Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have nine films to talk about this week. They include Kyle Mooney’s take on the computer glitch of 1999 (Y2K) and what happens when a supermoon infects the world (Werewolves). Ralph Fiennes completes Homer’s odyssey (The Return) while Nick Frost just wants to take his family on vacation to see a scary Swedish tradition (Get Away). There is the true story of one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles (Unstoppable) and the drug-fueled scribblings of William Burroughs through the eyes of Daniel Craig (Queer). Jude Law gruffly goes after white supremacists in the 1980s (The Order).The potential end of the world is told without words and through animated animals (Flow) while Amy Adams may be turning into an animal in a film that tries to use all the words to define motherhood (Nightbitch).  

0:00 - Intro

1:12 - Y2K

8:24 - Werewolves

18:22 – The Return

23:54 - Get Away

30:55 - Flow

38:32 - Unstoppable

50:48 - Queer

1:00:50 – The Order

1:12:19 - Nightbitch

1:23:02 – Next Week’s Movie

1:25:32 – Outro & Special Announcement

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