Fredo is joined by film professor and writer/director John Rangel, and Faizan Hussain to discuss the year in review, trends and surprises; and list their preferred films of 2011. Listener and friends of the show submissions will be compiled in a later episode.

Fredo welcomes F1 savant and awesome guy Jim Burke to the Workshop 88 studio. We talk about the movie Senna, and the engineering and physical prowess involved in motor sports.

Fredo and Monique welcome the new year with the eponymous 2012. Roland Emmerich works his SFX disaster magic and provides some of the most stunning renderings of the apocalypse.

with Joel Burman. Swedish film producer Joel Burman gives us an extensive insight into the Stieg Larsson phenomenon, how the Swedish eat sandwiches, and what is the relation of Spider-Man and Lisbeth Salander.

Fredo and Monique discuss Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, whether an action comedy fits the sequence of movies, if plot matters in action movies, and what it's like to see films where money is no option.

After Fredo's admission that he's never seen the Star Wars original trilogy, he is joined by Frank and Xavier Mendes into an odyssey of epic proportions. All Star Wars movies in a single day. And it's all chronicled here. Thank you to all our fans, listeners, friends, co-hosts and interviewees.

In anticipation of the LAMBcast's December Movie of the Month, Fredo and Xavier revisit and gush about the Jim Jarmusch masterpiece Dead Man, starring Johnny Depp. We also discuss other Mystic Journey films.

with Xavier Mendes. Fredo and Xavier have Penny Saver adventures, and dance on our shirts, while trying to make sense of Miranda July’s The Future. Can you sense Fredo’s age-caused anxiety?

Xavier Mendes (aka Jimmy G) and Frank Romano III, mind the store while Fredo stews at home. They will watch The Descendants, a movie with a lot of hype despite the disastrous trailer. Also featuring Frank’s mindhive.

Fredo and Xavier intended to see Melancholia, but another twist of fate takes them to experience Martha Marcy May Marlene. And somehow live to tell the tale. This episode might contain our record from more time elapsed between intro and the show.