Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy owe it to the listeners to play a little catch-up. So they do. With 17 movies covering the past week they missed. They include four documentaries about nature (Wild Life), the culture of Chicago stand-up comedy (Out of the Loop), the fight to take back offensive mascots (Imagining the Indian) and a tribute to a beloved author (Judy Blume Forever). Michelle Williams makes art (Showing Up), Virginie Efira becomes stepmotherly (Other People’s Children), Shailene Woodley is hired to do something (TO Catch a Killer) and Toni Collette inherits the mob (Mafia Mamma). Kelvin Harrison Jr. makes music (Chevalier), Ray Romano directs his first movie (Somewhere in Queens) and Broken Lizard tries to get over the hump with laughs (Quasi). Chris Evans and Ana De Armas piss the guys off (Ghosted) and Jake Gyllenhaal tries to save an interpreter (Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant). Finally, Russell Crowe is an Italian priest (The Pope’s Exorcist), Nicolas Cage is finally a vampire (Renfield), the book of the dead returns on vinyl (Evil Dead Rise) and Joaquin Phoenix channels Ari Aster’s mommy issues (Beau is Afraid).

0:00 - Intro

2:29 - Wild Life

8:37 - Other People's Children

14:13 - Chevalier

22:52 - To Catch a Killer

29:23 – The Pope's Exorcist

38:30 - Out of the Loop

48:38 - Judy Blume Forever 

58:00 - Imagining the Indian 

1:10:08 - Showing Up 

1:19:31 - Mafia Mamma

1:29:19 - Renfield

1:40:24 - Somewhere In Queens 

1:53:47 - Quasi

2:03:18 - Ghosted

2:16:37 – The Covenant

2:23:51 - Evil Dead Rise

2:37:27 - Beau Is Afraid 

2:54:59 - Outro

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