Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy once again go the extra mile reviewing a total of 12 new films on the show. They go from Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales looking at each other on Zoom (Language Lessons) to Sydney Sweeney looking at everything else – and us right back (The Voyeurs). There’s another mountain climber documentary (The Alpinist) as well as the relationship of two icons at their peak (Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali). Stop if you seen Riz Ahmed as a rocker with a degenerative health defect (Mogul Mowgli) or a poisoned assassin protecting another child (Kate). A group of filmmakers take advantage of the pandemic to film an anthology (The Year of the Everlasting Storm) and Kristen Bell scams the coupon system (Queenpins). Three old friends see their reunion go from laughter to darkness (Small Engine Repair) and Oscar Isaac is out for redemption in Paul Schrader’s latest (The Card Counter). Finally while Steve updates on the latest horror film premiering on Shudder (Martyrs Lane), the pair square off over the new James Wan film Warner Bros. didn’t want critics to see and may now be regretting that decision (Malignant).

0:00 - Intro

3:23 – Language Lessons

9:42 – Martyrs Lane

15:39 – The Alpinist

23:32 – The Voyeurs

33:12 – Mogul Mowgli

40:04 – Queenpins

51:17 – The Year of the Everlasting Storm

57:25 – Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

1:12:03 – Kate

1:25:46 – Small Engine Repair

1:43:25 – The Card Counter

1:54:34 – Malignant

2:20:51 - Outro

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