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John and Bethany are joined by their friend Gisela to continue through 2017’s greatest hits (but still not John’s pick for best). Big questions for this episode include: Can a movie be good without being overly visually interesting? Is Zoe Kazan shoehorned into Rom-Com roles? What was John’s bad stand-up like?

Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves
Next episode, we’re watching Birdman, Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

John and Bethany are joined by their friend Gabe to watch one of their favorite films of 2017(but not John’s pick for best). Big questions for this episode include: Is everything really on beat? Which iconic Atlanta locations did we all actually eat at? Which gun is which part of the pig?

Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves
Next episode, we’re watching The Big Sick.

John and Bethany are very bored and fatigued of Marvel, but still can find some good stuff even in this mess. Big questions for this episode include: Was Iron Man 3 pointless? Do the twins actually feel like twins? Are your hands not tasty enough?

Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves
Next episode, we’re watching Baby Driver.

John talks a lot about extrapolation while Bethany is tepid at best.

Big questions for this episode include: Why are there only two non-blue people of color? Just how bad is the heavy handed slow motion? Why are the Na’Vi….like that?

Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves

Next episode, we’re watching Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Athena weighs in on the movie with a few barks. Big questions for this episode include: Is time predetermined? Can language be untethered from speech? Why the hell wasn’t anyone nominated for any acting Oscars?

Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves

Next episode, we’re watching Avatar!

John and Bethany talk about their childhoods, and I guess about the movie too. Big Questions for this episode: Just which number Apollo is which? Can you enjoy a movie you’ve seen a bunch already? What’s the difference between good and great?

John drastically reverses an opinion from the end of Episode 1, while Bethany gushes over J-Law and Amy Adams. Big questions for this episode include: Can Christian Bale actually do a non-Welsh accent? Why the hell doesn’t Amy Adams have an Oscar? Is violence funny if it’s committed against Louis CK?

Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves

Next episode, we’re watching Apollo 13!

John and Bethany own too many DVDs and Blu-Rays, so they’re launching a podcast to get through them all. Big questions for this episode include: Is About Time actually a comedy? Is it good? Can Bill Nighy just be my dad already?

Featuring music by The Organ Machines: https://theorganmachines.bandcamp.com/track/oil-waves
Next episode, we’re watching American Hustle.