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Grave of the Fireflies is the next film in our Atomic Summer series. Giving a better context on the use of the bomb and a look at how war affects everyone, especially children.

Tim and Andrew go deep on J. Bob’s A-Bomb flick from Nolan. Barbenheimer, Cropenheimer, hard Cs, and Josh Harnett. Listen below.

Here’s what Andrew was talking about with the whole “Cropenheimer” thing:

Atomic Summer continues with Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant. What if a gun didn’t want to be a gun?

Tim and Andrew head to DC to see a flying saucer in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Somehow, they find themselves talking about zippers, police states, and an Evil Dead sequel as well.

Tim and Andrew go on one last ride with Dr. Henry Jones. Listen below.

Tim and Andrew take a trip to Asteroid City, Wes Anderson’s newest comedy. It was a nice visit.

Atomic Summer continues with special double feature of Them! and Matinee. A few other short atomic oddities are thrown into the programming as well. National paranoia, the balance of silly and scary, and Good Humor trucks are talked about at length. Listen below.

Programming notes:

Short: Duck and Cover (watch here)

Serial: Episode 8 of Twin Peaks: The Return (16:20 to end)

First Feature: Them!

Trailers: The Beast from 20000 Fathoms, Gojira, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Tarantula, and The Tingler. Click titles to watch the trailers!

Second Feature: Matinee

Bonus link! Tim and Andrew mentioned The Beginning of the End as a sort of “also-ran” big bug flick. Click HERE to watch the MST3K version.

Tim and Andrew are going atomic for this summer’s series. Listen to the trailer above to get some clues for some of the future episodes.

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the first selection for our new seasonal series, Atomic Summer. Tim and Andrew talk mutually assured destruction, how depressingly relevant it still is, and the Deep Impact to Strangelove’s Armageddon.

Tim and Andrew invite their buddy Mike for a discussion on the new Evil Dead entry, Evil Dead Rise. Join us below.