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This week we go back to the well again for another Just F***ing watch it challenge!  Chapin had to watch Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, Lee watched Danny Boyle's Sunshine and Jeremy indulged in First Blood!  A good time was had by all!  

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It's the 25th anniversary of The Usual Suspects, a film that won two Oscars and shook audiences around the world with it's twist ending.  But how does the film and especially the twist hold up after 25 years of scrutiny?  Is this a great movie or just a genre film with a shocking ending?  

Then we draft our Top 5 favorite twist endings.  

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It's another new movie this week with the Amazon Original Blow the Man Down, directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy. We break down the film's alleged "Coenesque" plot, style and themes, as well as the first-time directors' take on the small town crime genre.

Then we wrap it all up with our Top 5 Character Actors nobody's heard of.  

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This week we review another (relatively) new movie in Kelly Reichardt's frontier "adventure" First Cow.  We dissect Reichardt's uniquely subtle and quiet style, how it works to her advantage and if it works for us on a personal level.  Then we move on to another round of film trivia!

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This week on the podcast we watch a new movie!  Andrew Patterson's The Vast of Night premiered at Slamdance in 2019 and debuted on Amazon Prime May 29, 2020, ushering in a new talent (Patterson) and raising the par for low-budget filmmaking.  But is this just a "calling card" film or can it reach the heights of other debut films from some of the world's most renowned directors?  

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This week we return to our Just F***ing Watch It series with another film from the Soviet Union, Elem Klimov's World War II masterpiece Come and See.  We examine the film's extraordinary visual style and technique, with special attention for the haunting performances.  This is a film you don't want to miss (find it on the Criterion Channel). 

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It's a Tom Hanks double feature this week!  First, we examine Apple TV+'s latest and most successful release in it's nascent history, the World War II naval drama Greyhound, written by and starring Mr. Hanks. Next, in honor of it's 25th anniversary, we blast off with Ron Howard's Apollo 13.  Finally, we list the podcast's definitive ranking of Tom Hanks' performances.  

It's a Soderbergh double feature!  In 2000, Steve Soderbergh was nominated TWICE for best director, for his work on Erin Brockovich and Traffic.  He would go on to win for Traffic, but also set a precedent for one of the most prolific two decades in any director's history, often making two films a year!  We dive into these two vastly different films.

Then we count down our Top 5 best career years in Hollywood history. 

A new movie!! Shell out $20 and join us as we break down Judd Apatow's latest collaboration with Pete Davidson in The King of Staten Island.  Then we break down our top comedies of the last decade.

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IT IS FINALLY HERE!  But was it all a dream?  Spin your tops, unfurl your capes, tattoo [email protected] somewhere on your body, because we rank all 10 of Christopher Nolan's films in this epic podcast.