Episodes
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#180 – The Snowman
It's our last entry for this year's Movie-Ghoul-Round, and this time when You Did This to Us, you had us watch the serial killer thriller, The Snowman. It's pretty! It's frustrating! It's pretty frustrating! Which is not surprising, considering that they didn't film the entire script. Hear David,...
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#179 – La Llorona (2019)
For our Movie-Ghoul-Round Around the World pick, Brett chose the eloquent true-to-life political horror film, La Llorona (no, not that terrible one with Velma and the bad haunted house prop, the good one from Guatemala). What did David and Nicole think of this tale of the consequences of denial…
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#178 – Hereditary
When it came time for Nicole to pick this Movie-Ghoul-Round's Future Classic, there was one candidate that was the most obvious: Hereditary. Ari Aster's slow-burning horrific tale of familial inevitabilities and selfish secrets had powerful performances and masterful moviecraft. It was David's...
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#177 – Doctor Sleep
In our Movie-Ghoul-Round Can We Just Talk About..." slot, one of Brett's choices came up on our spinner, so we talked about Doctor Sleep. Inevitably, Brett, David, and Nicole spent some time on The Shining and how this film is handled as a sequel (including the recasting), how the movie stands in...
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#176 – Goosebumps
IT BEGINS. Movie-Ghoul-Round 2022 is here! For our creepy New to Two, David eased us in with the family friendly Goosebumps movie. What did Brett and Nicole think? Did they find it surprisingly entertaining? (Hint: Yes.) What did we all think about the devious Slappy, the slavering werewolf, the...
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#175 – Moonfall
It's time to turn off your brain and turn up the surround sound, because for this Movie-Go-Round, You Did This to Us with the latest Emmerich sledgehammer, Moonfall. Nicole, David, and Brett discuss the science(?), the dialogue, the key elements of disaster movies, and the Conjuring universe…
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Encore episode: Jackie Brown
On this encore New to Two, Nicole introduced Brett and David to Quentin Tarantino’s third feature film, "Jackie Brown." Featuring some of Tarantino’s signature elements (clever dialogue, loving shots of a woman’s feet, killer music choices) and deviating in equally significant ways (much less...
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#174 – The Handmaiden (Ahgassi)
For this Movie-Go-Round Around the World, David selected Park Chan-Wook's The Handmaiden. This beautiful and twisty (and occasionally twisted) long-con tale wasn't an unqualified hit with all of us. Come listen to hear about where we think this movie may have gone wrong, how steamy things…
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Encore episode: The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)
In this week's Movie-Go-Round, we revisit vignettes from the life of aging raconteur and journalist Jep, a sharp observer of life but participant only in his limited sphere of friends. Jep, at 65, is only now coming to grips with his age and mortality, as he contemplates his quest for life’s…
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#173 – Everything Everywhere All at Once
For this Movie-Go-Round Future Classic, Brett wanted us to evaluate Everything Everywhere All at Once. Possibly the most recent film named in this category, did Nicole and David have the stones to declare it a classic already? We dug into mother-daughter relationships, multiverse maneuvers, desk...
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Encore episode: The Emoji Movie
It was Disaster Week for one of our hosts, so sadly, we had to postpone our new Future Classic episode. To fill your ear holes, we brought back this disaster of a movie that we just can't let go. Brett, Nicole, David, and guest Bandrew Scott of the Podcastage YouTube channel and Bandrew Says...
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#172 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
This Movie-Go-Round week's theme is Can We Just Talk About...? We spun the wheel and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring popped up, and boy, did we go to town. With two fans of the book and a critical eye, we asked the hard questions, like why does no one tell Pippin anything? Why...
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#171 – Midnight Special
We kick off a new go-round with a New to Two from Nicole, the 2016 film Midnight Special. This under-the-radar science fiction road movie is an unfolding mystery involving a cult, secret government transmissions, a child with inexplicable powers, and quietly powerful acting performances all the…
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#170 – Dirty Dancing
You Did This to Us, so the whole Movie-Go-Round podcast crew got to mambo with Dirty Dancing -- and one of us had never seen it before! We talk about the cultural phenomenon, the musical anachronisms, the chillingly relevant subplot, and whether or not Ayn Rand fan Robbie gets sufficient...
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#169 – RRR
It was Nicole's pick for this Movie-Go-Round cycle's Around the World, and she brought her newest obsession, RRR. She, Brett, and David discuss if it's TOO over the top, the dance scene, the illegality of Ram's level of handsomeness, how everyone wants to hug Bheem, the power of the bromance, and...
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#168 – Knives Out
The panel discusses 2019's Knives Out. From the director of the best Star Wars film of the last decade, (fight us) comes a who-dun-it of epic proportions. Does Daniel Craig's Kentucky Fried accent and Ana De Armas' excessive vomit add up to a Future Classic? How did everyone enjoy this…
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Encore episode: Reign of Fire
This week's Movie-Go-Round is a special encore episode to honor the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest movies about dragons versus helicopters ever made: Reign of Fire! Email the show at [email protected]. Find us online by heading over to mgrpodcast.com. Help shape the show by voting during...
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#167 – Speed Racer
This week's Movie-Go-Round is in our "Can We Just Talk About...?" theme, and we talked about 2009's Speed Racer. Is it as bad as some people say? Is it as masterful as other people say? How is it possible to get this much color onto a screen? Does the cartoony aesthetic work for it? What the heck...
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#166 – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Shakespeare rides again for this Movie-Go-Round New to Two, with Brett's pick, The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Director and screenwriter Joel Coen went brotherless for this film adaptation of the Scottish play that is nearly as bare-bones as one can get. We talk about the strong performances, the...
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#165 – The Proposal
You Did This to Us again here at Movie-Go-Round, so we had to watch the Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds rom-com The Proposal. Neither Nicole, David, nor guest Phil Rood had seen this film in its entirety before, which was not a lack that any of us had perceived as a problem previously. Among other...
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#164 – Parasite
For Movie-Go-Round's latest Around the World pick, David chose the acclaimed Korean movie Parasite. Part con-artist tale, part parable about class warfare under capitalism, this Best Picture winner inspired deep discussion topics such as how wealth insulates and isolates people, how poverty can...
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#163 – Get Out
This round's Future Classic comes from Nicole's list, and she, David, and guest Terri Lynne Hudson were eager to get into our discussion of Get Out. We covered a little of everything -- homages! Symbolism! Microaggressions! The Sunken Place! The T-S-mothatruckin'-A! And of course the old chestnut...
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#162 – Pleasantville
In this Can We Just Talk About? David brings the 1998 film 'Pleasantville.' Brett, David, and Nicole discuss why this film is a perennial classroom favorite, whether or not Brett understands the plot of 'Click', and, of course, Don Knotts' voice. Pleasantville wears its message on its sleeve…
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#161 – Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
The cycle begins again with Brett's New to Two pick, a time-hoppy microbudget movie from Japan called Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. It plays with time, staircases, expectations, and monitor cables. We discussed its single-take conceit, the inherent paradoxes, peer pressure, K-dramas, and how...
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#160 – The Beastmaster
For this Movie-Go-Round You Did This to Us pick, you all chose The Beastmaster. I hope you're happy. We discussed the tale of Dar and his animal friends Todo, Kodo, Podo, Shouty Bird, and Tigger. Also Dar's skeevy tendencies, his quest for revenge, glowy Nyquil magic, Rip Torn making a house...
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#159 – Summer Wars (Soma Wozu)
For this week's Around the World, we talked about Momoru Hosoda's 2009 animated film, Summer Wars (Soma Wozu). David brought it to the panel -- what's so special about it...and familiar? Is it possible for a director to plagiarize his own work? Is it possible for a massively popular novel and…
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#158 – The Suicide Squad (2021)
For this Movie-Go-Round Future Classic, Brett nominated 2021's The Suicide Squad. We had a lot to say about the acting, the gleeful gore, the early exits of some of the characters, and the anthropomorphic shark. Did David and Nicole agree that this will become a classic of the modern age of...
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#157 – Pacific Rim
Welcome to our new theme, called "Can We Just Talk About...?" Brett, David, and Nicole each came up with 10 movies that they were desperate to talk about but that didn't fit the other categories, and we used a random draw tool to choose a movie from that pool. This round, Nicole was the lucky...
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#156 – Upstream Color
We kick off a new Movie-Go-Round cycle with Nicole's New to Two pick, Upstream Color. This head-scratcher seems to be about identity, interconnectedness, addiction, memory, trauma bonding, and...pigs? What did Brett and David think? Could any of us make sense of it? How was Amy Seimetz? And why…
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#155 – mother!
For this round's You Did This to Us, we brought in a ringer, Cole Roulain of The Magic Lantern podcast, to help us make sense of the controversial, polarizing mother! Listen to Brett try to keep this train on the conversational tracks while Cole makes cogent points, David works himself into rage...
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#154 – Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)
For this Around the World Movie-Go-Round episode, Nicole brought Dario Argento's murder mystery Deep Red (Profondo Rosso). We gabbed about the over-the-top weirdness, marveled at the visuals, Brett argued about the music, and David wondered if everyone in this movie were clairvoyant except for…
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#153 – Kubo and the Two Strings
David nominated this Movie-Go-Round Future Classic, Kubo and the Two Strings. This 2016 stop-motion animation film is inarguably gorgeous, and beautifully made, but it is not without its controversy. We talk about the low Asian representation in casting, touch on parental mental illness, and…
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#152 – Little Door Gods (The Guardian Brothers)
This round's Primeflix Roulette was an animated film from China that comes in two versions: the original, available on YouTube, and the culturally neutered Weinstein Company cut, available on Netflix. Two minor gods, thinking they're no longer needed by the human world, are asked for a little...
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#151 – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Brett's pick for New to Two this round is right up his alley -- Chicago blues, August Wilson, and philosophical monologues, creating the stew that is Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Brett, David, and Nicole discuss this fictional day in the life of the real blues legend Ma Rainey, and get into the...
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#150 – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Welcome to the 150th episode of Movie-Go-Round! Normally any multiple of five would be a "You Did This to Us" episode, but since you voted for Twilight for our 100th, we figured we'd just carry the spirit of that forward. Brace yourself, and come join Brett, David, and Nicole in our discussion of...
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#149 – Shin Godzilla
It was Brett's turn to choose our "Around the World" Movie-Go-Round film, and he chose 2016's Shin Godzilla (a.k.a. Godzilla Resurgence). For a movie with a strong comedic bent in the first act, we dig surprisingly deep into cultural fears, Japanese-U.S. relations, and origin conspiracy theories....
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#148 – Howl's Moving Castle
Enter another Geek Cinema Society rewind episode as we catch ourselves up here for 2022! In this episode, we watched Howl's Moving Castle, a film that if we did it on Movie-Go-Round, would surely be classified as a Future Classic. Our guest at the time was Norman Benford of Back to the Future…
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#147 – Mortal Kombat (1995)
In this Netflix Roulette episode of Movie-Go-Round, we were going to discuss Llamageddon. Yes, that's exactly how it sounds. Go watch it if you dare. But life got in the way - see the first minute of the show. So, we're taking a wonderful trip down memory lane to watch something that's far worse...
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It's a Wonderful Life
Happy holidays, Movie-Go-Round followers! For our first holiday episode, this movie seemed like the only possible choice. Listen as Nicole, Brett, and special guest Phil Rood of The Picture Show with Austin and Phil Rood deconstruct this holiday staple. Is this an accurate portrayal of small-town...
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#146 – Repo! The Genetic Opera
For this week’s Movie-Go-Round New to Two, David introduced Brett and Nicole to Repo! The Genetic Opera. “Bizarre” is a term that came up often in the discussion, as well as “gusto,” “heightened,” “rubbery organs,” and the phrase “This broke me” (primarily from Brett). Is this one to watch with...
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#145 – Dolittle
In this round's You Did This to Us, we had to endure 2020's Dolittle. This movie seemed to value effects above story, famous names above voiceover talent, and didn't seem to value direction much at all. David, Brett, and Nicole were treated to a disheveled RDJ, a generic British teenager, a polar...
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#144 – Good Bye Lenin!
In this Around the World pick, David introduces Brett and Nicole to a German film from 2003, Good Bye Lenin! Directed by Wolfgang Becker, this comedic drama follows a son's efforts to keep his mother from learning about the fall of East Germany and the Berlin Wall after waking from a coma…
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#143 – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
For this Movie-Go-Round Future Classic, we welcomed guest Justin Robert Young of Politics Politics Politics and Night Attack to pick apart Quentin Tarantino's latest opus and love letter to L.A., Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Come listen to Justin, Brett, Nicole, and David pick apart this fable…
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#142 – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
It's PrimeFlix Roulette week, and the Movie-Go-Round wheel gods bestowed upon Brett, David, and Nicole the much-delayed sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. What better day than Black Friday could there be to release our frustrated discussion of this gripping drama about how terrible it is…
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#141 – Withnail and I
It's Nicole's Movie-Go-Round New to Two pick, and she's chosen the Richard E. Grant showcase (and English comedic cult classic) Withnail and I. This tale of two starving actors who have made a grievous error by going on vacation has something for everyone to appreciate. Did David and Brett...
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#140 – Fifty Shades of Grey
You Did This to Us again, and boy was this a big bucket of yiiiiikes. Your intrepid Movie-Go-Round crew of Brett, David, and Nicole had to watch Fifty Shades of Grey, and while the movie is better than the book, that is a low, low bar. We discuss how this film does kink a disservice while...
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#139 – Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
What happens when a disco-pop master producer is in charge of the restoration of an all-time classic of science fiction films? You get a hybrid that is a cultural artifact of the 1920s and the 1980s simultaneously. Nicole's to blame for bringing this Movie-Go-Round Around the World pick, so...
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#138 – Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa)
It was David's turn to choose our Movie-Go-Round Future Classic, and he brought the gorgeous anime Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa). This film adds extra dimensions beyond the body swap concept, reaching into areas that are truly profound. Nicole, Brett, and David talk about liminal spaces, gender…
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#137 – For Love or Money
In this Movie-Go-Round Primeflix Roulette episode, we watched a Michael J. Fox romantic comedy, so you know this movie is wall-to-wall wit and charm, right?... Right?... uh oh... Unfortunately, David, Brett, and Nicole discovered that even the immense charisma of young Mr. Fox is not enough to...
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#136 – The Social Network
You know what's better than a million podcasts? A billion podcasts. For our Movie-Go-Round podcast's New to Two, Brett brought the David Fincher critical smash The Social Network. Somehow David and Nicole were late adopters on this film, but once we got into this tech pool, we dove deep, touching...