Captive Audience

"You've listened to a long and complex case, murder in the first degree. Premeditated murder is the most serious charge tried in our criminal courts. You've listened to the testimony, you've had the law read to you and interpreted as it applies in this case, it's now your duty to sit down and try to separate the facts from the fancy."

With the judge's words ringing in our ears, we head into the courts this week to make Edwin watch the 1957 classic 12 Angry Men. Sidney Lumet's directing debut remains a foundation of the courtroom drama genre to this day, even though almost nothing is seen in an actual courtroom.

So light up your cigarettes, fix the broken fan, keep your switchblade strapped, and join us for a boiling hot deliberation.

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Edwin - fresh off a few red-eye sandworm rides to make it home home - returns to the show to help us react to Dune: Part Two.

May thy podcast chip and shatter.

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Alex and Edwin have a joint first viewing of 2006's The Devil Wears Prada, where they are quickly whipped into becoming capable and chic assistants for a towering, imposing fashion icon - our host and dear friend Sean.

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Peter Gallagher and Kaitlyn Dent join us to react to Best Picture nominee Poor Things, the divisive Yargos Lanthimos & Emma Stone fairy tale/monster movie/dark comedy.

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Come with us in a time machine back to July of 1991, where we take a time machine to 2029 and send a couple Terminators back to 1995 to correct the mistakes made from taking a time machine back to 1984 to stop the human rebellion in 2029 after machines became self aware in 1997. Simple stuff, but important.

We are back this week to follow-up with Sean's first ever viewing of The Terminator with one of the greatest sequels of all time, Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Hit the kick-stand on your Harley Davidson, pop open a can of memetic liquid poly-alloy, and join us to break down an all-time summer blockbuster.

T2 is currently streaming on Paramount +

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Put on your slippers & robe and pour yourself a White Russian, because it's time to tie the room together by discussing the 1998 Coen brothers' cult classic The Big Lebowski.

Guest host Peter Gallagher (not from the OC) joins us in the host chair to finally make Edwin watch this movie and break down all the various plots, iconic costumes, physical comedy bits, film noir tropes, and standout side characters from a star-studded cast.

I like your style, Dude.

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This week we are driving through the Toon Town portal to revisit the 1988 classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit. With Alex in the captive seat for the first time, the gang breaks down the genre-bending approach to film noir, the blending of live action and animation, alcoholism, one hell of a soundtrack, an all-time villain in Judge Doom, and everything in between.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is currently streaming on Disney +

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This is the first installment of NOW PLAYING, a series where we do quicker reaction pods to movies & shows that are out now.

We kick it off with Emerald Fennell's Saltburn, a lusty and voyeuristic eat-the-rich drama/comedy/horror/2006 music video set in aristocratic England.

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"The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight..."

On this week's Captive Audience, we sit Sean down to watch the 1984 sci-fi/action classic THE TERMINATOR for the first time.

Guns, robots, cop talk, car crashes, sunglasses, leather jackets, unlimited ammo, big muscles, lasers...what more could you possibly want in a movie?!

Whether for the first time or a refresher, fire up this James Cameron masterpiece (currently streaming on Max) and join us for the discussion.

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Join us for the premier episode of our new show CAPTIVE AUDIENCE - where we force feed the movies we love to the people we love.

Captive Audience is a reaction video in podcast form. The unique format allows us to keep up with what's new, catch up on classics--new and old--we may have missed, and share films that are near and dear to our hearts. Movies can feel very solitary, especially if we're just watching Netflix at home. But at times the best parts of movies comes from sharing them with other people. It can be laughing in the theater with the rest of the audience, debating with friends, or simply asking, 'So, what did you think?' once the credits roll. This podcast gets at why we watch movies, and as cliche as it may sound, how shared experiences bring people together.

To kick things off, we are making Edwin finally watch the decadent and divisive Christmas rom-com LOVE ACTUALLY.

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