Best Fat Dude Digs Flicks Podcasts (2025)

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The Balcony - Episode Ten: A Salute to Scorsese 2:09:01

19d ago2:09:01

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Send us a text This week, The Balcony is OPEN! The back row boys discuss some of their recent watches including praise for Lindsay Lohan and Clint Eastwood, and a surprise day trip to Minneapolis. The trio then recaps The State Theatre’s now finished Director’s Series for 2025 focusing on the great Martin Scorsese. Derrick leads the charge, having …

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#209 – The Last Supper | Directed by Stacy Title (with Rolo Tony) 2:38:32

11d ago2:38:32

2:38:32

Tune in as Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) hops aboard the podcast to review and recap The Last Supper, the 1995 satirical black comedy movie about a friend group of grad school students who launch a scheme to kill off conservatives by inviting them over for the last supper they’ll ever have. The surprisingly cozy atmosphere wrapped around this film, …

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#208 – Videodrome | Directed by David Cronenberg (with Seth Vargas of Movie Friends) 1:49:42

18d ago1:49:42

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Tune in as Seth Vargas (Movie Friends) returns to the program to discuss Videodrome, the 1983 sci-fi body horror film about a TV station president whose discovery of an enigmatic and pornographic video broadcast drags his mind and his flesh down a spiral of terror. The David Cronenberg movie that Seth saw as a wee little child with his mom, recomme…

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#207 – Drive | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (with Anna) 3:08:02

25d ago3:08:02

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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) jumps back into their guest chair for a breakdown of Drive, the 2011 neo-noir crime thriller film about an L.A. stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Ryan Gosling’s auramaxxing, what qualifies as neo-noir, the strange misogyny that’s given off by issues like NWR’s original goal o…

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#206 – Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede (with Andy of Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) 3:08:20

1M ago3:08:20

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Tune in as Andy (Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) strolls back into the 2CC sphere for a plunge into Maeve Fly, the 2023 horror novel by C.J. Leede that follows a young woman who's harboring grim and bloodthirsty urges while playing an ice princess at a certain Californian theme park and laying an eye on her best friend’s intriguing brother. Wh…

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The Balcony - Episode Nine: Cannes You Dig It?!?! 1:14:49

1M ago1:14:49

1:14:49

Send us a text A few technical glitches here and there can’t keep the boys from their balcony! On this week’s show, the trifecta chat about some of their recent watches before diving into part of this year’s Cannes line-up. What movies are they excited for and who/what will get the movie world talking this year? Blake can be found on Letterboxd @th…

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#205 – Prime Video's Wilderness | Created by Marnie Dickens (with Sam Frontera and Shelby Schwieterman of The Rom Complex) 1:36:59

1M ago1:36:59

1:36:59

Tune in as Sam Frontera and Shelby Schwieterman (The Rom Complex) dive back into another collaboration with 2CC for a review and recap of Wilderness, the Prime Video thriller miniseries about a scorned woman’s revenge plan against her dickweasel husband. Drawing comparisons between this show and Gone Girl, the potential that this could have had to …

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#204 – Devs | Created by Alex Garland (with Anna) 3:19:46

2M ago3:19:46

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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) teams back up with Arthur to review and recap Devs, the 2020 sci-fi techno-thriller miniseries about the mysterious and murderous machinations of a quantum computing company. Anna’s mini-review of Civil War, wishing that Alex Garland could grow a political spine, the choice to cast Cailee Spaeny as a tee…

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#203 – How to Train Your Dragon | Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois (with Dustin Holden of The Rewatch Recap) 3:15:22

2M ago3:15:22

3:15:22

Tune in as Dustin Holden (The Rewatch Recap) returns to 2CC for a breakdown of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2010 animated fantasy movie about the bond that grows between a teenage Viking boy and a dragon. The creatures and their mannerisms that inspired Toothless’s design, worries over the upcoming live-action reboot of HTTYD, the aversion to refe…

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207. Let's Taco 'Bout Grand Theft Hamlet featuring Dylan Ferguson 1:28:48

2M ago1:28:48

1:28:48

Send us a text Do not adjust your internets! The Fat Dude returns this week with an all new Let’s Taco ‘Bout! I am joined by returning guest and movie lover, Dylan Ferguson. We talk about Dylan’s journey into fatherhood, discussing the early days of his little one, things he’s learned, and how he can’t wait to share his love of movies with his kid.…

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#202 – Magic | Directed by Richard Attenborough (with Guy Bradford of Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast) 1:43:34

2M ago1:43:34

1:43:34

Tune in as Guy Bradford (Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast) jumps back into his guest chair to discuss Magic, the 1978 psychological horror drama movie starring Anthony Hopkins as Corky Withers, a magician and ventriloquist who becomes a little too obsessed with his dummy Fats. The flop sweat that this film is full of, alternative stars who were …

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#201 – Happy 4th Podiversary!!! 2:08:46

2M ago2:08:46

2:08:46

Tune in as some good old buddies of 2 Cents Critic return to the program in honor of it turning four years old! Glad to have Andy (Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts), Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek), Jessica (Opinionated Lushes), Marie Nicola (Alt.Pop.Repeat), and Robert “Stew” Stewart (Stew World Order) hopping back into their guest seats. It …

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#200 – Synchronic | Directed by Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson (with Brett Salter of Irish Salt) 2:25:14

2M ago2:25:14

2:25:14

Tune in as Brett Salter (Irish Salt) jumps back onto the program to break down the 2019 sci-fi thriller movie Synchronic, which follows a couple New Orleans paramedics as they get caught up in the mystery surrounding a new designer drug and the reality-altering impact it’s having on its users. Anthony Mackie’s flair for dark comedy, puzzling out th…

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#199 – 2025 Oscars Recap (with Connor Kujawinski) 2:56:20

3M ago2:56:20

2:56:20

Tune in as Connor Kujawinski (@connorkuj) teams back up with Arthur to recap the momentous occasion that is the 2025 Oscars! This past awards season has been brimming with a particularly high amount of chaos and toxicity, and now it’s finally reached its conclusion, allowing people to take a rest from all of this awards hubbub for some time. There …

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The Balcony - Episode Eight: Our Favorites of 2024 2:07:39

3M ago2:07:39

2:07:39

Send us a text The 2024 awards season is FINALLY over, but the boys from The Balcony are ready to give it a fitting send off! Blake and Derrick reveal their favorite films of the past year. Will there be any shocking surprises? What across the board favorites did they also enjoy? Find out by listening to this week’s episode of The Balcony! Blake ca…

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#198 – The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (with Clayton Jones II of Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies Podcast) 2:28:02

3M ago2:28:02

2:28:02

Tune in as Clayton Jones II (Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies Podcast) heads back to this program for a review and recap of The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the 2017 film that follows a cardiovascular surgeon and his family as their meticulous and pristine life starts to collapse at the hands of a teenage boy. The knack that director Yorgos Lanthimos …

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The Scream 7 Boycott (with Drew and Nino) 1:06:00

3M ago1:06:00

1:06:00

Tune in as Drew and Nino (Boycott Scream 7) join Arthur for a conversation about the campaign that many people are pursuing to boycott Scream 7 (as well as Spyglass in general, considering this production company, which currently owns the rights to the Scream franchise, is a supporter of Zionism). The importance of BDS, how crucial it is to have th…

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#197 – The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa (with Mama D of Petals of Support) 3:00:47

3M ago3:00:47

3:00:47

Tune in as Fake-Dating February wraps up on 2CC with the fourth and final episode of the month, where Mama D (Petals of Support) hops back into her guest seat for a review and recap of The Wedding Crasher, the 2022 rom-com novel by Mia Sosa that follows Solange and Dean as they create a fake-dating scheme together in the wake of Solange having put …

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206. Let's Taco 'Bout Our Favorites of 2024 featuring Jameson Pfeifle 2:57:08

3M ago2:57:08

2:57:08

Send us a text The Oscars are almost here which means it is time for one of our favorite Fat Dude traditions, THE BEST OF COUNTDOWN!!! Joined as always on these episodes by longtime friend and movie buddy, Jameson Pfeifle of SDFilmThoughts, we discuss our top ten favorites of the year that was 2024. We also continue paying tribute to Filmspotting: …

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#196 – Netflix’s Love to Hate You | Directed by Kim Jung-kwon (with Brett Salter of Irish Salt) 2:17:37

3M ago2:17:37

2:17:37

Tune in as Fake-Dating February advances forward with the third episode of the month, where Brett Salter (Irish Salt) rejoins 2CC for a breakdown of Love to Hate You, the 2023 Netflix K-drama that follows the chaos and romance between a misandrist lawyer and a misogynistic celebrity. The absolutely wacky comedy that this show is willing to dive int…

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#195 – Anyone But You | Directed by Will Gluck (with Tyler Hewitt of Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons and Jesters of Ravenloft) 2:26:11

4M ago2:26:11

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Tune in as Fake-Dating February keeps rolling onward with this second episode of the month, where Tyler Hewitt (Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons, Jesters of Ravenloft) teams up with Arthur again to review and recap Anyone But You, the 2023 enemies-to-lovers and fake-dating rom-com that’s loosely based off of the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. The ter…

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#194 – Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before | Directed by Susan Johnson (with Anna) 2:56:47

4M ago2:56:47

2:56:47

Tune in as Fake-Dating February kicks off on 2CC in honor of the hijinks and machinations that turn artificial love into authentic love! For this first podcast of the month, Arthur’s buddy Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) is circling back around for a review and recap of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, the 2018 Netflix rom-com whose fake-dating…

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The Balcony - Episode Seven: The 2025 Oscar Nominations 1:40:10

4M ago1:40:10

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Send us a text The Balcony is open for award season! On this week’s episode, Blake and Derrick discuss their thoughts on this year’s crop of Oscar nominees. What are the shocks and surprises, and what are the disappointments and celebrations? Blake and Derrick provide their insight to kick off the most wonderful time of the year! Blake can be found…

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#193 – Virtuosity | Directed by Brett Leonard (with Andy of Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) 2:41:54

4M ago2:41:54

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Tune in as Andy (Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) slides back into his guest seat for a breakdown of Virtuosity, the 1995 sci-fi action thriller that sends a prisoner with a police officer background on a mission to stop a serial killer who’s managed to escape his birthplace of virtual reality and is now terrorizing the real world. The investme…

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205. Let's Taco 'Bout the 2025 Oscar Nominations featuring Jessica Johannsen 1:07:18

4M ago1:07:18

1:07:18

Send us a text The annual tradition continues! Once again, I am joined by Sioux Falls theatrical show-stopper and big-time movie buff, Jessica Johannsen to discuss Thursday’s nominations. We kick things off just the way you’d expect, adding our discourse to the conversation on 13-time nominee, Emilia Pérez. Did we like it? Should it lead the pack? …

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#192 – Top 10 Books of 2024 (with Jessica and Saunya of Opinionated Lushes, as well as Dawn Marie in spirit) 2:28:02

4M ago2:28:02

2:28:02

Tune in as Jessica and Saunya, along with Dawn Marie in spirit (Opinionated Lushes), team back up with Arthur to rank their top ten books of 2024 (with some good old disclaimers). Reading an ostensibly nonfiction book about UAPs as science-fiction, the importance of portraying mental health sensitively, existential dread over the state of our world…

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Mini-Episode: In Memoriam: David Lynch 18:59

4M ago18:59

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Send us a text A quick tribute to David Lynch, recorded 10/16. Support the showBy Fat Dude Digs Flicks

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#191 – Top 10 Movies of 2024 (with Noah) 2:51:28

5M ago2:51:28

2:51:28

Tune in as Arthur's friend Noah (@NoahBManiac) hops back onto the program so that they can reflect on the film journey of 2024 by presenting their rankings of the top ten movies from that whole year. A defense of the intentional comedy and camp in Trap, appreciation for immersive and palpable sound design, a striking connection that The Substance s…

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The Criterion Break - Episode 49 - The State Theatre: Year Four 2:34:01

5M ago2:34:01

2:34:01

Send us a text The Criterion Break returns this week! On this episode, the three Criterion Compadres reminisce over the year that was at The State Theatre in Sioux Falls. In its fourth year since reopening, the State has become a hub for local moviegoers looking for a lovingly crafted theatrical experience. The guys chat about their standout moment…

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#190 – Top 10 TV Shows of 2024 (with Vanessa Ondi of Best Week Ever Podcast) 1:59:40

5M ago1:59:40

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Tune in as Vanessa Ondi (Best Week Ever Podcast) returns to 2CC so that she and Arthur can take a look back on 2024 and rank their top 10 TV shows of that year. Apple TV+ doing a horrible job at promoting its media, creeps and perverts in Hollywood, and Vanessa’s story about having met Mark Duplass stand out as some of the topics for this episode. …

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#189 – Reminiscence | Directed by Lisa Joy (with Brett Salter of Irish Salt) 2:12:07

5M ago2:12:07

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Tune in as Brett Salter (Irish Salt) jumps back into his guest chair for a breakdown of Reminiscence, the 2021 tech noir movie that feels strongly evocative of predecessors like Strange Days, Inception, and Chinatown while presenting the ways in which humanity has sunk back into old memories as an escape from the flooding and the climate change tha…

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204. Let's Taco 'Bout Grandma's Boy featuring Casey Kelderman 1:29:28

5M ago1:29:28

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Send us a text 🌮🌮 TACO TUESDAY!!! 🌮🌮 We’re poppin’ bottles to ring in 2025, while finishing off this year’s Naughty List in the process. This week starts with a chat about what to expect from all things Fat Dude Digs Flicks in the new year, before Casey Kelderman, co-host of Screams from the Basement, joins the show for another guest spot. We chat …

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#188 – Hulu’s Happiest Season | Directed by Clea DuVall (with Dustin Holden of Dustin Can Read & Watch and The Rewatch Recap) 2:46:02

5M ago2:46:02

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Tune in as Christmas wraps up on the podcast for this fourth week of December! Dustin Holden (Dustin Can Read & Watch and The Rewatch Recap) hops back onto the program to discuss Happiest Season, the 2020 Hulu rom-com that follows lesbian couple Abby and Harper as they make sudden plans to visit Harper’s family for Christmas—a plan that veers off-c…

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203. Let's Taco 'Bout How the Grinch Stole Christmas featuring Christine Stoffel 1:25:13

5M ago1:25:13

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Send us a text 🎄🎁 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! 🎁🎄 Happy holidays to one and all from your favorite burly movie lover, Andy, The Fat Dude. On this week’s episode, the Naughty List continues as theatre artist extraordinaire, Christine Stoffel, joins the show again to chat. We talk about what she’s been up to on stage or behind the scenes and Christmas traditio…

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202. Let’s Taco ‘Bout Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow featuring Wes Moody 1:41:24

5M ago1:41:24

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Send us a text Better late than never, prep your ears for a WEEKEND EDITION of Let’s Taco ‘Bout! This week, The Fat Dude is joined by movie buff and physical media collector, Wes Moody. We chat about Wes’s love of movies, where that started, and why you don’t own a movie unless you actually OWN a copy of the movie. We then check out The Naughty Lis…

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#187 – The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter (with Andy of Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) 3:12:14

6M ago3:12:14

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Tune in as the merriment continues on this podcast for the third week of December! Andy (Fat Dude Digs Flicks Movie Podcasts) is jumping back onboard to talk all about The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year, the 2024 Christmas novel by Ally Carter that blends together romance with a cozy mystery in the mansion of a famed author who goes missing. The …

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#186 – Better Watch Out | Directed by Chris Peckover (with Robyn Zabukovec) 2:54:27

6M ago2:54:27

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Tune in as the program keeps the holiday season rolling onward for the second week of December! This time around, filmmaker friend Robyn Zabukovec (@TheFinalGirly) hops back into her guest seat for a breakdown of Better Watch Out, the 2016 Christmas horror-comedy that follows a 17-year-old babysitter and a couple adolescent boys as they try to fend…

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201. Let's Taco 'Bout Contact featuring Matt Heller 1:27:17

6M ago1:27:17

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Send us a text Oops! A busy day made The Fat Dude forget to post this episode. Here’s hoping you don’t forget to listen! The Naughty List continues this week as The Fat Dude’s brother, Matt Heller, returns to the show. We chat about being vegan over the holidays, the world of books including Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation, and then a rewatch and co…

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200. Let's Taco 'Bout Oz The Great and Powerful featuring Aryn and Andrew Halsey 2:20:39

6M ago2:20:39

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Send us a text Let’s Taco ‘Bout returns with a milestone! It’s EPISODE #200!!! The Fat Dude celebrates this momentous occasion with an Andy Rant about theater etiquette! Hear Andy cuss like a sailor about people who talk during movies or use their cellphones. After The Fat Dude’s diatribe, it’s time to kick off this year’s Naughty List! To begin th…

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#185 – The Nightmare Before Christmas | Directed by Henry Selick (with Robert “Stew” Stewart of STEW World Order) 2:02:28

6M ago2:02:28

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Tune in as 2CC properly embraces the holiday season with a full month of episodes to go along with that cheery theme! For this first week of December, Robert “Stew” Stewart (STEW World Order) is jumping back into his guest chair for a review and recap of The Nightmare Before Christmas, the 1993 stop-motion animation classic that takes us to Hallowe…

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#184 – Pet | Directed by Carles Torrens (with Rick of Pixel Project Radio) 1:58:41

6M ago1:58:41

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Tune in as Rick (Pixel Project Radio) collaborates with Arthur for a review and recap of Pet, the 2016 thriller that uses its familiar premise of a man stalking a woman to deploy some interesting and unnerving twists and turns. The debatable efficacy of how this movie explores the psychology and the power play at the core of its tale, an autistic-c…

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#183 – The Game | Directed by David Fincher (with Brett Salter of Irish Salt) 2:37:10

6M ago2:37:10

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Tune in as author and podcaster Brett Salter (Irish Salt) jumps back onto the program for a breakdown of The Game, the 1997 mindfuck thriller in which a mysterious corporation takes an investment banker who rules over his lonesome life with the fist of a control freak, then makes it their mission to rip away any grasp he has on what’s real and what…

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#182 – Marvel’s Agent Carter | Created by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (with Joshua R. Pangborn) 2:13:01

7M ago2:13:01

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Tune in as filmmaker Joshua R. Pangborn (Sidekick Productions) returns to the podcast for a breakdown of Marvel’s Agent Carter, the two-season MCU TV show that premiered in 2015 and follows secret agent Peggy Carter as she embarks on espionage missions with the help of a few allies while wrestling with the daily challenges and misogyny that come wi…

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#181 – The Hunger | Directed by Tony Scott (with Jameson Pfeifle) 1:52:49

7M ago1:52:49

1:52:49

Tune in as Jameson Pfeifle (@sdfilmthoughts) teams up with Arthur for a review and recap of The Hunger, the 1983 erotic horror film that follows a vampire couple, the accelerated aging that has suddenly plagued one of the partners, and the human gerontologist who gets caught up in their alluring and dark world. The neo-noir layers that are given of…

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199. Let's Taco 'Bout From Dusk Till Dawn featuring Adam Dillenburg 2:07:40

7M ago2:07:40

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Send us a text All good things must come to an end as we close up the 🎃🔪 HORRORS OF HALLOWEEN SCARY MOVIE SEASON SPECTACULAR FILLED WITH CONVERSATIONS OF CREEPY CONTEMPLATION MINISERIES 🔪🎃 for the year. And what a way to go out, as local movie buff, Adam Dillenburg, joins the show. We chat about overcoming obstacles and finding your path, as well a…

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#180 – The Wedding Planner | Directed by Adam Shankman (with Vanessa Ondi of Best Week Ever Podcast) 2:12:40

7M ago2:12:40

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Tune in as Vanessa Ondi (Best Week Ever Podcast) jumps back into her guest seat for a discussion on The Wedding Planner, the 2001 rom-com starring Jennifer Lopez as a diligent wedding planner whose latest gig sees her contending with a cheater, a stalker, a statue’s broken schlong, and other sorts of shenanigans. Steve being a douchebag (albeit one…

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198. Let's Taco 'Bout Killer Klowns from Outer Space featuring Robyn Zabukovec 1:49:31

7M ago1:49:31

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Send us a text The 🎃🔪 TERROR TRAIN TOURIST TRAP NIGHTMARE HALLOWEEN SCARY SEASON SPECTACULAR MARATHON 🔪🎃 keeps right on rollin’! On this week’s show, we’re joined by Canadian filmmaker, Robyn Zubuckovec. Robyn talks about her filmmaking education, what her process is in making movies, and what aspect of filmmaking she finds most appealing. We then …

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197. Let's Taco 'Bout Ghoulies featuring Chad Barker 1:31:18

7M ago1:31:18

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Send us a text Wrapping up the second to last week of the 🎃🔪 TERRIFYING TALES PRESENTED IN MOTION PICTURE FORM MARATHON SPECTACULAR!!! 🔪🎃 This week, Chad Barker returns to the show to celebrate the scary season. We chat about Chad’s work at the Twisted Nightmare Haunted House and his love of scary movies. We then dive into Chad’s pick for movie of …

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#179 – The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (with Anna) 3:34:47

7M ago3:34:47

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Tune in as Arthur’s friend Anna (@formergleek) rejoins 2CC for a breakdown of The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, the 2021 rom-com book whose fake-dating and grumpy/sunshine shenanigans are based off a Reylo fanfic that Hazelwood had written on AO3. Comparisons between the fanfic and the book, Hazelwood’s apparent lack of geographical knowledge, …

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196. Let's Taco 'Bout The Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Shannon Cole 2:47:24

7M ago2:47:24

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Send us a text The 🎃🔪 HALLOWEEN SCARY SPOOKY SEASON OF MOVIES OF VARYING LEVELS OF SCARINESS 🔪🎃continues!!! On this weeks episode, Shannon Cole, executive director of the Vermillion Cultural Association, joins the show! We chat about what it’s like to write for the military, living in a college town, and supporting and spotlighting the arts in said…

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