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The steamy trilogy starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan comes to an end with director James Foley's FIFTY SHADES FREED. In recommendations, Paul Markoff praises James L. Brooks's multiple Oscar-winning TERMS OF ENDEARMENT while Mark Pfeiffer suggests THE INSULT (L'INSULTE), a 2018 Academy Awards nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.

In this special edition episode, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff reveal the titles making their lists of the Best Films of 2017.

Jessica Chastain runs underground poker games in the fact-based MOLLY'S GAME from writer-director Aaron Sorkin, and Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps develop a strange romantic connection in Paul Thomas Anderson's PHANTOM THREAD. Also, with ticket sales trending downward, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss what might be done to bring bigger audiences back to movie theaters.

On this pilot episode Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE LAST JEDI, director Rian Johnson's entry in the ongoing space saga, and PADDINGTON 2, Paul King's family film sequel featuring a marmalade-loving bear in London.