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We fight about Patriot’s Day and whether it’s manipulative mediocrity bordering on propaganda or a gripping drama told too soon. Also, Ben Affleck gets no respect as writer, director and star of Live By Night and Martin Scorsese rips apart faith in Silence.

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We review A Monster Calls and run down the worst movies of 2016.  A Monster Calls is amazing, heartfelt, and beautiful. . . and horribly marketed and rolled out to critics and audiences. Everyone loves it, but it’s buried in January and most critics didn’t get to see it until awards ballots were already sent out. What a shame, because it’s amazing. 9/10 from both of us.

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And now. . .  the Woooooorst movies of 2016.

Seriously, the worst.

A special dishonorable mention from Andy: the worst thing he saw in a theater was Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party but that is not a movie in the same way Breitbart is not news.

Andy’s #5 worst: The Greasy Strangler

Well, that was a year. But to bring in 2017 on a positive note, here are our top 10 movies of the year and an hour-long dissection of what made them so great. Andy apologizes in advance for bringing out the soapbox.

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Our top 10’s and order of discussion:

Andy:

Adam:

Andy’s #5: Arrival

Andy’s full Top 30 / Bottom 10 is here. 

FIVE movies this week. You’d think there was some sort of holiday weekend or something. Assassin’s Creed continues the streak of bad video game adaptations. Sing is bright, colorful, predictable and little else. Why Him? is side-stitchingly hilarious. Passengers has some problems but more good than bad. Fences will win so many Oscars.

Soundtrack for this episode provided by George Michael.

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This week marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Frank Capra’s Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life.  In a new (hopefully recurring) feature, we’re going to dive in to classic or important films and why we love them. It’s a Wonderful Life  comes in at #20 of AFI’s greatest American films, and #1 on their “Most Inspiring” list. It’s a true holiday classic, but it is a weird film. Andy is joined by the redoubtable Brooke to break it down.

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One of the best and one of the worst of the year: Collateral Beauty and La La Land.

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A very special episode. But no spoilers– we will save those for another time. A few minor plot points and character descriptions, but little more than what is in the trailer. It’s a war movie! But there’s a lot of Star Wars in that Star Wars movie. This is great. Go see it, minor problems aside.

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One holiday movie, one Oscarbait ths week. Office Christmas Party throws a bunch of jokes and funny people together and hopes it works. It mostly does, and its saving grace is Kate McKinnon, but the plot sometimes gets in the way of the funny.  Manchester by the Sea is going to make you depressed and wow you with amazing acting skills of Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. Get that Oscar!

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We’ll get you a Rogue One episode as soon as the embargo lifts! Special Edition later this week!

We tackle Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy in Jackie, and Hidden Figures, the untold stories of the African American women who helped put us in space.

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