"Batman:  Death in the Family" is a new animated DC adventure which takes a little bit from the "Death in the Family" comic storyline and a little bit from the "Batman:  Under the Red Hood" movie and a little bit from "Choose Your Own Adventure" titles in order to craft something that... well, to craft something that you have to craft yourself.  

Is it worth all the effort?  

That's what we're talking about today.

Recently, Josh read "The Haunting of Hill House."  Whether he did this because some preternatural force deep within (or perhaps without!) caused him to remember that the Blu-ray of the 1999 adaptation, entitled "The Haunting" was on the way or not, it proved a serendipitous decision.  Fate, as they say, has a sense of humor.  Hear all about it on today's podcast.

Up this week on the podcast we have writer-director Haroula Rose.  She wrote the screenplay (adapting the novel) and directed the new movie, "Once Upon a River."  It takes place in the 1970s and follows a Native American teenager in Michigan and she goes searching for her estranged mother.  It is also Rose's first feature as a director.

If you haven't seen the Adult Swim series, "Rick and Morty," there are plenty of ways to describe it.  Off-kilter, scatalogical, disturbing, smart, and deeply funny are all equally true options.  The fourth season of the show is now out on Blu-ray and we're going to talk about just what we most enjoy about it.

We can't be angry at the world all the time, which isn't to say that there aren't great reasons to be angry, just that every once in a while we need to release the building pressure, calm down, and recenter ourselves for the next outrage.  Paramount Presents has just issued a new Blu-ray of "Roman Holiday," and that may be exactly what the doctored ordered.

On today's podcast we discuss the new documentary, which can currently be found on the Discovery Channel, "Apocalypse '45."  Erik Nelson, the director, is here to tell us about getting the footage, restoring the footage, interviewing service members, and the all-important role of the director.  

A new movie opening in theaters shouldn't be a very big deal, especially when what we're talking about is just a generic movie opening.  However, everything in 2020 is a big deal and that's because, just like the title of the movie we're going to talk about today, one of the two major political parties is "Unhinged."

There are some films which exist as streaming originals that one can't imagine ever having been released to a theater.  This week, we're looking at one of them, "An American Pickle," and contemplating just what makes it non-theatrical, what makes it brilliant, and where those two might overlap.

There are so very many things to like about the Amazon series "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," but that doesn't mean that it is perfect. In this week's episode, we take a look at one of season two's big failings and consider how it might be fixed in season three.

"Easy Does It" is a new film which features a couple of (bad) robbers trying to make their way across the country to what they hope is a fortune out in California.

On the podcast, director Will Addison tells us about the price of making the low budget film, why he set it in the 1970s, and just what Linda Hamilton brought to the table before and during filming.