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Imagine escaping a deadly escape room only to wind up back in one again a while later. An experience very similar to the one Rick and Paul have reviewing Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions. Rick explains the Dubai Porta-Potty concept to Paul.

The power of the dog is a curious thing

Make a one man weep, make another man sing,

Change a heart to a little white dove

More than a feeling, that's the power of the dog.

Found footage superhero movie Chronicle is the opener for season 4. Mysteries arise such as what prison eating-trays are called, the difference between telekinesis and psychokinesis, and who were the "Fabulous Four"?

We learn that birds are the most reliable for train announcements, truths about the wild west, and Paul describes his vowel movement. The British found-footage timey-wimey movie is Lola. 

Korean BBQ, shuffleboard and Paul's surprising competitive streak enrich this review at the core of which Paul and Rick discuss Oppenheimer.

Recommended podcast: The Rest Is History.

What did Paul and Rick have to say when they snapped out of Danny Boyle's Trance? Talk of what to do with a stolen painting, hypnosis and Columbian scam powder, or Devil's Breath, which seems mostly to be a legend. The Netflix series mentioned is This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist.

Covering a lot of ground this week, from Just Stop Oil protests, corporal punishment for children, alligators in sewers, American vs British toilets, energy security, the Japan of Europe, geography of the pacific north west, reform of cricket rules, classic datsuns, Veronica Mars and Sweet Valley High, MGMT, The Dandy Warhols, Baba Vanga and John Titor. "Live by the internship, die by the internship" - is what Paul says. Miraculously, Rick and Paul also manage to discuss the 2012 movie Safety Not Guaranteed. 

You can experience the Sweet Valley high theme here.

This week looking at Rubber, a comedy horror from the person behind Flat Eric.

Don't bathe owls, don't feed bees sugar, and don't pair a grieving orphan with a murderous AI android girl, as they do in M3GAN. 

Sex education for an economist with Paul. Gogglebox makes people watch Fall. And Paul and Rick reflect on AI relationships while watching Her.