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Based on the tragic real-life story of the wrestling family known professionally as the Von Erichs (liberties were taken, but most of them seem to have tamped the sheer tragedy down somewhat, rather than the other way around), The Iron Claw has been anxiously anticipated by some wrestling fans. Fans like our guest, Danielle Radford, who co-hosts Tights and Fights! After discussing the movie where actors played some real-life wrestlers, we dish about our favorite wrestlers-turned actors.

What’s Good
Alonso - Capote's Women by Laurence Leamer
Drea - All You Can Eat (and seeing its creators at the Spirit Awards Brunch)
Danielle - Old Nintendo games on the Switch
Ify - homemaking accomplishments

ITIDIC

1. Christopher Nolan Was Dunked on by His Peloton Instructor
2. Alamo Drafthouse Doing Rep Screenings All Year Long
3. Golden Globes “Recap” (but mostly we fixate on one major element of the show)

Staff Picks
Alonso -  I Am Santa Claus
Drea - Miss Shampoo
Danielle - Red, White & Royal Blue
Ify - Godzilla Minus One

The Dark Side of the Ring, “The Last of the Von Erichs” on Tubi

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We kick things off with New Movie Year Resolutions for 2024. Then, as promised in our Best of '23 episode, we've collected our thoughts on Jonathan Glazer's heavy and chilling new film -- the one the LA Film Critics Association voted as best of the year. Then, we lighten the mood with a movie quiz about who lives next door (to movie protagonists). 

What’s Good
Alonso - AGNÈS VARDA: DIRECTOR'S INSPIRATION 
Drea - spearmint tea
Alison - Vidiots’ huge rental library, It’s His Red Carpet to Lose
Ify - Slamdance, Sundance, SF Sketchfest Dozen

Staff Picks
Drea - The Sisters Brothers
Alonso - Clue
Alison - The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Ify - The Driver

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The year is coming to a close, and we’ve got our annual roundup of Top 10 Lists, Maxie Awards, and films we’re looking forward to in the New Year.  Thanks for sharing another great (if dramatic!) movie podcasting year with us! 

What’s Good?
Alonso - Professional gift wrappers
Drea - Listener Lee Meredith’s Color Squared
Ify - Ify’s Carol Fest 2023

Between the 3 hosts, 21 titles made the top 10 lists!

Drea
10 Bottoms
9 Godzilla Minus One
8 Passages
7 Eileen
6 The Zone of Interest
5 May December
4 Past Lives
3 Killers of the Flower Moon
2 Poor Things
1 All Of Us Strangers

Alonso
10 May December
9 R.M.N.
8 Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret
7 The Zone of Interest
6 Bottoms
5 Godzilla Minus One
4 Killers of the Flower Moon
3 Barbie
2 L’Immensita
1 Poor Things

Ify
10 Beau Is Afraid
9 M3gan
8 Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret
7 Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
6 Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
5 Air
4 Barbie
3 Killers of the Flower Moon
2 Asteroid City
1 The Holdovers

Watchlist 2024…
Robot Dreams
Spaceman
Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu
Lisa Frankenstein
Mickey 17
The Taste of Things
Big Boys
Furiosa
The Fall Guy
Dune: Part Two
Blade?

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It’s been two decades since Richard Curtis’s Love Actually warmed our chilly W. Bush-era hearts, and oh what a pair of decades it’s been. Now, the movie is back in theaters for its anniversary, and Ify has seen it for the first time. Does it hold up? Can we enjoy it anyway? All this, plus the final Xmas Movie Minute of the year and a hotline call from [checks notes] inside the house!

What’s Good
Alonso - Jose Andres Slow-Cooked Iberico Pork Ribs
Drea - The Amazing Acro-Cats of New Orleans
Lindy - Barry’s mystery guts
Ify - Skiing, Tuna’s neutering, and Mammoth Brewing Company

ITIDICs 2003 

1. Entertainment Weekly Asks: Keanu Reeves, Is there Life After The Matrix?
2. An “Alien Quadrilogy” 9-Disc DVD Box Set Will Be Available for $100
3. ELF proves that Jon Favreau Can Make More Than One Kind of Film

Christmas Movie Minute 

El Sabor de La Navidad (Vix)
Christmas on Cherry Lane (Hallmark) 
Friends and Family Christmas (Hallmark)
Merry Little Batman (Prime)
Round and Round (Hallmark) 

Staff Picks
Drea - Go
Alonso - There’s Something in the Barn
Lindy - The Fugitive (and Thin Skin)
Ify - Underworld 

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Alonso has been hyping Poor Things since Venice, and now his Breakfast All Day co-host Christy Lemire is making her first (!) appearance on MaxFilm to discuss it! Plus, we pitch reimagined monster movies where anything goes.

What’s Good
Alonso - a theatrical re-release moment (Love Actually and Die Hard)
Christy - Christmas cookies
Drea - magnesium glycinate

ITIDIC

1. Great Gerwig Gets Her First Directing Golden Globe Nomination
2. Spirit Awards Nominations!
3. LA Film Critics Assoc. Best Picture of 2023 is Zone of Interest

Christmas Movie Minute
A Not So Royal Christmas (Hallmark)
Silent Night (Theatrical)
Christmas in Notting Hill (Hallmark)
Catch Me If You Claus (Hallmark)
There’s Something in the Barn (Prime)
Our Christmas Mural (Hallmark)

Staff Picks
Christy - The Gilded Age
Alonso - The Marriage of Maria Braun
Drea - Under the Skin

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Some movies are horny, some are freaky, and some are for filthy, horny freaks. Our hosts way in on this philosophy (along with The Afternoon Special's Bobbi Miller) in our conversations about SALTBURN, starring every inch of Barry Keoghan and  also Jacob Elordi is there. Then, a timely discussion of films where you wish the leads would just kiss already.

What’s Good
Alonso - “Lil Cinephile” board books
Drea - Free COVID-19 tests again
Bobbi - new library card
Ify - PAX Unplugged

ITIDIC

1. Beyonce’s Renaissance movie made waves last weekend
2. PlayStation Deleting Content…Even If Users Already Paid For It
3. A Movie about George Santos Is In Development at HBO Films

Christmas Movie Minute
Candy Cane Lane (Netflix)
Ladies of the ‘80s: A Divas Christmas Special (Lifetime)

Staff Picks
Alonso - Summer of ‘85
Drea - Secretary
Bobbi - May December
Ify - Eyes Wide Shut

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Alexander Payne's latest (following films like ELECTION, SIDEWAYS, and NEBRASKA)  is a Christmas movie, sort of! But forget we said that... We're unwrapping THE HOLDOVERS! Plus, memorable dinner scenes from film history, a Hotline letter about therapy on screen, and a Christmas movie minute!

What’s Good
Alonso - Matt Rogers’ Have You Heard of Christmas? On vinyl
Drea - paint by numbers canvas
Ify - Y3000 Coca-Cola

Staff Picks
Drea - Eileen
Alonso - The Delinquents
Ify - Wonka

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Unsung civil rights hero Bayard Rustin gets his due at last, courtesy of our guy Colman Domingo. Then, since Thanksgiving was this week, we dole out our honorary Turkeys of the Year. Plus, Christmas Movie Minute ramps into high gear!

What’s Good
Alonso - Tru-Tone Christmas Lights
Drea - Yorkshire Tea Biscuit Brew
Ify - Christmas at the Americana

ITIDIC

• Awards Ceremony News (also this)
• Animation In Its Imperfection Era
• Dune 2 Moved…Again

NB: The ep where Alonso said he wanted to see a Bayard Rustin biopic is #241, Aline.

Staff Picks
Alonso - Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Drea - Quiz Lady
Ify - Zola

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It’s the 33rd MCU movie and things have gotten complicated. But is all that complexity propping The Marvels up, or weighing it down? Our trio, who are surprisingly well-versed in Marveldom for a bunch of indie nerds, weighs in. Then, a Hotline letter about characters whose deaths still sting. 

What’s Good
Alonso - The Abyss theatrical reissue
Drea - the new artistic director of Bentonville Film Fest
Ify - “some of that good old powder”

ITIDIC

1. The Actors Strike is Over!
   1. the tweet thread Ify mentions
2. Warner Bros Shelved Another Finished Movie as a Tax Write-Off, This Time Wile E. Coyote
3. Darren Aronofsky is Developing an Elon Musk biopic at A24

Staff Picks
Drea - May December
Alonso - The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Ify - Candyman (2021)

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As Alonso says, Priscilla Presley’s life was a Sofia Coppola movie before it was literally a Sofia Coppola movie. Now, that movie has come to pass…and former Producer Casey O’Brien is here to bask in the pastel glow! Then, a movie quiz that could only be called “NAME that movie.”

What’s Good
Alonso - SiriusXM Holiday Channels
Drea - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Casey - Minnesota’s frozen pizza scene
Ify - snow season and new, dumb kitten

ITIDIC

1. Scarlett Johansson Sues AI App Using Her Voice Likeness in Marketing Campaign
2. Marvel Announces “Marvel Spotlight” Banner with Less Concern for MCU Continuity
3. Robert Pattinson’s Surprising Voice Acting Debut in Miyazaki’s New ‘The Boy and the Heron’

Staff Picks
Drea - Wingwomen
Alonso - On the Rocks
Casey - Skinamarink
Ify - A Christmas Letter

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Alonso Duralde
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