There’s one big movie hitting theaters this week but Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy still have eight other titles to talk about. They include a look back at their biggest disagreement of the year from Sundance (Theater Camp) while Steve checks out a great cast goes looking for healing elsewhere (The Miracle Club). Then they look at a trio of documentaries from the treatment of the American Indian (Lakota Nation vs. United States) to black players and baseball (The League) and Alex Winter’s examination of the first of two deadly algorithms this week (The YouTube Effect). Next it is on to fictional horror from an estranged couple stuck together (Quicksand) to the blind leading the blind without Sandra Bullock (Bird Box Barcelona) and a low-budget film crew plagued by zombies (Final Cut). Of course they would not let you go without discussing the latest in a franchise that has somehow managed to exceed expectations over and over. Does the latest live up to the name? (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One). Then one last thing as the duo serve up their mock ballots for the best performances and movies of the year at the mid-way point.

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Theater Camp

14:22 - The Miracle Club

21:42 - The YouTube Effect

34:30 - Lakota Nation vs. United States

43:18 - The League

53:10 - Quicksand

1:02:27 - Final Cut

1:12:42 - Bird Box Barcelona

1:24:02 - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One

1:39:14 – The Mid-Year Ballot

1:46:49 - Outro

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