Gremlins brings us Joe Dante and Chris Columbus’s 1984 Christmas vision of the terror inflicted on a strangely isolated patch of Americana by a creature that is adorable, scientifically unclassified, owned by a Chinese stereotype, and subject to some conveniently vague rules of physics.

Just exactly when is “after midnight” over?

Podcasters: Robert, Tim, April, Sam

Engage! Star Trek: The Next Generation will be on our viewscreens, as we beam in for the faux-intoxicated antics of the series’ second episode, “The Naked Now.”

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