Movie Fighters

Is this a movie? Well, kinda. What even is a movie anymore? Yes, it was originally released as a web series, but Valiant posted it as a full feature on YouTube last month, so we think it counts! And it's enjoyable, in its way.

Note: The movie with the Alien from the movie Alien is actually Batman: Dead End, not Batman: Dark Justice. We got them confused. Sorry for the mistake!

We tried some snacks you can make at home with stuff from your pantry this month, based on instructional videos by Alton Brown and Brian David Gilbert!

As promised, this month we took on director Neil Marshall's 2008 movie about a team of Space Marine types going into a walled-off Scotland to fight Mad Max people. It's exactly as bananas as it sounds.

Also, a quick content warning: There is some stuff in the first 10 minutes or so of this movie about a pandemic virus. It's wildly unrealistic and pretty different from what's going on now, but just wanted to mention it if it might trigger anxiety.

We wanted  to feel better about things, so we ate some Doritos. They were good. But, of course, some were better than others.

We avoided it as long as we could, but we couldn't get around watching the 2019 Hellboy reboot. It's...frustrating.

A listener sent us a second set of candy bars and cookies from South America, so we're trying them all this month!

Our snack situation has become a chef situation this month! Chris and Matt both made the Salted Butter and Chocolate Chunk Shortbread recipe from Bon Appetit's website, and tried the fruits (or cookies) of our labor on the show!

We took on the first of the Miz-starring Marine films after a mysterious, anonymous listener sent us Blu-ray copies. We think maybe we made this person mad.

Still on our search for a modern holiday classic, we tried out this animated Netflix original! How did it fare? We have to talk ourselves through it to decide.

We're trying some festive holiday treats this month, and inventing some brand new Christmas traditions in the process.