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Richard passed his kidney stone and relives the horror for us before we review last week's "Dracula Untold" and this week's war movie "Fury," staring Brad Pitt. We also ask if experimental film has become officially 'uncool,' and at the end of the program, for our Netflix homework, we review 1985 horror-comedy "The Stuff."

Dracula Untold trailer

Fury trailer

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This episode, to make room for a lengthy discussion of David Fincher's film career, we have no movie news for you. Of course, this concludes with an in-depth review of "Gone Girl." At the end of the program we also review Ti West's "The Sacrament" for our Netflix homework segment.

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In this episode we review the new film by  Laika Animation, "The Boxtrolls". We also catch up on "The Skeleton Twins" and Terry Gilliam's new sci-fi movie "The Zero Theorem." We also discuss horror movie trends, recent movie news, and at the end of program, for our Netflix homework, we review the 1997 Robert Downy Jr, Heather Graham film, "Two Girls and a Guy."

Boxtrolls trailer

The Skeleton Twins trailer

The Zero Theorem trailer

Two Girls and a Guy trailer

On this episode we review (almost) every film by Kevin Smith, and in doing so we try to make heads and tails of his new horror-comedy "Tusk"--the first film ever based on a podcast discussion. We also discuss this week's movie news (more Spider-Man rumors) and for our netflix homework we review "Good Morning Vietnam."

Tusk trailer

Good Morning Vietnam trailer

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This week we sift through the september schlock to find an acceptable review in "The Drop." We also talk about diversity in heroic leads and at the end of the show, for our Netflix homework, we review another crime movie, last year's "Blue Ruin."

The Drop trailer

Blue Ruintrailer

Also, check out the guest spot Cassidy did on the Canadian storytelling podcast Sounds Like an Earful.

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In this very French episode, we review the found-footage horror film "As

Above, So Below" and for our Netflix homework we review the cult

favorite, "Amelie." We also discuss the 15 movies in 15 minutes facebook

tag-game, as  well as Robert Downy Jr's announcement to stop appearing in

future Iron Man sequels. Comments or email is appreciated.

As Above, So Below trailer

Amelie trailer

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Jabber and the Drone is now 100 episodes old! For this milestone we bring on friend of show Leland Brungardt of Olympia's number one podcast, Dampercast, and together we review "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For." We also select our picks for the most anticipated movies of the fall/winter season and for our Netflix homework we review "Sophie's Choice." 

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For trailer

Sophie's Choice trailer

Also, be sure to check out Leland's Dampercast here.

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This week we talk about life, death, and enlightenment with our reviews of "The Giver" and Woody Allen's new film "Magic in the Moonlight." We also recall our days working minimum wage at the theater and the video store, and the end of the episode, for our Netflix homework, we review the "Escape from Tomorrow."

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This week we say farewell to the great Robin Williams, with a small tribute to his work. We also discuss classics that have and haven't aged very well, and, of course, we review the new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot. At the end of the program we also review Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 cyber-thriller "Strange Days."

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House-guests and summer vacations are winding down and we come back for another episode to review Richard Linklater's 12 year commitment "Boyhood" and the new Marvel action-comedy "Guardians of the Galaxy." We also catch up on all the Comic-Con news and at the end of program we discuss Jan Svankmayer's 1988 film "Alice."

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Guardians of the Galaxy trailer

Alice trailer

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