Have you ever heard of a Bolivian Western movie? Now you have! Blackthorn tells the story of an outlaw who has lived out his life in exile and is going on one last adventure to see a long lost relative. This beautiful and well told movie gave us a new appreciation for a different variety of Western. If you like Western movies at all or are interested in giving one a try, this free movie is a great pick!

Should you Be Afraid? Probably not if it involves this movie! This attempt at a mysterious and creepy movie falls flat fairly quickly in the face of poor writing and acting. At least the town it was filmed in looked nice! Join us this week as we laugh and cry our way through a movie where  the only thing to fear is wasting some of our precious time!

Trolls! Norway! Our first foreign film perfectly blends traditional Norwegian folklore with modern storytelling. The tale weaves with the landscape, constantly creating the rich world in which our characters live. Join us today for an unusual monster movie that keeps you believing that ancient fantasy beings could really exist.

What can you do when the inhabitants of Mars invade? Kick back and watch a movie so silly and ridiculous that it actually says a lot about America and the absurdity of our lives. Mars Attacks is an action-comedy movie that may not have been fully appreciated in its time, but holds up today as an example of cross-genre movies that use the strengths of each to enhance the final product.

This is a movie so unfunny that we are still waiting for the punchline. Down Periscope defies all expectations by not landing even one joke in its entire runtime. Listen this week as we dissect this movie that squandered its cast and dressing on an awful script that kept us watching in horrified silence.

The Time Machine is about one man’s journey to discover the answer to the one question he is unable to solve: why can’t he change a terrible accident in his past? It is a film that tries to blend sci-fi and fantasy while not quite achieving excellence in either. Join us this week as we take issue with the many flaws in this movie, but also give credit to some great parts as well.

A group of “survivors” finds themselves stuck on an unusual far-away planet after dying on Earth. This strange new place presents challenges that they must overcome to find out what is really going on. Riverworld was a pilot episode for a show that never materialized, now presented as a movie. Survive with us in the river this week on Complimentary Cinema.

The Beyond is a dumpster fire in a lava pit that is actively being nuked. Director “Haz” strikes again as we were tricked into watching another of his crappy sci-fi movies. Join our descent into madness as we try to find new and interesting ways to critique movies that just can’t be fixed.

Ewan McGregor stars in and directs American Pastoral, a film about a man who should have had an easy life, but finds that complications build up during times of turmoil. This drama left us with a lot to talk about as we pondered what life in America really was like in the 50s and 60s.

Arena is the story of a human who tries to fight his place among the fiercest alien fighters in the galaxy at a space station known as the Arena. Join us this week as we take an adventure into a strange, grimy, and violent world of hand to hand combat in space.