Chris and Isaac brace for Deep Impact. Does the film successfully explore humanity’s resilience in the face of peril? Or is it more of a TV movie we catch and secretly root for the comet? 

This week, your hosts finish telling you everything there is to know about 1998’s two biggest disaster films, discuss Mimi Leder’s varied directing career, and finally reveal Elijah Wood’s path to the Shire.

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