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Jennifer Connelly's psychic ability to communicate with insects may help her find the serial killer claiming victims at and near her Swiss boarding school in Dario Argento's 1985 horror mystery PHENOMENA.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss the state of mainstream film comedies and if there are obstacles to them being made today.

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PHENOMENA clip courtesy Synapse Films

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded October 10, 2019.

The origin of one of Batman's primary antagonists is dramatized in director Todd Phillips' JOKER. Joaquin Phoenix stars as a mentally troubled clown and aspiring comedian who finds his identity by turning to nihilism and violent crime.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks Mystery Science Theater 3000's The Great Cheesy Movie Circus tour. Paul Markoff selects Henry Selick's stop-motion animated CORALINE, which tells a story about a girl who discovers an alternate world behind the door in her new home.

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JOKER clip courtesy Warner Bros.

CORALINE clip courtesy Focus Features

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded October 10, 2019.

U.S. Space Command believes catastrophic power surges are being sent to Earth by Tommy Lee Jones, who led a deep space mission that has gone silent for more than a decade, and Brad Pitt is his son, an unflappable astronaut who is asked to travel to the moon and then to Mars to try and establish communication with his long-absent father in director James Gray's AD ASTRA.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss some of this decade's defining movie-related moments.

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AD ASTRA clip courtesy 20th Century Fox

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded October 10, 2019.

Jillian Bell commits to get fit in more ways than one in Paul Downs Colaizzo's comedy BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON. Michaela Watkins, Lil Rel Howery, Micah Stock, and Utkarsh Ambudkar co-star.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer enjoys DOWNTON ABBEY's transition from TV to the cinema. Paul Markoff hunkers down with Drew Goddard's satirical horror film THE CABIN IN THE WOODS.

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BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON clips courtesy Amazon Studios

DOWNTON ABBEY clip courtesy Focus Features

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS clip courtesy Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded September 22, 2019.

In writer-director Lorene Scafaria's HUSTLERS Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu lead a team of strippers who weather the 2008 financial crisis by scamming money from Wall Street men with high credit limits and desires to party. Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, and Lili Reinhart also star.

Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss whether being scary is an essential quality for a horror movie.

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HUSTLERS clip courtesy STX Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded September 22, 2019.

27 years after fighting something evil in their small Maine town, a group of friends reunite with the goal of eliminating it in director Andy Muschietti's IT CHAPTER TWO. Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, and James McAvoy play some of the now-grown Losers Club members. Bill Skarsgård stars as the terrifying clown Pennywise.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reports on his favorite films at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Paul Markoff chooses Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt's stop-motion animated comedy THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS.

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IT CHAPTER TWO clip courtesy Warner Bros.

KNIVES OUT clip courtesy Lionsgate

A HIDDEN LIFE clip courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS clip courtesy Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded September 22, 2019.

A young man with Down Syndrome runs away from a care facility to fulfill his dream of becoming a wrestler in THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON. Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, and Dakota Johnson star in the heartwarming adventure from co-writers and directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz.

Also, Dayton-area filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert capture what happens when a Chinese company directly invests in United States manufacturing in the documentary AMERICAN FACTORY.

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THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON clips courtesy Roadside Attractions

AMERICAN FACTORY clip courtesy Netflix

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded August 31, 2019.

Director and co-writer Gurinder Chadha's BLINDED BY THE LIGHT features a Pakistani-British teenager falling in love with Bruce Springsteen's music while feeling misunderstood in a working class English town in 1987.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer highlights Jennifer Kent's revenge film THE NIGHTINGALE about a young woman convict who goes into the 1820s Tasmanian wilderness in search of the men who killed her family. Paul Markoff picks Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's STILL ALICE with Julianne Moore as a woman with an early onset diagnosis of Alzerheimer's Disease.

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BLINDED BY THE LIGHT clip courtesy New Line Cinema

THE NIGHTINGALE clip courtesy IFC Films

STILL ALICE clip courtesy Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded August 31, 2019.

It's an '80s double feature on this episode as a bullied teenage boy new to California finds help from a kindly maintenance man who teaches him a martial art in John G. Avildsen's THE KARATE KID. Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, and William Zabka star.

Also, Joyce Hyser believes being a girl is why her story isn't entered in a high school competition for a summer job at a newspaper, so she poses as a boy to get what she thinks she deserves in Lisa Gottlieb's comedy JUST ONE OF THE GUYS.

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THE KARATE KID and JUST ONE OF THE GUYS clips courtesy Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded August 31, 2019.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw's Ruth comes from a family of women with superhuman powers in director and co-writer Julia Hart's FAST COLOR. Ruth fled home years ago, but while being chased by government officials in a rain-deprived dystopia, she seeks safety with the mother and daughter she left behind.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks Mike Mitchell's superhero comedy SKY HIGH. Paul Markoff selects BEYOND THE LIGHTS, Gina Prince-Bythewood's romance about Mbatha-Raw's pop star and Nate Parker's police officer.

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FAST COLOR clips courtesy Lionsgate

SKY HIGH clip courtesy Buena Vista Home Entertainment

BEYOND THE LIGHTS clip courtesy 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner

Recorded August 10, 2019.