For episode 69 (yes, nice, very good) we're fighting the very idea of predestination with the year 2000's Final Destination.

We're enjoying the gleeful portents-on-superstitions filmmaking style of the aughts, rank the extreme kills, and discuss the philosophical ramifications of Death as Evil Toilet Water. Plus, yet another exciting edition of Grab-oid Onto These Facts.

Next week we're heading to Japan for the 2017 indie hit, One Cut of the Dead!

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Welcome to Spooky Season! What better way to kick it off than with Alfred Hitchcock's classic proto-slasher, Psycho!

If you're like Nick and somehow knew none of the plot of this movie, go watch it now! We're discussing how Hitchcock helped create spoiler culture's framework, how well the destabilizing story beats hold up, and, of course, perverts.

Plus, the lowdown on what makes Bernard Herrmann's score so incredible.

Next week, we're predestined to cover the naughty aughty's Rube Goldberg murder machine, James Wong's Final Destination!

Fall has arrived! To celebrate, we're covering a peak autumnal film: Rian Johnson's Knives Out!

What makes a good whodunnit? This week, we're trying to solve that very mystery. We're musing on timeless vs timely films, our no-spoiler thoughts on Glass Onion, and what spoilers mean for our enjoyment of stories in general. Plus, we're talking about who and what we want to see in Knives Out 3.

Next week we're kicking off spooky season with a movie you may have heard of: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960)!

Note: If you want to hear absolutely no Glass Onion discussion, skip from approximately 43:00 - 48:-00!

We're in a very specific mood this week--one that has us watching Wong Kar-wai's period masterpiece, In the Mood For Love from 2000!

We have a lot of thoughts on Wong's idiosyncratic/potentially infuriating approach to movie-making, reminisce on how this helped us survive early pandemic days, and we'd be remiss if we didn't take the opportunity to talk about how gorgeous Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung are.

ITMFL is a great entry point into the enormous world of arthouse Asian film, so jump in here if you haven't already!

Next week we're talking all things Knives Out (2019)!

We've got 7 years til 2029, so pass the time with us this week with Terminator 2: Judgement Day from 1991!

For us, James Cameron was the master of movies we caught snippets of on cable over numerous sessions, so we spent our time talking about his career overall, whether we prefer T2's theatrical or director's cut, our love of Sarah Connor, and what Cameron really thinks about cops.

Plus, the return of a segment Nick had no intention of rolling out again that has us recounting some of the most idiosyncratic moments in the Terminator franchise!

Next week we head to 1960's Hong Kong for Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000).

Happy Labour Day! We're here with an episode celebrating the self-employed individual's right to the yield of their labour: Michael Mann's Thief!

We're discussing how indepth the character study of Frank goes, and how Mann loves playing cops against robbers both in front of and behind the camera. This is movie is a fantastic celebration of knowing the value of your labour and the dangers of wage theft!

Next week, we're traveling to 2029 and also 1995 for Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)!

Note: this episode has some minor audio imperfections present in the first 30 min--apologies, but we hope you still enjoy!

It's the last week of our birthday series, and we're wrapping up with a household comfort movie: Larry Blamire's indie b-movie parody, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra from 2001!

This movie (and its sequels) stand apart from other bad-on-purpose parodies, and we're here to talk about how it achieves that through its dialogue, structure, music, and yes, love. We're campaigning to bring back free coffin giveaways at the cinema, and Charles Bronson pops up where you least expect him.

Anyway, next week we're ringing in Labour Day with Michael Mann's Thief (1981)!

This week we're celebrating a pillar of Taiwanese cinema: King Hu's foundational art-house wuxia A Touch of Zen from 197-mumble-mumble. If you're a fan of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this is where it all started!

We're discussing the lengths King Hu went to portray history in cinema, how this movie plays with scope and storytelling expectations, and our struggle with what little we know about Buddhism (it does not, in real life, grant you superpowers).

Next week we're wrapping up our birthday month with Larry Blamire's indie-parody b-movie comedy, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)!

This week we're talking about Bong Joon-ho's Parasite from 2019, which means we hit our patented discussions on societal collapse in record time!

We're reliving our first-watch experience, diving deep into the political and societal themes to rant about billionaires, and rehashing 2019 Internet Discourse. Plus, we talk about the juicy non-fiction inspirations for the story.

Next week we're traveling to Taiwan for King Hu's foundational art-house martial arts epic, A Touch of Zen!

This week we're officially and appropriately going ape! It's time for the original 1968 Planet of the Apes.

The ram's horn has got us punchy this week as we're learning that this is somehow the least pessimistic version of the movie, sort out our feelings on Charleton Heston, and rave about Jerry Goldsmith's pioneering experimental soundtrack. Plus, we're touching on some of the original 5-film franchise's wildest moments.

You may be asking, what do the McCarthy hearings and the CIA have to do with Planet of the Apes? It turns out, so much.

Next week we're traveling to South Korea for a little movie you may have heard of: Bong Joon-ho's Parasite from 2019!