Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy do not skimp this week serving up 11 new reviews for you. Erik looks at Paul Raci as a spiritual guru who may have achieved a new kind of grief transcendence (The Secret Art of Human Flight) while Emma Roberts does Legally Blonde Goes To NASA (Space Cadet). Steve has a film about the Eichmann trial (June Zero) and that of a different kind of bloodsucker (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person) which also partially sums up his review of Despicable Me 4. They look at different sides of altruism in the true story of a community and their collective adoptions (Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot) and the fantastic documentarian Penny Lane on her personal journey of donating a kidney (Confessions of a Good Samaritan). Yorgos Lanthimos takes on a three-pronged tale of abusive relationships (Kinds of Kindness) and Eddie Murphy returns to his most iconic role (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F). Finally, choose your warrior – the commando at the center of a bandit-filled train (Kill) or Mia Goth’s survivor in the conclusion of Ti West’s horror trilogy (MaXXXine).

0:00 - Intro

1:37 – The Secret Art of Human Flight

9:45 - Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

15:27 - Space Cadet

25:29 - June Zero

35:20 - Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot

45:41 - Despicable Me 4

54:26 - Confessions of a Good Samaritan

1:04:56 - Kinds of Kindness

1:17:51 - Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

1:29:28 - Kill

1:39:04 - MaXXXine

1:54:50 - Outro

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