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It's The Fast & Furious, in spaaaaaaaace. Well, maybe not quite, but it's close. With a strong theme of family resonating throughout, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 gives us much more to discuss than just really cool space battles (but there are plenty of those, too). The character depth here is a real strength and it's clear that director James Gunn knows exactly the tone he's going for. In our opinion, he mostly nails it. We have a fun conversation about this one. WE ARE GROOT.

What We've Been Up To - 0:01:54

(Patrick - The Way, Way Back)

(Aaron - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Psycho-Pass, La La Land) 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Review - 0:20:26

The Connecting Point - 1:08:45

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This week we discuss the dangers of modernization at the heart of The Circle. This film, starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, offers us a glance into the not-so-distant future of technological advances and provides us a LOT of ethical dilemmas to talk through. 

What We've Been Up To - 0:01:12

(Patrick - None)

(Aaron - Voices of a Distant Star & 5 Centimeters Per Second, The Lost City of Z) 

The Circle Review - 0:17:12

The Connecting Point - 1:17:34

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For our April Donor Pick, our Patreon supporters chose from a list of films and by a wide margin picked this stunning sci-fi directorial debut from 2015  - Ex Machina. This film is ripe with ideas for contemplation and conversation so we brought in guest host Emmanuel Noisette of Eman's Movie Reviews to help us dissect Alex Garland's masterpiece. We cover a lot of ground in this minisode so get comfortable, put your thinking cap on, and enjoy.

Emmanuel Noisette

Website: http://www.emansmoviereviews.com

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In celebration of Alien Day, we have assembled a ragtag crew of horror fanatics and podcasters for a roundtable discussion about Alien and the franchise it has spawned. Returning guest hosts Reed Lackey and Blake Collier bring their vast genre knowledge to a robust conversation that starts at the beginning and ends at... the actual beginning? We touch on every film in the franchise, with a focus on Alien. So sit back, listen, and enjoy this awesome episode as we get ourselves ready for Alien: Covenant.

Blake Collier

Twitter: @blakeicollier / @thebodytheblood
Website: blakeicollier.com
Podcast: The Body|The Blood

Reed Lackey

Twitter: @reedlackey / @TheFearofGod
Website: morethanonelesson.com
Podcast: The Fear of God

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Pandas, and monkeys, and snow leopards, oh my! A short spoiler-free review of Disneynature's Born in China, to help you decide if it's worth seeing. 

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It's that time again to make box office predictions for the Summer Movie Challenge. This yearly competition involves us choosing what we think will be the highest grossing films between May and Labor Day. This year we are joined by our Feelin' Film contributors - Don and Steve. Who will emerge victorious? Listen to hear our picks and find out how you can play along!

The rules for the game come from TimeTravelReview’s Summer Movie Pool:

The object is to pick the films that you think will be the top-ten grossing films of the summer, in order of box-office performance. As I’ve said, that means only films released from May 1st 2017 to the Labor Day weekend, counting only the money those films make domestically (US and Canada) in that period. In other words films from March or April might still be making money after May 1st, but they don’t count; films released from May on could start racking up foreign B.O., but that doesn’t count; films released from May on could still be making money into September, but that doesn’t count either. Box Office numbers are generally available late Monday or Tuesday after the weekend closes. For the last seven or so years, I have been using box office numbers from Yahoo Box Office which gets their numbers in turn from Box Office Mojo. So what you will be doing is figuring out what 10 films will make the most money, and putting them in order of what you think they will gross at the box office. BUT, in addition to your top 10, you get to pick 3 “Dark Horses”- films you think *might* make it, but that you are not confident enough about to put into the top 10 proper.

Scoreboard: http://feelinfilm.com/smc/

• Getting number 1 or number 10 dead-on gets you 13 points (each).

The rest of the scoring goes like this:

• 10 points for numbers 2-9 dead-on
• 7 points if your pick was only one spot away from where it ended up
• 5 points if it was two spots away
• 3 points if your pick is anywhere in the Top 10
• 1 point for each dark horse that makes it into the Top 10

The scoring is tabulated so that you get the SINGLE HIGHEST point value for each pick- that is, if you get number ten right, you don’t get 13+3, you only get 13.

Steve Clifton

Twitter: @woosterbbb
Blog: Popcorn Confessional

Don Shanahan

Twitter: @CasablacaDon
Blog: Every Movie Has a Lesson

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This week we are podcasting a quarter-mile at a time with Dominic Toretto’s ever-expanding crew in The Fate of the Furious. Ever since Fast Five this series has been growing farther away from its racing roots and more toward full-blown action. Does the formula still work? Is this still a family we want to be part of? We dig in to to discuss what has made this franchise so successful.

What We've Been Up To - 0:02:08

(Patrick - Arcade Fever: The Fan's Guide to the Golden Age of Video Games)

(Aaron - Calvary, Your Name, The Last Jedi teaser trailer) 

The Fate of the Furious Review - 0:37:10

The Connecting Point - 1:31:20

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Colossal is every bit a monster movie, but it's not the monster movie you expect. Don Shanahan joins the show to discuss the various genres that this film creatively blends together and to talk through some of its deeper themes.

Don Shanahan

Twitter: @casablancadon
Website: https://www.everymoviehasalesson.com

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This week we give Bill Paxton one more tribute by talking about his incredible directorial debut and performance in Frailty. This thriller/horror film has deep religious themes and a story that is difficult to watch, but is brilliant in its execution. We dissect the choices made, and how we ultimately view its ambiguous ending, among many other aspects of this truly special movie.

What We've Been Up To - 0:01:15

(Patrick - Chalet Girl)

(Aaron - Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, Your Name, Persona 5) 

Frailty Review - 0:19:16

The Connecting Point - 1:12:59

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A short spoiler-free review of Smurfs: The Lost Village, to help you decide if it's worth seeing. Aaron discusses his history with the Smurfs, previous film versions, and also gives his emotional takeaway.

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