We're back with another new movie: 2024's first major wide release Argylle! But who is the real Agent Argylle? Find out in our spoiler-filled discussion of Matthew Vaughn's flop!

 

Also discussed this week: 1992's cult artifact The Lawnmower Man. This film screened at the Museum of the Moving Image earlier this month, and we not only watched this movie but also it's sequel Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (alternate subtitle: Jobe's War,) the 1987 Dollar Baby short film adaptation, and the season six episode of Community "Lawnmower Maintenenance and Postnatal Care" that spoofs elements of the 1992 movie. Discussion topics include:

 

•  Why has Ariana Debose's career since winning an Oscar consisted of a string of disappointing roles in box office bombs?
• Why did Matthew Vaughn spoil this movie's twist on Twitter, years before it was shooting?
• Did the sequel to Lawnmower Man invent the term "jacking off to VR?"

 

All this and much, much more in the episode!

 

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