ballerina, Bone Tomahawk
#226 How To Train Your Dragon, Ballerina, Bone Tomahawk In the height of generational turmoil between humans and dragons, a boy befriends a dragon most feared and learns to find his place in the world and a different solution to war. After witnessing the death of her father, a young woman becomes...
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#225 Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, Hoosiers, The Short Films of David Lynch
#225 Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, Hoosiers, The Short Films of David Lynch Ethan Hunt must go analog and with his team, stop the evil AI known as the Entity as it tries to assert control by hacking into the worlds’ nuclear arsenal. Coach Dale is demoted to coach basketball for a small...
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#224 Thunderbolts*, Wild At Heart, The Royal Tenenbaums
#224 Thunderbolts*, Wild At Heart, The Royal Tenenbaums A group of assassins unexpectedly come together to face the power that used them and the mayhem they’ve brewed. With all the jealous forces of violent people against them, a young and driven couple embark on a road trip simply to be able to...
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#223 Sinners, Night Moves, Lost Highway
#223 Sinners, Night Moves, Lost Highway Twin gangsters Smoke and Stack have a grand opening for their juke joint along with their musician cousin Sammy when their evening gets interrupted by vampires. Private investigator Moseby solves his last case finding a missing girl but opens up a greater…
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#222 Warfare, Superman, Eraserhead
#222 Warfare, Superman, Eraserhead A group of soldiers must endure a dangerous situation in occupied territory as enemies engage them repeatedly before the chance to escape comes. Kal-El is the last surviving member of his race and as Clark Kent, grows up in American values and as Superman, makes…
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#221 Magazine Dreams, Unforgiven, Blue Velvet
#221 Magazine Dreams, Unforgiven, Blue Velvet An man with deeply-rooted anger issues must deal with an uncaring world to his desires to become a professional bodybuilder. Near the twilight of his life, notorious killer William Munny has kicked violence and alcohol for good until a hefty bounty to...
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#220 Mickey 17, Inland Empire, The Conversation
#220 Mickey 17, Inland Empire, The Conversation In a future set in space and where cloning is possible uses an expendable human named Mickey to secure the lives of everyone else, much to political upheaval and comedic consequences. An actress gets the role of a lifetime as the history and...
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#219 Academy Awards, Recent Discoveries
#219 Academy Awards, Recent Discoveries We are back officially doing shows in 2025! We return with a discussion on the Academy Awards, which held some sprigging wins and some fresh air from the host. We also separate the many titles of movies we’ve watched recently into ones that came out last…
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#218 The Top 10 Discoveries In 2024
#218 The Top 10 Discoveries In 2024 Once a year, we highlight the creative world with a personal top 10 that reflects everything we consumed before 2024. Things we missed out on but not reserved just for TV shows and movies. We also include music, books, life events and anything creative and...
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#217 The Top 10 TV Shows of 2024
#217 The Top 10 TV Shows of 2024 Welcome to the one and only show that gives evidence that we do indeed watch and love TV shows. We will try and cram as much TV talk as possible yo offset our normally movie-centered goals. Beyond the typical ‘honorable mentions’ and ‘missed opportunities,’ we’ve...
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#216 Top 10 Movies of 2024
#216 The Top 10 Movies of 2024 Welcome to the capper to 2024 in films. This show will not only contain the top 10 but honorable mentions, disappointment, missed opportunities and a starter conversation on how the year felt overall in movies. There are no spoilers for any of the titles we discuss...
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#215 September 5, Flow, Dawn of the Dead
#215 September 5, Flow, Dawn of the Dead As terrorist take athletes as hostages during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, a sports broadcasting team must figure out the best way to report and historically, reporting it live. A cat is forced to befriend a few jungle animals on a boat while a massive…
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#214 Juror #2, The Piano Lesson, Train to Busan
#214 Juror #2 The Piano Lesson, Train to Busan On a high profile murder trial, a man on the jury finds out that he may have been involved in the murder and traverses the moral quandary that links him to pitfalls of the American justice system. A grand piano is the center of a black family that...
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#213 Wicked, Anora, Slither
#213 Wicked, Anora, Slither Glinda, the Good Witch, recounts the tale of her once good friend Elphaba as she rose to power and hatred as the Wicked Witch of the West. Stripper and sex worker Anora finds a goldmine in a young Russian as her meal ticket but things go vastly awry after they get...
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#212 Heretic, Pedro Paramo, Versus
#212 Heretic, Pedro Paramo, Versus A logical madman ensnares two female missionaries into a trap filled with debate and pain based on belief. The life and times of the nefarious Pedro Paramo, a man who bent a town to his will with ruthlessness and many affairs, and the story of his son returning…
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#211 It's What's Inside, The 4:30 Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Dead Snow
#211 It’s What’s Inside, The 4:30 Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Dead Snow A group of shaky friends embark on a unique game that’ll test their resolve and loyalties. In the 1980’s a boy, along with his friends, prepares for the ultimate first date with his crush as drama in the local movie theater...
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#210 Joker: Folie a Deux, The Platform 2, [REC] 2, Pontypool
#210 Joker: Folie a Deux, The Platform 2, REC2, Pontypool The trial of the century begins for murderer Arthur Fleck as he grapples with tensions rising and a wave of fans wanting Joker to return as he meets the potential love of his life, Harley Quinn. A prison with hundreds of levels where a...
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#209 The Substance, Rebel Ridge, Zombie 2, Fido
#209 The Substance, Rebel Ridge, Zombie 2, Fido An aging actress forced out of her career decides to transform and rip herself to pieces with an underground treatment that makes her young again. Patience and violence are at odds in the form of a one-man-army that becomes the center of systemic...
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#208 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Slingshot, Night of the lIving Dead
#208 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Slingshot, Night of the Living Dead Lydia is plunged back to the underworld when her daughter gets involved in the supernatural and bio-exorcist Betelgeuse gets involved. A crew of astronauts must cope with the lingering and exponentially worse effects of deep sleep...
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#207 Strange Darling, Alien: Romulus, The Sadness
#207 Strange Darling, Alien: Romulus, The Sadness A series of events between a serial killer and the prey as both encounter some hard choices and civilian casualties. A group of young adults, along with a synthetic android, does a Hail Mary illegal attempt to escape the dismal planet they’re on…
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#206 Cuckoo, The Instigators, The Mask
#206 Cuckoo, The Instigators, The Mask Upon visiting a secluded vacation resort with her family, a young woman must deal with the supernatural forces that seemingly live rent-free in the surrounding woods, possibly after her and those around her. Two dimwitted strangers in search for quick cash...
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#205 Trap, Deadpool & Wolverine, Interview with the Vampire
#205 Trap, Deadpool & Wolverine, Interview with the Vampire A serial killer learns that a trap has been set by the authorities at a pop concert for him and must use his wits to find a way out, along with his daughter, who doesn’t know his murderous tendencies. The mouthy and meta Deadpool…
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#204 Twisters, Longlegs, Natural Born Killers
#204 Twisters, Longlegs, Natural Born Killers A tornado savant and meteorologist and a YouTuber twister-wrangler collide and may have to team up in order to redeem past actions and how to understand and defeat the devastation of weather. A young FBI agent with strong intuition is put on the case…
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#203 Maxxxine, The Imaginary, Napoleon Dynamite
#203 Maxine, The Imaginary, Napoleon Dynamite Determined to become famous, pornstar and violence- survivor (& causer) Maxine gets a starring role in a horror movie as a serial killer prowls the streets of Tinseltown, starting with her friends. Amanda is a child with a vivid imagination and makes…
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#202 Inside Out 2, Hit Man, Closer
#202 Inside Out 2, Hit Man, Closer Riley begins puberty while on a hockey-tryout weekend with friends and her anthropomorphized core emotions are introduced to four new ones, including Anxiety, which threaten the Sense of Self of the changing Riley. Gary, a philosopher professor who works for a...
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#201 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Exhuma, Primer
#201 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Exhuma, Primer In the post-apocalyptic wasteland, a girl gets taken from her people and must grow up in the high-octane savaged landscape with grit, bullets and wheels in order to find her way back and maybe, get revenge. Shamans, spiritualists and feng shui masters...
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#200 Thief, About Last Night, The Fugitive
#200 Thief, About Last Night, The Fugitive In Chicago, a master thief must deal with the encroaching darkness and betrayal of organized crime while trying to make a ‘normal’ life. In Chicago, a man and a woman meet and strike up a romantic affair as adulting gets in the way of true maturity. In...
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#199 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Fall Guy, Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
#199 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Fall Guy, Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) It seems intelligence and self awareness can make humans of any creature. A story of Noa, an ape survivor looking for his clan that were captured by a ruthless ruler trying to pillage humanity’s...
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#198 Challengers, Sasquatch Sunset, Boyhood
#198 Challengers, Sasquatch Sunset, Boyhood An epic tennis match where the stakes are 100 percent personal to a trio of one woman and two boys navigating power and gender dynamics they cannot hide from. A NatGeo-type of tale of the last gasp of the living remnants of the Sasquatch as they…
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#197 Civil War, River, The Guest
#197 Civil War, River, The Guest We begin this week by reviewing a film that is set on an American civil war with no context and focusing instead on the value of journalism and the nature of history and POV. We then arrive to a secluded town in Japan where the people are suffering from an endless...
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#196 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, The Promised Land, Past Lives
#196 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, The Promised Land, Past Lives We may say goodbye to winter but Frozen Empire says otherwise. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire brings back the fun and funny from the original films but still falters from modern plot contrivances and boring villains. The Promised Land...
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#195 The (belated) 96th Academy Awards Review
#195 The (belated) 06th Academy Awards Review Better late than never to come back from break with our thoughts on the Oscars this year by discussing the winners and the ceremony details. We also showcase out thoughts on what we think would’ve won as a segment pre-recorded before the event....
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#194 The Best Discoveries In 2023
#194 The Best Discoveries In 2023 This is the third and final countdown show before the break and to cap off 2023. Discoveries are anything (song, book, game, film, etc.) that we discovered in 2023 but from different years. It is our way to paint a personal top 10 as well as highlight different...