In this episode we discuss a litany of films we watched to fill in the gaps of 2025 releases, full spoilers for all films discussed.

Time Stamps:

• (5:49) Broken Church
• (19:36) Star Trek Section 31
• (26:07) Avatar: Fire and Ash
• (33:21) Black Bag
• (38:28) Sovereign
• (43:31) Eephus
• (49:58) Train Dreams
• (56:41) The Phoenician Scheme
• (1:01:21) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
• (1:06:15) Ballad of a Small Player
• (1:09:49) The Mastermind
• (1:13:48) Presence
• (1:17:37) Weapons
• (1:22:17) Hag
• (1:28:24) Novocaine
• (1:32:42) Flight Risk
• (1:37:00) One of Them Days
• (1:42:53) Warfare
• (1:51:57) Caught by the Tides

Works Cited:

• Avatar (And The Way of Water) Recap (Max Scoville, 2025)
• The Best of Times (Roger Spottiswoode, 1986)
• Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Turner Ross, Bill Ross IV, 2020)
• 'Broken Church' review by DoctorLizardBrain
• The Christmas Campaign (David DeCoteau, 2025)
• Crank (Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor, 2006)
• Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
• Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
• Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
• Goodbye Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003)
• 'The Phoenician Scheme' review by Tristan
• 'Train Dreams' Is Afraid Of Its Own Shadow | Defector
• Saving Christmas (Darren Doane, 2014)
• 'Star Trek: Section 31' review by i_z [Brooks Otterlake]'
• 10 great early digital films | BFI (Sam Wigley, 2022)

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Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel

Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa

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