This week we take a look at the taboo breaking controversial erotic thriller Basic Instinct for the third installment of our Paul Verhoeven festival. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear.

This week we are again joined by our dear friend Craig Hanks from the Legendarium podcast to discuss the one and only sci-fi bug killing wonder that is Starship Troopers. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear!

Welcome to the first installment of our Paul Verhoeven Festival with the original 90's sci-fi classic where Arnold just can't figure out if it's all a dream or not. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear!

This week we start another new segment on the show where we re-cast a classic film as if it were made today. This episode we tackle the king of political fiction films Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear.

This week we visit a future of British tyranny as we end our Political Fiction Festival with the Wachowski's adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel V For Vendetta. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear.

We continue our third installment of our Political Fiction Festival with the political sex scandal drama with Joan Allen, Gary Oldman and Jeff Bridges. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear.

Join us for one of our best discussions in the history of the 13 years of doing this show. We continue our political fiction festival with Hal Ashby's 1979 relevant classic Being There with Peter Sellers. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear.

This week we begin our Political Fiction Festival with one of the best of the genre with Barry Levinson's satirical black comedy Wag The Dog. "This is nothing!" Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you hear.

This week we start a new segment called Forgotten Gems! We start with the perfect forgotten gem film with a dark and wonderful glimpse into the lives of east coast middle class families from the 70's with 1997's The Ice Storm directed Ang Lee. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see.

This week we are joined by film student and longtime listener Kelly Simpson to have a discussion around the world of women in film. We discuss myths, stereotypes, our favorite films directed by women and guess what female directed films were the highest grossing of all time. Great discussion!