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Part 2 of our Christmas Double Feature has us reviewing a film written by friend of the show Chris Columbus (lol) and Directed by Joe Dante. This is the wicked Christmas tale about a swarm of little green monsters who wreak havoc on the small town of Kingston Falls. This is also the film that became responsible for the PG-13 rating.

Thank you and Happy Holidays to all our listeners.

Our friend Joey S who is a resident Home Alone fan, and Christmas movie lover joins us for Part 1 of our Double Feature where we review the 1990 John Hughes written film, starring Macaulay Culkin, and Directed by Chris Columbus. 

This week we’re watching the Ben Stiller directed dark comedy starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. While not nearly as popular as the rest of Jim Carrey’s 90s output, this movie has become a cult item in recent years and we look forward to diving in.

Ready to watch Ice Cube as James Bond, being directed by Nick Fury, fighting the Green Goblin, and driving cars from the Fast and Furious Franchise in a film directed by the guy who did "Die Another Day"?

Darius Stone (Ice Cube) is an ex-Navy Seal who is serving a 20 year prison term. He is busted out of prison with the help of xXx program director Agustus Gibbens (Sam Jackson) who recruits him to join the secret agent squad. His mission?: Thwarting a coup on the US Presidency by Secretary of Defense George Deckert (Willem DeFoe).

We wanted to do something different for Halloween this year. This episode came out of a loose discussion with a friend and listener of the show about Friday The 13th Part VII: Jason Takes Manhattan. It evolved into a discussion about how 1989 was the year that Friday The 13th 8, Nightmare on Elm St. 5, and Halloween 5 which were all released in the same year were the awful sequels in each franchise jumped the shark and killed the 80s Slasher.

We discuss the how we arrived at each sequel, how truly awful they all were, and where the franchises went after that point. It's a different structure than our normal shows but we truly had fun recording this one and we want to wish our audience safe, socially distant, and Happy Halloween.

BONUS EPISODE for October! What do Angel and an infamous serial killer have in common? They are both fans of The Exorcist III. This supernatural police procedural is a direct follow up to 1973's The Exorcist and actually ignores Exorcist II: The Heretic. We pick up 15 years later and follow Lt. Kinderman from the original film as he tries to solve the case of the Gemini Killer, a fictional Zodiac-esque killer who is continuing a murder spree from several decades ago.... after he died in the electric chair.

This week we review a listener request. The 2020 direct to Netflix film that follows a young man who is a video game streamer experiencing the Zombie apocalypse in Korea while being required to self-isolate until he is potentially rescued. 

We return to the MCU to both prove Angel doesn't hate the MCU and to revisit 2014's Captain America sequel. This movie was part of a wave of post Avengers (2012) sequels and may be the best of them. a modern movie that is also a throwback to 70s espionage films, we movie follow Captain America uncovering a splinter group within S.H.I.E.L.D. with the help of Black Widow and Falcon. Join us for this week's episode!