Derek "Santa" Young and Darren "St. Nick" Moser talk about making gifts for family and friends. Is it easier to just buy something or is the hand crafted nature of a Maker's gift the best option?

Dallas and Lee review The Matrix: Resurrections and Licorice Pizza the latest movie from Paul Thomas Anderson.

Nic Anastassiou Archive: The Clone Wars: Final Season.

It’s a very special week, so we’re releasing a very special episode! We journey into the archives of the Jedi Order to share a never before heard interview with Nic Anastassiou, story editor on Clone Wars and Bad Batch, to share his insights on the special labor of love that was creating the final season of Clone Wars and especially The Phantom Apprentice.

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"What is it like to be a giant in David Lowery's The Green Knight?"

Lee is joined by Bel Friósi who she shares with us the process that went into physically transforming into a giant and her experience working on the set of The Green Knight to create one of the films most memorable moments.

We start our new series with strong Giver vibes and a return to younger characters. We get to enjoy the mystery of the failing world of Ember as this dark city starts to deteriorate. This book Charles and Asia get to follow two innocent and likable protagonists but they like to run and look at bugs, which obviously we are not about at all. What is happening to the City of Ember and will the people be able to escape the collapse of their city? Also, why is it so dark in Ember?

Next week we will be reading chapters 11-20 of book 1 in the series, The City of Ember.

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Star Trek: First Contact

It's hard to believe (for some of us) that it's been a generation since "Star Trek: First Contact" hit the big screen. The first TNG-only cast feature film with new uniforms and a new Enterprise (along with an old enemy) ranks high on many fans' list of best Trek films. Was it the story? The guest characters? The design? The Jonathan Frakes direction? Let us know what makes this film so great after all these years.

Houselights' last Alex Proyas #film is "Dark City."

A bizarre film that doesn't spoon-feed the audience and shares a lot of themes with and gets overshadowed by #TheMatrix.

Does this earn its cult status or should it be left in the 90s?

Dallas and Lee review Spider-Man: No Way Home the latest movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

An Extra Serving of Sequel.

Kathleen Kennedy recently shared that some sequel trilogy characters could be returning in other projects, and so Matt & John discuss what types of projects they’d like to see in order to extend and enhance what we got with the characters of Episodes VII, VIII & IX.

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If the Divergent trilogy was chaotic before, it has reached an apex in this final reading. We have the big and polarizing reveal as well as lots of co-host feelings about it. For once, Charles even tries to provide the benefit of the doubt, but the reading does leave both hosts at a loss for words. Will we read these books again? Listen to hear our final thoughts on the whole series. 

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Next week we will be reading chapters 1-10 of The City of Ember, book 1 in our new series, The City of Ember.

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