This week we encounter numerous technical difficulties and push through it to discuss talk fests, what they mean and what we like in them, and then we get to review the biggest talk fest since Clerks.

Act I: Talk Fests

Act II: Before Sunrise Review

Act III: 1 Shot

Drink of the week: Before the Sunrise

1 1/2 oz Tequila

3/4 oz Blue Curacao

6 oz Grape Juice

Mix all ingredients together in highball glass with ice. What do you get, but a starry night sky right before the sunrise!

We seize the day this Thirsty Thursday as the guys get together to talk high brow entertainment, perfect characters, and the least offensive way to correct someone. Also Nick thinks surnames don't matter and might end up having sex with a relative as a result, which Errol is ok with.

Act I: Perfect characters in stories

Act II: Dead Poets Society Review

Act III: 2 Shots

Drink of the Week: Carpe Diem

1 1/2 oz Mango Rum

1/2 oz Orange Rum

1 oz Orange Juice

dash grenadine

club soda

Lime

Mix Rums, OJ and grenadine in highball glass with ice, fill with soda, garnish with slice of lime.

Our new release this month is the sequel no one asked for to the cult classic Blade Runner. Along the way we get into a pretty deep philosophical discussion about sex robots and consciousness in general. If you can sit through that, then you're rewarded with our thoughts on the film. Also one of us is definitely a replicant.

Act I: Sex Robots

Act II: Blade Runner 2049 Review

Act III: 1 Shot

Drink of the Week: Johnnie Walker Black The Director's Cut

You probably haven't heard of this movie. That's because it's ridiculously hard to find, but fear not, for the MoT boys found a way and we're gonna talk about it regardless of if you've seen it or not! That's what we get for letting Nick pick the movie this week. Along the way we talk about draft dodging and what we wars we would and wouldn't dodge.

Act I: Draft Dodging

Act II: Hamburger Hill Review

Act III: 1 1/2 Shots

Drink of the week: Sugar Cane Juice Cocktail

2 oz Rum (Your preference)

Sugar Can Juice

Pour rum over ice, fill with Sugar Cane, and stir. That easy!

Rob's TV pick of the month is takes the fellas down a dystopic jaunt through the mad tech world of the British television series Black Mirror. While we battle our way through a cultural apocalypse we discuss our own personal hells, Nick lament's the absence of Errol, and Dalton and Rob bond. It gets weird. 

Drink of the Week: 

(This Drink Was Made Up On The Spot And By No Means Do The Makers Of This Podcast Advocate The Consumption Of Such A Vile Cocktail)

2 oz Yagermeister

6 oz Guiness

1 Stick of Black Licorice

2 Cubes of Ice

1 Solid Gullet

Muddle the ingredients along with your sense of self worth. Hold your nose and pray for death. 

Dalton's pick this week brings us the first western brought to you by spaghetti in the italian/american remake of Yojimbo (See our previous yojimbo review). Along the way we talk about why people like seeing the same story told and retold while experimental films go the wayside. Also a surprise kind of sort of review of Mother! by Daron Aranovsky.

Act I: Why the heroe's journey is more popular than experimental storytelling

Act II: Fistful of Dollars Review

Act III: 3 Shots

Drink of the week: Japanese Whisky History Lesson

With the worst summer box office in 20 years over, the boys sit down to discuss the result and the winner of the Summer Movie Wager from way back in our Alien: Covenant episode. We also discuss Rob's love for Stephen King, and draw a solid line for when it's ok to change your shot ratings.

Act I: Summer Movie Wager results

Act II: It Review

Act III: 0 Shots

Drink of the Week: Clown's Cup

2 oz Vodka

3/4 oz lime juice

1/2 oz simple syrup

4 cucumber wheels

Muddle together 3 cucumber wheels and simple syrup in shaker. Pour in rest of ingredients with ice and shake. Strain into tumbler with one big ice cube and garnish with the last cucumber wheel and a pinch of sea salt.

We have a new substitute reviewer this week in the form of Derek Bowles from Talking to myself joining us in place of Dalton, who is currently knee deep in the film he and Errol have been working on the past few weeks. But fear not, because Nick has chosen that warm, weird, holiday film that people obsess over to kick us into the new season! Also, Black Mirror is not what's coming next week, so we apologize for our incompetence.

Act I: Favorite romance moment in film and real life

Act II: Love Actually review

Act III: 4 shots

Drink of the week: Garbage Cocktail

Who cares, just mix a bunch of drinks together at your Christmas party and hit on your work crush before you throw up. This movie sucks.

There's no fighting this week as we discuss the film Airplane! with drunken civility. Mainly because those ne'er-do-wells Nick and Dalton had to take the day off, at least that's Rob's theory. Tune in as we try and nail down what qualifies as a parody or a satire, swoon over our favorite funny folk, and giggle our way through the reviews!

It's been awhile since the MoT boys got into heated debates, but leave it to a classic 70s film about divorce to really set everyone off! Join us as we discuss net neutrality, Disney, contractual obligations and Dustin Hoffman.

Act I: Disney Streaming services

Act II: Kramer V. Kramer review

Act III: 0 Shots

Drink of the week: Egg Cream Cocktail

3 tbsp chocolate syrup

1/2 cup milk, chilled in the freezer

1 1/2 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz Vanilla extract

1 cup Seltzer

Mix all ingredients except seltzer in glass. Fill with seltzer while whisking to froth drink.